ANNOUNCEMENT


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Wednesday 30 December 2015

HISTORY/POLITICS

Books about Nigerian civil war


The Nigerian Civil War, also known as the Nigerian–Biafran War, 6 July 1967 – 15 January 1970, was a political conflict caused by the attempted secession of the southeastern provinces of Nigeria as the self-proclaimed Republic of Biafra. The conflict was the result of economic, ethnic, cultural and religious tensions among the various peoples of Nigeria.

IMMIGRATION

Norway to turn back asylum seekers on Swedish border

Oslo (AFP) - Norway said Tuesday it would start turning back refugees without visas arriving from elsewhere in the passport-free Schengen zone, particularly Sweden. The conservative minority last month gathered enough parliamentary support from the centre and labour parties to adopt the measures.

Tuesday 29 December 2015

POLITICS/ELECTIION

Ghana: Battle Lines Drawn For 2016 Elections

Ghana’s Electoral Commission (EC) has released a statement clarifying some of the issues that were held in contention after the previous election in 2012 ahead of next year’s general poll. In a 4-point communiqué signed by the Acting Director of Public Affairs, Christian Owusu-Parry, the EC revealed that it held fruitful discussions with the Inter-Party Advisory Committee (IPAC), a body made up of representatives of all the political parties in Ghana and other stakeholders.

Monday 28 December 2015

POLITICS

Nigeria: How SLA Akintola was assassinated
By Taiwo Oluwadare

Image result for ladoke akintola picsAbayomi Akintola, the son of former Premier of Western Region, Chief Samuel Ladoke Akintola, has recounted how his father was murdered on January 15, 1966 during Nigeria's first military coup which resulted in the assassination of many leading politicians, mostly members of the Northern People's Congress (APC).

Sunday 27 December 2015

MONEY/FINANCE

Why Nigerians can’t use their bank debit cards outside the country anymore

The story of how Nigeria’s then Central Bank governor Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, in August 2009, shook up the local banking establishment is well told. He bailed out five banks and dismissed their chief executives and introduced reforms like capping the duration a bank boss could stay in office to ten years.

Friday 25 December 2015

PRESS RELEASE REPORT

Umahi orders probe of youths death in auto crash
 Dr. Mcdonald Onu

The Ebonyi State Governor, Chief David Nweze Umahi, has directed the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Bernard Odoh, to probe the circumstances that led to the death of the 10 Ebonyi youths in a motor accident at Ezzangbo on their way to the Court of Appeal, Enugu.

Thursday 24 December 2015

IMMIGRATION/LIFE STYLE

African migrants hit it big in Spain Christmas lottery
 By Alan Clendenning

In this Tuesday, Dec. 22, 2015 picture, a Senegalese man named Ngame, who told reporters that he was rescued by Spain’s coast guard traveling from Africa’s western coast toward Spain’s Canary Islands, speaks after discovering he won euro400,000 ($438,000) in Roquetas de Mar, in Almeria province, Spain. About 35 African migrants, including at least one rescued at sea from an overcrowded wooden boat, are among the top prize winners of Spain’s Christmas lottery, according to the owner of the lottery agency that sold more than 1,000 tickets worth 400,000 euros ($438,000) each.

TRANSPORT

Ghana transport minister resigns over bus paint bungle

Accra (AFP) - Ghana's transport minister resigned Wednesday after a controversy erupted following reports she spent about one million dollars to repaint over 100 buses with portraits of the country's recent leaders.

IMMIGRATION

 Immigration officials to launch large-scale deportation raids

It's a response to the surge of undocumented immigrants fleeing violence in Central America. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security has begun preparing for a series of raids that would target for deportation hundreds of families who have flocked to the United States since the start of last year, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday.

Tuesday 22 December 2015

MONEY/FINANCE

Banks blame ATM card ban abroad on round-tripping
Oyetunji Abioye

Deposit Money Banks in the country are recording unprecedented foreign exchange bills owing to heavy and frequent use of payment cards by their customers who travel abroad, it has been learnt.

Sunday 20 December 2015

AIRLINE


Passengers disembark from Aero flight using ladder & Kenya mocks Nigeria over it (VIDEO)
By OkechukwuNnodim


Passengers on a chartered flight operated by Aero Contractors used a ladder to disembark after the aircraft landed at the Bauchi airport on Saturday. It was learnt that the flight, which had 34 passengers onboard, took off from Abuja and the travellers boarded without any problem, but trouble started after it landed in Bauchi.

