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At a time stinging anti-immigrant rhetoric is consuming a section of the American political divide, President Barack Obama extended his immigrant narrative in the American political life by picking the son of a Nigerian immigrant, Adewale “Wally” Adeyemo, 34, as his Deputy National Security Advisor for International Economics.
Announcing the appointment at the White House in Washington DC, on Tuesday, President Obama said he “will be calling on Wally’s intellect, judgment and dedication as we sustain America’s global economic leadership, which reinforces our national security, and as we work with allies and partners around the world to create jobs and opportunity for all our people.”
Mr. Adeyemo’s life journey is the perfect meaning of the immigrant’s dream in the United States. It is a story of hard work, inspiration, and strict family values that came together 25 years ago when early in the morning of February 9, 1990, he was steered out of bed by his father, Joseph Adeyemo, now principal at the Terrace View Elementary School, Colton, in California.
It was a day of history. Nelson Mandela, legendary freedom fighter and later president of South Africa, was walking out from prison after 27 years in prison, and the older Adeyemo wanted his son to witness history as a source of inspiration.
“I could feel the hope Mandela inspired not only in South Africans but also in my father. Watching Nelson Mandela go from prisoner to president and start the process of bringing together a country was more than inspirational, it motivated me to imagine how I could use public service to improve the world around me” the younger Adeyemo told the U.S. Senate Committee On Banking, Housing, And Urban Affairs at a September confirmation hearings for the position of Assistant Secretary for International Markets and Development.
A graduate of the University of California, Berkeley, where he received his bachelor’s degree and the Yale University Law school, where he was the student–body president, Mr. Adeyemo joined the Treasury Department after law school, working alongside policymakers charged with coordinating international response to global recession.
In 2010, he joined the team charged to implement a part of the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, where he worked for now Senator Elizabeth Warren as the first Chief of Staff of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.

Mr. Adeyemo’s appointment has lifted interest among a section of the local Nigerian community in the United States.
Baba Adam, a leader of the broad Nigerian community and college administrator, thanked President Obama for the choice of Mr. Adeyemo, describing it as ”ascension of inspiration”.
Isa Odidi, a professor, chairman and co-chief scientist at Intellipharmaceutics International Inc, in Toronto, Canada, joins him in eulogy saying, “Your [Mr. Adeyemo’s] story hopefully will help remind everyone that people of Nigerian decent in Diaspora are very, very, very capable and that we should be aggressively ‘head hunting’ these individuals.”
Toyin Dawodu, who is a managing partner at the Capital Investment Group, in California, and a family friend of the Adeyemos, commended President Obama for “his excellent choice” adding, “The sky is the limit for second and subsequent generations of Nigerian Americans in terms of contributions to our adopted country and helping our native country”.
Mr. Adeyemo spoke to a life goal defined by community and society development in his September senate nomination hearing where he remarked on how “helping to build an agency devoted to protecting consumers was deeply personal for me”.
“I grew up in the Inland Empire, a region of Southern California, where in 2010, one in every 14 homes faced foreclosure,” he said. These were not just numbers to me; they were my friends and family. I know the impact that a lost job, cut in hours, or one bad financial decision can have on the ability to stay in the home your children grew up in. I am grateful to have played a role in standing up an agency that helps consumers better understand and deal with their financial choices.”
In his new position, Mr. Adeyemo is expected to play a key role in coordinating United States response to international financial crises, working with international partners and allies to devise and implement targeted economic policies to advance and strengthen American national security and economic goals.

joseph1832:
Oh really? Is it today the Naira has been depreciating?

Fresh from being named “Nigeria's Hottest Artist of 2015” by Africa’s biggest music channel MTV Base, YBNL frontman Olamide is set to headline a roster of superstar artists who will descend on Ikeja City Mall Grounds for the biggest White Christmas party ever on Friday 18th December).Organised by MTV Base in conjunction with Jemima Events and Ikeja City Mall, the free event will feature mega performances from Chidinma, Oga Boss IllBliss, Sean Tizzle, Vector Tha Viper, Orezi, YCee, Kiss Daniel, Reminisce, Phyno, Lil Kesh, Black Magic, Niniola, May D and CDQ.Other performers on the night will include Immaculate, Ms Kizz, Big Sheff, Victoh and JJC, alongside many other surprise performances.Also joining in on the line-up will be The Mavins’ official DJ Big N, alongside superstar DJ Xclusive. Completing the turntable line-up are DJ Kaywise and DJ Spicey, guaranteeing that this party will be a jump.“MTV Base presents the White Christmas Party,” the party has been organised to reward Nigerian music fans for their support throughout the year 2015.

