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HALLELUJAH!
EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima
African Renaissance Man
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On June 9, 2026.
Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.
Psalm 103 verse 5 is my portion.
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I am delighted to share that ‘Hope Is a Word’, a documentary feature film on the poets of the Niger Delta, will have its World Premiere at the International First Feature Competition of Sheffield DocFest, UK, on 11th June 2026.
The film tells a powerful story of resistance through self-expression. In Nigeria’s Niger Delta, where decades of oil extraction have devastated communities and the environment, poet and activist Nnimmo Bassey inspires and mentors a new generation of writers to find their voices and speak truth through poetry.
This premiere is particularly meaningful because the project was first presented and nurtured at iREP Doc fest 2025 where its vision immediately connected with our audiences and industry stakeholders. It is a wonderful reminder of the important role our community continues to play in supporting documentary storytelling from Africa.
If you are around Sheffield or can make the trip, please come and celebrate this important milestone with us.
"Hope Is a Word" is a documentary feature film directed by Maria Galliani Dyrvik.
The film focuses on the Niger Delta, where decades of oil spills and gas flaring have devastated communities. It follows renowned poet and activist Nnimmo Bassey as he gathers a new generation of voices—including his son Ukpono and a young woman named Barinedum—to use poetry as a weapon for environmental change and healing.
Production: Produced by Smau Media in collaboration with Ginko Film and Zuri24 Media, with support from the Norwegian Film Institute.
Director: Maria Galliani Dyrvik
Production Companies: Smau Media AS, Ginko Film, and Zuri24media (Lagos)
Protagonist: Nnimmo Bassey
Run Time: 82 minutes
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My eyes are wet.
In 2016, I received an SOS call from the Republic of Niger. Success Iyoha, one of the secondary school students who knows me and had my phone number had been lured and trafficked with other girls across the borders and ended up in Libya.
For 90 days I tracked the trail from every distress phone call she made to rescue her.
IOM, UN Mission in Africa, UNICEF Child Protection office and Sam Prianty, a BBC investigative reporter on cases of human trafficking in Nigeria joined me to track the trails until we located the place the human trafficking gang was holding several Nigerian girls and women captives to either be sold or taken across the dangerous Mediterranean Sea to Spain or Italy to be used as sex slaves.
I paid money, the exact amount of the price for buying each captive and Success Iyoha was freed. She returned to her parents and family in Benin, Edo State. She suffered stigma and trauma for her horrifying ordeals in captivity in Libya where she lost her virginity as she was raped, got pregnant and aborted it.
I spent more than N500, 000 for her rehabilitation.
The kidnapped school children and teachers in Oyo State of Nigeria can be rescued before it is too late.
We must stop the wickedness of playing bloody politics with the innocent lives of our poor and powerless people.
The government has abandoned the rescue of the remaining Chibok school girls who were kidnapped in 2014. 11 of them have died.
If the children of the Governor of Oyo State and the grand children of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu were among the kidnapped school children, they would have been rescued without delay.
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Preserving Our Culture is Preserving Our Future
In an age where globalisation threatens indigenous identity, festivals such as Ojude Oba remind people that preserving culture is ultimately preserving the future.
- Dr. Mike Adeniyi Agbolade Ishola Adenuga Jr.,CSG, GCON.
Glo Rewards Age Grades, Horse Riders At Ojude Oba 2026
https://leadership.ng/glo-rewards-age-grades-horse-riders-at-ojude-oba-2026/
The fanfare,glitz and razzmatazz of the
pomp and pageantry of the annual Ojude Oba Festival in Ogun State of south western Nigeria should be an international tourist attraction and destination.
It is the most beautiful and colourful fashion parade of the best haute couture of Yoruba culture in the world.
Globacom and other cosponsors should include Nigerian supermodels like Eniola Abioro, the first Nigerian model to walk for Prada, Mayowa Nicholas, Adesuwa Aighewi, Omowunmi Akinnifesi,Oluchi Onweagba-Orlandi, Uju Marshall Nwobodoh, Ojy Okpe, Chief Ibiagbanidokibubo Asenite 'Agbani' Darego, MFR, Victor Ndigwe and Davidson Obennebo who made history as the first Black and African model to win the Elite Model Look world finale in 2016; wearing different attires of Yoruba fashion designs on the runway. Farooq Oreagba, the MD/CEO NG Clearing Limited who has been the "King of Ojude Oba" can show his popular celebrity swagger of class and style of Yoruba dignity and nobility on the stage.
This will increase the global popularity and increase the Nigerian fashion and lifestyle market currently valued at approximately $4.7 billion to $6 billion annually, accounting for about 15% of Sub-Saharan Africa's total fashion market. The broader lifestyle and apparel ecosystem is estimated to be a $30 billion powerhouse, with its GDP contribution currently sitting around $6.1 billion.
- By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima,
The Publisher and Editor,
NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® Series
Photos from:
Ojude Oba 2026: Beautiful Colours, Culture And Class From Ijebu Land (Photos) - Culture - Nigeria
https://www.nairaland.com/8680894/ojude-oba-2026-beautiful-colours
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