Friday, September 28, 2012

World's Leading Oil Conference Reveals African Future

19th Africa Oil Week 2012 from Jerome Svikovsky on Vimeo.

Africa's Premier International Oil & Gas Event


27 Sep 2012 09:30 Africa/Lagos

World's Leading Oil Conference Reveals African Future

CAPE TOWN, South Africa and THE HAGUE, The Netherlands, September 27, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --

19 th Africa Oil Week held from October 29 th until November 2 nd in Cape Town

(View 19 th Africa Oil week video on http://vimeo.com/45301330)

With over 900 delegates from 75 countries and 85 presentations from leading speakers - representing super-majors, independents, national oil companies, governments, licensing agencies and banks - the 19 th Africa Oil Week shall host the world's leading deal-making and senior-level networking oil/gas industry in Africa, thus retaining its reputation as one of the top world-class conferences on the global calendar.

Global Pacific & Partners' event will be held from October 29 th until November 2 nd in the Pavilion Conference Center in Cape Town, along with the 14th Scramble for Africa Strategy Briefing, the 47th PetroAfricanus Dinner, the 9th African Independents Forum and the 19th Africa Upstream Conference, ending with the well-known traditional 'braai' (barbeque) on the Cape waterfront.

Showcase presentations are made by key companies and investors in Africa. For instance Dr Duncan Clarke, chairman and CEO of Global Pacific & Partners, tells about future opportunities for independents in Africa. During the Upstream Conference new explorations and discoveries in Equatorial New Guinea, Nigeria, Mozambique and the Maghreb countries are revealed. Executive vice-president Ian Cooling of Anadarko tells about the exploration journey his leading super-independent made across the continent during the PetroAfricanus Dinner.

Many of the leading players involved in the Eastern Africa acreage and gas boom are either on the speaker program or have registered as delegates and exhibitors.

Global Pacific & Partners celebrates over 30 years of in-depth engagement inside and within the African oil and gas industry across all regions and key countries. From 1980 on its efforts were directed at in-depth research on oil and gas across all countries and on national oil companies in Africa for governments and private clients, plus on the ventures and strategies of a growing cast of corporate competitors.

Later on the company started an advisory practice and began organizing conferences and strategy briefings. The well-established PetroAfricanus Club has hosted 46 dinners with over 4,000 guests.

CEO Duncan Clarke has published various studies and analyses on the African oil market and exploration.

More information: http://www.petro21.com/events/?id=755

CONTACT: Babette van Gessel, Vice Chairman - The Hague Global Pacific & Partners, +31-70-324-6154, babette@glopac-partners.com








British Billionaires Work for their Billions, but Nigerians Steal their Own

President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria is from the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP) controlled by the past leaders indicted for corrupt practices in government.
Nigeria has lost more than $300bn to corrupt leaders since independence according to the Independent Corrupt Practices And Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) inaugurated on September 29th, 2000 by the Nigerian President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, GCFR.

Letter to Nigerian Parents
~ By Prof. Tunde
First published on Dec 14th, 11 06:21 pm.


Friends,
Let me add the benefit of my time as a student and then resident in the UK - and I live in Lagos now. The first thing that I discovered about UK-born, white, English undergraduates was that all of them did holiday or weekend job to support themselves - including the children of millionaires amongst them. It is the norm over there - regardless how wealthy their parents are. And I soon discovered that virtually all other foreign students did the same - the exception being those of us status-conscious Nigerians.

I also watched Richard Branson (owner of Virgin Airline) speaking on the Biography Channel and, to my amazement; he said that his young children travel in the economy class -even when the parents (he and his wife) are in upper class. Richard Branson is a billionaire in Pound Sterling. A quick survey would show you that only children from Nigeria fly business or upper class to commence their studies in the UK . No other foreign students do this. There is no aircraft attached to the office of the prime minister in the UK - he travels on BA. And the same goes for the Royals. The Queen does not have an aircraft for her exclusive use.

These practices simply become the culture which the next generation carries forward. Have you seen the car that Kate Middleton the lass married to Prince William drives? VW Golf or something close to it. But there's one core difference in them and us (generally speaking). They - the billionaires among them work for their money, we steal ours!

If we want our children to bring about the desired change we have been praying for on behalf of our dear country, then please, please let's begin now and teach them to work hard so that they can stand alone and most importantly be content, and not have to "steal". This seems to be the norm these days.

"30 is the new 18", which seems to be the new age for testing out the world in Nigeria now. That seems to be an unspoken but widely accepted mindset among the last 2 generations of parents in Nigeria .

