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Bomb explosion at Abuja army barracks kills 30…. security concerns increase… Special to USAfricaonline.com ABUJA, Nigeria – A bomb has exploded at a beer garden at a Nigerian army barracks where revelers had gathered to celebrate New Year’s Eve, and state-TV says 30 people were killed. An anchor on the state-run Nigerian Television Authority gave [...]
On Emeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, it takes the stupidity of some to appreciate the reasonableness of the rest of us. By Ken Okorie Special & Exclusive commentary for USAfricaonline.com During the closing weeks of December 2010, news of Dim Emeka Ojukwu’s failing health has filled the media circuits. Variously known as Ikemba Nnewi (Symbol of Nnewi [...]
2 Bomb Explosions disrupt PDP rally in Nigeria’s President home state of Bayelsa www.USAfricaonline.com http://www.usafricaonline.com/2010/12/29/bomb-explosions-at-pdp-rally-in-bayelsa-nigeria/ Port Harcourt, Nigeria (AFP) – Twin explosions rocked a political rally in a Nigerian oil-rich southern state on Wednesday, in the latest of a string of attacks ahead of next year’s elections, police said. A journalist at the scene said [...]
Pope Benedict XVI condemns attacks on churches in Nigeria; calls it “absurd violence” Special to USAfricaonline.com AFP. Vatican City―Pope Benedict XVI deplored on Sunday (December 26, 2010) the “absurd violence” against Christians after attacks on churches in the Philippines and Nigeria over the Christmas holiday. “It was with great sadness that I learnt about the [...]
Terrorism, bomb blasts against church, civilians on Christmas eve kill 35 in Jos, Nigeria. USAfricaonline.com: More than 35 persons have been killed from a number of Christmas Eve (December 24, 2010) bomb blasts, apparently coordinated in Jos around central Nigeria. At least 80 persons were injured. The Plateau state police commissioner Abdulrahman Akano said there [...]
Kenyan legislators and ex-ministers being probed, suspected drug traffickers. Special to USAfricaonline.com Nairobi (AFP): Four Kenyan legislators were named Wednesday in parliament as suspected drug traffickers under police investigation. Internal Security Minister George Saitoti said Harun Mwau, also an assistant minister for trade, Ali Hassan Joho, William Kabogo and newly-elected MP Gideon Mbuvi were being probed. [...]
Violent twists: Defiant Gbagbo orders, UN and French groups out of Ivory Coast; alternative forces formed by opposition. Special to USAfricaonline.com Defiant Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo ordered UN and French peacekeepers out of the country on Saturday, accusing them of backing rebel fighters supporting his rival Alassane Ouattara. The demand for their “immediate” departure [...]
18 persons dead in Ivory Coast violence after disputed election, says Ouattara’s opposition party. Special to USAfricaonline.com wt wire/agency reports Security forces loyal to Ivory Coast incumbent Laurent Gbagbo used live rounds on Thursday to break up protests by supporters of presidential claimant Alassane Ouattara in Abidjan, Ivory Coast’s main city, and witnesses said at [...]
Better fortunes ahead, as Ghana becomes an oil producing country, today By Susan Njanji in Takoradi, Ghana (AFP). Special to USAfricaonline.com Ghana began production on Wednesday from one of the largest recent oil discoveries in West Africa, transforming it into a significant oil producer, but raising fears over the associated risks. President John Atta-Mills flew [...]
Nigeria considers $250 million deal to drop charges against US former VP Dick Cheney Special to USAfricaonline.com Nigeria has negotiated a 250 million dollar settlement deal that would see it drop charges against US ex-vice president Dick Cheney and others over a bribery scandal, an official said Tuesday. The deal reached by officials from Nigeria [...]
AfriPro gives top awards to NBA veteran Dikembe Mutombo, USAfrica’s Chido Nwangwu, NFL’s Amobi Okoye, Indego Africa for works and enhancing Africa, globally By Anthony Kennedy Jr., Mediaresources100. Pictures at www.PhotoWorks.TV http://photoworks.tv/afripro2010-awards-chido-indego-amobi-mutombo-usafrica-classmagazine Houston, December 13, 2010: The African Professionals Organization (AfriPRO Houston) has given its 2010 Distinguished Professional award to Dr. Chido Nwangwu, Founder & [...]
“there are some “very interesting” people lifting oil. Oil buyers would pay NNPC GMD Yar’Adua, Chief Economic Advisor Yakubu and the First Lady Turai Yar’Adua large bribes to lift oil. Pickard
also reported an instance of the Attorney General Aondoakaa allegedly soliciting a $20 million bribe to sign a document….”
Tuface, P Square and Mo Chedda rule at MTV Africa awards Special to USAfrica and CLASSmagazine, Houston Tuface (Innocent Idibia), the multi-talented, multilingual and charismatic young man who sang the globally enchanting song “African Queen” and “Implication” has won, a few hours ago, MTV Africa’s 2010 artist of the year and best male performer. He [...]
The (U.S) ambassador reported: “She (Shell Oil exec Ann Pickard) said the GON [government of Nigeria] had forgotten that Shell had seconded people to all the relevant ministries and that Shell consequently had access to everything that was being done in those ministries.”
WikiLeaks: U.S Ambassador guided Nigeria’s then Acting President Jonathan; demanded distancing former President Obasanjo and firing of INEC boss Maurice Iwu. Special to USAfricaonline.com. Excerpts from WikiLeaks posts of the U.S Department of State’s confidential cable on Nigeria’s transition through the period around the death of former President Umaru Yar’Adua and the emergence of Goodluck [...]
What is happening in Imo today would surely be enough to make Sam Mbakwe, the first civilian governor of Imo, stir in his grave. I recently returned from Imo state after a four month stay and saw firsthand how my own dear state is now on a shameful, downward, spiral trend. People there have either been “flogged into silence”, apologies to Samuelson Iwuoha who alleged that the governor whipped him mercilessly for dare criticize his policy or are afraid to speak up in the face of deceit, fraud and shameless corruption of unimaginable proportion
being perpetrated by the present government of Imo state. It is an open secret that those who spoke up against the maladministration in Imo have either being harassed, silenced, kidnapped or even assassinated.
ECOWAS, African, UN, USA leaders uphold Ouattara, reject incumbent Gbagbo as Ivory Coast’s duly elected President By USAfrica, USAfricaonline.com wt additional wire reports/toi/agency The 15-nation West African regional bloc ECOWAS, several African and world leaders continue to recognize opposition leader Alassane Ouattara as Ivory Coast’s president -elect, following controversial and disputed elections and violence. The [...]
And if Washington publicly opposed the release (of Libyan Megrahi), “the U.S. Embassy and private Americans in Libya could face similar consequences,” read the cable from the ambassador, Gene A. Cretz. Megrahi was the only person ever convicted over the 1988 bombing of a Pan Am jumbo jet over Lockerbie, Scotland, which killed 270 people, most of them US nationals.
ANARCHY LOOMS in IVORY COAST as 2 Presidents are sworn in; Gbagbo and Ouattara marshall forces in Abidjan. Special report by Chido Nwangwu, USAfrica. Sunday, December 5 2010. USAfricaonline.com is reporting that the crises in the French-speaking west African country of Cote d’Ivoire continue to escalate to the unusual and explosive situation of having two [...]
CHAOS POLITIQUE IN IVORY COAST: Elections court overturns Ouattara elections commission announced victory; incumbent President Gbagbo announced by the court as winner; violence and backlash mount in the French-speaking west African country Special to USAfricaonline.com Backed by the United Nations and the European Union, Côte d’Ivoire opposition leader Alassane Ouattara on Friday night declared himself [...]
