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INNOVATING FOR AFRICA

Innovating for Africa: Uncommon Service is a documentary film showing how to move Nigeria forward. It celebrates Dr Oluyombo
Awojobi, a Nigerian innovator and physician, who for the past twenty
years has transformed a rural community with no modern infrastructure
into an exemplary health care center.With the support of the people of Eruwa, a subsistence farming
community in Oyo [...]

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SESSSU(NIGERIA)

The birth of Sessu(South East/South South solidarity union earlier in the month in Nigeria  marked the beginning of a new dawn within the polity . The Union will seek to project the common interest of Nigerians from the region  particularly in the ongoing constitutional review. Ensure that the next President of Nigeria comes from the region and that the current President [...]

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Communicating for Change, a non governmental organisation put together a three day international conference, in a bold move to reposition the Nigerian film industry Nollywood, in the global entertertainment industry. The three day conference will have key note speakers such as Ms. Andrea Calderwood, producer last king of Scotland, currently working on the adaptation of [...]

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Gerd Meur is a German journalist, translator and cultural activist whose sojourn in Nigeria began nearly five decades ago, where his friendship with Noble Laureate Wole Soyinka took root. This journey resulted in the writing of a book, journey Around and with Kongi: Half a century on the road with Wole Soyinka. In the book [...]

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BELIEVERS’ LIFE IN CHRIST MINISTRIES

Investing in the lives of prisoners and ex inmates is a top priority for Believers Life in Christ Ministries. The ministry birth in 1999 is today in 38 prisons and 17 states in Nigeria. Because rehabilitating prisoners is such a big deal to the Ministry, it recently established a foundation to run the projects more effectively. The purpose will be to gradually [...]

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OLYMPIA

Just five weeks ahead of the lighting ceremonyfor the Beijing Games, a race is on in Ancient Olympia to replant large parts of the forest destroyed by the summer’s wildfires.
The Greek Olympic Committee warned that this year’s ceremony which will be broadcast worldwide could be an international disgrace for the country’s image if it ends [...]

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VALENTINE’S DAY

Its Valentine’s day and here in Athens, Greece there are many night and day-life options for having fun and meeting people. It is a place of the “parea”- where people circulate mainly in groups or pairs  and the feeling of a person sipping  a cocktail alone in a bar or watching a film alone at [...]

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CITY STREETS

An exhibition showing the diversity of cultures living in Athens recently opened in the capital. Fourteen photographers explored the city for 14 months, recording images in a place that is constantly changing face, capturing through their lenses everyday images of life in the city.  
The exhibition was organized by the Hellenic Migration Policy Institute and The [...]

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AFRICAN FESTIVAL

Africa was recently celebrated as a continent of diverse cultures and people. The occassion was the 6th African festival which has over the years, promoted the rich cultural heritage of Africa.
SOME PICS. FROM THE EVENT.

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FREEDOM DAY IN SOUTH AFRICA

Freedom Day in South Africa its one of the countrys most significant celebrations as it marks its liberation from white control. The day is recognized not only as a holiday but is used by the President to focus on the achievements of the past year and the challenges of the coming one.
Having, come a long [...]

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