PRESS RELEASE

NEVER AGAIN’ presents anti-racism monitoring project in Polish Parliament

On 18 August 2011, at the invitation of the Polish Parliament’s National
and Ethnic Minorities Committee, the ‘NEVER AGAIN’ Association presented
its activities against racism and xenophobia in football stadiums in the
lead up to EURO 2012.

COMMENTARY

Imo State: Dissolution of LGA council and matters arising

By Nwaorgu Faustinus

Mr. Ohakim

The not too long ousted administration of Chief Ikedi Ohakim by Imo Electorate ascended the position of authority and power in 2007 through what most people believed to be “wuruwruru” election (election characterized by irregularities).

COMMENTARY

Resolve accusation against Nigeria embassy in Germany for collecting €500 on each deported Nigerian 
  By Uzoma Ahamefule

NFAM, Olugbenga Ashiru

This news from Germany is really disturbing. Why is it that our leaders make us laughing objects before the international community and they will turn around to accuse us the poor and voiceless masses? 

NEWS & REPORTING

Almost half a million attend Sziget Festival in Budapest

           

Photo by: Szabó Zoltán

"Some 380,000-390,000 people attended the Sziget festival this year, according to preliminary data, chief organiser Károly Gerendai announced on Sunday, the last day of the festival. 

NEWS & REPORTING

45 Ghanaians deported from Nigeria

By A.R. Gomda

Another batch of 21 Ghanaians has been deported from Nigeria, bringing the number so far deported on the orders of two state governors to 45.

COMMENTARY

England Riots: Blame permissive parenting & indulgent leadership 

By Michael Ozioma Samuel

Michael Samuel

To come to terms with the recent mayhem and wanton criminality in Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool and Bristol, England, is an agonizingly emotional paralysis. Britain, in spite of its perplexing share in leading the quarrels of our civilisation, as I judge, more than made up for it, and as Benjamin Vaughan would intone, “added so much to the fair side of a life otherwise too much darkened by anxiety and too much injured by pain”. 

SPECIAL NEWS

48 women raped every hour in Congo

The African nation of Congo has been called the worst place on earth to be a woman. A new study released Wednesday shows that it’s even worse than previously thought: 1,152 women are raped every day, a rate equal to 48 per hour, the Associated Press reports.

COLUMNIST

The shame of Africa & the Arab world

As I watched the CNN Television last Wednesday night, 3rd August, and I saw the former President Mubarak of Egypt in a cage responding to the charges brought against him, I shrugged my shoulders in extreme disgust. Let me hasten to say that I am neither holding brief for Mubarak nor complaining against bringing a culprit to justice.

NEWS FEATURE

Why we barred females from wearing trousers  

By Taye Obateru

Jos-The Plateau State Government has said the barring of females from wearing trousers at the state secretariat and other government offices was part of the campaign against indecent dressing.

COMMENTARY

That oppressive bill to forcefully deport Nigerians from United Kingdom

By Uzoma Ahamefule
 

It was with a shock believe to know that the Senate Leader Victor Ndoma-Egba as a ‘SAN’ proposed a bill that will compel the federal government of Nigeria to repatriate about 16,400 Nigerian in various UK prisons back to Nigeria and other convicted Nigerian prisoners serving various jail terms in other Common Wealth countries. According to Senator Ndoma-Egba and his minds alike they are concerned that the government of the UK spends about 1.6 million pounds in a day to feed the Nigerian prisoners which they considered to be too much.