Nigerian Times

If only they would practice the TRUTH of the Love of God. 30 Apr 2012 16:54 Africa/Lagos Religious Freedom - A Vanishing Right in Middle East, Africa Open Doors USA and Simon Wiesenthal Center to Address Dramatic Increase in Persecution May 3 at DC Press Conference PR Newswire SANTA ANA, Calif., April 30, 2012 SANTA ANA, Calif., April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Nearly 70 percent of the world's 6.8 billion people live in countries with little or no freedom of religion, including many countries in the Middle East and Africa. The purge of centuries-old Christian communities in Middle East countries like Iraq and Iran and the dramatic increase of persecution in African countries like Egypt and Nigeria are putting Christians and other minorities under unprecedented siege. On Sunday, gunmen reportedly killed at least 21 Christians and wounded 22 in two attacks during worship services held at a university and church in northern Nigeria. Dr. Carl Moeller, president/CEO of Open Doors USA; Ni...

Nigerian Security and Executive chiefs need Re-education on security Matters ~ By John Egbeazien Oshodi, Ph.D. As the Nigerian government struggles to manage and quell the continued targeted and strategic acts of wide-scale terrorist violence in recent times and even just a few days ago, it is not unusual to read or hear some of our nation’s federal officials dismissing warnings of bombing from security tested societies like the United States of America. In the least, this shows that the Nigerian security and executive chiefs need professional development and educational orientation on security talk and matters. A case in point is the blatant, open and the careless dismissal of the United States of America’s warning that Abuja the nation’s capital could possibly and soon face planned terrorist attacks. This open disregard ironically came from the federal ministry of information/communications through the painful and now laughable words of the nation’s topmost head of Information, Mr...

Alhaji Aliko Dangote, MFR, GCON, ETC; is the richest black man on earth according the Forbes magazine, but his homeland Kano is one of the most underdeveloped places on earth where over 400 industries have collapsed and over 5 million lost their jobs and now terrorized by the dreaded Boko Haram Islamic terrorists on suicide-bombing rampage in northern Nigeria. Open Letter To Alhaji Aliko Dangote on Northern Nigeria and Boko Haram Dear Alhaji Aliko Dangote, MFR, GCON, ETC: Charity Begins At Home and Not On Forbes , Are you still dining and wining with members of the elite billionaires club of Forbes 100 Most Richest People in the world? Are you still gloating over being named the richest black man in the world? Are you still gazing at the glittering trophies you have won as the greatest industrialist in Africa? Are you still gazing at yourself in the cheval glass mirror grinning as you think you look dapper and better in your designer suit than in your native Babariga ? Are you still pl...

SOOAC will use the outdoor cinema equipment and services of Open Air Cinema . Screen Outdoor Open Air Cinema to Run Screen Naija One Village, One Cinema Project A new outdoor cinema enterprise Screen Outdoor Open Air Cinema (SOOAC) owned by Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima will execute the Screen Naija One Village, One Cinema Project in Nigeria. SOOAC has already secured the public broadcast rights for the multiple awards winning documentaries Project Happiness and Cultures of Resistance and also independent movies for commercial distribution in Nigeria and other parts of Africa. The documentaries will be screened gratis to the public before the commercial screening of the non-documentary movies from the urban areas to the rural communities in selected states in Nigeria. “SOOAC will show documentaries and movies in conducive and receptive communities as long as there is peace and security at the locations,” said Michael Chima. SOOAC will be managed by Miss. Roseline Philip, the Festiva...

Bomb blast at Nigerian newspaper office by reuters 27 Apr 2012 08:03 Africa/Lagos Nigeria / Government urged to protect media after two carbomb attacks on newspapers PARIS, April 27, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ -- Reporters Without Borders is dismayed by yesterday's bombings targeting newspapers in the capital, Abuja, and the northern city of Kaduna and calls on the Nigerian authorities to reinforce security for news media, journalists and other media personnel. Reacting to the two bombings, which killed at least nine people, President Goodluck Jonathan issued a statement stressing the government's commitment “to uphold citizens' constitutional rights to freedom of expression and press freedom in particular.” “While hailing President Jonathan's pledge to defend press freedom, we urge him to take full stock of the terrible dangers to which journalists are exposed.” Reporters Without Borders said. “After yesterday's tragedies and the cold-blooded killings ...

