IOM To Fly 15,000 Migrants Home from Libya in Wake of Reported Abuses

UN Agency To Fly 15,000 Migrants Home from Libya in Wake of Reported Abuses

NEW YORK, 01 December 2017 / PRN Africa / -- The United Nations migration agency plans to fly 15,000 more migrants home from detention centres in Libya before year-end in the wake of shocking reports of rampant migrant abuse and squalid and overcrowded conditions at these facilities across the North African country.

“Scaling up our return programme may not serve to fully address the plight of migrants in Libya, but it is our duty to take migrants out of detention centers as a matter of absolute priority,” said William Lacy Swing, Director General of the International Organization for Migration (IOM) at its Council meeting in Geneva on Thursday.

Atiku Abubakar Has Bad Political Advisers and Bad Public Relations Managers

Former Vice President, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar is desperate to become the next President of Nigeria, but attacking his former political party and President Buhari only makes him more unpopular. He has bad political advisers and bad public relations managers. pic.twitter.com/23gYpgaGzX

— 247 Nigeria (@247nigeria) December 2, 2017

The Twisted War On Piracy of Nigerian Movies

The Twisted War On Piracy of Nigerian Movies

I have written comprehensive articles on movie piracy and focused on the piracy of Nigerian movies in "Nigeria: Nollywood and the Vicious Circle of Movie Piracy" published on Shadow and Act of the popular IndieWire.
Piracy of Nigerian movies is not as terrible as the piracy of American movies. According recent reports, last year 2016, in the United States alone, an estimated 981 million pirated movies and TV shows were downloaded. Billions of dollars are lost to pirates of movies every year.

Archbishop Tutu Fellows Condemn Slavery of Nigerians and other Africans in Libya

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Statement from the Archbishop Tutu Fellows to African Heads of State and the International Private Sector, Civil Society and Multilateral Organisations on the Great Stain of Slavery in Libya

Slavery in Libya is a crime against humanity and immediate action is required by all stakeholders, including African governments

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, November 30, 2017/ -- Statement from the Archbishop Tutu Fellows to African Heads of State and the International Private Sector, Civil Society and Multilateral Organisations on the Great Stain of Slavery in Libya:

Your Excellencies, leaders of private sector and civil society organisations, policy makers at the United Nations and the African Union and fellow Africansm

Slavery in Libya is a crime against humanity and immediate action is required by all stakeholders, including African governments, to put an end to this outrageous practice and hold responsible parties accountable.

Folorunso Alakija Inspires 300 Women at Prestigious 2017 Flourish Africa Conference

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Folorunso Alakija Inspires 300 Women at Prestigious 2017 Flourish Africa Conference

The 66-year-old business magnate has persistently championed the causes of women in Nigeria from her work with widows and orphans

LAGOS, Nigeria, November 28, 2017/ -- Folorunso Alakija, one of a handful of successful female entrepreneurs on the continent listed as one of Forbes most powerful women in the world, attended the Africa conference. The 66-year-old business magnate has persistently championed the causes of women in Nigeria from her work with widows and orphans through the Rose of Sharon Foundation which Alakija uses as a medium to empower thousands of impoverished women and their children through Flourish Africa (http://FlourishAfrica.com) which is the first platform of its kind designed to create an impact on the lives of women in Africa by providing the tools they need to fulfill their God given potential. Through a series of conferences, workshops and mentorship programs, the platform hopes to bring women from all walks of life together to share in their unique experiences and become who God has destined for them to be.

Initiatives designed to give them a better standard of living

As CEO of Famfa Oil (www.Famfa.com), one of the largest indigenous oil companies in Africa, she has built schools, science labs, roads as well as providing scholarships to thousands of young students all over Nigeria. Her philanthropic work continues this year with the launch of the women empowerment platform, Flourish Africa.

AfDB Launches Youth Advisory Group To Create 25 Million Jobs

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AfDB Launches Youth Advisory Group To Create 25 Million Jobs

The Jobs for Youth in Africa initiative aims at creating 25 million jobs and impacting 50 million youth over the next ten years by equipping them with the right skills to get decent and meaningful jobs

ABIDJAN, Ivory Coast, November 28, 2017/ -- The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB) (www.AfDB.org), Akinwumi Adesina, has launched the Presidential Youth Advisory Group (PYAG) to provide insights and innovative solutions for job creation for Africa’s youth, as outlined in the Bank’s Jobs for Youth in Africa Strategy (JfYA) (http://APO.af/nRtVAs).

