Month: September 2009
If it is building bigger churches, no other race surpasses ‘Black/African’ folks in Africa or USA
Despite many years of separation from the continent, the way Blacks and Africans do things are alarmingly similar.…
Houston can’t wait for expanded light rail
Light rail holds too significance to the Bayou City of the 21st century to be considered only so…
AIG bonus and congressional posturing
AIG bonus and congressional posturing By Ken Kemnagum Okorie Special to USAfricaonline.com and USAfrica The Newspaper, Houston Few…
Nigeria set to be world’s 2nd Largest Supplier of Liquefied Natural Gas
Special Adviser to the President on Petroleum Matters, Dr. Emmanuel Egbogah, who made these known said "Nigerian LNG…
2010 World Cup qualifying’s top players; Ronaldo missing
Current FIFA World Player of the Year, Portugal’s Cristiano Ronaldo, is not on the list, and Portugal is…
District 9 movie draws anger of Nigerians; caricatures Obasanjo…
None of the groups shown comes out particularly well, but the Nigerians are portrayed as gangsters, cannibals, pimps…
‘Al-Qaeda threat’ closed US embassy in South Africa
The embassy, consulates in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, as well as aid and development offices, have been…
USAfrica: Why Nigerian and Africa’s leaders are leading them nowhere. By Prof. Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe
In an interview with the Financial Times (London), Nigeria's leader retired Gen. Obasanjo could not but admit: "In…
My aversion to patronizing ‘Save’ Africa campaigns by Europeans, Americans
My aversion to patronizing 'Save' Africa campaigns by the West. By Uzodinma Iweala. Such campaigns, however well intentioned,…
Palm Pre is Pre(mature); I’ll live in the iPhone digital universe
Beyond the media-pr hype, based on actualities , interface, reliability, and features, I think this first Palm Pre…
SOCCER: Nigeria, South Africa host world soccer in 2009 and 2010
IFA's Executive Committee has agreed that in 2009, Egypt would host the FIFA under 20 World Cup and…
The great writer Achebe joins Brown faculty
The University will hold a welcoming event for Achebe on Nov. 10, Rose said, which will feature his…