Curator

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Muyiwa Adetiba A cruise ship offers its guests (passengers) two main choices. They can either immerse themselves in the many frenetic activities the ship offers or opt for tranquility and solitude. In my first outing, the younger me opted for the former—shows, exhibitions, fattening cuisine followed by gym, and capped, in the late evenings, by jazz clubbing. Now, an older, more reflective me chooses the latter. I long to see the sunset which can be glorious in the vast expanse of nothingness surrounding it and, if I can rouse myself early enough, the sunrise. Both are awesome in their glorious majesty and purity—a testimony to the power of creation and the Creator. Then in the late afternoons and early evenings, I usually find a spot where I can enjoy the cool breeze while the huge ship rolls languidly, almost motionlessly, on the often deep blue waters. At times like this, for some inexplicable reason, I think of an Otis Redding song ‘Sitting on the dock of...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Juliet Ebirim To tackle the high unemployment rate in the country, GMYT Fashion Academy has announced the launch of the GMYT Foundation which will take place on  Sunday, the 25th of June, 2017  at the Oriental Hotel in Lagos, Nigeria. The GMYT Foundation is an empowerment platform for under privileged women to learn various aspects of fashion illustration, design, and manufacture via scholarship provisions to the GMYT Fashion Academy. The foundation not only desires to train and equip women with skills in fashion design but also seeks to provide business knowledge for its benefactors to enable them start and grow sustainable businesses and in turn serve as vehicles for empowerment and employment. The vision of the foundation in the second half of this year is to provide “scholarships for 100 women to the academy to learn the business of fashion design”, says Princess Kelechi Oghene. “If we all can attain a particular skill, we can change and contri...

via Blogger http://ift.tt/2s2oC0A

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By John Mkom J alingo— The Speaker, Taraba State House of Assembly, Mr. Abel Diah, has described the anti-open grazing bill before the house as a revolution that is beneficial to both the pastoralists and farmers. Diah stated this yesterday in Jalingo while briefing journalists at the end of the second legislative year of the 8th Taraba Assembly. The Taraba anti-open grazing bill is coming on the heels of incessant crisis involving herdsmen and farmers, which had claimed hundreds of lives and destruction of property worth millions of naira. Diah, while debunking insinuations in some quarters that the bill was a witch-hunt of some people, said the bill was aimed at improving the life of livestock and herders. The speaker explained that the bill was not going to stop grazers outside the state from coming into the state, but that those coming in would be given a temporary permit for the purpose of identifying livestock owners.   The post Taraba grazing bil...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Dennis Udoma U YO —Total Exploration and Production, TEPNG, has demonstrated its commitment to the continuous development of education and communities in the Niger Delta region, through its annual adult literacy of teachers’ development workshop in Akwa Ibom State. The 2-day capacity building workshop at Mary Harney Girls Secondary School, Oron in Akwa Ibom, was sponsored by the NNPC/TEPNG Joint Venture particularly, for teachers engaged in adult literacy campaigns in the state. Manager, Capacity Development in Community Affairs and Development Division of TEPNG, Mr. Enefiok Akpan said, the workshop, with the theme, “Effective Teaching Methodology,” was expedient and in recognition of the importance of adult literacy in community development process. He said that though the theme was carefully chosen to reflect the thinking of TEPENG management with respect to adult education development of communities, Total E and P believed that building the capacity of a...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By John Mkom J alingo— The Speaker, Taraba State House of Assembly, Mr. Abel Diah, has described the anti-open grazing bill before the house as a revolution that is beneficial to both the pastoralists and farmers. Diah stated this yesterday in Jalingo while briefing journalists at the end of the second legislative year of the 8th Taraba Assembly. The Taraba anti-open grazing bill is coming on the heels of incessant crisis involving herdsmen and farmers, which had claimed hundreds of lives and destruction of property worth millions of naira. Diah, while debunking insinuations in some quarters that the bill was a witch-hunt of some people, said the bill was aimed at improving the life of livestock and herders. The speaker explained that the bill was not going to stop grazers outside the state from coming into the state, but that those coming in would be given a temporary permit for the purpose of identifying livestock owners.   The post Taraba grazing bil...

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Dennis Udoma U YO —Total Exploration and Production, TEPNG, has demonstrated its commitment to the continuous development of education and communities in the Niger Delta region, through its annual adult literacy of teachers’ development workshop in Akwa Ibom State. The 2-day capacity building workshop at Mary Harney Girls Secondary School, Oron in Akwa Ibom, was sponsored by the NNPC/TEPNG Joint Venture particularly, for teachers engaged in adult literacy campaigns in the state. Manager, Capacity Development in Community Affairs and Development Division of TEPNG, Mr. Enefiok Akpan said, the workshop, with the theme, “Effective Teaching Methodology,” was expedient and in recognition of the importance of adult literacy in community development process. He said that though the theme was carefully chosen to reflect the thinking of TEPENG management with respect to adult education development of communities, Total E and P believed that building the capacity of a...

http://ift.tt/2qGyJb5 The Super Eagles might be without the services of Leon Balogun for their forthcoming international friendlies against Corsica (May 26) and Togo (June 1) in France due to injury. The right fullback had to replaced after 18 minutes in the Bundesliga clash between Cologne and Mainz at RheinEnergieSTADION on Saturday afternoon. The initial prognosis is that Balogun sustained a thigh injury which might keep him on the sidelines for at least two weeks. In the coming days, the Nigeria international will be subjected to tests to determine the severity of his injury and the time frame for his return to training. William Troost-Ekong, Uche Agbo and Chidozie Awaziem are the remaining central defenders named in Nigeria’s roster for the friendlies with Corsica and Togo.   The post Balogun doubtful for Corsica friendly appeared first on Vanguard News . Vía Vanguard News http://ift.tt/2rEAlz1

http://ift.tt/2q8lJHa Jowhor Ile, author of And After Many Days Jowhor Ile, author of And After Many Days, has won the Etisalat Prize for Literature. With this, he becomes the first Nigerian to win the book prize, which is in its fourth edition. Vía The Guardian Nigeria Newspaper | Nigeria News and World News http://ift.tt/2r4zFHb

http://ift.tt/eA8V8J By Babatunde Jimoh Mr Ini Akpabio, the Group Managing Director, NANET Hotel and Suites, has called on the Federal Government to periodically host international tourism conferences to boost influx of tourists into the country. Akpabio, who disclosed this in Lagos during the week, said  that such programmes would afford  local and foreign tourists to meet themselves, exchange ideas, promote domestic tourism products and destinations. “Many countries have developed their tourism sectors through periodic hosting of international events. “ Nigeria can also key into such development by hosting international conferences and events to boost influx of tourists,“ he said. Akpabio said  the United Kingdom has continued to benefit from the World Travel Market;  Germany from the  World Tourism Exhibitions usually held in  Berlin, Global Hospitality Conference in  Hong Kong and International Joint World Culture Tourism Conference in  ...