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Fitzgerald set to take on Kasich, but who is going to take him on?

[caption id="attachment_3877" align="alignright" width="300"] Candidate for Ohio Governor Ed Fitzgerald[/caption] ONUMBA.COM – For quite some time now, speculations have been rife about who is going to take on Republican Governor John Kasich in the next gubernatorial showdown. Some Democratic names have been dangled around as likely candidates, but no one has categorically declared an interest in running for governor of Ohio until ...

Nigerian woman feels a connection to American Blacks

[caption id="attachment_3856" align="alignright" width="300"] Obioma "Ebony" Agwuncha[/caption] ONUMBA.COM – Obioma "Ebony" Agwuncha hails from Nigeria, a country of some 150 million located in West Africa. She is visiting relatives in Columbus where her daughter recently gave birth to twins – a boy and a girl. The 60-year old widowed mother of seven has her hands full with a motley of chores involving ...

After hedging, board agreed to allow Coleman’s panel in

ONUMBA.COM –After months of grappling with an immensely embarrassing probe involving student attendance record skullduggery, which is still playing out, it would be safe to assume that members of the Columbus Board of Education and school district officials are now busy cleaning up the mess from this massive catastrophe by installing adequate measures to make sure it doesn’t happen again. But ...

Mayor’s small business conference lauded by small business owners

ONUMBA.COM – It wasn’t the first time the city of Columbus has organized a city-wide clambake for small businesses, but it could be the finest and the biggest ever. That was how a very satisfied Thomas H. Stephens, Assistant Director of the Mayor's Equal Business Opportunity Office, described the 10th Mayor's Small Business Conference & Expo that played out recently at the ...

Two major investigations launched into allegations of record fudging

ONUMBA.COM – In the fast moving investigations into whether Columbus City Schools tinkered with student attendance record to improve its report card, School Chief Gene Harris was recently ordered to turn over documents involving the case to the State Department of Education, one of a trifecta of entities now looking into the possible skullduggery. Accordingly, Harris was notified of the ...

Visit by Nigerian official capped by tragedy at home

ONUMBA.COM – For those in the Nigerian Community in Columbus, it was a great visit by a government minister from their homeland. But sadly, reminiscences of that June 2 jaunt were drowned out by a deadly tragedy back home that left them reeling in a collective grief. Recently, a cabal of Nigerians in the United States by the name ‘Nigerians in ...

Coleman defends officer in fatal shooting

ONUMBA.COM – A visibly livid Mayor Michael Coleman is preaching the same sermon he has frustratingly preached for years. His face is starting to turn purple from speaking out against gun violence and decrying the avalanche of guns littering the streets of Columbus. But still, some young folks are just not getting it. The message, for what it’s worth, is iron-clad clear: ...

Obasanjo speaks out for his tovarish, but he is wrong

ONUMBA.COM – Ah. “Birds of the same feather” flock to defend each other. Apparently, former Nigerian President Olusegun Obasanjo is mad. Hopping mad. In his ‘holier than thou’ view, he feels that impertinent treatment is being meted out to ousted Hosni Mubarak by the mean-spirited Egyptian authority now prosecuting him for epic shenanigans and abuse of power. From Kenya, where he was ...

One-on-One with Sen. Eric Kearney

ONUMBA.COM – A conversation with State Senator Eric Kearney, Ohio Senate, representing District 9 Ike Mgbatogu – Let me start by asking you to introduce yourself to our readers – your hometown, your background, the district you represent, and of course, whatever else you would like to say about yourself. State Senator Eric Kearney – I am a State Senator from ...

One-on-One with Senator Edna Brown

ONUMBA.COM – A conversation with State Senator Edna Brown, Ohio Senate, representing District 11 Ike Mgbatogu – Let me start by asking you to introduce yourself to our readers – your hometown, your background, the district you represent, and of course, whatever else you would like to say about yourself. State Senator Brown – I am Sen. Edna Brown. I am ...

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After hedging, board agreed to allow Coleman’s panel in

February 6, 2013

ONUMBA.COM –After months of grappling with an immensely embarrassing probe involving student attendance record skullduggery, which is still playing out, it would be safe to more...
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Two major investigations launched into allegations of record fudging

July 14, 2012

ONUMBA.COM – In the fast moving investigations into whether Columbus City Schools tinkered with student attendance record to improve its report card, School Chief Gene more...
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Harris defends integrity in wake of allegations of fudging records

July 1, 2012

ONUMBA.COM – Columbus School Chief Gene Harris, in response to the recent allegations involving falsified student’s attendance records in her district, wanted to make more...
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A conversation series: One-on-One with Ohio Black legislators debuts in the Call & Post, Onumba.com

June 9, 2011

ONUMBA.COM – The protracted paucity of fresh postings on onumba.com is obvious, to say the very least. We certainly regret it. Over the last couple of weeks, it may more...
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Ray Miller retires: praises rained on him for decades of service

January 23, 2011

ONUMBA.COM – One of the most productive legislators in the history of Ohio Ray Miller retired January 13, 2011. A throng of people braved the frigid weather that day more...

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Visit by Nigerian official capped by tragedy at home

July 1, 2012

ONUMBA.COM – For those in the Nigerian Community in Columbus, it was a great visit by a government minister from their homeland. But sadly, reminiscences of that June more...
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Pony up Halliburton: Oil giant to pay Nigeria $35 million to settle bribery case

January 23, 2011

ONUMBA.COM – When Nigeria filed a lawsuit on December 7 against former U.S. Vice-President Dick Cheney and oil company Halliburton, some probably dismissed the move as an more...
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Fraudulent Nigerian physician sentenced to prison

January 19, 2011

ONUMBA.COM – Dr. Charles C. Njoku, 61, the Nigerian-born physician who pleaded guilty to charges of committing medical fraud and having his office assistant, Veronica more...
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Somalis rally to support candidate for homeland president

December 19, 2010

ONUMBA.COM – The treacherous road to peace and stability in the East African nation of Somalia could pass through Columbus where Abdulkadir “Fish” Ali officially more...
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Ministry promotes healthy marriages at anniversary clambake

December 5, 2010

ONUMBA.COM – When Rev. Comfort Kalu was planning the third anniversary celebration of the Fountain of Living Water Ministries International, she decided to gear the more...
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Columbus man is seeking to lead warring Somalia

December 5, 2010

ONUMBA.COM – Mahatma Ghandi's words that we should be the "change we want to see in the world," is probably no more than just a lofty cliché for a lot of people. But more...
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Somali community celebrates education excellence

August 27, 2010

Onumba.com – When Fartun Farah, Huda Hashi and Mohammed Mahmud graduated from school recently, it was an exciting moment that each one of them celebrated with their more...
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Quit complaining about the Somalis, get involved

August 25, 2010

Onumba.com --- Pouting, whining, caterwauling, kvetching and scowling all over the place with long faces isn't the solution. It won't help non-Somali African immigrants in more...