ESTHER OKADE, 10, A UK’S UNIVERSITY STUDENT

Esther Okade, 13, is a British-Nigerian genius. In 2015, at age 10, she became one of UK's youngest university students after she got admitted to study mathematics at the open university, a UK-based college.

Her dream is to have her own bank by the time she clocks 15.

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FIDELIS DUKER ON ABUJA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL PARTNERSHIP WITH FESPACO

The last two weeks have been more of travels and creating synergies for ABUJA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL and FAD FM 93.1 ... while in Burkina faso last week, Abuja international film festival film festival and Pan African film and television festival of ouagadugou entered into a collaborative partnership where quality films from the Nigerian movie industry (Nollywood) will be given a prominent at FESPACO. AIFF will therefore serve as a clearing house for the Nigerian films and our participation at FESPACO next year. While FESPACO too will facilitate the selection of exceptional African films for AIFF with FEPACI also supporting both organisations to seeing to the success of the partnership. 

This are a few of the arrears of collaboration. It is however instructive that FESPACO will be celebrating 50 years of the festival next year and nollywood will feature as a major theme of the biggest festival on the continent next year.... also important that Abuja international film festival which is the longest running film festival in Anglophone west Africa will also be celebrating 15 years in October this year and FESPACO will be here in Abuja to celebrate with Nigeria's longest running film festival. The meeting had in attendance the founder of AIFF, the director general of FESPACO Ardiouma Soma, the secretary general of fepaci and former minister of culture in Mali cheick omar sissoko, the founder and director of the African film festival of Trinidad and Tobago Asha lovelace, curator and film teacher based in Toronto abubakar sanogo who is working to archive African films in collaboration with FEPACI, filmmaker ramatou. In the next couple of week, more details and engagement with stakeholders will take place.

FLEETWOOD MAC GUITARIST DANNY KIRWAN DEAD AT 68

Danny Kirwan, a key force in Fleetwood Mac’s bluesy three-guitar attack of the late ‘60s and as a singer and songwriter on the group’s transitional albums of the early ‘70s, died Friday. He was 68.

No details about his death were immediately available. The band’s founding drummer Mick Fleetwood acknowledged Kirwan’s passing in a statement for the group on his Facebook page Friday evening.

“Danny was a huge force in our early years,” Fleetwood wrote. “His love for the blues led him to being asked to join Fleetwood Mac in 1968, where he made his musical home for many years.

“Danny’s true legacy, in my mind, will forever live on in the music he wrote and played so beautifully as a part of the foundation of Fleetwood Mac…Thank you, Danny Kirwan. You will forever be missed!”

HASFAT ABIOLA COSTELLO NOW THE EXECUTIVE PRESIDENT WOMEN IN AFRICA INITIATIVE

 L-R; Executive President, Women in Africa, Hafsat Abiola- Costello & President, Women Arise, DrJoe Okei Odumakin.

Passing the baton at Women in Africa Initiative… as Hasfat Abiola Costello becomes the Executive President.

This Tuesday, 5th June 2018, President, Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND), Hafsat Abiola Costello was appointed Executive President of Women in Africa Initiative (WIA Initiative).

“WIA Initiative is the first International Platform dedicated to the economic development and support of leading and high potential Africa Women”.

#AfricaWomenEmpowerment.

The Women Arise Team led by the President, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin was on solidarity visit to the amazon of many progressive battles in Nigeria, Comrade Hafsat Abiola Costello, at her Ikeja residence.

 L-R; President, Women Arise, DrJoe Okei Odumakin & Executive President, Women in Africa, Hafsat Abiola- Costello.

L-R; Kudirat Abiola`s Son, AbdulMumuni Abiola; President, Women Arise, DrJoe Okei Odumakin &Executive President, Women in Africa, Hafsat Abiola- Costello

L-R; Kudirat Abiola`s Son, AbdulMumuni Abiola & President, Women Arise, DrJoe Okei Odumakin.

L-R; President, Women Arise, DrJoe Okei Odumakin; Executive President, Women in Africa, Hafsat Abiola- Costello; Sec. Gen. NUAT, Ms Veronica IsiomaPink & Research Officer, Women Arise, Ms Otekunrin Tommie.

President, Women Arise, DrJoe Okei Odumakin & Executive President, Women in Africa, Hafsat Abiola- Costello.

NIGERIAN MUSIC LEGEND RAS KIMONO IS DEAD

Ras Kimono Bows Out After A Brief Illness! NIGERIA Under pressure Master! Rumba Stylee! My Condolences to his family and friends. NIGERIA has lost VOICE of the PEOPLE. May your gentle soul rest in perfect peace Ras Kimono.

.... Courtesy Nelly Agwu

WOMEN ARISE AGOG FOR THE ORGANIZATION’S PRINTER WITH A BIRTHDAY BASH

Pix 1,L-R; Bishop Calistus; President, Women Arise, DrJoe Okei Odumakin; Celebrant, Olusoji Hakeem; Head Reportorial Corps AIT Lagos, Mr Tokunbo Oyetunji; Admin Officer, Mr Oluwole Adediran; Women Arise, CRP, Com. Ganzallo Antonio Gbenga & Sec. Gen. Veronica IsiomaPink

The Women Arise office was agog today, 7th June, 2018 as the President of the organisation, Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin and senior management team gave Mr. Olusoji Akeem, the organisation's printer and a dependable ally of over one decade a surprise birthday bash.

Pix 2,L-R; President, Women Arise, DrJoe Okei Odumakin; Celebrant, Olusoji Hakeem; Head Reportorial Corps AIT Lagos, Mr Tokunbo Oyetunji & Women Arise, CRP, Com. Ganzallo Antonio Gbenga.

The celebrant who just came for a business meeting never knew that Dr. Joe was following him and knows his birth date.

