My Father Was One of the "Burma Boys" of World War 2

On every Father's Day and Victory over Japan Day, I celebrate it in memory of my great father, Sunday Eke, who was among the battalions of Nigerian soldiers of the Royal West African Frontier Force of the British Empire who fought against the Japanese Imperial Army, which had overrun large parts of Burma (now known as Myanmar in South-East Asia) during the WWII.
More than15,000 African soldiers died fighting for the British in WWII.

The Latest Methods of Movie and Music Piracy in Nigeria

The Latest Methods of Movie and Music Piracy in Nigeria

Piracy of Nigerian movies and music videos by illegal copying and selling of the DVDs and CDs is outdated and no longer in vogue in Nigeria.
Nigerian pirates are more educated and informed in new technologies in mass communications than Nigerian filmmakers and film distributors.

BBM Signs Eskimi as Exclusive Mobile Advertising Partner in Nigeria

BBM Signs Eskimi as Exclusive Mobile Advertising Partner in Nigeria

Nigeria – June 14, 2018 – BBM and Eskimi, a global programmatic platform, today announced an exclusive mobile advertising partnership in Nigeria. The combined market-leading, mobile first solutions of Eskimi and BBM enable brands and advertisers to reach and engage with mobile audiences on both Android and iOS across Nigeria.

“BBM works with best-in-breed partners globally, in a continuous effort to provide an enriched user experience, while delivering optimal results to brands and advertisers,” says Matthew Talbot, CEO of Creative Media Works, the company that operates and runs BBM Consumer globally. “Eskimi has an existing programmatic platform and operation in Nigeria that is growing from strength to strength. Their expertise in digital marketing and audience segmentation will help to yield better performance for BBM’s advertising partners.”

Crypto Sportz To Predict Winners of 2018 FIFA World Cup Matches

A new blockchain cryptocurrency sports betting startup Crypto Sportz has launched an entirely decentralized pool to predict the winners of the 2018 FIFA World Cup matches to the final match.

Crypto Sportz smart contract betting using Ethereum includes NBA playoffs and Champions League matches for sports and crypto fans all over the world.
The Founder of Crypto Sportz is Tomash Devenichek.
"Crypto Sportz is the first functioning decentralized platform powering wagers between sports fans using blockchain technology."

Simple Commonsense Political Facts and Realities Before the 2019 General Elections in Nigeria

Simple Commonsense Political Facts and Realities Before the 2019 General Elections in Nigeria

Majority of Nigerian voters are farmers and traders who are not on the internet. So, all the political comments on #Twitter, #Facebook , #Instagram, #Google  and #Nairaland  are for those online. And about 43% of them are under 18 teenagers in the south who cannot vote and are not swayed by online debates, except to post and share their ego tripping pictures and celebrity gossip. The rest are eligible voters of which the majority are members and supporters of the national ruling party, All Progressives Congress (APC). The minority are members and supporters of the defeated former national ruling party, People's Democratic Party (PDP) and others largely from the south- south and southeast of Nigeria. The most vocal of them are on #Nairaland and they are mostly hired trolls who are not up to 300, because their sponsors cannot afford to pay more than that to launch and like anti-Buhari and anti-APC reports and debates. As much as they desperately try to spread their political campaigns of calumny, they are eventually deflated by the indisputable outstanding achievements of the APC state governments from Lagos to Kano and disappointed by the failures and shortcomings of the PDP state governments. The funny thing is the fact that majority of them left their own regions in the PDP states for the flourishing APC states of Lagos and Kano; especially the Igbos.

In Mali, Guterres Honours Dedication and Sacrifice of UN Peacekeepers

In Mali, Guterres Honours Dedication and Sacrifice of UN Peacekeepers

NEW YORK, 29 May 2018 / PRN Africa / -- The north-west African country is the most dangerous place in the world to be a UN ‘blue helmet', and last year, 21 troops serving with the UN Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA) lost their lives, together with seven civilians.

UN News has a team in Mali to cover the special visit, and shortly after arriving in the capital, Bamako, the Secretary-General attended a poignant ceremony at MINUSMA's base in the capital, to pay tribute to fallen peacekeepers. He laid a wreath at the memorial inside the camp, engraved with the names of those killed in the service of peace.

