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By Prof. CHRIS CHINWE ULASI
When in our lofty idealization, Investigating
Marc
Rich
and his deals with
Nigeria's Oil.
By Chido Nwangwu
These views were
stated during an interview CNN's anchor Bernard Shaw and
senior analyst Jeff Greenfield had with Mr. Nwangwu on
Saturday November 18, 2000 during a special edition of
'Inside Politics 2000.'
Nigeria became an admirable prodigal,
and almost a father of his children,
we called upon flattering foes
and chagrined friends
to witness our bizarre opera,
a massive, protracted comic play in two acts:
the prelude before rehearsal of descent,
a parade of insouciance to reality--
unimaginable and unspeakable;
the commemoration of descent.
And then at Savannah's noonday,
as we started to be fanned
by the arid's scorching wind of anxiety,
causing our faces to know no hope, ad infinitum,
the blight I saw was the maddening incompetence
of a political cadre adrift long ago
and resurrected by a sordid promise
made from nothing. If carried through,
this promise, painful and bounded over our heads,
would validate all hopes by reforming them
and impel freedom to gather speed
as its mission to restore confidence
in those who almost witnessed their own burial
yet postponing it as if it were lunch,
because, left to hope, super will be better.
Ulasi,
executive editor of USAfrica The Newspaper, is a professor of
communications at the Texas Southern University.
Why Bush should focus
on
dangers
facing Nigeria's
return to
democracy
and Obasanjo's
slippery slide.
Obasanjo's
outburst at Ikeja Bomb scene
is wrong and unpresidential. By Emmy Ekjekam
Obasanjo's
own challenge to
imbibe the basics of
"democratic spirit and
practice."
By Prof. Ibiyinka
Solarin
Is Obasanjo ordained
by God to rule
Nigeria? And, other fallacies.
By Prof. Sola Adeyeye
Why International community should note the old military
dictator
in Obasanjo is abusing human
rights of Igbos,
others in
Nigeria. By
Egbebelu Ugobelu
Okigwe killings: A possible prelude to a pogrom?
By Dr. M. O. Ene
INSIGHT
Africa's
Looming Tragedy:
an appeal for preventive action in Nigeria
Ige's
murder is another
danger signal for Nigeria's nascent
democracy.
Nelson
Mandela, Tribute to the
world's political superstar and Lion of
Africa
TRIBUTE
A KING FOR
ALL TIMES:
Why Martin Luther King's
legacy
and vision are relevant into 21st 21st
century.
DIPLOMACY
Walter
Carrington:
African-American diplomat who put principles above self for
Nigeria 
(USAfrica's
founder Chido Nwangwu with Ambassador Carrington at the U.S.
embassy, Nigeria)
DEMOCRACY'S
WARRIOR
Out of
Africa.
…The
cock that crows in the morning belongs to one household but
his voice is the property of the neighborhood. -- Chinua
Achebe, Anthills of the Savannah. An editor carries on
his crusade against public corruption and press
censorship
in his native Nigeria and other African countries. By
John Suval.
Johnnie Cochran
will soon learn that defending Abacha's
loot is not as simple as his O.J Simpson's
case.
By Chido Nwangwu
How Obasanjo
handles Ige's murder will be telling. By Dr. Acho
Emeruwa.
'We've killed Uncle
Bola.' By Jonathan
Elendu. Elendu is USAfricaonline.com contributing
editor.
Why Ige's
assassination demands
better security for all. By Rev. Augustine Ogbunugwu.
HUMAN
RIGHTS AND DEMOCRACY
How far, how deep will Nigeria's human rights
commission go?
Rtd. Gen. Babangida trip as
emissary for Nigeria's Obasanjo to Sudan raises curiosity,
questions about what next in power
play?
110 minutes
with Hakeem Olajuwon
Nigerian
stabbed
to death
in his bathroom in Houston.
Cheryl
Mills' first class defense of Clinton and her detractors'
game
It's wrong
to stereotype Nigerians as Drug
Dealers
Private initiative,
free
market forces, and more
democratization
are Keys to prosperity in Africa
Africa
suffers the scourge of the virus.
This life and pain of Kgomotso Mahlangu, a
five-month-old AIDS patient (above) in a hospital in the
Kalafong township near Pretoria, South Africa, on October
26, 1999, brings a certain, frightening reality to the
sweeping and devastating destruction of human beings who
form the core of any definition of a country's future, its
national security, actual and potential economic development
and internal markets.
22 million Africans HIV-infected, ill
with AIDS
while African leaders
ignore disaster-in-waiting
Investigating
Marc
Rich and his deals
with Nigeria's Oil
Through an elaborate network of carrots and
sticks and a willing army of Nigeria's soldiers and some
civilians, controversial global dealer and billionaire Marc
Rich, literally and practically, made deals and steals; yes,
laughed his way to the banks from crude oil contracts,
unpaid millions in oil royalties and false declarations of
quantities of crude lifted and exported from Nigeria for
almost 25 years. Worse, he lifted
Nigeria's oil and shipped same to then embargoed apartheid
regime in South Africa. Read Chido Nwangwu's NEWS
INVESTIGATION REPORT for PetroGasWorks.com
In a special report a few hours after
the history-making nomination, USAfricaonline.com
Founder and Publisher Chido Nwangwu places Powell within the
trajectory of history and into his unfolding clout and
relevance in an essay titled 'Why Colin
Powell
brings gravitas, credibility and star power to Bush
presidency.'
Since 1958, Achebe's "Things Fall Apart" set a standard
of artistic excellence,
and more. By Douglas Killam.
Winnie Madikizela-Mandela's
burden
mounts with murder charges, trials
AFRICA
AND THE U.S. ELECTIONS
Beyond U.S.
electoral shenanigans, rewards and dynamics of a democratic
republic hold
lessons
for
African politics.
CONTINENTAL
AGENDA
Bush's position on
Africa
is "ill-advised."
The position
stated by Republican presidential aspirant and Governor of
Texas, George Bush where 
he
said that "Africa will not be an area of priority" in his
presidency has been questioned by
USAfricaonline.com Publisher Chido
Nwangwu. He added that Bush's "pre-election position was
neither validated by the economic exchanges nor
geo-strategic interests of our two continents."
Nwangwu,
adviser to the Mayor of Houston (the 4th largest city in the
U.S., and immigrant home to thousands of Africans) argued
further that "the issues of the heritage interests of 35
million African-Americans in Africa, the volume and value of
oil business between between the U.S and Nigeria and the
horrendous AIDS crisis in Africa do not lend any basis for
Governor Bush's ill-advised
position which
removes Africa from fair consideration" were he to be
elected president.
By Al Johnson
Should Africa debates begin
and end at
The
New York Times and
The
Washington Post?
No
Apple announces Titanium,
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ground-breaking products for 2001. iTunes makes a record
500,000 downloads.
Steve Jobs extends digital
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