6 Nollywood movies  movies nominated for 2019 UK film festival award

  By •UK Nollywood Producers’ Guild President Benson Six movies have been selected for honours at the final of the 2019 UK Nollywood Film Festival (UKNFF), organised by the UK Nollywood Producers Guild. The festival, scheduled to hold between October 4 and 5

NIPR, Microsoft to organise ICT training for university undergraduates

  By Emmanuel Afonne The Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR) has concluded plans to partner with Microsoft, to develop the capacity of communication arts undergraduates in the area of ICT. Mr. Franklyn Ginger-Eke, Chairman, NIPR’s 2019 Annual General Meeting and Conference planning

Second term for me not negotiable — Governor Obaseki

  By Urowayino Jeremiah   Gov. Godwin Obaseki of Edo said he deserved a second term to continue the developmental strides he started in his first term emphasizing that ‘Second term for me is not negotiable”. The governor disclosed this when he received

Bowing to Labour’s demand on minimum wage will cause retrenchments — Ngige

Bowing to Labour’s demand on minimum wage will cause retrenchments — Ngige The Minister for Labour and Employment, Dr. Chris Ngige, announced on Thursday that the Federal Government would have to lay off workers to be able to meet a wage bill of

Nigerian International Isaac Promise dies at 31

Nigerian International Isaac Promise collapses, dies Nigerian football international, Isaac Promise, has died. Promise who captained Nigeria to the 2008 Olympic silver medal and scored 79 goals in 11 professional seasons in Turkey, died late Wednesday after collapsing at his apartment gym in

EFCC arraigns Boroh, Moriki over N975m amnesty fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned the duo of Brig-Gen Paul Boroh (retd) and Hanafi Musa Moriki, before Justice O. O. Goodluck of the FCT High Court, Abuja, on a nine-count charge of criminal breach of trust to the

Man attacks police headquarters with knife, kills 4 officers

Man attacks police headquarters with knife, kills 4 officers A man armed with a knife attacked officers inside Paris police headquarters, killing at least four, before he was fatally shot Thursday, a French police union official said. It wasn’t immediately clear how far

Teenager kidnaps 7-year-old boy, demands N3.5m ransom

By Haruna Gimba Yaya, Gombe The Gombe State Police Command, on Thursday, said it has arrested a 19-year-old male resident of Gabukka quarters of Gombe metropolis over alleged kidnapping of a 7-year-old boy (name withheld). Addressing newsmen at the headquarters of the Special

Land dispute: Anambra Police declares Chimamanda Adichie’s kinsmen wanted

By Pamela Eboh, Awka The Anambra State Police Command has declared three suspects wanted over alleged cases of conspiracy and conduct likely to cause breach of peace in the state. The suspects are kinsmen of famous novelist Chimamanda Adichie who recently condemned the

Gunmen kidnap Bayelsa Commissioner’s Father

Gunmen on Wednesday night abducted the father of the Bayelsa State Commissioner for Agriculture, Mr. Doodei Week. Police Public Relations Officer, Bayelsa State Command, Mr. Asinim Butswat, a Superintendent of Police, confirmed the incident. Also Mr Doodei Week, who also confirmed the incident