Farewell To Gabriel Okara, the Father of Modern Nigerian Poetry

Farewell to the Father of Modern Nigerian Poetry, Pa Gabriel Okara who passed on Sunday night of March 24,  in Yenagoa, Bayelsa state of the Niger Delta, a month to his 98th birthday.

Gabriel Imomotimi Okara (born  April 24, 1921 -  March 24, 2019) was a Nigerian poet and novelist who was born in Bumoundi in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, Nigeria. The first Modernist poet of Anglophone Africa; best known for his early experimental novel, The Voice (1964), and his award-winning poetry, published in The Fisherman's Invocation (1978) and The Dreamer, His Vision (2005
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Awards and Recognitions:
1953: Best All-Round Entry In Poetry at the Nigerian Festival of Arts, for "The Call of the River Nun"
1979: Commonwealth Poetry Prize, for The Fisherman's Invocation
2005: NLNG Prize, for The Dreamer, His Vision.
2009: Pan African Writers' Association  Honorary Membership Award
2017: Gabriel Okara Literary Festival.

PDP, Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves

When the defeated former national ruling party in Nigeria,  People's Democratic Party (PDP) is accusing another party of rigging elections, it is like the 40 thieves accusing Ali Baba of stealing.
PDP invented rigging elections since the 1999 elections and Rivers State was very peaceful until PDP took over power.

Political assassinations became common under PDP.
Using poisonous gas to kill in the State House started with the administration of the Al Capone of Nigerian political Mafia, the Generalissimo of PDP, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR.

Majority of Nigerian Government Workers Are Being Paid Salaries for Incompetence

Majority of Nigerian government workers are being paid salaries for incompetence.

Thousands of employees in government offices from the local government to the federal ministries are collecting monthly salaries with allowances and other benefits for being incompetent and inefficient.

Ihedioha's Victory Excites Ideato North PDP Campaign Council

Ihedioha's Victory Excites Ideato North PDP Campaign Council

The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP Campaign Council in Ideato North local government area of Imo state has expressed delight at the victory of the party's candidate, Rt.Honourable Emeka Ihedioha in the just concluded Imo gubernatorial election.

In a press statement signed by  Sir Chineme Iheaku, Director-General of the campaign council, it congratulated the Imo state governor- elect, describing his emergence as a new dawn for the state.

Submit Your Entry For The Lorenzo Natali Media Prize 2019 For Journalists

Journalism for Development: European Commission Lorenzo Natali Media Prize

Submit your entry for the 2019 Lorenzo Natali Media Prize between 18 February and 14 April 23:59 CET via our online platform.

Statement by the EU Spokesperson on the State Elections in Nigeria

Statement by the EU Spokesperson on the State Elections in Nigeria

BRUSSELS, 12 March 2019 / PRN Africa / -- Nigerians voted on 9 March to elect Governors and Members of the State Assemblies.

Violent incidents during the process caused the unacceptable loss of many lives. We express our condolences to all those affected. We expect those responsible to be held accountable and brought to justice.

Bankrolling Nollywood: The Challenges and Benefits of Film Finance

Majority of the filmmakers in #Nollywood are still ignorant of what is film finance.
They need to know that film finance is one of the most critical aspects of film production. It is more than just having enough budget to shoot a movie.
It is more than getting a grant for a film project.

RMD, Emeka Mba, Obi Asika To Headline Maiden AVRS Stakeholders and Users Forum

Mr. Richard Mofe-Damijo, RMD.

RMD, Emeka Mba, Obi Asika To Headline Maiden AVRS Stakeholders and Users Forum

Popular Actor Richard Mofe Damijo, former Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) Emeka Mba and Chairman of Social Media Week, Nigeria Obi Asika will headline the maiden edition of the stakeholders and users forum organized by the Audio Visual Rights Society of Nigeria (AVRS), Nigeria's primal and sole Collective Management Organization (CMO) for cinematography and films.

Mike Adenuga Jr Aims To Overtake Aliko Dangote As The Richest Black Man in the World

Mike Adenuga Jr Aims To Overtake Aliko Dangote As The Richest Black Man in the World

According to the 2019 Forbes' list of the richest people in the world, Nigerian billionaire, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, GCON; owner of the Dangote Group is the richest black man on earth with over a net worth of US$10.9 billion. And following closely is another Nigerian billionaire, Chief Michael Adeniyi Agbolade Ishola Adenuga Jr, GCON; with a net worth of $9.1 billion.

Dangote's business includes production of sugar, cement and flour.

Project- Wike Must Go - APC Rivers State

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Project-Wike-Must-Go: Wike is the Initiator of Movement To Kick Him Out - Chief Eze

*Highlighted  the Upland/Riverine Dichotomy, Practice of incoherent, Visionless Government and the need to rescue Rivers State from being in opposition to the Government at the centre as the three major reasons why Wike must go.

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Rivers state, Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze, attributed the state governor, Chief Nyesom Wike, as the initiator of the call for his sack by Rivers people.