₦airaland Forum

Source: http://punchng.com/tinubus-panel-halts-oyeguns-tenure-elongation-apc-chief/

The Publicity Secretary of the
All Progressives Congress in
the South-East, Mr. Hyacinth
Ngwu, has said Asiwaju Bola
Tinubu’s reconciliation panel
saved the party from imminent
trouble by halting the process
of extending the Chief John
Odigie-Oyegun-led National
Working Committee’s tenure
by one year.
Speaking with our
correspondent in Enugu on
Saturday, Ngwu said the
committee ensured that the
APC was not consumed by
impunity, which he described
as the undoing of the Peoples
Democratic Party.
He stated that the committee
had made it possible for the
APC to be put first before
individual interests.
He stated, “I think that
committee is one of the best
things that have happened to
the APC since its formation. It
made it possible for all the
bigwigs to come together and
talk to themselves and this
ensured that the party was
put first before any other
issue. It was the committee
that resolved the issue of
tenure elongation, which
would have become a major
problem. Now, everybody is on
the same page in the party.
“The committee has achieved
80 per cent of its mandate. It
made the party to avoid
impunity, which is the
problem that destroyed the
PDP. Without the committee,
we wouldn’t have come to
that realisation. Also, the
committee made us realise
that we don’t need a caretaker
committee in our party.”

bjayx:
Is that all That's quack!

Enemy of state spotted

Source: http://punchng.com/court-fixes-may-3-to-hear-oyeguns-tenure-elongation-case/
A Federal High Court in Lagos
on Friday fixed May 3 to hear a
suit by a chieftain of the All
Progressives Congress,
Adewale Hameed, challenging
the purported tenure
elongation of APC ’s national
officers including its Chairman,
John Odigie-Oyegun.
Listed as defendants are
Odigie-Oyegun, Deputy
National Chairman (South ),
Segun Oni; and Deputy
National Chairman (North),
Senator Lawal Shaibu
Others are; National Secretary,
Ibrahim Gubi; Vice-Chairman
(South-west)Mr. Pius
Akinyelure as the fourth and
fifth defendants.
APC and the Independent
National Electoral Commission
are joined as sixth and
seventh defendants
respectively.
When the case was called on
Friday, Dr. Muniz Banire (SAN),
counsel to the APC, told the
court that the sixth defendant
had filed an application to set
aside the service of the
originating processes on
them.
Banire said the order for
substituted service on the
sixth defendant was obtained
fraudulently as the address
stated on the order was
wrong.
He said the address of the APC
secretariat is No. 40, Blantyre
Street, and not No. 16, Blantyre
Avenue that was stated in the
order.
“The website, the applicant
claimed to have got the
address from is not ours, a
Good Samaritan brought our
attention to today’s date, we
are yet to receive any
process.”
Banire said that they had also
filed a further affidavit to
prove same and attached
correspondence from INEC
showing their correct address.
The applicant’s counsel, Mr.
Babatunde Fashanu (SAN)
sought the leave of court to
withdraw the motion ex-parte
for substituted service on the
fifth defendant (Akinyelure)
that he had been served
personally.
He also told the court that the
applicant had filed a counter-
affidavit to the sixth
defendant’s (APC) motion to
set aside the order.
According to him, the sixth
defendant should be stopped
from denying the address as
the website was clearly APC
website and an exhibit had
been attached to prove same.
“If they were claiming the
website is fake, they should
have taken appropriate steps
to bring down the website.”
Fashanu said moreover, the
bailiff of the court had sworn
to an affidavit of proof of
service on oath that it was at
the APC secretariat he served
the processes.
In a short ruling, Justice
Mojisola Olatoregun held that
it was essential for proper
service to be effected on the
defendants.
“The website may be fake but
I find no evidence of fraud, I
see no reason to set aside the
service, so we do not waste
time; another set of processes
should be served at No. 40,
Blantyre Street,” she held.
Consequently, she adjourned
the suit until May 3 for a
hearing of the originating
motion.
The News Agency of Nigeria
reports that at a joint meeting
of the National Executive
Committee and the National
Working Committee of the
party in Abuja, the tenure of
the officials was extended by
one year with effect from June
30.
The applicant had on March 9
filed an originating summons,
seeking the determination of
the court whether the
extension of the NEC and NWC
elected or appointed members
was constitutional.
He wants the court to
determine if the defendants
had the constitutional right
under Section 223 of the 1999
Constitution and Articles 13
and 17 of the APC Constitution
to extend the tenure of its NEC
and NWC members.
At the last adjournment, the
applicant’s counsel, Fashanu
(SAN), had moved a motion ex-
parte urging the court to
grant four orders pending the
hearing of the substantive
suit.

