BAFTA Awards: ‘12 Years a Slave’ Nabs Best Film Prize

   

The leading actor award went to Chiwetel Ejiofor for “12 Years a Slave.”

Render to Caesar (The Movie)

Two friends return home to Nigeria from abroad to join the Bureau of Detectives under an ambitious government scheme to develop future leaders of the much-maligned Police Force. Dipo and Pade are immediately assigned the mission to hunt and apprehend a notorious crime kingpin called Caesar who continues to wage a harsh campaign of ruthless attacks across the State. Cynically chronicling the investigation's lack of progress through constant and derogatory news stories and editorials is the acclaimed but prejudiced online newspaper entrepreneur, Alero, whose campaign of calumny adds further pressure to the new detectives.

And just when the Police believe they’ve finally boxed Caesar into a corner, he responds with a joker that not only turns the game on its head, but threatens to alter the lives of its key players forever.

Starring: Gbenga Akinnagbe, Omoni Oboli, Wale Ojo, Lucky Ejm, Bimbo    Manuel, Dede Mabiaku, Kalu  Ikeagwu, Chris Iheuwa, Kehinde Bankole

          

Produced by Desmond Ovbiagele

YOUNG PIONNEERS OUT WITH BRAND NEW SINGLE: “CELEBRATE”

"The Young Pioneers" or call them the trinitiesare young talented hiphop singers, rappers, and RnB group musicians, YoungChizy, K Dawg and Wendu: one big family from Imo State. The Young Pioneers came out with a thunderous album launch last year tagged THE RETURN OF BIGGY; which gathered many celebrities and media personalities in the entertainment industry in one platform. Last-week was a talk of the town as they released a hot new single titled "Celebrate" which they are planning to shoot the video very soon.

The launching of their 15 tracks album in their FESTAC resident last year was a great success, it also witnessed the presence of so many showbiz stakeholders, entertainers and other fellow musician who were there also to show them love and support.
Their music is now enjoying airwaves. Look out for Young Pioneers.
According to the parents of these wonderful and awaiting stars, we are very happy to take up the mantle of leadership to manage their kid’s talent and musical career said Mr. & MRS. Paul Awurum

iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Festival 2014 - INVITATION

We are very pleased to invite you to the fourth edition of the popular iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Festival. This year’s festival will hold from Thursday 20th – Sunday 23rd, March 2014, at Freedom Park, Hospital Road, Broad Street, Lagos, from 10am daily.

The festival is conceived on the traditional framework of Africa in Self-conversation and will explore the theme ‘RHYTHMS OF IDENTITY’. Images are important, they form the rhythms of our identity and are present in all the symbolism and rituals that define who we are – music, dance, language, religion, governance, dressing, etc. iREP 2014 will interrogate the patterns of representation in Africa using the metaphor of music and rhythms which significantly stands us out from the rest of the World.

The opening Keynote Address for the festival will be delivered by Emeka Mba, Director-General of the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). There will also be Interactive Panel Discussions, Incisive Paper Presentations, Training and Workshop, and robust opportunities for Networking.

The 2014 edition of the iREPRESENT International Documentary Film Festival will feature highly respected filmmakers from different parts of the World and will offer ample opportunities for established and aspiring filmmakers to broaden their experiences, exchange ideas, and find international co-productions.

A rich collection of award-winning Documentary films by renowned filmmakers from across the World, especially Africa in the Diaspora and at home, complemented by works of young and old filmmakers in Nigeria will be screened during the festival in a cinematic ambiance.

Films submission for the festival is ongoing. Entries are opened till February 28, 2014, and can be submitted to:

3, Bishop Lanre Obembe Close,

Off Emmanuel High Street,

Ogudu, 100242,

Lagos, Nigeria.

As an alternative, you can upload your films to Vimeo, Youtube, Dropbox, WeTransfer, or any such online platforms, and send the download link to info@irepfilmfestival.com or lanre@irepfilmfestival.com

We are excited with the promises of the 2014 festival and we look forward to the pleasure of having your presence.

Thank you.

Lanre Olupona,

For: iREP Team

Call For Auditions : The Movie "STOLEN LIVES "

CALL FOR AUDITIONS:

Stolen Lives, a film. Written by Tunde Babalola. Produced by Olumuyiwa Ojo. Directed by Niji Akanni. Please spread the word.

The African Oscars-NAFCA Hires Hollywood Business Startegist Consultant.

After four years, the African Oscars -NAFCA today announced the hiring of highly respected industry executive with over 20 years experience to serve as Head of African Oscars Business Development & Strategic Initiatives.

They will have them as its exclusive sponsorship sales and consulting agency to pursue advertising, sponsorships opportunities and increase the value of its brand within the American and International market highlights the award’s rapid growth and popularity as a prestigious award recognized beyond continental

 Africa. More information
 about the firm and its representatives will be released at a later date.

They will be responsible for contracting several key sponsorships for the African Oscars-NAFCA, which will allow the awards to develop new revenue streams via sponsorship sales and marketing programs.

