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Honorable Kenneth Gbandi DIASPORA MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD 2016 – Why we choose him (The Voice Achievers Award Committee full text below) Dear Honorable Gbandi,    NOMINEE FOR THE VOICE MAGAZINE ACHIEVERS AWARD “DIASPORA MAN OF THE YEAR AWARD 2016” We have the honour to inform you sir that the award committee of The Voice Achievers Award 2016 has proudly nominated and confirmed on you, Honourable Kenneth Gbandi, as our African Diaspora Man of the Year for 2016. This recognition is in appreciation for your immense contributions towards advancing the course of Nigeria and Africans in general with your activities…

Program: The Day of African Diaspora Living Legend Germany 2016 17.30   CET Ankunft/Arrivals, Kaffee and welcome drink: One on One Role Models: (Meet our Mentors and Stars on Green Carpet) 18.20     CET Introduction of the Moderator/MC – Welcome address by Hon. Kenneth Gbandi 18.25     CET Speeches from political representatives: state and federal level as well as African Ambassadors present 18.45  CET Speech from Engagement Global representative highlighting Engagement Global’s goals and the opportunities it offers in the promotion of Migrants in the areas of development politics and migration and development 19.00  CET…

NIDOE INFO PRESS EDITION HIGHLIUGHTS OF THE MEETING BETWEEN THE PERMANENT SECRETARY, OFFICIALS OF THE NIGERIA NATIONAL VOLUNTEER SERVICE AND THE NIGERIANS IN DIASPORA ORGANISATION (NIDO) HELD IN THE CONFERENCE ROOM, OFFICE OF THE PERMANENT SECRETARY, POLITICAL AFFAIRS, OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY TO THE GOVERNMENT OF THE FEDERATION ON THURSDAY, 25TH FEBRUARY, 2016 The meeting was chaired by the Permanent Secretary, Political Affairs Office (PAO) and started at 4:20pm with self introduction of members present. In his opening remarks, the Permanent Secretary welcomed members of the Nigerians in Diaspora Organisation (NIDO) and stated that their visit could not have been…

Who Is To Blame? – Dr. Peregrino Brimah @EveryNigerian “Fellow Nigerian, mark my word, if they haven’t already, they will soon blame you” First we obviously blamed the Jonathan government for everything, Next when 105 soldiers died/got missing, we accused the media of a false report, When the army massacred 1000 unarmed civilian youth, we blamed the youth for tapping the chest of a soldier, But in contrast, when Niger Delta militants are violent and spill oil, we blame the oil the militants spill, And similarly, when the so-called Fulani militants successfully, under “democracy defender” Buratai continued their incendiary massacres, we blamed…

ON THE STEALING, ROBBERY AND SEXUAL ABUSE ON NEW YEAR DAY IN COLOGNE – Dr. John  Emeka Akude “when this story developed last weekend, some were quick to quip that it is racist to say that those criminals are foreigners and asylum seekers. Now we know this is true, they really are. And we have to stand by the truth at all times no matter whose ox is gored. Finally, I have to say that Germany is a very good country and anybody that doesn’t like it should simply get out and not spoil it for us” I decided to…

Nigeria’s US Consul-General, Ambassador Teneilabe, removed ADEWALE GIWA, Washington, DC January 16, 2016 One of the kinsmen of former president Goodluck Jonathan, Ambassador Geoffrey Tenelaile, a Nigerian Consul- General in charge of 17 States in the Southeastern of the United States has been removed. Teneilabe, who was appointed in 2012 by former President Jonathan, was asked by President Muhammadu Buhari to return to Nigeria after 3 years of foreign service. Confirming his removal yesterday on the telephone interview with Newswatch Times in the US, Teneilabe thanked Nigerians in the Diaspora for supporting him to bring development to Nigerian Mission office…

Nigeria: Envoy Absence Grounds Foreign Missions http://allafrica.com/stories/201601181206.html By Abdullateef Salau The federal government has recalled majority of Nigerian ambassadors but is yet to appoint their replacements, Daily Trust reports. Nigeria has envoys in over 100 countries comprising career and non-career diplomats, the latter being mainly political appointees. In July 2015, the government recalled 27 non-career ambassadors and on January 4, all career diplomats, except a few, were asked to return. It was also gathered that at the moment, the chargé d’affaires or, in some cases, counsel-generals have been saddled with the task of overseeing Nigeria’s diplomatic affairs until new envoys…

Daura-born overlord and his trusted lieutenants – Iyoha John Darlington “the purported $2.1 billion arms deal which the Daura-born overlord clings to for his inability to run the country rocked by economic depression and instability calling to mind the separatist aspirations mounting in the southeast and jihadist insurgency in the north-east. The  staggering $2.1 billion arms procurement funds like the Chibok girls  story is a scam manufactured or cooked up  to extenuate  incompetence and abysmal failure which we all spot  on the horizon” The world has lived through great civilizations and civilization itself has had its worst enemies. Man driven by lust…

The Proposed Nigeria’s National Strategic Communication Centre for Countering Violent Extremism – Yusuf Abubakar Mamud, Directorate of Studies, National Defence College Abuja, “The defunct NAIC was designed to coordinate all information and communications concerning the counterterrorism efforts of the FGN. Unfortunately, NAIC ended up becoming a mere press briefing centre populated with people who had never heard of the discipline of strategic communication” The phenomenon of violent extremism has been generally accepted as a global threat given its impact across nations of the world. Despite being a global threat, studies have been able to demonstrate that countering violent extremism requires…

African German Information Center (AGiC) /ACF information services   “Marketplace of possibilities” Hamburg Chamber of Commerce (Handelskammer), the Hamburg Chamber of Crafts, the Authority for Employment (Handwerkskammer), Social Affairs, Family and Integration (BASFI), the Employment Agency (Agentur für Arbeit) and the Jobcenter Hamburg as well as the Business Association North will be holding a second fair for the integration of refugees in the labour market in February 2016. The aim of the event, according to the invitation is to provide both sides – refugees and employers – with a forum to help them become acquainted with each other and explore…