GraGra247:
Inflation has declined for the APC looters. In the "real" Nigerian economy rice in price of goods and services has gone thermonuclear.

Rice ko beans ni

HeyCorleone:
I am the most apathetic fellow you'd ever meet.

I have no interest in Nigerian politics. I just hate to see political officers not doing what their office holds..

And dragging my generation into something that has nothing to do with you speaks volume of you. You are poor. Utterly wretched. And so you worship the rich in social media hoping one day they'd see you to bless. It's your type that sell their vote for a sachet of spirits and N1000. spits.

See ur life outside....read ur write up here......pls go back to K.G, child of hate.

HeyCorleone:
Fool. Social media is a platform. You step on platforms not in platforms. On social media. Things happen on social media.

Oponu radarada.

Don't ever quote me again. Ewu Hausa.

But u were the one that typed in social media....can u now see that u are a dumb fellow...u lack comprehension.

HeyCorleone:
I am the most apathetic fellow you'd ever meet.

I have no interest in Nigerian politics. I just hate to see political officers not doing what their office holds..

And dragging my generation into something that has nothing to do with you speaks volume of you. You are poor. Utterly wretched. And so you worship the rich in social media hoping one day they'd see you to bless. It's your type that sell their vote for a sachet of spirits and N1000. spits.

Empty barrel makes the loudest noise......you are rich with money ritual right?......kleptomaniac.
Point of correction: It is on social media not in social media.

Temptee101:
May God continue to increase you sir. I wish i could like your post more than once.

How do you expect the fake pastor that has sold his conscience and willed his soul to the devil all because of money and power. He lost the remaining integrity he had (that's if he ever had any) when he said the country doesn't need to be restructured. He is always forming serious as if he knows anything going on in and around him just to deceive the gullible ones.

His cup will one day get filled up

Even an unborn child knows that Osinbajo supports restructuring.....stop spreading lies.

HeyCorleone:
Lol.. The man has already pulled himself down when he sold his conscience for a fat salary.

He's been pulled down already. Literally God forsaken. I'm sure you're his church member or kinsman. Well. Good for you.

God forsaken but better than the whole of your generation combined together....I know you are a pdp tout, we are waiting for you @the polls....you guys would be surprised.

HeyCorleone:
I do not expect things like this..

If you can't be constructive enough in your criticism of what I wrote then it's best you don't quote me.

What is constructive in ur write up? U are just trying to pull the man down, and u will not succeed in Jesus name.....Amen

HeyCorleone:
This very ineffective man.

Honestly when you take into fact that our Vice President is a lawyer and a pastor and such injustices are happening in the country, you begin to wonder of what use he is..

I attacked the man yesterday and got a lot of bashing. Well. Someone has to force the truth down our throat.

A government where an illiterate (not measured by degree now. Buhari is a stark illiterate. It's obvious from his speeches, his blunders (the nigga once said "West Germany". TF? In 2017) and his always knowing nothing about the happenings in his country) is President and dominating while the very educated one with potentials is regulated to the background. Like I said yesterday if he had any sense he'd have long since resigned.

FTC dedicated to my nigga Frank White. Frank White with the cocaina. Bless you bruh.

Mumu dey worry u

No sensible person would take this clown serious.....Comedian of the Federal Republic(CFR).

An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti has discharged and acquitted the state chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Jide Awe, and two others of murder charge.

