Africa Cup of Nations, Ghana vs Nigeria,

Nigeria have just scraped through the group stages of the Africa Cup of Nations 2008. They are the group B runners up which means they face the Group A Winners, Ghana in the Quarter Finals February 3rd 2008 in Accra.

This evenings game against Benin was very worrying for Nigeria, I feared they were going to "do an England", having lost to Ivory Coast and drawn with Mali they not only needed to win this game, but Mali had to Lose to Ivory Cost, in a game played at the same time today.

The results?

Nigeria won 2 - 0

Ivory Coast won 3 - 0.

I Hope Chxta is happy.

Africa Cup of Nations, Ghana 2008

I'm happy that BBC are covering the Cup of nations this time around. Even if it is on BBCi. It's the only football tournament I'm interested in these days.

Ghana and Guinea are about to kick off, I hope it's a good tournament for Ghana after the world cup, and of course Nigeria.

If you are in the UK and want to watch the match use the red button on bbc one. or look for channels 301-303 on freeview.

Back later.

Reggae Reggae Sauce

I know many of my readers are from the UK so this only applies to them.

How many people, after watching Wednesdays Dragons Den are now desperate to try Reggae Reggae Sauce?

Still in the UK

I'm still in the UK, no confirmed dates for my return yet.

I've spent my time working on a new CMS enabled corporate website for my employer, and in my spare time a new template for this blog, hopefully to include the new blogger features.

Apart from the dreadful Christmas Oil Pipeline Explosion that killed 260 people and the complaints about the ongoing fuel shortages, I haven't heard much from Nigeria. Shamefully I admit I haven't been reading much of the Nigerian press websites

It seems every other blog has jumped in on the "Celebrity" Big Brother Racism row. In my opinion Programmes like Big Brother are good reasons to throw away our televisions, but it seems some people do watch avidly including many Nigerian friends here in the UK. I'm not going to add anything to it myself, except suggest you read Nkem's posts (Bigot Brother, Bigot Brother coverage)

Little Miss Jocelyn

Last night after watching Spooks on BBC 3 I left the tv on for the programme that followed. This was how I chanced accross Little Miss Jocelyn.

Perhaps it's the Constant references to Nigeria, but I genuinely found this show extremely funny. After watching the show I browsed the BBC website and couldn't believe my luck to find the first 5 episodes available to play online. Wonderful.

Characters such as Ignatius the Nigerian Driving Instructor, and Mrs Omwukuopopo are inspired creations from someone who loves her culture, and wants to share it's hilarious foibles with the world. Please Please Please watch this show.

The DVD will be out soon