Showing posts with label Nigeria. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Nigeria. Show all posts
Sunday, August 5, 2012
Join this movement of the age – Ban all arms to Africa
BY HERBERT EKWE-EKWE
(excerpts from Readings from Reading: Essays on African Politics, Genocide, Literature [pp. 183-194] which you may find helpful as you decide to join the movement)
… It should therefore be stressed that whilst the dichotomy often placed between “legal arms” and “illegal arms” by some observers (in the African militarisation, genocide and war debate) has some analytical credit, its outcome on the ground, particularly in enabling us evaluate the comparative impact that the two categories ultimately pose on African social co-existence and security, always comes as a shock! Contrary to the initial value judgement that most people would make between the “legality” of a particular commodity (in this case, arms) and its “illegality”, it is definitely no comfort at all when it is shown at the end of the exercise that the overwhelming majority of the 15 million killed in Africa’s genocide and wars in the past 45 years were in fact slaughtered with the use of “legal” armaments, operated seemingly legally by the armed forces of the state and their allies. The examples of the Nigerian state in 1966-1970, the Rwandan central government in the 1990s, and the current Arab regime in Khartoum are acutely illustrative of this cataclysmic sequence. In effect, whether “legal” or “illegal”, armaments in Africa, controlled overwhelmingly by the African state and its allies, are used to murder targeted African nations and populations domiciled within these states; the African states, since the Igbo genocide, have deployed armaments in their armouries to murder their peoples most brutally, massively and extensively. These states, starting from Nigeria, have murdered a ghastly total of 15 million Africans in a generation. They are still murdering without let up… They have devastated communities. They have disfigured and traumatised peoples’ lives and aspirations. In the hands of the typical African state, since the Igbo genocide, these armaments, even though classified “conventional”, are indeed weapons of mass destruction. Nothing else, but weapons of mass destruction… In Africa, the pistol, the rifle, the grenade, the rocket, the bazooka, the landmine, the helicopter gunship, the naval gunship, the fighter aircraft, the bomber, the tank – each and every one of these items, imported by and large from abroad, is a killer used primarily by the state to murder targeted peoples within its border. The African state should and must be stopped from murdering peoples within its frontiers. The rest of the world, especially from where weapons to these African states originate, day in and day out, can no longer remain bystanders as this orgy of death is brazenly played out in Africa. Since the Igbo genocide, the African state has been destroying African lives; they are presently destroying African lives; they will continue to destroy African lives until stopped. The African state must surely be stopped from its pursuit of this pulverising mission of death…
… On this score, the ethos that governs the African journey of recovery is the commitment of all Africans and the demand that they need to make to the rest of the world to place a mandatory embargo on all arms sales and transfers to all of Africa, as well as a complete demilitarisation of the continent. Africa needs justice and peace for, and with itself, to enable it embark on the much-vaunted era of reconstruction…
… On this, Africa’s challenge to the rest of the world couldn’t be clearer: those who live outside Africa but “care so much for Africa” should now scale down their multitudinous “aid-ventures for Africa” and turn their incredible talents to lobbying their respective states and other institutions in their countries and elsewhere to ban arms sales/transfers to Africa. This new focus for the world’s leading charities, away from the band-aid syndrome, will surely be more exciting, even less taxing, but definitely more rewarding for the ultimate outcome for Africa and the rest of the world alike. Africa seeks no resources from anyone, not even for one US dollar, to accomplish its current transformative mission to dismantle the genocide state. It is simply asking the world to completely seal off its vast armouries to deny access to the deadly claws of the African genocide state. For once, no one is asking anyone to raise money for Africa! Given the devastating impact of arms, arming, armies, genocide and other armed conflicts on Africa’s tragic history and the present, Africa, today, projects an unwavering signpost for the world’s attention that proclaims: Africa Is An Arms-Free Zone. A demilitarised continent. No More Arms Sales Or Transfers To Africa…
(Why not get a copy of Readings from Reading today, read through the argument and join the movement to ban all arms to Africa. There is no centralising arm of this movement. You are the centre! Form yours today by sharing with family and friends and colleagues everywhere – at discussion/entertainment venues, work, places of worship and spiritual fellowship, union meetings [trades, schools/colleges, family/village/town/district/regional, etc., etc.], next surgery with your electoral ward/precinct/local government representative, member of parliament/congressperson/senator… You can begin and join this movement wherever you are in the world. To ban arms to Africa is at once supporting African wellbeing and that of the rest of humanity. Now is the time!)
