Year: 2024

By: Mandy Park Birthdays are not mere occasions for only celebrations,during which glasses filled with vintage wine and different drinks are clinked and sumptuous delicacies munched. They are also opportunities to extol the exceptional,great virtues of celebrants that have impacted their world. For High Chief Jonah Ejeh aka Obi Adada of Orlu Kingdom who turned a new age on Friday,October 25, 2024 it was a day to thank God and worship Him for a beautiful and rich rewarding year in the life of the great entrepreneur and business mogul. The…

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By: Mandy Park In this insightful chat with Adeniyi Oriade Fabuyi, CEO of Scar Group, he speaks on the entertainment industry, his groundbreaking initiatives, his passion, challenges, legacy and moves on AI innovation as cultural exchange has become vital in an increasingly interconnected world. Excerpts… Can you share your path to becoming CEO of The Scar Group? In 2015, my tenure as a producer/director at Soundcity TV laid the groundwork for my ascent to CEO. My distinctive approach and productivity caught my attention, catapulting me into high demand.Before I knew…

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By: Mandy Park On Monday, October 28, 2024, the Africa Make Big Polluters Pay coalition launched the MBPP Storytelling Platform for African communities at the frontlines of climate change and extractive industry devastation to share their stories and experiences in pursuing climate justice. The platform, domiciled at https://talesofafricasclimate.org/illuminates the devastating impacts of transnational corporations’ extractive activities, debunks false solutions, and champions real and sustainable alternatives in Africa. Modelled after a virtual fireplace, the website is a monthly digital gathering where regional MBPP partners and frontline communities will meet to share…

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By: Mandy Park The patriarch of Kalu Ntah family of Ndi-Okafor compound, Obiene Ututu, Arochukwu, Local Government Area of Abia State, late Mazi Patrick Kalu Ntah will be laid to rest this Saturday, October 26, 2024. Late Mazi Ntah was a community leader and peace advocate, aged 92. He hated injustice, and promoted love, equity and fairness in his community. In a burial programme made available to the media by his son, Chijioke Kalu Ntah, the funeral rites will commence on Friday, 25 October as the body leaves Blessed Mortuary,…

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By: Mandy Park As the 2024 Africa Week of Action Against water Privatisation kicks- off today, Monday, 20, October, civil society organisations, labour activists from across Africa continent, and beyond united under the banner of the Our Water, Our Right Africa Coalition (OWORAC), warn African government’s to stop the privatisation of water. They vowed to resist the commodification of water, while urging African government’s to rather invest adequately in the provision of accessible, and quality water for her citizens. Specifically, the groups demanded among others:”Total halt to all water privatisation…

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By: Mandy Park Pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation, Afenifere, has felicitated with the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, on his 50th birthday. The group in a statement made available to the media, signed by its Deputy Leader, Oba Oladipo Olaitan, and National Publicity Secretary, Prince Justice Faloye, said its Leader, Chief Ayo Adebanjo, and the organization, World wide, wished the monarch happy birthday. Part of the statement read, “The Leader Afenifere Chief Ayo Adebanjo and Afenifere wishes His Royal Majesty, Ooni of Ife Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi Happy 50th birthday.…

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By: Mandy Park Endbadgovernance movement Lagos State, has said they would on Sunday,20 October 2024 join other pro-democracy groups, activists, victims of SARS and police brutality and their families as well as Nigerians of goodwill at the Lekki toll gate for a memorial procession. .Also they disclosed that there would be rally, prayers, speeches, and laying of wreath at the scene of the massacre that took place four years ago. In a statement signed byHassan Taiwo SowetoOsugba BlessingOloye Adegboyega-Adeniji, made available to the Press the group noted that “the day…

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By: Mandy Park African civil society organisations working to promote and defend sugar-sweetened beverage (SSB) taxes in Cameroon, Nigeria, and South Africa on Wednesday, 16 October 2024, jointly released a report exposing the beverage industry’s global campaign to thwart policies and weaken taxes that protect public health. The report, titled “Sweetened Profits: The Industry’s Playbook to Fight Sweetened Beverage Taxes,” demonstrates how the beverage industry, also referred to as Big Soda, uses a global playbook of strategies to deny, dilute, and delay effective policy on sugar-sweetened beverages (SSBs) and other…

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By: Mandy Park A former Commissioner for Finance and Economic Development in Abia State, Dr Philips Nto has decried what he called frequent harassment by the Economic Financial Crimes Commission( EFCC), for a case that has lasted for nine years. He therefore asked the Commission to charge him to court if it has sufficient evidence to prosecute him, rather than the current situation they keep inviting him to Abuja toward the end of the year for the past nine years. Dr Nto was reacting to an invitation sent to him…

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Mandy Park At last, Agege Local Government Chairman, Hon. Ganiyu Egunjobi has spoken on the demolition of buildings at the MKO Abiola market site in the council division, which affected a property former Ogun State deputy Speaker, Hon Edwards Ayo-Odugbesan claimed belongs to him. The said building is located at 47, Old Ogba road beside MKO Abiola market, Agege. While, Ayo-Odugbesan is claiming of having obtained documents of the property in 1997 from the then Lagos State govrrnor, Egunjobi said that the documents bandied by the former Speaker were obtained…

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