By Emeka Umejei – Beatrice Gorez is coordinator of the Coalition for Fair Fisheries Agreement (CFFA), a Brussels-based Pro-artisanal lobby group that champions sustainable fishery agreements in Africa. One of its recent achievements, was the overwhelming endorsement by the EU parliament of the EU-Mauritania Fisheries Policy Agreement (FPA). Gorez spoke to Emeka Umejei, on the margins of a 2-day conference on the issues and the impact of the implementation of the UN Convention on the Law of Sea (UNCLOS) in Dakar, Senegal. She also shares her views on the Nigerian fishing sector and why illegal fishery activities are thriving Q;... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, November 3rd 2013 |
Nigeria battles to comprehend the level of corruption among officials of our present Jonathan government as re-highlighted by an award deserving, timely revelation SaharaReporters made, that our Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah had the Ministry purchase two bulletproof BMW’s for 225 million naira from Coscharis for her. But as the news captions pour out over Stella, the air-plane crash record holding aviation minister’s shameless usurping from the Nigerian masses, an equally important focus of our attention and captions should be the Cabal owned Coscharis motors. In actuality, the singular offence of Nigeria’s ministry of Aviation as is, is the diverting... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, October 29th 2013 |
Many of us have come across the unharnessed ranting of unnamed internet warriors like ‘Akpos1’; anonymous commentators who relentlessly profess tribal and religious hatred. Few of us respond to such banter, but when this sorry defect in human character openly reveals its christened identity, in shock, it is hard and no longer safe to refrain from discussing the plague that affects not just Nigeria, but much of the world. Captain Ore Kingsley has sadly highlighted himself as one of such persons who tests our compassion and corrodes our little remaining sense of security in the humanity of humanity. We can... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, October 29th 2013 |
FROM NIGERIA TO THE WORLD! WE DENOUNCE TERROR To the President and Nigerian citizens, Assalamu alaykum (We greet you in peace) On this day, Nigeria’s independence day, we, the muslimsagainstterror.com, hereby offer our prayers and condolence to the Nigerian President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and the Nigerian citizens over the killing of innocent people, the killing of Civilian JTF, civilian and soldiers massacred in the Northeast of Nigeria by the Islamic cultist, terrorists, suicide bombers, etc. (Boko Haram). It is our prayer that the crisis in Nigeria, the killing of innocent people will end the way the crises in Northern Mali abated,... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, October 1st 2013 |
By Dennis Kabatto – Nigerians in the Diaspora Organization (NIDO) New Jersey Chapter will hold a two day World Investment Conference on Friday, September 20 through September 21, 2013 at the Renaissance Hotel in Newark, New Jersey. President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is Special Guest of Honor while Mr. Steve Akinboro, Executive Vice President Dominos Pizza is designated Keynote Speaker. The Conference Moderators are Segun Adeyina, General Motors; Carol Frazer, The Economist; Obinna Anusiem, Nigeria Exchange and Kazeem Bello, Citigroup Global Markets. This annual conference is part of a broader effort by Nigerian... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, September 19th 2013 |
