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Saturday, 28 September 2019

Kaduna house: Police arrest seven, hand over 300 rescued children

The Kaduna State Police Command said that it had handed over to the State Government the 300 inmates of a rehabilitation centre at Rigasa in Kaduna, rescued on Thursday.

The Parents of some of the children had disputed police claims that the inmates were being abused and held against their wish.

The Command Public Relations Officer, DSP Yakubu Sabo also told the News Agency of Nigeria Saturday that the over 300 inmates were handed over to the Kaduna State Government on Friday for a reunion with their families.

He, however, said that seven suspects earlier arrested were being investigated.

The PPRO defended the police raid on the centre, saying it was based on reports of torture and abuse, not whether the inmates were willingly taken there by their parents.

“Whether or not they were the ones who handed their children over, there is a limitation to what can be done to human beings, even by parents.

According to the Nigerian law, even if it is the father that subjected his child to inhuman treatment, there is a level where he will be held liable for his action.

“We are not iuestioning whether the parents took their children there, what we are saying is that inhuman treatment was meted out to those children in violation of the law,which won't be taken likely.

“The school in question have no licence to operate as well.

The agencies of government that are supposed to supervise them are not put into consideration.

As far as we know and are concerned, they have not tendered any document to show that they were licenced.

“If you have a licence to offer a correctional program, that in itself does not give you a right to offer an educational program.

“Even if you are licenced, it does not give you the right to go ahead without having the required manpower and skills to carry out the programme. All these are not there,” Sabo said.

Thursday, 19 September 2019

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Investing In Sports: Sunday Dare Entices Alhaji Aliko Dangote

Nigerian Billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote has shown interest in investing in sports in Nigeria.

Minister of Youth and Sports Development, Sunday Dare, made this known after meeting with Dangote on Wednesday.

Dare disclosed in his meeting with Dangote was one of his plans to boost sports development in the country through a public-private partnership.

He further stated that the Federal Government is dedicated to creating jobs and encouraging entrepreneurship through sportmanship.

Apart from Dangote, the sports minister also said that the Minister of Works and Housing, Babatunde Fashola, has also backed this PPP agenda.

Dare had during a visitation to National Stadium in Lagos said this PPP strategy would help save sports facilities across the Nigeria from their bad state and ensure proper maintenance.

“Sport is a business and this is our first step in engineering PPP in sports development in Nigeria,” he made know via is Twitter handle.

“I am about the business of sports to engage our youth for profitable employment and entrepreneurship through sports development. We have set out.”

Respondents to the minister’s post urged him to consider wooing other prominent Nigerians into investing in sports.

List of nominees for the 2019 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) has been released.

‘The Delivery Boy’ and ‘King of Boys’ got the most nominations for the 2019 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA).

News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the much-anticipated nomination list, featuring films from across Africa, was live broadcast by the academy on Wednesday night.

Nigeria scored the most nominations with the Adekunle ‘Nodash’ Adejuyigbe-directed film, ‘The Delivery Boy’ scoring 12 nominations while Kemi Adetiba-directed ‘King of Boys’ pulled eight nominations.

Actors in ‘The Delivery Boy’, a film that explores the backstory of terrorists, earned nominations for Best Actress in a Leading Role (Jemima Osunde) and Promising Actor (Jammal Ibrahim).

NAN reports that the 15th edition of the much-anticipated awards will hold on Oct. 26 in Lagos State.

AMAA2019 Award For Best Film by an African-Born Director Living Abroad

1. Julius Amedume – Rattlesnakes
2. Tosin Coker – Lara and the Beats
3. Robert O. Peters – Makeroom

AMAA 2019 Award For Best Diaspora Short Film

1. Bail (United Kingdom)
2. Oath Bound (United Kingdom)
3. Fevah (USA)
4. I Am Superman (Brazil)

AMAA2019 Award For Best Diaspora Documentary

1.Wax Print 1 FABRIC, 4 continent (United Kingdom)
2.The Guardian of No Return (Guadalope)
3. Dare to Dream (USA/Cuba)
4. Drugs as Weapons Against Us (USA)
5. My Friend Fela (Brazil)

AMAA2019 Award For Best Diaspora Narrative Feature

1. Nine Nights (UK)
2. Olympia (USA)
3. Traffik (USA)
4. Hero (Trinidad and Tobago/Canada)
5. Sprinter (Jamaica)

AMAA 2019 Award For Best Achievement in Production Design

1. Redemption (Mozambique)
2. Rafiki (Kenya)
3. Ellen, The Ellen Parkies Stories (South Africa)
4. Urgent (Morocco)
5. Burial of Kojo (Ghana)
6. Sew the Winter to My Skin (South Africa)
7. Mercy of the Jungle (Rwanda)
8. Delivery Boy (Nigeria)

