Sadiq, Nura and Mohammed and Memories of A Biafran Child

Sadiq, Nura and Mohammed from Katsina State in northern Nigeria.

After seeing this photograph, Sadiq embraced me in a way I could only understand as his innocent expression of friendship. He is the youngest, but I see the composure of a leader in him. I can understand this, because at about his age I was among hundreds of #Igbo children in a refugee camp for IDPs in 1968 in the defunct Republic of #Biafra, and I left to find my way back to our village. What no other child did and I walked into an abandoned village after the Nigerian soldiers had defeated the #Biafran soldiers. The details are in my memoir, "Biafran Child" coming out soon.

We are all innocent children of God. None of us asked to be born poor or rich; black or white; Christian or Muslim and so no one should judge us by our class, race or religion.
We all "Children of God", which is the title of my first published book in 1988.


~ By EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima, author of " The Victory of Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Dream", "The Prophet Lied", "Scarlet Tears of London", "In the House of Dogs", "Diary of the Memory Keeper" and other books. https://www.amazon.com/author/ekenyerengozimichaelchima.

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The ignorance or stupidity of one person can cause the destruction of millions of innocent people.
~ Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima

The Population of Nigeria is Out of Control

The current population of Nigeria is more than 191 million people and projected to increase to over 411 million in 2050.
This is scary, because a nation that cannot control the population will not be able to manage the resources for sustainable development.

Family planning is the only solution for population control. But the poor masses who are the most vunerable Nigerians don't practice family planning. They breed many children they cannot feed and cannot afford their formal education. That is why according to the UNICEF, more than 10.5 million children are out of school in Nigeria, which is the worst record in the world. The Ministry of Education reported that 50% of the cumulative 20 million out of school children in the world are in Nigeria.

Malala Yousafzai, the youngest Nobel laureate and champion of girl education has said we should declare a state of emergency for the education of the alarming population of more than 6 million underprivileged girls out of school in the country.
The humanitarian emergency will be beyond our control if we don't stop the poor majority from overbreeding.

Nigeria Will Post the Second Largest Global Rise in Population at 220 Million in 2050

Nigeria Will Post the Second Largest Global Rise in Population at 220 Million in 2050

PRB Projects 2050 World Population at 9.8 Billion

Youth Population to Reach 1.4 Billion

WASHINGTON, Aug. 15, 2017  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The world population will reach 9.8 billion in 2050, up 31 percent from an estimated 7.5 billion now, according to projections included in the 2017 World Population Data Sheet from the Population Reference Bureau (PRB).


Countries with the largest populations 2017 and 2050
PRB's 2050 projections show Africa's  population will more than double to 2.6 billion by 2050 and account for more than half (57 percent) of the global population increase by that date. The number of people in Asia will rise about 750 million to 5.2 billion, while Europe  (including all of Russia) is headed for a population decline from 745 million to 736 million. The population of the Americas is seen increasing to 1.2 billion from 1 billion now, and Oceania (which includes Australia and New Zealand) would rise from 42 million to 63 million.

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Why I Love Yorùbá People

I love Yorùbá people, because they have proved to be more faithful and grateful to me and my family since my great father, Sunday Eke was brought to Lagos city from Umuahia in Abia state of eastern Nigeria in 1930.  He was only a 9-year-old boy who had just lost his father in a bloody land dispute and his own life was threatened being the oldest son. To save him, his uncle who was a police officer brought him to Lagos.
After primary school of standard 6 of those colonial days, he learned how to drive and with his driver's license he later joined the Royal West African Frontier Force and fought in Burma during the Second Chindits operation of 1944.
My uncles told me how my father returned as a hero, because he was one of the two soldiers from Ohuhu in Umuahia who fought during the Burma Campaign of World War II in 1943–1944. They said two of them would visit each other, marching in their uniform and blowing their bugles aloud to the administration of the villagers.
They were proud of them.
The last Chindit left Burma on August  27, 1944. Annually,  August 15 is celebrated as V- J Day anniversary of Victory over Japan Day, because Japan surrendered on August 15, 1945; because of time zone differences,
on August 14, 1945 (when it was announced in the United States and the rest of the Americas and Eastern Pacific Islands) – as well as to September 2, 1945, when the signing of the surrender document occurred, officially ending World War II.

Troops of the Nigeria Regiment, 3rd West African Brigade (Thunder), board an RAF Dakota.

Read more in Bugles and a Tiger: My life in the Gurkhas (Cassell Military Paperbacks).
Click here to read "Remembering Nigeria’s ‘Burma Boys’" published by Nsibidi Institute.

$450 Billion Oil Discovery Could be a Game Changer for US Oil Industry

 $450 Billion Oil Discovery Could be a Game Changer for US Oil Industry
OilPrice.com News Commentary

LONDON, August 14, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

A surprise discovery coming out of Utah and Colorado's  Paradox Basin oil field has captured the attention of the petroleum sector today. Over 9 billion barrels equivalent (BOE), to be exact, which if fully realized in today's oil price structure comes at a value of $450 billion.

Two Rwandan Start-ups in the Running for a Prize of Half a Million Euros

Two Rwandan Start-ups in the Running for a Prize of Half a Million Euros

AMSTERDAM, August 15, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

ARED and EarthEnable are through to the finale of the global sustainability competition.

