 | 7th - 13th March, 2011 Ambassador Dozie Nwanna |
 | 14th - 20th March, 2011 Mrs Bianca Ojukwu |
 | 21st - 27th March, 2011 Tinie Tempah |
 | 28th March - 3rd April, 2011 Patti Boulaye |
 | 4th - 10th April, 2011 Adebayo Ogunlesi |
 | 11th - 17th April, 2011 Sophie Okonedo |
 | 18th - 24th April, 2011 S E A L |
 | 28th April to 2nd May, 2011 Helen Grant |
 | 2nd to 8th May, 2011 Oba Nsugbe QC |
 | 9th to 15th May, 2011 Sade Adu |
 | 16th to 22nd May, 2011 Dr. Dalhatu Tafida |
 | 23rd to 29th May, 2011 Mrs. Claire Ighodaro CBE |
 | 30th May to 5th June, 2011 Pastor Matthew Ashimolowo |
 | 6th to 12th June, 2011 Chuka Umunna MP |
 | 13th to 19th June, 2011 LEMAR |
 | 20th - 26th June 2011 Adrian Adepitan MBE |
 | 27th June - 3rd July, 2011 Bernadine Evaristo MBE FRSL FRSA |
 | 4th - 10th July, 2011 Nelson Ogunsakin OBE |
 | 11th to 17th July 2011 Ken Olisa OBE |
 | 18th to 24th July 2011 Chiwetel Ejiofor |
 | 25th to 31st July 2011 Ben Okri |
 | 1st - 7th August 2011 Daley Thompson CBE |
 | 8th to 14th August 2011 Francis Chinegwundoh |
 | 15th to 21st August 2011 Segun Aganga |
 | 22nd to 28th August 2011 Victor Adebowale, CBE |
Personality of the Week - 14th to 20th March, 2011
Mrs Bianca Ojukwu
Our Personality of the week is no other person than Mrs Bianca Ojukwu. This is in clear recognition of her pioneering role as the first ever Senior Special Assistant to the President of Nigeria on Diaspora Affairs.
Mrs Ojukwu is on
familiar terrain in this role as she is a highly respected Nigerian
who has represented our country to the outside world in several
international forays in the past. Millions of Nigerians live
outside the country, largely in the United Kingdom, United States
and Canada amongst others but it was only in the United Kingdom
that hundreds of moribond Nigerian Diasporan groups have been
successfully harmonized under one umbrella body. Mrs Ojukwu has
already hit the ground running with several meetings with Diasporan
bodies and she has shown her commitment to restructuring and
reorganizing the chaotic Diasporan community and has offered her
hands of fellowship to CANUK in this regard.
Bianca Odinakachukwu Odumegwu-Ojukwu (born Bianca Odinakachukwu Onoh) is a Nigerian businesswoman, former lawyer, and government official. The daughter of former Anambra governor Christian Onoh, Bianca was crowned Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria in a beauty pageant in 1988, but reigned for most of 1989. She represented our country in the Miss Universe competition and would later win Miss Intercontinental in 1989. However, Bianca has since said in an interview she had only agreed to take part in pageants after being persuaded by her sister Lillian, and was not prepared for the publicity.
After graduating from Law School, Bianca briefly practised the profession before quitting, and now divides her time between her home, her cosmetics business, 'Bianca Blend' in Enugu, and her interior decorating outfit, 'Nourobella'. She is in charge of the non-government organisation 'Hope House Trust', centred towards rehabilitating juvenile offenders in Enugu. She has just been appointed Special Assistant on Diaspora Affairs by President Goodluck Jonathan only a couple of months ago. She is happily married to the Ikemba of Nnewi, Emeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu and the couple have children together.
Kudos to Mrs Ojukwu for accepting to tackle many of the issues confronting the Diasporan community. Some of these problems include Disenfranchisement, negative image and several others. The Central Association of Nigerians in the United Kingdom, (CANUK) is happy to have her leadership and hope that her role will provide us with the important bridge and chance to interface with the Federal government of Nigeria on one hand and with the Nigerian people on the other.