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Call to Eternity: Mrs. Felicia Ezekwenna passes on

New York --- The Ezekwenna family in Awuda, Nnobi Town in Idemili South Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria wish to announce the passing to eternity of their beloved mother, grandmother, great grandmother and mother-in-law, Mrs. Felicia Nnwoye Ezekwenna (Eligwe) on April 26 2009. Late Mrs. Ezekwenna died after a protracted illness. She was 84 years old.



Ritual Slaughter of Human Beings for Fetish Beliefs is Real in Nigeria

  • Press and Legal Battle between Nigerian and US News Publishers Exposes Involvement of Law Enforcement in Corruption and Heinous Crime



Nigerian Community Woes Top America Movie Stars, Forest Whitaker and Danny Glover with Chieftaincy Titles
New York --- Two American top movie actors, Forest Steven Whitaker and Danny Lebern Glover were conferred with Chieftaincy titles by the traditional ruler of Nkwerre town, Imo State, Nigeria, Eze Dr. Chijioke Jeki Okwara on Sunday April 5, 2009.


Rejoinder: Ambassador Jerry Ugokwe Clarifies His Roles in Igweship Tussle in Nnobi Town, Anambra State, Nigeria
New York --- Earlier in the morning our publisher received 2 missed telephone calls from a number in Vienna, Austria and at exactly 12.49 p.m., April 15, 2009 New York time, the number showed up again on his handset and caller was Ambassador Jerry Sonny Ugokwe, Nigerian Ambassador to Austria and Permanent Representative to the United Nations in Vienna; a prominent native of Nnobi town, Idemili Local Government Area, Anambra State, Nigeria.



Citizens Lament United Bank for Africa (UBA) Lousy Services in Anambra State, Nigeria
New York --- United Bank for Africa, Plc. (UBA) banking services in Anambra State of Nigeria has come under very serious criticism following the lousy treatment of its customers at the banks headquarters in Awka on Saturday March 14, 2009.


International support for Madonna’s quest to adopt a second child from Malawi grows
March 31, 2009--Most critics, including African leaders are just jealous, and will sing a different tune if their own children are the ones chosen by Madonna for adoption”, said Executive Director, Africans In America, Inc.


Moral, Legal and Press War between Nigerian Vanguard Newspaper and US-based: Goliath vs. David
March 30, 2009--Beneath the accusations, counter-accusations and spin by Nigerian Vanguard newspaper, United States-based Pointblanknews.com, the freelance reporter, the publishers and their representatives lay the truth of the matter; however, some key unanswered questions remain…..


LIARS INCORPORATED: Critics’ Assessment of Nigerian State Government
Nigeria: March 24, 2009--Young Nigerian first class graduate in Philosophy defends govt. spurious charges that he is mentally ill, and x-rays deceptions of Nigerian state govt. officials.
Mike Mbama Okiro Nigeria Inspector General of Police

Press Release: Nigerian Police Assault on Catholic Holy Mass and Threat to Kill 30 Priests at Nnobi Palace

New York: February 28, 2009--Following reports on illegal and barbaric conduct of officers of Nigerian Police Force that raided the palace of Nnobi monarch, Igwe Nicholas M. Obi on January 3, 2009 while he was celebrating his 70th birthday.


Black immigrants see personal triumphs in Obama

January 12, 2009--MIAMI (AP) - There is no box on U.S. Census forms that accurately describes Ray Gongora.  The Belize-born naturalized citizen grew up in an English-speaking Central American country, a former British colony where African slaves were once sold.


Child maid trafficking spreads from Africa to US
January 9, 2008--Late at night, the neighbors saw a little girl at the kitchen sink of the house next door. They watched through their window as the child rinsed plates under the open faucet. She wasn't much taller than the counter and the soapy water swallowed her slender arms.


Nigeria Among World's Highest In Human Trafficking, says UN
December 6, 2008--Nigeria has been named by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) as among the eight countries considered the highest in human trafficking in the world.


Photo-history of President-elect Barack Obama: From childhood to White House
November 6, 2008--Photo gallery: Photo background of President-elect Barack Obama, the 44th President of United States of America, effective January 20, 2009.


Africans In America congratulate President-elect Barack H. Obama and urge him to liberate African continent
November 6, 2008--Africans In America congratulate President-Elect Barack Obama on his record-breaking historic victory, his election on November 4, 2008 as the 44th President of United States of America.


Nigerian government declares war on US-based online publishers

October 29, 2008--By arresting US-based online news publisher, Mr. Jonathan Elendu of Elendureports.com over news articles he published on his website, and with rumors that more US-based online news publishers have been marked for arrest anytime they are sighted in Nigeria, the government may have declared war that it may not be properly equipped to fight.


