At Washington DC Mbonu Meets New US Ambassador to Nigeria in Washington DC-Discusses Insecurity In Nigeria. Executive Director of Nigerian-American Council (NAC), and Former Presidential Aspirant in 2019, Dr. Okey Samuel Mbonu, yesterday met with the new US Ambassador to Nigeria, Mary Beth Leonard, in Washington DC, to discuss matters of rising international concern on … [Read more...] about Dr. Mbonu Dialogues Insecurity in Nigeria with US Amb. Leonard
Nigeria to receive $308m stolen by ex-dictator: Sani Abacha
Written by AFP Nigeria is set to receive around $308 million seized from former military dictator Sani Abacha under a deal backed by the United States and the island of Jersey, US prosecutors said Monday. The sum is the latest to be recovered from the accounts of Abacha, an army officer who ruled Nigeria from 1993 until his death in 1998 aged 54, which sparked an … [Read more...] about Nigeria to receive $308m stolen by ex-dictator: Sani Abacha
Equiano the African: “The father of African literature”.
Written by David Dabydeen Olaudah Equiano, an Igbo free slave, a freedom fighter and an abolitionist. He joined William Wilberforce in abolition movement and became the wealthiest black man in the English-speaking world. When Olaudah Equiano published his autobiography in England in 1789, he achieved instant celebrity. Several thousand copies were sold, the subscribers … [Read more...] about Equiano the African: “The father of African literature”.
Nigeria and Biafra: Ndi-Igbo 50 years after the civil war
Written by Gozie Irogboli It is difficult to believe that it is over 50 years since the end of Nigeria Civil War, what with the scars and the wounds that seem to fester and become more malignant and the ensuing cold war that has refused to abate. Although the war ended on a no-victor-no-vanquished note and a promise of reconstruction, rehabilitation and reconciliation … [Read more...] about Nigeria and Biafra: Ndi-Igbo 50 years after the civil war
Atiku’s Statement on Trump Travel Ban on Nigeria
Former Presidential Candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar issued statement on Trump Government’s action to place Nigeria on its travel ban list. He blamed Buhari's government. "US Travel Ban on Nigeria: Punish Those Responsible, Not the Nigerian People" "I received with sadness the policy of the government of the United States of America to place … [Read more...] about Atiku’s Statement on Trump Travel Ban on Nigeria