Tempting Fate coming to the cinemas on July 17th (watch trailer)

Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired....Tempting Fate Movie will be in Theaters near you July 17th 2015. Be the first to see it in Nigeria. A Hollywood meet Nollywood Film directed by Kevin Nkem Nwankwor (KNN) staring Ramsey Nouah, Dan Davies, Andrew Onochie, John J Vogel and Tiffany Denise Turner. Watch trailer after the cut...  A KevStel Production distributed by Silverbird Distribution and supported by ..‪#‎Fourpointsbysheraton ‪#‎Silverbirdfilmdistribution ‪#‎Temptingfatemovie ‪#‎Blockbuster ‪#‎coolfm ‪#‎cooltv‪#‎silverbirdtv ‪#‎Rythmfm ‪#‎Wazobiafm ‪#‎wazobiatv ‪#‎NTAentertainment ‪#‎Cityfm ‪#‎UnilagFM #...

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Organizations Urge the President to Reinterpret Helms Amendment and Aid Nigerian Refugees

Catholics for Choice in partnership with the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) launched a campaign last week in response to more than 200 girls raped and impregnated by Boko Haram members, urging President Obama to reinterpret the Helms Amendment to include abortion care. via Andrea Over 400 women and children who were kidnapped by Boko Haram were returned earlier this year, many of whom are pregnant as the result of rape....

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Why Ribadu Was Poisoned, Obasanjo Reveals

Nigeria’s former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo, has said that the ex- chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, was once poisoned in the course of his duties as anti-corruption czar.. Obasanjo disclosed this at an international forum on Third Tana High Level Forum on Security in Africa in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. He also revealed that Ribadu created enemies for him because of the ruthlessness with which he carried out his responsibilities of tackling corruption in Nigeria. Obasanjo, who spoke from...

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NLC lambasts David Mark-led Senate; says 46 Bills passed in 10 minutes ‘reckless’

The outgoing Senate led by David Mark, has come under heavy lashing by the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, which described the Senate’s unprecedented passage of 46 bills in 10 minutes last Wednesday as a “reckless path to lawmaking”. The 46 Bills had earlier been passed by the House of Representatives and transmitted to the Senate for concurrence. In a rare move, the Senators on Wednesday set aside all known law making protocols to get the Bills...

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THE LATEST: BAVARIAN POLICE SAY G-7 LESS VIOLENT THAN FEARED

Eight officers were injured and 72 people were detained temporarily, but Bavarian police say the G-7 summit passed without significant disturbances, and with far fewer potentially violent protesters than expected. Germany's dpa news agency quoted police spokesman Hans-Peter Kammerer as saying two men were jailed: an Austrian accused of throwing a soup dish at police, and a Ger man who threw a wooden spear at an officer. Kammerer says that between 300 and 500 of the activists who gathered in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, near the summit venue, were...

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Gunmen kill Nigerian businessman in South Africa

A Nigerian businessman based in Johannesburg, South Africa, Mr Emmanuel Onyekaozuru, 50, was killed on Sunday by gunmen. The President of Nigeria Union in South Africa, Mr Ikechukwu Anyene, on Monday told newsmen in Pretoria, South Africa, that Onyekaozuru was shot by two gunmen. ‘’ The union has received a report that a Nigerian businessman, Emmanuel Onyekaozuru, was shot in his business premises at 9.00 p.m. yesterday (June 7). ‘’ The report said that the gunmen shot the deceased and escaped in a car. ‘’ The incident has been reported to the...

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Empowering Our Youths through Sports and Entertainment

Guest Columnist: Ben MurrayBruce   In a country of 175 million people where over 100 million people are youths, the most important ministry is not the ministry of finance or the ministry of petroleum.  It is the ministry of youths! Nigeria has spent decades living off the minerals under her ground, especially oil, and we as a nation have forgotten that the most valuable resource we have are our people and especially our...

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Everything you can expect Apple to announce on Monday

Every year, Apple holds a big press event at its conference for developers and tells the world about its future plans for the iPhone, iPad, and Mac. Now, there's a new addition to that lineup: the Apple Watch. Apple doesn't usually talk about its plans or future products until it's ready to unveil them to the world. But the company wants us to know that big improvements for the Apple Watch are coming. "Third-party apps will get much better," Jeff...

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NUPENG’s patriotic position on fuel subsidy

Have you heard? The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has thrown its weight behind the removal of subsidy on petroleum products, saying such funds should be channelled to the rehabilitation of refineries and infrastructural development in the country. The union’s president, Comrade Igwe Achese, said the action was the only way to end the perennial fuel crisis in the country. Interestingly, the Nigeria Labour Congress last May 1 during the Workers’ Day celebration warned against any move by the Federal Government to...

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