Jay-Z in partnership with MTV has been invited by the United Nations to raise water crisis awareness around the world. He will be doing an international tour covering various cities in Europe and Africa to spread the word. The dates and venues for African part of the tour are as follows;
October 04 - Dar es Salaam, Tanzania (Diamond Jubilee)
October 06 - Accra, Ghana (Accra Conference Center)
October 07 - Lagos, Nigeria (Ocean View)
October 09 - Luanda, Angola (Cine Karl Max)
October 11 - Cape Town, South Africa (Belleville Velodrome)
October 13 - Durban, South Africa (ABSA Stadium Outer Fields)
October 14 - Johannesburg, South Africa (Coca Cola Dome)
MTV will produce “Diary of Jay-Z: Water for Life” during the tour.
Worth Listening to the press release. I was not impressed with Jay-Z’s response to the press during the Q&A session. He seemed very unprepared and failed to answer most questions. Hard to believe it was his idea.
Why is Nigeria sending aid to Scotland. Someone please tell me why?
This issue again, why would you call Nigeria, an African state? Lagos is a state in Nigeria. Nigeria is a country. ahhhhh!!!
Trae has a list of presidential candidates contesting the 2007 election in Nigeria. The list includes the usual suspects; Babangida, Atiku, Buhari and Marwa.
Remember Bashir Tofa, he’s back. Not heard a thing about him for the last 13years. Now he wants to be president?
I got emailed this article about Obasanjo and TransCorp. We all know OBJ oversaw the creation of Transcorp based on South Korea’s chaebols.
There is yarn* that OBJ owns $9 million TransCorp shares. TransCorp recently acquired the state telecoms giant, Nitel in a bidding process most observers believed wasn’t very transparent. That was a shame, however I don’t understand why the presidential spin doctor doesn’t know whether OBJ owns shares or not in TransCorp.
A presidential spokeswoman said she did not know if the president owned shares in the company, and the company also denied knowledge of any presidential holding.
I thought spin doctors were briefed before press conferences.
As if that wasn’t enough, I don’t understand why TransCorp doesn’t have a shareholder list.
Transcorp spokesman Adedayo Ojo said the company did not have a full list of shareholders: “No one in Transcorp can talk about what the president has or does not have.”
Is this dude kidding me? TransCorp is a private company. They intend to list on the Nigerian Stock exchange soon, at least the prospectus should detail their existing shareholders. I hope so anyway.
So “Does Nigeria really have hope”?
*yarn, slang ; talk on the street, rumour
— The Next President of Nigeria; The best comic strip I’ve seen so far this year! (via nairaland, thanks Seun) #
— Some progress for detectives probing the assassination of Engr. Funsho Williams #
Politics is becoming tiresome in Nigeria. Like the same old story. Good people get removed (forced to resign) or get killed. The definition of good people is relative. I refer to people attempting to make a difference in Nigeria. Not too bothered if you chop money along the way but at least make a difference. I’m confused and beginning to doubt if Nigeria has any hope.
A military coup will joggle our memory!
— Ok, there is chocolate and there is chocolate no dey melt. #
— The Unhappy index; Nigeria used to be the happiest country, now in the bottom 30. Of course when you see Cuba in the top 8, it makes you think. via muti (2)
From Thisday;
“The Commission thinks it necessary to clarify that: EFCC visited Chief Adenuga’s home on Sunday, 9th July 2006, only after several invitations to him, over a period of more than three months. He refused to honour the invitations;
“Even at his Victoria Island, Lagos home, for over seven hours, Adenuga, among other evasive tactics employed by his family and staff, refused to see EFCC operatives or allow them entry;
“The 14 operatives (not “over 40″ or “over 70″ as reported in the media) had no choice than to extract Chief Adenuga in a professional manner, with due respect for his rights as a citizen of Nigeria and in accordance with established rules and regulations. Consequently, no injury was done to his person or damage to his property;
Fair enough.