The celebrant was short of words when asked to respond to the birthday toast.

We wish Mr. Olusoji many happy returns of the day. God bless his new age.

PRESS RELEASE... JUNE 12 AS DEMOCRACY DAY RIGHT

MKO ABIOLA

Our attention has been drawn to the declaration by the Federal Government declaring June 12 as democracy day and conferring the highest honour on MKO posthumously .

June 12 remains unforgettable as the day Nigerians freely elected a President in the freest and fairest election with the winner,Bashorun MKO Abiola standing firm on the mandate he was given until he was liquidated.

We have campaigned around these issues over the years and that is why we accept these honours no matter how belated.

As we look forward to the official celebration of June 12 as democracy day which we have observed every year since the annulment ,It is our wish that the essential spirit of June 12 takes firm root in our land with free and fair election as a norm from the Ekiti elections on July 14 and the general elections in 2019.

That is the moment the spirit of Abiola and all matyrs of June 12 will forgive Nigeria

Dr. Joe Okei Odumakin,

President Women Arise and Centre for Change.

GOV. EZENWO NYESOM WIKE THE GOVERNOR WITH A DIFFERENCE : COMMISSIONING THE TRANS AMADI ROAD PORTHARCOURT

Gov. Wike’s magic comes alive on Trans Amadi Road Port Harcourt Rivers State  as it gets commissioned by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, Nigeria’s former Head of State, tonight.

 #WikeIsWorking Day and Night to keep Rivers State moving.

Governor Ezenwo Nyesom Wike and Former Nigerian Head of State Abdulsalami Abubarkar who commissioned the new Trans Amadi road Portharcourt. 

Gov. Wike’s magic comes alive on Trans Amadi Road as it gets commissioned by Gen. Abdulsalami Abubakar, Nigeria’s former Head of State, tonight.

 #WikeIsWorking Day and Night to keep Rivers State moving.

RUSSIAN EMBASSY IN ISRAEL WILL HOST ITS ANNUAL NATIONAL DAY RECEPTION IN JERUSALEM

Russian President Putin and Israeli Prime Minister  Benjamin Netanyahu

The event will be hosted by Russia’s incoming ambassador Anatoly Viktorov at Sergei’s Courtyard in an area of downtown Jerusalem known as the Russian Compound, which Israeli authorities handed to Russia a decade ago in a goodwill gesture, the Times of Israel reported.

“The decision to host the National Day reception there is not occasional. The Compound symbolizes our culture, traditions and represents a genuine Russian allotment in Israel and the Middle East in general,” a spokesperson for the Russian embassy in Tel Aviv told the Times of Israel on Monday.

Israel’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon said that the event “corresponds to Russia’s April 6, 2017 recognition of West Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, and reflects the good relations between the two countries.”

However, following the decision to host the National Day reception in Jerusalem, the embassy made it clear that Russia still considers the eastern part of the city to be the capital of a future Palestinian state and is opposed to the Trump administration’s decision to recognize all of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital. Eastern Jerusalem contains the Temple Mount – Judaism’s holiest site – as well as the Western Wall and the ancient Jewish Quarter in the Old City.

“We keep in mind that the specific parameters of a solution for the entire range of the issues of the Arab-Israeli conflict, including Jerusalem, should be coordinated at the direct talks between the Israelis and the Palestinians,” the Russian embassy spokesman said. “Russia is ready to further provide assistance to the achievement of relevant agreements between the parties.”

The majority of foreign embassies in Israel host their independence day or national day celebrations in the Tel Aviv area.

Despite relocating the embassy to Jerusalem earlier this month, the U.S. will not hold the July 4th reception in the city this year, the report said.

“We will comment on the July 4 event when we get closer to the event. We’re not ready to make further announcements,” a U.S. embassy official said.

The event is likely to be held at the ambassador’s official residence in Herzliya where it has been held in recent years.

In a February interview with the Times of Israel, Russia’s Deputy Ambassador to Israel Leonid Frolov said that President Donald Trump’s recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital “greatly disrupted the peace process.”

Courtesy : https://www.jewsnews.co.il/2018/05/30/trump-effect-in-an-unprecedented-move-the-russian-embassy-in-israel-will-host-its-annual-national-day-reception-in-jerusalem.html

CELEBRATING THE HERO OF DEMOCRACY

Dr Goodluck Ebele Azikiwe Jonathan.

Former Nigerian President

YES, it's a memorable day in Nigeria today, the 29th day of May, 2018.

Let us celebrate the EPITOME OF PEACE, the ICON OF DEMOCRACY, the SYMBOLIC EMBRYO OF PATIENCE and AN ADHERENT OF THE RULE OF LAW.

The man that vacated the seat of power, and democracy left Nigeria.

Just 1096 days ago, for the sake of peace, the unity of the country and the preservation of my life and that of many Nigerians, both those that love you and those that hate you, you surrendered what others would've held on to.

You disappointed the international communities that taught Nigeria would go up in flames of violence.

Even the numerous people around you that wanted you to hold on, even to the detriment of the lives of many, you ignored their pleas and defied their suggestions and surrendered, not because you are weak as many termed you, nor afraid as they had been saying, but because of one SINGULAR reason, which only you and your God knows. And what is that reason?

YOUR POLITICAL AMBITION WAS NOT WORTH THE BLOOD OF ANY NIGERIAN!

Sir, permit me to tell you this: in the remaining days of your life on earth, you and your entire generations, shall experience "PEACE ROUNDABOUT", continually, in Jesus Mighty name.

JOIN ME TO CELEBRATE THE HERO OF NIGERIAN, AFRICAN AND WORLD DEMOCRACY...

DR GOODLUCK EBELE AZIKIWE JONATHAN.


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