Devin
Aromashodu is
an
American-football wide receiver for the
Chicago Bears of the National Football
League (NFL). He was drafted by the Miami
Dolphins in the seventh round of the 2006
NFL Draft. Aromashodu
has also been earned a Super Bowl ring
with the Colts in Super Bowl XLI.
Nneka
Egbuna is
a hip hop/soul singer and songwriter. She
sings in English and her traditional
language of Igbo. Her dad is of Igbo
exraction and mom, a
German. Nneka lyrics are ideologically rooted.
David
Oyelowo is
an English actor. David studied Theatre
Studies for A level and his teacher suggested
he
should become an actor. He had begun his
stage career in 1999 and was the
first black actor to play an English king
in a major production of Shakespeare. He
is married to Jessica, a British
actress.
Cabinet
cracks as Akunyili demands Yar’Adua’s exit
Ministers
lost their temper yesterday at the Federal Executive
Council (FEC).
There
was a row over a memorandum by the Minister of
Information and Communication, Prof. Dora Akunyili,
urging President Umaru Yar’Adua to write
the National Assembly for medical vacation. Mrs
Akunyili had asked the FEC to rescind its December
3, last year decision that the President is not
incapacitated.
After
the December 2 FEC meeting, Mrs Akunyili told State
House correspondents that "the Council unanimously
resolved that there is no basis for the invocation
of provisions of Section 144 of the Constitution
for the reason that the President has not been
found incapable of discharging his functions.DETAIL
Shadow
Government - Chinedu Akuta
Damn
our “leaders” if they like it, damn
them if they don’t, the people have spoken.
Enough of power vacuum, near constitutional crisis,
and over heating of the polity all due to the fact
that the ruling party (PDP) does not trust the
Vice President (Jonathan Goodluck) to formally
act as President until President Yar’Adua
recovers from his illness. There is no choice other
than to respect the wishes of the Nigerian people,
power belongs to the people. Cracks have clearly
emerged with the Executive Council of the Federation
and the National Assembly due to the pressure from
the people. Shadow government will be such that
should coordinate massive public pressure (people’s
power) to counter bad governance. DETAIL
DIASPORA
PAN
AFRICAN
GLOBAL
Rebel
with a cause: The
great Russian writer Alexander Sergevitch
Pushkin, His
place in the history of the black diaspora is ambiguous,
but he referred frequently to his African blood
and his "negro" temperament..DETAIL
Imperialism
2.0: How will Chinese culture
influence Africa?China
is now making a very real effort
to export its culture to the
world’s poorest continent.
Last year the Asian giant overtook
the U.S. as Africa’s
top trading partner.DETAIL
Iran
president Ahmadinejad accepts nuclear deal
terms.Mahmoud
Ahmadinejad told state TV that Iran would
have "no problem" if most of its
stock was held for several months before
being returned as fuel rods.DETAIL
BUSINESS
New
oil field auction may be up to 2B barrels
Nigeria
will auction off rights to oil fields
that may contain up to 2 billion barrels
by the end of the year, an effort that
could put the West African nation back
as the continent's leading oil producer,
a presidential adviser said Tuesday.DETAIL
TRAVEL
U.S
Senate alleges continued money laudering
by African political elites Jennifer
Douglas, a U.S. citizen and fourth
wife of the former vice president
of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, reputedly
helped her husband bring more than
$40 million in suspect funds into
the United States. Some $25 million
of that was wire transferred by offshore
corporations into more than 30 U.S.
bank accounts opened by Douglas.
DETAIL
ENTERTAINMENT
‘Maga
No Need Pay’: Nigeria Gets Creative
to Fight Cyber Scams
Members
of the Microsoft Digital Crimes Unit and
Microsoft Nigeria are meeting with the
Economic and Financial Crime Commission
of Nigeria (EFCC) and other international
stakeholders to plan programs to combat
Internet fraud in West Africa.DETAIL
TECHNOLOGY
Ndukwe
takes
account
on
the
past
10
years
as
NCC
boss
Nigeria
Communications Commission’s out-going
executive vice-chairman, Ernest Ndukwe,
has explained the reasons behind certain
decisions taken by the commission during
his 10-year tenure..DETAIL
In
Defence
and
Support
of
Gov.
Babatunde
Fashola -Akintokunbo
Adejumo
It
is in no doubt the handiwork of forces
of evil and backwardness, who are
confused about the achievement that
has been recorded by the BRF administration
in a space of 2 years to the wide
acclaim and admiration of Nigerians
home and abroad and also the international
community. The effort of these detractors
is openly aimed at slowing the momentum
of progress in the state and to cause
unwarranted distraction to the development
agenda of the Civil and modern administration
of Lagos state under the leadership
of Gov. Babatunde Fashola.DETAIL
Lagos
State,
Gov.
Raji
Fashola
and "work-chop-cracy" -Seyi
Osiyemi
In
the Work-chop-cratic government, the masses accept
corruption as a way life. And as a friend noted
recently, corruption in governance is regarded
as second to the air we breathe under the model.
The principle is, everyone elected into public
office must “chop”, however the public
officer must justify his chopping through “hard
work and performance”. Hmmm….!DETAIL
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Diaspora
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