Tope Osoba gives Alex Ekubo first Yoruba movie role
Seductively beautiful Yoruba acress, Tope Osoba who made a big hit in Igboro Ti Daru and Gucci grils has given English-speaking Nollywood star, Alex Ekubo his first Yoruba movie role. Tope Starred Alex in Ifedapo, her second self produced film.
70 Nigerians in detention in Abidjan – Embassy
No fewer than 70 Nigerians are currently facing trials in Abidjan for different offences, Nigeria’s Ambassador to Cote d’Ivoire, Amb. Ifeoma Akabogu-Chinwuba has said.
Hollande to visit west Africa
President Francois Hollande on Thursday will begin a trip to three former colonies in west Africa just as France puts finishing touches to a military operation in the restive Sahel region to combat extremist violence.
Arrest of Tokyo vagina artist sparks protest
Japanese police have arrested a Tokyo artist on obscenity charges for distributing data that allowed recipients to make 3D prints of her vagina, sparking protests over what supporters said was an attack on free expression.
West Africa Ebola toll hits 603 as 68 more die: WHO
The death toll in West Africa’s Ebola outbreak has risen to 603, the World Health Organization said on Tuesday, with 68 new fatalities mostly in Sierra Leone and Liberia.
Wole Soyinka is Wole Soyinka
I JOIN in the tributes to Professor Wole Soyinka at 80, not necessarily because he is a genius. It is more because like Nelson Mandela, he is a courageous humanist with a compassion for the weak who wields enormous moral authority. Unlike Mandela, but like Mahatma Ghandi, he earned this without holding formal political office.