Colette Otusheso, Head of Marketing and Events at VIMN Nigeria commented, "This year has been a memorable one for all of us at MTV Base and we will like to end the year celebrating with our viewers who have shown us support. This is also our tenth year anniversary and what better way to end the year than by rewarding our fans with the biggest Christmas party ever – free to the public! We have such an amazing line-up and I'm sure that attendees will have the time of their lives".

EasternLeopard:
Buhari is scared of arresting Jonathan


Buhari is spineless

Khd95:
Wailer spotted

mr dasuki pls can u credit dis guy,he has been wailing for u team for the past months

captainflash:
a Haters and a wailer combined.

Khd95:
By now mr cluesless ought to ve been picked up to answer questions na,





so that mama peace can surface one more time

taoridi 1 hour ago 0 3
Nigeria has no history of punishing embezzlers. They know themselves; they are cult members. Nigeria definitely punishes anyone charged with treason, up to capital punishment. I bet Dasuki will evenctually be slapped on the wrist. That's it.

Daniel 2 hours ago 0 3
Shocked.. not really. I did get an email from Nigeria the other day asking for help to withdraw US funds by wire. But those funds were meant for basic food and medical care for Nigerians.

Todd M 4 hours ago 0 7
Corrupt Nigerians? Can't be.

none 1 hour ago 0 3
Well, who'd of thought ? What ? corruption in Nigeria ?? Well I never, I am amazed. Not.

taoridi 1 hour ago 0 2
So Jonathan bribed his way out for nomination.

Ray 27 minutes ago 0 0
Nigeria is likely the most corrupt country on the face of the earth. I sometimes question if there are any honest Nigerians.

maxheadroom 2 hours ago 1 9
Corruption, greed & ignorance, the bane of Africa.
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[quote]Jay 1 hour ago 1 2
It doesn't take much to look up that Obama met with the new President of Nigeria who is known as a military dictator and member of a radical group. Only an article authored by a censoring Obama fan would leave out the many allegations of human rights violations that Muhammadu Buhari committed. To be a good liberal, one must think that censorship is a good idea when they censor the proper information.

Phillip 1 hour ago 1 3
The way Africans treat each other gives some insight into the way African Americans treat each other and everyone else around them.

Ex-Nigerian presidential adviser pleads innocent to embezzling $2.1b, implicates former boss
Associated Press By Michelle Faul, Associated Press
1 hour ago
LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) -- Nigeria's former national security adviser pleaded innocent Monday to embezzling $2.1 billion meant to purchase arms to fight Boko Haram, and said some of the money was diverted on the then-president's order to try to get himself re-elected.

The former senior security official, Sambo Dasuki, said that part of the money — $47 million — was withdrawn from the Central Bank on then President Goodluck Jonathan's orders to pay delegates to nominate him to run for re-election as his party's candidate. Dasuki's allegation was submitted in a written statement before he was charged at the Federal High Court with 19 counts of money-laundering and criminal breach of trust connected to the disappearance of state funds.

Former finance director Shuaibu Salisu also pleaded not guilty. He allegedly told the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission that he collected $47 million and 5.6 million euros stuffed into 11 suitcases from the Central Bank at night and delivered it to Dasuki's home in November 2014, according to an officer at the commission. The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because he is not authorized to speak to reporters.

Dasuki's statement said: "The money was exchanged (by the Central Bank) at $47 million and some euros ... The money was for delegates that attended the nomination convention for the PDP (People's Democratic Party) presidential nomination. The money was paid and sent to Hon. Dudafa and ADC (aide-de-camp) for distribution on the instruction of the president." Warripamowei Dudafa, a special assistant to Jonathan, is wanted by the commission but is "now at large," according to the charge sheet.