Friday, August 3, 2012
NIGERIA: Weekend Papers, August 3-5, 2012
COMPILED BY AMBROSE EHIRIM
CHICAGO TRIBUNE-REUTERS: Olympics-Women's boxing middleweight last 16 results
SUPER SPORT: Gunners blast ASO
THE CARIBBEAN JOURNAL: Jamaica and Nigeria Sign Cooperation Agreements on Energy, Trade
CHANNELS TV: Nigerian footballer dies on pitch in Romania
AFP-GOOGLE NEWS: Women's boxing makes Olympic debut
LIBERIAN LONE STAR: Liberian Lone Star, and Super Eagles of Nigeria to battle for AFCON’s qualifying round
BBC NEWS AFRICA: Nigeria suicide bombing 'kills soldiers' in north-east
REUTERS: Insight: A year on, Nigeria's oil still poisons Ogoniland
THE WEST AUSTRALIAN-AFP: Nigeria sect leader criticises Obama over terrorist label
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE: Mpape: Slum metres away from paradise
BBC NEWS: Nigeria gunmen storm oil ship - two dead, four kidnapped
EURO NEWS: ‘Nothing done’ over Nigeria oil pollution, say locals
RADIO NETHERLANDS WORLDWIDE: Explosions rock restive Nigerian city as troops raid homes
THE STATESMAN AUSTIN TEXAS: US men survive 1st test, beat Lithuania 99-94
DAILY TIMES NIGERIA: Lithuanian fined for racist chant at Nigerians
DAILY TIMES NIGERIA: Yobo moves to Fenerbachce
ORANGE NEWS UK: Odemwingie rescues Baggies
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: Grand Finale: Phelps to swim in medley relay
P.M. NEWS NIGERIA: London Olympics: 6 arrests made by police
WAFB: Lady Tigers off and running at Olympic games
REDIFF: Expect a few surprises in the women's track events
CHICAGO TRIBUNE: 19-year-old Davis learning abroad
TELEGRAPH UK: Mo Farah's main rival for long-distance gold at London 2012 Olympics is Kenenisa Bekele, says Haile Gebrselassie
THE EAGLE-ASSOCIATED PRESS: Carmelita Jeter leads quick women’s 100 heats at Olympics
NIGERIA TRIBUNE: Nigeria Leaks Billions From Rampant Oil Theft
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE: Public Revolt Imminent In Nigeria - Pastor Bakare
MY JOY ONLINE: Ghana, Nigeria pledge to deepen ties
ESPN SPORTS: Argentina-Nigeria Preview
NIGERIAN TRIBUNE: ‘I Prepared For Mr Nigeria Contest As If I Was Going To War’
JAMAICAN OBSERVER: Nigerian president wants economic, cultural co-operation with Jamaica
EURASIA REVIEW: Nigeria’s Oil Production At ‘All-Time High’
THE NEWS PAKISTAN: Lithuanians outraged by racism allegations
THE NATION NIGERIA: US rewrites record book as Spain, Russia advance
THIS DAY LIVE: Aviation Minister, Officials Embark on Foreign Road Show
THIS DAY LIVE: Relax Restrictive Monetary Policy Stance, Analysts Tell CBN
THE VIRGINIA PILOT: Ex-Landstown star advances to 400 meters semifinals
SAN ANTONIO: Olympics TV schedule: Saturday-Sunday
MERCURY NEWS: Bay Area athletes at the London Olympics
NEWS AND SENTINEL: Records in hand, US men's team ready for Lithuania
PLAYBILL: Fela! Ends Limited Broadway Encore Engagement Aug. 4
THE MOMENT-ALL AFRICA: Police Ban Carrying of Polythene Bags in Polling Units in Borno
THE INTERNATIONAL HERALD TRIBUNE: Nigerian Religious Leader Escapes Suicide Attack - Police
Thursday, August 2, 2012
Push to preserve Fela Kuti's legacy 15 years after death
BY M. J. Smith
LAGOS, Aug 3, 2012 (AFP) - The spirit of Fela Kuti haunts his old house -- the musician's colourful clothes in the bedroom, his shoes on a rack -- but the marijuana smoke, his many wives and his beguiling sax playing are long gone.
Thursday marked 15 years since the death of Kuti, the Nigerian Afrobeat musician who became a global icon thanks to his unique sound, his wild lifestyle and his harsh criticism of his country's corrupt military regimes.
He is far from forgotten, both here and in many places abroad, and his family has been working to further preserve Kuti's legacy, including efforts to turn his last house into a museum -- the reason his bedroom was left as is.
"It's gone beyond a Nigerian story," his son Femi Kuti, also a musician, said recently before taking the stage at the family's New Afrika Shrine club in Lagos. "It's gone beyond an African story. It's like jazz."
Kuti's legend has in some ways only grown since his death aged 58 in 1997 from an HIV-related illness, especially following a recent Broadway musical about his life that drew rave reviews.
His outsized personality and social activism made him a hero to many while he was still alive, and his funeral in the giant economic capital of Lagos drew massive crowds into the streets.
The saxophone player was a harsh critic of Nigeria's corrupt elite, lashing out in songs like "Coffin for Head of State" or "International Thief Thief", but with irresistible grooves that combined jazz, traditional music and other sounds.
His songs repeatedly landed him in trouble with the authorities, including arrests and the burning, allegedly by soldiers, of his compound, which he had christened the Kalakuta Republic and declared independent.
His original Shrine club where he regularly performed was shut after his death, but his family later opened the New Afrika Shrine at another location.
He was also known for marrying 27 women on the same day, most of them his dancers, and his love of marijuana was well-documented.
To some, echoes of his campaign for justice can still be heard in Lagos.
His name was invoked repeatedly during a national strike and mass protests in January over the removal of fuel subsidies, which caused petrol prices to double.
President Goodluck Jonathan was eventually forced to partially reinstate the subsidies.
Seun Kuti, another of Kuti's sons, played politically charged concerts before thousands at the main protest site in Lagos. Femi and his sister Yeni Kuti also helped lead rallies there.
For Kunle Tejuoso, who runs a record label as well as a bookstore and music shop that caters to Lagos intellectuals, Fela Kuti was "bold enough to shout out and use music as a weapon against a very, very vicious system."
Kuti was raised in a middle-class family and studied music in England, but was able to connect with ordinary people even after his fame grew, Tejuoso said.
"He stuck to the basics, he stayed with the people, and I think he was immersed in his music," he said at his store, which sells framed photos of Kuti.
'Be with the people'
"And to get to that music, you have to be with the people. In order to get the message across, you have to understand what they're saying."
Asked whether his father's legacy had more to do with music or social activism, Femi Kuti said they were equally important.
"You cannot forget the fight for social justice, making, especially, Nigerians aware of their predicament," he said.
Nigeria is Africa's most populous nation and largest oil producer, and is often ranked as one of the world's most corrupt countries. It was ruled by successive military regimes before a return to civilian government in 1999.
