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While Nigerians, Africans were binding and casting Lucifer, Dubai went into massive infrastructural development. By Prof. Abel Idowu Olayinka, the Vice Chancellor of the University of Ibadan, is an applied geophysicist. After independence, in order to...

Some have tried to put the blame on Gowon or the military leaders but Chief Awolowo’s own words are clear: “I decided to stop sending the food there.” It was not a military decision by Adekunle or Murtala. This is a decision made by then Finance minister of the federation, Chief Awolowo. He owned that decision in the interview quoted above. Whenever this issue is raised Awoists and the Awolowo family usually drew umbrage, assailing whoever called Awo out on this issue and generally attacking the character of those who dare to confront Awoists on the frailties of their leaders. It is time for Awoist to realize that Chief Awolowo is not infallible. He made some sound decision in governance as well as other horrendous decisions, one of which is this starvation policy. He might have done it to please the northern oligarchy who had promised to install him as president or he might have had a truly altruistic motive; whatever the case this is a sadistic policy that should never have been put in place by any Nigerian leader. The impact of Chief Awolowo's starvation decision on Biafra’s children still reverberates around the world. It was such that over 40 years later, Steve Jobs referenced it in the interview for his 2011 biography written by Walter Isaacson.

SEX TRAFFICKING of Nigerians across west Africa increases, latest Human Rights Watch report. Special to USAfrica, USAfricaonline.com and CLASSmagazine (Houston) By Chido Nwangwu wt HRW investigations http://usafricaonline.com/2010/08/27/sex-trafficking-westafrica-hrw2010-chido An 18-year-old Nigerian woman said that the woman who trafficked her...

By Olu Ojewale Special to USAfricaonline.com  • @USAfricaLIVE IT was a day that would be remembered for a long time to come. On Tuesday, May 30, the Ndigbo from different walks of life chose to commemorate...

Special to USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine,  and USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston. Follow Twitter.com/Chido247,  Facebook.com/USAfricaChido Breaking NEWS:  50 NIGERIAN STUDENTS KILLED IN BOMB ATTACK DURING MORNING ASSEMBLY at a secondary school in Potiskum on Monday. Nigeria's federal government has been unable to halt the wanton and...

USAfricaonline.com Flashback: Haiti's Igbo ancestry and recognition of Biafra in 1969. The March 22, 1969 statement by  DR. FRANCOIS 'Papa Doc' DUVALIER (April 14, 1907 – April 21, 1971), PRESIDENT OF THE REPUBLIC OF HAITI (from 1957 to...

First, Romney needed to be seen as equally presidential. Second, to put President Obama on the defensive. I think that history will record, critically, Obama's less than energetic presence, lack of powerful, concise projection of his record of achievements as well as his failing to adequately draw sharp, distinct contrasts from the Romney-47 percent-tax cut for every ailment Republican agenda altered the trajectory and reset the dynamics of the 2012 elections. But it's not over; there are two more debates and other multimedia platforms to make their different arguments to the economically stressed American voters and citizenry.

To my husband and outstanding father of our children, Dim oma Ojukwu By Mrs. Bianca Odumegwu Ojukwu Special to USAfricaonline.com,  the USAfrica-powered e-groups of  Nigeria360, IgboEvents, UNNalumni,  and CLASSmagazine Houston. Follow us at Facebook.com/USAfricaChido and Twitter.com/Chido247   How do I sum up 23 years (of marriage) in one page?...

Africa SOCCER clash prediction: Nigeria's Eagles likely to lose to Ivory Coast. Special to USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston,  USAfricaonline.com,  the USAfrica-powered e-groups of  Nigeria360, IgboEvents, UNNalumni,  and CLASSmagazine Houston. @Twitter.com/Chido247, Facebook.com/USAfricaChido n Facebook.com/USAfrica247   They might as well have called it (this weekend) the West Africa Cup of Nations and...

The question is not whether or not the 4 boys stole anything. That is quite besides the point. Let us ask instead: What do I need to ensure my children do not grow up hearing stories like these? What would it cost to make this country and are we willing to pay the price? Because if I were there that day, would I have spoken up and done my best to put a stop to it? Or silently stood by, condemning the actions in my heart, but doing nothing? Would I have been seized by the bloodlust and fear and anger myself, and spurred them on with my shouts, and cries for blood, maybe tossed in a rock or two for good measure.

https://youtu.be/IvnYFI_7n8o An international forum on ‪#‎Nigeria‬ Elections 2015 and its aftermath has been held at the Texas Southern University's Martin Luther King center. The televised broadcast was co-sponsored by the League of Nigerian Professionals, TSU,...

