A Woman’s Gift To Humanity (Woman Daily™)
Woman Daily™ is our
diary. Share your views and experiences on all issues.
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Dr. Adebunmi Odiakosa |
When Mrs Adebunmi Odiakosa, a medical doctor, decided
on a charitable medical care for children with special needs, she thought that
“Oh, I was going to do this for only five years.” But, that thought went beyond her initial plan.
Remembering Peter Areh
By Krydz Ikwuemesi
Painter, art critic and ethno-aesthetician;
Associate Professor, University of Nigeria,
An artistic impression of Areh
Credit:africanartswithtaj.blogspot.com
To mark
the third annual lecture in memory of Peter Dubem Areh on Nov. 23 by 11 am at
the Freedom Park, Lagos, Prince Yemisi Shyllon, humanist and modern Medici, will
discusses the problems militating against the growth and development of art in
Nigeria.
A Roaming Pregnant Teenager Tells Her Story (WOMAN DAILY™)
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Photo Credit: Google Images |
A
pregnant teenager approached me yesterday evening as I hurried down the road on
Ogunlana Drive. She appeared shy as she virtually covered her face with her
right hand. But the pain in her eyes explained why she summed up the courage to
talk to me. “Mummy, please I need your help,” she said.
Etisalat Nigeria, WAAW Foundation Reward School Girls for Innovation
Etisalat Nigeria supported the Working to Advance STEM
Education for African Women (WAAW) Foundation on the occasion of its 2013
Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) Camp for 30 high school
girls aged between 13 and 17 years.
Titled ‘Robotics and Renewable Energy for Africa’, the
workshop which took place on Aug. 03, at the Laureates College, Lagos, was facilitated by some Nigerian and American
women, and it allowed the girls to experience hands-on activities, tutorials
and experiments.
The founder of WAAW Foundation, Dr. Unoma Okorafor,
said the learning objective of the STEM camp was to ensure that girls thought
of science and technology as tools that could help them solve real problems in
their communities.
“The focus is
to encourage our girls to look around and use locally available materials for
innovation”, she said.
The facilitators included a special education teacher
from Honors Academy School in Texas, Ebele Agu; Associate Professor of Physics
and STEM Education at St. Catherine University in Minnesota, Dr. Kaye Smith and
Mechanical Engineer from St. Thomas University in Minnesota, Frances Van Sloun.
Odi Ogori Ba Uge: A Festival of Note
A representation of the Buffalo displayed in dances |
Every year on July 27th, the community rolls out its drums for dances; its boats for regattas, and showcases several pageants to spice the festivities.
What You Need If Your Child Has Special Needs (Woman Daily™)
Woman Daily™ is
our diary. Share your views and experiences on all issues.
Caring for a child with special needs can be very demanding, especially when the child cannot express himself/herself by speaking. However challenging the demand may be, it is important and necessary to be patient, be encouraged by loved ones and remain hopeful for the best for such child.
Etisalat Launches 'Mobile Assistant' For Improved Business Life
Etisalat Excite Customers With Mercedes Benz SUV, Cash Prizes, In Etisalat/Barcelona promo!
Customers have started winning big in Etisalat/FC Barcelona Promotion which kicked off on June 17, 2013.
Amidst cheers and excitement, the fist lucky winner of a Mercedes Benz SUV in the monthly draw category, as well as five other winners of the daily draws for N500, 000 prize was presented with his prize on Thursday at the Etisalat office in Ikoyi Lagos.
The car winner, 26-year-old Ubah Steven, an auto mechanic who hails from Imo State, but lives and works in Nasarawa State, shared his experience of how he won.
“I became very interested in the Etisalat promo because they always treat their customers well. So I started making my entries until I got about 300 points.
“When I received the call that I have won, I was in shock. When I received the call a second time, I knew it was real but I was still shocked to be named the winner of the car,” he said.
On the daily draws category, five lucky winners including 78-year-old Ibikunle Fagbile, Dandy Odionye, Kingdom Olukutu, Edafe Yarhere and Chinakwe Nikki smiled home with a N500, 000 (five hundred thousand naira) cash prize each.
Speaking on the promo, the Director, Consumer Segment, Etisalat Nigeria, Mr Oluwole Rawa, said that the promo was meant to appreciate their customers as designed in three categories including; the daily draws, the monthly draws and a grand finale draw.
Rawa describes the 2013 promo as bigger than that of 2012 because 180 customers will win cash prizes against the 90 winners in 2012. And while Range Rovers were given to the car winners in 2012, three lucky winners will become proud owners of Mercedes Benz cars each in the 2013 on-going promo.