But it was not only Nigeria's leaders that concerned Kuti. Femi points out that he was also intent on speaking out against the injustices of colonialism. Nigeria, a former British colony, gained independence in 1960.
After the first Kalakuta Republic was destroyed, Kuti moved to the three-storey building his family is now seeking to turn into a museum in Lagos, with renovation work underway.
His pyramid-shaped tomb sits out front, the building situated on a narrow road in a crowded neighbourhood.
"It is very important to me, and this is why we buried him here in the first place -- because we wanted to turn this place into a museum after he passed away," said Yeni Kuti as she stood on the building's rooftop terrace.
The Lagos state government has provided the family with 40 million naira ($250,000) for the museum, according to Yeni, who estimates they will have to raise around 25 million naira more to complete the job.
The aim is to open the museum in October during "Felebration", an annual series of events honouring Kuti around his birthday.
They plan to install glass around his bedroom so fans can see inside, with exhibits in other rooms in the house and a small hotel.
"It's a global issue of mankind oppressing one another for wealth, for corruption, greed," Femi Kuti said. "And my father is just part of this big story."
Comparative diagnostic efficacy of serum squamous cell carcinoma antigen in hepatocellular carcinoma
A 7TH SPACE CREATIVE PRESS RELEASE
Hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) is a common liver malignancy in Nigeria. Hepatitis B and C viruses, alcohol and Aflatoxin B are among the various aetiology.
More work needs to be done in the search for markers that will aid early detection of this condition as it is uniformly fatal once advanced. Alphafetoprotein (AFP) remains the most widely used tumour marker of HCC detection in spite of its known shortcomings.The objective of this study was to determine the efficacy of serum squamous cell carcinoma antigen (SCCA) , in comparison to alphafetoprotein in the detection of HCC.MethodSixty patients with HCC and thirty apparently healthy controls attending the Medical Outpatient Department(MOPD) of the University College Hospital Ibadan(UCH) Nigeria were selected for the study.Questionnaire was used to collect clinical data while AFP, SCCA levels,serum HBsAg and anti-HCV were determined using ELISA method- ( Diagnostic Automation Inc.
(Canada),Abdominal ultrasound scan was also done.Result:Thirty one(51.7%) out of 60 selected cases were positive for HBsAg while six(20%) out of 30 controls were positive for HBsAg(p= 0.004) .Out of the 60 cases selected for this study only 2 (3.3.%) cases were positive for hepatitis C virus, while only 1(3.3%) out of 30 control was positive for hepatitis C virus(p= 0.74).The mean AFP value for cases with HCC was393.21ng/ml +/-386.97 compared to the control group which was 5.60 +/- 13.03 ng/ml (P value 0.001).The mean SCCA level was 0.64 +/- 0.56ng/ml and 0.71+/-0.65ng/ml for cases and controls respectively (p=0.631)
Conclusion: Alphafetoprotein remains a good tumour marker for the diagnosis of HCC. Serum squamous cell carcinoma antigen(SCCA) has no discriminatory power and may not be useful as a tumour marker for Nigerians with hepatocellular carcinoma.
Author: Olufemi M SoyemiJesse A OtegbayoSamuel O OlaAdegboyega AkereTemitope Soyemi
Credits/Source: BMC Research Notes 2012, 5:403
NIGERIA: Friday Papers, August 03, 2012
COMPILED BY AMBROSE EHIRIM
PUNCH: Insecurity: House chickens out of summons to Jonathan
THE TRINIDAD & TOBAGO EXPRESS: Nigeria plans to enter air services agreement with
FOX NEWS: US men score 156 points against Nigeria in basketball blowout
BLOOMBERG BUSINESS WEEK: U.S. Men Face Tougher Basketball Tests After Rout of Nigeria
LEADERSHIP NIGERIA: Clinton May Stop By In Nigeria
THE NEWS PAKISTAN: ‘City’s children prone to polio after WHO office closure’
GUARDIAN NIGERIA: SON reads riot act to traders of sub-standard products
THIS DAY LIVE: Soludo Writes for THISDAY
WISCONSON STATE JOURNAL: Catholic group seeks space to serve needy
THE NEWS TRIBUNE: Douglas wins all-around Olympic title
THIS DAY LIVE: Police Set to Prosecute Lawan over $.62m Bribe
VANGUARD NIGERIA: Assad will go sooner or later – Annan
PUNCH: Okonjo-Iweala in Senate: Nigeria not broke, cash problems normal
SUPER SPORT: Race for NPL crown down to three
SUPER SPORT: Umar cherishes call-up
SUPER SPORT: Akpala still on course for UCL
SILVER RIVER SPORTS: Global reach highlights Razorback Olympians
DAILY TIMES NIGERIA: Crude oil production hits 2.7mbpd
DAILY TIMES NIGERIA: NUT commends Obi
DAILY TIMES NIGERIA: Man seeks divorce from violent wife
THE NIGERIAN ENTERTAINMENT TODAY: Bigfoot and Mr Rae release ‘The Big Rae’ EP
VENTURES AFRICA: U.S. Congress Renews African Trade Law Provision
NEWSDAY: Marketing critical — Nguni
Nigerians Are Dying In Libyan Prisons, Say Returnees
BY KAYODE OGUNWALE/SAN FRANCISCO BAY VIEW
Lagos – Nigerians who were recently repatriated from crisis-torn Libya described their ordeal after they were caught between two feuding camps.
Their appearance tells the story of the ordeals they went through in their host country. The 327 Nigerians who were recently evacuated from Libya wear the scar like a toga. Disheveled, disillusioned and angry, the returnees – men, women and children – arrived at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport in mid-July in two batches on board a Tripoli Air Memphis Subme plane.
The stranded Nigerians, according to the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA), were evacuated to the country from Libya through the effort of the International Office for Migration (IOM), a United Nations body.