AMAA 2019 Award For Best Achievement in Make-Up

1. Makeroom (Nigeria)
2. Gold Statue (Nigeria)
3. Veronica’s Wish (Uganda)
4. Sew the Winter to My Skin (South Africa)
5. Before the Vows (Ghana)
6. Mercy of the Jungle (Rwanda)
7. The Burial of Kojo (Ghana)

AMAA 2019 Award For Best Achievement in Soundtrack

1. Subira (Kenya)
2. Mabata Bata (Mozambique)
3. Farewell Ella Bella (South Africa)
4. Mercy of the Jungle (Rwanda)
5. Sew the Winter to My Skin (South Africa)
6. Lara and the Beats (Nigeria)
7. The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
8. Redemption (Mozambique)

AMAA 2019 Award For Best Achievement in Visual Effects

1. Makeroom (Nigeria)
2. Sew the Winter to My Skin (South Africa)
3. Knockout Blessing (Nigeria)
4. Mabata Bata (Mozambique)
5. The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
6. The King of Boys (Nigeria)
7. Burial of Kojo (Ghana)

AMAA 2019 Award For Best Achievement in Sound

1. The Last Victim (South Africa)
2. Sew the Winter to My Skin (South Africa)
3. Makeroom (Nigeria)
4. The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
5. The Burial of Kojo (Ghana)
6. Urgent (Morocco)
7. Mabata Bata (Mozambique)
8. Redemption (Uganda)

AMAA 2019 Award For Best Achievement in Cinematography

1. Mabata Bata (Mozambique)
2. Sew the Winter to My Skin (South Africa)
3. Mother, I am Suffocating, This Is My Last Film About You (Lesotho)
4. Redemption (Mozambique)
5. Rafiki (Kenya)
6. Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
7. The Burial of Kojo (Ghana)
8. Redemption (Mozambique)

AMAA 2019 Award For Best Achievement in Editing

1. The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
2. The Burial of Kojo (Ghana)
3. The Last Victim (South Africa)
4. Rafiki (Kenya)
5 The Gold Statute (Nigeria)
6. Diamond in the Sky (Nigeria)
7. Mercy of the Jungle (Rwanda)
8. Sew The Winter To My Skin (South Africa)

AMAA 2019 Award For Best Achievement in Screenplay

1. The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
2. The Last Victim (South Africa)
3. Rafiki (Kenya)
4. Diamond in the Sky (Nigeria)
5. Gold Statute (Morocco)
6. Lara and the Beats (Nigeria)
7. Redemption (Mozambique)
8. Up North (Nigeria)

AMAA2019 /National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB)Award For Best Nigerian Film

1. The Delivery Boy
2. Lara and the Beats
3. Makeroom
4. King of Boys
5. Gold Statute
6. Up North
7. Knockout Blessing

AMAA 2019 Award For Best Young/Promising Actor

1. Youssef Alaoui (Ayoub) URGENT
2. Angel Onyinyechi Unigwe (Adaeze) LIGHT IN THE DARK
3. Cynthia Dankwa (Esi) BURIAL OF KOJO
4. Emilio Bilo (Azarias) Mabata Bata
5. Jamma Ibrahim (Amir) The Delivery Boy
6. Catherine Credo (Neema) Fatuma

AMAA 2019 Award For Best Actor in a Supporting Role

1. Remilekun “Reminisce” Sarafu (Makanaki) – King of Boys
2. Jarrid Geduld 9 (Abie) – Ellen, The Ellen Parkies Story
3. Zolisa Xaluva (Wyatt Earp) – Sew the Winter to my Skin
4. Kanayo O. Kanyayo (Chief Otuekong) – Up North
5. Kobina Amissah-Sam (Kwabina) – The Burial of Kojo
6. Bucci Franklyn (Dagogo) – Knockout Blessing

AMAA 2019 Award For Best Actress in a Supporting Role

1. Eniola Shobayo (Vivian) – Knockout Blessing
2. Linda Ejiofor (Oby) – Knockout Blessing
3. Kandyse McClure (Golden Eyes) – Sew the Winter to My Skin
4. Adesua Etomi (Kemi) – The King of Boys
5. Joke Silva (Mama Jumoke) – Light in the Dark
6. Arlete Bombe (Mia) – Redemption