Stephanie Linus and Ivanka Trump To Speak at the 8th Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in India

Celebrated Nollywood diva, Stephanie Linus will speak alongside Ivanka Trump at the 8th Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in India.

The star actress and filmmaker, Stephanie Linus will be attending the 8th Global Entrepreneurship Summit (GES) in India where she is expected to speak alongside Ms Ivanka Trump, Advisor to the US President; Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other prominent dignitaries.

The Summit which will take place from November 28 to 30 in the city of Hyderabad is jointly organized by the United States and the Republic of India. This is the first time that the Summit is being held in South Asia.
This year’s Summit will highlight the theme Women First, Prosperity for All and will focus on supporting women entrepreneurs, solving 21st century challenges, and fostering economic growth globally.

A New Report Says Nigeria is the ‘World’s Most Mobilized Country

 Nigerians are fascinated by Mobile phones.

A new report says Nigeria is the ‘world’s most mobilized country’ with more mobile traffic than any other nation.

Report is available. pic.twitter.com/DIGsXl36Tu

— Nigeria Daily (@nigeriadaily) November 24, 2017

Dangote Cement Stirs Industrial Revolution in Africa with the Commissioning of Mfila Plant in the Republic of Congo

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Dangote Cement Stirs Industrial Revolution in Africa with the Commissioning of Mfila Plant in the Republic of Congo

The new plant estimated at $300 million has potentials for about 1000 direct employment and thousands of several other indirect jobs

LAGOS, Nigeria, November 23, 2017/ -- Africa’s largest cement Company, Dangote Cement Plc (http://APO.af/mCqnZz) yesterday added fillip to the on-going efforts at economic emancipation of Africa when it formally opened its 1.5mtpa capacity cement plant in Mfila, Congo Brazzaville, amid ecstasy by the government and the indigenes of the Country. L-R: Representative of President Mohammadu Buhari, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; President/CE, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote; President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso, at the commissioning of 1.5MMTPA Dangote Cement Plant, Congo, held in the Republic of Congo on Thursday November 23, 2017. L-R: Representative of President Mohammadu Buhari, the Minister of Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Kayode Fayemi; President/CE, Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote; President of the Republic of Congo, Denis Sassou Nguesso; Prime Minister of Congo, Clement Mouamba and the Nigerian Minister of Industry, Trade and Investment, Dr. Okechukwu Enelemah at the commissioning of 1.5MMTPA Dangote Cement Plant, Congo, held in the Republic of Congo on Thursday November 23, 2017. The new plant estimated at $300 million has potentials for about 1000 direct employment and thousands of several other indirect jobs. Undoubtedly the biggest plant in Congo, its President, Mr. Denis Sassou Nguesso while inaugurating the plant said the investment was an industrial revolution, sort of, within the Economic Community of the Central African States (CEMAC), saying his country was happy to host the investment.

Five Reasons To Be Bullish On Nigerian Real Estate in 2018

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Nigerian real estate to turn the corner in 2018

Five Reasons to be Bullish on Nigerian Real Estate in 2018

LAGOS, Nigeria, November 23, 2017/ -- The picture looks brighter for occupational and capital markets as the economy improves As the city gears to host the globally recognised real estate-focused West African Property Investment Summit (WAPI) (www.WAPIsummit.com) next week, there is a renewed sense of investor confidence in the Nigerian real estate sector. Tom Mundy, Head of Advisory for Sub-Saharan Africa at JLL (ir.JLL.com), and one of the speakers at the event, believes 2018 will be a year of consolidation and recovery. “Nigeria is finally coming out of recession. Of course, there will be the usual lag between economic recovery and market recovery, but real estate, which has suffered from a sharp supply demand imbalance, widening vacancy rates and falling realised rents, looks close to bottoming. Yes, it will take time for confidence to return fully but there is sound cause to be bullish on Nigeria going forward.”