Goodluck has it, surely.
On Saturday the 16th of April, Nigeria voted and it is clear now whom they voted for, and INEC is expected to announce Goodluck Ebele Jonathan as the president-elect who would lead the country over the next 4 years. People are, expectedly, divided over the reasons he has won. There are clusters of people who believe he won because people voted for him as a person and not for his party the PDP whose record in the country’s leadership is abysmally poor. Some believe he has won because he was the easier to swallow choice, especially as opposed to Muhammadu Buhari, a former military ruler of the country. The man has won and it really does not matter why people voted for him and if those reasons are objective or not, including considerations of his religious affiliation and ethnic background. Hell, I actually cast a virtual vote for him purely on the basis of his set of names, which I turned into a prayer in My Virtual Vote for Goodluck Ebele Jonathan.
This is the time Nigerians everywhere must begin to make demands on their new leader. With free access to Twitter, Facebook, Blogs and other media, everyone must speak out loud about what they want from the incoming leadership for Nigeria. All must also rally round the new president and support him, and fortify him with prayers and goodwill. It is not going to be easy, but together Nigeria can actually have victory.
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The Sentinel Champions Privilege Club
At Sentinel Poetry Movement, we have just launched the 
Sentinel Champions Privilege Club. This is a free-to-join club for writers and publishers. Every quarter, we send every member a free Sentinel Champions eBook stuffed with short stories, poems, interviews, and soon, articles geared at training the creative writer which should prove useful to both the established and the upcoming writer.
Every month, all members receive the Sentinel Champions Privilege Club E-mail Newsletter. This newsletter will carry information on all new or forthcoming writing competitions organised by Sentinel Poetry Movement and other organisations. It will also announce new books published by members of the privilege club, or by SPM Publications - the publishing arm of Sentinel Poetry Movement.
OK, so you get a free magazine every quarter, you get an e-mail newsletter every month, you get a chance to sell your books to other members, and you can unsubscribe from the club at any time. I can't think of any reason why you should not join. Can you? I didn't think so. Join the Privilege Club now.
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SWALE LIFE POETRY COMPETITION (APRIL 2011)
Closing date: 20th April 2011
This competition will drop off from The Blogazette Weekly Bulletin after this week as it ends on Wednesday. There is still time to enter the competition for previously unpublished poems in English Language, in any style, on any subject, up to 40 lines long. This competition is part of the Excel for Charity series run by Eastern Light EPM International to reward literary excellence whilst raising money for charities.
Prizes: £100, £50, £30, 2 x £10 Commendation Prizes
Fees: £3 per poem, or £12 for 5.
Judge: Claire Askew, award-winning author of The Mermaid and the Sailors
Enter online or download Entry Form and Rules for postal entries now.
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LUPUS UK INTERNATIONAL POETRY COMPETITION
Closing date: 31st May, 2011
Prizes: 1st - £150; 2nd - £75; 3rd - £40 plus two Highly Commended Awards of £10 each. All winning & commended poems will be published in Excel for Charity website:
www.easternlightepm.com/excelforcharity
Entry fees: £4.00 for 1 poem, £7.50 for 2 poems, £10.50 for 3 poems, £12.50 for 4 poems and £14.00 for 5 poems. (5-poem entrants receive a FREE Sentinel Champions eBook courtesy of Sentinel Poetry Movement.)
Judge: JIM BENNETT, Managing Editor of The Poetry Kit (www.poetrykit.org), award-winning author of The Man Who Tried to Hug Clouds.
Enter online or download Entry Form and Rules for postal entries now.
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SENTINEL LITERARY QUARTERLY SHORT STORY COMPETITION (JULY 2011)
Closing date: 20th June, 2011
Prizes: First Prize - £150.00, Second Prize - £75.00, Third Prize - £50.00. Also, 3 Highly Commended Entries receive £10.00 each. All Winners and Commended works will receive first publication in Sentinel Champions Magazine #9.
Entry Fees: £5.00 for 1 story, £9.00 for 2 stories, £12.00 for 3 stories (3-story entrants receive a FREE Sentinel Champions #5 eBook)
Results: 31st July 2011 in Sentinel Literary Quarterly magazine www.sentinelquarterly.com
Judge: Kachi A. Ozumba - Prize-winning author of Shadow of a Smile.
Enter online now or download & print out competition details and Entry Form for postal entries at
www.sentinelquarterly.com/short-story-competition-july-2011
Cheques/Postal Orders in GB£ only payable to:
SENTINEL POETRY MOVEMENT
sent to: Sentinel Poetry Movement, Unit 136,
113-115 George Lane, South Woodford, London E18 1AB
E-mail enquiries: competitions@sentinelpoetry.org.uk
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SENTINEL LITERARY QUARTERLY POETRY COMPETITION (JULY 2011)
Closing date: 20th June, 2011
Prizes: First Prize - £150.00, Second Prize - £75.00, Third Prize - £50.00. Also, 3 Highly Commended Entries receive £10.00 each. All Winners and Commended works will receive first publication in Sentinel Champions Magazine #9.
Entry Fees: £3.00 for 1 poem, £12.00 for 5 poems (5-poem entrants receive a FREE Sentinel Champions #5 eBook)
Results: 31st July 2011 in Sentinel Literary Quarterly magazine www.sentinelquarterly.com
Judge: Bob Beagrie – author of Gothic Horror and Masque: The Art of The Vampyre
Enter online now or download & print out competition details and Entry Form for postal entries at
http://www.sentinelquarterly.com/poetry-competition-july-2011/
Cheques/Postal Orders in GB£ only payable to:
SENTINEL POETRY MOVEMENT
sent to: Sentinel Poetry Movement, Unit 136,
113-115 George Lane, South Woodford, London E18 1AB
E-mail enquiries: competitions@sentinelpoetry.org.uk
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THE FAKE PROPHET CINEMA RUN
You are invited to step out to the cinema in May to see The Fake Prophet - an important film by Teco Benson produced by Stepping Stones Nigeria and TFP Global Network that spotlights the plight of the so-called witch children in Nigeria. The great thing about this film is that it manages to sell a good message without becoming an advertorial. It is a very entertaining film with some well-developed and memorable characters. Starring Charles Okafor, Big Fred Ezimmadu, Grace Amah and Samuel Ajibola, this is a must-see.
Thursday, 19th May 2011 @ 7pm
Friday & Saturday, 20th & 21st May @ 10.45pm
Tickets now on sale online: £10, £12.50 & £20
Brought to you by Nollywood Focus | Stepping Stones Nigeria | TFP Global Network | Screen Nation
Managed by Nnorom Azuonye Entertainment Projects
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