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An ode to Emeka Ojukwu By Okey Mbonu Special to USAfricaonline.com , CLASSmagazine and the USAfrica-powered e-groups of IgboEvents, AnambraPolitics, Nigeria360 and UNNalumni Dike Di Oranma! Dike Di Oranma!! Dike Di Oranmaaaaa!!! We called you one last time and you refuse to answer us Are you angry at us, our Warrior? Are you upset with us, our Prince? Are you afraid to [...]
Ojukwu’s a titan who sacrificed his possessions to secure a safe space for his people. By Prof. Okey Ndibe. Special to USAfricaonline.com , CLASSmagazine and the USAfrica-powered e-groups of IgboEvents, AnambraPolitics, Nigeria360 and UNNalumni USAfrica, November 28, 2011: A telephone call startled me awake at 3:41 a.m. last Saturday. Still gripped by sleep, I fumbled in the darkness until I palmed [...]
Egypt’s pro-democracy activists say military’s November 28 elections a diversion Special to USAfricaonline.com “Elections? They’re not important, we are here to protect our revolution,” said Abdel Hamid Salit, one of thousands of people whose demands for an end to military rule threaten to eclipse Egypt’s landmark polls. Voters have been called to cast their [...]
USAfrica Exclusive: OJUKWU on Biafra, Nigeria’s problems, Mandela, Clinton and exile By Chido Nwangwu; Special and Exclusive interview of July 1999 for USAfrica The Newspaper (Houston) and USAfricaonline.com . First posted to USAfricaonline.com on February 14, 2003 www.usafricaonline.com/ojukwuchido.html and updated upon his death today Saturday November 26, 2011 www.usafricaonline-com/ojukwu-biafra-interview-july1999-by-chido-nwangwu The man [...]
Odumegwu Ojukwu is dead; Long live Ojukwu; millions mourn USAfricaonline.com: Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, former President and Commander-in-Chief of the defunct Republic of Biafra (1967-1970) — out of eastern Nigeria — has died in a London hospital today, Saturday November 26, 2011. He passed on after a long battle with eye problems which were complicated [...]
48 killed; 3500 injured as Egypt’s Police, military crackdown violently on activists, protesters at Tahrir Square Special to USAfricaonline.com Egyptian protesters streamed into Cairo’s Tahrir Square on Sunday after a night of deadly clashes that signalled the start of a violent countdown to the first polls since Hosni Mubarak’s ouster. A tear gas canister lands [...]
Gaddafi’s son arrested in Libya Special to USAfricaonline.com Saif al-Islam, Muammar Gaddafi’s son and lead successor during the latter years of his father’s dictatorship over Libya has been detained in the country’s southern desert, Libya’s interim justice minister and other officials said on Saturday November 19. They said Saif al-Islam and several bodyguards, but no [...]
Congo’s opposition leader Tshisekedi’s UDPS party says he did not call for violence ahead of Nov 28 elections Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine (Houston) USAfrica: Etienne Tshisekedi, the key opposition leader in the November 28, 2011 scheduled elections in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, second largest country in Africa, has denied through his political [...]
Nudity is strongly frowned upon in Egyptian society, even as an art form. Elmahdy’s posting is almost unheard of in a country where most women in the Muslim majority wear the headscarf and even those who don’t rarely wear clothes exposing the arms or legs in public.
OBAMA & SECURITY: U.S Secret Service has revealed that a BULLET hit a window at the White House; bullet stopped by bulletproof glass…. Special to USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston www.USAfricaonline.com Concerns over the safety of the first African-American president of the United States are increasing in the minds of many, according to USAfrica news index [...]
On Libya: Republican embattled frontrunner Cain’s rambling response adds to his problems of inadequate knowledge. Special to USAfricaonline.com AFP/Chicago: Republican White House hopeful Herman Cain stumbled badly on Monday (November 14, 2011) in responding to a basic question on Libya, casting further doubt on his ability to revive an embattled campaign. A five-minute video of [...]
Local terror mounts as Bomb targets Nigeria governor’s motorcade Special to USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine , PhotoWorks.TV and the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360 and UNNalumni AFP: Maiduguri, Nigeria — A bomb targeting a police vehicle in a governor’s motorcade and two other blasts rocked the volatile Nigerian city of Maiduguri, but no casualties were reported, police and residents said Tuesday November 15, 2011. The blast [...]
The case for values-based and services oriented Leadership in Nigeria, Africa. By Uchechukwu Chris Arinze Special to USAfricaonline.comand CLASSmagazine , PhotoWorks.TV and the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360 and UNNalumni The recently released Mo Ibrahim African Governance Index report for year 2011 which ranked Nigeria at position 41 out of 53 African countries in its governance index report inspired this article when viewed against [...]
Liberia’s President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf wins a controversial, boycotted run-off election Special to USAfricaonline.com LIBERIA’S President, Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, has been confirmed as the winner of a controversial run-off poll boycotted by the opposition, with only 37.4 per cent voter turnout. The National Elections Commission chairperson chair Elizabeth Nelson said that with results tallied from [...]
The key issues of Nigeria’s Oil Import Subsidy saga As the debate over the critical issue of oil import subsidy continues, Nigerians and others have been told various things by various, interested parties and interests. In this commentary written for USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine, OilandGasMediaWorks, and the USAfrica-powered e-group of Nigeria360, analyst OMOH OKPOH raises some questions with his thought-provoking [...]
al-Mahmoudi is accused by the Libyan authorities of having ordered “illegal transactions” in 2006, and of having “incited rapes of women” in the last days of the Gadhafi regime.
BrKNEWS.. Dr. Murray found GUILTY by jurors for the death of superstar MICHAEL JACKSON Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston. Dr. Conrad Murray, his personal physician, has been found guilty — by a unanimous verdict — a few minutes ago, Monday November 5, 2011, of involuntary manslaughter in the death of pop icon and superstar [...]
Mayhem in Nigeria: 150 killed in gun and bomb attacks by Boko Haram Special to USAfricaonline.com and the USAfrica-powered e-group Nigeria360 Damataru, Nigeria: The assault on the security of lives and communities took a more dramatic turn today Saturday November 5, 2011, as, at least 150 people were killed in a “heinous” wave of gun, [...]
Same-Sex Marriage and Homosexuality showdown: Nigeria’s Senate President, Ghana’s Minister insist they are “offensive” to Africans; UK Prime Minister threatens to withdraw aid, draws fire Special report by Chido Nwangwu for USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine , PhotoWorks.TV and the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360 and UNNalumni USAfrica, November 1, 2011: Senator David Mark, President of the Senate of Africa’s largest democracy, a former [...]
