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BROWNEHILL RADIO CHOSEN ALONGSIDE 25 RADIO STATIONS AROUND THE WORLD TO BROADCAST LIVE FROM AFRICA INTO THE   KUNSTVEREI MUNCHEN, MUNICH GERMANY

12/6/2018

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In April 2015, Felix Flemmer and Leonard Bauer founded Radio 80000 – a non-commercial online radio from Munich. It functions as a platform, promoting collaboration and cultural expression through music and events. Currently more than 80 contributors regularly broadcast shows from Munich, Berlin, Cologne, and Hamburg. At Radio 80000, established and emerging musicians and artists, as well as music enthusiasts without any professional ambitions, engage in what has become an intensive exchange – offering a unique selection of timeless and contemporary music. With the aim of presenting the music scene as comprehensively as possible and in all its facets, Radio 80000 is of particular versatility, openness, and musical quality. Since its foundation, the platform has developed into a large musical network that unites creative people, seeks dialogue, and regularly leads to new collaborations between artists and music labels. 


In December, Radio 80000 and its studio will move completely into the space of Kunstverein München, occupying the Foyer, the Schaufenster am Hofgarten and the website. Connecting the local and the global, they will network and share programming with similarly independent radio stations from various parts of the world, including Browne Hill Radio (Lagos, NG), Dublin Digital Radio (Dublin, IE), Internet Public Radio (Guadalajara, MX), Kiosk Radio (Brüssel, BE), KMAH Radio (Leeds, GB), LYL Radio (Lyon, FR), Na Manteigna Radio (São Paulo, BR), Netile (London, GB),No Fun Radio (Vancouver, CA), Noods Radio (Bristol, GB), Norrm (Bandung, ID), Radio Beirut (Beirut, LB), Radio Isanganiro (Bujumbura, BI), Radio Bollwerk (Bern, CH), Radio Raheem (Mailand, IT), HKCR (Hong Kong), Teder.FM (Tel Aviv, IL), Test.FM (St. Petersburg, RU), Quantica (Lissabon, PT), 20ft Radio (Kiev, UA), Dublab.de (Köln, DE), Red Light Radio (Amsterdam, NL), MMH (Copenhagen, DN) among others, and play music across different time zones, thereby establishing long-term collaborative possibilities for the future. 
Radio 80000 has curated a unique live music and radio program for Kunstverein München, which can be heard on the website of Kunstverein München and Radio 80000, and experienced in the foyer of Kunstverein München daily from 10am to 10 pm. 
For this purpose, the ground floor of Kunstverein München will be converted into an 'open studio' in order to create an adequate space for listening and discussion that is open to the public. This serves as a rare opportunity to gain insight into the practice of contemporary radio making, which in recent years has grown into an important medium of global exchange and musical networking, especially online. 


Every day different authors are invited to write down their experiences and to reflect on this event in a subjective and individual way. Subsequently, a publication will be produced which will make this cultural and musical exchange comprehensible.
Radio 80000 *CET
in cooperation with Mira Mann and Max Fesl

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Im April 2015 gründeten Felix Flemmer und Leonard Bauer Radio 80000 - ein nicht kommerzielles Online-Radio aus München. Es fungiert als Plattform, welche die Zusammenarbeit und den kulturellen Ausdruck durch Musik und Veranstaltungen fördert. Derzeit senden mehr als 80 Mitwirkende regelmäßig Sendungen aus München, Berlin, Köln und Hamburg. Bei Radio 80000 engagieren sich etablierte und aufstrebende Musiker und Künstler sowie Musikliebhaber ohne professionelle Ambitionen in einem intensiven Austausch und bieten eine einzigartige Auswahl an zeitloser und zeitgenössischer Musik. Mit dem Ziel, die Musikszene so umfassend wie möglich und in all ihren Facetten darzustellen, ist Radio 80000 von besonderer Vielseitigkeit, Offenheit und musikalischer Qualität. Seit ihrer Gründung hat sich die Plattform zu einem großen musikalischen Netzwerk entwickelt, das Kreative vereint, den Dialog sucht und regelmäßig zu neuen Kooperationen zwischen Künstlern und Musiklabels führt. 
Im Dezember wird Radio 80000 mit seinem Studio komplett in das Erdgeschoss des Kunstverein München einziehen und das Foyer, das Schaufenster am Hofgarten und die Website besetzen. Sie vernetzen und teilen das Programm mit ähnlich unabhängigen Radiosendern aus verschiedenen Teilen der Welt, darunter Brownehill Radio (Lagos, NG) Dublin Digital Radio - ddr. (Dublin, IE), Internet Public Radio(Guadalajara, MX), Kiosk Radio (Brüssel, BE), KMAH Radio (Leeds, GB), LYL (Lyon, FR), Na Manteiga Radio (São Paulo, BR), Netil Radio (London, GB), No Fun Radio (Vancouver, CA), Noods Radio (Bristol, GB), norrm.com (Bandung, ID), Radio Beirut (Beirut, LB), Radio Isanganiro (Bujumbura, BI), Radio Bollwerk (Bern, CH), Radio Raheem (Mailand, IT), HKCR (Hong Kong), TEDER.FM (Tel Aviv, IL), TEST FM (St. Petersburg, RU), Rádio Quântica (Lissabon, PT), 20ft Radio (Kiew, UA), dublab.de(Köln, DE), Red Light Radio (Amsterdam, NL), Mmhradio (Kopenhagen, DK)
Damit kuratiert Radio 80000 für den Kunstverein München ein einzigartiges Live-Musik- und Radioprogramm, das in den Ausstellungsräumen des Kunstverein München, auf kunstverein-muenchen.de und auf radio80k.de täglich von 10 – 22 Uhr gehört und erlebt werden kann.
Hierfür wird das Erdgeschoss des Kunstvereins München in ein 'offenes Studio' umgewandelt, um einen öffentlich zugänglichen Raum zum Hören und Diskutieren zu schaffen. Dies ist eine seltene Gelegenheit, einen Einblick in die Praxis des zeitgenössischen Radiomachens zu erhalten, das sich in den letzten Jahren zu einem wichtigen Medium des globalen Austauschs und der musikalischen Vernetzung, insbesondere im Internet, entwickelt hat. 