2018 Democracy Day: The Full Speech of President Muhammadu Buhari

ADDRESS BY MUHAMMADU BUHARI , PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA IN COMMEMORATION OF THE 2018 DEMOCRACY DAY CELEBRATION , TUESDAY,  MAY 29, 2018.

My Dear Nigerians !
Today marks the 19 th year of our nascent democracy and the 3 rd Anniversary of this administration . I am thankful to Almighty God for bringing us thus far . This administration came at a time that Nigerians needed Change, the Change we promised and the Change we continue to deliver . We have faced a lot of challenges on this journey and Nigerians have stood by us in achieving the three cardinal points of this administration namely; Security , Corruption and the Economy .
2 . The commemoration of this year ’s Democracy Day is a celebration of freedom , a salute to the resilience and determination of Nigerians and a recommitment by Government to keep its promise to lead Nigeria into a new era of justice and prosperity .
3 . Public safety and security remains the primary duty of this Government . Before this Administration came into being 3 years ago, Boko Haram held large areas of land spanning several Local Governments in the North East .
4 . Today , the capacity of the insurgents has been degraded leading to the re -establishment of authority of government and the release of captives including , happily, 106 Chibok and 104 Dapchi girls, and over 16 , 000 other persons held by the Boko Haram.

Okonjo-Iweala's Book is a Documentary on Goodluck Jonathan's Legacy of Corruption

Former Minister of Finance, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala's Book is a documentary on the maladministration and legacy of corruption of former President Goodluck Jonathan and the former national ruling party, People's Democratic Party (PDP) of Nigeria.

Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous: The Story Behind the Headlines published by the MIT Press is a must read for all literate Nigerians.
Click here to get the book on Amazon.com: Books.

A frontline account of how to fight corruption, from Nigeria's former finance minister, Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala.

In Fighting Corruption Is Dangerous, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has written a primer for those working to root out corruption and disrupt vested interests. Drawing on her experience as Nigeria's finance minister and that of her team, she describes dangers, pitfalls, and successes in fighting corruption. She provides practical lessons learned and tells how anti-corruption advocates need to equip themselves. Okonjo-Iweala details the numerous ways in which corruption can divert resources away from development, rewarding the unscrupulous and depriving poor people of services.

Okonjo-Iweala discovered just how dangerous fighting corruption could be when her 83-year-old mother was kidnapped in 2012 by forces who objected to some of the government's efforts at reforms led by Okonjo-Iweala―in particular a crackdown on fraudulent claims for oil subsidy payments, a huge drain on the country's finances. The kidnappers' first demand was that Okonjo-Iweala resign from her position on live television and leave the country. Okonjo-Iweala did not resign, her mother escaped, and the program of economic reforms continued.
"Telling my story is risky," Okonjo-Iweala writes.
"But not telling it is also dangerous." Her book ultimately leaves us with hope, showing that victories are possible in the fight against corruption.

Families Urgently Need Food, Clean Water, Medical Support after Somaliland Cyclone

PRESS RELEASE
24th May 2018

Families Urgently Need Food, Clean Water, Medical Support after Somaliland Cyclone

Thousands of people remain in urgent need of food, clean water, health services and essential household items along the north-western coastline of Somaliland in the wake of last Saturday’s Cyclone Sagar, the strongest storm that has ever made landfall in this part of the country. Hundreds are homeless, 47 deaths have been reported and a massive number of livestock have been killed.

Gen. Sani Abacha's Military Regime Achieved More than 16 Years of the PDP

Did you know that the military regime of the late Gen. Sani Abacha ( September 20,  1943 – June 8, 1998.) achieved more for Nigeria than the 16 years of the administrations of the People's Democratic Party (PDP)?

His regime built the biggest and largest LNG complex in the third world presently with a fleet of 23 ships and the Nigeria LNG paid US$5.5 Billion in taxes to Federal Government.
The Nigeria LNG RAs are the most advanced and developed residential areas in West Africa with 24 hours power supply; with the safest drinking water and the streets are vacuum cleaned by big  vacuum cleaners every day.

In the space of four years (1993 to 1997), the country's foreign exchange reserve rose from US$494 million to US$9.6 billion.
The external debt of the country was reduced from US$36 billion in 1993 to US$27 billion in 1997.