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Victoria A. Gbandi- The Ezinne (Good Mother) of  St. John Anglican Church Marks her 85th Birthday Mama, your cheerful dispositions and amazing Christian devotions merged with an inspiring humane and accommodating perseverance has laid a solid foundation for your 10 wonderful children. I will leave it to the imagination of your well wishesrs of how you have successfully brought up your children with Chief E.C. Gbandi, Iwegwe Ojiba of Akwukwu Igbo (late). Mrs. Victoria Gbandi, nee Ogbo was made a Lay Reader in 1985 at St John’s Anglican Church Akwukwu-Igbo. She was again recently conferred with the Honour of Ezinne…

PRESS RELEASE The killing of Christy Schwundeck  (infomation also in German) Frankfurt – Germany 19 May 2011, a 39-year-old African woman of Nigerian origin, Christy Schwundeck was shot and killed by a female Germany police officer in an employment centre in Frankfurt am Main. Christy Schwundeck was a mother of a 12-year-old daughter. She lost her previous job and had to apply for Hartz IV welfare support. On the tragic morning she went to the job centre to enquire about her unemployment benefits. The rest is now history. A pistol was fired at Christy Schwundeck and she later died from…

Discrimination in Hamburg Football Verband: NCG Football Club Fights Back True to their words, the management of NCG FC are fighting back the intrigue and discrimination against the club following a Hamburg Football verband court judgment in a very simply issue of game stoppage between NCG FC and Juventude. Their campaign could be seen on Facebook and other social media network with such messages as “Integration through football; others preach it we practice it” and others calling on football fans in Hamburg and in German to say “NO to discrimination and hooliganism in Hamburg football”. The judgment which wronging handed…

Fallout from President Goodluck Jonathan´s  visit to Germany: Ambassador Abdu Usman Abubakar under fire (L:  President Goodluck Jonathan visits to German. R: Ambassador Abdu Usman Abubakar Nigerian Ambassador to Germany) “It must be clearly stated that who gets invited to a dinner with the President of the federal Republic of Nigeria or any other government functionary during any of their visit to Germany is at the benevolence of the president and the prerogative of the Ambassador to Germany. This cannot be contested. But arranging for the president to meet the Nigerian community, the people who “voted” him into office should…

Is Hamburg Football Verband Ripe for all Black Football Club? Plans to deny NCG FC their Possible League promotion and Championship Perfected The recent drama at the Hamburg Football Verband raises at least two basic questions; Can Hamburg football seriously say it is ready for an all-black football Club? And, is the whole preaching about integration through sports just another lip service? While searching for the true answer to the raised questions, let me say that the typical stereotype and prejudice against Africans in Germany was on classical display at the sports court proceedings over a supposed very…

African Community in Hamburg: Ghana Top Employment figure  About 6000 African are gainfully employed in the city of Hamburg. Ghana tops the list with a total of 2300. This figure was made available by Mr. Sönke Fock, Director Agentur für Arbeit Hamburg during an information event organized by the office of Hon. Kenneth Gbandi, African Representative, Hamburg integration council Hamburg on the 27th of April 2012 at Barmbek Basch Kulture Zentrum. Mr. Sönke Fock, gave further employment figures in Hamburg to include a total of 847,000 sozialversicherungspflichtige employed persons out of which 6.000 are persons of African nationalities. In…

Info event about becoming a German citizen  « La police de Hambourg a besoin de vous »: a dit Wolfgang Kopitzsch, le président de la police à la Communauté africaine – Une nouvelle loi pour la reconnaissance des diplômes étrangers  en Allemagne a pris effet à partir  du mois d´Avril – L´Etat  de Hambourg  va accorder la naturalisation à 137.000 immigrants potentiels – Plus de 6000 Africains qui travaillent à Hambourg   A 16:15 exacte,  l’événement tant attendu intitulé informations: Devenir un citoyen allemand, la discrimination de la police, les possibilités d’emploi et de l’éducation a débuté avec  15 minutes de retard…

Hamburg Police Needs You: Wolfgang Kopitzsch, Polizeipresident tells African Community – New law recognized foreign certificate in Germany takes effect from April –  Government of Hamburg to grant German nationality  to 137.000 potential immigrants –   Over 6000 Africans working in Hamburg  Exactly 16:15 the much awaited information event titled: Becoming a German citizen; Police discrimination; Employment opportunities and Education kicked off 15 minutes behind scheduled. The event was organized by the office of Hon. Kenneth Gbandi, Repräsentant des Integrationsbeirats des Hamburger Senates für Afrikanerinnen und Afrikaner and sponsored by African Heritage Magazine Hamburg. Guest Speakers includes, Wolfgang…

  “The ability to vote as a Nigerian should not be considered a privilege but a fundamental human right of all Nigerians both at home and abroad. The Central Bank of Nigeria has continuously churned out figures on the billions of Naira being remitted home yearly by Nigerians in Diaspora. We strongly believe that Nigerians in Diaspora should not only be seen as “cash cows”. Our fundamental rights, as well as that of every Nigerian, should be protected” The letter stated further” A collation of Nigerian organizations Abroad have demanded for the right of Nigerians living abroad to vote. The…

Intrigue at Hamburg Football Verband:  Coalition´s  plans to  kick NCG  FC ( A predominantly Africans Football Club) out of the Hamburg football league  intensifies Africans are not organize, they are chaotic and they are badly behaved. This is a typical stereotype prejudice against many Africans in Germany. This attitude, especially from some Germans who are only exposed to only one particular way of behavior or doing things and who tried to use their own limited standard to judge everybody and everything around them. This is a dangerous form of racism, if  people cannot accept that people from other culture can…