Showing posts with label Lagos State. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lagos State. Show all posts

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New Nigerian Show in the U.S titled - GREEN PASSPORT!


In October 2007, Green Passport, Inc. will debut on TV screens in Nigeria with a dynamic documentary based reality show, Green Passport. Season 1 of the show will also air on http://www.greenpassport.tv/

Estella Ogbona of Estella Couture is also a cast member. So check it out!
[Special thanks to my dad for the info :o)]


Bring the Commonwealth Games to Africa - Abuja to be precise!

Abuja is a candidate city for the commonwealth games in 2014 . Visit http://www.abuja2014.org. Nigeria and Scotland are finalist countries. It is therefore:

Abuja vs. Glasgow

See what BBC Scotland has to say here
You can support the bid with this logo -


Freedom Gala - Nigerian Awareness Day Conference and Gala


Being held in Maryland, U.S.A. - click on image for more info and visit www.freedom-gala.com


Black Eyed Peas in Lagos

The pop group will be visting the motherland between September and November this year on a tour that will see them grace Nigeria, South Africa and 11 other countries thanks to a deal that the group signed with Pepsi. It will the first time they will visit Nigeria and the second time they have been to SA.


Read info here

Will-I-Am of black eyed peas has a new album, check out his website and myspace below@



Theatre @ Terra (Terra Kulture)

Terra Kulture as part of the Theatre@Terra project in collaboration with Jason vision presents:

A Gathering Of Eagles
3 Icons of African Theatre: Zulu Sofola/Femi Osofisan/Ahmed Yerima
(Live Drama every Sunday, October-December/13 Legendary Stage Plays)

  • Sunday October 7 - The Engagement written by Femi Osofisan/directed by Sunkanmi Adebayo

  • Sunday October 14 - The Wizard of Law written by Zulu Sofola/directed by Gbenga Adekanmbi

  • Sunday October 21 - Yemoja written by Ahmed Yerima/directed by Segun Adefila

  • Sunday October 28 - The Twist written by Ahmed Yerima/directed by Wole Oguntokun
Venue: Terra Kulture, Tiamiyu Savage Street, Victoria Island
Time: 3pm and 6pm (Every Sunday)
Tickets: N2000 / Students with I.D. N1500

Theatre@Terra is produced by Wole Oguntokun
For enquiries and tickets, please call- 0802 301 3778, 01-897 1691 or e-mail terratheatre@yahoo.com

Theatre @ Terra blog: http://terratheatre.blogspot.com
Official Terrakulture website - www.terrakulture.com


The Apprentice Africa



The Apprentice Africa is a unique opportunity to showcase the movers and shakers, challenges and success stories within some of the most notable traditional and burgeoning sectors within the African economy.


"The winner from the pan-African cast of 18 Apprentices will get a US$100,000 annual salary, a brand-new executive car and automatic employment with Bank PHB."

Read more here...

Visit the website to find out more - www.theapprenticeafrica.com



THE TOP 40 FEMALE UNDER-40 PROFESSIONALS IN NIGERIA


The Summit and awards will take place in November on the 18th @ The Civic Centre. However, for now, we have a chance to nominate people under the following fields:

Fashion
Engineering
Finance
Media
Medical
Aviation
Arts
Politics
Banking
Aviation
Civil service
Real Estate
Telecoms
Accounting
Other

Click here for the nomination form.

The official finalists list will be published on the 1st of November here



Other things showing this month:



First time blogging on a Saturday - HAVE A GOOD WEEKEND GUYS!

This Week and Nigeria @ 47

This week in Lagos...............




  • Goldman Sachs Presentation in Lagos


    About Goldman Sachs

    Goldman Sachs is a global investment banking, securities and investment management firm. We provide a wide range of services to a substantial and diversified client base that includes corporations, financial investors, governments, non-profit organisations and high net worth individuals. In doing so, we bring together people, capital and ideas to make things happen for our clients.

    Goldman Sachs Presentation Day

    Goldman Sachs invites you to attend our presentation day in Lagos where you will find out more about Goldman Sachs and our Spring Internship Programme. There will also be a session on CV writing and application forms where we will cover topics such as formatting and the content of your CV, how to fill in an application form effectively, and common mistakes to avoid.

    Date: Wednesday 26 September, 2007
    Time 13:00 - 17:00
    Venue: Planet 1, Lagos


    To attend this event you ideally should be in the second year of a 4 year course or the third year of a 5 year course. To register for this event visit www.gs.com/careers. In the 'Learn about a Region' drop down click on Europe. On the right hand side, click on Upcoming Events in Europe and register using the "Lagos, Company Presentation" link. Goldman, Sachs & Co. 2006. All rights reserved. Goldman Sachs is an equal opportunity employer.

  • LAGOS STATE EMERGENCY NUMBERS

    Dear All,


    The Lagos State Government in its effort to improve the security situation in the state has created some telephone numbers on which members of the public could make Emergency calls if they notice any security threat. The numbers are as follows:

    4931260;
    4978899;
    4931261;
    7745705.


    Multilinks subscribers are to call 100.Remember to add 01 before the number if you are calling from GSM lines.


NIGERIAN INDEPENDENCE CELEBRATIONS/SOIREES (OUTSIDE NIG)

  • Oklahoma

  • London




    • LA (Los Angeles)




  • Houston, Texas



  • Oklahoma

  • Maryland/DC



    A lot to do this weekend innit? Happy Independence in advance - more on Independence day at:

  • Atlanta Independence Celebration @ The Green Wave (eFlyer)



  • Houston Independence Carnival website - I Pledge to Nigeria My Country



  • More on independence from me next week (October 1st) xxx