By Emeka Umejei – Kano state, in north western Nigeria has garnered reputation for celebrating the absurd. Most of the time, the celebration is pvoted on religious fervour. In December of 1996, Muslim faithful in the state beheaded Gideon Akaluka, a Christian trader from the Eastern part of the country for allegations that his wife tore a piece of the Holy Koran to clean up after defecation. More bizarre is the fact that Gideon was beheaded at a Police station where he had sought safety, and his severed head was joyfully paraded in the Metropolis. The state is on the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, May 8th 2012 |
The UK-based social enterprise, iROCK! UK confirms the attendance of Nigerian media tycoon Ben Murray-Bruce to their first London fundraiser Tribes of Africa scheduled for Africa Day, 26 May. The event, set to take place at the prestigious Grange Tower Bridge Hotel in the heart of the city promises to bring the crème de la crème of the African diaspora together in support of iROCK! UK, which aims to provide young people of ethnic backgrounds with work placement and employment opportunities. Ben Murray-Bruce serves the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of The Silverbird Group which he founded in 1980 with... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, April 30th 2012 |
Nigeria’s leading lady of Rap and 2011 winner of the Exclusive Lady of The Year Award in the Best Rap Female category, Eva Alordiah, officially debuts her mini video series, ‘Eva Says’. Eva who has constantly sought ways to have a personal relationship with her ever increasing fans, takes you behind the scenes of her everyday life as a Rapper/Entertainer with this series and shows you why she is arguably one of the best Female rappers out of Nigeria. EvaSays would be released as a mini video series spanning 5 to 10 minutes and would showcase everything and more about... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, April 30th 2012 |
By Emeka Umejei – Grahamstown, South Africa – Nigeria recorded another milestone at Rhodes University, Grahamstown, South Africa over the weekend, when the country accounted for five doctorate degree graduates among the 55 that the University graduated in 2012. All the five doctorate graduates emerged from the faculty of Science of Rhodes University, with four from Chemistry department, and one from Botany. The five doctorate graduates include Arowolo Folake temitope (Chemistry); Idahosa Kenudi Christiana (Chemistry); Jimoh Mahboob Adekilekun (Botany); Olomola Temitope Oloruntoba (Chemistry); and Sobola Abdullahi Owolabi (Chemistry). According to Rhodes University, a total of 2233 degrees were conferred on... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Monday, April 16th 2012 |
………Critical improvements necessary to help scale up vaccine access, save children’s lives – Baltimore, MD – A study released today by the International Vaccine Access Center (IVAC) at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health has identified the most feasible and impactful solutions for Nigeria’s immunization program that could offer the best hope yet for scaling up vaccine access to the nation’s most rural areas and taking aim at the country’s precipitous number of child deaths. While the nation has made progress on child survival in recent years, Nigeria is still responsible for one out of every eight child... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, April 13th 2012 |
