NOLLYWOOD SHINES IN TORONTO
When
the popular Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), Canada, resumes
for its 41st edition on September 8, the ambitious Nigerian motion
picture industry, otherwise called Nollywood, will be making a
never-before-experienced impact on the international scene.
Eight films, which represent the
aspirations of a new crop of filmmakers in Nigeria, have been selected
for showcase during the North American film event, which in the world is
second, only to the Cannes International Film Festival, France.
This is cheering news for Nollywood, for
which the Ministry of Information, its regulatory agencies and
charitable organisation had spent fortunes, rallying filmmakers at the
Cannes platform but without significant achievement.
This time round, Nollywood films will
not only be exposed to the big studios of Hollywood, which target TIFF
as the last field of harvest for the annual Oscar Awards, Nigerian
filmmakers and their stars will also shine as they get a special focus
from the international media from September 8 to 18 in a prominent
segment of the festival tagged City-To-City Focus.
Although the festival has featured some
great cities in the world, such as London, Tel Aviv, Istanbul, Buenos
Aires, Mumbai, Athens and Seoul, since it made debut with this
initiative seven years ago, the choice of Lagos is predicated upon the
insight of the artistry of Nollywood by curators of TIFF, led by its
Artistic Director, Cameron Bailey.
Justin Bieber deletes
Instagram account after committing online hara-kiri
On August 16, 20167:25 pmIn MusicComments
In the 1970s, an angry, maligned rock star would throw his television
out of his hotel window, but Justin Bieber has gone for the
millennial-style nuclear option — deleting his Instagram account.
The baby-faced Canadian musician, 22, committed online hara-kiri after
becoming upset by a barrage of negative comments about his new
friendship with Sofia Richie.
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Justin Bieber deletes
Instagram account after committing online hara-kiri
On August 16, 20167:25 pmIn MusicComments
In the 1970s, an angry, maligned rock star would throw his television
out of his hotel window, but Justin Bieber has gone for the
millennial-style nuclear option — deleting his Instagram account.
The baby-faced Canadian musician, 22, committed online hara-kiri after
becoming upset by a barrage of negative comments about his new
friendship with Sofia Richie.
Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/08/justin-bieber-deletes-instagram-account/
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By Ola Ajayi
Ibadan—PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, assured Nigerians that
they would soon begin to feel the real impact of his policies in their
lives just as South west governors put forward suggestions on how
perceptions of marginalisation could be redressed.
PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI
PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI
President Buhari spoke at the South West conference of the All
Progressives Congress, APC, at Ibadan, where the APC national chairman,
Chief John Odigie-Oyegun charged party members to enlighten the public
that effecting change in the polity would take time.
Oyegun noted that 16 years of PDP rot cannot be reversed in 15 months.
President Buhari was represented by his political adviser, Senator Femi
Ojudu.
He said: “You all may well know, the darkest part of the night is the
period before dawn. Nigeria’s dawn is about to break. We are determined
to turn things around. Change is not easy, but we are not relenting
until we achieve a better life for all Nigerians. The change we advocate
will be irrevocable when we are finally done. We just have to change
from our old ways of doing things because things cannot be allowed to
continue the way they were. Though, things may appear difficult at the
moment, it will not be long before Nigerians start deriving the full
benefits of the current policies of government which are designed to
reposition the country and improve on the prevailing economic s
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