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B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G News!!! Senate Rejects Buhari’s 46 Ambassadorial nominees
The Senate has rejected the 46 non-career ambassadorial nominees sent to it by President Muhammadu Buhari for legislative approval. - Hope For Nigeria
Another Nigerian Lt Col killed by Boko Haram
BREAKING: Another Nigerian Lieutenant Colonel ambushed, killed by Boko Haram
Read more at http://www.dailytrust.com.ng/news/general/breaking-another-nigerian-lieutenant-colonel-ambushed-killed-by-boko-haram/171801.html#sCcYH5S8H670wgoH.99
-Daily Trust
popular musician, Oritsefemi hospitalised
Sultan Of Sokoto Dies At 93
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The late Sultan Dasuki, father of ex-National Security
Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, was deposed in 1996 by the late Head of State, General
Sani Abacha, after he was installed by Military President, General Ibrahim
Babangida, in 1988. He ruled for eight years before his deposition and
banishment to Zing, in Taraba State.
Dasuki was the first Sultan from the Buhari line of the House of Dan Fodio.
He was a close associate of Ahmadu Bello and held the traditional title of
Baraden Sokoto before becoming Sultan. The late Sultan attended Dogondaji
Elementary School before proceeding to Sokoto Middle School in 1935. He
finished his secondary education at Barewa College on sponsorship from Sokoto
Native Authority. After finishing high school in 1943, he worked as a clerk in
the treasury office of the Sokoto Native Authority. In 1945, he took up
appointment with Gaskiya Corporation, a publishing house that published the
Hausa daily, Gaskiya Ta Fi Kwabo. He joined the civil service as an executive
officer and later became private secretary to Ahmadu Bello. In 1957, he filled
the position of regional executive council deputy secretary and was sent to
Jeddah as Nigeria’s pilgrimage officer. Between 1960 and 1961, Dasuki worked in
the Nigerian embassy in Khartoum, Sudan and was later brought back to Nigeria
by Ahmadu Bello to work in Jos, following which he became the permanent
secretary in the regional Ministry of Local Government.
May his soul rest in peace.
IYABO OBASANJO SAYS NIGERIA IS BEING RUN ON OLD IDEAS
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Dr. Iyabo Obasanjo |
Asked to assess the developments in Nigeria, she said: "Sad! How a country with so many talented people could be in such mess is saddening. It is the future that actually is frightening. How are children and grandchildren going to do in the future when no one is planning for the future?
Do you see the “Change” Nigerians made at the federal level last year leading the country in the right direction? Twice recently I have come across interviews of the President (Muhammadu Buhari) and it seems his focus is just on oil and gas. Focusing on oil and gas, a natural resource we have no control over is what got us to where we are and somehow he thinks it will get us out! The time of oil as a king commodity is past and never coming back. In the history of humanity, the commodity that becomes king changes from time to time. From the time of the OPEC formation in the early seventies till now, oil had been king. It will no longer be because if we continue using it at the rate, we have in the last 100 years we will not have a planet.
Presidency 2019: Dangote says he has no interest in politics
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Dangote |
Following a recent publication in a national newspaper that Africa’s
richest man, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, was
being wooed by the Northern power brokers, who call the shots in Aso Rock, to
succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019, he said he has no intention to
contest in any election.
Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has dismissed reports of his being
wooed by powerful close-knit, Northern power brokers, who call the shots in Aso
Rock, to succeed President Muhammadu Buhari in 2019.
Mr. Anthony Chiejina, Group Head, Corporate Communications,
Dangote Group, who spoke on behalf of Dangote, to The Authority on phone stated
that, “As a professionally run organisation with the interest of its shareholders
in mind, we don’t think politics is our priority.”
Givers and Takers by Uzor Ngoladi
Givers and Takers
Giving gives you relevance. Taking gives you obscurity. Giving makes you an asset. Taking makes you a liability. Giving is a higher realm in the work of God and humanity. The world marvels at givers. The world loves givers. Every giver has the potential to be self sufficient because the natural laws of God has a time tested means of enriching givers. No giver will go unrewarded. The reward for giving is irreversible. With time, every man will receive as much as he has given. Reset your mindset to the mode of giving. There is nothing wrong with taking but do not get comfortable being at the receiving end. No man is too poor to give. Task your mind to be a giver.
Giving gives you relevance. Taking gives you obscurity. Giving makes you an asset. Taking makes you a liability. Giving is a higher realm in the work of God and humanity. The world marvels at givers. The world loves givers. Every giver has the potential to be self sufficient because the natural laws of God has a time tested means of enriching givers. No giver will go unrewarded. The reward for giving is irreversible. With time, every man will receive as much as he has given. Reset your mindset to the mode of giving. There is nothing wrong with taking but do not get comfortable being at the receiving end. No man is too poor to give. Task your mind to be a giver.
How LagosPhoto Festival 2016 featured aesthetic works from 42 photographers
The foremost international festival of photography
in Nigeria, LagosPhoto, recently had its seventh edition of exhibition,
workshops, screening, artists’ presentation and large scale outdoor
installations in Lagos.
