Nigerian acts Sasha, Eldee and Naeto C are guests of MTV this week. In South Africa to support the national team, they will perform with honcho eLDee, who will be going up against South African acts like TK Zee, DJ Black Coffee, DJ Switch, DJ Biz, DJ Vigi and VJ Fix.

Barely three weeks after the release of the highly anticipated 2face Unstoppable Int’l Edition album, three shop owners and one street hawkers have been rounded up for selling pirated copies of the album.

Not unaware of government bureaucracy Lanre says, “I’m really praying that the whole process will be fast tracked and that we won’t be caught up in the whole … My wife needs urgent attention”. Apart from the cost for the surgery which Governor Fashola will foot, hopefully, Lanre still neds to make about N2m available for medication after surgery.

The film also has secured a distribution deal for Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. Gyang who has continued to beef up his profile partnered with the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) as director on “Wetin Dey”. Equally, he produced and directed the “Finding Aisha” series for which he won the Young Producer Award at the last edition of The Future Awards.

Chike Ibekwe, whose project “Letter to the Prof” is slated for the Babylon International Assisted Funds, has continue to add more feathers to his cap. The young Nigerian film maker won the Best Film Prize award at the just concluded 14th Ecrans Noire Film Festival in Cameroun.

Call it a season of political appointments for artistes and you may not be wrong. Nollywood actors are beginning to take the front seats in the scheme of things as they join forces with the powers-that-be to steer the ship of state.

According to the writer and director Mr. Azubike Erinugha, The Champion Sportsman is a Nollywood movie realised in an unusual Nigerian-German co-production. “The aim of the project is to approach and reflect the complexities of migration in a way which confronts cliches and offers divergent perspectives on the issue. The focus is split, on high-pitched African expectations of a life in Europe and on the humiliating European politics against African migrants as well,” he said.

Following the unimpressive outing so far in the ongoing 2010 World Cup in South Africa , former Shooting Star boss, Elder Bode Oyewole has said Nigeria lost to Greece as a result of technical deficiency on the part of the Super Eagles coach Lars Lagerback.

The latest movie I’ve just premiered is titled, “My American Nurse 2″. It was a Nigerian movie. I’m premiering another movie on July 10, which is also a Nigerian movie. My other works are for the National Geography or Discovery Channel.

President Yaradua’s illness exposed the weakness of our democracy. Its management unnecessarily stressed the polity and exposed Nigeria to ridicule. The hide-and-seek about presidential illness encouraged international media to create the impression that Nigeria was North Korea or Nepal, kingdoms where the leader is the state.

Slovania and the United States of America Friday played a 2-2 draw, with the USA scoring two 2nd half goals to level up the game. The USA were 2 goals down at the end of the 1st half.

The first aluminium can manufacturing facility in West Africa, owned and operated by GZ Industries Limited, has opened in Agbara, Ogun State and has commenced production of aluminium cans for the beverage industry in the country.

Serbia Friday, defeated Germany in their 2nd Group D game at the 2010 World Cup tournament at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium, Port Elizabeth.

TOUCHED by the plight of an orphan and a member of Abia State Children Parliament, Master Bernard Hope, wife of Abia State Governor, Mrs. Mercy Orji, has awarded automatic scholarship up to university level to him, saying her gesture was to save the boy’s bright future.

The federal government has been called upon to restructure the Non-Formal Education Programme to make it more functional and sustainable at the three tiers of government.