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2016: Our expectations, Nollywood practitioners speak

Posted by admin Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry) Friday, January 8th, 2016

By Benjamin Njoku HVP speaks with some top Nollywood practitioners on how the industry fared in 2015 and their expectations in this new year. This is what they have to say… Nollywood brand was further deepened in 2015—Alex Eyengho, ANCOP president Nollywood did fairly well in 2015, in terms of quality production. Film makers raised […]

I lost my cousin to Boko Haram – Dogara

Posted by admin Boko Haram, Headlines, House, Legislature Friday, January 8th, 2016

By Emman Ovuakporie and Johnbosco Agbakwuru, Abuja Speaker of the House of Representatives,Yakubu Dogara has recounted how he lost his first cousin, a Divisional Police Office, DPO, serving in Borno State to the Boko Haram sect in one of the attacks in the area. Dogara who disclosed this when he visited the Wassa Internally Displaced […]

People must be at the heart of development in Africa – Adesina

Posted by admin Africa & World Politics, Headlines Friday, January 8th, 2016

D octor Akinwunmi Adesina, Nigeria’s former Minister of Agriculture and President of the African Development Bank Group was recently awarded an Honorary Doctorate Degree (Doctor of Science, Honoris Causa) by his Alma Mater, Obafemi Awolowe University, Ile-Ife. In this interview with Jimoh Babatunde, he outlined his vision as President of AfDB i n the areas […]

How disappointed Toure missed historic fifth African Player Award

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Friday, January 8th, 2016

Ivory Coast captain and Manchester City star Yaya Toure has said he was disappointed after narrowly missing out on a record fifth straight CAF African Player of the Year Award. The 32-year-old midfielder has previously bagged the prestigious individual accolade in 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014. Given his form at Manchester City and that he […]

80th Birthday Dinner: Soyinka replies Rivers govt

Posted by admin Headlines, National Politics, Rivers, State News, Top Stories, Wole Soyinka Friday, January 8th, 2016

Nobel laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka has described as ‘abominable distractions,’ statement by the Rivers State Commissioner for Information, Dr Austin Tam-George, that the state would demand refund from him (Soyinka) if he collected cash from the N82 million allegedly spent by immediate-past Governor, Rotimi Amaechi on a dinner to honour him. Soyinka, who reacted in […]

Security operatives besiege Abuja residence of ex-Customs boss, Dikko

Posted by admin EFCC Politics, Headlines Friday, January 8th, 2016

By Favour Nnabugwu Security operatives in two loaded trucks on Friday, besieged the house of former Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service, Mr Abdullahi Inde Dikko, on Ahmed Musa Street, Jabi, Abuja. Vanguard gathered that stern looking mobile policemen and officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrived the house of the former […]

Court Marshal: 3,032 pardoned soldiers reject redeployment to N-East

Posted by admin Armed Forces, Army, Headlines Friday, January 8th, 2016

….say they have never been really re-instated By Luka Binniyat KADUNA—The 3032 soldiers, who were pardoned last August for various offences during campaigns against the Islamic terrorist group, Boko Haram, in the North East of Nigeria, have rejected posting to the fronts. The soldiers explained that they were never really pardoned and re-integrated into the […]

Islamic cleric sentenced to death for ‘blasphemy’ Islamic cleric sentenced to death for ‘blasphemy’

Posted by admin Headlines, Kano, State News Tuesday, January 5th, 2016

By Abdulsalam Muhammad KANO— A sharia court in Kano has sentenced a Tijjaniyya cleric, Abdul Inyass to death for blasphemy. The verdict ends nine months of secret trial of the cleric. Inyass and 13 others were arrested May last year, in Kano during a religious function in the city for blasphemy. An Upper Sharia court […]

Prophecies, Nigerians and 2016?

Posted by admin Headlines Tuesday, January 5th, 2016

By Rotimi Fasan DOWN the ages, philosophers have speculated on time as both an arbitrary and an artificial construct. Time for this class of people is a continuum which humanity has for its own convenience divided into time past, time present and future time. Otherwise, time has no boundaries. But dividing time into parts is […]

Gunmen kidnap wife of Super Eagles midfielder

Posted by admin Headlines, Soccer, Sports Tuesday, January 5th, 2016

Gunmen have kidnapped Maimunat Ogude, wife of Fegor Ogude, Super Eagles and Amkar Perm of Russia player, according to TheCable. Ogude, who spoke with TheCable on Tuesday, said his wife was kidnapped by unknown armed men in Warri. Delta state, on Monday night. “I wasn’t home yesterday. My wife, Maimunat Ogude, went out with my […]