It will be recalled that the AMAA 2015 College of Screeners received over 800 entries from over 50 countries of the world within and outside Africa covering feature films, short films, animations and documentaries. AMAA main event which is the award night will hold in South Africa in September and it will be the first time the continental awards will take place outside Nigeria in its 11 years having held 10 previous editions in Nigeria.

Last week, Nyesom Wike,the Governor of Rivers State, ordered the forcible confiscation of official vehicles that had been allocated to Ibim Seminatari, his predecessor Rotimi Amaechi’s Commissioner for Information.

After the church shooting, President Barrack Obama lamented “this type of mass violence doesn’t happen in other advance countries”. But which other country has three hundred million guns in private homes? It is not military might, technological advances or economic power that makes a great nation; but the worth of every life in it.

“Which time they ban Ogogoro? Why them go ban am? Na this thing (Ogogoro) dey keep us alive, for me if I no drink am for one day, I fit die o! As a fisherman, we dey take am pursue cold for river. Abeg make government no ban ogogoro because na poor man drink,” he said.

Enugu State Police command has commenced investigations into the acid bath allegedly suffered by Sunday Uche from Amuri, Nkanu-West Local Government Area of Enugu State in the hands of a friend.

The rubber industry in Nigeria is actually under- utilised, considering the abundance of the cash crop in the country. This situation arose from the total neglect of rubber industry since the discovery of oil in the country. Rubber which used to be the fourth largest foreign exchange earner for Nigeria after crude oil, hide and skin and cocoa, has since been neglected by previous governments.

AN alleged deserter of the Nigerian Army, simply identified as Lance Corporal Adegoke, has been arrested for armed robbery in Benin, Edo State capital.

We have exciting contents, new programmes that would make viewers glued to ONTV Max. One of the new programmes we are introducing is a popular telenovella called Avenida Brasil. It is popular in Brazil and other neighbouring South American countries even in Portugal.

The President of National Industrial Court, NIC, Justice Babatunde Adejumo, has counselled stakeholders in the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, leadership crisis to seek out-of-court reconciliation, instead of litigation, or face the possibility of the congress’ affairs being run by a trustee.

“The chamber has taken another bold step this year, by expanding the scope of the LITF and for ten days, we will turn the heart of Lagos Island into a retinue of business festivities, with events holding simultaneously at Tafawa Balewa Square, which hosts the general interest business -to-customers fair and exhibition ; Muson centre, will host the corporate and business-to-business exhibition while Freedom Park on Broad street will host the Lagos Creative Industry Fair, tagged, “Eko Akete”, “ he disclosed.