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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? 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 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 [...]
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. 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 [...]
Over the past 8 years, Republicans presided of a massive increase in the size and scope of the federal government. This led to the intrusive encroachment of government into the most private parts of our lives (wire tapping). Higher taxes have been camouflaged by using words like “fees.” In order to obtain a strong national defense, Republicans have spent like drunken sailors and activated our forces to the point where they are being stretched to the breaking point.
So, in a court of law, what is the evidence of these people truly being a Republican?
Nigeria is a nation whose ugliness is increasingly troubling! Nigeria’s Information Minister, Professor Dora Akunyili has implicitly accepted that there is something wrong with Nigeria’s image. She hardly accepts that there is something wrong with Nigeria. Trivializing her pet project to a matter of perception as she is doing with her usual zeal and outspokenness rather than accepting the obvious is very unhelpful.
The poignancy of such artistic endeavors like District 9, which has been described as “a science-fiction morality tale” ought to be seen as an effort not only driven by mercantile interest, but also an effort to employ art to deliver the message to the so-called Nigerian leaders, past and present of the incalculable harm they have done and continue to do their country and its inhabitants.
But are they listening? I have doubts.
Light rail holds too significance to the Bayou City of the 21st century to be considered only so casually, disjointedly and often from partisan political prism.
What is important here is that the contract brings to active life an expansion of light rail in this city. It is worth celebrating given that organized partisan opposition to light rail has been the Achilles heel of mass transit in Houston.
AIG bonus and congressional posturing By Ken Kemnagum Okorie Special to USAfricaonline.com and USAfrica The Newspaper, Houston Few events in recent times have showcased Washington DC in its true political color as did the AIG bonus debacle of March-April 2009. Washington is truly a circus of posturing where actors overindulge in childish gotcha. Seemingly, the [...]
In an interview with the Financial Times (London), Nigeria’s leader retired Gen. Obasanjo could not but admit: “In three years I went round the world and did not get anything… I went round the countries in Europe, twice over, I went to Japan, to America, to Canada and got good words… but no action at all.” Yet, if Obasanjo continues his current rate of travel overseas in the remaining 12 months of his presidency, he will make a further 30 trips with the whooping cost of US$6 million to Nigeria’s forlorn economy.
