Monday, September 27, 2010

USA Africa Dialogue Series - revised version-pls- WATCHOUT FOR OCT 1-LIST OF TOP 50 US/CANADA BASED NIGERIANS TO BE RELEASED

PRESS RELEASE:

EMPOWERED NEWSWIRE'S TOP 50 US/CANADA BASED NIGERIANS TO BE ANNOUNCED FRIDAY

The selection process for the TOP 50 US/Canada-based Nigerians to mark the country's 50th independence anniversary is now near completion.

The list of the top 50 Nigerians abroad will be released at exactly 1201am on OCTOBER 1.

Meanwhile, the Awards Dinner to honor the winners is coming up in about three weeks in New York.

Venue: Sheraton Hotel, Long Island, New York

Time: 6pm

Date: Saturday October 16, 2010

The project is spearheaded by Empowered Newswire, an independent US-based Nigeria news agency with nominations from the Nigerian community in North America.
 
US/Canada based Nigerians are hereby formally invited to the event.
 
It promises to be a unique night for Nigerians in US and Canada as it is themed- NIGERIANS ABROAD-THE COMPLETE IMAGE in order to celebrate the shinning Nigerians stars here and to build a foundation for a greater awareness of the contributions of those distinguished Nigerians to the good name of Nigeria here and everywhere.
 
It will be about the very first time that such a large number of high flying Nigerians in the US and Canada are coming together for a time of celebration and fellowship.
 
Already we have secured the assurance of the presence of most of the very top distinguished Nigerians and some top government dignitaries. 
 
It promises to be a night to remember judging by the excitement of the nominations and the reputations of the honorees!
 
Laolu Akande
Founder, Empowered Newswire

 

ABOUT THIS PROJECT SO FAR

Press Release:

 

August 26, 2010, New York-Subsequent to a notice widely circulated early last month among Nigerians in the Diaspora regarding the Distinguished 50 at Nigeria's 50th Independence Anniversary, we have now received a fairly long list of nominees from Nigerians in the US and Canada.

 

SELECTION

Empowered Newswire is asking a select group of outstanding Nigerians to join in helping to finalize the list and pick the top 50. Those Nigerians asked to constitute the Advisory Selection Board, will not be eligible for consideration on the list this year.

 

FOR NOW, while the process for additional members are on-going, we have confirmed these outstanding Nigerians:

 

1. DR. OKEY NDIBE, PhD, Professor of English at Trinity College, Connecticut, and ace columnist

2. DR. OLA AKINBOBOYE, MD, Award-winning Nuclear Cardiologist and Professor of Medicine at STONYBROOK U, New York

3. DR. NIMI WARIBOKO, PhD, Professor of Christian Ethics at Andover Newton Theological School, Boston, and senior RCCG North America official, who has kindly accepted to chair the group

 

 

At this time we are still reaching out to a few more of such Nigerians who are willing to serve in this capacity and agree that their names will not be considered for the top 50 list at this time.

 

IF you readily have any outstanding Nigerian in mind who can join this group, do give us their names and contact.

 

AWARD DINNER:

Due to a popular demand, we are also tweaking the project to include a dinner where the honorees would be hosted at a gala event and presented with the award on OCTOBER 16, 2010 in New York.

 

So please mark the date now and look out for more details of the event where top dignitaries would be present including the new Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Prof. Ade Adefuye, the Vice President of the World Bank, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, US-based oil man, Founder/Chairman of CAMAC Energy Dr. Kase Lawal, Jelani Aliyu, the Nigerian who designed the world-acclaimed& award winning Chevy-bolt, among many others would be present.

 

It's October 16-MARK THE DATE!

 

LAOLU AKANDE

EMPOWERED NEWSWIRE

'DISTINGUISHED 50' AT NIGERIA'S 50TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY

 

Empowered Newswire is compiling a list of top 50 Nigerians based in the US and Canada to commemorate Nigeria's 50th Anniversary.

 

The outcome of the list and stories will be used and published in a number of media outlets and avenues in North America and Nigeria.

