Cool 96.9 FM is the official FM radio station of the Nigerian Premiere of the groundbreaking CNN film "Girl Rising".
The FM radio station is the radio broadcast sponsor of the Nigerian premiere coming up on the United Nations' International Day of the Girl Child, Friday October 11 @ 10 am and also on Saturday October 12 @ 2 pm at the Silverbird Cinemas, Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island, Lagos. Star guests include Nollywood divas, Kate Henshaw, Ibinabo Fiberesima, award winning rapper Sasha P, Miss LASU 2013, Daniella Okoye, Little Princess of the Universe 2012-2013 and Holly Gordon, the Executive Producer of "Girl Rising" and Executive Director of 10x10, producers of the film directed by Academy Award-Nominated Director Richard E. Robbins, featuring A-List Hollywood stars Cate Blanchett, Priyanka Chopra, Selena Gomez, Anne Hathaway, Salma Hayek, Alicia Keys, Chloë Moretz, Liam Neeson, Freida Pinto, Meryl Streep, and Kerry Washington

The premiere is co-hosted and sponsored by Nigerians Report Online, United Nations Information Center, Zonta International Clubs in Nigeria, Kudirat Initiative for Democracy (KIND), Kiddies & Brands Company, Educare Trust, Deputy British High Commission in Nigeria and the Silverbird Group.

Happy Sunday! Thank God is Sunday and I thank God for COOL 96.9 FM! Saturday morning, we had a WOW moment on COOL FM with the live interview of the famous Holly Gordon, the co-Executive Producer of the awesome CNN film "Girl Rising" and Executive Director of 10x10, producer of the film. Thank you Event Manager AFOLARANMI igwegbe (you are so full of radiance of goodness, happiness and joy.), MERCY, aka "Omo London" (you are an awesome OAP with glints in your eyes and you rock 24/7!) and CINDY (you are really beautiful and colourful). God just wowed us at COOL FM Saturday morning and with the delicious food and beverages COOL FM gave us at Chocolate Royale too!

Hasfat Abiola, Dr. Joe Odumakin and Kate Henshaw rocked at the Nigerian premiere of "Girl Rising". Read more on https://www.nairaland.com/1474592/hafsat-abiola-joe-odumakin-kate

Nollywood diva Kate Henshaw and Holly Gordon, the Executive Director of 10x10 and co-executive producer of the awesome CNN film "Girl Rising" were celebrity guests in live interviews on Cool 96.9 Fm radio station in Lagos on the Nigerian premiere of Girl Rising on Friday October 11 and Saturday October 12, 2013, at the Silverbird Cinema, Silverbird Galleria, 133, Ahmadu Bello Way, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.

"Girl Rising" spotlights the stories of nine unforgettable girls born into unforgiving circumstances, capturing their dreams, their voices and their remarkable lives.

"Girl Rising is about the world-changing power of educating girls," said Holly Gordon to popular Cool Fm OAPs Mercy, aka Omo London and Cindy.