“While the time limit places an unusual restriction on the filmmakers, it is also liberating by putting an emphasis on doing instead of talking,” he said. According to Nnaebue, the filmmakers are at liberty to choose their themes, but each team must select the genre for its movie in a random drawing 15 minutes before the start of the competition. He however noted that the teams are given a character, a prop and a line of dialogue that must appear in their film.

My good friend and colleague Onochie Anibeze, Editor of the Saturday Vanguard, last week, approached me that as a regular and incisive contributor, it would be nice for me to write a column on Oil and Gas. He said my contributions were rich and written in a simple language that communicated well.

By Agaju Madugba After the inauguration of the first session of the Fifth Kaduna House of Assembly last Monday, 36 years old Hon. Gwarzo John Audu, of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and representing Kachia constituency in the southern part of the state, emerged Deputy Speaker of the House. In this interview, Audu recalls how […]

The increasing rate of kidnapping in Kogi has turned the state into an haven of kidnapping. The cries of residents are disheartening. From the Kogi Central Senatorial axis to the Eastern flank of the state, the gory tales of kidnapping have become a recurring decimal. Even the Western Senatorial axis that seemed to be free from such dastardly acts has recorded its own fair share of kidnapping tales.

The former Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has called on the government and people of Nigeria to honour and remember the heroes of the country’s democracy. This was contained in a statement released in Abuja on June 12, to mark this year’s Democracy Day.