Saturday, August 31, 2019

Aga Khan Museum Celebrates Africa's World-Shaping Stories



Aga Khan Museum Celebrates Africa's World-Shaping Stories

A must-see exhibition, an Afrofuturist art installation, talks from influential scholars, and pan-African music are all part of our fall season, Africa!

TORONTO, Aug. 28, 2019 /CNW/ - As African countries gain recognition as 21st-century global leaders, the Aga Khan Museum celebrates the continent's power — past, present, and future — with its fall season, Africa!

Monday, August 26, 2019

Olubadan, King Adetunji Saliu Celebrates 91st Birthday!

Olubadan, King Adetunji Saliu Celebrates 91st Birthday (Photos) - Culture - Nigeria https://www.nairaland.com/5380786/olubadan-adetunji-saliu-celebrates-91st

Deji Sasegbon Resurrects With New Publication



Deji Sasegbon Resurrects With New Publication

LAGOS, Nigeria, Aug. 21, 2019  /PRNewswire/ -- Notable lawyer and accomplished author, editor cum Law books publisher Deji Sasegbon, SAN, who passed away on December 10, 2016 has figuratively resurrected in a new set of books entitled 'Sasegbon's Judicial Dictionary of Nigerian Law'. Sasegbon was in his lifetime renowned for such landmark publications like the Nigerian Supreme Court Cases (NSCC) in 38 volumes, Legal Desk Book, Nigerian Companies and Allied Matters Law and Practice in 6 volumes and Sasegbon's Laws of Nigeria in 30 volumes. His latest work 'Sasegbon's Judicial Dictionary of Nigerian Law' (also known by its acronym, SJD), published in seven volumes, and about to be released, posthumously, are a fitting epitaph to his illustrious memory, a further assurance of his immortality and a valuable addition to legal jurisprudence.

Monday, August 19, 2019

Transcript of President Muhammadu Buhari's Speech To In-Coming Federal Ministers



ADDRESS BY HIS EXCELLENCY, MUHAMMADU BUHARI PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AT THE PRESIDENTIAL RETREAT FOR MINISTERS-DESIGNATE, PRESIDENTIAL AIDES AND OTHER TOP GOVERNMENT FUNCTIONARIES, HELD AT THE STATE HOUSE, ABUJA MONDAY, 19 AUGUST 2019 PROTOCOLS:

I welcome you all to this meeting whose purpose is firstly, to familiarize ourselves with our colleagues with whom we shall be working closely for the next four years GOD willing; secondly, to reflect and assess the country’s position in 2015 and today; and thirdly, to chart a course for the country for the foreseeable future.

Thursday, August 15, 2019

Better Life Billionaire Promo Officially Launched in Nigeria


L-r: Funke Adekola, Business Director, Dare Create, Celestine Achi, Director General, BLB Promo, Kenneth Shanki, Product Manager, Payment Solution, MTech Communications Ltd and Simisola Munire, Senior Legal Officer, Lagos State , at the media unveiling of the Better Life Billionaires Promo in Lagos weekend.

Better Life Billionaire Promo Officially Unveiled; To Create 130 Millionaires in 13 Weeks

LAGOS, Nigeria, Aug. 10, 2019  /PRNewswire/ -- The Better Life Billionaire Promo (or "BLB Promo"), a novel initiative of NNB Capital & Investments Limited, a financial and investment advisory firm, has been officially launched in Nigeria.

Saturday, August 10, 2019

Ayobami Adebayo Wins the 2019 £15, 000 9mobile Prize for Literature


Ayobami Adebayo, the fast rising young novelist has won the 2019 9mobile Prize for Literature for her critically acclaimed debut novel, Stay with Me.

Wednesday, August 7, 2019

International Development Secretary Alok Sharma Visits Nigeria in First Overseas Trip



International Development Secretary Alok Sharma Visits Nigeria in First Overseas Trip

LONDON, 06 August 2019 / PRN Africa / --

International Development Secretary Alok Sharma visits Abuja, Kaduna and Lagos ahead of UK-Africa Investment Summit in 2020.

Monday, August 5, 2019

Ten Years On, Crisis in Nigeria ‘Far From Over'; UN and Humanitarian Partners Urge Support For Millions Still Affected


OCHA/Otto Bakano Children peer through a reed fence at a site for the displaced in Kasesa neighbourhood of Damaturu, Nigeria.
Ten Years On, Crisis in Nigeria ‘Far From Over'; UN and Humanitarian Partners Urge Support For Millions Still Affected

Aug 02, 2019, 15:42 WAT
NEW YORK, 01 August 2019 / PRN Africa / -- “We are here today to remember those who have lost their lives in the conflict, and to remind of those still struggling to survive and rebuild their lives” Edward Kallon, UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria said Thursday in Abuja, the West African country's capital.

The humanitarian community in Nigeria, which is comprised of the UN, the Government and non-governmental organizations, convened to solemnly mark the tenth year of the crisis in north-east Nigeria and to remember the millions of people affected.