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Titled: “Rituals and Performance,” the Curator,
International Projects,
Thursday, 10 November 2016
Day documentary photographers- Adigwe fruithloop Ndubuisi and Ralph Eluehike unveiled their maiden exhibition
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Adigwe Fruithloop Ndubuisi |
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Ralph Eluehike |
The title of Ndubuisi’s work is “Country Folks”. He
revealed that he grew up in a remote area in Ejigbo, Lagos, that was what
pushed him into photography.
“I use my works to bring out people in remote areas
so the world can see them and help them. They are living under one Dollar per
day in this country. They are striving to survive even as they are going
through pain of hardship. They are struggling that they become somebody great,”
says the 26-year-old native of Obior, Aniocha North Local Government Area,
Delta State.
Despite the economic hardship many Nigerians are
facing, Ndubuisio does not stay in one location. He moves around Nigeria to uncover
interesting people and places. One of his works has three naked children in a
boat. He sheds light on that: “I normally move around with my camera. When I
saw them in a boat in Bayelsa State one hot afternoon, probably they just
returned from school and their parents asked them to go and take shower.
Normally, they go to the river to swim after school hours, so they were
actually having fun there.”
There is a photograph of a woman in Ibadan, Oyo
State, who works in an abattoir. “She said it would be nice if the government
can be giving them stipend every month. She fetches water for people at the
abattoir and they normally pay her little amount of money by the end of the
day. She was tired when I saw her. So she asked me to tell the government to
come to their aid, that they are really suffering.
“In another photo where three men were sitting down,
the man at the middle is the security man at the abattoir. The two men sitting
with him asked me to take them pictures with the man as a remembrance of him
because he has been working there for many years.”
Ndubuisi has been into documentary photography for
three years, professionally and that is what he does for a living. He suggested
that photographs can be used to transform Nigeria and the world through the
stories he tells using with his camera.
“If I was not
into photography, I am not expected to be in this life. Everything I do is
photography. I live and breathe photography. It is my passion and what I love
doing. In the next five years, I see the industry turn around for me. I can’t
really explain it but, I know something good will come out from my profession.”
He disagreed with the statement that a lot of people
don’t patronise photographers and artists in Nigeria. On how he makes it
financially, he said, “People love art and patronise us. I have never met
anyone that does not like art. I am surviving with my job and it is paying my
bills. I don’t do any other thing apart
from photography.”
Ndubuisi attended the Niger Delta University,
Bayelsa, where he studied Fine and Applied Arts. At 300 level in school, he
specialised in Photography and Graphic Design. He graduated in 2014. “I love
Arts so much. Art has been of my life,
art has been what I love doing. I draw a lot and that is what led me to the
university to study Fine Arts.”
His role models in art sector are Karly Tailor and
Kelechi Amadi Obi,
He advised the Nigerian youths to improve on
whatever they know how to do. “If you know how to wash clothes, improve on it.
Be the best, people will locate and patronise you.”
A documentary photographer and photo journalist, Mr.
Ralph Eluehike, also a street photographer has been doing photography
professionally for eight years. He partnered with Adigwe whom he has working
with for some time. “If you go through our images, there is some kind of
similarity. We shoot almost alike. Being someone I know and feel I can work
with, we both decided to hold the exhibition since we have couple of good works
and a project we are working on. We were motivated by a good friend of ours,
Mr. Jess, who encouraged us till now.”
The titles of Eluehike’s works are divided into
three, namely: “Domestic Work: Lights and Shadows; Where we live and Deception.” “Domestic Work: Lights and Shadows , as the
name implies, I am trying to bring to limelight what goes on in homes, to let
them know that there are some persons in homes who do work, by the end of the
day, they suffer seriously. They are neglected, not well catered for, some of
them actually go through series of violence including rape. If they tell their
pains and the horror they encounter, you will know that many things are
happening at homes. I showcased them with images staged and some not staged. In
one of the images, two young ladies were standing with a covering on their
heads. There is a rope tied with two clothes on them. These two girls symbolise
domestic workers. It shows how humiliated they are. The covering of their faces
depict that they have ideas and dreams that are impeded and blocked. They have
hurdles to cross to achieve their dreams but their ideas have been captured by
individuals who are more powerful than them in terms of social status.
“Where We Live is a series, talking more about poverty
in the midst of abundance. Irrespective of the degree of affluence in the
nation, some persons are suffering deeply. Go to the creeks and some rural
areas and see how horrible where they live is, no hospitals, some of the
children don’t go to school because there is no school there. Some even live on
top the water. These persons have no voice, nobody cares about them. The little
we artists can do is to use our images to bring to limelight what happens in
these places, at the same time, pass the message to the government with hope
that these images will touch the minds of those who have the ability to come
their aids.
“In some of the images titled Deception, some of
their bodies were covered which mirrors what life is in general. In everything
you want to do or know in life, there are some factors that hide certain things
from you. It is political and social. People or things can hinder you from
knowing some things, nobody knows everything.”
