Case for values-based and services oriented Leadership in Nigeria, Africa

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 [...]

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USAfrica: Anambra Gov. Obi is a rare gem; accusation of “hollow achievements” is misplaced. By Ken Okorie

Anambra Gov. Obi is a rare gem; accusation of “hollow achievements” is misplaced. By Attorney Ken Okorie Special to USAfricaonline.com Okey Ndibe, a professor and reputed writer, should command serious attention each time he puts pen on paper.  He missed his mark in his recent critique of the accomplishments of the Governor of Anambra State [...]

A Tribute to Justice Aniagolu and other intellectual giants who influenced me. By Ken Okorie

A Tribute to Justice Aniagolu and other intellectual giants who influenced me By Atty. Ken Okorie Special to USAfricaonline.com Indeed a mighty Iroko has fallen, a truly big one at that! Justice Anthony Aniogolu, a retired Supreme Court Justice of Nigeria, was one of the inspirations to my choice of law for a career. He died [...]

USAfrica: Action and events in Libya shape the Obama Doctrine. By Dave Balson

The events in Libya shapes the Obama Doctrine By Dave Balson Special to USAfricaonline.com As U.S. warships sit in the Mediterranean Sea off the coast of Libya, firing Tomahawk missiles at Muammar Qaddafi’s military forces, the Obama Doctrine is beginning to take on a whole new shape. President Obama is well known for his calm, [...]

Nigeria’s latest ex-convict Bode George should not be celebrated by Obasanjo, Jonathan and the PDP.

Mr. George may delude himself that he is a tsunami-triggering colossus. Who’s to blame an ex-convict who’s given a welcome worthy of a minor rock star? Why won’t good George bask when he’s about to resume his seat as a member of his party’s sanctum sanctorum, a man who shares a podium with Nigeria’s President Jonathan?

Why Nigeria’s Jonathan should not make a deal for Ibori. By Prof. Okey Ndibe

Why Nigeria’s Jonathan should not make a deal for Ibori By Okey Ndibe —— Special to USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine, The Black Business Journal, USAfrica e-group and Nigeria360@yahoogroups e-group —— Mid-February 2011, SaharaReporters – which has emerged as Africa’s Wikileaks – reported that Mr. Jonathan Goodluck was “seeking a deal with the UK and United Arab Emirates (UAE) to allow former [...]

Innovation in America, improving Medicine and the Economy. By Doug Schoen

Take green jobs. In the near future, alternative energy technologies — like wind turbines and nuclear power — could emerge as viable competitors to coal, oil, and natural gas. These industries will need plenty of workers.

Another sector that’s poised to take off is biotechnology. Between 2008 and 2009, the industry’s income jumped ninefold — from $400 million to $3.7 billion. The venture capital raised by American biotech companies hit $4.6 billion last year. And biotech firms themselves invested nearly $45 billion in U.S.-based research projects last year.

Memories of Genocide and Rwandan government’s abuse of authority. By Prof. Chi Mgbako

The Rwandan government uses charges of “genocidal ideology” and “ethnic divisionism” to attack independent critics and often seems more concerned with political survival than with lasting reconciliation, manipulating the memory of the genocide for political gain. For several years I visited Rwanda on human rights research and fact-finding trips and authored reports based on my fieldwork. This tiny, beautiful, ghost-filled country, where 800,000 people were slaughtered while the international community watched, has stayed with me.

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Dora Akunyili, public service and path of honor

Dora Akunyili, public service and path of honor By Nkem Ekeopara Exclusive commentary for USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston. I do not give credit easily to public officers, especially the type we have in Nigeria for the obvious reason that only a handful take public office  to serve the common good. Our unfortunate experience is that [...]

Sudan’s 2011 referendum: who’s afraid of freedom?

Sudan’s 2011 referendum: who’s afraid of freedom? By Prof. Herbert Ekwe-Ekwe Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston Jean Ping, the chair of the Addis Ababa-based Commission of the Africa Union, recently criticised the likely outcome of next year’s referendum by the people of south Sudan on the restoration of their independence. Ping told a French [...]

Nigeria’s democracy, Anambra’s Governorship election: Winners, Losers and task ahead

Nigeria’s democracy, Anambra’s Governorship election: Winners, Losers and task ahead By Attorney Chris Aniedobe Edited version for USAfrica, USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine (Houston) and IgboEvents USAfrica, Feb 8, 2010: I am satisfied that the re-election of Governor Peter Obi was, substantially, free and fair and does reflect the electoral wishes of the voters/citizens of Anambra State of [...]

Where’s the Pan-Africanist support needed through Haiti’s dark days?

“Where’s the Pan-Africanist support needed through Haiti’s dark days?”,  asks USAfrica’s Chido Nwangwu Special to USAfrica and USAfricaonline.com As the efforts by the greater world community continue to tackle the crises following the hundreds of thousands of deaths and destruction from the January 2010 Haiti earthquake, a call has been made for more persons of [...]

Nigeria’s Anambra 2010 election, the key players and INEC’s challenge

USAfrica: The News & Opinion Leader for Africans and Americans. By Dr. Ugorji O. Ugorji Special to USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston. USAfricaonline.com,  CLASSmagazine, The Black Business Journal,  Nigeria360@yahoogroups and IgboEvents e-group. There are several reasons why I think the south eastern Anambra State of Nigeria election for governor scheduled for February 6, 2010, will be exemplary in a [...]

Is Sanusi excusing Northern Nigeria’s failings and domination? By Ben Aduba

Sanusi’s second point seems that to blame the North for Nigerian failings is futile because the British held down the North while allowing the South a free hand in education. The Northern leaders who led Nigeria such as Babangida were actually guided by southerners. Do not blame the North.

2010 Anambra elections: focus on INEC-PDP not on Gov. Obi-sponsored ASA-USA “inspection” Christmas trip

2010 Anambra elections: focus on INEC-PDP not on Gov. Obi-sponsored  ASA-USA “inspection” Christmas trip By Ken Kemnagum Okorie Special to USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine, AnambraPolitics@yahoogroups.com, and IgboEvents e-group Houston, December 9, 2009: So much blood has boiled unnecessarily over whether or not a U.S-based Nigerian group, Anambra State Association-USA (ASA-USA), should accept sponsorship from Governor Peter Obi of [...]

In memory of Nigeria’s anonymous President Yar’Adua and the devil himself, Obasanjo

In memory of Nigeria’s anonymous President Yar’Adua and the devil himself, Obasanjo. By Rudolf Okonkwo, USAfricaonline.com columnist and CLASSmagazine correspondent December 2, 2003: Just like you and I, Yar’Adua will die. Someday. I want to be the first to write his obituary. It is the greatest honor I can give to the man. Yar’Adua should be [...]

Danger of Failure of Anambra State for Igbo Civilization

Danger of Failure of Anambra State for Igbo Civilization By Okey Mbonu, JD —– USAfrica and USAfricaonline.com (characterized by The New York Times as the  most influential African-owned, U.S-based multimedia networks) established May 1992, our first edition of USAfrica magazine was published August 1993; USAfrica The Newspaper on May 11, 1994; CLASSmagazine on May 2, [...]

Ribadu’s Hypocrisy, Bode George and Obasanjo. By Tony Eluemunor

Sowumni counters: Tony Eluemunor is just playing a game with us all. As a paid aide of ex-convict James Ibori, he was in denial of the looting perpetrated by his principal. He faintly tried to deny Ibori was involved in the $1 million scandal in 1995.