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Actress, Ini Edo obviously likes to change it up when it comes to her looks. The Nollywood star, who was seen sporting a trim figure recently, is now back to being her curvaceous self. Ini showed off her bigger behind in this clingy skirt and it looks like someone has been doing her squats right.

While giving details about his childhood dreams, R&B singer Praiz, in a chat with Vanguard, revealed that he would have been playing for Barcelona FC if not for music. “No! I loved Soccer. I was a huge fan of football and I play well too. I studied Computer Science in the university. I had this dream that I was going to be a big soccer star. I was dreaming to play for Barcelona FC because that has always been my club. I have played in several football clubs in the country back then in the North. For me, being an entertainer was something I never thought or dreamt of. But as nature has it, in everything we are doing, God has another plans for us. He knows where to place you and how to use you to inspire people.” He stated “I am a good footballer, I played for my department when I was in higher institution. I played for Kaduna Polytechnic, I also played for Highlander FC in Kaduna as well. That was the same club some big Nigerian players like, Cele...

SINCE the auditions for the seventh season of the MTN Project Fame began last Saturday across the West Africa countries, including Ghana, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria, students of tertiary institutions and a cross section of entertainment- loving youths have begun to show their excitement. Akeem Adepoju, a student of the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Osun State said he is prepared to have another great time watching the telecast of the reality show this year. “I just can’t wait to watch the contestants perform,” he said. In Lagos, students from the Yaba College of Technology, Yaba, were also enthusiastic about seeing the shows. Meanwhile, it has been revealed that the headline sponsors of the show, MTN, is planning to hold Project Fame’s concerts in different parts of Nigeria before the opening gala in July. The concerts, according to the organisers, will hold in Lagos, Benin and Ilorin. In line with its tradition, MTN’s music a...

Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife Priscilla Chan have pledged $120 million to Bay Area schools to help underserved communities in San Francisco, the two wrote in an essay to the San Jose Mercury News. The announcement, made in the Bay Area paper on Thursday night, marks Zuckerberg's latest charitable donation to lagging public education systems. In 2010, the tech tycoon donated $100 million to beleaguered public schools in Newark, New Jersey. "The investments we've made are a drop in the bucket compared to the challenges schools face. But we've seen that targeted investments can be catalysts for much bigger changes in communities, and give vital support to leaders and organizations," the couple said. "Helping improve the quality of public education in this country is something we both really care about." The essay cited the Ravenswood school district in particular, which is slated to receive grant money when the first $...

A feature-length documentary film on the ordeal of the late Hajia Kudirat Abiola, wife of the late business mogul and winner of the June 12, 1993 presidential election, Bashorun MKO Abiola, by an American filmmaker, may be released in Nigeria soon. Called The Supreme Price , the film, according to the director,  Joanna Lipper, a lecturer at Harvard University, United States, traces the evolution of the pro-democracy movement in Nigeria and efforts to increase the participation of women in leadership roles. “I set out to make a film that honours the personal and professional sacrifices that Kudirat and other women activists make on a daily basis as agents of change in Nigeria,” said the documentary filmmaker. Lipper, in her new film, uses Hafsat Abiola has the central character of a story that talks about   the challenges of transforming a corrupt culture of governance into a democracy capable of serving women – a people considered as the most...

Lagos – Some Nollywood stars led by Patience Ozokwor on Thursday marched from Allen Avenue to Alausa Secretariat soliciting for the release of the kidnapped Chibok school girls. The actors included Chinedu Ikedieze, popularly known as Aki, Ejiro Okurame, Mercy Aigbe, Femi Ogedengbe, Thelma Okaz and Tony Akposhere. Nollywood celebrity Patience Ozokwor, aka Mama G, pleads for the release of the more than 200 abducted Chibok school girls in Lagos on May 29, 2014, during a demonstration by civil society groups and celebrities of the film and entertainment industries to press for the girls’ release, seven weeks after their abduction by Islamist militant group Boko Haram, and on the occasion of Nigeria’s Democracy Day. Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan vowed on May 29 total war against terrorism as the country’s security forces stepped up efforts to rescue more than 200 schoolgirls kidnapped by Boko Haram Islamists 45 days ago. AFP PHOTO You might also...

Gov. Ibikunle Amosun of Ogun on Thursday broke into tears at the pitiable sight of inmates at Oba prison in Abeokuta. Amosun, who had earlier granted amnesty to 15 inmates at Ibara prison also in Abeokuta, could not hold back his emotions at Oba prison over what he described as the “inhuman condition” to which the inmates were subjected. The governor was informed that majority of the 492 inmates on awaiting trial list at the prison had spent between four and seven years in jail. He ordered immediate medical attention for the inmates with critical medical conditions and directed that others should be taken to the hospital. While conceding that prison services was under the control of the Federal Government, Amosun said it would be irresponsible of any leader to neglect the conditions of prison inmates. He expressed dismay at the deplorable state of prisons saying it would not enhance rehabilitation of inmates. “I have come to share today with them and se...

