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Monday, 10 December 2012 20:47
MTV Donates $4m plus worth Grants to Grassroots Investment in Youth Organizations
To mark the World AIDS Day on December 1, MTV Staying Alive Foundation (SAF) has announced new grants to grassroots organizations striving to promote HIV and AIDS education and awareness around the world. MTV’s global charitable foundation will make new grants to 21 organizations, 12 of which are based in sub-Saharan Africa. For the first time SAF will make awards to projects targeting vulnerable communities in South Sudan and Haiti; an additional 15 organizations will have their grants renewed. Since 2005, SAF has provided 417 grants to youth organizations in more than 60 countries, spending more than US…
Sunday, 09 December 2012 15:07
Eight-year-old Amarachi wins Nigeria's got talent show
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After three months of amazing thrills and frills of numerous stage display of fascinating talents, Amarachi, the eight-year-old who dazzled viewers with her waist twisting dances has emerged winner, Saturday 8. She makes history has the youngest Nigerian to cart away the grand prize of N10 million. Box studios, venue of the grand finale of the family talent reality show in Lagos tagged “Nigeria’s got talent” sponsored by Airtel Nigeria, a telecommunications company in the country, was lit up in ecstasy as Amarachi, a primary school girl of Top-point School, Benin-City, Edo State was voted the ultimate…
Wednesday, 05 December 2012 13:48
Tracing the Evolution of the Civil Service
Through a 129-page book divided into 12 chapters, Ebun Omoyele, a retired Federal permanent secretary chronicles the evolution of the Nigerian civil service from the colonial to post-colonial eras Civil servants are more of the builders of the nation than the transient politicians, remarked Subomi Balogun, chairman, First City Group, during the public presentation of the book titled, The Civil Service in Nigeria: Evolution and Challenges, which held on Thursday, November 22, at the Nigeria Institute of International Affairs, Victoria Island, Lagos. Written by Ebun Omoyele, a retired federal permanent secretary with over two decades of…
Wednesday, 05 December 2012 13:44
Presenting A No Ordinary Book
In what was described as a no ordinary evening set aside to celebrate a no ordinary book, Egodi Adedeji, a lawyer and poet, presented No Ordinary Book, a collection of poems It is one book that could not have come at a better time. In this age when any people seem to be far away from God and are distracted by different challenges of life calling for attention in their homes, relationships and business endeavours, No Ordinary Book, which was presented to members of the public, at the Function Room of the Lagos Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos,…
Tuesday, 27 November 2012 11:57
The Ultimate Hero
The Gulder Ultimate Search 9 may have ended, but the memories linger on for many contestants who left the Usaka Jungle as millionaires He was not one of the extroverts, neither was he outspoken, and so many never gave him a chance to emerge the Ultimate Man. But beneath that demeanour, Paschal Eronmose had his own strategies, which ultimately saw him winning the Gulder Ultimate Search, GUS, 9 edition at Usaka Jungle, Akwa Ibom State. “My strategy was to come in quietly and not be seen as a threat, and that worked for me.” While he readily…
Tuesday, 20 November 2012 14:14
MTN Promo, the Aircraft and Doubting Thomases
From the outset, controversy appears to be the other name for the recently concluded MTN Ultimate Wonder promo. And the reason for this is not far-fetched. The telecommunications giant had promised to give an aircraft or its cash equivalent to the winner of the promo. In Nigeria, that is the biggest prize anyone could ever have won from a promo. And like everything new it was greeted with so much pessimism. It was therefore not surprising that when Ebube Essien-Garrick, the eventual winner of the Cessna 182T aircraft prize was announced on November 13, 2012, the announcement…
Friday, 16 November 2012 14:19
Slim Burna features Bukwild Da Ikwerrian for "All Day" single
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Talented Gabriel Halliday, who is fondly called Slim Burna, has released his newest track from his upcoming mixtape "I'm On Fire". The new track 'All Day' serves as the second single to be lifted from Slim Burna's upcoming mixtape which still hasn't gotten any sort of release date yet, but promises to wow fans. After releasing the title track as the first single back in June, the Port-Harcourt bred multi talented, multi genre musician has continued to set ablaze virtually every record he lays his vocals on. On his latest release, he teams up with Bukwild Da…
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