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He did not become his own man until May 29, 2011. Therefore, Jonathan has been a president for just 8 months no matter what his critics write and say. Jonathan did not have a national constituency or following. He did not espouse any set of galvanizing agenda. He came from Baylesa, a riverine state which, in the estimation of some, is merely required to provide oil, but otherwise to keep quiet.
Under a volley of rocks and stones, ambulances ferried the injured out of Al-Arbaeen Square in the centre of the city at the opposite end of the Suez Canal from Port Said where Wednesday night’s stadium deaths enraged the nation.
The clashes between fans of home team Al-Masry and Cairo’s Al-Ahly marked one of the deadliest incidents in football history, and came amid claims by witnesses the security forces did little to prevent the rioting.
Boko Haram spokesman Abu Qaqa captured by SSS. Special to USAfricaonline.com, the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360, UNNalumni, and CLASSmagazine Houston. Nigeria’s state security police said they captured the alleged spokesman of the violent Islamist group that has claimed responsibility for a series of bombings and attacks that have killed hundreds of people in Africa’s top oil producer. “We’ve arrested Abu [...]
Don Cornelius, creator of SOUL TRAIN, has died; police say it’s suicide Los Angeles, AP: Don Cornelius, creator of the long-running TV dance show “Soul Train,” shot himself to death Wednesday morning at his Los Angeles home, police said. He was 75. Officers responding to a report of a shooting found Cornelius at his Mulholland [...]
“Evidence was manifestedly heavy that they killed Kudiratu Abiola. In view of this, they are guilty of conspiracy and murder,” Dada said in her ruling which lasted several hours. “The prosecution has proved its case beyond all reasonable doubt. In view of this, they should be hanged.”
Or, looked at from another perspective, the building doesn’t need to symbolize anything further than its existence, wherein it becomes a staggeringly articulate representation of Africa’s greatest skill: begging.
Jonathan’s deployment of soldiers on streets draw anger of civic groups, Lagos Gov. Fashola, others http://www.usafricaonline.com/2012/01/16/jonathans-deployment-of-soldiers-on-streets-draw-anger-fashola-civic-groups-by-chido-nwangwu Special to USAfricaonline.com, the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360, UNNalumni, IgboEvents and CLASSmagazine Houston. USAfrica: President Goodluck Jonathan’s decision to deploy armed soldiers early today Monday January 16, 2012 deployed soldiers armed with kalashnikov rifles, bayonets and tanks across major locations and zones in Lagos has [...]
SHOWDOWN: Jonathan’s RESIGNATION demanded by Buhari’s deputy Tunde Bakare, Save Nigeria Group, others at Lagos rally Special to USAfricaonline.com, the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360, UNNalumni, IgboEvents and CLASSmagazine Houston USAfrica, Houston, Lagos and Abuja: Pastor Tunde Bakare, retired Gen. Buhari’s Vice Presidential running mate in the 2010 elections and convener of the Save Nigeria Group said in Lagos today, January 11, 2012: [...]
“We see the nation heading towards a civil war…. It is going that way. We no longer can pretend it’s not…. When you’ve got a situation where a bunch of people can go into a place of worship and open fire through the windows, you’ve reached a certain dismal watershed in the life of that nation.”
“Those who oppose it don’t have the right information. Some of them know better but support the demonstrations. The demonstrators should call on their new friends, namely the Soyinkas and the Babangidas to ask the House to demand that the proper appropriation/law for subsidy be funded.”
The rising demand and voices demanding more decisive and urgent action by Nigeria’s President Jonathan to tackle the sponsoring foundations of the radical, violent Islamic group Boko Haram has added those of the Igbo American Alliance Against Genocide (IAAAG), the U.S-based international group of African and American professionals.
“This mindless killing of unarmed Nigerians on a peaceful protest is strongly condemned, and the Inspector General of Police and President Jonathan will be held responsible for these senseless deaths,” said a statement from the Nigerian Labour Congress, one of the two largest unions.
Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka and Bekederemo-Clark warn Nigeria to “let not this fire spread.” Special to USAfricaonline.com, the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360, UNNalumni, and CLASSmagazine Houston USAfrica: Three among Nigeria’s leading writers, distinguished Professors Chinua Achebe, Wole Soyinka and J.P. Bekederemo-Clark have weighed into the escalating issues of economic hardship, withdrawal of fuel-petroleum subsidies, Boko Haram violence and insecurity in Nigeria. [...]
Nigeria’s House of Reps rejects President Jonathan’s removal of petroleum-oil “subsidy”; more confrontation ahead. Special to USAfricaonline.com, the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360, UNNalumni, and CLASSmagazine Houston USAfrica: The realities and politics of the controversial and evidently unpopular decision by Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan removing the “subsidy” on petroleum products/fuel/oil is moving into a struggle on constitutional process. The legislature through [...]
Mandela’s ANC turns 100; South Africans celebrate with mixed feelings By Ludger Schadomsky Special to USAfricaonline.com, the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360, UNNalumni, and CLASSmagazine Houston DW-de: ‘A better life for all’ was the African National Congress’s slogan at South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994, when the whites-only National Party was swept from power. That slogan now has a [...]
Nigerian Industrial Court orders NO to nationwide strike set for Monday ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) – An industrial court in Nigeria ordered unions Friday to stop a planned nationwide strike over spiraling gasoline prices, giving authorities legal power to break up any work stoppages by labor groups. The order by the National Industrial Court came as [...]
Boko Haram suspected as 20 Igbos “targeted”, shot to death in northern Nigeria city of Mubi Special to USAfricaonline.com, the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360, UNNalumni, and CLASSmagazine Houston In another brazen move to fuel ethnic and religious conflicts in Nigeria, as agitated for and executed by factions of the radical, violent Islamist sect Boko Haram, some masked Nigerian gunmen on [...]
Escalation as suspected Islamists kill 6 at Deeper Life Church in Gombe. Special to USAfrica, USAfricaonline.com, the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360, UNNalumni, and CLASSmagazine Houston The increasing break down of law and order across parts of northern Nigeria continued as gunmen stormed a church on Thursday, January 5, 2012, and killed six people as they were praying, the pastor [...]
“The president of the republic is responsible for protecting the people, and the question is not simply one of whether he ordered the killing of protesters, but to know why he did not intervene to stop the violence,” argued the chief prosecutor Mustafa. He continued with a query: “How could the president of the republic not be aware of the demonstrations that broke out on January 25 in 12 places in several governorates?”
Earlier, a girl was killed in the crossfire of a gun battle between security forces and suspected Boko Haram militants in the town of Birnawa, in the northeastern state of Jigawa.
