Analysis of the Automotive Lubricants Market--Nigeria and South Africa

Analysis of the Automotive Lubricants Market--Nigeria and South Africa
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Jo Cox: Attacks On UK MPs While in Office

Jo Cox.

The UK parliament was recalled today to mourn the death of MP Jo Cox. The murder of the mother of two has sent shockwaves through the UK and its political system. Known in her capacity as MP for Batley and Spen as a compassionate and well-respected politician, she had campaigned for the government to accept more child refugees from Syria and was actively involved in the Remain campaign for the upcoming EU referendum.

Unfortunately, this is not the first serious attack on a UK MP. The chart below illustrates just how vulnerable the position can be - since 1979 there have now been six fatal attacks on MPs as well as two attempted murders.

Read the full report on
https://www.statista.com/chart/5058/attacks-on-uk-mps-while-in-office.

Lagos in Motion: Sights and Sounds of Africa's Largest Megacity

The most expected Nigerian tourist documentary film, "Lagos in Motion,
: Sights and Sounds of Africa's Largest Megacity" will be released worldwide next month July with the world premiere in Lagos. The documentary will be released with the photo book.
Produced and directed by Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, one of the most popular travel reviewers on Trip Advisor and Publisher and Editor of Nollywood Mirror series on the Nigerian film industry, the documentary film shows the major landmarks and the people of Lagos in more than 35 different locations never seen before on film with some dramatic moments of young tourists on the road and at popular Elegushi beach in Lekki.

Michael Chima who has been living in Lagos since birth has seen the evolution of Lagos from the 1970s to date as the federal capital of Nigeria before losing the status to Abuja in 1991, but has become one of the fastest growing cities in the world as the commercial capital of Nigeria, the most populous country in Africa and the continent's largest economy boosted by the rapid development of Lagos state with a population of more than 20 million people attracting both local and global investors to become the richest state in Nigeria and fifth biggest economy in Africa as the largest megacity with the highest GDP.
Lagos is also heartbeat of the continent for entertainment with the phenomenal Nollywood, the largest home entertainment industry in Africa and second largest home videos industry in the world after Bollywood of India and ahead of Hollywood in production of home videos.

 

"Lagos in Motion" is the first of three documentary films on Lagos and will be followed by "Lagos in Celebration" on social events and festivities and "Lagos is Working" on Lagosians at work on land, sea and air, from traders on the streets and markets to factory workers and office workers to capture one of the most resilient cities in the world in motion picture.

More photographs and video clips are on @247Nigeria on Twitter.

Andela Raises $24 Million Led by Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to Mobilize Africa's Top Engineering Talent

NEW YORK, June 16, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Andela, a company that recruits the most talented software developers in Africa and embeds them into engineering organizations worldwide, is today announcing $24M in Series B funding. Chan Zuckerberg Initiative is leading the round, which marks its first lead investment to date, and they are joined by new investor GV (formerly Google Ventures) and existing investors including Spark Capital, Omidyar Network, Learn Capital, and Africa-based CRE Ventures.

Founded by veteran entrepreneurs from both North America and Africa, Andela has grown into one of the most visible technology movements on the African continent by bridging the gap between skilled software developers and the companies that need them. Andela developers are currently working with a number of high-growth engineering organizations, which range from venture-backed startups like 6Sense and the Muse to industry leaders including Google and Microsoft.

"We live in a world where talent is evenly distributed, but opportunity is not. Andela's mission is to close that gap," says Mark Zuckerberg. "Companies get access to great developers, and developers in Africa get the opportunity to use their skills and support their communities. Priscilla and I believe in supporting innovative models of learning wherever they are around the world -- and what Andela is doing is pretty amazing." Click here for full report.

Walt Disney Licenses Triggerfish's New Animation "A Dogshow with Cat"

 
Walt Disney Licenses Triggerfish's New Animation "A Dogshow with Cat" 

For Immediate Use

• Triggerfish is releasing Mike Scott’s ‘A Dogshow with Cat,’ a South African animation short licensed by The Walt Disney Company

• ‘A Dogshow with Cat’ is the first animation to come from last year’s Triggerfish Story Lab

• Triggerfish is presenting four TV series from the Story Lab at Annecy

• ‘Stick Man’ in competition at Annecy in the TV films section, having just won Best Animation at Shanghai

Annecy, 13 June 2016:  Triggerfish Animation Studios is releasing A Dogshow with Cat, a South African animation short that has been licensed by The Walt Disney Company.

Aviat Receives $5.7 Million in Services Orders from Nigeria

Aviat Receives $5.7 Million in Services Orders from Nigeria 

SANTA CLARA, Calif., June 15, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Aviat Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: AVNW), the leading expert in microwave networking solutions, today announced it has booked $5.7 million in services business with two large pan-African mobile operators servicing Nigeria. This represents renewals to ongoing agreements with these operators who rely extensively on Aviat to ensure their networks' operational performance.

A Third of Euro 2016 Players Could Represent A Different Country

Austrian midfielder David Alaba's father is a Yoruban prince.
 
A Third Of Euro 2016 Players Could Represent A Different Country

LONDON, June 9, 2016 /PRNewswire/ --

Euro 2016 is a matter of days away and looks set to be the most diverse championships of all time with almost a third of players taking part eligible for other countries.

Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs Transforming Africa

Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs Transforming Africa

Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs Transforming Africa

Tony Elumelu Entrepreneurs Transforming Africa tells the story of one man's vision to harness and unleash the ingenuity and creativity Africa's entrepreneurs to spur innovation and economic development on the continent.

Director, Editor & Narrator : David Monfort
Producer & Writer: Parminder Vir OBE
Executive Producer: Bola Atta
Cameraman: Hugo Alexandre
Sound Engineer : Alexandre Galindo
Assistant : Bassirou Niang
Production Assitant: Felicia Okoye
Locations & Infographics: Obinna Okerekeocha
Motion Design & Pictures: DAGENCY

Top 5 Film Locations in Nigerian Movies

The summer edition of Wings Magazine of Arik Airline highlighted top five film locations in Nollywood. http://www.arikwings.com/5434-2/.

No Nollywood?
There are not yet any walking tours dedicated to Nigeria’s popular films, so we asked Nollywood expert Michael Chima Ekenyerengozi – editor of popular blog Talk Of The Town By Orikinla (totnaija.blogspot.com.ng) and the industry annual the Nollywood Mirror – to pick his favourite movie locations in Nigeria…

Osun River, Osun Oshogbo Grove,
a UNESCO World Heritage Site in Osun State of South Western Nigeria
As seen in: Arugba, Tunde Kelani’s 2008 movie about a king of an imaginary town who fights corruption. The Osun river and the annual Osun Osogbo festival that takes place near it, is central to the plot.

Benin Kingdom
and the home of Omo n’Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi in Calabar
As seen in: Invasion 1897, the epic 2014 film By Lancelot Imasuen about an African Art student who recounts the British invasion of Benin in 1897, and exile of great King Oba Ovonramwen.

Iyo Kiri, Okoroama, Ogbogo
in Okrika Kingdom of Rivers State in the Niger Delta
As seen in: Gifted, the 2015 directorial debut by Ibinabo Fiberesima-Egbuka.
The fantasy adventure shot on locations in Iyo Kiri, Okoroma and Ogbogbo in her home town of Okrika, kingdom of the Niger Delta of Nigeria. The Irish-Nigerian director is the first female president of the Actors’ Guild Of Nigeria.

Toro, in Bauchi State
As seen in: Mister Johnson, this 1990 American drama film adaptation of a 1939 novel by Joyce Cary, starring Pierce Brosnan as a British colonial officer alongside Nigerian star Maynard Eziashi. Bauchi State was also the location of Palaver, the first feature film made in Nigeria in 1926 by Geoffrey Barkas.

Qua Falls in Calabar, Cross River State
As seen in: I’ll Take My Chances, a dance romance made in 2011 by director Desmond Elliot, about a troubled young woman who must take the position of priestess of the land, or allow calamity to befall her village.

The Political Amnesia and Ignorance of Unrealistic Critics of President Muhammadu Buhari

This is my reply to Otumba Dele Momodu's article on "Before They Mislead President Buhari" published by THISDAYLIVE on
http://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2016/06/11/before-they-mislead-president-buhari/

The long essay was not necessary, because Otunba Dele Momodu was just repeating his words.

 President Muhammadu Buhari's administration cannot function appropriately and effectively without an approved federal budget and that just happened only last month.
He is neither a miracle worker nor a magician for Nigerians to expect instant wonders of economic miracles.
Only ignorant fools ask for harvest when you are still planting your seeds for new crops.
As the famous Nigerian Yoruba Juju musician, Chief Ebenezer Obey said in one of his all time classic songs,  "Aimo Asiko lo ndamu Eda", meaning ignorance of the times and seasons is what is troubling mankind.
You cannot judge or write off a runner by the first lap of a marathon even if he is Usain Bolt.

The first achievement of President Buhari is giving state governments bailouts to pay the arrears of unpaid salaries and also paying the salaries of federal civil servants.

The second achievement is the guaranty of national security by attacking and disabling the Boko Haram in the north east and restoring the hope of millions of citizens who fled to neighbouring countries when Boko Haram captured their communities.

He achieved all that without waiting for the approval and implementation of his first budget. And it is unfortunate that those criticizing and even insulting President Buhari ignore these herculean feats, because of their poor intellectual comprehension and lack of ratiocination.

The socioeconomic hardship majority of Nigerians are presently suffering is not caused by the new government of President Buhari, but by the global fall in price of oil from USD100 during the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan to less than USD40 when the new ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC) came to power one year ago. And also the  wicked economic sabotage of the political cabal of the defeated former ruling party, People's Democratic Party (PDP) that is sponsoring the rebellion of the enemies of national unity and progress attacking oil pipelines in the Niger Delta to scuttle the on going trials of the members of their cabal for various corrupt practices during the maladministration of the corrupt and incompetent government of the PDP in their 16 years of ruling Nigeria from May 29, 1999 to May 29, 2015.

 Let us be more realistic and still be optimistic and stop being pessimistic.
 The way forward is to join hands and support the progressive efforts of President Muhammadu Buhari in the nation building of a New Nigeria.

~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, author of "The Victory of Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Dream", " In the House of Dogs ", " The Prophet Lied ", "Bye, Bye Zimbabwe" and other books distributed by Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Lulu, Tower Books and other booksellers worldwide.