They had been on trial for the murder of Madam Juliana Adewunmi and Murphy Jeje – a member of the Peoples Democratic Party in 2013.

The late Adewunmi was the mother of Mr. Segun Adewunmi, the current Deputy Speaker of Ekiti State House of Assembly.

The two others discharged by Justice Bamidele Omotosho are Sola Adenijo and Sefiu Owonikoko. Owonikoko died about three weeks ago.

Their discharge and acquittal followed the withdrawal of the charge on Wednesday by the state Attorney Genera and Commissioner for Justice, Kolapo Kolade, on the orders of Governor Ayodele Fayose.

Kolade said the state was withdrawing the case in order to promote peace and brotherliness among the people of Erinjiyan Ekiti, which is the community where both the complainant and the defendants in the matter hailed from.

He also said the governor consented to the withdrawal of the case in spite of political differences because of his belief in posterity, peace and welfare of the people of the community which was said to have been divided over the court case.

Speaking with newsmen on the development, Kolade said: “What happened in court today is far beyond politics, the governor in his usual characteristic manner of promoting peace and brotherliness in all communities in Ekiti and across party lines has intervened.

“In this matter, so many good people across Nigeria, even the defendants in this matter, have appealed to his Excellency to intervene in this matter, particularly in Erijinyan, more so as the defendants and complainant are of same family, the complainants have given the ahead and said the matter should be withdrawn.

“This development equally supports the cause of justice. One of the cardinal principles of justice is promotion of peace.”

source: https://www.punchng.com/fayose-withdraws-murder-case-against-apc-chair-others/

#IstandwithBuhari

The Vice-President of The
Gambia, Mrs Fatoumata
Tambajang, has said that The
Gambia would ‘collapse’ if
Nigerian professionals in the
country withdraw their
services or leave the country.
Tambajang made the remark
at a dinner organised for the
Nigerian delegation to the
62nd Commission on the
Status of Women at the
Nigeria House, New York, on
Thursday night.
The vice-president, who was
represented by Dr Mamadou
Tangara, the Ambassador/
Permanent Representative of
The Gambia to the UN,
commended Nigeria for its
numerous support to her
country.
She said, Gambia is very
grateful to Nigeria for its
support. If Nigeria withdraws
its support, Gambia will
collapse.
“In particular, if the Nigerian
professionals in the judiciary
withdraw, Gambia’s judiciary
will collapse”.
Nigeria led regional efforts to
force out former President
Yahya Jammeh in 2017 after
he reneged on his earlier
pledge to handover to
President Adama Barrow.
At about 30,000 strong,
Nigeria also has by far the
largest population of foreign
nationals living in The Gambia.
Similarly, six of Gambia’s 12
banks are owned
by Nigerians.
Nigerian Emmanuel Ayoola
was the Chief Justice of The
Gambia from 1983 to 1992
while Emmanuel Fagbenle was
the Chief Justice of the country
from 2015 to 2017.
Before then, both had earlier
served as Justices of the Court
of Appeal of the Gambia.
The majority of the senior
professional staff in the
Ministry of Justice on the other
hand are Nigerian lawyers
provided through technical
assistance programme.
In 2017, The Gambia Bar
Association had to protest
against the newly appointed
Nigerian High Court judges –
Justices Edward Ogar, Mathias
Agboola, Simeon Abi and
Matins Okoi.
Nigerian professionals,
including teachers and
doctors, are in the Gambia
under the Technical Aids Corps
scheme, launched by the
Nigerian government to assist
other African countries, as a
practical demonstration of
South-South cooperation.
The event was attended by Ms
Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy
Secretary-General, Minister of
Women Affairs and Social
Development, Aisha Al-Hassan
and Nigeria’s Permanent
Representative to the UN,
Professor Tijjani Bande.
Others were Ms Hajo Sani,
Senior Special Assistant to the
Wife of the President, the
Deputy Permanent
Representative to the UN, Amb.
Samson Itegboje, Permanent
Representatives of Angola and
Uganda to the UN, wives of
Governors, commissioners and the civil society organisations

Source: http://punchng.com/gambia-will-collapse-without-nigerian-professionals-vp/

zakim:
source...