 

Here is a call for open-nomination of such distinguished Nigerians who are based either in the US or Canada. All forms of nominations are welcomed as we try to compile the top 50.

 

Three things are however required of all nominees:

1. EVIDENTLY OUTSTANDING: The individual must be evidently an outstanding professional in any area of human endeavor, including but not limited to academia or business.

2. WELL NOTED IN A US OR CANADIAN COMMUNITY: The individual should belong to a community, be it city, state, industry, field, calling, etc-and should be well noted and known in any such community or association

3. SIGNIFICANT IMPACT: Such an individual should not only be outstanding and noted, there has to be evidence of significant impact in North America first and foremost and/or elsewhere as it may be. Also the individual must have had a positive impact promoting Nigerians, larger Nigerian interests and values

 

ALL NOMINATIONS INCLUDING SELF-NOMINATION-IF YOU FIT THE BILL OR KNOW ANYONE WHO DOES, SHOULD BE SENT TO EMPOWERED NEWSWIRE, PO BOX 1031 WYANDANCH NY 11798 or emailed to empowered42@gmail.com

Deadline is July 26, 2010.

 

*FEEL FREE TO CIRCULATE THIS TO AS MANY NIGERIAN GROUPS, ASSOCIATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA, WEB SITES AND SO ON

 

 

ABOUT US:

Empowered Newswire is a US-based independent Nigerian news agency founded by Laolu Akande, a long-standing Nigerian journalist currently based in New York. Both Empowered Newswire and Akande have longed reported on the activities of Nigerians abroad for well over a decade including news reports that celebrate the achievements of top-ranking Nigerians abroad.


--- On Mon, 9/27/10, laolu akande <akandeoj@yahoo.com> wrote:


From: laolu akande <akandeoj@yahoo.com>
Subject: USA Africa Dialogue Series - WATCHOUT FOR OCT 1-LIST OF TOP 50 US/CANADA BASED NIGERIANS TO BE RELEASED
To: "Nnanna Agomoh" <mnagomoh@yahoo.com>, NaijaObserver@yahoogroups.com, NIgerianWorldForum@yahoogroups.com, NaijaPolitics@yahoogroups.com, talknigeria@yahoogroups.com, usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com, NIDOA@yahoogroups.com, afenmai@yahoogroups.com, edo-nationality@yahoogroups.com
Cc: Igbo_forum@yahoogroups.com, IgboEvents@yahoogroups.com, IgboWorldForum@yahoogroups.com, abraham.madu@yahoo.com
Date: Monday, September 27, 2010, 10:52 PM


PRESS RELEASE:

EMPOWERED NEWSWIRE'S TOP 50 US/CANADA BASED NIGERIANS TO BE ANNOUNCED FRIDAY

The selection process for the TOP 50 US/Canada-based Nigerians to mark the country's 50th independence anniversary is now near completion.

The list of the top 50 Nigerians abroad will be released at exactly 1201am on OCTOBER 1.

Meanwhile, the Awards Dinner to honor the winners is coming up in about three weeks in New York.

Venue: Sheraton Hotel, Long Island, New York

Time: 6pm

Date: Saturday October 16, 2010

The project is spearheaded by Empowered Newswire, an independent US-based Nigeria news agency with nominations from the Nigerian community in North America.
 
US/Canada based Nigerians are formally invite you to the event.
 
It promises to be a unique night for Nigerians in US and Canada as it is themed- NIGERIANS ABROAD-THE COMPLETE IMAGE in order to celebrate the shinning Nigerians stars here and to build a foundation for a greater awareness of the contributions of those distinguished Nigerians to the good name of Nigeria here and everywhere.
 
It will be about the very first time that such a large number of high flying Nigerians in the US and Canada are coming together for a time of celebration and fellowship.
 
Already we have secured the assurance of the presence of most of the very top distinguished Nigerians and some top government dignitaries. 
 
It promises to be a night to remember judging by the excitement of the nominations and the reputations of the honorees!
 