How immigration officials and voodoo aid human trafficking business in Nigeria
October 24, 2008--They are supposed to be huge barriers to traffickers, but many in the anti-trafficking movement see some security agencies, embassy and airline officials as the major leak in the bid to drive the human merchants underground.

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Immigrants thrown overboard off Italian coast
October 14, 2008--ROME (Reuters) - Italian police have arrested five Nigerian traffickers accused of throwing 13 illegal immigrants off their boat because of fears that they brought bad luck, investigative sources said Monday.

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Nigerians in U. S. seek names of leaders involved in LNG bribery scandals from U.S. court
October 12, 2008--Following news report by Guardian newspaper of Nigeria on Tuesday, September 09, 2008 that: Some top Nigerian officials in the regimes of the late head of state, Gen. Sani Abacha, his successor, Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar and Olusegun Obasanjo administration have been linked with large scale fraud by the United States (U.S.) government, Africans In America News Watch conducted investigation which reveals that many Nigerian community news outfits and Nigerian-American attorneys in United States and Canada have requested for copy of the court papers on the Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) bribery scandals.

Mike Mbama Okiro Nigeria Inspector General of Police
Nigerian Police sabotaged report on baby-selling and human trafficking, says US-based abolitionist

August 18, 2008--A US-based human rights crusader and vociferous anti-trafficking advocate has expressed displeasure on Nigeria current effort to curb illegal baby-selling and human trafficking.

Mrs. Marthina Okeke (aka, Mrs. Stella M. Okereke) 70 years old Arondizuogu slave stranded in New York
Nigerian court orders US based socialite to pay human right activist

July 30, 2008---An Enugu State High Court presided over by Judge L. O. Okereke has ordered a New York-based kindergarten teacher, petty business woman and socialite, Mrs. Patricia Mekamkwe, to pay a New York-based human right activist, Mr. Bonaventure Ezekwenna $20,000.00 (USD) and N510,000.00 (Nigerian Naira) for breach of contract.

Mike Mbama Okiro Nigeria Inspector General of Police
Police Arrest Couple For Selling Their Twin Boys

May 2, 2008---Detectives at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti, Lagos have arrested a couple who sold their twins to a syndicate who specialized in selling kids in London.

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg
Africans In America, Inc. invited to New York Manhattan Borough President‘s Immigrant Rights Task Force meeting

March 8, 2008---Africans In America, Inc. participated in New York Manhattan Borough President‘s Immigrant Rights Task Force meeting held on Thursday March 27, 2008 in New York City.


Chief (Dr.) Ona Ekhomu - policy analyst, security consultant and corporate administrator
Safety tips for foreign-based Nigerians visiting home (Part 1 and 2)

March 8, 2008---Apologies that this column had to be rested for two Saturdays. I was preoccupied with the obsequies of my late mother, Mrs. Cecilia Edowaye Ekhomu. Besides, it fell to me to render an urgent security assistance to my school mate who had come to bury his father and was under a serious security threat.

 

Godwin Okpara, Nigerian former football international in action
Human trafficking suspected in the conviction of Nigerian former football international Godwin Okpara.

February 27, 2008---Last week, the media were awash with news report of Nigerian former football international Godwin Okpara sentenced for about 10 to 13 years in a French jail for the rape, torture and enslavement of his ‘adopted daughter’.




Nigeria: Return of Slavery to Country?

February 14, 2008---When the British, Nigeria's former colonial master, outlawed the Atlantic slave trade in 1807 because it considered it evil, it certainly did not know that in the 21st century post-independent Nigeria, some form of slavery would still be going on. In those ancient slavery times, it was sheer force, extravagant lifestyle of certain African traditional rulers and ignorance that led Africa and Nigeria into slavery. And Nigeria lost the cream of her human beings in slavery.

Nigerian Extradited To U.S. For Abusing House Help

February 13, 2008---A Nigerian man, formerly of Germantown, Maryland, United States wanted since 2003 in connection to the human trafficking and abuse of a teenage girl was extradited from the West African country on Monday.


Trial of Charles Ghankay Taylor presents an opportunity for liberation of Africa

January 17, 2008---Africans In America News Watch investigation reveals that Charles Ghankay Taylor, also known as (aka) Charles Ghankay Macarthur Dapkpana Taylor, former guerilla leader and warlord who later seized power and became the President of Liberia a small West African nation, who had great access to diamond-rich Sierra Leone and now standing trial in Hague has the potential of solving many questions about the key actors responsible for socio-economics, socio-political and other crises facing continental Africa today.
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