IMMIGRATION/MULTICULTURALISM

Angela Merkel, Paul Ryan, and the Islamization of America By roger L imon

German chancellor Angela Merkel -- easily Europe's most important leader for years, Time's and the Financial Times' "Person of the Year," etc., etc. -- made an important statement at her party's convention last week, especially notable since it came from her. Via the Washington Post:

IMMIGRATION

Merkel's U-turn over her open-door policy for refugees


Angela MerkelGerman Chancellor Angela Merkel announced something pretty surprising this week — she is going to "drastically decrease" the number of refugees entering Germany. And it turns out the real reason for this is pretty simple. The change of heart is a big deal because originally Merkel pledged to not put quotas on the number of refugees entering Germany since the EU is currently experiencing the worst refugee crisis since World War II.

Saturday 19 December 2015

OPINION

Ifa Priest and Rev. Fr Mbaka
 By Odimegwu Onwumere

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Buhari & Mbaka
Rev. Fr. Ejike Mbaka of an Adoration Ministry in Enugu visited General Muhammadu Buhari at Aso Rock a fortnight. However, why the Catholic leader has a right of association as an individual, he might have a rethink as a religious priest, owing to the fact that Judges of the court of law are restricted from socializing.

Thursday 17 December 2015

TRAVELLING/MONEY

Dollar scarcity: Nigerian banks cut customers’ spending abroad by 80%
 Oyetunji Abioye


CBN Governor, Godwin Emefiele
Nigerian bank customers who are planning to use their payment cards for shopping via Point of Sale terminals in malls and make hard currency withdrawals via Automatic Teller Machines overseas are in for a shock!

Wednesday 16 December 2015

IMMIGRATION

Merkel rewarded with 7-minute standing ovation as she falls on both sides of immigration issue
Pieter Colpaert & Andrew Tavani  
  
               
German Chancellor and Chairwoman of the German Christian Democrats (CDU) Angela Merkel speaks to CDU party delegates at the annual CDU federal congress on December 14, 2015 in Karlsruhe, Germany. (Photo by Thomas Lohnes/Getty Images)German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who just last week was named TIME magazine’s 2015 Person of the Year for her stance on the refugee crisis, received a seven-minute (or nine-minute, according to some reports) standing ovation Monday for a speech at her ruling Christian Democratic Union congress in which she promised to “tangibly reduce” the number of refugees coming into her country.

Tuesday 15 December 2015

NEWS

Nigeria: Arms probe, Dasuki set to name more beneficiaries
By Soni Daniel & Ikechukwu Nnochiri

ABUJA - As details of huge funds disbursed by the Office of the National Security Adviser under Col. Sambo Dasuki continue to surface, indications emerged last night that the embattled security czar is set to expose more top Nigerian leaders who benefited from the funds.

OPINION

Nigeria's well-designed health insurance: Achievement still far away
By Odimegwu Onwumere

Odimegwu Onwumere
Odimegwu

Many Nigerians were yet to tap into the enormous advantages of health insurance, said experts. Hence, voices were being raised incessantly in Nigeria suggesting that health insurance should be made available to all Nigerians and not only a handful that can pay.

Monday 14 December 2015

IMMIGRATION NEWS

Hungary Leader: EU a battlefield due to migrants


BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — The latest developments as tens of thousands of people make their way to Europe and across the continent, seeking safety and a better life. All times local.

SPORTS CHAMPIONS LEAGUE

CHAMPIONS LEAGUE DRAW


Embedded image permalinkCheck the draw for the round of 16 European Champions League the most prestigious competition takes place with first legs on February 16-17 & February 23-24 and conclude with return legs on March 8-9 and March 15-16 See full draw after the cut

AUTOMOBILE

'Made in Ghana' cars go on sale


Japanese Toyotas, German Mercedes and BMWs, GM cars and trucks from the USA are driven in countries around the world. But in Ghana an inventor and church leader who started out trying to make voice-controlled television sets is telling the auto giants to move over.

