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Best of Nollywood nomination list for 2014 is out. Check out thenominees list after the cut. 1.  Actor in Leading Role (English)· Kanayo O. Kanayo - Apaye· Joseph Benjamin- Don’t Cry for me· Gbenga Akinnade- Render to Ceaser· Tope Teleda- A Mile from Home· Femi Jacobs- The MeetingBob Manuel Udokwu- Dining with a Long Spoon 2.  Actor in Leading Role (Yoruba)· Odunade Adekola- Ina Loju Ekun· Niyi Johnson- Oritoke· Yinka Quadri- Aremo Ite· Muyiwa Ademola- Eja Nla· Femi Adebayo- Fifehanmi 3.  Actor in Leading Role(Hausa)· Yakubu Mohammed- Duniya Han· Sani Danja- Byrin Zuciya· Ibrahim Maishunk- Aduniya· Adam A Zango- Ruwan Jakara· Sadik Sani- Hadarin Gabas 1.Actor in Leading Role(Igbo)· Okey Bakasi- Onye Ozi 1.Actress in Leading Role (English)· Omoni Oboli- Being Mrs Elliot· Ivie Okubaye- Black Silhouette· Mary Lazarus- Don’t Cry for Me· Clari...

A former Governor of Lagos State, Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, has predicted that the end of the Peoples Democratic Party will bedisgraceful. He alleged that the impeachment of some All Progressive Congress governors was an attempt to turn Nigeria into a one-party state but vowed that the PDP’s joy over the impeachment would be short-lived. Tinubu’s media aide, Sunday Dare, said this on his Facebook page in a note titled, “PDP, Jonathan are building on quicksand,” on Monday. He said it was unfortunate that the PDP-led Federal Government had trivialised the attempt on thelife of a former military Head of State, Maj. Gen Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).He berated the Publicity Secretary of the PDP, Olisa Metuh, for politicising the incident and expressed dissatisfaction in is life and dishonour the innocent lives lostin order to score cheap political points is both offensive and unconscionable. “The sun sets soon for the PDP and the party’s end will be ugly. Under ...

The scientist who helped discover the Ebola virus has saidhe would sit next to an infected patient on the London Underground and that the outbreak in West Africa was unlikely to trigger a major global pandemic.Professor Peter Piot, director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, told AFP that a lack of trust in authorities in West Africa had contributed to the world’s largest ever outbreak of the pathogen. The former executive director of the United Nations HIV/AIDS programme UNAIDS said he did not believe the viruswould give rise to a major pandemic, even if an infected person flew to Europe or the US.“Spreading in the population here, I’m not that worried about it,” he said.“I wouldn’t be worried to sit next to someone with Ebola virus on the Tube as long as they don’t vomit on you or something. This is an infection that requires very close contact.”Piot discovered Ebola in 1976, asa 27-year-old researcher working in An...

Manchester United defeated European champions Real Madrid 3-1 in front of a record US crowd of 109,318 in Michigan. Two goals from Ashley Young and one from Javier Hernandez secured new United manager Louis van Gaal his fourth win of the US summer tour.Gareth Bale’s penalty was all Real could muster in reply, even after the second-half introduction of former United star Cristiano Ronaldo.United now face Liverpool in Monday’s International Champions Cup final. Van Gaal has presided over wins against the Los Angles Galaxy,Roma and Inter Milan in the United States. United will now meet their great English rivals, who qualified for the final after Manchester City lost 5-4 on penalties to Olympiakos following a 2-2 draw in Minneapolis, in Miami.

Ex Vice President of Nigeria, Atiku Abubakar, has come hard on current President, Goodluck Jonathan, over the escalating security challenges facing the country and said that the President lacks the political will to quench the uprising. Boko Haram have been killing people and destroying properties in the nation since 2009 and with the Nigerian military looking unable to stop them. Atiku said that the current situation is worrisome and appalling and said this needs to end so that the local citizens who are the victims of such attacks could live in peace. While speaking with the Voice of America, VOA, the APC man said: “The security situation in the country, I must admit is appalling. I have never seen it this bad – not even during the civil war did we have this sense of insecurity all over the country.” Atiku also said that Nigeria deserves a leader with exceptional political will to resolve the current crisis threatening the nation, he said: “What we need to...