Jeden Tag sind verschiedene AutorInnen eingeladen, ihre Erfahrungen aufzuschreiben und dieses Ereignis auf individuelle Weise zu reflektieren. Anschließend erscheint eine Publikation, die diesen kulturellen und musikalischen Austausch nachvollziehbar macht.
www.radio80k.de
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BOLAJI ALONGE URBAN CULTURE | HISTORICAL CONTINUITY One Draw Gallery, Ikoyi, Lagos 10 – 25 NOVEMBER 2018

10/16/2018

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Bolaji Alonge will present his upcoming exhibition, themed “Urban Culture – Historical Continuity” at One Draw Gallery from 10 to 25 November 2018, curated by Segun Adejumo. His visual language speaks of the wonders of nature and human exchange, urban culture and searches for historical continuity in a world that is sometimes heavily fractured. His lens exposes contrast and conflict, while offering an alternative vision of one-ness, order in chaos.

While the streets in Lagos are boiling hot and people are rushing from one place to another, just a few hours sailing down the Lagos Lagoon takes you to another reality where time stands still. Nigeria is an urbanized country, with intense social and cultural patterns that might not always seem compatible but find a more or less comfortable co-existence.

Recurring themes reflect the challenges people face today and Bolaji manages to expose beauty where it is not expected. Nigeria today is a restless country, with shifting realities, one foot in the past the other reaching for a better future. Due to political turmoil the lives of many were put on hold, which has contributed to a sense of resilience, but also constant flares of resistance. Music, food and good times are part of everyday life and a source of pleasure, inspiration and exuberance.
Some of the images that will be presented for the first time are snapshots of country life, the challenges of life in a megapolis, and unforgettable images of Lagos and its inhabitants. The sheer beauty of some of the stolen moments “behind the scenes” makes one reflect on how certain things never change. Urban Culture – Historical Continuity is about Nigeria today, fearlessly looking towards the future.

BIOGRAPHY
Bolaji Alonge is an artist, photographer, actor and journalist from Lagos, Nigeria. He is also a globetrotter who has travelled the world during the last decade documenting exotic culture and history, pushed forward by a wanderlust instilled in him since childhood.

Bolaji Alonge was born in Lagos, first of five siblings with a father in the Nigerian air force, and a loving mother who took care of the family. His dad passed on his passion for photography to Bolaji, who spent time with him taking and developing images as a child. He studied Mass Communication at the University of Lagos in the rowdy

nineties, while exploring his acting skills at the famous Theatre 15 UNILAG. Ever since he has acted in a range of theatre, television and movie projects.

This experience and his travels made Bolaji a great storyteller who loves to share his photography and the deeper meaning of the stunning images he presents. “I encourage young Africans to take up the camera and document history – those memories that make up the fabric of existence. In order to move forward we have to know where we come from. I do it by searching for unique shots, that become integrated in the mood boards of our lives”.

“I aim to capture the reality of the average African – a mix of stark realities that might seem chaotic but have their own functionality – however disorganized it looks at first sight. Life works in Africa too. The two main components of chaos theory are the idea that systems no matter how complex rely upon an underlying order, and that very simple or small systems and events can cause very complex behaviours. This is a red thread throughout my work today”.