A cash prize of €500,000 is at stake in the Postcode Lottery Green Challenge, one of the largest sustainable enterprise competitions in the world. The start-ups ARED and EarthEnable from Kigali in Rwanda are two of the five green pioneers still in the running for the prize. ARED has developed the Shiriki Hub, a mobile kiosk with solar panels, a WiFi router and mobile phone charging stations. EarthEnable offers a sustainable and inexpensive solution for cement floors, which are very CO2-intensive. During the exciting finale on 14 September, the teams will be up against three other finalists: Glowee from France, Lightyear from the Netherlands and Pond from Denmark. During the finale, the winner of the grand prize of half a million euros will be announced.

Investing in Women Key To Sustainable Peace in Nigeria and DR Congo – UN Deputy Chief

UN Deputy Secretary-General Amina Mohammed addresses Security Council meeting on ‘peace and security in Africa.’ UN Photo/Manuel Elias.

Investing in Women Key To Sustainable Peace in Nigeria and DR Congo – UN Deputy Chief

NEW YORK, 10 August 2017 / PRN Africa / -- Investing in women and girls must be central to global efforts towards sustainable peace and development in both Nigeria and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the United Nations deputy chief said today.

“Both have dismayingly low levels of women's political participation and are experiencing conflicts marked by extremely high levels of sexual- and gender-based violence,” said Deputy Secretary-General Amina J. Mohammed as she updated the Security Council on her recent trip to the two African countries.

Nigeria Set to Benefit From Deep Sea Mining – Dr. Dakuku Seeks Support on Capacity Building

Dr. DAKUKU PETERSIDE, NIMASA DG (PRNewsfoto/NIMASA)

Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA): Nigeria Set to Benefit From Deep Sea Mining – Dr. Dakuku Seeks Support on Capacity Building

LAGOS, Nigeria, August 11, 2017  /PRNewswire/ --

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has stated that Nigeria is set to benefit from the deep sea mining through effective harnessing of the opportunities by working with the International Seabed Authority (ISBA).

The NIMASA DG who made this known at the opening ceremony of the 23rd Assembly of the International Seabed Authority (ISBA) held in Kingston, Jamaica said that irrespective of the numerous resources in Nigeria, there was the need to work more closely with the ISBA in the area of seabed resources exploration.

Dr. Peterside who led the Nigerian Delegation to the event commended ISBA on its role in the optimal utilization of seabed resources among maritime stakeholders and solicited for assistance in the area of capacity building to survey deep sea and establish data base of mineral resources available for the benefit of all mankind.

Without the Biafran War, 10 Million Igbos Would Not Have Been Born

Without the Biafran War, 10 Million Igbos Would Not Have Been Born
(In memorial tribute to all those we lost in the Biafran War.)

If the unforeseen circumstances that caused the tragic Biafran war of 1967-1970 did not occur, the history of Nigeria would have been different from what it is today.
More than ten million Igbos would not have been born, including the most celebrated Nigerian celebrity gossip blogger, Linda Ikeji, Bella Naija, Laila Ikeji, Don Jazzy, Flavour, PSquare, Yemi Alade, Nwankwo Kanu and J.J.Okocha.

Major-General Aguyi Ironsi would not have been the unfortunate first military Head of State of Nigeria; Colonel Yakubu Gowon would not have become the second military Head of State; Generals Murtala Mohammed, Olusegun Obasanjo, Muhammadu Buhari, Ibrahim Babangida, the late Sani Abacha, Abdulsalami Abubakar and successors would not have become Heads of State or Presidents; there would not have been creations of 36 states and Abuja would not become the federal capital; Mr. M. K. O. Abiola would not have become a billionaire and presidential nominee and no June 12 Crisis; there would not have been an Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, because he would not have been a Senator, Governor of Lagos State or Asiwaju.

Dates of Attacks On Igbos and Christians in Northern Nigeria and the Biafran War

Dates of Attacks On Igbos and Christians in Northern Nigeria and the Biafran War

1945 Jos Riots:- Hundreds of Igbos killed

1953 Kano massacre:- Hundreds of Igbo massacred

July 1966:- Over 300 Igbo officers of the Nigerian Army murdered

1966:- Over 50,000 Igbos, men, women and children massacred all over the North

1967-70:- Over 3 million souls lost in the civil war in the name of 'one Nigeria'

Other situations where Igbos have been killed are:
Kano, 1980
Maiduguri, 1982
Jimeta, 1984
Gombe 1985
Zaria, 1987.
Kaduna & Kafanchan, 1991.
Bauchi & Katsina, 1991.
Kano, 1991.
Zangon-Kataf, 1992.
Funtua, 1993.
Kano, 1994.
Kaduna, 2000.
Kaduna, 2001.
Maiduguri, 2001.
Maiden Crisis-Setember, 2001
Kaduna, 2002.
Jos-November, 2008.
Beheading of Gideon Akaluka in December of 1996 in a POLICE STATION in Kano
Saint Moritz killed December 2001
25. Post April, 2011 Presidential Election: 10 youth-corps men & women and numerous citizens murdered because a Christian Southerner was elected.
Jos Christmas Eve 2010.
Madalla Christmas day 2011.
Mubi January 6, 2012.

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