The number of billionaires living in the UK has risen to more than 100 for the first time, according to the 2014 Sunday Times Rich List. There are now 104 billionaires based in the UK with a combined wealth of more than £301bn, the list says . That means the UK has more billionaires per head of population than any other country. London has more billionaires than any other city in the world with 72 - far ahead of nearest rival Moscow with 48. The Indian-born brothers Sri and Gopie Hinduja - who run the conglomerate Hinduja Group - top the list with a fortune of £11.9bn. Alisher Usmanov is no longer the richest man in the UK Arsenal shareholder and Russian business magnate Alisher Usmanov fell to second after his estimated fortune dropped to £10.65bn. The Duke of Westminster is the richest Briton with around £8.5bn, leaving him 10th. Rising fortunes The number of billionaires living in the UK has jumped from 88 in 2013, according to the Sunday Times. Their combined wealt...

• Targets 3,000Megawatts Delta State has taken the lead in the generation of renewable energy as Canada has pledged to invest $5billion to produce 3,000 megawatts (Mw) of electricity. The initiative of the state government to key into the green economy programme of the global community paid off as the Federal Government signed the Foreign Investments Protection Agreement (FIPA) with Canada to remove bottlenecks to make smooth the take-off of Canadian investments in Nigeria. Similarly, Delta State government signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with a Canadian investor, Skypower Energy to build and generate solar-powered electricity in the state. The Minister of Industry, Trade and Foreign Investments, Mr. Olusegun Aganga, said the Canadian investor was investing $5 billion in renewable energy in the country. According to him, the firm will produce 3,000 Mw of solar-based electricity for the national grid with the facility being deployed first in Delta State having taken the ini...

HOLLYWOOD actress, Angelina Jolie, has described the kidnapping of over 200 school girls in Nigeria by Boko Haram insurgents as “unthinkable cruelty.” The popular star spoke on Tuesday in Paris about the themes of her latest film, Maleficent, in which she plays a vindictive fairy driven to curse an infant princess. “Sadly, of course, there is real evil in the world. You watch the news and you see all of the people suffering and so much cruelty. And it’s unthinkable cruelty like these girls that were kidnapped in Nigeria. Unthinkable cruelty and evil,” she said at a press conference. A total of 276 students were kidnapped in Nigeria’s northeastern Borno State three weeks ago when Boko Haram stormed their school loaded them onto trucks. Several managed to escape, but over 220 girls are still being held, according to security agents. In a video message obtained by AFP on Monday, Abubakar Shekau, the head of the Islamist group, Boko Haram, confessed to holding the girls and threatened to s...

The Federal Government on Friday promised to contribute $10m to the Safe School Initiative  Fund initiated by the United Nation’s Special Envoy for Global Education, Gordon Brown. Brown initiated the fund following the abduction of schoolgirls from Government Secondary School, Chibok, Borno State. The former British Prime Minister told journalists on the sidelines of the just-concluded World Economic Forum for Africa in Abuja that President Goodluck Jonathan announced the contribution during a meeting between the two of them. He had recently teamed up with a coalition of Nigerian business leaders to inaugurate the initiative with an initial $10m as part of the ‘Bring Back Our Girls’ campaign and to further promote schools as safe spaces. Brown said he was discussing with many global donor agencies and multinational organisations to also contribute to the Fund. He said he came to assure Jonathan and Nigerians of the much needed support from the international bus...

Bob-Manuel Udokwu Returns As Obiano’s SSA, Movie/Entertainment Industry Nollywood top actor and former Senior Special Assistant to erstwhile governor of Anambra State, Chief Peter Obi on Creative Media, Ambassador Bob-Manuel Udokwu (FCAI) has been reappointed by the new governor, Chief Willie Obiano as Senior Special Assistant on Movie/Entertanment industry. An elated Bob-Manuel broke the news on Monday in a Blackberry message that read: "The governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano has appointed me, Bob-Manuel Udokwu (FCAI) his Senior Special Assistant (SSA) on the Movie/Entertainment Industry with immediate effect. "With this appointment, the creative industry now has a clear representation in the goverment of Anambra State. I therefore call on all movie/entertainment professionals in Nigeria, across Africa and all over the world to feel free to berth in Anambra State to ply their creative and talent-driven enterprises! "The State is highly welcoming...