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The Lagos Branch has just held their 2008 Executive Committee Elections. Here is the new slate of officers:
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President:
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Okorie Shu Fang Christine (Taiwan)
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Vice President:
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Oshowole Paula (Mozambique)
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Secretary:
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Basorun Anita (Poland)
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Asst. Secretary:
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Adedeji Marie-France (Martinique)
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Treasurer:
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Odetola Tania (Russia)
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Asst. Treasurer:
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Itegbe Elizabeth (Romania)
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Membership Secretary:
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Marcus Elizabeth (India)
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Program Coordinator:
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Itegbe Elizabeth (Belize)
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Ikorodu:
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Basorun, Anita (Poland)
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Ikeja:
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Fasuyi, Claudia (Congo)
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Ikoyi:
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Obi, Jean (UK)
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Surulere:
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Obosi, Margaret (UK)
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Ifako/Gbagada/Shomolu:
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Okorie, Shu Fang Christine (Taiwan)
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Lekki
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Achimu, Chris (Belgium)
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LAGOS JOINT WOMEN’S GROUP ~ SMALL WORLD 2007
The theme of the evening’s event was “THE MAGIC OF MUSIC”. It was the twelfth year of Small World with twenty-four country booths, representing 50 nations hosting the evening February 11, 2007 at the British International School, Lekki, Lagos.
Apart from bringing together the international community for the evening, the main aim is to raise funds for many worthy charities who work to improve conditions of disadvantaged people throughout the country.
Money to cover the cost of the event is raised by selling advert space in the program. The income from the tickets and corporate sponsors is then donated to the various charities. Sponsors also help in kind by providing materials, manpower, etc. needed to organize the event.
N25 million was realized during this year’s Small World Celebration.
Lagos Branch’s participation in Small World enabled us to give a very generous donation to our National Project, The Braille Book Production Centre.
Get ready to be 'shaken AND stirred'! Lagos Branch member, Araceli Bing Aipoh, will soon publish her feisty book entitled No Sense of Limits:
Aipoh lures her audience into an Ancient Greek Tragedy set in 20th Century enigmatic Lagos. We witness the underbelly of our fair city and experience the elite lifestyle of the ‘crème de la crème’. In this raw, gutsy thriller the fate of four women intertwines in coils of deceit, obsession and revenge, mesmerizing you until the explosive ending.
Lagos members Glenda Masha, Melissa Chife and Eliza Chukwuma organized a Fund-raising Dinner at the Eko Meridien Hotel on September 30th to aide the devastated victims of Hurricane Katrina in New Orleans, U.S.A. The event was a solid success!
Lagos Branch held their Annual September Tea in the Exhibition Hall of the Goethe Institut on September 3rd. Once again--it was Tea-riffic! There was such a variety of exotic drinks and sumptuous confection, song, dance and camaraderie that the socializing continued until dusk. ….
Congratulations Nigerwives USA!
We are happy to welcome Nigerwives USA back onto the world wide web. Visit their posh website at: www.nigerwivesusa.com
The Nigerwives Braille Book Production Centre entertained over 125 guests at their 10th Anniversary Celebrations on the 14th and 15th of June.
Invitees toured a step-by-step exhibition of the production of books in Braille. Visitors challenged the visually-impaired students to board games such as Scrabble, Chess, Card Games, Ludo, etc. In most cases, the visually-impaired students beat their sighted opponents.
Nigerwives Lagos Branch organized a Raffle featuring 3 Round-Trip Tickets to London, compliments of British Airways and Virgin Atlantic Airlines.
Star-Kist and Coca-Cola supplied the refreshments. Pleasure & Pain, a ‘happening’ band comprised of visually-impaired musicians, kept us rocking in our seats and on our feet!
Nigerwives Enugu Branch will celebrate their 20th Anniversary May 27th. This is a very active branch whose accomplishments epitomize the objectives of Nigerwives.
Hearty Congratulations – Je siike umu nwannem!
Nigerwives Braille Book Production Centre's 10th Anniversary The Braille Book Production Centre celebrates 10 years of service to visually impaired students throughout the federation.
Join the festivities on June 14th & 15th at the Maison de France, Ikoyi, Lagos. Phone (01)270.0631
The USA Nigerwives Annual Convention will take place in Atlanta, Georgia from the 8th to the 10th of July, 2005. This is always a grand event! Contact www.nigerwivesusa.com for details.
Rivers State Branch hosted the Annual General Meeting of NigerwivesNigeria in Port Harcourt again this year, entertaining the guests withirresistible exotic food, the Husbands' Song, as well as brave RiversState Nigerwives dancing a serene Filipino dance, the provocativeSalsa, and their own interpretation of local Riverine Women's Dance.
Nigerwives from all over Nigeria were escorted to Opobo. Those whoattended will not forget the thrilling boat ride through the thickmangrove swamps and out into wide, open river.