Done

The Secretary to the
Government of the Federation,
Mr. Boss Mustapha, on
Thursday said President
Muhammadu Buhari has
directed all ministers and
parastatals to appear before
the National Assembly to
defend their budgets.
Mustapha disclosed this in an
interview with State House
correspondents at the end of
a meeting Buhari had with
leaders of the National
Assembly at the Presidential
Villa, Abuja.
He said, “The President gave
them (the lawmakers) update
on security, economy, job
creation, processes in the
National Assembly especially
with regards to the budget
and the need to conclude on
it.
“Mr. President has given
instruction that all ministers
and parastatals should ensure
that they appear before the
National Assembly to defend
their submissions so that we
can get this out of the way.
“You know this is a very
dynamic year and there are
preparation for elections and
we are having quite a lot of
security challenges and so if
we don’t appropriate, where
will the money come from?”
The President of the Senate,
Bukola Saraki, also disclosed
that the meeting was on
budget, security and other
national issues.
He said the National Assembly
leadership also gave the
President their opinions
during the interaction.
Saraki said the legislature was
working on the budget,
noting that some agencies
were yet to defend their
budget
“We are hoping that with the
speed up now, they will come
and defend their budget,” he
said.
Those who attended the
meeting from the National
Assembly included the Saraki;
Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Yakubu
Dogara; his deputy, Lasun
Yusuf; Senate Leader, Ahmed
Lawan; House Leader, Femi
Gbajabiamila; Senator Sola
Adeyeye, Philip Aduda, House
Chief Whip, Al-Hassan
Dogowa, and Deputy Whip,
Pally Iriase among others.
Aduda was the only member
of the opposition Peoples
Democratic Party that attended
the meeting while all others
are from the ruling All
Progressives Congress.
Conspicuously absent were
Deputy Senate President Ike
Ekweremadu, Godswill
Akpabio-Minority Leader,
Emmanuel Bwacha-Deputy
Minority Leader and Biodun
Olujimi-Deputy Minority Whip.
Buhari was joined from the
Executive arm of government
by his Chief of Staff, Abba
Kyari; Mustapha; Special
Adviser on Media and Publicity,
Femi Adesina; Senior Special
Assistant on Media and
Publicity, Garba Shehu and
Senior Special Assistant to the
President on National
Assembly Matters (Senate),
Senator Ita Enang.

Source: http://punchng.com/buhari-orders-mdas-to-defend-their-budgets-before-national-assembly/

remedick:
I hereby call on Northerners of this forum, to please come and list at least 20 international achievements by Northerners that put Nigeria on spotlight among nations.

Before you proceed, please leave Dangote out of this.

Areas should be but not limited to

1. Sports (exclude football)

2. Science

3. Tech

4. Education

5. Medicine

6. Entertainment

7. Information Technology

8. Literature

Ibrahim Sheme
Sheme is one of the leading
authors and literary critics in
northern Nigeria. His first
novel, "Kifin Rijiya" (The
Ignoramus), which he wrote
while still a student in Bayero
University and was published
in 1991, won second position
in the Northern Languages
Novel Writing Competition
organised by the Kaduna State
government.
His second novel,
"'Yartsana" (The Doll), won the
first place prize in the maiden
Bashir Karaye Prize for Hausa
Writing. His other works
include "The Malam's Potion"_
(a collection of short stories),
a travelogue on his tour of
Israel and the Palestinian
territories titled "Ilmi Mabudin
Tafiya", a biography of the late
Major-General Shehu Musa
Yar'Adua, and a biography of
the late Alhaji Mamman Shata
titled "Shata Ikon Allah!" He
also edited an anthology of
short stories for the
Association of Nigerian
Authors titled "Cramped
Rooms and Open Spaces".
Sheme was a central figure in
the debate over Hausa
romance fiction which raged
in several newspapers and
magazines in northern Nigeria
between 1991 and 1999. The
highly popular discourse,
called "The Great Soyayya
Debate", pitched writers,
academics and literary critics
such as Ibrahim Malumfashi,
Abdalla Uba Adamu, Yusuf M.
Adamu, Ado Ahmad Gidan
Dabino, and others on the
efficacy and need for the
romance novels known as
"soyayya books". Sheme
initiated the debate as acting
editor cum literary editor of
Nasiha, the Hausa weekly
newspaper being published
by Nationhouse Press
(publishers of The Reporter
newspaper) in Kaduna. He
took the debate to other
media houses where he
subsequently worked as
editor or literary editor:
Hotline and Rana magazines,
New Nigerian, Weekly Trust,
and Leadership newspaper.
The debate attracted the
attention of Nigerian and
foreign scholars such as
Professor Graham Furniss of
the School of Oriental and
African Studies (SOAS),
University of London, who
documented it.