Eluehike hails from Umunede, Ika North East Local
Government Area, Delta State. graduated from Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma,
Edo State in 2007. He studied Geophysics.
Thereafter, he got a certificate in Creative New
Media from School of Media and Communication, Lagos Business School, Pan
Atlantic University, Ajah, Lagos, through a scholarship awarded to him by
Samsung Electronics. According to him, love for images inspired him to go into
photography. “When I see images, I adore them, from there, I became creative
with graphics and later delved into photography. I find joy in doing
photography.”
He stressed that he is not motivated by money, but
by passion and love for photography. “Money is secondary to me. What pulled me
in is passion and love for photography. There is money in photography but you
have to do your best and be different from others. Before now, I had many
things on my mind to do as my career but after my encounter with photography, I
felt satisfied.”
In the next five years, Eluehike sees himself
touring round the world, exhibiting his work. “I see myself in New York, London,
Paris, Germany and other cities of the world showcasing my work to people,
especially, those who appreciate artworks.”
His role models are George Oshodi, Uche Iroha and
Kelechi Amadi Obi. “Their images really encouraged me to do photography.”
“Do what you are meant to do and do it the best way
you can” is his philosophy of life.
Eluehike reads novels when he is not working. He
appealed to the government in local, state and federal levels to encourage
photographers, stressing that, “We help to bring out what is happening in the
bedrock of the society to the surface. We relate with people and transmit their
opinions, pains and worries in form of images to the government.”
The exhibition ended on Friday, November 11,
2015.
How SNA Lagos held joint ‘October Rain’ exhibition with Rivers State Chapter
At least 50 practicing visual artists
under the aegis of the Society of Nigerian Artists (SNA), Lagos State Chapter and
32 artists from Rivers State converged in Lagos and showcased their artworks in
their annual exhibition known as October Rain.
Tagged: “Perspective of Change, the
exhibition which will take place at the Nike Art Centre, #2 Elegushi Road,
Ikate Roundabout, Lekki-Epe Express Way, Lagos, from Saturday, October 29 to
November 4, 2016 is dedicated in honour of Late Samuel Olagbaju.
How SNA Lagos held joint ‘October Rain’ exhibition with Rivers State Chapter
At least 50 practicing visual artists
under the aegis of the Society of Nigerian Artists (SNA), Lagos State Chapter and
32 artists from Rivers State converged in Lagos and showcased their artworks in
their annual exhibition known as October Rain.
Tagged: “Perspective of Change, the
exhibition which will take place at the Nike Art Centre, #2 Elegushi Road,
Ikate Roundabout, Lekki-Epe Express Way, Lagos, from Saturday, October 29 to
November 4, 2016 is dedicated in honour of Late Samuel Olagbaju.
Speaking at a press conference held in
Lagos last week, Mr. Dotun Alabi, the Chairman, SNA Lagos State Chapter, explained
that two things make this year’s exhibition unique include: “live performance by top leading artists - Mr.
Jelili Atiku, Mrs. Odun Orimolade and Mr. Durodola Yusuf at the opening
ceremony and for the first time, we are having two chapters collaborating for
an exhibition- Lagos and Rivers SNA. It promises to be a very interesting
exhibition because people will be introduced to view works from artists who
basically live and practice outside Lagos.”
On why they dedicated this year’s
exhibition in honour of Late Olagbaju, Mr. Alabi revealed that Mr. Olagbaju was
a very passionate art collector in Africa.”It was really sad for us to hear of
his demise last month (October 15, 1939-Sept 23, 2016).”
According to the host, the exhibition was
chaired by Mr. Lanre Adesuyi, while the Special Guests of Honour include: Mr.
Tunde Imoyo, Mr. Oladele Olagbaju and Mr. Dennis Akenuwa.
“Guests saw at the exhibition aesthetic
artworks from notable artists including himself, and Kolade Oshinowo, Idowu Sonaya, Biodun Badmus, Animu Oborien,
Omoligho Udenta and Mr. Demola, among many others, Dotun added.”
Also speaking, the treasurer of the
association, Mr. Idowu Sonaya, emphasised that they came up with the theme,
“Perspective of Change” and expected everybody to come up with their ideas. “We
all know what change means to Nigerians, we did not want to box anybody into
that. That is why we asked them to come with their personal expressions or
views of what change is to them. From the works we will exhibit, viewers will
see a lot of expressions from us in that area. So expect so much from us. We
are inviting the general public to come. I am assuring them that they will like
what they will see and we will enjoy patronage from the public.”
In his view, member of the exhibition
committee, Mr. Biodun Badmus said he was not basing his change to the national
situation, but also to international level. “My work has to do with change and
I am also trying to bring out the political change that affects the whole
world. Talk about terrorism, how can we conquer and stop terrorism in the whole
world? My work is kinetic in nature and I believe it is going to be so unique
when people see it.”
The exhibition opened at 4 pm on October
29, 2018 and from 10 am to 6 pm from October 30th to November 4,
2016.
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