Photos from The Heinrich Böll Foundation's Workshop on "Co-Creating An Inclusive Lagos"

Mrs. Monika Umunna of The Heinrich Böll Foundation and Chief Raymond Gold of the Nigerian Slum/Informal Settlement Federation during The Heinrich Böll Foundation's Workshop on "Co-Creating An Inclusive Lagos" from July 4-5, 2017 at the CVL (Centre For Values in Leadership)
CVL Building, 6, Balarabe Musa Crescent, opposite 1004 Flats
Off Samuel Manuwa Street, Victoria Island, Lagos.
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Participants came from Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda and the UK. The panelists included Prof. Pat Utomi, founder of the Lagos Business School,  Centre for Values in Leadership (CVL) and the African Democratic Congress party; Prof. Alison Brown from Cardiff University; Hon. Desmond Elliot, a leading member of the Lagos State Assembly; Mr. Olutoyin Adedamola Ayinde, Vice President of the Nigerian Institute of Town Planners (NITP) and Mr. Gbenga Komolafe, Secretary-General of the Federation of Informal Workers of Nigeria.
Those who made presentations included Mr. Richard Dubson, Asiye e-Tafuleni of Durban; Mallam Yari Kabir and Mr. Paul Okunola of UN Habitat.
The coordinators included Uchenna Achunine, Ukabiala Francisca, Nwaulu Modestus and their colleagues at CVL.


Conversation on urban inequality, sustainability and a true vision for the Lagos Megacity!

The workshop “Co-creating an inclusive Lagos” is organised by the Heinrich Böll Foundation Nigeria as part of its “Climate resilient and inclusive Megacity Lagos” program (ng.boell.org) in cooperation with Prof. Taibat Lawanson from the Department of Urban and Regional Planning and Dr. Ademola Omoegun from the Department of Architecture, University of Lagos.
Lagos is a city of dreams for many. Nigerians returning from the Diaspora dream of a prospering city; the Lagosian middle class dreams of economic opportunities and a befitting lifestyle; the poor dream of security of tenure, regular income and a sense of place in the city. Whilst the poor make about 70% of the city’s population, the development patterns in the city increasingly shatter their dreams for the benefit of the remaining 30%. Meanwhile, a modern city is a centre of opportunities for all – rich and poor – to reach their highest potentials, that is governed in an inclusive, collaborative and sustainable manner. How does Lagos fare in this regard?
The workshop targets movers and shakers among Lagos citizens who are interested in socio-economic issues and usually do not have the opportunity to exchange their ideas directly with representatives of the informal sector. Local and international resource persons will demonstrate creative and innovative strategies of inclusive development initiated and implemented by the poor. There will also be a study tour to some sites in the city to understand how affected people cope with the Co-Creating effects of government interventions for replacing informality with formal structures. Finally, working groups will deliberate on strategies for facilitating a fair and inclusive urban development for Lagos and other cities in Nigeria.


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Video of Ambassador Dr. Maitama Sule's Thoughts on How Fashola Transformed Lagos State

Video of Ambassador Dr. Maitama Sule's Thoughts on How Fashola Transformed Lagos State

Babatunde Raji Fashola, SAN.

Ambassador Yusuf Maitama Sule as the Chairman of the Special Committee against Apartheid, at UN Headquarters press conference today at which he introduced Bernard W. Harleston (left), President of the City College of the City University of New York. James V. Gbeho (Ghana), at right, a Special Committee Vice-Chairman, also spoke at the press conference. 21 March 1983. United Nations, New York http://nigeriaunmission.org/first-phase-digital-21/

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Alhaji Maitama Sule's Advice To President Muhammadu Buhari

Alhaji Dr. Yusuf Maitama Sule, Dan’Masanin Kano. 1929- July 3, 2017.

Alhaji Maitama Sule's Advice To President Muhammadu Buhari

President-Elect, Maj.-Gen. Muhammadu Buhari met with Alhaji Maitama Sule in Abuja on Sunday, May 10, 2015

”Sir, it is easy; I know it was easy when you were a military leader and what made it easy was justice.