In May 2017, he organized his “Eyes of a Lagos Boy” photo exhibition at the prestigious Freedom Park in Lagos to critical acclaim. The show presented iconic images of everyday life and societal concerns from Nigeria, Egypt, the Netherlands, Oman, Germany, India, Turkey and Sweden. The show was declared a resounding success in terms of attendance and response from both the Nigerian and international audience, giving birth to his photographic brand. This project also brought Bolaji closer to Freedom Park, making it his creative base. “Eyes of a Lagos Boy” ran 20-27 May 2017 at Freedom Park and hosted Africa’s first Nobel Laureate (Literature), Professor Wole Soyinka, among numerous guests.

As a marketing stunt that became popular in its own right, Bolaji came up with branded t-shirts that have been turning heads in Lagos and abroad. None less than Femi Anikulapo-Kuti, the son of African superstar and creator of Afrobeat Fela Anikulapo- Kuti and a global music icon, wears it with pride. Bolaji is a regular at the New Afrika Shrine, a grove of deep rhythms for those addicted to freedom. Bolaji has been documenting Femi for years and is a dedicated “shrine rat”.

Bolaji Alonge also works on social and documentary projects, such as a campaign on the human right to water, the Epe Waterside Health Care Project, that documents small communities living along the Lagos Lagoon and their health challenges, a series of art and photography education workshops at Kiri-Kiri maximum security prison and others. He is a passionate deep sea-diver and activist for ecological justice.

ONE DRAW GALLERY
One Draw is an artist experience, consultancy, gallery, and research centre for the fine arts. One Draw brings the intuitive representation of the familiar in drawing, painting and sculpture. The idea is to bring a profound experience into the mundane, to open the ordinary eyes to the intellectuality in what seems pedestrian by highlighting through exquisite draughtsmanship and intuitive rendition the beauty of everyday experience/life.

http://onedrawgallery.com/
One draw Gallery, Norman Williams, Ikoyi, Lagos

| PRESS |
The Cable Lifestyle; Eyes of A Lagos Boy Photo Exhibition
https://lifestyle.thecable.ng/eyes-of-a-lagos-boy-bolaji-alonge/
Ynaija: EYES OF A LAGOS BOY: BOLAJI ALONGE TO HOST PHOTO EXHIBITION AT FREEDOM PARK
https://goo.gl/gs6vvr
The Eyes Of A Lagos Boy Exhibition sets to showcase the exquisite beauty of Nigeria to the world via lenses
https://bit.ly/2v2hu7S
Interview with TVC, October 2017
https://goo.gl/cXnGzT
This Day: Exploring the World through Bolaji Alonge’s Camera Lens
https://goo.gl/kfa3zQ
Eyes of a Lagos Boy: Video Documentary
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ss8kg-605Rw
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Bolaji Alonge
awefirm@gmail.com
+234 906 883 6078
www.awefirm.org 

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FELABRATION 2018 LOADING!!!!

10/9/2018

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THE AFROBICS DANCE COMPETITION (AUDITIONS) TAKES PLACE ON FRIDAY 28TH OF SEPTEMBER 2018..

9/24/2018

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Finally the FELABRATION 2018 AFROBICS DANCE COMPETITION, Auditions come up on Friday September 28, 2018 at the New Afrika Shrine, Ikeja, Lagos.


Thirty seven (37) dancers will be on parade on the day. This audition will throw up the final eight (8) contestants who will lock horns again at the New Afrika Shrine, Ikeja, during this year’s FELABRATION, on a date that will be announced later.

,Judges at this event are Adedayo Liadi aka IJODEE, who is an Award winning Dancer and a Dance Instructor and Segun Adefila Founder/Owner of Crown Troupe World Renowned Dance Drama Group. Others are Funke Kuti, Femi Kuti’s ex wife and a renowned dancer and Yeni Kuti, Founder of FELABRATION and creator of the AFROBICS DANCE COMPETITION, herself a dancer of international repute and A Dance Instructor.

This is the second edition of the AFROBICS DANCE COMPETITION which was inaugurated last year. It was created to popularise the Afrobeat Dance Styles created and internationalised by FELA ANIKULAPO-KUTI.

Cash prize awards await the winners in this order : First Prize; Two hundred and fifty thousand naira only(N250,000), Second Prize; One hundred and fifty thousand naira only (N150,000) and Third Prize; Fifty thousand naira only(N50,000).


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Topic for the 2018 FELABRATION SCHOOLS DEBATE is STATE POLICE; TO BE OR NOT TO BE.

