USAfricaonline.com, 1st African-owned U.S.-based professional newspaper on the internet, assessed by The New York Times as the largest (and arguably the most influential) African-owned, U.S-based multimedia networks; established May 1992. News@USAfricaonline.com 713-270-5500. wireless: 832-45-CHIDO (24436)
Mandela grand kids’ reality show to begin in 2012 in South Africa Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston AFP. Johannesburg— South Africans will glimpse into the lives of Nelson Mandela’s family when a reality show featuring three of his grandchildren premiers in 2012, the producers has said. “The show provides a first look into a [...]
Online video of woman being raped at university angers Nigerians, others Special to USAfricaonline.com AP: Lagos, Nigeria—A brutal video showing a Nigerian woman being raped by five men at a university dormitory is prompting outrage. Local authorities have dismissed the 10-minute video, which has ricocheted around the Internet in recent days. But Nigeria’s youth minister [...]
Igbo Farm Village in America marks 1st anniversary this weekend in Virginia; plus, USAfrica Q&A wt Prof. Akuma-Kalu Njoku. By Chido Nwangwu. http://www.usafricaonline.com/2011/09/16/igbo-farm-village-jaknjoku2011-by-chido-nwangwu/ Special to USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston, USAfricaonline.com, the IgboEvents e-group powered by USAfrica J. Akuma-Kalu Njoku, Ph.D., a diligent and soft-spoken man, is a Professor of Folklore Studies and Anthropology. In many ways, Prof. Njoku’s intimate insights [...]
$2billion FRAUD: 31 yrs old Togolese Kweku Adoboli charged in electronic trading swindle at UBS bank By Chido Nwangwu. Special to USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston,USAfricaonline.com, PhotoWorks.TV and theUSAfrica e-group USAfricaonline.com: Kweku Adoboli, 31-year old electronic trader of Togolese origin (west Africa) at Swiss mega-bank UBS in London and a director of the bank’s Global Synthetic Equities Trading team has been charged [...]
Mandela is NOT dead; Long Live Nelson Mandela. By Chido Nwangwu. Special to USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston, USAfricaonline.com, PhotoWorks.TV and the USAfrica e-group A few hours ago, today, Tuesday September 13, 2011, the social media, twitter and Facebook and sms remained misled on several personal, non-institutional pages by the false report that the great statesman, [...]
124 Kenyans BURNT TO DEATH in Lunga Lunga fire Special to USAfricaonline.com Monday, September 12, 2011. KBC/news agencies in Nairobi: At least 120 people were burnt to death after a leaking pipeline belonging to Kenya Pipeline Company burst into flames along Lunga Lunga road in Nairobi’s Industrial Area. Police said a large number of people had [...]
KILLINGS and MAYHEM near JOS add to Jonathan’s security headaches as family of 7 killed in christian village of Tatu. By Chido Nwangwu. Special to USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston, USAfricaonline.com , PhotoWorks.TV and the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360 and UNNalumni. USAfricaonline.com: The religion and ethnic driven violence in central Nigeria state of Plateau continued midnight on Thursday September 9 into [...]
Breast-flashing Virgin Mobile advert banned in South Africa. By Joseph Booysen/iol September 6 2011: South Africa’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) ruled that a Virgin Mobile advert be banned because it appeared to show young girls as sexually appealing. A few consumers lodged complaints against a Virgin Mobile television commercial flighted on M-Net last month. The [...]
On the Run: Ghadafi core loyalists flee Libya, crossing into Niger Republic. Special to www.USAfricaonline.com September 6, 2011, Niamey, Niger: Armed loyalists of Moammar Gadhafi crossed in several convoys from Libya into neighboring Niger and the toppled Libyan leader’s own security chief was at the head of one of the columns Tuesday as it rolled [...]
