COLOUR BLOCKING IN CULTURAL ATTIRES

I heard it is the latest trend among young ladies. Colour blocking as i found out involves combining several sharp colours to give an effect.

Colour blocking in cultural attires, gorgeous!

     

Elegant!

 

 

 

Some creative minds took this trend to the next level, from the casual to the traditional. According to one of them ''the concept makes more sense in cultural attires and i didnt think it would come out so well and everyone is complimenting me''

In my opinion it looked very nice, unique and colourful and i bet there are just a few people who would see these pics and not admire their outfits. Wish i could get enough of this pics though.

 

 

Leave your comments if you think it is cool ot not!

 

Chris

NIJ Students hold Photo Exhibition

Photo-Journalism students of the Nigerian Institute of Journalism had their annual exhibition displaying their works for the year in the hall of the institution on Wednesday 26th July, 2012 with the provost of the institution Dr. Mrs Elizabeth Nkem as the special guest of honour.

The chief host and Coordinator of the photo-journalism programme in the Institution, Mr Boye introduced the students - Murewa Isaiah, Adewale Ojeleye, Babatunde Alabi, Ibrahim Olawale Amoo, Ayodele Efunla and Azeezat Folake Odebiyi declared them as ''the best set to have gone through the programme'' and that he was very proug of them. In her remarks before declaring the event opened, Dr. Nkem thanked Mr Boye for his committment to the programme and also thanked the students for their hardwork, deligence and committment as well stating that ''this is the first set i did not get any negative report from and we did not have to start running after you to do your assignments.''

After declaring the exhibition openned, staff, students of the institution and other invited guests proceeded to the hall to view photos taken by the photo-journalism students.

Each student had his own exhibition stand and their photos were breathtaking as guests kept asking questions on how the photos were taken and the inspiration behind the shots and the techiniques used. There was good response from the exhibiting students and they also granted interviews to journalists on ground.

                                            Azeezat poses in front of her photos

                                            The provost inspecting the photos
At the end of the exhibition, Babatunde Alabi one of the exhibiting students gave the vote of thanks and this was closely followed by group photos featuring the exhibiting students with staff, students of the institution and other invited guests.

                                           Exhibiting students and the provost in a group photo.
By Chris Imaralu.

DELE ALAKE DELIVERS NIJ LECTURE

A former commissioner for information and strategy in Lagos Mr Dele Alake implored students that the role of the media in the society is to nurture and uphold societal values. He made the remark in a lecture titled ''Bridging the gap between government and the media to foster national development'' on wednesday 4th july 2012 at the Nigerian Institute of Journalism,Ogba Lagos.

In his lecture to the students of the institution who were celebrating their annual students week, he declared journalism as ''the most noble proffession in the worl'' and called for journalists to strive for mobility, character and virtue'' which he stated as attributes of a great nation.

                                            Mr Alake delivering his lecture.
Students of the institute were advised by Mr Alake to take the proffession seriously informing them that journalism would open doors for them and give access to the cross section of the society. He emphasized the need for journalists to be disciplined stating that they must not collect brown envelope to colour their reports.

Mr Alake identified the press as an adversary of government and warned that as journalists, We must not be biased or prejudiced in our writing and thinking. He was of the view that as journalists, they have the authourity to query anybody, the governement or its policies as the people rely on the press to carry messages to and from the government.

Journalists according to Mr Alake are the ''beacon of hope for every society and the level of openness and transparency in any society is directly dependent on how far the press in that society has gone, where you have a very free press that society would be free and the media has the moral duty to regulate and uphold the society.''

To educate the society is the most important duty of the media i.e when the society is going the wrong way, you point it. This is done by analysing and following up a published story. As journalists we need to explain and analyse all the angles and various perspectives of a story so all and sundry would understand.''

Mr Alake also advised that a good journalist needs to be a ''jack of all trades and a master of all'' so as to acquire wide knowledge to practice journalism effectively.