Friday 11 December 2015

NEWS

Those who returned stolen funds will be named in due course – Buhari


President Muhammadu Buhari on Friday promised to reveal the names of former government officials who have voluntarily returned looted funds to the coffers of the Federal Government in “due course”, saying that early disclosure of their identities “may jeopardize the possibility of bigger recoveries.”

FEATURE/OPINION

 Dele Giwa’s death & Investigation: Why the truth cannot be told
By Godwin Etakibuebu

Image result for DELE GIWA DEATHMustafa Adebayo Balogun, more known as Tafa Balogun, was appointed Inspector General of the Nigeria Police Force on 6th of March 2002, from the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police (Zone One in Kano), shortly after the brutal assassination of an incumbent Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Nigeria; Chief Bola Ige, on December 23, 2001. Tafa Balogun, in his first public address to the Media as IGP, vowed to “fish out those who killed Chief Bola Ige”. 

FINANCE/AFRICA

Why president Zuma fired his finance minister
By Mzukisi Qobo

A fine technocrat who did not wear his position on his sleeve, and known for tapping into his soft power of persuasion, Nhlanhla Nene has now been shunted out of South Africa’s National Treasury. The man who was South Africa’s Finance Minister has been forced to make way for an obscure politician, David van Rooyen, who was on the backbenches of parliament.

FINANCE/AFRICA


Nigeria’s ex-minister Okonjo-Iweala is scrambling to save her name from a $2 billion scandal
By Yomi Kazeem

Ngozi Okonjo-IwealaOne of Nigeria’s highest profile and best-regarded former government ministers Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala is caught up in a widening $2 billion arms procurement scandal which has already led to the arrest of the former national security adviser with former state governors, businessmen and the governor of the central bank also roped in.

Wednesday 9 December 2015

OPINION

Letter from Africa: Cutting Nigeria's 'big men' down to size

Adaobi Tricia NwaubaniIn our series of letters from African journalists, novelist and writer Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani looks at the impact of new economising measures in Nigeria. President Muhammadu Buhari, who came to office in May, seems bent on making public office less and less attractive to the average Nigerian "big man".

Monday 7 December 2015

NEWS

Hungary: threat of terrorism minimal

The Paris attacks have not led to an increased threat of terrorism either in Budapest or in Hungary in general, Zsolt Molnár, head of parliament’s national security committee, said after a closed session of the committee. He added, however, that no European country is completely safe as there is a constant race to foil potential terror plots.

Wednesday 2 December 2015

NEWS

                
30,000 Nigerians currently in Germany – Envoy

The new Consul-General of the Federal Republic of Germany in Lagos, Mr. Ingo Herbert, on Monday said that no fewer than 30,000 Nigerians were currently living in different parts of Germany. Herbert told newsmen in Lagos that these include: those working, doing businesses, studying, as well as those married to Germans.

OPINION

United Kingdom & the politics of immigration - the Nigerian plight 
By  Clive Akinsola

 As a people, Nigerians love to travel and for different reasons too. Through this experience some seek to better their lot through education, work, business and leisure. Most times, it may require overstaying their legal authority to stay in their host country which is usually referred to as a visa, before they could actualize their struggle. Also, there are some who travel to hide our national patrimony in countries like United Kingdom for selfish reasons which inadvertently have led to the current fiscal crisis in Nigeria. The majority of the populace travel for business and meagre minority travel for leisure to various countries of the world.

Saturday 28 November 2015

IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL

Only 50 Nigerians deported from U.K. for various offences


Contrary to earlier report that 500 Nigerians were deported from  the United Kingdom, ANH has gathered that the number deported were just 500. 

Friday 27 November 2015

FOOTBALL/OPINION

FIFA Presidency: How Odegbami failed himself 
By Odimegwu Onwumere


When his name was missing on Monday, October 26, 2015, deadline for the submission of nomination form for candidates vying for the presidency of the Federation International de Football Association, FIFA, the 63-year-old Segun Odegbami who was in the race started throwing tantrums against reputable Nigerians and organisations for his failure.

Thursday 26 November 2015

EUROPE NEWS

Hungary terror suspects are WWII enthusiast, court rules
By bbc

File photo of Hungarian policeA court in Hungary has ruled that four men detained as suspected terrorists were in fact World War Two enthusiasts.The men were arrested after visiting the site of a wartime tank battle at the weekend, carrying old weapons they had found with a metal detector.

