Uche Agbo, the president of the Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN), has emphasized the need for more female filmmakers in Nollywood to ensure balanced storytelling. Speaking to SAM ANOKAM, Agbo noted that while filmmakers are filmmakers, gender perspectives influence storytelling, and encouraging more women to direct would enrich the Nigerian film industry. Agbo, a veteran

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Enugu was alive with laughter and high-energy entertainment on Saturday as popular comedian Twin Parrot staged his much-anticipated show, “Golden Time,” at the Base Event Centre. The event drew thousands of comedy lovers from Enugu and neighbouring states, turning the venue into a buzzing hub of excitement. Fans cheered as Twin Parrot delivered back-to-back rib-cracking

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Community leaders in Bissaula ward, Kurmi Local Government Area, Taraba State, have raised the alarm over a fresh outbreak of violence, urging the state government to deploy security personnel to prevent further attacks. Led by former council chairman Stephen Agya and Alhaji Idi Ismail, the leaders expressed concern over a major setback to ongoing peace

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Nollywood actress and media personality Toke Makinwa has advised mothers against bathing their newborns every day, warning that it could damage a baby’s delicate skin. In a video shared on her social media page, Makinwa, who recently became a mother at 40, explained that babies are naturally clean and that their time in the womb

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The Coalition of South East Youth Leaders (COSEYL) has rejected the Federal Government’s decision to transfer Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), to the Sokoto State Correctional Center. Kanu, who was sentenced to life imprisonment by the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday for terrorism-related charges, was moved to Sokoto

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The Federal Government of Nigeria has explained why individuals suspected of financing terrorism have not yet been prosecuted, emphasizing that such cases require careful and extensive investigations. Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris, stated on Friday during an interview on Channels Television that the matter is more complex than simply having a list

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The management of Tai Solarin University of Education (TASUED), Ijagun, Ogun State, has dismissed viral reports claiming the university had been shut down due to a purported bandit invasion in Ijebu-Ode. According to the university, the reports are false, malicious, and misleading, aimed at causing unnecessary panic among students, staff, and the wider public. Registrar

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The total number of people abducted from St Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary Schools in Papiri, Niger State, has risen from 227 to 315, comprising 303 students and 12 teachers. The update was provided by Most Rev. Bulus Dauwa Yohanna, Chairman of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Niger State chapter, and Catholic Bishop of

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Plateau State clergyman Rev. Ezekiel Dachomo has disclosed that he has been receiving threats from some aides and loyalists of President Bola Tinubu, warning him to stop exposing what he describes as ongoing Christian genocide in Nigeria. The outspoken pastor, who serves as the Regional Chairman of the Church of Christ in Nations (COCIN) in

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In a bid to tackle food insecurity and boost agricultural productivity, Abia State Governor Alex Otti has launched a Joint Agricultural Intervention Project and inaugurated seventeen farm managers, one for each Local Government Area (LGA) of the state. The initiative encompasses a range of agricultural activities, including piggery, feed mills, maggot farming, ginger and cassava

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