Statistics by the agency indicate of those brought back, 113 are females and 214 males. Among them also are 11 under-aged children and one elderly person.
Weekly Trust learnt that some of the returnees had been tortured or imprisoned by the new government in Tripoli before they were evacuated. Some of them who relived their experiences painted a gloomy picture of the post-Qaddafi era. They had been caught in the crossfire there.
Mr. Okwudolor John said, “The situation is very bad in Libya. Nigerians are suffering; some are very sick while others are dying.
“We lost everything during the crisis: money, clothes, everything indeed. Libyan hoodlums capitalized on the crisis to rob and dispossess us of our property.”
Esther Omoreghe, who returned with two of her children while her Ghanaian husband and her son died in the heat of the crisis, regretted her sojourn to a foreign land and vowed that she would never allow her children or relations to travel outside Nigeria.
A returnee simply identified as Jennifer, who could not hold back tears, said she left Nigeria in search of greener pastures, but came back dejected with a pregnancy.
“We lost everything during the crisis: money, clothes, everything indeed. Libyan hoodlums capitalized on the crisis to rob and dispossess us of our property.”
“The Nigerian government should wake up, because so many of us are dying in Libyan prisons. Libyans do not want to see us at all.
“If you have somebody in Libya and have not heard from the person for a long time, just know either the person is dead or in one of the prisons,” she said.
Jennifer said the person responsible for her pregnancy, a Nigerian, was in one of the unknown prisons.
Miss Idemudia Joy said her travelling to Libya was a “wasted effort,” blaming the different levels of governments in the country for her predicament.
“I think if everything had been well in Nigeria, none of us would want to go through hell on earth. I went to Libya through the desert. I trekked night after night through the desert, but see where I have ended up. But I still thank God I came back complete and was not detained endlessly in their prisons. Here I can start a small business to take care of my baby and myself,” she said. “If you have somebody in Libya and have not heard from the person for a long time, just know either the person is dead or in one of the prisons.”
Idemudia urged the federal government to expedite action to evacuate Nigerians from Libyan prisons and hospitals and those hiding in different villages.
One of the returnees, who came home with POP on his leg, said he was shot by a security officer while doing his business in the crisis-torn country. He said there was an increasing hatred for Nigerians and appealed to the federal government to act fast to save young Nigerians in Libya.
“The government should stop saying there are no Nigerians in Libya. There are many of us in prisons, hospitals and some doing odd jobs for companies, just to find a place to hide,” he said.
A NEMA official who spoke on condition of anonymity said it is not only Libya that is repatriating Nigerians. “On March 7, 2011, at the peak of crises in some parts of North Africa, NEMA in collaboration with the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and other partners repatriated about 991 Nigerians, mainly from Egypt and Tunisia, while on the Feb. 27, 2012, about 292 Nigerians returned from Libya to Lagos.
Also, 423 Nigerian returnees were received by NEMA at the border town of Gamboru-Ngala in Borno State in four batches in 2011.
Altogether, over 3,000 Nigerian victims of the Arab Spring crises, he said, have been repatriated to Nigeria by NEMA and other international and national humanitarian organizations. The first batch returned at the peak of the Tunisian and Egyptian crises when many nationals were trapped in those crisis torn countries.
He said many Nigerians could not be evacuated then, because most of them could not be reached at the time of the scheduled evacuation, as most of them were living in the rural and remotest areas in those countries.
Another hindrance in reaching Nigerians at the time, he said, was that many of them could not access mass communications like social media, radio and television that were deployed by the Nigerian embassies and NEMA to inform the distressed Nigerians on the assembly points for their evacuations.
“It’s pertinent to stress that most of those who turned up for evacuation earlier later turned down the opportunity to return to Nigeria, and with the humanitarian principle of non-compulsion to force people to reside against their place of choice, the Nigerian government was compelled to leave the Nigerians who decided to remain until they voluntarily opted to return to Nigeria.
“The current returnees may be part of those who refused to return at the initial time, while more of them may turn up for eventual return when they feel like returning to their fatherland, he said.”
Monday, July 30, 2012
NIGERIA: Tuesday Papers, July 31, 2012
COMPILED BY AMBROSE EHIRIM
GROUND REPORT: Nigerian Advocacy Group Caution’s on Mpape Demolition Exercises
THIS DAY LIVE: D' Tigers in Threshold of History against Lithuania
VANGUARD NIGERIA: 2012 Budget: Okonjo-Iweala insists on 56% implementation
VANGUARD NIGERIA: Outcry as oil spill takes over River Ethiope
VANGUARD NIGERIA: Ex-militants protest non-payment of allowances
GUARDIAN NIGERIA: U.S. may take drug war to Nigeria, others
GUARDIAN NIGERIA: Nigerians detained in Trinidad seek visiting Jonathan’s help
PUNCH: Lawyer alleges poor crowd management at Dana crash site
PUNCH: Policeman killed, victim shot in rescue operation
THE TRINIDAD EXPRESS: Kambon honoured by Nigerian leader's visit
SUPER SPORT: Enyimba takes it slow
FIFA: Sunshine Stars shooting for the sky
TRINIDAD & TOBAGO EXPRESS: Wrap it up, African style
ENSTARZ: NBC Olympic Schedule; Streaming for Day 4, Tuesday- Men's Basketball, Swimming, Gymnastics
LEADERSHIP NIGERIA: D’Tigers’ Coach Eyes History
LEADERSHIP NIGERIA: Brutality: Police Get New Code Of Conduct
Brightlife Music Hosts Single Release Party For Hip-Hop Sensation "Emaculent"
For Immediate Release Victoria Ihenacho, NICOCUSA 468 North Camden Drive 2nd Floor Beverly Hills, CA 90210 Email:info@nicocusa.com
Brightlife Music Hosts Single Release Party for Hip-Hop Sensation "Emaculent"
Los Angeles, C.A. (July 28, 2012) Bright "L.A. Bright" Enabulele, a Los Angeles based Nigerian music mogul and the President and CEO of Brightlife Music, will debut his headline Artist, Hip-Hop sensation Emaculent aka Emac and host the highly anticipated Single Release party of his hit single "Roll Up" from his upcoming album "15 Min To E", on July 31st 2012 at Café Entourage in Hollywood.Brightlife. Musics latest musical phenom Emaculent, has taken the music industry by storm with his hard pressing lyrics and silky-smooth delivery. Emaculent has worked with legendary artists such as Ray J, E40, and Lazy Bone. "Roll Up" the single, is exclusively distributed by Bungalo/Universal Music Group and will be available for download on Amazon and iTunes on July 31st, 2012. Emaculent is also slated to embark on a worldwide tour to promote "15 Min To E".
