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Rivers is next Dubai on the Atlantic – Rotimi Amaechi

Rivers is next Dubai on the Atlantic – Rotimi Amaechi

IT was like another of the many conventions of the Nigerian peoples resident in the USA. The Hilton Hotel Rivers Town Meeting at Henden, a few miles from the International Dulles airport, in the Commonwealth of Virginia, carried the familiar badges.

Kidnapping in Anambra is prelude to anarchy – Ngige

Kidnapping in Anambra is prelude to anarchy  – Ngige

“In my next administration, I’m hoping to first of all solve the problems from the source. You will remember I was talking about the US system which countered the negative effects of unemployment by establishing some institutional cushions to alleviate the poverty and the sufferings of the poor, the unemployed, the youths and their retraining programmes, and of course the provision of power

Courtmarshal of Inspector-Deputy Rabadudu

Courtmarshal of Inspector-Deputy Rabadudu

By Emma Okocha

Inside the Kirikiri base of the Vanguard Regiment …enter the Adjutant-General, Major Olabisi Olakankita, Major 419 Oboh Utueke, Col. Naira Abubakar  the GSO, General One Leg Atamuma, veteran officer of the regiment, Prince to the Royal House of the Kingdom of Igallaland, and quickly taking charge of the parade and gleaming in white [...]

Gov Obi collides with Ngige on the Potomac

Gov Obi collides with Ngige on the Potomac

Last weekend, the biggest resort and business centre on the river, linking the states of Virginia, DC and Maryland was host to the 2009 Anambra mammoth US National Convention.

The Brig. Bolaji Johnson Aburi Earthquake….

The Brig. Bolaji Johnson Aburi Earthquake….

“Colonel OlufemiOlutoye and Brigadier Adebayo represented the West, Brigadier Imo, Colonels Effiong, Eze and Ude the East, Colonel Martins Adamu the North, Colonels Nwawo, Okwechime, Nwajei and Samauel Ogbemudia represented Midwest.

From the Florida symposium on Asaba:

From the Florida symposium on Asaba:

The Asaba Massacre of 7th October, 1967 and other incidents of killings of civilians in Asaba Division

Mr. Emma Okocha in his book “Blood On The Niger” has with great skill and painstaking research told the story in some detail of the terrible and horrendous pre-meditated massacre of hundreds of able-bodied male citizens of Asaba on 7th October, 1967.

Sydney Asiodu resurrects from the dead

Sydney Asiodu resurrects from the dead

University of South Florida in Tampa, survived two frightening stampede, mid-day on Monday the 5th of October, 2009. On that day, a person phoned the university police, reporting that a bomb had been planted on campus. Some security precautions were taken, and later a person was arrested for making a false report.

Florida Autumn Retreat: Asaba unites to bury her dead… (11)

Florida Autumn Retreat: Asaba unites to bury her dead… (11)

‘’The Troops murdered innocent men, women, and children in their thousands from Benin to Asaba. Nigeria lost in few months university graduates, and many PhD holders… .Among them were Permanent Secretaries, Medical Doctors, Lawyers, Teachers, Professionals, Clergymen and Missionaries. It remains the only war of such magnitude without a monument of remembrance.’’
—United Nations Observer, Canadian MP, Stephen Lewis, London Guardian, October 11, 1968.

Florida autumn retreat: Asaba, Kingdom on the Niger, unites to bury her dead

Florida autumn retreat: Asaba, Kingdom on the Niger,  unites to bury her dead

“On the grant of the Charter to the company in July 10, 1886, the man to whom Goldie turned to as Chief Justice was Sir James Marshall. The headquarters was at Asaba.’’ — Oluwole, T. S. Elias, Makers of Nigerian Law, Lagos 1963.

GOC, your mother is dead

GOC, your mother is dead

Admiral KKK Omoregie: (Removing his cap in respect) The Field Marshal of the Peoples army died in the field of action. Fighting all the way to end. Even though he was not captured alive by the enemy, his death at his time signals the end of an era.

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