Laolu Akande
Founder, Empowered Newswire

 

ABOUT THIS PROJECT SO FAR

Press Release:

 

August 26, 2010, New York-Subsequent to a notice widely circulated early last month among Nigerians in the Diaspora regarding the Distinguished 50 at Nigeria's 50th Independence Anniversary, we have now received a fairly long list of nominees from Nigerians in the US and Canada.

 

SELECTION

Empowered Newswire is asking a select group of outstanding Nigerians to join in helping to finalize the list and pick the top 50. Those Nigerians asked to constitute the Advisory Selection Board, will not be eligible for consideration on the list this year.

 

FOR NOW, while the process for additional members are on-going, we have confirmed these outstanding Nigerians:

 

1. DR. OKEY NDIBE, PhD, Professor of English at Trinity College, Connecticut, and ace columnist

2. DR. OLA AKINBOBOYE, MD, Award-winning Nuclear Cardiologist and Professor of Medicine at STONYBROOK U, New York

3. DR. NIMI WARIBOKO, PhD, Professor of Christian Ethics at Andover Newton Theological School, Boston, and senior RCCG North America official, who has kindly accepted to chair the group

 

 

At this time we are still reaching out to a few more of such Nigerians who are willing to serve in this capacity and agree that their names will not be considered for the top 50 list at this time.

 

IF you readily have any outstanding Nigerian in mind who can join this group, do give us their names and contact.

 

AWARD DINNER:

Due to a popular demand, we are also tweaking the project to include a dinner where the honorees would be hosted at a gala event and presented with the award on OCTOBER 16, 2010 in New York.

 

So please mark the date now and look out for more details of the event where top dignitaries would be present including the new Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Prof. Ade Adefuye, the Vice President of the World Bank, Dr. Oby Ezekwesili, US-based oil man, Founder/Chairman of CAMAC Energy Dr. Kase Lawal, Jelani Aliyu, the Nigerian who designed the world-acclaimed& award winning Chevy-bolt, among many others would be present.

 

It's October 16-MARK THE DATE!

 

LAOLU AKANDE

EMPOWERED NEWSWIRE

'DISTINGUISHED 50' AT NIGERIA'S 50TH INDEPENDENCE ANNIVERSARY

 

Empowered Newswire is compiling a list of top 50 Nigerians based in the US and Canada to commemorate Nigeria's 50th Anniversary.

 

The outcome of the list and stories will be used and published in a number of media outlets and avenues in North America and Nigeria.

 

Here is a call for open-nomination of such distinguished Nigerians who are based either in the US or Canada. All forms of nominations are welcomed as we try to compile the top 50.

 

Three things are however required of all nominees:

1. EVIDENTLY OUTSTANDING: The individual must be evidently an outstanding professional in any area of human endeavor, including but not limited to academia or business.

2. WELL NOTED IN A US OR CANADIAN COMMUNITY: The individual should belong to a community, be it city, state, industry, field, calling, etc-and should be well noted and known in any such community or association

3. SIGNIFICANT IMPACT: Such an individual should not only be outstanding and noted, there has to be evidence of significant impact in North America first and foremost and/or elsewhere as it may be. Also the individual must have had a positive impact promoting Nigerians, larger Nigerian interests and values

 

ALL NOMINATIONS INCLUDING SELF-NOMINATION-IF YOU FIT THE BILL OR KNOW ANYONE WHO DOES, SHOULD BE SENT TO EMPOWERED NEWSWIRE, PO BOX 1031 WYANDANCH NY 11798 or emailed to empowered42@gmail.com

Deadline is July 26, 2010.

 

*FEEL FREE TO CIRCULATE THIS TO AS MANY NIGERIAN GROUPS, ASSOCIATIONS IN NORTH AMERICA, WEB SITES AND SO ON

 

 

ABOUT US:

Empowered Newswire is a US-based independent Nigerian news agency founded by Laolu Akande, a long-standing Nigerian journalist currently based in New York. Both Empowered Newswire and Akande have longed reported on the activities of Nigerians abroad for well over a decade including news reports that celebrate the achievements of top-ranking Nigerians abroad.


 

 

 

 
 

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