Èxit de la Jornada 'L'encaix de la immigració a Catalunya, tot preservant les arrels'

Barcelona /​Santa Coloma de Gramenet /​Redac­ció de nous​cata​lans​.cat /​Fotos de nous​cata​lans​.cat

Diss­abte pas­sat, dia 8 de novem­bre, just el dia abans del 9N, con­vo­cats per l’entitat “Per­sona i Democrà­cia" i per la Fun­dació Nous Cata­lans, unes 90 per­sones (la gran majo­ria, per­sones immi­grades) varen acudir a la sala Sant Jordi de la Fac­ul­tat de Teolo­gia de Barcelona, per assi­s­tir a un Sem­i­nari sobre “l’encaix de la immi­gració a Catalunya, tot preser­vant les arrels". La Jor­nada, que va durar tot el matí, va ser tot un èxit tant de con­vo­catòria com pel niv­ell de les aporta­cions i del debat que va cloure, ja al migdia, aquest espai de reflexió pro­posat per l’entitat democristiana.  http://www.nouscatalans.cat/index.php/fundacio/8695-exit-de-la-jornada-l-encaix-de-la-immigracio-a-catalunya-tot-preservant-les-arrels.html

The struggle continues, the indigenous people of Biafra and the calaonians on the issue of Biafra

Santa Coloma de Gramenet (Baix Besòs) /​Redac­ció de nous​cata​lans​.cat /​fotos de “Pobles Indí­genes de Biafra" i de nous​cata​lans​.cat

Aque­sta enti­tat s’acaba de for­mar a Catalunya i el proper dia 10 d’agost inau­gura una Ofic­ina d’acollida i infor­ma­ció a la conur­bació de Barcelona. Ahir, una del­e­gació d’aquesta asso­ciació va vis­i­tar la seu nacional de la Fun­dació Nous Cata­lans, a Santa Coloma de Gramenet i es va reunir amb el seu direc­tor, Àngel Colom; els acom­pa­nyava Ramon Rovira, de Valls, que dècades enrere –amb altres com­pa­nys de la cap­i­tal de l’Alt Camp– havia organ­itzat activ­i­tats d’agermanament entre Catalunya i la Biafra independent.

EKWE NCHE ORGANIZATION : EBO LANDING

There is not a rnonument or marker, most locals know the location of “Ebo Landing.” It’s along the bluffs of Dunbar Creek behind the waste water treatment plant on St. Simons Island. Many have also read accounts of the tragic event that occurred there in May, 1803 in books of Island history, lore and legend.

But now the story of the Igbo slaves who drowned themselves rather than face a life of slavery is gaining worldwide attention. And today they symbolically represent millions of Igbos in their homeland of Nigeria who are still not free. (Ebo is the English word for the Igbo people of West Africa and is pronounced the same.)

Boko Haram threatens to attack A’Ibom  

  

The Akwa Ibom State Government said it had received text messages from the Boko Haram terrorist group threatening to attack public places in the state.

A statement issued on Friday evening by the state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Mr. Aniekan Umanah, said the public places targeted include churches, markets and schools, among others.

Umanah advised members of the public to be security conscious and be extra-vigilant by reporting suspicious movements to security personnel for immediate action.

He assured residents of their safety, saying government had directed security agencies to step up surveillance to prevent likely attack on the state.

Biafra Independence by Terry Paulson

                     

What would you say to the Founding Fathers who gathered in Philadelphia to craft the Declaration of Independence knowing that it would mean war with England? Would you have told them to wait, to keep trying diplomacy, or to wait for England to leave them alone? Would you support their taking up arms to protect their people and their rights? Thank God, they justified and supported the war for independence that made America free.

While the world is once again preoccupied with tensions in the Middle East and in the Ukraine, there is a growing call for independence for Biafra. Nnamdi Kanu, the Director of Radio Biafra, is the world-wide voice for the indigenous people of Biafra (IPOB) in the south

At least Three Union Members Were Injured In The Sao Paulo Clash, 

Brazilian police used tear gas, rubber bullets and stun grenades to disperse striking workers inside a subway station on Friday, adding to fears that labor unrest could disrupt the World Cup that opens here in six days.

At least three union members were injured in the Sao Paulo clash, said Paulo Iannone, a union spokesman.

Operators of the subway and overland trains were in the second day of a strike for higher wages, with no indication that it would end soon. Late Friday, officials and the union representing workers said they had not reached an agreement to end the strike and it would continue into Saturday.

That's worrying for authorities because most soccer fans heading to Thursday's opening Cup match in Sao Paulo will need to use the subway.

Boko Haram: Soldiers Wage War On Newspapers

The fight against Boko Haram and its insurgency took a bizarre twist in the early hours of yesterday when armed soldiers unleashed their might on newspapers, disrupting their distribution, confiscating the newspapers and consequently stopping their sales in many parts of the country.

They, amazingly, said it was for security reasons.

Vanguard, The Leadership, and The Nation were notably affected across the country.