About the Nigerian Chamber of Commerce USA (NICOCUSA):
The Nigerian Chamber of Commerce-USA (NICOCUSA)is a US based business league founded in 2002, which serves as a liaison between business communities and their interests in the United States and Nigeria. Each year, NICOCUSA facilitates lucrative partnerships and contracts between businesses here in the United States and Nigeria, which have created jobs and literally changed the lives of thousands of people all over Nigeria.
The Nigerian Chamber of Commerce-USA 468 North Camden Drive 2nd Floor Beverly Hills California 90210 United States
The Ambrose Ehirim-Claret Onukogu Q & A Interview
Claret Onukogu is Ph.D candidate at Walden University and aspires to be a film-maker and interest in working for the United Nations. In this interview, she talks about her growing up, going to school in Nigeria, Nollywood and her problems with the Miss Nigeria In America Beauty Pageant since her crown.
Excerpts:
Tell me about yourself.
I am the first child from a family of 8 and a native of Imo State, Nigeria who resides in the United States. I am an MBA/ Healthcare Administration degree holder from South University in Savannah, Georgia, and a PhD candidate from Walden University. I am also one of the new faces and rising stars in Nollywood with work ranging in cinema, soap-opera, home-videos, and co-host of a television show (music and vibes). Some of my awards include Who’s Who among American High School students, Who’s Who among American College students, Certificates of Academic Excellence, Outstanding French Student, National Dean’s List (sophomore), Minority Academic Awards, Academic Scholarships, Miss Nigeria in America (2009-2010), and Outstanding Nigerian (World Ebony Network). I am intelligent, spiritual, brilliant, articulate, hard-working, compassionate, and admirable.
What inspired you to be doing the stuff that you now do in the Nollywood entertainment industry?
I have always aspired to be an actress particularly in Nollywood at a young age, but I wanted to complete my graduate level education before I actively pursue a career in acting. As a child, I watched many Nollywood movies and I enjoyed them. I admired the culture, language, and stories and it kept me connected to home. Acting has always been a part of me even as a child and before I decided to become a professional in the field, I did it as a hobby and I loved it, besides, the industry has evolved and is taking a new and different dimension.
How would you compare Nollywood to Hollywood?
Although Nollywood is growing at an incredibly fast pace, it has not quite reached the level of Hollywood. I am optimistic that in the next few years, it will be close to Hollywood in terms of the technology, special effects and in other areas where it lags behind.
Is Nollywood getting better?
The industry is changing. Nollywood is now in cinemas and I happen to be one of the faces appearing on the big screen. Many producers are taking the risk to redefine and create new faces of Nollywood. There are young and talented actors and actresses on the rise. Some of the actors and actresses who have been in the industry for a while have ventured into filmmaking and most of them attended renowned schools to study the art and perfect their skills. I was very impressed at the work ethics and professionalism, talent, enthusiasm and educational backgrounds of some of the rising producers and directors that I was fortunate to work with; they were simply amazing and continue to search for ways to introduce new materials and reinvent the ones that are already in existence. I am definitely impressed at the frequency of growth of the industry.
You went to school both in Nigeria and the U.S. From your experience, how do you compare both educational systems?
I schooled in Nigeria for a few years during my childhood and the educational system then might have changed because it has been a very long time. I liked the experience of being educated back home because it goes beyond the regular academic environment. I learnt culture, language, values and morals as an African woman. I also like the experience of being educated in the United States because it broadened my horizon and exposed me to individuals and cultures from different parts of the world. The educational systems from both parts of the world made me who I am today and I cherish the experiences that I garnered from them. I am very grateful to God and my parents for giving me such an opportunity.
Let's talk about the Miss Nigeria in America Beauty Pageant. You were crowned queen in 2009, right??
Yes, I emerged as the winner for the Miss Nigeria in America 2009 pageant.
I read where you still claim to be Miss Nigeria in America after three years you have been crowned. In what supposedly should have been held annually, how come you still hold the crown?
I still have the crown because MNIA Inc. and its organizers have not been able to stage another pageant since September 5, 2009. My reign ended officially on September 5, 2010, but I have not been able to handover to anyone since no pageant has been held by the organization since 2009 and the public expects to see me crown a new queen who competed in the pageant system and earned the title.
who is Oluwayimika Angel Adelaja?
