OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE AND THE SPEAKER HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

December 3, 2019.

The President of the Senate:
Dr. Ahmed I. Lawan;

The Speaker House of Reps:
Rt Honourable Femi Gbajabiamila
The National Assembly Complex, Three-Arms Zone
Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.

Sirs,
THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY: IS PRESIDENTIAL POWER UNDER THREAT?

Please permit us to begin by sending our warm season greetings to you.

We are a group of professionals with membership across the country bound by the common ideals of justice, rule of law, fairness and good governance. We engage vigorously in issues of values and common good for all.

Video: Violence Against Women A Barrier To Peaceful Future For All

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NEW YORK, 25 November 2019 / PRN Africa / -- "As we go about our business, one woman in three that we encounter has been or will be subjected to violence,” said Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, UN Chef de Cabinet, speaking on behalf of the Secretary-General.

Comscore Receives Outstanding Award from the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria

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Comscore Is Recognized by West African Industry Association for Outstanding Contributions to RegionAward honors Comscore as a leader in box office measurement for the African market.

RESTON, Va., Nov. 21, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Comscore (NASDAQ: SCOR), a trusted partner for planning, transacting, and evaluating media across platforms, today announced that it has been given the "Emerging Cinema Markets Award for Outstanding Contribution" by the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) for its leadership and contributions to box office measurement for the region. This award was presented to Comscore on Wednesday, November 20 at the 2019 Emerging Cinema Markets Conference in Istanbul, Turkey.

"CEAN has seen the benefit of making theatrical performance data available and Comscore's commitment to our market has helped stakeholders in our industry grow immensely," said Patrick Lee, Chairman of the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria. "Now that Nigeria's potential is being showcased on the world stage, we are proud to be a part of rising international box office performance."

Nigerian Startup Excels After Participating in Africa’s First EdTech Incubator – Apply Now!

Nigerian Startup Excels After Participating in Africa’s First EdTech Incubator – Apply Now!

Applications to take part in the fourth cohort of Africa’s first EdTech incubator and seed investment programme, Injini, have recently opened. Through the programme, selected African startups operating in the education sector will have the opportunity to access financial and bespoke advisory support from industry experts and skilled business mentors.

NDDC And The New Realities: A Vote For The Interim Management Committee

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Henry Kissinger, a renowned former US Diplomat said that the success of any government is its ability to bring about new realities. When President Buhari in his quest for a new beginning, ordered a forensic audit into the activities of NDDC from inception to date, little did political influencers in the region imagine it would come to fruition. When he took a further step by directing the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs to inaugurate an Interim Management Committee to create the enabling environment for the audit, they broke the secure locks of hades and unleashed ancient demons to invade television houses and game newspaper columnists with vile propaganda.

AFRIFF 2019 Opens With Syrian War Documentary, "For Sama" on Sunday

"Sama, you are the most beautiful thing in our life, but what a life I have brought you into."
- Waad al-Kateab in 2016.

The 2019 African International Film Festival (AFRIFF) will open on Sunday, November 10 with the critically acclaimed gripping Syrian war documentary film, "FOR SAMA". The multiple award winning eyewitness accounts of a brave Syrian mother, Waad al-Kateab will echo the traumatic agonies of the unfortunate victims in similar terrifying conflicts raging in northern Nigeria and southern Sudan. Waad al-Kateab’s bravery symbolises the theme of this year, "SHEROES" celebrating the heroism of brave women in the existential challenges of life on earth.

KAICIID Allocates 1.5 Million Euros for Initiatives to Counter Hate Speech in 2020

KAICIID Allocates 1.5 Million Euros for Initiatives to Counter Hate Speech in 2020

The International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) 
31 oct, 2019, 16:59 WAT

VIENNA, Oct. 31, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Faisal bin Muammaar, Secretary General of the International Dialogue Centre (KAICIID) announced an allocation of nearly 1.5 million Euros for initiatives aimed at countering hate speech across the Centre's global programmes in 2020.

New Global Breakthrough for Nollywood Before Christmas

New Global Breakthrough for Nollywood Before Christmas

Nollywood is the first indie film industry in Africa started by guerrilla filmmakers in southern Nigeria in the 1990s with the groundbreaking blockbuster movie "Living in Bondage" in 1992. It was  followed by thousands of other movies shot on video and widely sold on the streets; pirated across the borders to the neighbouring countries in West Africa and finally shared on the internet through #YouTube and other online platforms. It was called "Nollywood"  by Norimitsu Onishi,  who was the Chief of The New York Times's southern Africa bureau, based in Johannesburg in 2002 before the Africa Magic series of Nollywood was launched by M-Net of the Multichoic group on #DStv on July 14, 2003 and making all the popular Nigerian stars household names in millions of homes in Africa.
See How Nollywood Redefined Conversations on African Cinema and Culture
https://shadowandact.com/2016/01/04/how-nollywood-redefined-conversations-on-african-cinema-and-culture/.

A Central Bank Will Issue a Consumer-ready Digital Currency Within Five Years, a New OMFIF and IBM Report Finds

A Central Bank Will Issue a Consumer-ready Digital Currency
Within Five Years, a New OMFIF and IBM Report Finds

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Oct 29, 2019, 08:39 ET

ARMONK, N.Y. and LONDON, Oct. 29, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Policy-makers at a number of central banks around the world are seriously considering developing and issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC), with a consumer-ready CBDC likely to arrive in the next five years. That is the key finding from a report from IBM (NYSE: IBM) and OMFIF, a central banking think tank.

Breast Cancer and the Connection with Oral Hygiene

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Comedy is now a multi-billion naira industry in Nigeria. A new couple could pay a comedian one million naira to perform at their wedding, but argue furiously against paying a surgeon one hundred thousand naira to perform a caesarian section to save two lives. Comedy is also the cheapest possible start-up, because the mouth is the sole physical investment of the trade. Thus a popular comedian rejoices in the name of Basket mouth. Another is called Elenu, meaning ‘mouth owner’ in the Yoruba / Anago language. But although we are not all comedians, we are all elenus – we all have mouths and our mouths are far more important for our overall health than we may realize.

October is dedicated to advocacy and creating awareness on Breast Cancer, the most common cancer in women globally (including Nigeria). Breast cancer also occurs in men, but it is 100 times more common in women. However, because most people are not aware that breast cancer can occur in men, the disease tends to be picked up much later and is often more fatal in men than in women.