NIGERIA60|Rising Together! The Global Virtual Commemoration. On 1st October, 2020 Nigeria will be 60 Years as an independent nation. THISDAY ARISE Group will host a 6 - hour global commemoration from 5PM GMT to 11PM GMT to celebrate this milestone for Africa's premier nation. The event will include music from leading performers, fashion from top designers, speeches from icons, statesmen, global leaders as well as business and thought leaders, and an evening of fun, stories, art, and all that. It will be a virtual event produced and broadcast from Lagos, Abuja, and London, but staged in various cities around the world and streamed to a global audience on ARISE Play, ARISE NEWS CHANNEL, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook , Twitter, ETC... It is powered by Access Bank, Guaranty Trust Bank, Zenith Bank, Polaris Bank, and Bet9ja, amongst others. Here is our working schedule subject to change without notice. NIGERIA60 EVENT SCHEDULE TIME (GMT) ACTIVITY 5:00PM INTRODUCTION OF HOSTS: OJY OKPE & CHARLES ANIAGOLU WELCOME BY NDUKA OBAIGBENA WELCOME BY BOSS MUSTAPHA DOCUMENTARY ON NIGERIA OPENING MUSIC WIZKID FASHION KENETH IZE STATEMENT BY VICE PRESIDENT YEMI OSINBAJO STATEMENT BY WOLE SOYINKA / AHMED JODA STATEMENT BY ALIKO DANGOTE / EMEKA ANYAOKU STATEMENT BY AYO ADEBANJO / SULTAN MOHAMMED ABUBAKAR STATEMENT BY MAMMAN DAURA / BOLAJI AKINYEMI MUSIC TOLANI OTEDOLA / LOLA RAE FASHION TANIA OMOTAYO STATEMENT BY NGOZI-OKONJO IWEALA / BUKOLA SARAKI STATEMENT BY GEORGE OBIOZOR / ADEWALE TINUBU STATEMENT BY AYO OJUROYE / CHIWETEL EJIOFOR MUSIC TIWA SAVAGE / FLAVOUR FASHION LANRE DA SILVA STATEMENT BY HERBERT WIGWE / MAI MALA BUNI STATEMENT BY OLUSEGUN AGBAJE / ABDUL SAMAD ISYAKU RABIU STATEMENT BY ATEDO PETERSIDE / AMINU TAMBUWAL STATEMENT BY ANTHONY JOSHUA / NASIR el- RUFAI MUSIC DAVIDO FASHION TIFFANY AMBER STATEMENT BY DR. AKINWUMI ADESINA / TONY ELUMELU STATEMENT BY GODWIN EMEFIELE / GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM KENYA STATEMENT BY MELE KYARI / GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM RWANDA STATEMENT BY IBRAHIM GAMBARI / GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM SOUTH AFRICA STATEMENT BY MUHAMMADU SANUSI II / GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM GHANA MUSIC YEMI ALADE/ 2BABA FASHION LISA FOLAWIYO STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM EUROPEAN UNION / GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM FRANCE STATEMENT BY BABAJIDE SANWO-OLU/ PETER OBI/ IFEANYI OKOWA STATEMENT BY DSG AMINA MOHAMMED / MICHAEL ADENUGA / GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM GERMANY MUSIC SANI DANJA / DAREY ART ALADE FASHION DEOLA SAGOE STATEMENT BY ZAINAB AHMED / GEOFFREY ONYEAMA / KAYODE FAYEMI STATEMENT BY BENEDICT OKEY ORAMAH / JIM OVIA STATEMENT BY ADEWALE AKINNUOYE AGBAJE / DAVID OYELOWO / NDIDI NWUNELI GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM U.S.A / GOODWILL MESSAGE FROM THE U.K. STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT OLUSEGUN OBASANJO / GENERAL YAKUBU GOWON FASHION ODIO MIMONET 11:00PM MUSIC BURNA BOY .