”With justice, you can rule Nigeria well. Justice is the key; irrespective of tribe, religion and race, justice must be done to whosoever deserves it. ”Power can remain in the hands of an infidel if he is just and fair but it will not remain in the hands of a believer if he is unfair and unjust,” he said. Sule also said injustice was the fundamental cause of crisis all over the world and that the only solution to avert crisis was justice.

The African Mother Who Was killing Her Children

Mother Who Was killing Her Children

I once visited a family without realising that the woman of the house was a high-ranking witch. She and her husband had reached an agreement in the spirit realm that, out of every two children born to them, one must die. As at the time of my visit, they had a little daughter marked to die on the very day. Of course, I didn’t know this as I only visited to greet the family. As I was about to leave, the child, strapped on her mother’s back, stretched out to me with great longing, perhaps in premonition of her impending doom. I had no option than to hold her. We were to learn later that this child never, ever allowed anyone else, to carry her. So I carried her and prayed for her, oblivious of the prevailing circumstances. “Father bless this child, keep sickness away from her, keep death away from her.” And the yoke was broken! Shortly after that incident, the mother began to confess. “I killed three of my children, but the day I was to kill this one, this troublesome pastor came by and took the child from me.”

Read more revelations in the new book of the awesome testimonies of Pastor E. A. Adeboye.

The book is available at Glendora Bookshops, CSS, Laterna, CRM at the Redemption Camp, Bookseller along Olumo Road near the Mountain of Fire and  Miracles Ministries (MFM) Church in Onike, Yaba and mong others; and efforts are on to supply some more bookshops.

For readers outside Nigeria, the book has been published on Amazon Kindle on "Stories of Pastor E. A. Adeboye: The Power of Testimony": kindle.
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U.S. Census Bureau Report: Nigerians Outpace U.S. Educational and Occupational Levels

Census Bureau: Selected Sub-Saharan African and Caribbean Ancestry Groups Making Their Mark: Nigerians Outpace U.S. Educational and Occupational Levels

WASHINGTON, JUNE 28, 2017  /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- About 61 percent of people with Nigerian ancestry age 25 and older had a bachelor's degree or higher — more than twice the U.S. rate of 28.5 percent, according to a U.S. Census Bureau report on Characteristics of Selected Sub-Saharan African and Caribbean  Ancestry Groups in the United States: 2008-2012 released today.

This new report from the 2008-2012 American Community Survey covers the population who reported Sub-Saharan African ancestry — Ethiopian and Nigerian — and Caribbean (West Indian) ancestry — Haitian, Jamaican, and Trinidadian and Tobagonian. These ancestry groups were selected due to their relatively small populations and being under researched compared to their counterparts. About 2.5 million people in the United States  identified as one of these ancestry groups, or around 0.8 percent of the total U.S. population. This represents an increase of about 2.1 million, or around 469 percent, since the 1980 Census.


About 61 percent of people with Nigerian ancestry age 25 and older had a bachelor’s degree or higher — more than twice the U.S. rate of 28.5 percent, according to a U. S. Census Bureau report on Characteristics of Selected Sub-Saharan African and Caribbean (West Indian) Ancestry Groups in the United States: 2008-2012 released today.
"Acquiring a college or other advanced degree was a major factor for many people of Nigerian ancestry coming to the United States, so it is not surprising that twice as many had a bachelor's degree or higher compared to all people and the other selected ancestry groups," said Dr. Stella Ogunwole, a demographer in the Population Division.

Every Day More than 500 People Come To Settle in Lagos

Every day more than 500 people come to Lagos to start a new life in Africa's largest megacity.

The immediate former Governor of Lagos State, Mr. Babatunde Raji ­Fashola, SAN, once dropped the following bombshell so calmly it would have been easy to miss: he believes the city’s optimum population is 40 million.
~ Fashola, The Man Who Transformed Lagos - Matthew Green Of Financial Times - Politics - Nigeria
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Lagos, which is the smallest state in Nigeria by land mass has become the most populous and the most prosperous.
Lagos was 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 21 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 the 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.
The  GDP of Lagos alone exceeds that of Kenya, East Africa’s biggest  economy.
Lagos has more international five star hotels and multinational corporations than other countries in West Africa.