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has alerted Nigerians to a devilish plan involving an unscrupulous INEC official and PDP stalwarts to rig the Aug. 9th gubernatorial election in Osun State. In a statement issued in Lagos on Saturday by its National Publicity Secretary, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, the partysaid under the plan, some INEC IT staff has allegedly handed over the entire electoral register for the state to a Special Assistant to a top PDP national official, with a view to manipulating it to disenfranchise many voters.”For those who may see this as outlandish, they should recall that an INECofficial tampered with the voters register used during the last gubernatorial electionin Anambra State to remove the names of many voters,” it said.APC said the plan to tamper with the electoral register for Osun, coupled with INEC’s delay in issuing Permanent Voters Register to registered voters, especially those who are APC members in the state, highlight the desperation of ...

Ghana has officially banned flights from 4 West African countries; Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia, and Nigeria,citing concerns about the rapid spread of the Ebola virus, which has claimed several lives. Charles Asare, Managing Director of the Ghana Airport Company, said the measure was part of a set of emergency management plans officials are rolling out to combat the spread of the virus. Continue..The government there has also implemented strict restrictions on the movement and management of Liberian refugees in camps in the country. Health Minister, Kwaku Agyeman-Mensah, urged Ghanaians to bear with the government as they work to contain the virus. "Preparedness is not an event but a process," he said. Source: Sahara Reporters

About 60 million Nigerians between 18 and 40 years of age may be spending up to N1.8 billion on sports betting daily, investigation by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reveals. The investigation showed that they commit on the average N3,000 on sports betting daily.Dotun Ajekigbe, a sport betting analyst, said that sport betting though risky was also rewarding.Ajekigbe said that about 60 million Nigerians placed bets on different matches daily across the country.He said that most unemployed youths have taken to online and other forms of sports betting to make a living.According to him, from findings this groupof people stake an average of N3,000 daily.“Sport betting is gambling, not investing in bank shares.“But almost everything in life is a gamble, more so with money matters. With gambling comes risks because it not 100 per cent guaranteed. “However, you can dramatically reduce your risks by taking calculated risks only.“When you take calculated risks, you bas...

According to a bbc report, Liberia’s government has announced that it is closing down all schools across the country to stop the spread of the deadly Ebola virus. Some communities would be placed under quarantine as well, President Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said.Non-essential government workers will besent home for 30 days and the army deployed to enforce the measures. The number of people killed by the virus inWest Africa has now reached 672, according to new UN figures.The BBC’s West Africa correspondent Thomas Fessy says treatment facilities have reportedly been overwhelmed in the Liberian capital Monrovia.Some wards have already filled up, forcinghealth workers to treat some patients at their homes. President Sirleaf said that Friday 1 Augustwould be a non-working day in Liberia to allow for the disinfection of all public facilities.“All non-essential staff – to be determined by the heads of ministries andagencies – are to be placed on 30 days’ co...

The Federal on Wednesday announced the arrest of a 10-year-old girl in Katsina State, suspected to be a suicidebomber.The Chairman, National Information Centre, Mr. Mike Omeri, who briefed the press in Abuja, said the teenager was among three suspected Boko Haram members that were arrrested on Tuesday night. He said the girl had a belt strapped with explosives at the time of her arrest.Omeri said, “Security forces on Tuesday,July 29, at about 10pm along Zaria Road, Tudun Wada of Funtua Metropolis, arrested three suspects believed to be members of the Boko Haram sect.“The three suspects consisted a male named Iliya Haliru, and two females – Zainab Musa, 18, and Hadiza Musa, 10. The three suspects were arrested in a Honda CRV.“When they were directed to disembark for security check, 10-year-old Hadiza was discovered to have been strapped with an explosive belt. And immediately,Iliya and Zainab made attempt to escape with the car but were later blocked by other co...