At age 18 years, a typical young adult in the UK leaves the clutches of his/her parents for the University, chances are, that's the last time those parents will ever play "landlord" to their son or daughter except of course the occasional home visits during the academic year.

At 21 years and above or below, the now fully grown and independent minded adult graduates from University, searches for employment, gets a job and shares a flat with other young people on a journey into becoming fully fledged adults.

I can hear the echo of parents saying, well, that is because the UK economy is thriving, safe, well structured and jobs are everywhere? I beg to differ and I ask that you kindly hear me out. I am UK trained Recruitment Consultant and I have been practicing for the past 10 years in Nigeria . I have a broad range of experience from recruiting graduates to executive director level of large corporations. In addition, I talk from the point of view of someone with relatively privileged upbringing.

Driven to school every day, had my clothes washed for me, was barred from taking any part-time job during my A-levels so that I could concentrate on studying for my exams?! BUT, I got the opportunity to live apart from my parents from age 18 and the only time I came back home to stay was for 3 months before I got married!

Am I saying that every parent should wash their hands off their children at age 18? No, not at all, of course, I enjoyed the savings that I made from living on and off at my parent's house in London - indeed that is the primary reason for my being able to buy myself a 3 bedroom flat in London at age 25 with absolutely no direct financial help from my parents!

For me, pocket money stopped at age 22, not that it was ever enough for my lifestyle to compete with Paris Hilton's or Victoria Beckham's. Meanwhile today, we have Nigerian children who have never worked for 5 minutes in their lives insisting on flying "only" first or business class, carrying the latest Louis Vuitton ensemble, Victoria 's Secret underwear and wearing Jimmy Choo's, fully paid for by their "loving" parents.

I often get calls from anxious parents, my son graduated 2 years ago and is still looking for a job, can you please assist! Oh really! So where exactly this “child” is my usual question. Why are you the one making this call dad/mum?

I am yet to get a satisfactory answer, but between you and me, chances are that big boy is cruising around Lagos with a babe dressed to the nines, in his dad's spanking new SUV with enough "pocket money" to put your salary to shame. It is not at all strange to have a 28 year old who has NEVER worked for a day in his or her life in Nigeria but "earns" a six figure "salary" from parents for doing absolutely nothing.
I see them in my office once in a while, 26 years old with absolutely no skills to sell, apart from a shiny CV, written by his dad's secretary in the office. Of course, he has a driver at his beck and call and he is driven to the job interview. We have a fairly decent conversation and we get to the inevitable question - so, what salary are you looking to earn? Answer comes straight out - N250,000.00. I ask if that is per month or per annum.

Of course it is per month. Oh, why do you think you should be earning that much on your first job? Well, because my current pocket money is N200,000.00 and I feel that an employer should be able to pay me more than my parents. I try very hard to compose myself, over parenting is in my opinion the greatest evil handicapping the Nigerian youth. It is at the root of our national malaise.

We have a youth population of tens of millions of who are being "breastfed and diapered" well into their 30s. Even though the examples I have given above are from parents of considerable affluence, similar patterns can be observed from Abeokuta to Adamawa! Wake up mum! Wake up dad! You practically love your children to death! No wonder corruption continues to thrive. We have a society of young people who have been brought up to expect something for nothing, as if it were a birth right.

I want to encourage you to send your young men and women (anyone over 20 can hardly be called a child!) out into the world, maybe even consider reducing or stopping the pocket money to encourage them to think, explore and strive. Let them know that it is possible for them to succeed without your "help".

Take a moment to think back to your own time as a young man/woman, what if someone had kept spoon feeding you, would you be where you are today? No tree grows well under another tree, children that are not exposed to challenges, don't cook well. That is why you see adults complaining, "my parents didn't buy clothes for me this Christmas", ask him/her how old are you? 30 years +. Because of the challenges we faced in our youth, we are where and what we are today. This syndrome-my children will not suffer what I suffered is destroying our tomorrow.

Deliberately, reduce their allowance or mum-don't cook on Saturday till late afternoon or evening-do as occasion deserve.

I learnt the children of a former Nigerian head of state with all the stolen (billions) monies in their custody, still go about with security escort as wrecks. They are on drugs, several times because of the drug, they collapse in public places. The escort will quickly pack them and off they go, what a life! No one wants to marry them. Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young.- Henry Ford. Hard work does not kill; everything in Nigeria is going down, including family settings. It is time to cook our children, preparing them for tomorrow. We are approaching the season in Nigeria where only the RUGGED, will survive. How will your ward fare?

