By Emeka Umejei – Shout-Africa Correspondent, Lagos – Medical practitioner and Former President of Ijaw Youth Council (IYC), comrade Chris Ekiyor has tasked the federal government to extend palliatives to victims of flooding in the coastal communities of the Niger Delta. Ekiyor, who was reacting to the rampaging flood that ravaged every part of the country, says most of the people in the coastal communities have resorted to self-help. The former youth leader, whose Rahi Medical Services Outreach has set-up relief camps in Kabowei Kingdom including, Patani, Adagbabiri, Abari, Aven, Kolowarein Delta state to ameliorate the impact of the flooding on the communities, urged government agencies... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, October 9th 2012 |
iROKO Partners, the world’s leading online distributor of Nigerian movies and music, will be partnering with Rancard at this year’s Nigeria Com. Rancard is a leading provider of cloud-based software for mobile content discovery and delivery, focused on Africa. iROKO Partners and Rancard will be hosting a panel discussing “Monetizing the VAS Opportunity in Africa by Connecting Audiences with Relevant Content”. The joint panel is being held on the morning of Thursday 27th September. Rancard will be discussing the opportunities within mobile, how to solve the problem of content discovery and, importantly, how to increase content sales and average revenue per... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, September 26th 2012 |
…. build a formidable standing force for the sub- region – By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna – African leaders have been advised to intensify their campaign against corruption in the region. The President of Ivory Coast, Mr. Alassane Ouatarra, gave the challenge at an inaugural lecture entitled, ‘Securing the West African Sub-region: An Assessment of the ECOWAS as a Security Instrument’ for participants of Course 21 of the National Defence College in Abuja the Nigerian capital on Friday. Mr. Ouattarra, who is also Chairman of the Economic Commission for West African States, ECOWAS, urged other African Heads of States in the sub region... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, September 16th 2012 |
By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna – Youths in FESTAC town in Amuwo-Odofi Local Government Area of Lagos, south-west Nigeria have decried the increasing wave of crime in the area. They made their feelings known at a news conference in FESTAC town. One of the Leaders of youth groups in the area and conveners of news briefing solution, Mr. Gbenga Akinbinu expressed concern over negative reports in the social media on FESTAC describing it as a misrepresentation of the good people of the area. Mr. Akinbinu said the briefing became necessary to redeem image of the good people of FESTAC town. He... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, September 13th 2012 |
iROKOtv, the world’s largest online distributor of African entertainment, is in New York for the Nigerian Entertainment Awards 2012 with Nollywood superstar, Uche Jombo. She will be premiering her brand new movie, My Life, My Damage. iROKOtv, launched in 2012, streams Nollywood movies online, giving access to over 5,000 films on its platform www.irokotv.com. In July this year, a subscription service was launched, iROKOtv+, where for only $5 a month, viewers can access brand new Nollywood movies in HD. Uche Jombo says: “I am very happy to be working with iROKOtv+ on the Nollywood film festival in New York as part of this year’s NEA’s. I’ll... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Sunday, September 2nd 2012 |