In  his lecture, he stated that the adversarial role of the press pitches them against the incumbent government of the day and for the press to discharge its duty creditably, It must achieve accuracy in its report, focus on the relevant issues that would aid the development of the society not on the mundane things and discharge a sense of responsibility in reports by avoiding unnecessary sensationalism.

                                                Mr Alake with students of the institution.

                                              Mr Alake Receiving the award.

After delivering the lecture, Mr Alake was presented with an award in recognition of his contribution to the development of the media by the chairman of the organising committee of the Students week Gbemile Oluwatosin.

By Chris Imaralu

NIJ Holds Cultural Day

The Nigerian Institute of Journalism held its cultural day today. It was the day two of its annual students week with different cultural presentations and a lecture delivered by Mr Segun Adefila.

Students of the Institute, decked in different cultutral attires gathered in the main auditorium for the event that started with Mr Adefila delivering a lecture on maintaining and promoting our indigenous languages and culture as according to him '' it is the only thing we can take abroad to sell.''

Students at the event.

After delivering his lectutre, his Cultural Troupe made a dramatic presentation that echoed how far we have come as a nation since independence and how we have failed in developing our nation. The Cultural Troupes'  also portrayed all the problems we are currently facing as a nation and it rounded up its presentation with a vivid demonstration of how we can exploit our diversity and natural resources as a nation to achieve development.Their presentation was informative,educative and entertaining.

                                             The Cultural Troupe Performing at the event.
In his remarks, the HOD Mass Communication, Mr Jide Johnson acknowledged that the presentation was ''the best he had ever seen in his life so far'' and that he was very grateful to the Cultural Troupe and Mr Adefila for a job well done.After the cultural Troupes presentation, there were presentation from other groups and individual students of the institution which was closely followed by a group dance by lecturers and organisers of the event.

                                         Mr Gbemile presenting the award to Mr Segun Adefila.
This years cultural day was rounded off by Mr Gbemile, the chairman of the organising committee who presented an award to Mr Segun Adefila in recognition of his contribution to our indigenous cultural development.

By Chris Imaralu.

Photos by Chris.

Euro 2012 : Racism in Poland & Ukraine

The European Championship in Poland and Ukraine will be the 14th time that the competition has been held.

It was the brainchild of Henri Delaunay, the secretary of the French Football Federation, who first came up with the idea of a continental competition in 1927.

It is indeed very strange to hear that racism is still very pronounced in Poland and Ukraine and Europe's most prestigious football tournament is taking place in these countries.  It is even more alarming that families of players featuring in the tournament are reported to be staying away from Euro 2012 for fear of racist attacks.

Surprisingly, Europes football governing body, UEFA, has acknowledged this problem and in a statement on its website, stated that: "UEFA Euro 2012 brings the spotlight on the host countries and clearly creates an opportunity to address and confront such societal issues. "UEFA's 'zero tolerance' approach to racism is still valid both on and off the pitch and ultimately the referee has the power to stop or abandon a match should racist incidents occur."  

Awarding this tournament to these nations serves as an opportunity to tackle social challenges such as racism. This is a welcomed development for the image of the nations but also serves as a risk for fans of other nationalities who intend to travel to Poland and Ukraine to support their teams.

Racism in Poland and Ukraine among football fans includes Nazi salutes from the terraces, black players being taunted with monkey chants and rampant anti-Semitism. These appalling and disgraceful behaviour by sets of fans from these countries should be condemned and such fans should be identified and banned from attending games as their behaviour embarrasses their respectful countries. 

However, with UEFA awarding this tournament to them it is a time for a rethink on their part and i do hope they would seize this opportunity. For the non-white fans that intend to travel to Poland and Ukraine,  they should be extremely careful and courteous. It is the most prestigious tournament in Europe and the biggest stars would be on parade so they should be encouraged by that, and go there to see wonderful and exciting football. It's worth the risk.

By Chris Imaralu.