The illustrious Hilda Ogbe will be awarded an Honorary Doctor of Science Degree from the University of Benin on March 19, 2005. The degree is in recognition of her outstanding contribution to Sickle Cell Research.
You may remember that Hilda Ogbe, the multi-talented octogenarian, is the author of 'Crumbs Off the Wife's Table', and also the designer of Ogbecraft Silver Filigree Jewellery.
Victoria Island Author Published
Araceli Bing Aipoh's powerful short story 'Windblown' appears in Genevieve Magazine's Second Anniversary Edition. Don't miss it. Bing also has a novel in progress.
On December 8th, 2004 the Nigerwives Braille Book Production Centre hosted the first (ever) Braille Reading Competition for Blind Primary School Pupils at the National Museum in Lagos. Students from Abia, Enugu, Kwara, Ondo,Oyo, Kaduna and Kwara States were the finalists.
Lagos Branch September Tea: click here for more
170 frolicking Nigerwives, family and friends 'Rocked the Boat' at the 1970's Disco Party/Silver Jubilee Boat Cruise.
We enjoyed perfect weather; beautiful ambience, irresistible rhythms, amazing prizes, Karaoke, Limbo, games, gifts
for everyone, and so much delicious food…aboard Sea Cat's comfortable two-decked vessel, The Eko Tourist.
After four hours of festivities, we danced down the gangplank singing 'We Are Family", and vowed to make The Nigerwives Cruise a regular event!
We owe the success of this occasion to the generosity of our sponsors:
Pepsi/7-Up, Starcomms, Eraglobe.com, Alfredo's Day Spa, Cactus Patisserie, Candy Patisserie, International Piano Club, Lilianne's Face & Body Clinic, Lorna's Goodies, Ragolis Waters and Salon Fadi.
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On the 20th of March the Nigerwives Annual General Meeting was held at the Grange School, Ikeja. Lagos Branch hosted approximately 140 Nigerwives from throughout Nigeria. Enthusiastic members travelled from Abeokuta, Abuja, Abia, Akwa Ibom, Benin, Benue, Enugu, Ibadan, Ijebu-Ode, Kaduna, Minna, Owerri, Rivers and Warri Branches. It was a vibrant, warm, even heated gathering. Old friendships were rekindled, new friendships were forged, and many issues were addressed including the election of a new slate of National Executives:
| National President: |
Christa Udeogu (Germany) Enugu Branch |
| National Vice President: |
Gloria Inyang (India) Akwa Ibom Branch |
| National Secretary: |
Tatiana Agbayi (Russia) Enugu Branch |
| National Asst. Secretary: |
Roseline Afolabi (Haiti) Lagos Branch |
| National Treasurer |
Monika Essien: (Germany) Akwa Ibom Branch |
| National Asst. Treasurer |
Aranka Akunyili: (Romania) Enugu Branch |
Graduates from the Braille Book Production Centre's Computer Training Programme received their certificates, as well as a job offer from a generous Abuja Nigerwife.
When a flash storm wiped out the electricity during the meeting, flooded the generator, and flooded the dinner venue nearby-- Nigerwives' ingenuity to the fore!! The feast was transferred to the school compound where all enjoyed a sumptuous candlelight supper; and the band played on!
Sunday morning 36 members assembled at the Braille Centre and from there toured some of the favourite places in Lagos. All bid farewell, safe journey at 5PM.
The next AGM is scheduled for March 2005 in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
Lagos Branch just held Annual Elections. See the Lagos Page.
In Praise of Our Literary Luminaries--and those soon to be so celebrated.
Several Nigerwives have already published one or more books. Authors among us include Marit Golden, Miriam Isoun, Nina Mba, Leslie Ofoegbu, Hilda Ogbe, Wanda Okorede, Megan Rose Olusanya, and others. One of our Ikeja Literary Luminaries hopes to soon be published, while yet another has a book-in-progress 'small, small'.
Check your local bookshops or search on-line for:
Marita Golden: 'Migrations of the Heart' (she has written ten novels following this one)
Miriam Isoun: 'Nigerian Cookbook'
Nina Mba: 'Nigerian Women Mobilised, Women in Southern Nigerian Political History, 1900-1965'
Nina Mba: 'Ayo Rosiji, A Man with a Vision'
Leslie Ofoegbu: 'Blow the Fire'
Hilda Ogbe: 'The Crumbs Off the Wife's Table'
Wanda Okorede: 'The Other Wife'
Megan Rose Olusanya: 'Lectures on Occupational Health'
Margaret Woherem, Managing Director of Compumetrics Ltd. (compiled by the staff of Compumetrics Ltd.) 'Nigerian Information and Communication Technology Handbook 2003'
The Crumbs off the Wife's Table By Hilda Ogbe Publisher Spectrum October 2001
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