Nollywood golden boy, Mike Ezuruonye is currently at loggerheads with popular film producer and director, Teco Benson. The two Nollywood giants fell apart because the former allegedly abandoned the set of the latter’s new film titled, ‘Centrifugal Force’, causing a delay in the completion of the production.

Curiosity they say kills the cat. Yet curiosity is a major attribute to good journalism. I often hide my curiosity, or need to know as I quaintly put it, under this guise. So when Cornelius Tay, an old friend, invited me to the funeral of his mother in Ghana, I felt it was an opportunity to know how the other side handles funerals.

Last week’s draw for the 2014 FIFA World Cup holding in Brazil next summer may be the ultimate nightmare for most national team managers who have Argentina as group mates. For Carlos Queiroz’s Iran, however, last week’s pairing which put them in Group F with with Lionel Messi’s Argentina, Nigeria and Bosnia Herzegovina might be a blessing in disguise.

EFFORT by the six anti-governor Chibuike Amaechi lawmakers to reconvene the Rivers state House of Assembly was also aborted yesterday.

The Nigerian Navy has confirmed the arrest of three Ghanaians and 24 Nigerians over their alleged involvement in the theft of over 1.1million litres of crude oil along the creek of Egweama in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.

Reprieve came the way of convicted former Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Nigeria Ports Authority, NPA, and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Chief Olabode George, as the Supreme Court, yesterday, voided the two years jail term which he (George) served after being convicted for fraud by a Lagos High Court on October 26, 2009. The apex court said Chief George was tried under a law that did not exist at the time he served as board member.

A shortlist of three contenders has been announced for the 2013 BBC Young Sports Personality of the Year award.
Athlete Dina Asher-Smith , shooter Amber Hill and golfer Charley Hull are in contention for the prize.

Over 16,156 persons die annually in Benue state from the dreaded HIV/AIDS despite efforts by the state government to stem the prevalence of the virus in the state.

Two people were injured in a shooting at a school in the US state of Colorado on Friday, local media reported, citing police detailing the “active” situation.

TENSION mounted at the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, UNTH, Ituku-Ozalla near Enugu, Friday, following a mild protest by about 120 fresh graduates of the College of Medicine who were denied induction by the authorities Friday morning for allegedly arriving late to the event slated for 9 am.