23 April 2014; The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) have officially confirmed their support for the upcoming Offshore West Africa 2015 Conference & Exhibition by agreeing to have the event held Under the Auspices of their organization upon its return to Nigeria once again. The 19th Annual Offshore West Africa will take place at The Eko Convention Center, Eko Hotel & Suites, Lagos, Nigeria on 20-22 January 2015. Offshore West Africa will continue to be the premier conference and exhibition for the offshore oil and gas exploration & production industry within West Africa. PennWell Corporation is pleased to once again... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, April 24th 2014 |
By Yetunde A. Odugbesan – The Nigerian Healthcare Foundation (NHF) will hold its 9th. Annual Faces of Hope Gala on Saturday, April 26, 2014 at the Metropolitan Ballroom in the Newark Club located at 1085 Raymond Boulevard Newark NJ 07114. This year, NHF will be honoring Dr. Chisara Asomugha, Commissioner on the US Commission to UNESCO, Vice President of the Asomugha Foundation and leading expert in public health with the Healthcare in Leadership Award, Mr. Keith Green; CEO of United Way of Essex and West Hudson with the Philanthropy in Leadership Award and Roseline Akintunde-Atte, founder of ReNovate Nigeria with the Young Humanitarian Award. The gala... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, April 24th 2014 |
……to be addressed at the WAOGS Summit – In the last few years piracy has seen a sharp increase offshore West Africa. Last summer West African leaders took the step of calling for the deployment of an international naval force to curb the growing threat of piracy off the Gulf of Guinea, but it appears that the situation may have already reached a tipping point, as piracy has spread further south to Angola in recent months. Although there have been attacks in Benin, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea and Togo amongst others, to date most attacks in the region have taken... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, April 12th 2014 |
What He Said… Whenever the President of Nigeria travels overseas to ‘represent’ the nation, its people hold on to their seats fearful of what the outcome will be. So far it has been one of two things; a. President Jonathan gets drunk and is AWOL at his turn; or b. The President gets drunk and inebriated and speaks unhinged, disgracing Nigerians and shocking the world with his utterances. His recent performances in the US (where he told Obama that for him to fix the world, he must fix Africa, and for Obama to fix Africa, he must fix Nigeria [Man... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, April 4th 2014 |
Consequent to our critical criticism of the government, some have asked what people like us would do different if we were the President. This specifically in relation to our rejection of the insult to the Martyrs of March 15th, “unemployment day,” who the government in our view further debased the memories of and added pepper to the injuries of their families by throwing jobs at them. If I were president, here is an outline of what I will have done after the many died and many were cheated. 1. I will first give an immediate public address empathizing with not... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, March 26th 2014 |