7/10/2018

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This year’s FELABRATION SECONDARY SCHOOL DEBATE, comes up inside the FREEDOM PARK, Central Lagos, on Wednesday October 10, 2018. Take off time is 9am. And this year’s topic is “Creation Of State Police In Nigeria”.
The schools participating in this year’s competition include; Ipakode Senior Grammar School, Ikorodu, Epe Girls Senior High School, Epe, Herbert Macaulay Senior Girls High School, Sabo Yaba, Ajara Senior Grammar School, Badagry and Ejigbo Senior High School, Ejigbo, Lagos.
Others include Rainbow College, Surulere, Baptist Academy, Obanikoro, Ikorodu Road, St. Gregory’s College, Obalende, Aunty Ayo International School, Keffi, Ikoyi and Vivian Fowler Memorial College For Girls, Ikeja.
The FELABRATION ORGANISING COMMITTEE, is determined to enhance the standard of this annual secondary schools debate going forward. The committee therefore recently organised a capacity building workshop for teachers from the participating schools, inside the Freedom Park, Lagos. Renowned debater, Mr. Borha and relevant directors from the Lagos State ministry of Education were the resource persons at the workshop. The mission is for FELABRATION to give back to society by impacting on these kids, the fundamental knowledge required to become world class debaters.
The FELABRATION SECONDARY SCHOOLS DEBATE was established not only to bring out the best in logical thought processes of the school children, but also, to sensitise them on burning topical national issues. Over the years this segment of the FELABRATION Festival has attracted the best of secondary schools students in Lagos. It has the backing of the Lagos State Ministry of Education. Above all, it is about the biggest debate platform for Lagos secondary schools. It is usually the first event in the annual Festival dedicated globally to celebrate the times, life and music of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Africa’s Biggest Music Export ever. It comes about a week to the main 7 day long fiesta. FELABRATION was founded by Yeni Anikulapo-Kuti, eldest child of the music genius. This 2018 edition is about the 19th .
Past winners include Vetland College, Ifako Ijaye,  Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos State Model College, Ikosi Agbowa..Vivian Fowler Memorial College for Girls, Ikeja..
The days ahead will reveal the names of the distinguished judges for this year’s event as well as the mouth watering prizes attached.
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Herdsmen attack 11 Plateau villages, kill 86, torch 50 houses  - JONATHAN PENS DOWN OPEN LETTER TO THE PRESIDENT AND TO ALL NIGERIANS

6/25/2018

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​TO: PRESIDENT BUHARI, VICE PRESIDENT OSINBAJO, TEAM, LEADERS OF VARIOUS GROUPS 

​ALL NIGERIANS

FROM: CITIZEN IER JONATHAN

SPECIAL ATTENTION: NIGERIANS AT HOME & IN DIASPORA 

CC: HEADS OF GOVERNMENTS WORLDWIDE, HEADS OF AFRICAN UNION, EROPEAN UNION & ALL OTHER REGIONAL UNIONS, HEADS OF ALL UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES, HUMANITARIAN AGENCIES AND ALL FRIENDS OF NIGERIA WORLDWIDE

DATE: 25 JUNE 2018

SUBJECT:  NIGERIAN KILLINGS - PRAYERS & PETITIONS FOR THE NIGERIAN

PEOPLE & THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY

Dear President Buhari and Vice President Osinbajo,
You will understand Sirs if I do not stand on ceremony this morning.  We lost too many people this weekend in Plateau State. Please be reminded that the primary purpose of your government is the security and welfare of the Nigerian people (Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999, Chapter II, Section 14b).  The Constitution you both swore to defend so solemnly before the God of Heaven, with Nigerians and the whole world as witnesses on 29 May 2015. We want you to succeed but you and your team have largely been unable to stand by this oath you took in 2018.  
Your administration has been unable to prevent mass killings of Nigerian children, women and men across the country especially in Adamawa, Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Taraba and Zamfara with other states not spared the brunt by terrorists and bandits. 

There are all sorts of technological tools such as drones, satellites etc. and a willing international community ready to support your team with anticipating and apprehending these terrorists and mass murderers and their funders. Why has your administration been unable to successfully deploy these tools and assets to find the killers of these Nigerians and their funders and why have we continued to daily lose Nigerian civilians, policemen and soldiers? 

The latest wanton killings of our children, sisters, brothers in Plateau over the weekend and other areas where there have been communal clashes demonstrates the glaring security failure for the whole world to see. And the killers continue to be emboldened. It seems as if for thousands of Nigerians who voted in this government, their reward has been death and untold suffering, hardship and loss of loved ones.

You have variously told us that the killers are bandits, foreigners and mercenaries etc. How do you know this? Where is your proof? Who are they? Where are their funders? With all the intelligence at your disposal and the success of your Bank Verification Number programme, how come your administration has not followed the money and fished out the killer-funders while using all at its disposal to anticipate and prevent these attacks and keep Nigerians safe?

If the heads of the responsible agencies are unable to do their job, you should have, as a matter of urgency sacked them and appointed those who could. Our police and army officers are suffering too. 

Has the Presidency become so inured to the loss of lives and the hundreds being displaced daily that it will not take urgent and radical steps to stop these killings?  It is instructive that immediately a Major General in the Army was attacked by bandits a few days ago in one of our states, our security agencies swung into action, conducted air raids on the bandits' hideout and caught the alleged culprits.