~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, Publisher/Editor of @247Nigeria, Nigerians Report Online, Talk of The Town By Orikinla and other blogs. He is the author of "Lagos in Motion: A Photo Album of Africa's Largest Megacity" distributed worldwide by Amazon, Barnes & Noble and other booksellers.

Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima also popularly known by his pen name "Orikinla Osinachi" started his writing career at 18 as a scriptwriter for the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Channel 10 in Lagos.
He became a project artist for the Johns Hopkins University's Population Communication Services (JHU/PCS) at 21; Art/Features Editor for the Kiddies World magazine at 24; Program Consultant for UNICEF Nigeria at 25; ; Curator of the first Art Against AIDS exhibition in Africa held at the National Museum and National Arts Theatre in December, 1993 in Lagos by the Nigerian Network of NGOs (NNNGO); Production Manager of "Money Wise" for Media Network on DBN TV in Lagos from 1998-2000 and also worked for Redemption Light, the official magazine of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in the office of the famous General Overseer, Pastor E. A. Adeboye. He started his King of Kings Books International publishing company in 2000 and became the  Founder/Executive Director of the United Artists for Human Development (UAHD) Project in 2002; Founder/CEO of International Digital Post Network Limited( IDPNL) in 2009 and Screen Outdoor Open Air Cinema (SOOAC) in 2013.

He is a prize winning writer since when he won the first prize in the Pop magazine national essay competition at 13. His first book, "Children of Heaven" (collection of poems) was published by Krystal Publications Limited in 1987.  His other books are  "Scarlet Tears of London"(poems), "In the House of Dogs"(essays), "Diary of the Memory Keeper"( memoirs), "The Prophet Lied"(poems), "The Victory of Muhammadu Buhari and the Nigerian Dream"(essays and photographs);  coauthor of "Naked Beauty" screenplay; Publisher/Editor of "The Language of True Love" and the popular NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®Series.

He is the Founder and first Festival Director of the Eko International Film Festival, Founder/Executive Director of Screen Naija One Village, One Cinema Project. He has registered a new international film festival, Zenith International Film Festival in 2015. He has been developing his iPost Nigeria mobile video sharing and eCommerce app for all users of smart phones in the world and also launched his Screen Naija YouTube Channel in 2016.

In 2016, he was given an award as one of the top publishers in Nigeria and included in the book on "Nigerian Top Executives in the Design, Printing and Publishing Industry" edited Elvis Krivokuca, MBA and he is also referenced in other books by leading scholars, including "Words Onscreen. The Fate of Reading in a Digital World" by Prof. Naomi S. Baron; Professor of Linguistics and Executive Director of the Center for Teaching, Research & Learning at American University in Washington, DC.

He is widely known for promoting and supporting the education, protection and welfare of underprivileged girls in Nigeria and other countries. He cosponsored and co- hosted the Nigerian premiere of the CNN groundbreaking documentary film, "Girl Rising" in 2013 and in 2015, "HE NAMED ME MALALA" documentary film of Malala Yousafzai, the young Pakistani girl education activist and youngest Nobel Peace Prize winner. He is the Founder/Executive Director of Girls United Together for Success (GUTS) Project.

He produced and directed his first major documentary film, "Lagos in Motion: Sights and Sounds of Africa's Largest Megacity" and published the photo book, "Lagos in Motion: Photo Album of Africa's Largest Megacity" distributed worldwide by Amazon and other booksellers. His new book, "Bye, Bye Zimbabwe", a collection of his original stories will be published in 2017. He has been interviewed by Times International magazine in 1980; Radio Nigeria in 1983; West Africa magazine in 1984; NTA Channel 10 in 1993; BBC in 2003; ThisDay and others. And his artworks have been exhibited in Nigeria and in Japan since 1983.

