IFC, Africa RE to Develop New Insurance Market for Nigeria's Farmers
LAGOS, Nigeria, 26 March 2019 / PRN Africa / -- IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, today announced that it has signed an agreement with Africa RE, a pan-African reinsurance company headquartered in Nigeria, to help thousands of small holder Nigerian farmers more easily access insurance to protect their crops and livelihoods.
President Kagame and Mrs Bella Disu during the meeting. President Kagame, Glo's Bella Disu Seek Collaboration for Africa's Regional Integration
LAGOS, Nigeria, March 27, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Rwandan President, Paul Kagame and Globacom's Executive Vice Chairman, Mrs Bella Disu, on Monday began discussions on the use of digital technology to help the march towards economic prosperity in Africa. The two leaders held a private meeting after the opening session of the two-day Africa CEO Forum taking place in Kigali, Rwanda.
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 .
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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
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.