The distribution vans, conveying newspapers to various parts of the country were so delayed at military check-points that distribution of the papers failed. In some cases, the vehicles were detained till evening time.

As a result of the development, your favourite newspaper, Vanguard did not circulate in most parts of the South West, South East, Edo and Delta States and some parts of the North.

Reacting to ther incident, Vanguard, in a statement signed by its Editor-in-Chief and General Manager, Gbenga Adefaye, deplored “

IGP ‘Sweeps’ Igbo Policemen Into Boko Haram Caves

The Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Abubukar has used his very strong broom and swept away all the senior police officers of Igbo extraction serving in Anambra State into the caves of the Boko Haram, this according to concrete police source in Abuja was to pave way for the insurgents to have their way to Igboland.

Competent police sources said that over four hundred senior police officers from the rank of unconfirmed superintendent (one star) to Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP are affected in the said transfer. It was also gathered that the aim of IGP was to have the Igbos risen to the above stated ranks in police force to be killed by Mr. Abubuakr’s brothers who have been terrorizing the nation.

Biafrans AreThe Sacrificial Lamb              

When the white people came to Biafra land, they killed our people and was making show of our people heads, now their joint operation of killing Biafrans are over, then boko haram took it upon themself to speed up the killind of Biafrans that their master started, please who can tell me,do you know which group or people that will take over from boko haram after them?.Becouse i can see very clear they believe that Biafrans must be the sacrificial lamb to keep Nigeria one.Now Biafrans you can prove them wrong or right, but I know that Chukwuabiama will always prove them wrong. From this year 2014 we will tell them who will be the next sacrificial lamb.becouse Chukwuabiama have said that this time is the time we must stop them and tell them that we are Biafrans.

Time To Unite The Clan.

What about the half that never been told. As we approach May 30, Biafra Heroes day, do our brothers and sisters in Jamaica know that we two are One. Time to unite the Clan.

Igbo people in Jamaica were shipped by Europeans onto the island between the 17th and 18th as forced labour on plantations. Igbo people constituted a large portion of the African population in slave-importing Jamaica. Some slave censuses detailed the large amount of Igbo slaves on various plantations throughout the island on different dates throughout the 18th century.Their presence was a large part in forming Jamaican culture as their cultural influence remains in language, dance, music, folklore, cuisine, religion and mannerisms. Many words in Jamaican Patois have been traced to the Igbo language. In Jamaica the Igbo were referred to as either Eboe, or Ibo.

Obasanjo Moves To Free Abducted Chibok Girls

Chief Olusegun Obasanjo has launched a move to free the more than 200 girls kidnapped by the Boko Haram sect from Government Girls Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State.

Obasanjo, who confirmed this last night, however, dismissed reports credited to a foreign news agency that he held talks with representatives of the sect in his Ota farm last weekend.

A screengrab taken on May 12, 2014, from a video of Nigerian Islamist extremist group Boko Haram obtained by AFP shows girls, wearing the full-length hijab and praying in an undisclosed rural location. Boko Haram released a new video on claiming to show the missing Nigerian schoolgirls, alleging they had converted to Islam and would not be released until

Four Policemen Rescued, Others Missing In Gun Duel With Oil Thieves

Fear yesterday gripped residents of Arepo community in Ogun State as some policemen were missing after one of the Nige­rian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) pipelines went up in flames.

The incident occurred during a gun duel with pipeline vandals However,four policemen were rescued, but some were still missing as at press time.

It was learnt that during the shoot-out, some bullets hit one of the pipelines which exploded, resulting in fire outbreak.

Some policemen attached to the Inspector-General of Police Anti-pipeline Task Force had stormed Arepo after a tip-off.

Eyewitness account said that at about 12am yesterday, suspected vandals stormed the area with about 12 boats containing not less than 30 heavily armed men each.

Man, 2 Others Jailed Over Attempt To Sell Son For N8m

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Akure , Ondo State yesterday sentenced three Benin nationals to three years in prison each for attempting to sell a 13-year-old boy. According to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), the convicts were the boy’s father, Kareem Saibu (39), Abdullateef Mumuni (24) and Kadir Rasaq (24).

Chief Magistrate Adebanji Ayeomoni, who sentenced each of them without an option of fine, said:  “Having found the three accused guilty on the twocounts of conspiracy and attempt to sell a human being, the three are hereby sentenced to three years’ imprisonment each without an option of fine.”

The accused, of no fixed address, were arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and attempt to sell a human being, and they all pleaded guilty to the charges.

Enyimba Condemn Attack On Their Supporter

Enyimba International Football Club has strongly condemned the violent attack on one of their supporters after the Matchday 11 Glo Premier League game against Sharks FC in Port Harcourt on Wednesday.

The Head of Media of Enyimba, Farriel Allaputa revealed this in an interview with SportingLife stating: “Our supporter suffered six stab wounds in an attack that occurred just after the game, lost massive amounts of blood and required urgent medical attention.

“As a club we condemn this violent assault completely and call on the League Management Company to take strong actions against such abhorrent behaviour. Nigerian football has come a long way and this show of shame and barbarity has no place at all in the Glo Premier League.”

