by Rachel Ogbu The US President, Barack Obama has assured the nation that “this time next year on the third Monday in April, the world will return to this great American city to run harder than ever and to cheer even louder for the 118th Boston Marathon.” Speaking to a multi-faith audience in Boston Cathedral,... Read More
by Michael Crowley Say this for Fallen Angel: he was smart enough not to reveal his initials. And in the hapless world of America’s would-be ricin killers, that may pass for genius. Late Wednesday afternoon, the FBI arrested a Mississippi man accused of sending ricin-laced letters to Barack Obama and Republican Senator Roger Wicker of Mississippi,... Read More
Guantanamo Bay prison engulfed by hunger strike as prisoner publishes moving op-ed in New York Times
by Rachel Ogbu In an effort to stop a prolonged hunger strike at Guantanamo’s communal camp, military guards fired four non-lethal rounds at detainees early Saturday morning as the facility commander forced them into single cells. In an official statement. Authorities explained that the action was taken “in response to efforts by detainees to limit... Read More
by Isi Esene This is a picture of the President of the United State, Barack Obama being briefed about the details of the ‘bombing’ at the finish line of the Boston Marathon which has so far killed three and injured many others. Obama was speaking (on the phone) with FBI Director, Robert Mueller in the... Read More
by Nnaemeka Ijioma For a bustling film industry (the third largest in the world), Nollywood lacks critics with the knowledge, the panache, the boldness and professionalism of proper film critics. “Is the movie good? Is it bad? Does it matter? It is what it is and occupies a world where the stars don’t... Read More
by Ekerete Udoh Today, the people of Akwa Ibom State are no longer at the bottomless pit of our collective national aspiration. They are now as aspirational, as mentally and psychologically-prepared to give their best in our march to self-sufficiency. For the past two weeks, the Nigerian mainstream and social media space has been inundated... Read More
by Femi Fani-Kayode Yet America is not alone in it’s madness. Europe has gone crazy too. In France, the U.K, Holland, Sweden, Denmark, Germany and various other European countries legislation to pave the way for same sex marriage has already been introduced and in some of those countries it is already lawful. The Supreme Court... Read More
by Isi Esene Nollywood actress, Mercy Johnson recently posted a photo of herself right in front of the Nigerian Embassy in Washing DC, US with a caption praising the embassy officials’ warm reception. Many Nigerians in the Diaspora have had one reason or the other to complain about the attitude of embassy officials so we... Read More
by Mfon Ekpo The fact is research on its own is so tedious and unrewarding that to put organizations through the trouble of conducting them and not follow up with a reasonable application of the research recommendations creates a researching community steeped deep in lethargy and inertia. In 2010, the newly appointed minister of the... Read More
by Joan Walsh …to suddenly suggest that the presidency should be reserved for people in their 40s or 50s is deeply unfair to women – as well as men – who are older and can do the job. Just in time for the most formidable female candidate in American history to run for president, it’s... Read More
by Joan Walsh It was nice to see that Obama’s giving Clinton a tough and high-profile job wasn’t merely placating or co-opting a rival. And maybe the glow was just what happens when two charismatic figures with adorable chemistry appear together. Ok, I admit: I didn’t get the advance media frenzy over the joint interview... Read More
by Isi Esene We might never know exactly what transpired between Michelle Obama and House Speaker, John Boehner, but the US First Lady’s body language signaled she wasn’t exactly thrilled to have the speaker at close quarters. At one point in the banter between President Barack Obama and Boehner, Michelle was seen flashing the speaker... Read More
As Barack Obama made his way towards the inaugural platform to be sworn in for his second term as president, we noticed that Obama’s skin was remarkably smooth… and super bronzed. Grey hairs and worry lines seemed to appear on Obama’s head and face overnight as he worked to revive a failed economy, provide more... Read More
by Isi Esene We couldn’t help being cheeky! At the presidential inauguration yesterday, First Lady Michelle Obama approached Beyonce to thank her for singing the American national anthem and this (photo above) is what happened. What is President Obama thinking watching them both? Three words: Four. More. Years.
Maybe the nation’s thought leaders should instead ask themselves: why haven’t we yet told a coherent tale; one that has a mass appeal and that can drive a national movement? I began to worry last year when I sat down after the elections and asked myself – when young people say they want “change”, do... Read More
by Isi Esene Just like the ‘Four more years’ photo with wife, Michelle, symbolized President Barack Obama’s return to the White House, another historic photo has surfaced in the wake of the shootings at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., where many innocent children were killed. Obama describes that fateful day as the worst day... Read More
by Akan Ido Victor Sopuruchi Chukwueke, a Nigerian living in the United States of America has been granted approval to legally stay and study in the country. The legislation which was sponsored by Senator Carl Levin in Michigan, was granted only to Chukwueke by the US House of Representatives and forwarded to the US president,... Read More
by Bayo Oluwasanmi If human race with all its intelligence and civilization cannot unlock the chains of self-imposed tortures and terrors such as killings by guns, it will ultimately exterminate itself. America is addicted to violence. That’s the paradoxical truth. There are different modes of being an American. America today evokes images of all sorts.... Read More
by Chi Ibe In what is being described as the worst school shooting tragedy in America, yesterday, a lone gunman identified as 20-year-old, Adam Lanza, entered a US primary school, Sandy Hook Elemetary School on a rampage killing 26 people before turning the gun on himself. 20 of his victims were children. This tragedy has... Read More
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He was dark and disturbed, a deeply troubled boy from a wealthy family who unnerved his neighbors and classmates. Mass murderer Adam Lanza, 20, was a ticking time bomb, people who knew him told the Daily News. “This was a deeply disturbed kid,” a family insider told the Daily News. “He certainly had major issues.... Read More
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There have been many dramatic and emotional moments at the White House — but few have been as wrenching as this. President Obama fought to keep his composure and repeatedly wiped away tears as he addressed the nation about the horror inside a Connecticut grade school. “Our hearts are broken today,” he said. He spoke... Read More
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