If you ask most people who are somewhat conversant with US geography the capitals of the following states:

- Illinois;

- Florida;

- Michigan;

- New York;

- California;

- Texas;

- Pennsylvania;



you might probably get the following answers:

- Chicago;

- Miami;

- Detroit;

- New York;

- Los Angeles...

OK, I was on the verge of captioning this blog 'It's A Plague (III)' (and if you're wondering about this, go here and here). Truly, there has been a recurring thought in my head over the last few weeks... just like there was with 'Pushy pushy' - but this time, this is a welcome thought, rather than an annoying one.

The thought?

AISAGBON OMOGIADE.

As some of you may know, this is the handle (and almost certainly real name) of an NVS villager. I'm not...

Some of you who have read this article ("One Dark Night On January 5, 1984") will know that I like asking (and answering) the question "where are they now?". The overwhelming story that comes out of the article is the transience of power - you may be flying high today, but you could become a nonentity tomorrow.

Nowhere is this typified more than in the lives of two former African leaders - Captain Valentine Melvin Strasser of Sierra Leone, and Brigadier-General Joshua Oupa Gqozo of...

Roving around the Square, I chanced upon this thread:

http://www.nigeriavillagesquare.com/...ican-mind.html

I was especially drawn to this remark by Alexa:

This is one of the reasons I've always had a hard time believing tales of witchcraft. I don't believe...