OPINION FEATURE

Belarus gasping for cultural identity
 By Odimegwu Onwumere

Image result for Belarus flag“Belarus' President Alexander Lukashenka said in 1994 that the Belarusian Language was a poor one, unfit for expressing anything grand,” elucidated Igar Gubarevich, a senior analyst of the Ostrogorski Centre in Minsk.

Wednesday 25 November 2015

IMMIGRATION/ TERRORISM

Hungary detains group heading to capital with explosives, finds bomb lab

Hungarian anti-terrorist police last week detained four people heading to the capital with explosives in their car, and found a bomb-making laboratory set up for a mass killing, the unit's chief said on Tuesday, declining to rule out a link to Islamist militants.

Saturday 21 November 2015

IMMIGRATION/TRAVEL

Over 500 Nigerians deported from UK
(Updated)


500 Nigerians arrived Lagos today
after they were bundled in a plane
and deported from the UK: Photo credit, bbc
Dozens of Nigerian care workers have been arrested in immigration raids across London and are being held at various removal centres.

They have been told they will be forcibly removed from the UK on a charter flight on Tuesday.

EUROPEAN UNION POLICY

EU agrees to tighten checks on all travellers at Schengen borders

Image result for SCHENGEN BORDER IMAGEEU nations agreed Friday to immediately tighten checks on all travellers, including European nationals, at the external borders of the passport-free Schengen area following the Paris attacks, European sources said.

Wednesday 18 November 2015

OPINION

The Paris terror attack: Reaction & Criticism 
By Eneruvie Enakoko

paris-shooting-2015-2Over the last few days, since the terror acts in Paris, France; that left over 120 dead, and the subsequent symbolic Paris Flag idea elevated by Facebook to support and stand with France, which I bought into; many of my fellow citizens through the Phone and on Social Media have questioned me on the wisdom of my path, asking me if the over 120 dead in France are more important than the thousands that have been killed by Boko Haram in Nigeria, thus calling into question my character and patriotism for my country.

Thursday 12 November 2015

GOVERNMENT, POLITICS & POLICY


Buhari inaugurates ministers 

 Nigerian president has inaugurated his ministers and assigned them their portfolio. 
check the list

Wednesday 11 November 2015

ANGOLAN INDEPENDENCE

Amnesty International indicts Angola on human rights violations as the country celebrates 40 yrs independence



Jose Eduardo dos Santos
In a recent report, Amnesty International noted that even as dignitaries from across Africa and the world fly to the nation’s capital of Luanda, 16 Angolan activists currently languish in jail. The country has a poor human rights record; opponents of the MPLA-led government face torture, extra-judicial killing, and arbitrary arrest.

Tuesday 10 November 2015

REMEMBRANCE

Remembering Ken Saro-Wiwa
By Fegalo Nsuke



As i sat on my reading table to put down this piece, i visualized how the Nigerian state has treated the Ogoni with so much disdain and how Shell, the oil giant that thrives on lies, dishonesty and irresponsibility continues to make efforts to return to Ogoniland drilling sites and resume oil operations not minding the atrocities committed against the people and their vocal commitment not to have the evil company return to Ogoni for drilling operations.

Monday 9 November 2015

FEATURE/REPORT

Nigeria: Kidnappers demand huge money from lecturers

Stock Photo - Teacher cup cakes. Fotosearch - Search Stock Photography, Print Pictures, Images, and Photo Clip ArtKidnappers demand millions of naira from lecturers in Nigeria whereas minimum wage of a worker is N18, 000    A roomful of lecturers of higher institutions of learning in Nigeria are often kidnapped for ransom by suspected gunmen. Many of the lecturers meet threats of murder by their abductors and subsequently are killed, while many others come back alive. In most of the cases, police are rather tired to find those that effect the kidnappings, but resort to flippancy excuses. Odimegwu Onwumere reports:

Tuesday 3 November 2015

OPINION/ESSAY

The Mystery of Buhari - Amaechi Union & the Jonathan Connection
By Eze Chukwuemeka Eze


