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Why Nollywood is not recognized at the Oscars — Afriff Boss

CEO of AFRIFF, Chioma Ude, has revealed the reason Nigerian movies are yet to get much recognition from global film awards and festivals. She revealed this while speaking as a panelist at the Nigerian Entertainment Conference alongside Wunmi Obe, Femi Falodun and Theo Lawson. According to her, the major reason is because most of the movies do not have as much local language content as required to enter the Foreign Film categories at most of the world’s biggest award shows. “We need to understand what this category is about and the criteria for entry. Movies in this category are expected to have rich cultural elements which must reflect in the language, story, music and all other elements present in the film. Although, things are getting better now, as Nollywood got an invitation from the Oscars last year, and hopefully will get a slot soon. The right film must have at least 51% local language content to be accepted into the Foreign Language Film category.’ Speaking f

REVELATION

My name is Emmanuel Senayon. I thank God for his divine grace in my life who gave me the golden grace to see this revelation. The Lord promised me in my first encounter, to visit me again, to show me the mystery because his coming is very near and Satan is working so hard to win souls for his ugly kingdom. It all happened on the 26th of January 2013 around 6am in the morning when I slept and I didn't know that my body was already dead here on earth. I saw the Lord, he said, "COME! I WANT TO SHOW YOU THE PLAN OF THE DEVIL AGAINST MAN." The Lord took my hand and we arrived before the throne of

APGA, Senator ask court to stop Buhari from contesting 2015 presidential election

The All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) and one-time Senator representing Anambra North Senatorial Zone, Alphonsus Igbeke, have gone to court to stop the Presidential Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), General •Text courtesy of Channels TV. Photo shows Buhari. Muhammadu Buhari (Rtd), from contesting in the election. In the suit filed at the Federal High in Awka the capital of Anambra State, the plaintiffs claim General Buhari had beached relevant provisions of the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and the Electoral Act 2010. The Plaintiffs through their lawyer, Mr Nsobundu, had filed a nine-paragraph originating summon and a 22-paragraph Affidavit in support before the court presided over by Justice M.I. Abubakar in a suit number FHC/AWKA/CS/117/2015 and dated March 12 2015. In a press conference, Senator Igbeke said the suit filed by himself and APGA, sought an order declaring that General Buhari is not constitutionally qu

UTME candidates grumble over sudden cut of exam time, decry CBT system

Photo of a UTME student  Many of the candidates writing the ongoing Joint Admissions and Matriculation (JAMB) Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) have expressed their grievances over the sudden slash of the time given to them to finish their papers. Some of the affected students writing the examination, which kicked off on March 9 and ends on the 21st, voiced out their frustrations to News Express Correspondent in Ibadan. Mariam Ahmed Olayinka, who sat for the Computer Based Test (CBT) exam at the ICT Centre, The Polytechnic Ibadan, said she was slated to write her exam from 1:30 p.m., as stated on her slip, but her batch was called in at about 5pm – after about four hours delay. Her words: “We were supposed to start the exams at 1:30 p.m., but we started 5pm. We were given three and a half hours to finish up, but we spent 2 hours for the four papers. At exactly 7pm, while we were still on the computer, they asked us to stand up and leave the

Pope Francis drops resignation hints

A Photo of Pope Francis  Two years to the day after he was elected to lead the world’s 1.1 billion Catholics, Pope Francis said today that he expects to have only a short papacy. An ABC News report quoted him as telling Mexican broadcaster Televisa: “I have the feeling that my Pontificate will be brief, 4 or 5 years; I do not know, even 2 or 3. “I feel that the Lord has placed me here for a short time, and nothing more.” The report said the 78-year-old pontiff compared the feeling to “a gambler who convinces himself he will lose so he won’t be disappointed. And if he wins, he’s happy.” When asked if he liked being pope, Francis reportedly told the interviewer that he doesn’t mind, but that he also wouldn’t mind some degree of anonymity. “The only thing I would like is to go out one day, without being recognized, and go to a pizzeria for a pizza,” he was quoted to have said. Francis, who assumed the office following the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, mark