If the present generation of Nigerian pilots retires, will you fly a plane flown by a young Nigerian pilot, If trained in Nigeria ? People now have first class, who cannot spell GRADUATE or read an article without bomb blast! Which Way Nigeria ?, Which Way Nigerians!! Is this how we will ALL sit and watch this country SINK....








American Muslims Arabic Appeal on 'Innocence of Muslims'



(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/27/12) -- The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today released a second video appeal in Arabic to those protesting an anti-Islam film "Innocence of Muslims."

[NOTE: This is the third in a planned series of such videos in various languages to be released by CAIR.]

In the CAIR video, Imam Dr. Syed Abu Abdullah of the Islamic Center of Cleveland tells Arabic-speaking viewers that the U.S. government does not support and did not authorize the film. The imam also says that Muslims should not fall into the "trap" set by the film's producers. (NOTE: The appeal was produced for CAIR by Take1Media of Cleveland, Ohio.)

Earlier this month, CAIR released a similar video appeal in Arabic. In it, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad tells viewers in the Middle East that ordinary Americans and the U.S. government should not be blamed for the religious hatred expressed in the film.

CAIR also released a video appeal in Yoruba, a language spoken by more than 20 million people, to those protesting the anti-Islam film in Nigeria and other parts of West Africa.

Video: CAIR Re-Releases Arabic Appeal on 'Innocence of Muslims'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K3tZILaLTs
Video: CAIR Releases Yoruba Appeal on 'Innocence of Muslims' Protests
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJ3WPKCwVrI

In a news conference with national American Muslim leaders, CAIR condemned the killings of American diplomats in Libya and said that extremists must not be allowed to control the political and religious discourse worldwide.

Video: U.S. Muslim Leaders Condemn Killings of American Diplomats
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dI844aC1qU

CAIR had previously called on Muslims in the Middle East to ignore the distribution of the "trashy" anti-Islam film that resulted in the attacks in Libya, Egypt and other nations throughout the Muslim world.

SEE: CAIR Asks Mideast Muslims to Ignore 'Trashy' Anti-Islam Film
http://tinyurl.com/9z66a44

CAIR is America's largest Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization. Its mission is to enhance the understanding of Islam, encourage dialogue, protect civil liberties, empower American Muslims, and build coalitions that promote justice and mutual understanding.

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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Pre Order Chinua Achebe's New Book There Was A Country on Biafra


CLICK HERE TO ORDER There Was A Country: A Personal History of Biafra.

Release Date: October 11, 2012


From the legendary author of Things Fall Apart comes a longawaited memoir about coming of age with a fragile new nation, then watching it torn asunder in a tragic civil war.

The defining experience of Chinua Achebe’s life was the Nigerian civil war, also known as the Biafran War, of 1967–1970. The conflict was infamous for its savage impact on the Biafran people, Chinua Achebe’s people, many of whom were starved to death after the Nigerian government blockaded their borders. By then, Chinua Achebe was already a world-renowned novelist, with a young family to protect. He took the Biafran side in the conflict and served his government as a roving cultural ambassador, from which vantage he absorbed the war’s full horror. Immediately after, Achebe took refuge in an academic post in the United States, and for more than forty years he has maintained a considered silence on the events of those terrible years, addressing them only obliquely through his poetry. Now, decades in the making, comes a towering reckoning with one of modern Africa’s most fateful events, from a writer whose words and courage have left an enduring stamp on world literature.

Achebe masterfully relates his experience, bothas he lived it and how he has come to understand it. He begins his story with Nigeria’s birth pangs and the story of his own upbringing as a man and as a writer so that we might come to understand the country’s promise, which turned to horror when the hot winds of hatred began to stir. To read There Was a Country is to be powerfully reminded that artists have a particular obligation, especially during a time of war. All writers, Achebe argues, should be committed writers—they should speak for their history, their beliefs, and their people.

Marrying history and memoir, poetry and prose, There Was a Country is a distillation of vivid firsthand observation and forty years of research and reflection. Wise, humane, and authoritative, it will stand as definitive and reinforce Achebe’s place as one of the most vital literary and moral voices of our age.

CLICK HERE TO ORDER There Was A Country: A Personal History of Biafra.











First Nollywood Outdoor Cinema Workshop In Nigeria


Screen Outdoor Open Air Cinema will present the first Nollywood Outdoor Cinema Workshop
November 28-30, 2012,
Lagos, Nigeria.

It is the first ever outdoor cinema workshop in Nigeria
For only 40 participants
Fee N25, 000 only per person.

