Ibrahim Ahmed of Voice of America's Hausa Service Wins Burke Award for Reports on Boko Haram

Ibrahim Ahmed of Voice of America's Hausa Service is among the winners of the 2015 David Burke Distinguished Journalism Awards for his outstanding reports on Boko Haram
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BBG Announces 2015 Burke Award Winners

WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, 2015 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Broadcasting Board of Governors has announced the winners of the 2015 David Burke Distinguished Journalism Awards for exceptional integrity, bravery, and originality in reporting.

Nigeria: From One Clueless President To Another Clueless President?

Nigeria: From One Clueless President to Another Clueless President?

If many Nigerians said the immediate past president of the largest democracy in Africa was clueless due to his lack of administrative experience and executive expertise in governance at the national level after his executive failures as the governor of one of the most underdeveloped states in Nigeria with a small population of about two million people, but collecting one of the largest annual federal revenue allocations of more than N170 billion every year that he failed to use to develop his state and improve the lives of his people; what then will they call the new president who has long years of administrative experience in executive government from when he was a military state governor to a federal commissioner and then Head of State of Nigeria?
Has he shown us that he is not as clueless as his predecessor?
Lest we forget, experience does not guaranty competence or expertise in office.

Malala Yousafzai Celebrates Lagos School Girls on Instagram

Malala Yousafzai Proudly Celebrates Lagos School Girls Stand #withMalala on her official Instagram page, https://instagram.com/malalafund

malalafundOn #DayoftheGirl, over 200 secondary school girls in Nigeria stood #withMalala for a special screening of #HENAMEDMEMALALA. What an amazing way to celebrate girls! Thanks for sharing, Girls United Together for Success (GUTS).
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Actually, more than 350 secondary school girls filled and overflowed the largest cinema hall at the Silverbird Cinemas, Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island, Lagos, on Sunday, October 11, for the special screening of youngest Nobel Prize winner, Malala Yousafzai's groundbreaking documentary film "He Named Me Malala" to celebrate the 2015 United Nations' International Day of the Girl Child in Nigeria.

"He Named Me Malala" Attracts Nigerian School Girls To Stand With Malala

The Special Screening of "He Named Me Malala" attracted hundreds of secondary school students Sunday afternoon at the Silverbird Cinemas in the Silverbird Galleria on Victoria Island, Lagos.
The largest cinema hall was not large enough for all the secondary school students of more than 350 girls and 7 boys who came to Stand #withMalala!
The event celebrated the 2015 United Nations' International Day of the Girl Child in Nigeria.

Miss Franca Aide, National Coordinator of Girls United Together for Success (GUTS) with two of the secondary school girls at the Special Screening of "He Named Me Malala" in Lagos, Nigeria.

Nigerian School Girls Stand #withMalala for 6 Million Girls Out of School in Nigeria

 Tomorrow, 205 secondary school girls in Nigeria will Stand #withMalala to see the special screening of "He Named Me Malala" on Sunday, October 11, 2015, at the Silverbird Cinemas, Silverbird Galleria, 133, Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos; to celebrate the 2015 United Nations’ International Day of the Girl Child. The theme of International Day of the Girl Child for 2015 is: The Power of the Adolescent Girl: Vision for 2030.

Photos: Malala Yousafzai speaks at a press conference on the sidelines of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit which is taking place for three days before the start of the 70th session General Debate of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters in New York, USA on September 25, 2015.

President Buhari And Vice President Osibanjo Receive Centenary City Board in Abuja

President Mohammadu Buhari, GCFR and Vice President, Professor Yemi Osibanjo, SAN Receives the Board and Management of Centenary City Plc. in Audience

The management of Centenary City Plc. wrote Mr. President on behalf of the Board to seek audience for a courtesy call on His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR following the Company’s 10th Board meeting scheduled to hold on 27th August 2015.

Diezani Alison-Madueke Saga is 90% Fiction and 10% Political Brouhaha

Former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke has suddenly snatched the headlines from Boko Haram since she was arrested in London and released on bail last Friday on allegations of bribery, corruption and money laundering.

Diezani Alison-Madueke Saga: Oil Tycoon Jide Omokore Questioned, Not Arrested Over Money Laundering

Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke, Nigeria's former Petroleum Minister.
 
Jide Omokore Questioned, Not Arrested

Mr. Jide Omokore, the billionaire oil tycoon and a major player in the oil and gas sector during the Goodluck Jonathan administration has not been arrested over corruption and money laundering charges by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) as first reported by Reuters and subsequently cited by this news website.
Reuters quoted an official at the EFCC as the source of its original report.

However, according to THEWILL Mr. Omokore was at the EFCC office in Abuja on Monday where he was questioned and allowed to go home after his Lagos home and office were raided by EFCC officials over the weekend.
THEWILL spoke to Mr. Omokore on the phone on Tuesday afternoon Nigerian time (2.31pm) and he said he was in his Abuja residence.
Calls to EFCC spokesman, Mr. Wilson Uwajaren did not go through.

BREAKING NEWS UPDATE: WE DID NOT ARREST JIDE OMOKORE - EFCC 

Meanwhile, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has denied arresting one of the oil players in the country, identified as a close business associate of the former oil minister and Atlantic Energy Chairman, Olajide Omokore. However, Vanguard learned that the commission interrogated Omokore and released him on administrative bail.

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We Need More Bloggers for the Billion Dollar Social Media Marketing Industry

With the largest population and largest economy in Africa, more than 140 million users of GSM phones and over 67 million Nigerians on the internet, Nigeria should have thousands of bloggers. But I doubt if there are up to 1000 active bloggers in Nigeria.

Japan Takes 41 Places Among World's Top 800 Universities

The celebration of the 55th anniversary Hasanuddin University awarded the Honorary Degree of Doctor of Economy Politics to Drs. H. M. Jusuf Kalla. Hasanuddin University also gave Sultan Hasanuddin Award to Professor Koji Tanaka (Director of Young Researcher Development Center (The Hakuba Center) Kyoto Universiy, Japan and Professor Katsuya Osozawa (Director of Asia Africa Center) Ehime University, Japan for their dedication and cooperation to strengthen the relationship between Hasanuddin University and universities in Japan.  

Japan Takes 41 Places Among World's Top 800 Universities
Times Higher Education Publishes Expanded World University Rankings 2015-16