AMAA 2019 Award For Best Actor in a Leading Role

1. Gabriel Afolayan – Gold Statue
2 Joseph Otsiman (Kojo) – The Burial of Kojo
3 Chinedu Ikedieze (Big Chi) – Lara and the Beats
4 Jimmy Jean Louis (RobertMcQueen) – Rattlesnakes
5. Gil Alexandre (Bruno) – Redemption
6. Marc Zinga – Mercy of the Jungle
7. Ezra Mabengeza (Samson) – Sew The Winter To My Skin
8. Ayoub Bombwe (Mwanyusi) – Fatuma

AMAA 2019 Award For Best Actress in a Leading Role

1 Sheila Munyiva (Ziki) – Rafiki
2. Rita Dominic (Jumoke Arinze) – Light in the Dark
3. Jill Levenberg (Ellen) – The Ellen Parkies Story
4. Beatrice Taisamo (Fatuma) – Fatuma
5. Seyi Shay (Lara) – Lara and the Beats
6. Sola Sobowale (Eniola) – King of Boys
7. Jemima Osunde (Nkem) – The Delivery Boy
8. Samantha Mugatsia (Kena) – Rafiki

AMAA 2019 Award For Best Director-First Feature Film

1. Blitz Bazawule – The Burial of Kojo (Ghana)
2. Adekunle “Nodash” Adejuyigbe – The Delivery Boy (Nigeria)
3. Sippy Chadha – Subira (Tanzania)
4. Nicole Amarteifo – Before the Vows (Ghana)

Saturday, 19 November 2016

Business Funding: Innovation Prize for Africa 2017

Five years ago, AIF initiated the IPA to support African innovators by unlocking their potential and catalyzing the African innovation spirit, promoting home-grown solutions for Africa’s prosperity.
We seek to:

Increase Africa’s prosperity through investing in home-grown innovations and entrepreneurship
Strengthen African innovation ecosystems through our platforms and mobilize a network of innovation enablers, driving business development and cross-collaboration.
Demonstrate that African ingenuity exists at a Pan African level through honouring outstanding innovations and recognizing their positive impact in Africa and beyond

Today, IPA is a leading platform on the African innovation landscape; it has a network of 6000+ African innovators spanning 50 countries; 45 of the continent’s top innovators and 35+ innovation enablers.

The Awards:

GRAND PRIZE WINNER: US$ 100,000
SECOND PRIZEWINNER: US$ 25,000
SPECIAL PRIZE FOR SOCIAL IMPACT INNOVATION: US$ 25,000

The Priority Areas:

The IPA 2017 recognizes innovative breakthroughs that unlock new African potential in the following five priority areas: agriculture and agribusiness; environment, energy and water; health and well-being; ICTs; manufacturing and service industry.

Criteria for Selection:

In the overall assessment of winning applications, the winners are established with reference to:
The uniqueness of their innovations and superiority to similar or alternative solutions;
The size and nature of positive social impact that can be attributed to application of their innovation;
The potential of the innovation to become a commercial success or sustainable (for social innovations).

Monday, 28 July 2014

Court restrains AMCON from acquiring assets of Aero Contractors

An Abuja Federal High Court on Thursday granted an order restraining the Assets Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) from acquiring the assets of Aero Contractors Ltd.

Justice Ahmed Mohammed, granted the interlocutory order at the resumed hearing of a suit filed by Mrs Cecilia Ibru, ex-Managing Director of the defunct Oceanic Bank against AMCON.

In the suit, Ibru is challenging the plan to take over assets of Aero Contractor on the ground that AMCON breached the terms of agreement she entered with the Federal Government in 2010.

At the Thursday sitting, Ibru’s counsel, Dr Ted Iseghohi-Edwards, moved a motion for the maintenance of status quo, pending the determination of the substantive suit.

The lawyer argued that the motion was necessitated by the recent moves by AMCON to acquire the asset, notwithstanding the pending case challenging the action.

He urged the court to grant the restraining order to protect the substance of the case.

Mr Abayomi Okubote and Mr Terhemba Gbashima, counsel representing the defendants, the Attorney-General of the Federation, and AMCON, respectively opposed the motion.

Ruling in the matter, Justice Mohammed, granted the application and ordered parties to return to the status quo, prior to the commencement of the suit.

“The plaintiff’s prayer is that in the last few days, AMCON had made moves toward acquiring the assets of Aero Contractors Ltd.’’

He prayed the court to grant an order for the maintenance of status quo in view of the court’s forthcoming vacation.

“Consequent upon the above reason, I hereby, order parties to maintain status quo until the determination of this suit.

“If, however, it is later proved that the plaintiff hid some material facts about Aero Contractors, it should be prepared to pay whatever damages to the defendants,’’ he held.

The judge also ordered the plaintiff to file an undertaking to that effect within 24 hours and adjourned the case till Sept. 17 for further hearing (NAN)