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Mandela dies at 95

Post author:uchenna
Post published:December 5, 2013
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By Uchenna Ekwo Former president of South Africa Nelson Mandela is dead. The liberation and anti-apartheid icon was 95. South African president Jacob Zuma announced the Madiba’s death Thursday. Zuma…

L-R: Jonathan Alter, Author, Veteran Journalist and MSNBC News Analyst, Loretta Weinberg, New Jersey Senate Majority Leader, Merrill Brown Director, School of Communication and Media, Montclair State University at the conference on "Who is a Journalist" organized jointly by Society for Professional Journalists and Center for Media & Peace Initiatives, New York.

Who’s a journalist?

Post author:uchenna
Post published:November 23, 2013
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By Uchenna Ekwo Before the proliferation of social media and mobile phones, the controversy regarding the definition of who is a journalist remains unsettled. With the ability of almost everyone…

Professor Ade Adefuye Ambassador, Head of Mission Embassy of Nigeria Washington DC

Nigeria demands apology from Ted Cruz

Post author:uchenna
Post published:October 25, 2013
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By Uchenna Ekwo The aftermath of the recent political dysfunction in Washington orchestrated by Texas junior Senator Ted Cruz is reverberating across the shores of United States as Nigerians pile…

Failed coup d’état in US

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Post published:October 18, 2013
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By Uchenna Ekwo Thinking of the events, processes, and outcome of the shutdown of the United States government for 16 days, I cannot but view it from the prism of…