They even arrested their alleged funder. It seems that this administration is not committed and willing to urgently secure the lives of 'ordinary' and poor Nigerian citizens, civilians and lower-ranking security agents but will move swiftly to ensure justice for a high-ranking soldier. I do not begrudge the major general his protection - He is first and foremost human and Nigerian like all of us and deserves the best protection and justice available.  I simply ask you to ensure protection and justice for ALL Nigerians - even the poor in the farming communities you swore to protect.  If you are unable OR unwilling to do this job, why don't you resign? 

I may get insulted by all and sundry who work with you or think they benefit by associating with you or by those from your particular circles and tribes and religious affiliations.  I may even be persecuted by your security agents (I sincerely hope they have bigger fish to fry and terrorists to catch but who knows with the show of shame we have seen at Unity Fountain Abuja as they harangue citizens asking you to Bring Back Our Girls?) but the question now remains Sirs, where is your humanity? Do the pictures of those poor children not move you to radical and urgent action? What use is your power if you cannot use it for good? If you are unable to secure the lives of the

​Nigerian people against terrorists, ask for help from our international friends and more boots on the ground. There is no shame in that. I have no power to remove you. Only God who allowed you into your leadership position does. It is my prayer that He will have mercy on Nigerians and if you fail to speedily arrest this situation, save our lives by sacking your administration from your positions of power by any way He deems fit before this country descends into outright anarchy and appointing more competent and willing people into your positions. Amen.

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To the others!!!!


Dear Governors of Nigerian States - especially Adamawa, Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Taraba & Zamfara

We know campaigns and elections are almost upon us and many of you aim to retain your positions. Please remember that you cannot govern dead people.  As the Chief Security Officers of your state, I call on you to use the (in)famous security vote you all receive to protect your people. Please help support the police and other security agencies to carry out their duties. We know that our Constitution does not give you power over the Commissioners of Police in your states etc but surely, there must be ways to use this security vote and empower our communities by putting in place early warning systems which can help evacuate the areas before the attackers get there? It is my fervent prayer that God will give you wisdom and open doors to enable you better serve your people in this regard and if any of you are more concerned with winning elections in 2019 than ensuring the welfare and security of his people, may God speedily remove you and have your place taken by another who will better serve his or her people. Amen.

Dear Traditional Rulers,

Save our Souls. Please use your good office to influence whatever you can. And may our God order your steps. If there be any working against their people, may God Himself depose them and raise up Traditional Rulers ready to serve. Amen. 

Dear Religious Leaders,

Whether Christian or Muslim, when will you come together and speak as one? Whose voice is heard praising the Creator from the grave? What congregations will you have by the time all the churches, mosques and shrines are ravaged and desecrated and all the worshippers hacked to death? Please come together and speak with one voice. Demand better security and welfare. Please put pressure on our leaders to do the right thing by God who put them here and ensure our safety. May God enable you use your positions of influence for good at this time. None of you are safe. If the Shiites and Catholics and other Christians and Muslims cannot worship in safety and are being denied their fundamental rights to security today, what makes you think it will not be you or your own group tomorrow? Let us not be deceived, none of us are safe in this country. May God the Creator strengthen our bonds of unity and deliver us at this time from the failures of this administration. And may He guide you at this time.   

Dear Fellow Nigerians,

As you read this, you may be wondering, who is this person? Depending on your leaning and affiliation, you may be saying, how come it is now this writer is demanding the resignation of this government and saying these prayers? I am truly an ordinary Nigerian and do not hold any powerful position. I am simply human like you and cannot take this anymore. Your safety and mine are not guaranteed. And it has been so for decades - it has worsened under this present administration and unless you live in the centre of a major city, we are all in danger of being massacred by these terrorists, murderers and bandits.

​Let us not even talk about the kidnappers - many people we know have experienced that already. Question: are we an accursed people? Maybe we are. We will hear of the latest massacre, exclaim, forward it on social media and then go about our business even as terrorists continue to massacre our fellow Nigerians and gain more ground across the country. Our safe spaces continue to shrink. Our police and army officers have also been killed in numbers. And we are all standing by watching it happen. If we do not speak up now, there will be no one to speak up for us when the terrorists get to our various towns and villages and slaughter our children, sisters, mothers and fathers.

I cannot work today as I think on those killed with such impunity in Plateau this weekend and will be calling for 3 days of mourning in my office. I urge those of us who can to do the same. Some of us who have not yet been touched by these terrorists may say all manner of things and continue to defend the glaring failures of this administration for whatever reason. I will say that may God show us all the same mercy we show the fallen and the bereaved in this country in due course. 

We remember our fallen children and sisters and brothers both civilian  and non-civilian across Nigeria - in all the states of the Federation especially Adamawa, Benue, Nasarawa, Plateau, Taraba and Zamfara and pray God have mercy on their souls. May their deaths not be in vain. And may He heal their loved ones and bring the killers and funders of these killers to justice Himself. Amen. 

