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Discrimination in Hamburg Football Verband: NCG Football Club Fights Back True to their words, the management of NCG FC are fighting back the intrigue and discrimination against the club following a Hamburg Football verband court judgment in a very simply issue of game stoppage between NCG FC and Juventude. Their campaign could be seen on Facebook and other social media network with such messages as “Integration through football; others preach it we practice it” and others calling on football fans in Hamburg and in German to say “NO to discrimination and hooliganism in Hamburg football”. The judgment which wronging handed…

Fallout from President Goodluck Jonathan´s  visit to Germany: Ambassador Abdu Usman Abubakar under fire (L:  President Goodluck Jonathan visits to German. R: Ambassador Abdu Usman Abubakar Nigerian Ambassador to Germany) “It must be clearly stated that who gets invited to a dinner with the President of the federal Republic of Nigeria or any other government functionary during any of their visit to Germany is at the benevolence of the president and the prerogative of the Ambassador to Germany. This cannot be contested. But arranging for the president to meet the Nigerian community, the people who “voted” him into office should…

Is Hamburg Football Verband Ripe for all Black Football Club? Plans to deny NCG FC their Possible League promotion and Championship Perfected The recent drama at the Hamburg Football Verband raises at least two basic questions; Can Hamburg football seriously say it is ready for an all-black football Club? And, is the whole preaching about integration through sports just another lip service? While searching for the true answer to the raised questions, let me say that the typical stereotype and prejudice against Africans in Germany was on classical display at the sports court proceedings over a supposed very…

African Community in Hamburg: Ghana Top Employment figure  About 6000 African are gainfully employed in the city of Hamburg. Ghana tops the list with a total of 2300. This figure was made available by Mr. Sönke Fock, Director Agentur für Arbeit Hamburg during an information event organized by the office of Hon. Kenneth Gbandi, African Representative, Hamburg integration council Hamburg on the 27th of April 2012 at Barmbek Basch Kulture Zentrum. Mr. Sönke Fock, gave further employment figures in Hamburg to include a total of 847,000 sozialversicherungspflichtige employed persons out of which 6.000 are persons of African nationalities. In…

Info event about becoming a German citizen  « La police de Hambourg a besoin de vous »: a dit Wolfgang Kopitzsch, le président de la police à la Communauté africaine – Une nouvelle loi pour la reconnaissance des diplômes étrangers  en Allemagne a pris effet à partir  du mois d´Avril – L´Etat  de Hambourg  va accorder la naturalisation à 137.000 immigrants potentiels – Plus de 6000 Africains qui travaillent à Hambourg   A 16:15 exacte,  l’événement tant attendu intitulé informations: Devenir un citoyen allemand, la discrimination de la police, les possibilités d’emploi et de l’éducation a débuté avec  15 minutes de retard…

Hamburg Police Needs You: Wolfgang Kopitzsch, Polizeipresident tells African Community – New law recognized foreign certificate in Germany takes effect from April –  Government of Hamburg to grant German nationality  to 137.000 potential immigrants –   Over 6000 Africans working in Hamburg  Exactly 16:15 the much awaited information event titled: Becoming a German citizen; Police discrimination; Employment opportunities and Education kicked off 15 minutes behind scheduled. The event was organized by the office of Hon. Kenneth Gbandi, Repräsentant des Integrationsbeirats des Hamburger Senates für Afrikanerinnen und Afrikaner and sponsored by African Heritage Magazine Hamburg. Guest Speakers includes, Wolfgang…

  “The ability to vote as a Nigerian should not be considered a privilege but a fundamental human right of all Nigerians both at home and abroad. The Central Bank of Nigeria has continuously churned out figures on the billions of Naira being remitted home yearly by Nigerians in Diaspora. We strongly believe that Nigerians in Diaspora should not only be seen as “cash cows”. Our fundamental rights, as well as that of every Nigerian, should be protected” The letter stated further” A collation of Nigerian organizations Abroad have demanded for the right of Nigerians living abroad to vote. The…

Intrigue at Hamburg Football Verband:  Coalition´s  plans to  kick NCG  FC ( A predominantly Africans Football Club) out of the Hamburg football league  intensifies Africans are not organize, they are chaotic and they are badly behaved. This is a typical stereotype prejudice against many Africans in Germany. This attitude, especially from some Germans who are only exposed to only one particular way of behavior or doing things and who tried to use their own limited standard to judge everybody and everything around them. This is a dangerous form of racism, if  people cannot accept that people from other culture can…

No love lost between Nigeria and South Africa, President Goodluck Jonathan assures African Ambassadors in German Speaking in a reception at Ritz Carlton Hotel  widely attended by the union of African Ambassadors in Germany in honour of the Nigerian President- Dr. Goodluck Jonathan -who came on an official visit to the Federal Republic of Germanybetween 18th-20th April, 2012, the Nigerian President Dr. Jonathan, thanked the group immensely for the support and regretted the logistical problem which made it impossible for them to meet him on arrival at the airport as originally planned. Furthermore, he highlighted the urgent need for…

Nigerians in Diaspora could vote in Presidential and Gubernatorial elections as early as 2015 – Dr Goodluck Ebele Jonathan “That insecurity necessitated by terrorism is not peculiar to Nigeria and like other countries in the world; Nigeria is not relenting in her efforts to fight terrorists like Boko Haram”  As part of his working visit to Germany, the president of Federal Republic of Nigeria Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan hosted an inter-active session with the international press in the conference room of Ritz Carlton Hotel Berlin on Thursday 19th April, 2012. In attendance was all the “A” list media…