remedick:
I hereby call on Northerners of this forum, to please come and list at least 20 international achievements by Northerners that put Nigeria on spotlight among nations.

Before you proceed, please leave Dangote out of this.

Areas should be but not limited to

1. Sports (exclude football)

2. Science

3. Tech

4. Education

5. Medicine

6. Entertainment

7. Information Technology

8. Literature

Dan Fulani is a Nigerian fiction
writer with 16 published
books to his credit since
1981, who has tried to
highlight development issues
through his popular fiction.[1]
Dan Fulani was brought up on
the Mambilla Plateau, northern
Nigeria and educated at
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
His first published works told
the adventures of a young
northern Nigerian boy called
Sauna and the Sauna stories
spread throughout Africa and
were in high demand as
readers in Southern and East
African schools. He later wrote
on more contentious themes
in particular, 'The Price of
Liberty', which told the story
of a pesticide, banned in the
USA,being dumped on Africa.
Other themes included a
campaign against milk
powder,'The Fight for
Life',and drugs,'Sauna and the
Drug Pedlars'. His books have
been published by many of
the UK's leading publishers
including Macmillan, Hodder
and Stoughton, Longman and
Nelson and also in Nigeria by
Bounty Press and Safari. The
Sauna series featured in a
northern Nigeria television
series.

ajuji1:
An Interview With Dr Maina: A Nigerian Scientist Who Developed An Algorithm For Finding Missing People

Last year, news was all over the UK about a new algorithm which could help in finding missing people, developed by scientists at the University of Bradford in England. The development was reported by the CNN, BBC, Telegraph, among others. We caught up with the scientist, Dr Ali Bukar Maina, a Nigerian, whose PhD work under Professor Hassan Ugail, led to the exciting innovation. Ali was kind enough to share the following information with us.



Tell us about yourself and schools attended

My name is Ali Bukar Maina, from Nguru, Yobe State. I attended Girgiri Primary School Nguru, then Suleja Academy, Niger State (now Federal Government Academy, Suleja) between 1992 and 1998, then did my bachelor's in Electrical and Electronics Engineering at the University of Maiduguri, Nigeria. Thereafter, I did a Diploma in Computing at Jigawa State Institute of Information Technology, an MSc in Software Engineering at the University Aberdeen, Scotland before joining the University of Bradford for a PhD.



What is your area of research?

Computer vision and machine learning



Last year, your story was on CNN and BBC on a facial age progression algorithm you developed, can you tell us about it?

The algorithm was part of my PhD which entails teaching the computer to generate facial images of people at different ages. In simple terms, you feed in a picture, let’s say of a 30-year-old person, then the algorithm process it and generates an image of the person at any finite age(e.g. age 50). Alternatively, the algorithm can synthesise that image to a younger age (for instance back to how the person looked at age 20. This has several real-world applications such as the search for missing people. Indeed, the news on BBC and other news media reported our findings with regards to the image processing of Ben Needham, a British toddler who went missing over 20 years ago, till date he has not been found. Our algorithm generated some images of how he may look after all the years he was missing, which would thus make the search efforts easier.



Is this algorithm open source?

No, the algorithm is not open source. We hope to get a patent for it shortly.



Has this work been published in a scientific journal?

Yes, it has been published in the Journal of Forensic Sciences.