JOB ANNOUNCEMENT FOR CHURCH VICAR ADVERTISER'S ANNOUNCEMENT (Published on Saturday July 28, 2012  on USAfricaonline.com and the USAfrica-powered e-groups of AnglicanAfrican and AfricanChristians) ALL SAINTS ANGLICAN CHURCH, HOUSTON. 13403 Renn Rd, Houston, TX 77083 •  281-776-9989 JOB ANNOUNCEMENT FOR CHURCH VICAR POSTING TYPE:...

In another troubling aspect to the disruptions caused by cancellation, USAfrica and CLASSmagazine can report based on the eye-witness accounts of 3 passengers on the flight that the United Airline operations staff decided to placed some of the Euro-Caucasian and Asian heritage passengers (about 11 of them) on other airlines namely Delta and British Airways, heading back to the U.S., without putting any of the Nigerians on any of the airlines. Sam Oparah-Francis, a Nashville-based business executive who was on the cancelled flight, spoke to USAfricaonline.com from Lagos to confirm the preferential picks. "I think it is discrimination and I find it unacceptable, especially here in our own Nigeria. I saw it with my own eyes", he told USAfrica and CLASSmagazine.

Police in Nigeria's Rivers State on Thursday said more than 100 persons were feared to be burnt to death, while many were injured while scooping fuel from a fallen tanker in the early hours...

USAfrica & CLASSmagazine EXCLUSIVE Profile Q&A    with Mrs. NGOZI 'Ifenkili' ONWUALU  President, Anambra State Women Association of Los Angeles, California. By Dr. Chido Nwangwu Publisher, USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston Chido247@Gmail.com ------- This interview appears on the USAfrica powered professionals e-group of IgboCalifornia247 and...

Shola Olatoye appointed chairwoman of New York City Housing Authority by Mayor de Blasio. •Follow us Twitter.com/Chido247,  Facebook.com/USAfricaChido Special to USAfricaonline.com, CLASSmagazine, USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston USAfrica: The new Mayor of New York, Bill de Blasio, has appointed...

With razor’s edge elections, eyes of the world on pregnant Nigeria By Chido Nwangwu Special to USAfricaonline.com,  and USAfrica multimedia networks, Houston. Follow USAfrica at Facebook.com/USAfricaChido , Facebook.com/USAfrica247 and Twitter.com/Chido247 Beyond the niceties and glad-handing between incumbent President Goodluck Jonathan (of the PDP) and...

As a devout but moderate Muslim, he believes in the equality of all religions and of peaceful coexistence amongst nations and ethnic groups. A compassionate man with a deep sense of fairplay, Adamu is a consummate philanthropist dispensing help to all and sundry.

CLASSmagazine and USAfricaBOOKS Series on new Writers and Artistes • www.USAfricaonline.com "My book is about a spiritual journey towards true and enduring peace, happiness and success." Exclusive Profile Q&A with Attorney OGOR WINNIE OKOYE • Follow USAfrica at Facebook.com/USAfricaChido, Twitter.com/Chido247 n Facebook.com/USAfrica247 Chido/USAfrica/CLASSmagazine: Congratulations...

Nigeria is today NOT making a major impact, on its region, or on the African Union or on the big problems of Africa that it was making before. Now, of course, on the negative side, the collapse of Nigeria would be enormous, but is that a point to make Nigeria strategically important?... But I wonder if all this emphasis on Nigeria's importance creates a tendency to inflate Nigeria's opinion of its own invulnerability. Among much of the elite today, I have the feeling that there is a belief that Nigeria is too big to fail, too important to be ignored, and that Nigerians can go on ignoring some of the most fundamental challenges they have - many of which we have talked about: disgraceful lack of infrastructure, the growing problems of unemployment, the failure to deal with the underlying problems in the Niger Delta, the failure to consolidate democracy - and somehow will remain important to everybody because of all those reasons that are strategically important.