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INSECURITY grows: Boko Haram, multiple blasts, gunfire rock three northern Nigerian cities. By Aminu Abubakar (AFP) Multiple explosions and gunfire on Thursday rocked three cities in Nigeria’s northeast, leaving at least one person dead in a region which has been badly hit by violence blamed on Islamists. The unrest broke out in the cities of [...]
Finally, if any of the President’s 100 advisers has the polite courage for the extraordinary task of reminding His Excellency of his foremost, sworn, constitutional obligation to the national interest about security and safety of Nigerians and all who sojourn in Nigeria, please whisper clearly to Mr. President that I said, respectfully: Nigerians, at home and abroad, are still concerned and afraid for living in what I call Nigeria’s Federal Republic of Insecurity!
U.S Congress issues “threat” warning about Nigeria’s radical Islamic sect Boko Haram Special to USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine , PhotoWorks.TV and the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360 and UNNalumni A U.S congressional report on Wednesday (November 30, 2011) flagged Nigeria’s Boko Haram Islamist sect as an “emerging threat” that could represent an eventual security risk to the United States and its interests. The group has been [...]
OBAMA & SECURITY: U.S Secret Service has revealed that a BULLET hit a window at the White House; bullet stopped by bulletproof glass…. Special to USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston www.USAfricaonline.com Concerns over the safety of the first African-American president of the United States are increasing in the minds of many, according to USAfrica news index [...]
Local terror mounts as Bomb targets Nigeria governor’s motorcade Special to USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine , PhotoWorks.TV and the USAfrica-powered e-groups of Nigeria360 and UNNalumni AFP: Maiduguri, Nigeria — A bomb targeting a police vehicle in a governor’s motorcade and two other blasts rocked the volatile Nigerian city of Maiduguri, but no casualties were reported, police and residents said Tuesday November 15, 2011. The blast [...]
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 [...]
The key issues of Nigeria’s Oil Import Subsidy saga As the debate over the critical issue of oil import subsidy continues, Nigerians and others have been told various things by various, interested parties and interests. In this commentary written for USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine, OilandGasMediaWorks, and the USAfrica-powered e-group of Nigeria360, analyst OMOH OKPOH raises some questions with his thought-provoking [...]
“Okay, Libya,” Mr. Cain said before rolling his eyes up and pausing to gather his thoughts after being asked if he agreed or disagreed with Obama’s response to the Libyan uprising.
“President Obama supported the uprising. Correct? President Mr. Obama called for the removal of Gaddafi. Just want to make sure we’re talking about the same thing before I say, ‘yes, I agreed’ or ‘no, I didn’t agree,’” he said.
USAfrica: Libya’s National Transitional Council military head confirms Muammar Gaddafi killed… Special to USAfrica, USAfricaonline.com , PhotoWorks.TV and the USAfrica-powered e-groups of IgboEvents, Nigeria360 and UNNalumni Former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi has died of wounds suffered in his capture near his hometown of Sirte on Thursday, a senior NTC military official said. USAfrica newsroom also monitored the first video showing his death [...]
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, [...]
USAfrica and USAfricaonline.com contacts in Cairo say that some of the key local opposition leaders who spearheaded the revolt against Mubarak are saying that “ElBaradei is about to reap where he has not sowed enough.” The reality is that he is more acceptable for the U.S., Israel and the Western hemispheric powers as the next, likely President of the 78million Egyptians who will not rock their boat as contrasted to another member of the Egyptian armed forces or less likely a member of the radical, minor conservative Muslim Brotherhood. Amidst all these, like most dictators, Mubarak does not know, any more, he is an emperor without clothes…. It’s been, to put it tidily, a revolting, tawdry and sorry image. when, what day, what hour for Egypt’s corrupt dictator Mubarak to completely slide into history’s dustbin. Good bye to bad rubbish!
The 2010 exit polls showed that support for the president has fallen considerably from this high water mark. The 2010 midterm elections show that Mr. Obama has his work cut out for him if he hopes to retain these key states in the 2012 election. Of the House seats that changed from Democrat to Republican, nearly a third flipped in these nine swing states…. If history is telling, than the economy will need to improve considerably over the next two years for Mr. Obama to be re-elected. Of the last nine presidents to seek re-election, none succeeded when the unemployment rate was 7.5 percent of greater in September of the year they sought re-election. The September unemployment rate in the year Jimmy Carter lost was 7.5 percent, while it was 7.6 percent for both Gerald Ford and George H.W. Bush.
Influential U.S Congressman Hon. Al Green of the Homeland Security and Financial Services committee who has attended some of the USAfrica Best of Africa events in Houston notes that “Chido and the team at USAfrica really do a first-class job of promoting with class and deep knowledge, the interests of Africans and Americans. Chido’s a great credit to journalism and our communities.”
By BLAIZE KADURU, Chief Economist of USAfrica multimedia networks and CLASSmagazine, Houston. Houston, July 1, 2010: First of all, let me stipulate my main point: the Obama stimulus package is bound to fail if nothing profoundly new is developed from a technology stand-point, to take advantage of key areas of needs that can only be filled [...]
Nigeria’s acting President meets Obama, others on security, nuclear issues inn Washington DC Special to USAfricaonline.com Nigeria’s acting president, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, arrived Sunday in the U.S. for a four-day official working visit during which he will participate in the international Nuclear Security Summit to be hosted by President Barack Obama, according to a statement [...]
In the likeness of Obama, Donald Duke’s message of change connects with Nigerians at home and abroad. By Chido Nwangwu, USAfricaonline.com http://www.USAfricaonline.com/donaldduke-obama-nigeria-chido USAfrica, March 10, 2010: Donald Duke, the charismatic former Governor of the Cross River State of Nigeria, will speak in the 4th largest city in the U.S., Houston, Texas, on Friday March 12, [...]
As Frank Annunzio, a shrewd former Democratic member of Congress from Chicago – reflecting on how Congress really works – once observed: “All the matters here is the votes. Everything else is [baloney].”
Right now, Obama and the Democrats should be concerning themselves solely with cobbling together bare majorities in both houses to achieve final passage.
Nigerians are moving on, with casual regard for the mysterious presidency of the indisposed Yar’Adua and the man who imposed him and his VP Goodluck Jonathan on Nigeria in 2007, the retired General and former president Olusegun Obasanjo. The truth of the matter is that Nigerians are sick and tired of subjecting our youth and children to compete and struggle for the same political positions with their grand-fathers…. the demands of Nigerians for a responsible and responsive government will not quieten with the return from Saudi Arabia (after 100 days) of the unwilling president of Nigeria ‘Baba Go-Slow’ Umar Yar’Adua. Nigerians say welcome, and goodbye….
With Yar’Adua out of sight and reach since Feb 24 return, confusion continues in the presidency. Special to USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine Umaru Yar’Adua’s unexpected return to Nigeria while still too ill to resume office has undermined the acting president and sown further confusion in the government, analysts say. “We are just creating a bundle of confusion [...]
Nigeria’s indisposed 58 years-old President Umaru Yar’Adua, apparently, has returned to Abuja a few minutes ago into the wee early hours of Wednesday (Nigeria), after 90+ days in a Saudi Arabian hospital undergoing treatment for a heart condition and other complications….. more info, breaking on www.USAfricaonline.com THE AUTHORITATIVE LINK. wireLess: 832-45-CHIDO (24436)