Ali M. Bukar, Hassan Ugail. Facial Age Synthesis Using Sparse Partial Least Squares (The Case of Ben Needham). Journal of Forensic Sciences, 2017; DOI: 10.1111/1556-4029.13523



Other improvements to the initial work have further being published as book chapters and conference articles.



What do you think are the other applications of this algorithm?

In addition to finding missing people, the algorithm can be used in the search for fugitives. For instance, in the next 10 or more years, most of the wanted criminals that couldn’t be caught will have changed in appearance. The algorithm could track their age progression and generate pictures that could identify them, which could lead to identification and arrests.



Can this type of research be done in Nigeria?

Computer vision and machine learning can be done in Nigeria. What is required is dedication, in-depth understanding of mathematics and programming. Furthermore, to teach (train) the algorithm, one needs a large database of labelled pictures and a powerful computer that would be able to do the training. These are things attainable in Nigeria.



How do you feel developing such a useful tool?

It gave me a sense of accomplishment seeing how mathematical equations that many people could not understand generated images of a person that people could be recognised.



Can you remember how you developed an interest in science?

I developed an interest in science when I was little, thanks to my dad, who has always been my motivator and mentor. He had a book called “Simple Science Experiments” which we used to study along with my siblings and try the experiments. That gave me a strong passion for science and motivated me to pursue it as a career.



Who is your science hero?

Geoffrey Hinton is a scientist I have high respect for. He is one of the most famous researchers in the field of Artificial Intelligence. His work helped kick off the world of deep learning (neural networks). He persisted in what he loved for decades when the whole world thought artificial neural networks made no sense. Today, all the tech giants, like Google, Facebook, Microsoft and their likes are using deep learning to achieve wonders.



What is your advice to young students and junior colleagues?

Hard work, dedication and perseverance are some of the ingredients for success. Rather than studying what will get you a job, pursue the subject you love



Further story on Dr Maina’s work can be found via:

https://www.google.co.uk/amp/s/www.digitaltrends.com/cool-tech/uk-aging-algorithm-missing-person/amp/

cc remedick

Bitterleafsoup:
Buharis government was not prepared to lead they made stupid decisions, because they kicked out people that knew what they were doing and replaced them with his relatives and friends that had no education or experience. check out this report...

Kurt Seifarth
"Nigeria Remains a Huge Export Market for Wheat and Rice
Grain and Feed Update"
Google it...
We were on the right track until amature sycophants were thrown into ASO Rock....

Amature? R.I.P English Language

Bitterleafsoup:
My Dear nobody is wailing if you went to school and took a coarse in political science you will know what it means to compare administrations, polices and progress. You find out what works and what doesn't, you see where the ball was dropped and how improvements can be made and implemented. I am sure your education follows your hero Buhari so I don't expect you to get.
Thanks for your contributions anyway.

Coarse? You need to go back to kindergarten.

ProfDumbledor:
Are u okay?

Your forefathers are not okay

Ibrahim Khalil Umar is a Nigerian scientist and university administrator. He was Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University, Kano, Nigeria from 1979 to 1986.[1] He holds a B. Sc. in physics and mathematics from Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, Nigeria, a M. Sc. in physics from Northern Illinois University, USA and a Ph. D. (1974) in physics at the University of East Anglia, United Kingdom.[2] In 1976 he became the first Nigerian academic in physics to teach at Bayero University. In 1978 he served on the national constitutional assembly that drafted the Constitution of the 2nd Republic. Between 1994 and 1997, Umar served as Sole Administrator of the Federal University of Technology, Minna . He represented Nigeria at the Executive Assembly of the World Energy Council from 1990. He was a member of the Nigerian delegation to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) General Conference from 1989 and was appointed Director- General of the Energy Commission of Nigeria in 1989. He served as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the IAEA for 2000-2001.[2] In 2004 he was the Director of the Centre for Energy Research and Training, where the first Nigerian research nuclear reactor is located.[3] In 2007, he was on the international advisory committee for the international workshop on Renewable Energy for Sustainable Development in Africa, held at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka in Nigeria.

