NEWS & REPORTS

Woman called in bomb hoax to prevent husband from flying

By New York Post

Photo: Nigeriavillagesquare

A whacked-out New Jersey woman sent police rushing to Newark Airport yesterday after falsely accusing her husband of plotting to blow up a plane, authorities said.

NEWS FEATURE

Nigerians, top users of bleaching creams  

By WHO

Jayne Augoye examines a World Health Organisation’s report classifying Nigerians as major users of skin lightening  products

 A World Health Organisation report on the danger of mercury in skin lightening soaps and creams has revealed that over 77 per cent of Nigerians use such products on a regular basis.

NEWS FEATURE

Nigerians in Austria cry to President Jonathan

By Uzoma Ahamefule

Uzoma Ahamefule

All is not well between Nigerians in Austria and their embassy, and when a kingdom is divided against itself, the center cannot hold.

OPINION

Governor Sullivan Chime’s quick recovery

 By Nwaorgu Faustinus

Governor Sullivan Chime assumed the mantle of leadership as the Chief Executive officer of the Coal City State for the first time in 2007. This was after he served as the Commissioner for Justice and Attorney General   of State where he used his position at the time to make far-reaching and positive contributions that have direct impact on the well-being of the residents. 

OPINION

Tonye Princewill: A builder towards a progressive & prosperous Nigeria
By Odimegwu Onwumere

In his direction that Ndigbo should not be deterred, no matter
whatever unfavourable conditions they have been crying about in
Nigeria, Prince Tonye Princewill, a crowned prince of the ancient
Kalabari Kingdom of Rivers State, has further shown that he is one man who is dedicated to the progressiveness and prosperity of Nigeria. He knows that Ndigbo as a people have great love for nation-building and that they have maintained this gesture from their early history.

PRESS RELEASE

Group wants immediate end to segregation of Roma pupils in Czech Republic

Hindus want immediate end to reported continual and systematic ethnic segregation of Roma (Gypsy) children in Czech Republic which, they say, is blatant racism.

OPINIION

Njiko Igbo, OUK & side distractions
By Odimegwu Onwumere
 

Some persons think that the fresh move by certain persons in the Abia
State chapter of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) to the National
Working Committee (NWC) of the political party kneeling down to its
chairman that they do not want Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu (popularly called
OUK), who was a former governor of the state, represent the voice and
aspiration of Abia people. 

BUSINESS & EDUCATION

Boost for African business as MBA graduates plan to return as entrepreneurs

15 December 2012: African Diasporan MBA students from leading Western business schools have affirmed their conviction in Africa's potential for fostering small-to-medium sized enterprises (SMEs). 70 percent will work in Africa after graduation, according to a new survey by Jacana Partners, the pan-African private equity firm that invests in SMEs to deliver social and financial returns. Of that 70 percent, half plan to become entrepreneurs and start their own company, as opposed to working for an existing business.

OPINION

OUK & his non-partisan political movement
By Odimegwu Onwumere

With the movement by Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu, the former governor of Abia State, for sincerity in the political equation in Nigeria, calls for fête. Popularly called OUK (being the initials of his names) Kalu’s crusade through his non partisan-political movement – Njiko Igbo – is intact that Ndigbo should produce the next president of Nigeria in the 2015 elections.

OPINION

Did Susan Rice give Osama bin Laden a get out of jail free pass?

By Jean Damu

Susan Rice & Osama bin Laden

Now that UN ambassador Susan Rice has removed her name from consideration for elevation to Secretary of State, lingering questions concerning her foreign policy qualifications can be raised without being accused of holding Rush Limbaugh’s hand or fueling the Republican Party’s racist campaign against her.