Imelme Umana Is 2017 President of the Harvard Law Review

The esteemed  Harvard Law Review has elected the first Black woman elected as president, Imelme Umana, Harvard Law student class of 2018.

According to the Harvard website, “She is also on the board of Harvard Model Congress Boston, the nation’s oldest government simulation conference run exclusively by undergraduates at Harvard College. During the school year, Imelme works as a Research Assistant at the Hiphop Archive at the Du Bois Institute for African and African American Research. She also worked as the Harvard Summer in Washington student coordinator, organizing political events for Harvard interns in DC.”

The Harvard Law Review  is a student-run organization whose main purpose is to publish a journal of legal scholarship. While the Review is formally independent of the Harvard Law School, student editors make all editorial and organizational decisions.

Umana is a doctorate candidate at Harvard Law School, and is most interested in the intersection between government and African American studies by exploring how stereotypes of Black women are reproduced and reinforced in American Political discourse.

2016 Manufacturers Association of Nigeria (MAN) Media Awards

2016 MAN Reporter of the Year (Television category)

Abiola Ismail – TVC

2016 MAN Reporter of the Year (Newspaper category)

Odinaka Anudu – BusinessDay

Awarded for his incisive and in-depth reporting and analysis of relevant issues in the manufacturing sector – going an extra mile to do in-depth reporting and analyses of issues and policies affecting the manufacturing sector as well as for conducting relevant interviews and effectively utilising the Association’s position papers and publications. Odinaka Anudu, BusinessDay’s editorial analyst, covers Industry and SMEs. A holder of Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Master of Science degree in Development Economics, Anudu has been trained by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) on Trade Negotiation. He was formerly the secretary-general of the National Drug Abuse Control Association. He has received several training programmes in journalism.

The winners were announced at the 2017 MAN annual media luncheon held in Ikeja, Lagos.

2016 International Real Estate Federation, FIABCI Awards

FIABCI Best Journalists in Nigeria’s Real Estate Sector

Chinedum Uwaegbulam (Property Editor) – The Guardian

Awarded for his professionalism and ingenuity in analysing issues and promoting the development of the building industry in the country.

Chuka Uroko (Reporter) – BusinessDay

Awarded for his deep understanding of the dynamics and economics of the real estate market, by consistently providing insights and market intelligence that have aided investment decisions by small, big, local and foreign investors. Uroko, a graduate of English Language from the University of Nigeria (UNN), started his career in journalism as a Proof Reader in Vanguard Newspaper, from where he joined BusinessDay as a Sub-Editor, a function he combined with Politics/Governance reporting.

Architectural and Design Award

ACCL

The Most Influential Investor in the Sector Award

Actis

The Most Influential Financial Partner in Real Estate Award

Stanbic IBTC Bank

The Most Influential Developer in the Industry Award

UPDC Property Development Company

The awards were presented by the International Real Estate Federation (FIABCI), Nigeria chapter at the second FIABCI yearly award and business dinner with the theme: “ Real Estate: It is all about the Economy” in Lagos.

The awardees were celebrated by the professional body, which comprises top real estate developers, investors, real estate reporters and members of the Nigerian Institution of Estate Surveyors and Valuers (NIESV) after a rigorous selection process conducted by an award selection committee headed by Samuel Eboigbe, an estate surveyor and valuer.

2016 UNILAG Distinguished Professors

The University of Lagos (UNILAG) honours Babajide Alo, Olukayode Amund, Im Unah and Cecilia Igwilo, West Africa’s first female professor of pharmacy, by awarding them UNILAG Distinguished Professors, one of the University’s highest honours for pedagogical excellence as part of activities marking the grand finale of the institution’s 2016 convocation ceremonies.

Christian Aiyegbeni

Former Nigerian decathlete Christian Aiyegbeni has been honoured by the Saudi Arabian sports authorities for producing an athlete – the fastest junior sprinter, Abdul Murzuk who would represent the country in the 2018 International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) World U20 Championship to be held in Tampere, Finland.

Christian Aiyegbeni who coaches Track and Field at the Yarmouk Sports Club in Abu Arish, Jizan was awarded a medal and a certificate of honour from the Ministry of Youths and Sports, Jizan Chapter, Saudi Arabia.

 

 

 

“Long Throat Memoirs: Soup, Sex and Nigerian Taste Buds”

Long Throat Memoirs: Soup, Sex and Nigerian Taste Buds – a book authored by Nigerian food essayist, Yemisi Aribisala and published by Cassava Republic Press has won the prestigious John Avery Award (2016) in the United Kingdom (UK) at the Andre Simon Food and Drink Awards for its originality in style and contents.

Yemisi Aribisala is the first black African to win the award as Long Throat Memoirs: Soup, Sex and Nigerian Taste Buds according to the author “collates Nigerian food stories into an irresistible soup-pot in love language of appetite & nourishment”.

 

Lagos State Government Launches ‘Citizens Gate’

The mobile app, known as Citizens Gate under the Citizens Relations Management (CRM) initiative has been launched by the Lagos State Government to facilitate interaction and provision of services between government and the citizens from the comfort of their homes and offices without necessarily paying a visit to government establishments where such services are being provided.

Citizens Gate can be accessed via www.citizensgate.lagosstate.gov.ng and can be downloaded from Google play store and Apple store both on Android and iOS, enabling the Lagos State Government to acknowledge problems and issues, which would be investigated, worked on and resolved efficiently and timely.

Citizens Gate would also improve the State budget thus making planning a lot easier and preventing waste and encouraging savings that will aid in provision of more services and development, the platform would further help government to determine which programme of the State is working and whether to replace or improve on any programme for efficient and effective service delivery to the people.

The platform has been designed initially to accommodate 22 MDAs of the State government and same will be scaled up to cover all MDAs in the near future.

Government officials have been trained to be in charge of the platform in all the initial MDAs, while citizens with no access to internet can call the Command Centre on 767 and a ticket will be issued instantly on their behalf.