Oseyiza Oogbodo Blog

“You can’t be serious, Dave,” he heard Edwin Waters snap (a sure sign that vehemence was coming) behind him.

Bukunmi It’s very difficult to be a successful singer-actor, no matter how talented you are. It’s mostly either a case of you being successful as a singer or as an actor, or enjoying mainstream success in one and a little success in the other.

Peruzzi When you talk of trending music artists in Nigeria presently, Amaka co-singer Peruzzi is definitely one of them.

Muhammad-Bande Tijjani Muhammad-Bande, Nigeria’s current UN Permanent Representative, was elected to head the world body by acclamation on Tuesday in the General Assembly Hall in New York and will succeed Ecuador’s Maria Fernanda Espinosa.

When a group of UN police officers in Bor realized that most of their female South Sudan colleagues could not read, speak or write English and hence were relegated to making tea for their male coworkers, they decided to act.

These are definitely not good times for Africa. Its most populous nation, Nigeria, is presently battling insecurity and economic crises and tropical cyclones have wreaked massive havoc in Mozambique, Zimbabwe, Malawi.

Uba was of medium height and of similar build complemented by regular exercise, outdoors and indoors. Thirty-seven years of age, he looked much younger which was one of his best assets right from time. He was a clearing and forwarding agent with Vintage International, a reputable company in such matters. His monthly salary wasn’t that great but he lived very well, well beyond his salary should make him because of the sharp practices he, and virtually all the C&F boys, engaged in.

Ibejii, the retro-contemporary afro music artist, is set to host the second edition of his headline concert, The Ibejii Live Experience, #TILX, on Wednesday, June 12, 2019.

The popular festival, Felabration, which holds Nigeria spellbound every year and keeps growing in stature, is to hold in the United Kingdom on August 30.

Trump A Newsmax circular has disclosed that Franklin Graham set aside Sunday, June 2 as a special day of prayer for US President Donald Trump to protect him from his enemies, a move which brought retweets and thanks from Trump.

The EurAfrican Forum (www.EurAfricanForum.org) has announced that Elijah Amoo Addo, founder and CEO of Food for All Africa, will deliver a pitch at the forum holding 4 - 5 July at the Estoril Congress Center, Estoril, Portugal about how food can be a link between people and regions to establish stronger relations for Europe and Africa.

Donors have pledged an initial $1.2bn to help restore livelihoods and rebuild infrastructure destroyed by cyclones Kenneth and Idai in Mozambique, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) has announced.

An Ethiopian simply identified as Biruk has spoken out on the dangers of irregular migration by telling the story of how he left his home country for a better life in South Africa, only to spend six years in a Zambian prison.

Aliko Dangote, Chairman, Dangote Group Dangote Group ( https://Dangote.com/ ) has for the second year emerged as the most admired African brand, of African continent origin, by consumers ahead of the telecommunications giant, MTN, in a survey of 100 Africa best brands announced in Johannesburg at the weekend.

Adesina The University of Alberta will confer an honorary doctorate of science degree on Dr. Akinwumi A. Adesina, President of the African Development Bank (https://www.AfDB.org/en/), at its convocation event on June 4 in Edmonton, Canada.

Bloom UN Children’s Fund Goodwill Ambassador, has visited Mozambique to commiserate with Cyclone Idai victims.

The World Bank Board of Directors have approved a $750m International Development Association (IDA) credit to support Kenya’s reforms to enhance inclusive growth, accelerate poverty reduction and achieve its Vision 2030 objective of becoming a middle-income industrialized country.

Experts and global actors from Africa, Asia and South America gathered recently in Manila, Philippines to address child labour and poor working conditions in artisanal and small scale gold mines (ASGM).

Masiyiwa Pan-African telecommunications, media and technology group, Econet (www.Econetwireless.com), and global crop nutrition leader, Yara International ASA, have launched Generation Africa, a partnership initiative to inspire young African entrepreneurs to join the agri-food sector for its viable business opportunities.