Dear Nigerian Civil Society, NGOs and Humanitarian Workers,

We have been together on different issues and continue to speak up. This work is thankless and tiring. We are often in danger as we go to different places to offer succour and relief. Our task would not be so enormous if our federal, state and local governments were doing their jobs well.  Please let us not give up. It is darkest before dawn. Let us stand together like never before and insist on better welfare and security for the Nigerian people including our police officers and soldiers. Let us not be swayed and distracted by various obfuscations and dramas but keep our eyes on the prize - a Nigeria where we can all go to sleep safe from marauding terrorists and killers. 
If you are a Nigerian in diaspora, please write to your representatives and even the President of the country you are in and ask them to help the Nigerian people and free them from the shackles of this present administration. The world cannot afford a Nigeria in shambles with refugees all over West Africa and beyond.  This is better imagined than experienced.  May the God of Creation direct our noble cause.

Dear Labour Unions and Leaders,

Your silence is deafening. Where are you at this time? Do you only come out when the price of fuel is about to go up? Have you been 'settled'? Or, like many Nigerians, have you been too impoverished by this administration's economic policies to focus and fight? A dead people cannot fight fuel price increases. Please remember that. I urge your leadership and you all to come together and speak for the Nigerian people in the way you have done in the past.  This is not the time to roll over and play dead. May God give you courage as you do so. Amen.

Dear Heads of Foreign Governments, Nigeria's allies, African Union, European Union and All Other Multilateral and Intergovernmental Bodies Worldwide

SAVE OUR SOULS!

Dear All,

I am a citizen and can only cry and pray from the pain in my heart. Let me close out with this prayer, familiar to all Nigerians (it is the second verse of our National Anthem) and may they who sing and pray it with lying hearts be judged by our Creator:

O God of Creation, direct our noble cause, guide our leaders right, help our youth the truth to know. In love and honesty to grow, and living just and true, great lofty heights attain, to build a Nigeria where peace and justice shall reign. Amen. Amen. Amen. 

God bless Nigeria and all the nations of the world.

Yours sincerely,

Ier Jonathan



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Ms. Jonathan is a social worker and ex-United Nations staff. She holds degrees from the London School of Economics & Political Science and from George Washington University, USA and works for a better life for all Nigerians.
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April 24th, 2018

4/24/2018

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A PASSIONATE PLEA FROM BENUE VALLEY PROFESSIONALS NETWORK 

SAVE OUR SOULS IN BENUE, THE MIDDLE BELT & ALL AREAS IN NIGERIA UNDER SIEGE FROM TERRORIST HERDSMEN!
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​Dear All, 

We woke up this morning to news that terrorist herdsmen and/or their mercenaries attacked a Catholic Church/Parishioners who went for 5.30am mass in a village @ Ayar Mbalom in Gwer East Local Government in Benue State killing 2 Priests, Father Joseph Gor and Father Felix Tyolaha and, at last count, 13 parishioners. We have personally spoken to the head of the Justice, Development & Peace Commission, Makurdi who is at Gwer mortuary this morning receiving the bodies of those murdered.
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​We condemn in the strongest terms possible this terror attack on worshippers and other attacks on defenceless Nigerian citizens and call on all to please remember Benue and the Middle Belt in prayers. We also ask those who have friends and family in high places to plead with President Muhammadu Buhari, his security team, Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria and whoever else may be connected to those funding these killers and big beef interests such as cattle owners who have herdsmen looking after cattle for them in the Benue Valley  to use all at their disposal to end this senseless slaughter of unarmed defenceless people in the Benue Valley, in the middle belt, in Zamfara and EVERYWHERE ELSE IN THIS COUNTRY!
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These militant herdsmen and their mercenaries, a group dubbed the 3rd most lethal terrorist group in the world, are slowly wiping out Nigerians to presumably further their cattle business interests. 

WE REJECT IN TOTALITY THE UNGODLY IDEA THAT CATTLE MATTER MORE THAN HUMAN LIVES and call on all who have an iota of humane feeling in them to end this madness before it consumes us all and leaves us without a country. 

Since 2013, over 60 terror attacks have taken place in Benue alone leaving thousands dead and tens of thousands displaced.

We call on all humane persons and groups around the world to come to the aid of our farming and worship communities and end these terror attacks across Nigeria and especially in Benue, our food basket which also threatens our collective food security. 

For more information, please visit www.savebenuenigeria.org 

Signed, 

Ier Jonathan-Ichaver
for Benue Valley Professionals Network
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FELABRATION 2018 ANNOUNCES FESTIVAL THEME

4/23/2018

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“BABA AT 80 : OVERTAKING OVERTAKE “, is the theme of this year’s FELABRATION.
FELA will be, posthumously, 80 years  old this year, October 15. FELABRATION 2018, is poised to celebrate the milestone. This year’s event holds between October 15-21, 2018. And the theme song is FELA’S hit tune, “Overtake Don Overtake Overtake”.


