Oseyiza Oogbodo Blog

Abudu Nollywood blockbuster producer, EbonyLife Films, recently hosted an exclusive private screening of its latest offering, Òlòtūré , in partnership with the British Deputy High Commissioner, Laure Beaufils, at the IMAX Cinemas, Lekki, Lagos.

Shinzo Abe, Prime Minister, Japan Japan and Austria have approved $1m for the Africa private sector in the climate change battle.

The National Basketball Association (NBA) (www.NBA.com) has named NBA Vice President and Managing Director for Africa, Amadou Gallo Fall as President of the Basketball Africa League (BAL), a new professional league featuring 12 club teams from across Africa scheduled to begin play next year.

Muhammadu Buhari, President, Nigeria The rise in violence in the north-west of Nigeria has forced an estimated 20,000 people to seek safety and security in Niger since April.

Amnesty International has slammed Zimbabwe’s mounting onslaught on the rights to freedom of expression and association, typified by its latter arrest of two human rights activists.

Hilton (NYSE:HLT) (www.Hilton.com) has announced the signing of a management agreement with Growthpoint Properties, South Africa’s largest REIT, to open a hotel under its lifestyle Canopy by Hilton brand.

The latest issue of the UNWTO World Tourism Barometer shows that international tourism continued to grow over the first quarter of 2019.

The proactive international human rights non-governmental organization, CitizenGO, has claimed another major victory in one of its cardinal objectives: fighting against abortion.

West Africa’s leading connectivity and data centre solutions provider, MainOne ( www.MainOne.net ), is to invest N25 billion in Lagos, Nigeria through its Digital Lagos: Broadband for All campaign initiative to enable Lagos’ digital transformation through deployment of ubiquitous broadband infrastructure across the state.

The United Kingdom has decided to provide £8m to Somalia for food security, nutrition, clean water, basic health services and livestock vaccination to Somalis affected by the current drought.