Oseyiza Oogbodo Blog

ONE The newsroom of the Los Angeles Horizon was neatly arrayed with leather-top desks and armchairs. The desks had electric typewriters, paperweights, pen holders and ceramic ashtrays on them. A shredding machine and a coffee percolator were in a corner, and a spectacular painting of a nude woman hung on the far wall from the door.

Connor Ashley Connor, New York-based director of photography, has added a major feather to her cap as the only female nominated in the best cinematography category of the Film Independent Spirit Award 2019 for her work on Josephine Decker’s Madeline’s Madeline .

Clark Josh Clark, co-host of the award-winning podcast Stuff You Should Know, and host of The End of the World , will be available in New York January 23-25 for interviews. To schedule one, email alice@brigademarketing.com

The African Development Bank Group (www.AfDB.org), through its trade finance operations, has approved a $14.12m facility to support the Federal Republic of Nigeria’s membership in the African Trade Insurance Agency (ATI).

Egypt witnessed a remarkable decline in the cases of trafficking in persons detected in 2017, compared to cases reported in 2014, according to a report released on Monday, 7 January, by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Bibi Human rights non-governmental organization, CitizenGo, has sent out its latest letter on the Pakistan situation regarding the persecution of Christians and the trending case of Asia Bibi.

ONE/UBA The alarm on the bedside bureau rang shrilly, persistently and woke Wilfred Uba up at exactly 6.30am. It was a Monday morning, and getting to the office punctually on the first day of the working week was the name of the game.

The Central African Republic continues to experience a complex and dire humanitarian crisis. One out of four Central Africans is either internally displaced or a refugee. The number of people in need of assistance and protection has increased from 2.5 million to 2.9 million, a 16 percent increase compared to 2018. Of those, 1.9 million require acute and immediate assistance.

The Centurion Law Group (www.CenturionLG.com) has announced the hiring of Glenda Irvine-Smith  and Unathi Twala as Director of Business Development & International Relations   and Communications Coordinator respectively.

South Africa Minister of Trade and Industry, Dr Rob Davies, has said that the Global Business Services (GBS) incentive which became effective from January 1, 2019 will create employment opportunities for SA youths.