The event kicks off on that Monday 15, with its traditional Symposium Discussions, “The FELA Debates”. This is a segment of the annual festival which provokes intellectual discourse around topical contemporary African issues. These debates seek to engage today’s people in espousing ideas and ideals towards solving the myriad of problems confronting the African Continent. It usually parades a pool of discussants from across the various strata of the society, each bringing individual’s experience to bear on the chosen topic for the day, from across the Africa Continent. Prof. Patrick Lumumba, the renowned Kenya Anti-Corruption advocate was the Chief Speaker last year. Prof Yemi Osibajo, Vice President, Federal Republic of Nigeria was once a Lead Speaker at the event. This year promises another world famous personalities as the Speakers.


However the Secondary School Debates which is built around children’s competitiveness in logic, comes a few weeks before the main festival commences. It is usually a contest between the private and public schools in Lagos state, Nigeria. This year is no exception and the topic of contention for this year will be released soon.


The main event is the 7-day music concerts which commences on the night of the opening day, October 15, 2018. This year, all top Nigeria Artistes have indicated willingness to perform at the festival. Plans are also in top gear to bring in some five star international musicians.


The two contents, FELABRATION ART and AFROBEAT DANCE COMPETITIONS, will make their second appearances this year. These as their names imply are contests amongst youths in the specific areas mentioned. The Art Competition is usually a contest on FELA related issues. While the Afrobeat Dance Competition brings out the best in the dancing prowess of the youths.
These two contents were introduced last year as parts of the FELABRATION 2017’s 20th Anniversary celebration of FELA’S ascension to the great beyond. They have come to stay.


WELCOME TO FELABRATION 2018…”Overtake don Overtake Overtake o”

IMAGES FROM FELABRATION 2017

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8TH iREPRESENT INTERNATIONAL DOCUMENTARY  FILM FESTIVAL 2018 LOADING

2/18/2018

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March 22-25, documentary filmmakers and enthusiasts from around Africa and parts of Europe and the West,  will converge on Lagos for the 2018 edition of the yearly I-Rep International Documentary Film Festival. Produced by the Foundation for the Development of Documentary Film Festival in Africa, the festival will be held at its traditional home, Freedom Park in central business district of Lagos Island. This is the eighth edition of the yearly feast of documentary films, which began in 2010.

The 2018 festival is set to build on the momentum from past editions; especially last year’s and will explore the theme: ARCHIVING AFRICA II: Frontiers and New Narratives.

The list of the Festival Special guests is eminent and resourceful. Renowned documentarist of the Nigerian film industry, Professor Jonathan Haynes from Long Island University, Brooklyn, New York City will present his new book, Nollywood: The Making of Nigeria’s Film Genre; Professor Paul Ugor from the Illinois State University will present a keynote and, also review Jonathan Haynes’ book.
Chairman of the iREP Board, Professor Awam Amkpa from the Tisch School of Arts, New York University, and Dr. Paul Nwulu, Programs Manager, Ford Foundation West Africa will also be key speakers.
A new addition to the programming content of the annual festival, will be a special artiste showcase that will reflect on the works of Professor. Niyi Coker, E. Desmond Lee Distinguished Professor of Theatre and Media Studies at the University of Missouri, St. Louis.  Focussing on the multi-skilled artiste’s work in Theatre/Cinema/New media/academia, the showcase is essentially designed to present Prof. Coker to aspiring young filmmakers, to make a career in the arts, especially the Film and the new Media. Prof. Coker has directed over 50 major stage productions around the world. His film credits include; The Black 14 (for FERPA PBS in 1995); Black Studies USA, Pennies for the Boatman, etc. His latest documentary film “Ota Benga: Human at the Zoo” like his previous works, has won serial awards at international film gatherings.
A second showcase will celebrate the life and career of famous filmmaker, Tunde Kelani, who will be 70 on February 26. Founder of the production outfit, Mainframe Opomulero, Tunde Kelani’s award winning works include Ti Olu Ni Ile; Ayo  Ni Mo Fe; Saworoide; Arugba; Thunderbolt; Abeni; Maami; and lately Sidi Ilujinle, devised from Wole Soyinka’s classic, The Lion & The Jewel.
A three-day Training programme will precede the formal opening the festival. Starting on Monday March 19, the training will focus on Storytelling, and will be conducted by Mr Yinka Ogun, a well known television/radio content provider/consultant and producer., whose film credits include Abeni, directed by Tunde Kilani; Prince of the Savannah, directed by Bayo Awala, and Maroko, directed by Femi Odugbemi. His selected Television credits include Doctor’s Quarters, and Edge of Paradise, both MNET productions. He is the creator of the award-winning MNET soap opera ‘Tinsel’, and the multiple awards winning ‘Dear mother’.
Rationale/Motif behind theme:
Progress in Africa is still very much befuddled by a quavering attempt at measuring up to expectations of the West on what civilization should be. Africa's striving for progress cannot be isolated from the sense of identifying with values that have defined our humanity over time. African cultural materials are capsules of experiences that have moved us forward as a people and they are important archive of the progress we can make. It is sad, however, that these archives are locked in different museums outside the continent with evident little efforts or willpower by African political leaders to rightly request for the repatriation of such archives.  And it is even more disturbing that African historians and researchers seem to show less concern and enthusiasm to trace the locations of the archives for the purpose of harvesting and harnessing the materials for educational benefits of the peoples, especially the younger generation of the continent.

