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Feb

28

2024

Nigerian Film Distributor Honored at Toronto Film Festival

Economy, Entertainment, Lifestyle, NewsMetro

Joy Odiete, the founder of Blue Pictures Cinema, has been awarded the Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival (TINFF) Award of Excellence for her outstanding contributions to the African film industry's content distribution sector. The award recognizes her years of dedicated service since entering the industry in 2005. Expressing her gratitude, Odiete emphasized the significance of the award and its acknowledgment of Blue Pictures' efforts to reshape the narrative of African cinema. She thanked TINFF and the Mayor of Brampton for the recognition, attributing the achievement to the collective efforts of her team and partners. TINFF is renowned for its celebration…

Feb

26

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Ohanaeze youths to NLC: Don’t take your protest to Igbo land.

Abia State, Economy, Lifestyle, Metro, NewsMetro, Nigeria, Politics, Security

Ohanaeze Ndigbo, the most prominent Igbo socio-cultural organisation, has warned the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) not to hold any kind of demonstration in Igbo territory. It will be recalled that the NLC had planned nationwide demonstrations against the hardships facing the nation on February 27 and 28. However, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike, the national president of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide, stated in a statement made available to journalists on Monday that the NLC protest will not take place in any part of Igbo land. Ndigbo, according to Okwu, had been subjected to a number of unfair treatment in Nigeria. He…

Feb

25

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

The Incessant Foreign Travels Of Mr President Is Turning To National Embarrassment – Opinion

Column, Economy, Lifestyle, News, Opinion, PoliticsBola Ahmed Tinubu, Odo Ijere, Opinion, Politics

By Odo Ijere. The note verbale leaked message between the Qatari Foreign Mission in Nigeria and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs is both very clear and apt message of rejection. The international community are using all manner of diplomatese to express their reservations over presidential tourism from Nigeria. What you perhaps do not know is that presidential visits is always a big deal and puts enormous diplomatic pressure on host nations. But why are Nigerians especially personnel of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs always too fixated about foreign visits in the midst of economic uncertainty in their own country? But…

Feb

24

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Bandits kill one of seven victims for failed payment of N290 million ransome.

Lifestyle, Metro, NewsBandits, Boko Haram, Crime, Insecurity, Metro, Security

One of the seven people kidnapped from the Kuduru community in Bwari Area Council, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on December 28, 2023, has been slain by bandits. In addition, the bandits who kidnapped seven people—among them a pregnant woman—threatened to murder the other hostages if the N290 million ransom is not paid. According to a community source, the bandits called on Friday to inform people about the killing of Olayinka Ogunyemi, a civil engineer, who was held captive since the captives' families were unable to provide the N290 million that was requested. According to the source, they made threats to…

Feb

24

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

I’m alone now, subject to all kinds of mockery. Betty, wife of Akeredolu cries out.

Lifestyle, Metro, NewsOndo State, RIP

The widow of the late Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, the former governor of Ondo State, Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, has expressed that her loss would be deeply felt. The widow said that she will be subjected to ridicule from the public as a result of Akeredolu's passing in her eulogy for her late husband. Betty claims that a lot of people thought her late husband was weak because of his love for her, especially those who were considered to be close to him. She stated in the tribute that the reason the state's citizens despised her was because of her tribe and the way…