Roseline Philip International Digital Post Network Limited, publisher of Nigerians Report and founder of the annual Eko International Film Festival and Screen Naija One Village, One Cinema Project has confirmed the appointment of Roseline Philip as the Festival/Project Manager of Screen Naija One Village, One Cinema in Nigeria. She has proved to be a diligent, intelligent, brilliant, smart and resourceful worker since her employment three months ago. Miss Philip is a graduate of University of Abuja and a native of Ilaje in Ondo State of south western Nigeria. Tweet

Nigeria: Suicide Bombers Attack Nigerian Newspapers The Abuja and Kaduna offices of three Nigerian newspapers came under devastating terrorist attacks Thursday morning. The unidentified suicide bombers in different vehicles targeted the THIS DAY newspaper , Daily Sun and The Moment in separate attacks at different locations but almost simultaneously. Security guards and others were among the casualties. The dreaded Islamic terrorist sect Boko Haram threatened to attack Nigerian newspapers for biased news reporting in favour of the Nigerian government and security agencies and not reporting the facts. Tweet

PBS NEWSHOUR names veteran multimedia journalist Tom Kennedy Managing Editor/Digital News PBS NEWSHOUR TOM KENNEDY Veteran Multimedia Journalist Tom Kennedy named Managing Editor/Digital News at PBS NEWSHOUR. (PRNewsFoto/PBS NEWSHOUR) ARLINGTON, VA UNITED STATES. ARLINGTON, Va., April 26, 2012 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Tom Kennedy, an internationally known visual journalist and multimedia editor, has been tapped to lead the PBS NewsHour's online news operations as Managing Editor/Digital News. Kennedy brings over 35 years of print and online journalism experience, including positions as Managing Editor for Multimedia at washingtonpost.com and Director of Photography at the National Geographic Society. He has created, directed, and edited visual journalism projects that have earned Pulitzer Prizes, as well as EMMY, Peabody, and Edward R. Murrow awards. (Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20120426/DC95615 ) Kennedy now teaches photo editing, including multimedia editing and ...

James Cameron Mr. Cameron arrived in Beijing on Saturday and will soon be attending a screening of “Titanic 3D” at the Beijing International Film Festival (the re-release opened earlier this month to staggering sales in China). But his most important business will be conducted in private meetings, including with state-owned China Film Group. Speaking in an interview on Sunday, he said a priority of this trip was to explore a co-production deal with the Chinese firm on “Avatar 2” and “Avatar 3 . Mr. Cameron says he would need to be satisfied in advance that his planned films would meet the approval of censors. If that key condition can be met, he is keen on the potential payoff. “There are economic advantages,” as he puts it. Click here for the full story . Tweet

Before You Date Anyone in Nigeria and Abroad Nigeria is full of very physically attractive young women and young men of all shapes and sizes and many of them are fun seekers in the fast lane of the rat race in pursuit of their happiness and security. The majority of the pretty and sexy girls come from poor families with parents who are low income earners struggling to make ends meet in the most populous country in Africa where over seventy percent of the population are illiterates. So, the competition for promotion in the social hierarchy is very tough. To find a well bred and chaste young woman here is like looking for a needle in a haystack even though majority of the people claim to be regular church going Christians and mosque going Muslims, yet there is little difference between them and the pagans in their behaviours. Therefore, do not be swayed by their eye service and lip service of being Christians or Muslims, because most of them are hypocrites and desperate opportunists wit...

EGUSI SOUP BY JANICE OKOH A fast, furious and funny new intergenerational and cross-cultural Nigerian family comedy from Janice Okoh. As the Anyias, a British-Nigerian family, pack their suitcases and prepare to head home to Lagos for a memorial service in honour of the late Mr Anyia, they soon realise they will need to get rid of some excess baggage first, and not just of the material kind. The chaotic return to London from the USA of the Anyias’ eldest daughter, Anne, disrupts the family equilibrium that has settled after her father’s death, and deeply held resentments resurface dramatically . A new play about love, life and loss, with plenty of spicy bits! Wed 23 May – Sat 9 June, Soho Theatre, London Fri 18 & Sat 19 May, Mumford Theatre, Cambridge; Thurs 14, Fri 15, Sat 16 June, Mercury Theatre, Colchester A fast, furious and funny new intergenerational and cross-cultural Nigerian family comedy from Janice Okoh. As the Anyias, a British-Nigerian family, pack their suitcases...

- Study Reveals Top College Majors in Demand and What Recent Grads Should Expect to Earn - PR Newswire CHICAGO, April 25, 2012 CHICAGO , April 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- The college graduat in g class of 2012 is head in g in to a better job market than alumni of the previous three years, accord in g to a new study from CareerBuilder and CareerRookie.com. More than half of employers (54 percent) reported they plan to hire recent college graduates in 2012, up from 46 percent in 2011, 44 percent in 2010 and 43 percent in 2009. The national survey, which was conducted by Harris In teractive© from February 9 to March 2, 2012 , in cluded more than 2,000 hir in g managers across in dustries and company sizes. "This is the first time s in ce the recession that we're see in g a majority of employers plann in g to add recent college graduates to their employee roster," said Brent Rasmussen , President of CareerBuilder North America. "Companies across i...

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