You will learn all the latest technology in outdoor cinema business to start your own outdoor cinema with equipment from Open Air Cinema USA.

Screen Outdoor Open Air Cinema is duly registered to operate outdoor cinema business in Nigeria.

All Inquiries, Including Sponsorships and Partnerships, Contact:
http://screennaija.projectionfoundation.org/
International Digital Post Network, LLC
C/O Supple Communications Limited
1, Bajulaiye Road
Shomolu, Lagos, Nigeria.
Tel: 234 706 637 9246
E-mail: publisher@nigeriansreport.com








Wednesday, September 26, 2012

Oando Foundation Launches Effort to Transform African Education


26 September 2012 14:00 Africa/Lagos

Oando Foundation Launches Effort to Transform African Education at 2012 Clinton Global Initiative Annual Meeting

NEW YORK, Sept. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Oando Foundation – the philanthropic arm of Oando PLC, one of Africa's leading indigenous energy solutions providers – is attending the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI) Annual Meeting this week to emphasize the urgent need to transform education in Nigeria and across the African continent. The Foundation is calling on government, business and donor organizations to make the investments necessary for Nigeria to meet the Millennium Development Goals to achieve universal primary education and lower poverty rates.

Established in 2005 by former U.S. President Bill Clinton, CGI convenes a community of global leaders to address the world's most pressing challenges and forge solutions. The Oando Foundation is a CGI member and for the first time will pledge a Commitment to Action to address the urgent need for sustainable development across Nigeria's education sector. As Africa's most populous nation, this commitment promises to transform education for more than 60,000 children in 100 public primary schools by 2015.

"We know that knowledge is the bedrock of world-class aspirations," said Wale Tinubu, Group Chief Executive of Oando PLC. "To ensure future generations of Africans can compete on the global stage, we need to ensure excellence at every point in the education experience."

The Oando Foundation is improving the quality of education at every level – investing in infrastructure, ICT capacity building, teacher training, scholarships, creative centers, potable water, books and other materials. The Foundation is also putting early learning centers in its funded schools. The Foundation is working with the Federal Government of Nigeria to shape education policy and the Local Government Education Authority to implement best practices at the primary school level. The Foundation also partners with the State Universal Board of Basic Education, the private-sector and NGOs to provide the resources and expertise necessary to improve education.

According to Nigeria's National Bureau of Statistics the country's GDP growth rate was 7.68 percent in 2011. By comparison, the United States' growth rate for the same period is estimated at 2.30 percent. In a nation of more than 158 million people where more than 60 percent of the population is under age 25, improving education is critical to ensuring Nigeria achieves its potential and remains an economic anchor in the region.

About the Oando Foundation. The Oando Foundation was established in 2011 with the aim to create long-term shared values. It has a proud heritage of reinvesting in the community with a focus on strategic partnerships with government, the private sector, NGOs and civil society. The Foundation is funded by independent contributions and corporate contributions. Oando PLC currently provides 1 percent of its annual pretax profit to fund Foundation priorities. Today 80 percent of Oando's giving is committed to primary education and 20 percent goes to special projects designed to address other key social issues. Learn more about the Foundation at oandofoundation.org.


SOURCE Oando Foundation

CONTACT: Nisha Chhabra, +1-512-965-2827, nchhabra@webershandwick.com

Web Site: http://www.oandofoundation.org

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5 Things About Social Business Successes with Sandy Carter



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Tuesday, September 25, 2012

There Are Over 60 Million Generators in Nigeria


"Currently, there are about 60 million generators in Nigeria at the ratio of one per household of 2.5 people with an annual spending of N1.6 trillion."

~ Dr. Kabir Usman, Director-General of Centre for Management Development.

Dr Usman further said that the presence of the too many generators has caused many deaths in the nation as a result of carbon monoxide emission.

He revealed that the Nigeria's highly inadequate supply of electricity adds 40 per cent to the cost of goods produced in the country. According to him, "the situation has compelled many industries to either shut down or relocate to neighbouring countries."

He also said that the poorest Nigerians paid more than N80/kwh burning candles, kerosene and firewood while manufacturers paid between N45 and N60/kwh on diesel to run their generators.

Read more on Nairaland.








9th Abuja International Film Festival Opens Today


All roads lead to the 9th Abuja International Film opening today at the prestigious Silverbird Entertainment Centre, Plot 1161, Memorial Drive, By Musa Yar'adua Center, Central Business District, F.C.T, Abuja.

Fidelis Duker, Founder and festival director of the yearly Abuja International Film Festival (AIFF).