Attahiru Jega ent was named Early life and academic career Jega was born on 11 January 1957 in Jega, Kebbi State. He attended Sabon Gari Town Primary School, Jega between 1963 and 1969 and proceeded to Government Secondary School, Birnin Kebbi and then was admitted into The Ahmadu Bello University Zaria's Bayero University College, Kano in 1974, graduating in 1979 with a Second Class Upper Division BSc degree in Political Science. He worked as a teaching assistant at Bayero University, then won a fellowship at Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois in the United States (1981–1984) where he earned a PhD in Political Sciences. He returned to the Political Science Department in Bayero University in 1984 as a lecturer.[3] Other appointments included visiting Senior Research Fellow at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs, Lagos (March 1992 – March 1993), visiting Research Fellow, Department of Political Science, University of Stockholm, Sweden (1994), Deputy Vice-chancellor (Academic), Bayero University (1995–1996) and director, Centre for Democratic Research and Training, Bayero University (2000–2004). Jega was appointed Vice-Chancellor of Bayero University in 2005.[3] He is currently a member of the International Elections Advisory Council.

remedick:
Oga, this thread is not for local achievements... I am talking international recognitions.

At the Olympics in Barcelona 92, China Ajunwa won good number of Gold for Nigeria. She is now in the police force.

That is what I am talking about.

In the IT, there are numerous achievements recorded by Southerners, especially the Yorubas.

I can't type much now.

Chioma Ajunwa didnt win any gold @Barcelona......she won a gold at atlanta 96

Aisha Augie-Kuta (born 11 April 1980) is a Nigerian photographer and filmmaker based in Abuja.[1][2] She is a conservative Muslim and Hausa–Fulani from Argungu local government in northern Nigeria.[3] She won the award for Creative Artist of the year at the 2011 The Future Awards.[citation needed] She currently works as the Senior Special Assistant to the Governor of Kebbi State, Nigeria on New Media.[4][5] Biography Born Aisha Adamu Augie in Zaria, Kaduna State, Nigeria,[1] Augie-Kuta is the daughter of the late Senator Adamu Baba Augie (politician/broadcaster), and Justice Amina Adamu Augie (JSC). Aisha became interested in photography when her father gave her a camera at a young age. Augie-Kuta received a bachelor's degree in Mass Communication from Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and is studying for an MSc in Media and communication at the Pan African University, Lagos (Now Pan Atlantic University).[1] She is married with three children.[3] Augie-Kuta has certificates in digital filmmaking from the New York Film Academy and curating contemporary art exhibitions from the Chelsea College of Arts, London, UK.[citation needed] Augie-Kuta became an Associate for the Nigeria Leadership Initiative (NLI) in May 2011. She is also the vice- president of Women in Film and Television in Nigeria (Wiftin) the West African chapter of the US-based network. She co-founded the Photowagon, a Nigerian photography collective, in 2009.[6] In 2010, Augie-Kuta was included, along with 50 other Nigerian women, in a book and exhibition for the nation’s 50@50 celebrations supported by the Women for Change Initiative.[3] In 2014, Augie-Kuta held her first solo photographic exhibition, entitled Alternative Evil.[7] She has made contributions toward girl child/youth development and nation building.[citation needed] She has been a frequent facilitator at the annual gathering of photographers, Nigeria Photography Expo & Conference; a panelist and speaker at various events; and has spoken at TEDx events in Nigeria.[citation needed] Augie-Kuta was sworn-in as a UNICEF High Level Women Advocate on Education with a focus on girls and young women.[8]

