Published on: Friday, 29 May 2009
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STATE OF THE Ni.ge.r.iaN NATION
London Metropolitan University
Stapleton House
Holloway Road London N7 8HN
Confirmed Speakers
Prof Wole Soyinka
Mallam Nuhru Ribadu
Barrister Femi Falana
Prof Sola Adeyeye
Sowore Omoyele
Sister Affiong Affiong
Okey Ndibe
Kayode Ogundamisi
This event is organised by Ni.ge.r.ia Liberty Forum with the support of London Metropolitan University
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THE STATE OF THE Ni.ge.r.iaN NATION SYMPOSIUM
Event Date: Friday, 29 May 2009 Event Time: 09:00:am – 05:00m
Event Location: London Metropolitan University Stapleton House Holloway Road London N7 8HN
PROFILE OF SPEAKERS
Key Speaker
Professor Oluwole “Wole” Soyinka
Professor Oluwole “Wole” Soyinka is a Ni.ge.r.ian writer, poet and playwright. He won the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1986, the first African to be so honoured. In 1994, he was designated United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Goodwill Ambassador for the promotion of African culture, human rights, freedom of expression, media and communication.
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu former Executive Chairman of Nig.eria’sEconomic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the government commission tasked with countering corruption and fraud. Under Ribadu’s administration, the EFCC has charged prominent bankers, former ministers, Senate presidents, high-ranking political party members and large-scale 419 gang operators.
Sister Affiong L. Affiong
Sister Affiong L. Affiong is Secretary General of Moyo wa Taifa, a Pan Afrikan Women’s Solidarity Network based in the UK and Ghana . Her political life began as a student activist in the Ni.ge.r.ian student union movement in 1983 at the University of Ibadan and at the University of Lagos in 1987. In 1990, she relocated to the UK where she is active within the Black community where she has worked as a political organiser, campaigner and community advocate on race, immigration, employment and other anti discrimination issues in the community.
Barrister Femi Falana
Barrister Femi Falana. President of the West African bar Association. Femi Falana is acknowledged as a credible and consistent voice in the ongoing campaign for a just rule of law in Nige.ria. He is highly regarded as a strong and effective pillar against rights abuses and tyrannical rule as well as an advocate of good governance in Ni.ge.r.ia and across Africa.
Sowore Omoyele
Sowore Omoyele
.Omoyele Sowore is a Ni.ge.r.ian who has spent the last years working to promote human rights and democracy in Ni.ge.r.ia, and to stop the militarization and violence that multinational oil companies have brought to his country. He is the publisher of the anti fraud on line magazine Sahara Reporters New York.
Okey Ndibe
Okey Ndibe is a novelist, poet, political activist from Yola, Ni.ge.r.ia. He is the author of Arrows of Rain, a critically reviewed novel published in 2000. Ndibe relocated to the USA in 1988, where he founded African Commentary, an award-winning and widely acclaimed a magazine. He is a published poet, and a former associate professor of English at Bard College at Simon’s Rock.
Event Moderator:
Professor Sola Adeyeye
Professor Sola Adeyeye former Ni.ge.r.ian law maker, scientist, pro democracy activist, social justice campaigner and renowned for Human Rights Campaigns.
Other invited speakers:
Representatives of the Ni.ge.r.ian High Commission
London Metropolitan University Bussiness School
NLF Convenor Kayode Ogundamisi