Oluwayimika Angel Adelaja was the first runner-up for the Miss Nigeria in America 2009 beauty pageant and long-term friend of the organizers at MNIA Inc. She now supposedly claim to be Miss Nigeria in America 2010-2011 with a false public message from her, MNIA Inc and its organizers that I relinquished my title and handed over to her while in actuality I have already served and completed my reign exactly a year after I was crowned from September 5, 2009 to September 5, 2010. Adelaja is currently facing legal actions for impersonation and defamation of character. She is a queen that MNIA Inc and its organizers falsely created for the continuity of the organization because they have not been able to afford any pageants. By doing so, Angel Adelaja has been posing with a purchased and unmerited crown and sash as the current queen with false justification to the public for the questionable act claiming that I (Claret Onukogu), the former queen waiting to hand over to a successor who competed and merited a crown at a pageant, relinquished my title for her due to a pursuit of an acting career in Nollywood which is FALSE because she bears a different title (MNIA 2010-2011) with her crown and sash which has absolutely nothing to do with me and my reign as MNIA 2009-2010. Most individuals are baffled by this unscrupulous act by MNIA Inc and its organizers because if a crown, sash and title can be given to an individual without a competition for the year that she claims to be queen, then the purpose of pageantry is defeated.
Why is she claiming to be the current Miss Nigeria in America? Since there hasn't been any contest from when you were crowned three years ago, how was she declared winner of the beauty pageant contest?
Mr. Ehirim that is exactly the lingering question that confuses me and everyone else; since my reign ended exactly a year after I was crowned, I moved on with my acting career and other activities. The answer should be given by Oluwayimika Angel Adelaja in court as to why she has been posing with a sash, crown and title that is unmerited. She should be able to answer the question effectively and defend her title without mentioning my name because I never handed my crown and sash to her, MNIA Inc or its organizers, since my reign and responsibilities as Miss Nigeria in America 2009-2010 ended a year after I was crowned like other queens in the MNIA Inc. pageant system.
From what I read, what happened to the show since you were last crowned?
No show has been held by MNIA Inc. and its organizers since the last pageant in 2009. I have not spoken to them after the conclusion of my reign. I traveled out of the country a few weeks before the end of my reign to engage in some charity work in Nigeria, which was highly publicized and recognized, and to begin my acting career a few months after my reign ended. I was astonished when people began to contact me with questions concerning my supposedly forged resignation and relinquishing of title as Miss Nigeria in America 2009-2010 according to MNIA Inc and its organizers. The first time that I received a call pertaining to this issue, I had my crown and sash in front of me. Even though the credibility of the organization and the integrity of its organizer became questionable to me while working with them, I could not believe that they would think about committing a dubious act and using my name for its justification. Apparently, six months and a few days after my reign ended, they lied on Facebook and on their website that I relinquished my title and resigned as Miss Nigeria in America 2009-2010 which is an expensive lie and defamation of character. Since I was out of the country, I could not take any actions towards the issue until I returned to the United States. For the past few months, I have been asked by several individuals and the media about the false and slanderous news until I decided to take legal actions towards the organization and Oluwayimika Angel Adelaja and to grant interviews to the media in order to clear my name and answer the questions that have been directed to me by many individuals. I do not sanction the use of my name in any crooked and questionable act and no one including the MNIA Inc and its organizers has the right or permission to dent the reputation that I have built for myself. I could not believe that MNIA Inc and its organizers had the audacity to fabricate an expensive lie with my name in public for their own interest. From the beginning of my reign (September 5th, 2009) to its end (September 5th, 2010) MNIA Inc specified verbally and in writing that my reign comes to a halt a year after I was crowned and it did; despite the fact that there were no contracts, agreement or conversation stating otherwise and none binding me to the organization stating that my reign will extend more than a year, the organizers of the pageant who reiterated to me during my reign on numerous occasions that they could not have another pageant due to financial and other organizational commitments, thought that it would be a brilliant idea to lie to the public that I relinquished my title in order to justify them crowning a runner-up from 2009 as Miss Nigeria in America 2010-2011 on February 2011 without a pageant which is an insult to those of us who worked hard and earned our crowns. To say that I am highly disappointed in MNIA Inc. and its organizers is an understatement. Please examine a few of the messages that I received from the organizers of the pageant during my reign and its pattern of change over the years. I have also included a response from Oluwayimika Angel Adelaja to someone making inquires about her being the current queen.
Email from Chichi Dike-Emeson “CEO, Executive Director, and Founder of MNIA Inc.)” On May 3, 2010 speaking concerning the end of my reign and management by regal affairs: “The meeting will discuss your management with Regal Affairs and my expectations from you and Regal Affairs. So please come with your ideas and we will draft a game plan for your reign from now till October.”
On July 22nd 2010, the executive director of the MNIA pageant sent me an email also addressing the Regal Affairs manager of the organization stating verbatim in her exact words “September 5, 2010 is the end of your reign and I will ensure that MNIA submits to you all the is due to you. I need a close-out report from you and that should include a reflection of your reign as Miss Nigeria in America 2009. As you know we will not be having any pageant this year but the next Miss Nigeria in America will be on September 3, 2011 in Washington DC. Queen, I also need a close-out report from Regal Affairs also for management of the Miss Nigeria in America 2009.”
Close out report from the executive director on July 29, 2010:
“Dear Claret,
As we come to the end of your reign, MNIA, Inc. wants to thank you for all the work you have done in the past 12 months. As you may be aware, we will not be having the Miss Nigeria in America Pageant in 2010. Financial and other organizational commitments have forced us to move this event in 2011. Due to your hectic schedule and your ongoing work with the entertainment industry, your reign will end on September 5, 2010. MNIA has decided that in order to continue the work of MNIA, Inc, and our charitable/ non-profit mission, the 1st runner-up Miss Angel Adelaja will become Miss Nigeria in America 2010. Please note that the organization will have your EEE bonds to you before your reign is over. Please let us know if there is any thing that you may need. We wish you the best in your endeavors.”
