By Peterking Quaye – The 2011 AMAA is slated for Saturday ,March 26 at Gloryland Cultural Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. Traditionally held in April, this year’s AMAA is happening in March because of the forthcoming April polls. A nomination night and concert in Nairobi, Kenya on February 25 and 26 will however proceed the awards night. Organisers have announced that the awards, due to hold between March 21 to 27 in Yenagoa, will incorporate many activities, making for a rounded event that will have something for everyone. The broadening of the AMAA finale is a departure from the six previous... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Tuesday, March 1st 2011 |
BY: Akpoke, Chiegele C. Ebonyi State ADP, NIGERIA – Nigerians are in the habit of over-flooding some areas of Agriculture thereby competing for the available inputs and increasing the price of labour needed in such areas while other areas that require only initial capital investment and labour are being ignored or kept dormant. Apiculture indeed is one of the fields of Agriculture that has not been given due recognition in Nigeria whereas developed countries like USA and China which control the world food production do so by practicng Apiculture. Oh! Yes the practice of Apiculture is not far from the... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Wednesday, February 16th 2011 |
By Peterking Quaye – For the past six years, the duo of Jackie Appiah and Yvonne Nelson has been the major faces of the nascent Ghana movie industry and Nollywood. They have through their star power, looks and charms, elevated the evolving Ghallywood from the curiosity it once was, to a top brand it currently enjoys. The two super stars have alternated between them hundreds of leading roles in many commercially viable and critically acclaimed movies. On screen, the two usually project a chemistry of amity and harmony, which in real live rings false. To assert that Jackie Appiah and... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Saturday, February 5th 2011 |
By Francis Odupute Snr – The above story also reveals some more social flaws precluding equality and equity for sustainable development in our society, against which we need drastic reorientation and resocialisation. That is, gender stereotyping. The continuing subtle feminization of poverty in Nigeria is rubbing off heavily on very many other aspects of our daily life such as the issues at stake – water fetching/uses, sanitation/hygiene maintenance, etc. Let’s lay some researched background information in context here: whether we realize it or not going by the prevailing population momentum in the country, experts have averred that continued increase in... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Friday, January 21st 2011 |
By Emeka Umejei Reporter,Lagos – Nigeria has been named By US-based Global Financial Integrity in its annual analysis report on cost of crime, corruption and trade mispricing as the leading African country among top 10 countries involved in illicit financial outflows from Developing countries between 2008 – 2009. The report entitled, “Illicit Financial Flows from Developing Countries: 2000-2009,” disclosed that a whopping $6.5 trillion was removed from the developing world from 2000 through 2008 with Nigeria accounting for $130bn. The report released on january 18 ranks countries according to magnitude of outflows with China lead other Nine countries with $2.18... Continue Reading
Publish Date: Thursday, January 20th 2011 |