The Founder and Festival Director, Fidelis Duker told The Guardian of Nigeria that there will be over 70 screenings in the three day film festival with a special summit on the 20th Anniversary of Nollywood.

"We are very much ready for the 9th edition of the festival. It’s instructive to mention that our preparedness is very simple, as we don’t bite more than we can chew. We are prepared to host the world even with our challenge. It must be said that every year, AIFF comes out with a new flavour. This year we are celebrating Nollywood at 20 and part of the plan is a retrospective segment where films such as Living In Bondage, Ti Oluwa Nile, Unforgiven Sin, Rattle Snake, Silent Night and Circle of Doom will be screened. Also, we have introduced an industry focus segment. During the festival, Kannywood, the producers of Hausa films, will be our focus," Duker told Shaibu Husseini of The Guardian's Moviedom magazine.

Filmmakers from the host country Nigeria, USA, France, Spain, Germany, Italy, Belgium, Poland, Taiwan, Israel, Lebanon, Bangladesh, Zimbabwe, Ghana and other countries are participating in the official competition.

9TH ABUJA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL - 2012 OFFICIAL NOMINEES LIST


Best Feature Nigeria

1. Phone Swap – Kunle Afolayan
2. I will take my chances – Desmond Elliot
3. Married but Living Single – Tunde Olaoye
4. Holding Hope – Desmond Elliot
5. Jejeloye – James Muyiwa
6. True Citizens – Elvis Chuks

Best Feature Foreign

1. Brother – Venezuela
2. Marieke Marieke – Belgium
3. Without – USA
4. The Christening – Poland
5. Marhejaan - Bangladesh

Best Short Film Nigeria

1. Till Death Do Us Part – Tope Oshin Ogun
2. 500 Dollars - Mohammed Musulumi
3. Young Smoker – Tope Osin Ogun

Best Short Film Foreign

1. Double Happiness - Taiwan
2. Barefoot Humanity - Italy
3. Behind The Window – Lebanon
4. 0507 - UK
5. Zambezi News - Zimbabwe
6. The Substitute - Israel
7. Light Hearted Boy – Italy

Best Documentary

1. Goge Africa – Nigeria
2. Rent Boys – Germany
3. Sex In City – Zimbabwe
4. Ginger -

Best Experimental Film

1. Retribution – Nigeria
2. Game Over - Ghana
3. Campus Life – Zimbabwe

Best Animation Film

1. Mission – Nigeria
2. Zaniek Geliago – France
3. A Mysterious Fish - Spain
4. Losser Leg - Italy

Outstanding Male Act

1. Joseph Benjamin – Nigeria – Married But Living Single
2. Desmond Elliot - Nigeria – Holding Hope
3. Bryan Okwere – Nigeria – I will take my Chances
4. Ron Carrier –USA – Without
5. Wole Ojo – Nigeria – Phone Swap

Outstanding Female Act

1. Nse Ikpe Etim – Nigeria – Phone Swap
2. Uche Jombo – Nigeria – Holding Hope
3. Ini Edo – Nigeria – I will take my chances
4. Joselyn Jensen – USA - Without
5. Amara Amoji – Nigeria – Till Death Do Us Part

Outstanding Film In Directing

1. Holding Hope – Nigeria – Desmond Elliot
2. Phone Swap – Nigeria – Kunle Afolayan
3. Without – USA – Maric Jckson
4. Till Death Do Us Part – Nigeria – Tope Oshin Ogun
5. Married But Living Single - Nigeria – Tunde Olaoye

Golden Jury

1. Phone Swap – Nigeria
2. Without – USA
3. Married but Living and Single – Nigeria
4. Holding Hope - Nigeria
5. Maherjaan – Bangladesh
6. Double Happiness – Taiwan
7. Behind the Window - Lebanon










Monday, September 24, 2012

Single Girl Infects 90 People with HIV/AIDS


Single Girl Infects 90 People with HIV/AIDS

The shocking news of a 1st year student at Moi University who infected 90 people with HIV/AIDS virus in only 60 days has sent shivers down the spines of those who had sex with her, their lovers, spouses and others in relationship with them after the girl even went ahead to expose their names to the Kenyan Daily Post.

Another female student at University of Nairobi had also claimed that she infected 322 men with HIV/AIDS.
“I am a student and I am HIV-positive. I swore I would spread the thing because I got infected during my first experience. I have slept with 322 guys in my campus and two outside. I wanted to infect 2,500 people but the guilt is now killing me,” she said in a text message she sent to a close friend.