African Oscars-NAFCA

The Nollywood & African Film Critics’ Awards, commonly known as The African Oscars, are U.S. awards for achievements in the film industry and The NAFCA Special Honors are awarded to recognize outstanding individuals whose professional careers have been marked by extraordinary personal and professional accomplishments.

Winners are awarded the NAFCA Trophies, officially the Award of Merit that is much better known by its nickname NAFCA. The awards, first presented in 2011 at the RTP Sheraton Imperial Hotel in Durham North Carolina, are overseen by the Nollywood Film Critics USA. The NAFCA Special Honors were presented for the first time in 2011 to President Nelson Mandela.  Recipients of this award in subsequent years include President Yahya Jammeh of The Gambia, President Jonathan E. Goodluck and President Ellen J. Sirleaf. Presentations of the African Oscars and The NAFCA Special Honors are made yearly during the second weekend in September.  The African Oscars NAFCA is designed to globally promote African Cinema and culture. The prestigious Nollywood & African Film Critics' Awards (African Oscars) are awards of merit and are considered the highest diaspora award. The 4th African Oscars - NAFCA Awards will be held on the 13th of September 2014

EDIDOT COLLEGE : GOOD FOR YOUR CHILDREN EDUCATION

  

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and purpose for their existence,all while developing their individual talents, skills and attitudes to achieve academic excellence.

We believe that involvement is one of the keys to enriching our society; we encourage our students to participate in sports and extracurricular activities. Engaging their talents and discovering new horizons in their development.

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INTERNATIONAL DAY OF ZERO TOLERANCE TO FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION 2014.

Today is the International Day of Zero Tolerance to Female Genital Mutilation 2014.

At Diva, we join our voice with millions of people around the world to SAY NO to this harmful and barbaric practice.

Let's protect our young girls.

              

"CROSSED ROAD" TV SERIES WATCH OUT ON YOUR CABLE TVS & YOUR LOCAL TV STATIONS

Crossed Road is a thrilling, action packed TV drama series on DSTV, MYTV Africa, TVC-Lagos, ITV-Abuja, CTV-Lokoja and Kano TV..... Starring Emeka Ossai, Kate Henshaw & Nkem Ike, Ifeoma Okeke...

Nollywood At 20: Top Names Missing In The List Of Awardees

Story by Babajide Ogunbunmi/Nigeriafilms.com

What is what doing at all, a white man adages says, it’s worth doing well. But for the organisers of Nollywood at 20 awards, they have displayed that even at 20, Nollywood is yet to get it right, this is shown in the series of bullshits they reel out that they call movies.Well, the orgnisers of the said honour, have totally displayed their high sense of unprofessionalism in doing things. Recently, the organisers draw up a list of veteran actors, actresses, producers, directors, make-up artists, etc, those who have made the industry tick for 20 years and these names are conspicuously missing or omitted, Genevieve Nnaji, Regina Askia, Alex Lopez, Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha and numerous others like Sandra Achums, Ada Ameh, Maureen Ihua, Anne Njemanze, Patience Oghre, Charles Okafor, Basorge Tariah Jr. and others.
Does this mean that these name listed above have not contributed anything to the uplift of the industry? Are they saying that the people whose names are on the list, most of which are on the same wavelength with the organisers, have done better than the omitted names? They cannot honour Dagogo Daminas without honouring Gabriel Okoye for movie make up in Nollywood!You cannot honour Franca Brown without honouring Onyeka Owenu, who gave Nollywood movies a world class Oscar performance in "Conspiracy" by Director: Ndubuisi Okoh; also starring: Nkem Owoh, Larry Koldsweat, Charles Okafor, Salomey Okeke, Obi Madubogwu, Ijeoma Eze, Ifeanyi Ezeokeke and others. What of Toyin Adegbola of Afolabi Adesanya's "Asewo Tore Mecca" best-selling movie?Hear what a source said, “the list looks like the organizers were just name-dropping without crosschecking from the DGN, SWGN, AMP, ANTP and ITPAN to nominate those who truly deserve awards? What criteria did the organizers use for their scale of preference in measuring achievements in Nollywood? 

Those whose names made the list seemed to have compromised their professional principles in selfish pursuit of titles and showed up to collect their awards when people of integrity would have politely declined and insist on meritocracy and not mediocrity.”Another source said, “the guilds and associations would have been able to nominate worthy people from their respective guilds who have really ACHIEVED for Nollywood!We need to avoid contradictions and be able to give recognition to those who deserve them for what they have truly achieved in both Nollywood and Kannywood that is in fact older than Nollywood. And lest we forget, "Living in Bondage' did not launch the Nigerian home entertainment industry of Nollywood, and it is not the first best-selling home video movie in Nigeria.Eddie Ugbomah’s movie “The Great Attempt” (1989) was also released in video and heaven knows that Late Alade Armoire who produced Ekun, Omije, Obirin Asiko, Ayo ni o, Adun, Orire and other commercially successful home videos between 1985 and 1991 is the father of Nollywood and not Ken Nnebue with his “Living in Bondage”.“Moreover chicanery and tribal bigotry must stop in Nollywood.Nollywood has become synonymous with the Nigerian film industry and so we must not turn it into sectional enterprise of nepotism and tribal-racism.We must reject all lies and fraudulent practices now common in Nollywood, from hijackers of film festivals and awards to shameless liars distorting the history of the Nigerian film industry, because of their intellectual ignorance, greed and selfish opportunism,” a top movie practitioner said.