 Preamble
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Image result for BUHARI AMAECHI JONATHAN PICSPresident Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, was born on December 17, 1942. He was at various times Military Administrator of the defunct North Eastern State (now Borno and Yobe states) from July 1975 to February 1976; Federal Commissioner of Petroleum and Natural Resources from March 1976 – June 1978; and Head of the Federal Military Government from 1984-85. He later became Chairman of a major interventionist initiative, Petroleum Trust Fund (PTF). A respected elder statesman and one of the few celebrated saints in Nigeria and the only Nigerian who have contested for president of Nigeria three consecutive times, Buhari won on the fourth attempt. His first shot at the number one position was in 2003, against President Olusegun Obasanjo during his second term; and in 2007, he ran against Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua (now late) and in 2011, he contested against Dr Goodluck Jonathan – all of the Peoples Democratic Party. He lost all the three elections. And on his fourth attempt in 2015 – on the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC), an amalgam of major opposition parties – he defeated an incumbent President, Dr Goodluck Jonathan.

Wednesday 28 October 2015

INVITATION/ANNOUNCEMENT

AROUND  AFRICA IN A MONTH www.humanitasafrika.cz
      

Humanitas Afrika invites you to the launch of its monthly programme 
on current affairs with the honourable  participation of 
Her Excellency Mrs Souriya Otmani,  Ambassador of the Kingdom of Morocco

The aim is to help  give insight into the situation in Africa and positive
 contribution of the African diaspora to the Czech society and economy. 
The programme takes place in the context of the International Decade 
for People of African Descent (2015 -2024) declared by the United Nations 
and the formation of the Africa Europe  Development Platform (AEDP) 
with the support of the European Union.

DATE: Friday, 30 October 2015 at  17:00
VENUE:  Humanitas Afrika,  Ječná 2, Prague 2

GUESTS:
Ing.  Tereza Němečková, Ph.D.(Metropolitan University Prague)
-Jacques Celestin MOLIBA, PhD. (University of Kinshasa)
Presentation of the book
Měnící se tvář Afrika(i.e. The Changing Face of Africa) by
authors -Tereza Němečková,  Lenka Adamcová, Olga Šedivcová
Team Humanitas Afrika
www.humanitasafrika.cz
knihovna@humanitasafrika.cz
Tel: 251560375
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Odd jobs stacked against EU immigrants

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TV2's false report about Nigerians in Hungary

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Libya: The return of colonialist bondage.

Editor's Mail

Love the article on Gaddafi
We must rise above tribalism & divide & rule of the colonialist who stole & looted our treasure & planted their puppets to lord it over us..they alone can decide on whosoever is performing & the one that is corrupt..but the most corrupt nations are the western countries that plunder the resources of other nations & make them poorer & aid the rulers to steal & keep such ill gotten wealth in their country..yemen,syria etc have killed more than gadhafi but its not A̷̷̴ good investment for the west(this is laughable)because oil is not in these countries..when obasanjo annihilated the odi people in rivers state, they looked away because its in their favour & interest..one day! Samosa Iyoha

Hello from
Johannesburg
I was amazed to find a website for Africans in Hungary.
Looks like you have quite a community there. Here in SA we have some three million Zimbabweans living in exile and not much sign of going home ... but in Hungary??? Hope to meet you on one of my trips to Europe; was in Steirmark Austria near the Hungarian border earlier this month. Every good wish for 2011. Geoff in Jo'burg

I'm impressed by
ANH work but...
Interesting interview...
I think from what have been said, the Nigerian embassy here seem to be more concern about its nationals than we are for ourselves. Our complete disregard for the laws of Hungary isn't going to help Nigeria's image or going to promote what the Embassy is trying to showcase. So if the journalists could zoom-in more focus on Nigerians living, working and studying here in Hungary than scrutinizing the embassy and its every move, i think it would be of tremendous help to the embassy serving its nationals better and create more awareness about where we live . Taking the issues of illicit drugs and forged documents as typical examples.. there are so many cases of Nigerians been involved. But i am yet to read of it in e.news. So i think if only you and your journalists could write more about it and follow up on the stories i think it will make our nationals more aware of what to expect. I wouldn't say i am not impressed with your work but you need to be more of a two way street rather than a one way street . Keep up the good work... Sylvia

My comment to the interview with his excellency Mr. Adedotun Adenrele Adepoju CDA a.i--

He is an intelligent man. He spoke well on the issues! Thanks to Mr Hakeem Babalola for the interview it contains some expedient information.. B.Ayo Adams click to read editor's mail
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