The party conference chose Jonathan, who lost the election last March to former military dictator Muhammadu Buhari, in part because of Jonathan's failure to fight Boko Haram's Islamic uprising. On Jonathan's watch, the extremists took over a large swath of northeast Nigeria and held it for months before Nigerian and Chadian troops drove them out shortly before the elections.

Buhari has said thousands of people died because Nigerian troops were not adequately equipped to defend them from Boko Haram. Some 20,000 people have died in the extremists' 6-year-old insurgency.

In a related case, the High Court on Monday allowed bail equivalent to $1 million to media magnate Raymond Dokpesi of African Independent Television, who is accused of fraud for receiving $10.5 million from Dasuki's office — supposedly earmarked for weapons — to broadcast features favorable to Jonathan.

Dasuki, who had usurped the Ministry of Defense role in purchasing arms, has been detained by the crimes commission for more than a week despite a court order allowing him bail.

Bonethugss:
Hi guys,

Its common knowledge that the IT sector in Nigeria is expanding; but it seems, in terms of the job market, there are more vacancies for software developers than for database administrators.

Please guys working in an IT firm/sector should enlighten us, are companies not using MYSQL or SQL server?

Thanks.

Meritocracy:
They test your endurance and you fail

damocheezy:
One of the reasons some employers treat graduates like trash is because some graduates have presented themselves as trash too. Let me also stress the fact that some interviews come in unconventional approaches.

joseph1832:
You speak as if they forced you into Nigeria in the first place. When Zik was the in thing, we didn't hear you complain. Oh sorry, you weren't even born yet.

OperationIgrigi:
**grins** Op they said Igboland is land locked can you show them any country with the same distance to the atlantic as Igboland and yet considered landlocked? Please do show them. Thank you. **grins**

Abagworo:
So Niger republic can dredge River Niger from Brass to Niamey since they are landlocked. Will Nigeria permit them?

FrankAba1:
You shamelessly seem too desperate to have Biafrans in your Nigeria, it's really sick!

I think you should channel your energy somewhere else.

On the topic, kudos guys! We're all following with keen interest.

MIKOLOWISKA:
Which enemies.Patapata they pay high import duty.money talks

joseph1832:
Hello. Shagging igbo chicks isn't a must do for me dear. I don't discriminate when it comes to punany, to me, punany is punany. I don't brand punanies dear. I'm not FFK who revel in slaying only igbo punanies. LOL.

And the shakara you speak of is something very common in almost every Nigeria girl.

Oya come and give me some sugar omalichanwa. LMAO.

LadyFiona:
Can your state be compared with Anambra? How did you manage to come from two regions?
You are losing it bro. Individuals dregging a river without the explicit consent of the government and even building their own airports without government approvals while at the same time it is awesome for the government to upgrade MMIA and NAI and others. Port Harcourt airport was recently adjudged as one of the worst airport in the world, a federal government airport and what we are hearing is why the hell Igbos didn't upgrade it for their businesses.
Now you are comparing Lagos state with any eastern states, why not Oyo, Ondo, Ekiti.? These are places you should be comparing eastern states with, with the exception of Enugu which should be compared with Ibadan. Lagos is a former capital of Nigeria......compare it with Abuja.

joseph1832:
And the Zurus, gwaris, Tivs, Idoma, Agbede Esan etc are not also marginalized right?

Funny I haven't been hearing any of the above tribe scream of marginalization. So why is it only you people who scream the most eh?

joseph1832:
Oh I doesn't matter? Men my dear you live in a dream world. The sooner you wake up, the better it is for you.

And just so you know, it becomes my headache when a bunch of assorted fools believe their tribalistic aim stand e pluribus unum to that of every Nigerian.

joseph1832:
You can shove your visa up your ass dear. I'm happy in the centre of excellence! Besides, have you guys ever thought of what will happen to the billions of investments your kith and kin have in Lagos and other part of the country?. No, I don't think you even think of that.

The sooner you guys wake up, the better it is for you.

joseph1832:
My statemen are not the ones clamoring for Biafra are they? So, let's talk about those clamoring for Biafra, if they can't even develop their own state, how in HELL will they do so when they secede. That is if they secede.