Nigerian documents invalid in Hungary

By Hakeem Babalola

Government & Politics

According to the information available at the Hungarian Immigration Office in Budapest, Nigerians who want to apply for a long term resident permit must produce their birth certificate, or a document to prove their marital status; and a police criminal record to show that they are not criminals in their home country. Nigerians who married Hungarians do not need to take their documents to Abuja for attestation click to read story

Hungarian couple preserve African heritage in six-acre museum

Society & Culture
The Afrika Múzeum which was established in 1988 by Hungarian Game Hunter, Dr. Nagy Endre, seems to be the first of its kind in the East and Central Europe, according to an African who spent close to three months observing and analysing the rationale behind such idea by a Hungarian couple.

The museum, which was formerly known as Tanzania House and Safari Club for Hungarian Hunting lovers, is now being managed by Katalin Endre, the seventy-year-old widow, who took up the challenge after the death of her husband in 1994.

Before his death, Nagy had instructed his wife to bury part of his body in Africa, a wish the latter successfully carried out by burying part of the remains in Meru-Tanzania.

Dr.Nagy Endre took refuge in Africa during the Second World War where he was said to have found peace and love. And on returning to his native country, Hungary, he decided to establish something in memory of Africa, culminating the birth of this historical museum in Balatonederics - a typical rural area in Hungary which is about two hundred and fifty kilometres from the capital, Budapest.

The museum sits on a six-acre land, below the Beci Mountains with its fluke of nature running from Kesthely Mountains to the west and up to Lake Balaton which itself a tourist attraction for millions every summer.

According to Lady Katalin Endre, the museum was not fully opened to the public until after Endre's death. Run every April to November, the museum has collections of rare African art works, authentic carvings, elephant tucks, furniture, trophies, embalmed animals, books, and maps dating back from 1790.

"I was stunned with the huge number of collections from the Masai tribe," confessed Archie Bonka, a Ghanaian who worked at the museum. He added that it was impossible to leave the museum without being stuck by the memory for days.

Although some Africans who visited the place were said to be uncomfortable because, according to them, these precious collections were looted; yet others gave a thumb up for Nagy and Katalin for preserving African heritage in a six-acre land in a little known village.

Dismissing those who insisted that the art works may have been stolen, Bonka reasoned that it's a worthwhile effort if such preservation could free the mind of certain people who think negatively about Africa. "If pieces of our heritage can be so preserved for others who think negatively about our race in order to free their mind of negative thinking, it definitely worth it."

With 1km mini jungle, a private zoo, mud thatched hut, three African gift shops, a Timbuktu Cafe House that serves varieties of the "best" African coffee from Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia; it's replica of a typical African village. Even animals and birds like buffalo, goat, zebra, bush pig, cow, camel, donkey, antelope, donkey, fowl, duck including people's favourite - a thirty-nine-year old African owl, are being kept in this monumental Afrika Múzeum.

Meanwhile, it was gathered that more than two thousand people usually visit the museum during the peak days.

Photos and logistics supplied by Archie Bonka

New Born Baby

Peter Jnr. and David would like to introduce to you their new baby brother Simon Peter Osapkolo Ihaza

Born on the 15th of November, 2008 at 0:06 am at St. Mary’s Hospital.

Weight 4.525 kg

Height 56cm

Mother and son are doing great.

Reka and Peter proud parents

Behind Yar’Adua’s Rumoured Death

By Hakeem Babalola
Nigeria Affairs

Even if Yar'Adua dies in office and Goodluck is swept aside, heaven won't fall. It may rain or pour but there won't be storm. For a while certain group of people may bark like dogs do, but won't be enough for effective change. Having witnessed the rape of the constitution and coups d’etat, nothing surprises us anymore. Gosh, what's exactly going to trigger a great change in our conditions, beliefs and thinking click to read story

Re: Admiral Arogundade & his Mad Puppies

By Ronks
A rejoinder

UZOMA OKERE……….demoCRAZY in action!

I watched the video (www.saharareporters.com) with distaste and anger in my veins. Arguing with my own eyes, (this cannot be true, it must be a movie location, they cannot be humans, and maybe they are aliens from the 13th planet.)

Alas! My eyes were not deceiving me, they are flesh and blood, our own naval officers beating and manhandling a woman to the extent. of stripping her topless to the full glare of everybody.

HER OFFENCE? She dared to stand in the way of Don, Chief, Oluaye, Rear, Admiral, Olufemi Arogundade and his ferocious wolves.

I have tried to restrain myself from commenting on this barbaric act .This is because I realize that my comments could be misconstrued as that of a feminist but the scenario keeps sliding in my mind, it could have been your sisters, our mothers or me. (To my mind, this is raw wickedness!)

However, the magnitude of the situation has made it imperative that I lend my voice to discourse for posterity.

Seeing her dragged into the van is heart wrenching. All her friends and everybody around could do was watch with dismay (the bold ones recorded with the phones, of course hell was let loose because of this singular act), hoping that life will not be snuffed out of her.

Just like the king Kong that he is, the admiral left his men to display their (and his) madness and Uzoma later driven to him to inspect the work done. I see their action an insult to the animals (so far, that is what they have been nicknamed) kingdom.
How many dogs have charged at you this month?
Have you been beaten by any snake this year?
I guess your answer is NO, as small as the head of a rat is, it can still think.
Do you think a right thinking man would do what they did?

These men have acted way below animals. So on behalf of all animals, I protest. Any man that can raise his hand to strike a woman is the lowest specie of cowards, let alone six men against one woman, they should be castrated.

Their destination (palm wine joint), we would have thought they were on their way to welcome the loved president, Obama (who has come to thank Oby and friends for the millions gathered during his campaign).

“You are lucky they did not kill you,” Arogundade said (I defend him, he could not have made such statement, it must have been a phone ringing, his ring tone maybe) but indeed he opened that thing called his mouth to utter such; he should be given a permanent bed space in Aro Psychiatric Hospital, Abeokuta.


If the “don and his boys” were that “strenghtfilled”, I would have personally organize a bout between them and all the area boys in Lagos. Iraq is still in need of men, if our naval officers do not know where to channel their energy’s, I will sponsor their trip.
The P.R.O (I reserve my comment on this egg brained) did a very good job, defensive of his partners, he accused Miss Okere of taking the horsewhip off the men. What did he expect her to do in such situation? Of course hold on to the whip, the source of her pain.

In addition, the case is been investigated. What is there to investigate? (We have eyes, we saw all that happened) The investigation of the death of M.K.O Abiola, what became of it? Alternatively, is the assassination of Bola Ige, Kudirat Abiola or is the construction of some weather beaten monument an answer to their death.

I strongly advise arogundade and his men to pray for justice for Uzoma and punishment on themselves or else if this issue is swept under the carpet (like so many like it), they should remember what the bible says about the sins of the father.

Seething in anger, so many Nigerians, home and abroad and I awaits justice for our sister, Miss. Uzoma Okere whose right was trampled upon in broad day light.

A close pondering of the facts in this situation will lead to the only logical conclusion a sincere mind can deduce: No one really cares! It is all about the hype (F G, prove me wrong).