Africa: Between Archives and Progress:
How do we even begin to talk about progress without understanding where it is taking them to, and how do we understand where it is taking us to if we have no sense of where it brought us from. A new demography of young African elite is emerging from the frontiers of new-age mantra of change, with new narratives of progress groomed by Western investment into controlling the culture space within which the minds of Africans operate. There has to be a counter-narrative that repurposes the perspectives of these new narratives, from mere puppets of the West, to expanding the humanity of Africa with its connections. Our investment in archiving our humanity is shamefully minuscular, and so, it has become difficult to extend it into the future and pass it on to the next generation that must continue the journey of progress.
Our past must feed the present to shape a future and documentary filmmaking as a cultural tool must begin to curate the agenda upon which we can begin to define our humanity and measure our progress.
Participation:
Submission of films opened December 15th 2017 and closed February 10, 2018..

ABOUT IREP
iRepresent International Documentary Film Festival is the prime documentary-only film festival on the coast of West Africa. Since 2011, the festival has brought together the brightest minds in the genre in Nigeria and other parts of the world to showcase their works and as well share experiences through screenings, panel discussions, ‘Producers’ Roundtable’, training, workshops, and networking. Guests’ attendance has been from as vast and diverse countries such as South Africa, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Cameroon, Senegal, Cote d’Ivoire, Burkina Faso, Uganda, Kenya, Tanzania, Ghana, Cameroun, Egypt, Algeria, Mali as well as the USA, Germany, France, and others.

Above pictures from iRep 2017

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Intense rehearsals are going on right now FOR  Wole Soyinka's King Baabu Play presentation by De-Park Theatre being directed by  Toyin Oshiniake.. NOT TO BE MISSED!!!

8/8/2017

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A play written by the Nobel prize-winner Wole Soyinka.  being interpreted by Toyin Oshinaike and Oxygen Koncepts 

According to  Toyin he says


"With  this interpretation King Baabu, you'll be amazed yet amused, at the role 'the other room' plays, in a beastly quest for the pleasure of absolute power.
​
 A comical exaggeration of a collective tragedy.

The Park Theatre has flipped the game,
.
 Park Theatre and Oxzygen Koncepts present:

KING BAABU.

King BAABU is written by the Nobel Prize-Winner Wole Soyinka.
"General Basha Bash takes power in a bloodless coup d'etat and In the spirit of democracy re-christens himself King Baabu."
King Baabu, after the manner of despotic tendencies, satirically arouses an exaggerated imitation of our participation as a people in a funny yet absurd manner.


With King Baabu, we intend not to abuse nay accuse but rather to use the opportunity to infuse a level of Caution in our choice of leadership yet we also intend that you laugh it off. Easy laughter is a genuine tonic for recession.

Don't get cracked. ⚠


King Baabu features an ensemble of seasoned theatre players which include:

@toritsejuejoh
@ngotess
@bamibashe
@abiodunkssm
@makinde.adeniran
@goldikponmwosa
@olarotimi_Stanislavsky
@seunkentebe
@omobolanlesemilore
@timicharlesfadipe
@⁨sammy_perry⁩ 
@alozie'shub

Directed by @toyinoshinaike

Sat'day 12th & Sun13th,
Sat'day 19th &Sun 20th,
Sat'day 26th 
& a Special Command Performance on the 27th of August 2017. 

Venue: Amphi Theatre @freedompark
1, Hospital Road, Lagos Island (Former Colonial Prisons).

Time: 7pm

Tickets: N2,000


Supported by:
@toyinoshinaike
@majmuatheatre
@lucia_shimmers
@infobuddie
@nothingtodoinlagos
@enyeinterior @crowntroupeofafrica
@brownehill
@tojconcept
@lufodoproduction
@iopeneye 
@ronyamanarts @thegrillstationlagos
@r2tv

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Instagram: @parktheatrelagos

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​This version which is being directed by Toyin Oshiniake  is awesome  just the rehearsals alone will make you giggle and laugh like a kid however the message is NOT lost...

Tickets are running out fast check check image for more details 


Sat., Aug.12th & Sun.13th.7pm. @ The Amphitheatre, Freedom Park, Lagos. 

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