By Dennis Kabatto – Nigerians in the Diaspora Organization (NIDO) New Jersey Chapter will hold a two day World Investment Conference on Friday, September 20 through September 21, 2013 at the Renaissance Hotel in Newark, New Jersey. President Dr. Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria is Special Guest of Honor while Mr. Steve Akinboro, Executive Vice President Dominos Pizza is designated Keynote Speaker. The Conference Moderators are Segun Adeyina, General Motors; Carol Frazer, The Economist; Obinna Anusiem, Nigeria Exchange and Kazeem Bello, Citigroup Global Markets. This annual conference is part of a broader effort by Nigerian... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, September 19th 2013 |
By Dennis Kabatto – Musically, Sierra Leonean Award winning Soul Diva Azania has a way to move her audiences to tears and bring them to their feet whenever she rocks the Mic. Accompanied by her band the Azania Quartet featuring Shawn Whitley on bass, Marvin Dolly on guitar, Yeissonn Villamar on keyboards and drummer Zane Rodulfo, she will perform beautiful soul music at an exclusive concert for Artists You Ought to Know (AYOTK) Series Thursday, September 12 at 7:30 pm at Billie’s Black in New York City. Her concert will feature some new songs she co-wrote with producer Jeremiah Abiah... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, September 11th 2013 |
By Dennis Kabatto – On Tuesday, September 10 the five boroughs of New York – Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and Staten Island will hold primary elections to elect members for its 51 seat City Council. Nineteen Council members including current Speaker Christine Quinn are ineligible to run for re-election due to the Charter Revision vote of 2010, which limits City Council Members to serving two full consecutive four-year terms. In Bronx Council District 16 which includes West Bronx, Highbridge, Melrose and Morrisiana neighborhoods, a crowded field of seven candidates including Pedro Alvarez, Carlton Berkley, New York State Assemblywoman Vanessa Gibson,... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, September 9th 2013 |
This may be the biggest story you have ever read and may ever live to witness. It is straight out of a Robert Ludlum novel. And possibly his best one, yet to be written. It all started on August 21st at about 3 am when there was a sudden burst of information about a major chemical weapons attack in Syria, and patients started streaming into hospitals. We need to rewind a bit. It actually evidently started August 20th, when rebels already started uploading videos of the attack on Youtube, before it had happened. Camera’s and video recorders were handy and... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, September 6th 2013 |
By Dennis Kabatto – It was way past midnight inside the Grand Ballroom but distinguished guests were still rocking and swaying to infectious reggae music provided by the Fab Five Band and veteran reggae artist Tinga Stewart as they celebrated while others murmured patois catching up on current affairs with former schoolmates and longtime friends. Over 800 Jamaicans and friends of Jamaica on August 17 intermingled at the New York Hilton Hotel in Midtown Manhattan under the Patronage of Jamaica’s consul in New York, Herman LaMont, to commemorate Jamaica’s 51st Independence annual Grand Ball. The Ball attracted socialites and elites... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, August 27th 2013 |
