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There is a battle going on at the Nigerian Consulate-General in New York as to who is right in a matter that the Consulate-General termed a "stealing", but which the officer involved, since recalled back to Nigeria, termed an "entitlement", which he appropriated to himself without specific approval of the Consul-General. Nigeria is known for corruption on a subtler substantial basis, but when an individual brazenly decides to appropriate the public's money, that's when you shake your head as to where the country is headed. (READ MORE)

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Two young men have been dragged to court in Mozambique, East Africa, for having sex with a goat, but seeking poetic justice, the owner of the goat has demanded they pay the traditional bride price for the goat. (Read More)

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HISTORY AND THE SEVENTH BLACK WOMAN TO WIN THE COVETED "MISS AMERICA" TITLE
A JOURNEY FROM PLAYING A SLAVE TO WEARING A CROWN



(Taylor Media Services) Many critics dismiss the Miss America Pageant as a relic of the past and/or the unhealthy objectification of women. However, for African American women, the trek through Miss America has gone from denial of Black beauty to playing a slave to wearing the crown. When Virginia Commonwealth University broadcast major Caressa Cameron captured the title a couple of weekends ago, she was the seventh Black woman to be so honored. (READ MORE)

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Ten hardworking employees, immigrants from West Africa, are embroiled in a labor dispute with their former employer, Wal-Mart. The men filed a group lawsuit for discrimination claiming that they were dismissed because their supervisors prefer to give their jobs to local people working at a store in Avon, Colorado. (READ MORE)

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A savaging debate has erupted in Nigeria over statements made by the former president of the country, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, regarding his recent call on Nigeria's very seriously ill President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua to resign as president of the country. Obasanjo was quoted as saying, with regards to Yar'Adua, "If you cannot satisfy yourself, how can you satisfy your family or a nation? And if you cannot satisfy a nation, you can resign, which serves as part of morality, dignity and honour." Most Nigerians view Obasanjo's populist call, as it reflects the opinion of the majority of Nigerians, as a caculated attempt to mask his greatest transgressions against the Nigerian state and Nigerians: forcing and foisting a very sick individual as President of NigeriA.
The crisis that has engulfed Nigeria is of Obasanjo's making. (READ MORE)