Actress Susan Peters-'wedding photos

Cross River governor bans prayer sessions in schools, orders teachers to wear suits

Cross River governor bans prayer sessions in schools and orders teachers to wear suits - See more at: http://goo.gl/GYlFio

Source: Nigerian Watch

34 OFFICERS RETIRED IN CUSTOMS RE-ORGANIZATION

As part of on-going re-organization in Nigeria Customs Service, 34 Senior Officers have been retired from Service with immediate effect. The re-organization of the Service is one of the core mandates of the Comptroller-General of Customs, Col. Hameed Ali (Rtd).

2. Those affected in the exercise are five Deputy Comptrollers-General of Customs (DCGs) who have earlier given notification to the Comptroller-General for voluntary disengagement. They are John Atte MFR, Ibrahim Mera OON, Musa Tahir mni, Austin Nwosu and Akinade Adewuyi.
3. Three others, of the rank of Assistant Comptroller-General are also affected in the re-organization exercise. They are Madu Mohammed mni, Secretary to the Nigeria Customs Board, Victor Gbemudu, Zonal Coordinator Zone ‘A’ and Bello Liman, Assistant Comptroller-General, (Headquarters). The rest are of the rank of Comptrollers serving in Customs Headquarters, Zonal Offices and various Area Commands.
4. The Comptroller-General of Customs stated that the retirements were part of measures to kick-start the repositioning of the Service for improved performance.
Signed
Wale Adeniyi
Public Relations Officer
For: Comptroller-General of Customs

Alex Ekwueme's family home threatened by erosion

Alex Ekwueme's family home threatened as erosion keeps devastating Anambra State - See more at: http://goo.gl/Z7jjvV

Source: Nigerian Watch

All 5 Deputy Comptroller-Generals of Nigeria Customs Resign

Boko Haram suspects declared wanted the army

Boko Haram Unveils Photos Of Rocket-Making Factory

Boko Haram terrorists unveiled the shocking photos in what seems to be the answer to the Nigerian Army report on the 100 most wanted members of the sect.
The deadly group that killed hundreds of Nigerians and made thousands to leave their homes unveiled photos of its rocket-making factory.

The army also said it has freed 200 girls and 93 women from the Sambisa forest, the notorious stronghold of the insurgents.
During the last months Nigerian Armed Forces have taken back most of the territory previously under the control of Boko Haram.
In March this year, Boko Haram pledged its loyalty to Islamic State militants and their caliphate stretched across Iraq and Syria.
President Muhammadu Buhari has vowed to halt the sect by December. Nigeria’s homegrown extremist group has responded with a relentless campaign of suicide bombings.
https://www.naij.com/622097-shocking-boko-haram-releases-ph…

Photo of the day: Senator Oluremi Tinubu discussing with the Senate President

Senator Oluremi Tinubu discussing with the Senate President, Bukola Saraki

INDIA OFFERS N2.25TR CREDIT TO NIGERIA, 53 AFRICAN NATIONS

INDIA’S Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday said his country would give N2.25 trillion ($10 billion) concessional lines of credit to Nigeria and 53 African nations in five years to boost their economy.
He also said an additional grant assistance of N135 billion ($600 million) would be made available to them.
Modi, who spoke at the opening of the Plenary Session of the Third India-Africa Forum Summit in New Delhi, said the credit lines were necessary because Africa was now joining the global mainstream of innovation.

Movie Review: FIFTY

Movie Review

Title: FIFTY

Genre : Comedy

Cast : Ireti Doyle,  Omoni Oboli, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Dakore Egbuson-Akande and Wale Ojo

Producer: Mo Abudu

Director : Biyi Bandele

Reviewer: Ada Dike

 The theme of this feature film, FIFTY, centres on love, hatred, motherhood, lust, infidelity and so on.

At the peak of four beautiful, middle class women’s career, just like it happens in reality, each of them is battling with one issue or the other. The movie opens with a bold and beautiful medical expert, Lizzy (Ireti Doyle) alighting from her vehicle and being followed by photographers who flocked around her.

Lizziy tries to overcome her past by making herself happy but, this leads her to sleeping with her daughter’s boyfriend, which creates a deep gully between them as her daughter finds it difficult to forgive her. But, she is doing all she can to win back her daughter’s love. She corrects and advises her friends and also carries on with her life and ensure she unwinds as at when due when she is not at work. Along the line, she starts dating a younger loose, guy who not only makes advances to Lizzy’s friend, Maria, but also sleeps with another lady on Lizzy’s bed.

Aesthetic photographs on display at ongoing LagosPhoto Festival

 

The first and only international arts festival of photography in Nigeria, LagosPhoto, is currently showcasing its sixth edition of exhibition, workshop, screening, artists’ presentation and discussion in Lagos.

POPCAP ’15 calls for entries

The Prize for Contemporary African Photography (POPCAP) is calling on contemporary photographers

from all over the world to apply for a prize.

Speaking to Newswatch Times in Lagos last Monday, POPCAP’s Administrative Officer, Angela Maria Nyffeler, said: “We have a jury selecting five winners every year. And we take these winners from one global exhibition to the other. We give them a lot of visibility, network and contacts for them to spread out their wings and hopefully, take off in the art-world,” she explained.

Nyffeler further said that the competition began over four years ago and added that POPCAP’s fifth anniversary is scheduled for early next year. “We are based somewhere in Europe but the project is everywhere in the world because the submission is online.”

BBC, CNN, The British Council, The BFI London Film Festival, others rally support for FIFTY

                                                                                       

As FIFTY, the new and exciting feature film from Ebony Life Films continues to coast home to reverberating international acclaim, glory and recognition, renowned global media giants have not stopped adding their voices to support the film, whose cast and crew were hosted by the British Council to a pre-Premiere cocktail at Stephen St. Kitchen, London, as part the build-up to its spell-binding World Screening which held last Saturday in London.

BBC 1’s Controller, Charlotte Moore, was at the London premiere and said, “Thank you so much for inviting me to the FIFTY premiere. I really enjoyed it and it was great to watch it with such an enthusiastic audience.  It was funny, full of melodrama and disarmingly touching and courageous at the same time - a side of Lagos you don't often get to see and a really original film. I loved the cast and characters and it was so refreshing to see a film that gave a voice to the ‘fifty-something’ women of Nigeria. I'm sure it will be a massive hit.”

British Council celebrates ability in disability, brings disabled and non-disabled dancers together for Dis Fix project

Candoco

As part of UK/Nigeria 2015–16, the British Council, recently brought together disabled and non-disabled artists for a dance showcase, part of the ‘Dis Fix’project, at Muri Okunola Park, Victoria Island.
The performances which held on the 16 and 17 of October, was the culmination of several months of collaboration between three dance companies from Nigeria and the UK. It featured pieces by the
participating companies: the UK’s leading physically integrated dance company, Candoco; leading Nigerian dance company, QDance Center which is led by Nigerian choreographer, Qudus Onikeku; as well as Ijodee Dance, another leading Nigerian dance company led by Dayo Liadi.
The performance by QDance Center titled ‘Iwalewa’, explored the different concepts of beauty and told the stories of society through the eyes of the disabled dancers. The piece was performed by four disabled dancers and six non-disabled dancers.