“Los Angeles, CA – February 18, 2011 - MNIA, Inc. has announced today that the first runner-up in the 2009 MNIA Pageant - Angel Adelaja will assume the role and responsibilities as the Miss Nigeria in America 2010. In a statement issued by the President of the Organization, Angel will fulfill all remaining responsibilities of the former Queen, Claret Onukogu. Speaking on this change, ChiChi Dike Emeson, Executive Director said “We gracefully accept the resignation of the Miss Nigeria in America 2009 as of September 5, 2010.”
Oluwayimika Angel Adelaja: July 26, 2012 (Response from Angel to an individual making inquiries as to how Angel became Miss Nigeria in America 2010-2011):
“Anyway I was 1st runner up in the 2009 pageant, but the winner was asked to resign for reasons I am not at liberty to say, and as it is stated in the regulations, the 1st runner up assumes the title in situations such as these. Unfortunately there hasn't been a pageant since 2009, but there will be one this September in Washington DC and I will be handing over the crown to the winner.”
Information on the company website and a word document about Angel on google states:
“Dr. Angel Adelaja is the reigning Miss Nigeria in America (2010 -2011). Angel was the first runner up in the 2009 Miss Nigeria in America Pageant and assumed the role and responsibilities of the former queen Claret Onukogu who relinquished her title to pursue an acting career.”
Mr. Ehirim, please, you be the judge does this sound like I resigned or more like falsification of information and defamation of character? My observations and experience with MNIA Inc and the organizers of the pageant during my reign caused me to dissociate myself from them for almost two years now. It is frustrating and annoying for me to go back to issues concerning them again. It is obvious that MNIA Inc and its organizers are not straight forward and trust worthy. Besides inconsistency and questionable acts, they still owe money in the form of savings bonds and other rewards to me, many runner-ups, winners, and some other former contestants who merited items such as plaques. They lied and did not meet up to their obligations during my reign. Apparently, I am not the only one who is displeased with the unscrupulous behaviors of MNIA Inc and its organizers. From last year till recently, some of the winners who were owed for years before I came on board have approached me concerning the issue of payment or financial assistance that we never received from MNIA Inc as promised and we were planning to find a lawyer collectively to write a letter to the organization. I later decided to sue them because I felt like it will be the most appropriate thing to do at this point since it has become a trend by the organization to owe individuals especially the young ladies who competed in the pageant system. It is disheartening to know that an organization that supposedly prides itself of bringing Nigeria to positive light and empowering women is fraudulent, crooked, manipulative and prone to falsification. This was a message from the executive director on May 19, 2010 concerning my personal information for the supposed savings bond or money which I never received “Hi Claret, I cannot process your bonds without a SSN number so if you want to call me and give it to me so I can process in the bank, then you can call.” I am not the only person who completed the bond forms and never received the money and other rewards that was due to me. Legal actions have also been taken towards MNIA Inc and its organizers concerning the possession and possible use of my personal information. The United States federal government has been made aware of this problem and is actively working towards the issue. The last thing that Nigeria needs is another scam, fraud or dubious act attached to its name, not even in the form of pageantry. Please take note of the report from Better Business Bureau concerning the Miss Nigeria in America pageant:
This Business is not BBB accredited Miss Nigeria in America Pageant/ Danick, INC Phone: (202) 460-2919 1717 K Street, NW Suite 600, Washington, D.C. 20036 http://missnigeriainamerica.org! Miss Nigeria in America Pageant/ Danick, INC is Believed to Be Out of Business ! Additional Information BBB file opened: February 22, 2005 Contact Information Principal: ChiChi Dike, Company Contact Business Category BEAUTY PAGEANTS # of businesses with 1-4 complaints in the past 36 months. Miss Nigeria in America Pageant/ Danick, INC is in this range.
I do understand that the organizers at MNIA Inc. are entitled to do as they please with their organization but they are not permitted to use my name in any questionable act to rectify their mistakes or set-backs. Common sense will tell anyone that a supposedly yearly pageant will have winners whose reign ends yearly. If Miss Nigeria in America 2009 was crowned on September 5, 2009 then September 5, 2010 will mark the end of her tenure. I cannot possibly resign on the day that my reign ends. The fact that MNIA Inc. and its organizers can falsify senseless lies makes one wonder about the integrity and the sanity of any individual who will do such. I did not have any form of communication with Chi-Chi Dike-Emeson, her husband Kenneth Emeson and friend Queen Gideon Uchekwe, who are the main organizers and producers of the MNIA pageant, on September 5, 2010 to discuss or hand over any form of resignation. No one forced me to resign. My reign ended when it was supposed to like other queens who served for one year and Oluwayimika Angel Adelaja should defend her crown and title as MNIA 2010-2011 (however it was obtained) without any claims that I relinquished my title for her because if I did, she will have my crown, sash and title as MNIA 2009-2010. I earned my title, crown and sash and never gave them to anyone. She is assuming her own responsibilities as MNIA 2010-2011 and not mine. If the completion of my reign that ended in one year translates to a false imaginary resignation to MNIA Inc. and its organizers, then it means that they are referring to every queen who won and completed their one year tenure with the organization. I went beyond the call of duty to conclude my roles and responsibilities as a queen. MNIA Inc, its organizers and Oluwayimika Angel Adelaja should please formulate another lie to tell the public as usual. The ones they falsified have turned sour. Individuals in the public are not fools, they know how credible organizations conduct pageants. It is imperative that Africans, particularly Nigerians, should join hands in cleansing our image by eradicating fraudulent, dubious and falsifying entities that bear our names and put a halt to the activities of the individuals behind those acts that drag our names to the mud especially in the international community.
Besides what's been going on, what are your interests?
I will like to venture into the production aspect of entertainment particularly film-making. I am also very interested in working with the United Nations.
What projects are you working on now?