Chibok girls: Protests In Ibadan, Osogbo, Yola, Jos

MORE cities hosted yesterday peaceful protests over the abduction of over 200 schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State.

In Ibadan, Jos, Katsina, Yola and Lagos, the message was the same: bring back the girls.

Oyo State Governor’s wife Mrs Florence Ajimobi led a prayer rally and a peaceful procession in Ibadan.

The rally began around 9am at the Lekan Salami Stadium, Adamasingba, with the women wearing their traditional Buba and Iro in the wrong way. They also wore red head gears to show their anger at the abduction.

Secondary school pupils turned up for the protest in their thousands.

The women and children cursed the abductors of the Government Secondary School, Chibok girls. They carried placards with inscriptions such as: “Release our girls”; “234 girls why”; “Ajimobi says enough is enough”; “We demand the immediate release of our girls”; “Oyo State women says bring back our girls”; “Security of children should be paramount”; “Put an end to the abduction of our girls”; and “Operation no more Boko Haram”; among others.

All shops, markets and offices were shut down till around 1pm in solidarity with the troubled girls.

Chibok Girls: ACF Backs Foreign Powers On Rescue Mission

Northern socio-cultural group, Arewa Consultative Forum ( ACF) has expressed support for the Federal Government over the invitation of foreign powers to assist in rescuing the over 200 schoolgirls abducted by  Islamist sect, Boko Haram in Chibok, Borno State.

A statement signed by the Publicity Secretary of ACF, Muhammad Ibrahim, also urged the Presidential Committee on the abducted girls, to swing into action and work with security agencies, including the foreign powers to rescue the kidnapped female students.

“ACF appreciates the assistance being offered to Nigeria by the United States of America, Britain, China and other countries to rescue the abducted girls.

Igbo Ukwu Bronze

The Igbo-Ukwu objects which carbon-date to 9th AD is said to constitute one of the richest bronze treasures in Nigeria and best in the world though, they have not received relative publicity like those of Benin bronzes, Ife terra-cottas and Nok terra-cottas

IGBO–Ukwu is an ancient city of Igboland, located at a place, 30 kilometers South-East of Onitsha in the present Anambra State of Nigeria, lying between latitude 50 and 70 North of the equator and longitude 60 and 70 east on the Greenwich Meridien.

Igbo – Ukwu is described variously as the ancient bronze city; the ancestral land of the entire Igbo – race, and the cradle of black civilization. It is said to have the largest ancient local market in West Africa Sub – Saharan Africa. The modern day Igbo-Ukwu can be found in the Aguata Local Government area of Anambra State.

The Igbo believe in the existence of one Supreme Being (God) who they call Chukwu and they also believe that God is the Creator of the universe who they call, Chineke (meaning: The Spiritual Power who creates) or Onye Okike (He who is the Only Creator).

Panic Hits North As U.S Plans To Use 'DNA' To Reunite  Chibuck Girls With Families

There is panic in the north as the truth bout their conspiracy is about to be unraveled. A group of scientists at the University of North Texas have declared their willingness to deploy forensic (DNA) technology to identify and reunite the abducted Chibok girls with their families.

The panic is arising as most of the ‘parents’ of the abducted girls have been exposed as fake and rented crowds hired by some elements in the North to shade Goodluck Jonathan’s administration in bad light to the international community. The DNA test will be the final evidence that would expose them as frauds.

Naijanews Sweep gathered that the involvement of the western countries especially the United State was not anticipated by the northern elements who orchestrated the hoax. As a result they are planning counter moves to douse the situation. Already, they are begging the federal government not to use force to rescue the girls.

Gunmen Kidnapped 3 Dutch, 2 Nigerians

Facts have emerged how gunmen suspected to be Niger Delta militants seized members of a non-governmental organisation, NGO, Hope for Niger Delta Campaign.

The kidnapped members comprise three Dutch and two Nigerians, including The Netherlands- based Niger Delta activist, Sunny Ofehe. An eyewitness, one of the journalists who accompanied the team on a trip to Letugbene community, Bayelsa State, disclosed that the gunmen laid an ambush on the speed boats conveying members of the group immediately they were being bid farewell by the HRH Minna Omotete, the Ateri II, the Amananaweil of Bilabiri Kingdom. He said that about 10 gunmen shot at the crew members.

NFF Had Hand In My Mother’s Death —Okpala

The contract I have with the NFF says that I am entitled to 150 % of the amount paid the players of the Super Eagles. So if they get N100, I’m entitled to N150.

So when I received half of the money I was supposed to get, I called members of the NFF Board. I called Chief (Mike) Umeh, (Emeka) Inyama and (Alhaji Aminu) Maigari to ask why. Maigari told them that the money (the NFF had) was not enough and they told him that in that case it has to cut across board, not singling out one or two persons. But Maigari said he was not going to pay me.

I then called (Chief) Ekeji (who was then Director General of the National Sports Commission) to tell him what was going on and pleaded with him to help me call the NFF to know why I wasn’t paid  in full.