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Video: Investing in Africa's Future: Opportunities for Youth

Investing in Africa's Future: Opportunities for Youth
Africa Day 2017 Celebration

 WASHINGTON, June 23, 2017 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Ronald Reagan Building and International Trade Center (RRB/ITC) in Washington, DC came alive with music, dance and ceremony Thursday, May 25th in celebration of the 54th anniversary of Africa Day. Approximately six hundred attendees, representing the 55 countries of the African Union (AU) and the African Diaspora, observed in awe as the African Group of Ambassadors made a grand entrance into the atrium during a ceremony that began an evening of pageantry and joy. The evening was a culmination of day-long activities, which focused on AU's commitment to investing in its most important natural resource, its youth.
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Nigerian Women Are the Worst Enemies of the Education of Poor Girls

Nigerian Women Are the Worst Enemies of the Education of Poor Girls

The European Union reported that Nigeria is the country where trafficking in human beings is most prevalent. This is a fact that cannot be denied.

From human trafficking of underage girls used as housemaids or hawkers of provisions on the streets to the teenage girls lured and kidnapped for baby factories or used as prostitutes in hundreds of brothels and thousands of others transported like sheep across the borders by sex traffickers; Nigerian girls have become the most endangered human species in the world.

The Most Lucrative Wireless Industry Opportunities on the Planet

The Most Lucrative Wireless Industry Opportunities on the Planet

LONDON, June 21, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --

The U.S. wireless market is already mature, so giants like AT&T are looking south, where the revolution is still in the throes of profitability and billionaires are now being minted. But the best opportunity is a $75.6-billion niche market that forms the backbone of the wireless industry.

Few investors have even caught on to this segment yet, but three companies in this most profitable niche have already seen crazy 10-year returns, and combined they have risen to a market cap of more than $100 billion-and they're just getting started.

The fourth is the only entry point into this explosive market for companies like Frontier Communications Corporation (NYSE:FTR), Verizon Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), Sprint Corporation (NYSE:S), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Charter Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CHTR).

The market is cell towers, and the entry point is Tower One Wireless (CNX:TO; TOWTF).

This industry no longer suffers from skeptics, like it did when Ronald Reagan gave away tons of service provider licenses in the 1980s and major investors mocked wireless communications as something that had no mass appeal. Those who saw the future in this became billionaires.

The same thing is now unfolding in Latin America, but the playing field is fiercely competitive-except in this one special niche. Cell towers are the fastest and purest route to profit, and there are only four publicly traded independent cell tower companies in the entire world.

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MTN Benin and Youtap Launch MoMoPay Contactless Payments for MTN Benin Mobile Money Customers

Youtap's portable new X8 device enables mobile money merchant payments instantly.

MTN Benin and Youtap Launch MoMoPay Contactless Payments for MTN Benin Mobile Money Customers
   
COTONOU, Benin, June 20, 2017  /PRNewswire/ -- Mobile network operator MTN Benin and Youtap have launched MoMoPay, a contactless mobile payment service for MTN Benin Mobile Money users.

MoMoPay enables MTN Benin Mobile Money customers to 'tap and pay' for goods and services instantly and securely with their mobile devices. The service relies on near-field communication (NFC) technology developed by Youtap, a global provider of contactless mobile payments and financial services software.


MTN Benin CEO Stephen Blewett and a Zemidjin motorcycle taxi driver display the MoMoPay tag and Youtap's X8 payment terminal at the MoMoPay launch event in Cotonou, Benin.

An innovative feature of MoMoPay is the ability for users to make payments and receive small change (rendu monnaie) from merchants directly into their MTN Mobile Money accounts, solving the problem of giving small change back to customers that many merchants face today.

MoMoPay is being rolled out to supermarkets, pharmacies, bookstores, restaurants and petrol stations in Cotonou and to Zemidjan motorcycle taxis, which are the main form of transport in the country. The service will be expanded to all parts of Benin.