I have been working on my PhD in Epidemiology; I have also been taking some classes for film production and screenplay writing. Humanitarian work is still a priority in my life regardless of how busy my schedule might be; I create time to do charity work. I am currently shooting a program in the U.S. that will be shown on Nigerian television networks. I have been privileged to own and operate a webstore with variety of goods at affordable prizes (http://claretijeoma.fscstore.com).
Saturday, July 28, 2012
NIGERIA: Sunday Papers, July 29, 2012
COMPILED BY AMBROSE EHIRIM
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Thursday, July 26, 2012
NIGERIA: Friday Papers, July 27, 2012
COMPILED BY AMBROSE EHIRIM
WASHINGTON POST: US returns 11 cultural artifacts to Nigeria in NY ceremony; recovered from airport shipment
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Ancient statues smuggled from Nigeria being returned home
Who stole 2,000-year-old figurines made by Nok culture still under US investigation
By Wynne Parry, Live Science/MSNBC
A handful of roughly 2,000-year-old figurines began a journey back home to Nigeria Thursday after being seized at John F. Kennedy Airport in New York City.
At a repatriation ceremony held at Homeland Security Investigation offices on the west side of Manhattan, Nigeria's Consul General Habib Baba Habu took legal possession of the terracotta sculptures, which he said had been stolen from the country's national museum.
Habu called today a special day. "It is the day that America has extended a gift of friendship that we will never forget," he said.
Ancient artifacts
On display for the ceremony were seven pieces of figurines, which resembled bits of cylindrical gingerbread men thanks to the orange hue of the terracotta. The two best preserved pieces, a head and torso, and a pair of legs standing on a pedestal, appeared to have once belonged to a single figure.
All are the work of the Nok culture, which existed within what would become Nigeria from more than 2,000 years ago, before disappearing in the early centuries of the first millennium. (Timeframes for their existence vary.) [Image Gallery: Ancient Rock Art of Sudan
Each of the six terracotta heads bore a distinctive face, which is typical of Nok sculpture, Habu said, explaining that the ancient artisans drew from individual people in normal life, depicting them riding horses or donkeys, for example, or with farm tools.
Nok artisans were prolific, many similar figurines have left Nigeria, Habu said: "Many of them are at museums all over the world, some were taken out legally."
Nigeria has laws that control the export of Nok pieces; however, the sculptures have flooded out of the country. In the 1990s, so many reached the European art market that the prices dropped sharply, according to a New York Times article in 2000.
A modern journey
During today's ceremony, two ornate, hardwood boxes sat near the figures. The statues had been packed within these boxes while being shipped as air cargo into the United States.
During a routine inspection in Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris more than a year ago, French customs officers spotted the statues. Although they could not seize them, they notified Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) in New York, the items' destination. American officials met the suspicious cargo when it arrived, officials said.
An investigation has since verified that these sculptures were cultural artifacts, not handy crafts and personal effects as described on customs' documents. That investigation is ongoing, and officials declined to give details on who they believed was responsible for attempting to smuggle the items into the United States.
"Often times brokers here in the United States receive a large number of shipments for a large number of people then distribute them. Often times, they have very little to do with the actual shipment," said James Hayes, special agent in charge of HSI New York.
This appears to be the case in this instance, said Robert Perez, director of CBP's New York Field Operations.
It's not yet clear who was responsible for removing them from Nigeria.
"From what we know the items were stolen from the national museum in Nigeria," Habu said. "There is no report of the items being stolen so now the director-general of the Nigerian museum and antiquities is now being subjected to an investigation." [Faux Real: A Gallery of Art Forgeries
Returning home
American officials plan to also return three additional items — two more Nok figurines and a carved ivory tusk — that were seized in Chicago.
Habu said he plans to have everything shipped back to Nigeria in August, where they will be returned to the museum.
He pointed to the two matching pieces, which appeared to have come from a single figurine.
"I am going to ask the government if they will agree to get expert restorers to put this back," he said.
Officials declined to assign a monetary value to the statues, saying as cultural artifacts they are priceless.
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
NIGERIA: Wednesday Papers, July 25, 2012
COMPILED BY AMBROSE EHIRIM
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Monday, July 23, 2012
NIGERIA: EVICTION OF MAKOKO RESIDENTS IN LAGOS
Makoko is a slum neighborhood located in Lagos, Nigeria. At present its population is considered to be 85,840; however, the area was not officially counted as part of the 2007 census and the population today is considered to be much higher. Established in the 18th century primarily as a fishing village, much of Makoko rests in structures constructed on stilts above Lagos Lagoon. Today the area is essentially self-governing with a very limited government presence in the community and local security being provided by area boys. The government of Lagos State commenced the demolition of the shanty settlement on Monday , 16th July 2012 after giving the residents a 72 hour eviction notice. Thousands of the settlers were affected by this government action. This is the end of over 100 years of settlement by this community. (SOURCE: WIKI)
Lagos-Nigeria: Female hawker paddling canoe and selling garri in the Makoko slums of Lagos which is being demolished by the Lagos State Government after a 72-hour eviction notice to vacate the area.
PHOTO CREDITS: IDOWU ASUMAH/DEMOTIX
Sunday, July 22, 2012
NIGERIA: Monday Papers July 23, 2012
COMPILED BY AMBROSE EHIRIM
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Saturday, July 21, 2012
NIGERIA: Sunday Papers July 22, 2012
COMPILED BY AMBROSE EHIRIM
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Friday, July 20, 2012
NIGERIA: Saturday Papers July 21, 2012, Early Edition
SATURDAY TRIBUNE NIGERIA: I’m Against Nigeria Breaking Up, But... —Fani-Kayode
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Wednesday, July 11, 2012
NIGERIA: Thursday Papers, July 12, 2012 Early Edition
COMPILED BY AMBROSE EHIRIM
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