"MEGA CORPORATION" a Vining Ogu Film

SYNOPSIS:

Vera (Uche Elendu- Igweanyiba) inherits her parent’s properties and investments including their multi-bullion Mega Corporation. She is diagnosed with acute leukemia and now has limited time to live. What would she do? Meanwhile, some of her top management staff got wind of her ailment and then ensues a manipulative strategy for a succession plan (…the battle of the sexes) between Greg (Ugochukwu Val Abuchi) and Clara (Lisar N-j Kanu). But unknown to them, Vera manages to keep her secret of a drastic change which has been made to her will. What could that be?

Screenplay/Producer/Director: Vining Ogu; Story/Executive Producer: Ugochukwu Val Abuchi — with Nolly Stars and 60 others in Owerri.

         

Deadlier Than AIDS: Scientists Discover New STD That Kills Within Days

There is a new sexually transmitted superbug that experts say may be more deadly that AIDS.

According to a CNBC report, an antibiotic-resistant strain of gonorrhea is more aggressive than the HIV virus, which means the potential to infect the public will be greater.

Like most STDs, gonorrhea is usually transmitted through unprotected sexual contact and if left untreated, can cause severe medical complications, such as infertility in women, debilitating pain, sterility in men and life threatening heart infections.

Alan Christianson, a doctor of naturopathic medicine, thinks this new strain has the power to rack up more fatalities than AIDS. To date, more than the 30 million people have already died worldwide from AIDS-related complications.

“Getting gonorrhea from this strain might put someone into septic shock and death in a matter of days,” said Christianson. “This is very dangerous.”

William Smith, executive director of the National Coalition of STD Directors, echoed that sentiment. “It’s an emergency situation. As time moves on, it’s getting more hazardous,” said Smith.

According to the Centers for Disease Control, though no cases of the superbug officially called H041 were found in the US, steps must be taken to deal with the potential risks.

Gonorrhea can go undetected in some affected by the disease, showing no outward symptoms in about half of women and in 5 percent of men, which adds another level of difficulty in getting ahead of it.

This strain of STD which is resistant to antibiotic, reportedly kills half of those exposed and infects one in 20 hospital patients—which raises the threat of an outbreak to emergency levels.

Then there is the high cost of combating sexually transmitted diseases in general. The CDC’s tally to treat 20 million cases annually is approximately $16 billion. Of that 20 million STD cases, a reported 800,000 between the ages of 15 to 24, are infected with gonorrhea.

Even more alarming, some doctors believe the STD war is too costly to win.

Zik Zulu Okafor Re-elected AMP President

Zik Zulu Okafor has been elected to a second term of office as the president of the Association of Movie Producers (AMP). He ran unopposed in an election, which was conducted in Lagos last Friday (January 31). He has been sworn into office, along with other executives of the association. Other executives of the association are Foster Ojehonmon (Secretary General), Mike Nliam (Treasurer), Dan Chris Ebie (Public Secretary), Chinasa Onyechere (Financial Secretary) and Franklin Okor (Public Relations Officer).

by http://nollywoodmindspace.com/

THE DIARY OF A GIRL CHILD

'Mama, but I am only a Child', that was all 11-year old Halimat can say in tears as she is being dragged away to marriage. The months that will follow will witness the battle of 11 years old Halimat as she struggle to make meaning, daily, of her shattered life. And with no one to turn to for help, she finds hope in her diary - diary of tears, pains and deep regrets for her childhood that is forever gone.

Number One In World University Rankings Is California Institute of Technology (Caltech)

The Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2013-2014 powered by Thomson Reuters are the only global university performance tables to judge world class universities across all of their core missions - teaching, research, knowledge transfer and international outlook. The top universities rankings employ 13 carefully calibrated performance indicators to provide the most comprehensive and balanced comparisons available, which are trusted by students, academics, university leaders, industry and governments.

Overall score                                                        94.9

Teaching                                                              94.4

International outlook                                             65.8

Industry income                                                    91.2

Research                                                              98.2

Citations                                                               99.8

World rankings - Africa

Rank                  Institution                             Location                Overall score   

126               University of Cape Town          South Africa       50.5

226-250       University of Witwatersrand     South Africa       

301-350       Stellenbosch University            South Africa       

The California Institute of Technology (Caltech) is a highly focused science and engineering research and education institution located in Pasadena, CA. It is home to approximately 2,300 students and 300 faculties, and boasts 31 Nobel laureates among its past and current faculty and alumni. Caltech manages the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) for NASA, and owns and operates a global network of astronomical observatories and research facilities.

This has shown that if the Federal Government should give appropriate funding to our own technological institutes there will be great transformation in our educational system through these institutes in our country Nigeria.