For the category that will take winners to Barcelona, Rawa says Etisalat is alive to its promise to have 10 lucky customers enjoy the trip prize.
``For this promo, 180 lucky customers will go home with N500, 000 each; and 10 other lucky customers will go to Barcelona, besides the winners of the cars.”
No One Belongs Here More Than You: Three Perspectives To Behold!
Exhibition Installation view by Jude Anogwih |
The recent work ‘ No one belongs here more than you,’ put together by three Nigerian artists, Nnenna Okore, Wura-Natasha Ogunji and Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze, was opened in an exhibition on June 15, at the Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA), Lagos and would be on till September 14, 2013.
SYNC: Best Business Strategy,Google Nigeria says!
Google’s Share Your Nigerian Content (SYNC) was a key highlight at its 3-day conference that brought together entrepreneurs, content developers and journalists on June 4. The crux of SYNC was aimed at enabling content creators embrace the power of the web to grow locally- relevant content online and drive monetization.
Etisalat Prize For Literature :Set To Promote Talented African Writers
The Etisalat Prize for Literature was launched in Lagos on June 5, to further boost African Literature and the publishing industry, promote young writers and foster value recognition.
Considerations For Giving A Gift
People give
gifts for different reasons; either to show love or appreciation. When people
celebrate for different reasons too, they receive gifts. While some people
don’t worry about the kinds of gifts they give or receive, others feel quite
concerned about what they give out as gifts or what they receive.
For Every Plan ‘A’ Get Ready A Plan ‘B’
My recent experience on a ‘short programme’ has
further exposed me to the fact that we may not necessarily have things work out
the way we desire them. It may just happen that after developing a good plan and
putting a good work strategy in place to execute the plan, things still work in
the opposite way.
Be Teachable!
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Photo: lacedwithgrace.com. |
On this bright and beautiful Saturday morning, I woke
up, but it was not at the usual time that I was used to on Saturdays. The time was a few minutes after 7am and I
was still feeling sleepy. I didn’t have anything in particular that demanded my
attention, so I remained ‘blank’ seated on my bed with my pillow clung close to
my bosom.
What Is Difficult In Keeping To Time?
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Must there always be a problem with keeping to time
especially in African societies? I grew up to hear and know that there is
something called ‘African Time’, which simply translates to ‘lateness’ from as
many guests as possible to a programme.
For those who indulge in the act of perpetual lateness
to every occasion, the importance of the event does not matter; be it a wedding
ceremony, a dedication service or a
business meeting. It is so bad to the point that some people even go late to their own wedding ceremony, thereby causing unnecessary tension with their act of indiscipline with proper time management.
At two different instances, a groom and a bride
actually took away the glamour of their ‘D-Day’ by arriving the ceremony very
late. Their excuses were not tenable because they did not manage their time
properly, or did not consider that it was bad enough to keep the officiating
ministers and the guests waiting, let alone their spouse.
In the case of the bride who went late to be joined to
her groom, she wanted to look her very best and she was sure that her groom
would wait for her. She assumed that if her groom could wait, every other
person should too, but the Reverend Father started the Mass in her absence.
Rightly, he said the Church was not under the bride’s authority and would not
be subject to acts of indiscipline.
So many people have failed to keep to time for
business meetings. They get terribly late for such appointments that they
virtually run into the meeting, looking as horrible as their act of lateness.
It gets more disturbing with the endless pleas for forgiveness and excuses for
coming late.
When it began to look like people did not bother about
what time they arrived at programmes, invites started bearing the caveat
‘African Time Not Allowed’.
While perpetual lateness to appointments is condemnable,
these tips could help:
Agree on a reminder from a friend who is
time-conscious; a call or a message in an hour earlier could help.
Conclude all preparations for the event on the
previous day; this way, you will not be under pressure to meet up with time.
When you are not sure of the state of your vehicle,
plan for an alternative means of transportation.
Determine never to use traffic situation as excuses
for being late. You know your city (like Lagos), leave your home at least two
hours to an event since no one enjoys being kept ‘on hold’.
COMMUNIQUE OF THE FIRST PLAYWRIGHTS CONFAB HELD IN OAU,ILE-IFE
INTRODUCTION
The first confab of
Nigerian playwrights was held at the Obafemi Awolowo University(OAU), Ile-Ife from 8th-10th
March, 2013 at the Conference Centre.
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