POLLUTION, OIL and NIGERIA: LIQUID GOLD OR PETRO-GAS CURSE? By Chido Nwangwu, Publisher of USAfrica. Special to USAfrica The Newspaper, Houston (first written/published on October 19, 1998) and USAfricaonline.com http://www.usafricaonline.com/chido.petrogas.html updated http://www.usafricaonline.com/2010/07/06/petrogas-pollution-nigeria-chido-october1998 The news report by USAfricaonline.com about the July 5, 2010, ruling by a federal court in Asaba (Delta State of Nigeria) which awarded N15.4 [...]
CNN International profiles USAfrica’s Founder Chido Nwangwu Special to USAfrica multimedia networks & CLASSmagazine On June 24, 2010, CNN International reporter/producer/camera team visited USAfrica’s editorial headquarters in Houston, Texas, for 3.5 hours to document a forthcoming CNN International profile of USAfrica’s Founder & Publisher Dr. Chido Nwangwu. http://photoworks.tv/cnn-chido-usafrica2010 The recordings/interviews were wrapped up on Friday [...]
MoneyGram expands outlets into Nigeria with First Bank deal, and low transfer fees Special to USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine and Nigeria360 e-group (powered by USAfrica) USAfricaNEWSwire: MoneyGram has announced today June 9, 2010, that it has signed an agreement with Nigeria’s oldest bank, the First Bank, to enhance the money transfer corporation’s outlets by almost 500 national [...]
Nkwerre Aborigines Union USA elects Dr. Nnadi to lead group Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston By Dr. Chido Nwangwu, Founder & Publisher, USAfrica Multimedia networks The U.S chapter of the Nkwerre Aborigines Union’s Memorial weekend convention (May 28-May 31) in Houston, Texas has elected new officers to run the affairs of the group. Dr. Godwin Ngozi [...]
Nigeria’s lawmakers confirm Namadi Sambo as VP via controversial voice vote Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston USAfrica, May 18, 2010: The Nigerian Senate and House of Representatives have confirmed Nigeria’s new vice president, former Governor of Kaduna State Namadi Sambo via a voice vote. This method was used to avoid any controversies or raising of [...]
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Cocaine n Politics: 52-year old Nigerian politician-pharmacist caught with bellyful of cocaine…. Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston Nigeria’s drug enforcement agency says it has arrested a politician who allegedly swallowed 2 kilograms (nearly 4.5 pounds) of cocaine to fund his election campaign. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said Monday it arrested 52-year-old Eme [...]
Nigeria’s NNPC chief Shehu Ladan removed; Oniwon takes over; Ladan likely pick for Kaduna State deputy Governor. Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston. Abuja, Nigeria – Officials say the new managing director of Nigeria’s state oil company has been fired. A spokesman for President Goodluck Jonathan said Monday that Nigerian National Petroleum Corp. director Shehu Ladan had been removed from his [...]
Nigeria’s President keep VP pick secret; nominee expected this week. Special to USAfricaonline.com The presidency may not reveal the name of the vice-presidential nominee anytime President Goodluck Jonathan makes up his mind on the particular candidate, saying it would amount to breaching protocol to do otherwise, the Nigerian Tribune reported Tuesday. In its story, headlined [...]
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After murder of pastor n wife in Bauchi, Nigeria police step up patrols Special to USAfrica, USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston AFP: The Nigerian Police on Sunday heightened security in a mainly Muslim state of Bauchi in northern Nigeria in the wake of the murder of a Christian pastor and his wife. “The situation is well under control with the [...]
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It’s now Jonathan’s ball, as Nigeria’s Senate approves new cabinet Special to USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine and e-group Nigeria360 USAfrica, Abuja: Some new personalities as well as old ones have been approved by the Senate to fill positions in the gradual reorganization of the ministerial and administrative structure of Nigeria’s federal cabinet, as proposed by Acting President Goodluck [...]
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Niger’s junta enters as Supreme Council for the Restoration of Democracy, led by Major Salou Djibo. Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine, Houston NIAMEY: Salou Djibo, leader of the coup that overthrew Niger’s president Mamadou Tandja, is an army major who is virtually unknown to the people of the underdeveloped but uranium-rich west African state. Born [...]
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She said in the 30-second ad that “The images from Haiti are heartbreaking… Homes, hospitals and schools destroyed. Families searching for loved ones. Parents trying to feed their children. But we can all do something….”
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HAITI DISASTER: 200,000 may be dead after 7.0 Earthquake; how to help, now… Special to USAfricaonline.com, USAfricaNewsWire, CLASSmagazine, The Black Business Journal and the IgboEvents e-group Houston, Jan 12, 2010: Merely viewing the images/video of distress and decimation of life and environment, Haiti’s shattering earthquake of January 12, 2010 and its aftershock seem like a filmic creation of [...]
A U.S national security official in Washington DC informed USAfrica’s Publisher Chido Nwangwu that “the U.S is not engaging in a random decision. This is a clear, urgent response to the realities of the relationships the young Nigerian man Mutallab had with al Qaeda operatives in Yemen, and possibly elsewhere….”
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USAfricaonline.com research shows the network of radical Islam fighting under the recent, general banner of alQaeda have executed attacks, successfully across parts of Africa in 1998, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008 and 2009. Obama also noted that the Yemen-area group has been more problem for the U.S.
While the older Mutallab sought and gained multiple millions in rewards for his core, long-standing interests and skills in business especially in financial services, the younger Mutallab sought to be a foot soldier for bin-Laden’s troops. Evidently, even the luxury and resources amassed by the older Mutallab could not dissuade his 23 years-old son Farouk from being a jihadist and fighter for Islamic fundamentalism through the violent, toxic mechanisms of terrorism, as alleged from his actions on Christmas day December 25, 2009… minutes of a flight into America’s famous Motor City of Detroit.
Special Report: Nigerians, abroad and at home, swing from initial denial to harsh reality, reflecting on Farouk Mutallab’s terrorism arrest in Detroit, U.S. USAfricaonline.com developing special report…. For news tips, insights and context e-mail: News@USAfricaonline.com; wireless: 1-832-45-CHIDO (24436) or USAfricaNewsroom 713-270-5500. USAfricaonline.com on December 26, 2009 spoke to a very close family friend of the [...]
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Terrorism?: Nigerian passenger, Farouk Abdul Mutallab, held and charged on Dec 26, 2009 for, allegedly, attempting to blow up plane landing in Detroit Special to USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine and the Nigeria360 e-group Follow Nigerian community community responses and views on this developing news here, and across USAfrica’s other interactive platforms Facebook.com/USAfrica247, Twitter.com/Chido247 and on our yahoogroup: Nigeria360 e-group [...]
CRISIS IN GUINEA: Assassination attempt by one of his aides in troubled west African country, Guinea’s junta leader Camara ‘critical’; flown to Morocco…. Guinea’s junta leader Captain Moussa Dadis Camara, who was wounded in an assassination attempt, is in a “difficult but not desperate condition,” the president of Burkina Faso has said. Moussa Dadis Camara, [...]
South African President Jacob Zuma to Zimbabwe for power-sharing talks Special to USAfricaonline.com South African President Jacob Zuma is expected in Zimbabwe “later this week” to assess progress on ongoing negotiations to resolve a crisis that has threatened the country’s fragile coalition government, one of the feuding parties said in Harare on Tuesday. The Movement [...]
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