quickberry:
Abdulkareem Baba Aminu
Aisha Augie-Kuta

Abdulkareem Baba Aminu (Kaduna, 7 July 1977) is a Nigerian journalist, cartoonist, comicbook artist and retailer, painter, writer, poet and culture critic. Baba Aminu is a commentator on culture. He was one of four judges for KORA Music Awards.[1] Born in Kaduna, Nigeria, on the 7 July 1977, Baba Aminu soon began to scribble and doodle as a child, eventually going on to write an op-ed column for Classique Magazine at age 12, a first in his country till today. Later, while in secondary school, he created 2 weekly cartoon strips for the Saturday and Sunday editions of The Democrat, a national daily. The characters, Bala and Kareema, became popular and were used by Peugeot Automobiles Nigeria to endorse their then- new 306 model. Abdulkareem Baba Aminu is a well-known culture critic, with a large following of people who revere his reviews of music, movies, TV shows and books Baba Aminu went to the Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria, for a degree in Business Administration, while pursuing a career as a studio painter. He has exhibited in several group shows and one solo. Twelve of his paintings are included in the National Assembly Art Collection in Abuja, Nigeria. During his final year in university, he was employed by Weekly Trust, a major Nigerian newspaper. After a stint as a reporter, he became the Entertainment Editor and eventually the editor of the magazine section of the paper. During that time, he scored many exclusive interviews with both Nigerian and international stars like 2Face Idibia, D'Banj, Bimbo Akintola, Idris Elba, Wesley Snipes and many others. On his approach to work, Baba Aminu told a Nigerian newspaper in an interview: For two years – with the help of the internet and long- distance phone calls - Baba Aminu was also the Special Features Editor of Komikwerks.com, a leading U.S-based publisher of both webcomics and regular books.[2] Baba Aminu was part of a Federal Government Monitoring Team in Togo, during that country’s controversial 2005 elections, where he “faced death many times trying to escape back to Nigeria after the elections turned violent.” The resulting travelogue, called ‘Escape from Togo’ was published May 2005. For his investigative journalism work, Baba Aminu was nominated for ‘Journalist of the Year’ at the 2006 edition of the Future Awards Nigeria. The following year, he was nominated again and he won.[3] Baba Aminu was Acting Editor of the Abuja, Nigeria-based influential Weekly Trust newspaper for over two years, from late 2008 and was made substantive Editor in July 2010, until recently being promoted to Creative Editor overseeing all Media Trust publications. Baba Aminu was a writer on the BBC-produced ‘Wetin Dey,’ the number one TV show in Nigeria while it ran for two seasons. The production saw him team up with notable young Nigerian movie directors like Mak 'Kusare, Kenneth Gyang and Seke Somolu. As a result of a very good professional and personal relationship, 'Kusare was tapped by Y!Magazine to write about Baba Aminu in the publication's annual 'Freedom Issue' in 2010 in which the director likened the writer to "a younger, more hip and Nigerian version of Aaron Sorkin." The magazine also added Baba Aminu to its annual list of '50 Young People Who Will Change Nigeria.' Notable TV appearances by Baba Aminu include a November 2012 episode of Close-Up, a movie industry variety TV show running on M-NET's Africa Magic channel where he was interviewed by host Keppy Ekpenyong Bassey. Baba Aminu's blog, titled Abdulkareem's Shelf-Top (shelf-top..com) runs movie reviews as well as pop culture-related news. He was also the co-owner of Planet Comics, Nigeria’s first comic book store.[4] The store, however, has been closed due to both owners' busy schedules.

remedick:
I hereby call on Northerners of this forum, to please come and list at least 20 international achievements by Northerners that put Nigeria on spotlight among nations.

Before you proceed, please leave Dangote out of this.

Areas should be but not limited to

1. Sports (exclude football)

2. Science

3. Tech

4. Education

5. Medicine

6. Entertainment

7. Information Technology

8. Literature

Abdulkareem Baba
Aminu

Aisha Augie-Kuta

Stingman:
Is being an emir an achievement to Nigeria?

Lol.....go n read about him

Stingman:
Is that all?

I'm not an hausa but I will tell u more......what of Sanusi Lamido ?

remedick:
I hereby call on Northerners of this forum, to please come and list at least 20 international achievements by Northerners that put Nigeria on spotlight among nations.

Before you proceed, please leave Dangote out of this.

Areas should be but not limited to

1. Sports (exclude football)

2. Science

3. Tech

4. Education

5. Medicine

6. Entertainment

7. Information Technology

8. Literature

A northerner designed a chevrolet in d U.S.....his name is Jelani Aliyu