Oseyiza Oogbodo Blog

Gender gaps in agriculture in Africa are holding back progress towards ending hunger and must be urgently addressed, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization's Director-General José Graziano da Silva, has lamented at a joint event with the African Union (AU) on the margins of the UN General Assembly.

A panel of judges from Arsenal Football Club (www.Arsenal.com) and its official online money transfer partner, WorldRemit (www.WorldRemit.com), have selected six coaches from across Africa as finalists in their new Future Stars coaching progamme.

The African Development Bank (www.AfDB.org) has approved a ZAR 2.886 billion (US$217.9 million) loan to South Africa’s power utility Eskom Holdings Ltd towards the upgrade and expansion of its transmission facilities.

Arogundade The International Press Centre (IPC) has condemned the humiliation of journalists by the Nigeria police and a mob during the Osun State governorship elections September 2018.

In line with its focus on bringing people together and supporting the development of connected communities, Facebook (www.Facebook.com) has announced the names of 116 people worldwide who have been selected to join the Facebook Community Leadership Program.

Adaha UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, has announced South Sudanese surgeon, Dr. Evan Atar Adaha, as the organization’s 2018 Nansen Refugee Award winner.

The African Development Bank’s (www.AfDB.org) Fund for African Private Sector Assistance (FAPA) (http://bit.ly/2xAJfTU) has provided funds totaling nearly US $2 million to its Jobs for Youth in Africa initiative.

The global winners of the SDGs and Her competition have been celebrated at a side-event during the high-level week of the UN General Assembly.

The Internet Society (https://www.InternetSociety.org/), a global non-profit organization dedicated to the open development, evolution and use of the Internet, has announced that it is partnering with Facebook to develop internet exchange points throughout Africa.

THE HIGH SCHOOL PLAYBOY Tunde Thomas awoke to the familiar loud sound made by a piece of stone drummed on one of the many iron poles supporting the jutting roof of the hostel.

The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa (UNECA), in partnership with GBCHealth and the Aliko Dangote Foundation, is bringing together African leaders and other high profile personalities to discuss the continent’s health challenges and opportunities for investment.

The joint expert group meeting on the role of small and medium enterprises in the industrialization process in Southern Africa ended recently with a clarion call from Mauritius for African leaders to walk the talk on agreed programmes that will change the lives of ordinary people on the ground.

Peters It’s opined in some quarters that artists use enhancers like marijuana to perform. And in actual fact, there are many singers who don’t hide that fact that they actually smoke marijuana. Such entertainers even post pictures of themselves online smoking the illegal substance.

Akpan with destitute children Natural Healing Foundation, the non-governmental organization founded by Dennis Akpan primarily to feed the multitude of poor people in Nigeria, has called out for public support so it can feed as many poor people as possible on Nigeria’s upcoming Independence Day, October 1.

On October 6, 2018 in Lagos, Nigeria at Royal Lounge, 5-7 Ogunnusi Road, opposite Zenith Bank, Aguda, Ogba, one of the hottest two-in-one events in Nigeria this year will take place.