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The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has said that Digital Switch Over (DSO) would grow Television advertising market in the country by 400 million dollars (about N16 billion) per annum. The minister stated this on Thursday at the launch and roll out of digital switch over for television broadcasting in Abuja. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports the launching and roll out of the DSO was performed by President Muhammadu Buhari, who was represented by his Vice, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo. Speaking on the advantages of DSO, Mohammed said 30 free digital channels would be available to TV viewers in Abuja. He said the viewers would have free and easy access to Government and Public information through a touch of the remote control. The minister said that tens of thousands of jobs would be created through technical, production and manufacturing opportunities. “Set-Top Box assembling and ultimately manufacturing is an irreversible mandate by the governm

Nigerian comedian and musical artiste Moye Idowu, aka Maleke, on Wednesday narrowly escaped being lynched by thugs allegedly working under the instructions of the governor of Delta State, Ifeanyi Okowa. Narrating the incident to SaharaReporters, a police officer who witnessed the show said that Maleke, who was hired to entertain the audience at the 2016 Ika Carnival in Agbor, headquarters of Ika South local government area of the state, made jokes on stage about the governor. "After thrilling the crowd first with some musical dance steps at the 2016 Ika Carnival, Maleke began to crack some very expensive and mocking jokes on the state governor using some harsh words on Okowa,” the witness said. “After a time some thugs working with the governor, who is from Ika, made several attempts to stop Maleke but he continued. At this stage their tempers started to rise.” He said the thugs, after reinforcing by making calls to other members of their gangs, climbed up to the stage and g

The  Wedding Party , a production of Elfike Collective, according information, grossed N36m in its opening weekend in cinemas across Nigeria. Speaking about the achievement, Executive Producer & C.O.O FilmOne Distribution, Moses Babatope said “ The Wedding Party  is tracking to surpass all Box Office records ahead of the Christmas and New Year’s Holiday Season.” The movie is an Elfike Film Collective production – a first of its kind initiative designed to raise the bar in African storytelling through unrivalled technical achievement in filmmaking and creative media arts. The film tells the story of Dunni Coker (Adesua Etomi), a 24-year-old gallery owner and only daughter of her parents about to marry the love of her life, IT entrepreneur Dozie (Banky W). The romcom took off in cinemas last Wednesday and on Thursday night, was said to have sold-out preview screenings.

No less than two-thirds of trafficked victims are women and girls while one-third of the victims of human trafficking are children, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), said on Wednesday. UNODC Executive Director, Yury Fedotov, disclosed this on Wednesday at the launch of the 2016 UNODC Global Report on Trafficking in Persons. According to a new report from the UNODC, the vast majority of all human trafficking victims – some 71 per cent – are women, girls and children. “Trafficking for sexual exploitation and for forced labour remain the most prominently detected forms. “But victims are also being trafficked to be used as beggars, for forced or sham marriages, benefit fraud, or production of pornography,” Fedotov said. According to him, the 2016 UNODC Global Report disaggregates data on the basis of gender and found that women and girls are usually trafficked for marriage and sexual slavery. “Men and boys, however, are trafficked into exploitative labour, including wo

T he very beautiful actress, Stephanie Linus, shared photos taken with her son on her Instagram page. They were shot for a feature in the Motherhood In-Style magazine. See another after the cut.

The Borno state government has embraced a new strategy in rebuilding and combating the economic crisis and displaced indegenes by partnering with the world's largest entrepreneurship organisation; Africa's Young Entrepreneurs (A.Y.E). The Borno State Executive council, Commissioners, Deputy Governor and Execuitve Governor sat at a roundtable to deliberate on possible engagements that can be employed to boost the State from the ruins caused by the break of Boko Haram attacks that has lingered for over 7 years; this has left an estimated number of 25,000 lives been lost, Approximately 4 million displaced persons; 70% of whom are women, children, or youths; their livelihood has been taken away from them. These individuals require humanitarian assistance, psychological reintegration and economic empowerment to prepare them to practice and acquire new skills for basic survival.  The innocence of children, vibrant youth and adults of workable age have been driven to the lowest ebb

The police in Lagos State have arrested a middle-aged woman, Linda Alapa, for allegedly beating her 10-year-old housemaid, Joy Mbafan, to death. Mbafan lived with the suspect on Bolanle Oduniyi Street, Okegbegun, in the Ikorodu area of the state. It is said  that Alapa was flogging the girl for a misdemeanor around 3am last Monday when she passed out and died afterwards.At the Ikorodu General Hospital morgue where she had gone to deposit Mbafan’s corpse, a doctor on duty was said to have noticed marks of violence on the body and alerted the police at the Sagamu Road Division. A police source told our correspondent that after interrogation, Alapa confessed to beating the girl, adding that she would be charged with murder.“She wanted to absolve herself of the death of the victim, but for the doctor on duty who raised the alarm after a close examination and she was arrested. There are marks of violence on the body of the deceased and she did not deny beating her.” Some resi

A yet-to-be identified policeman in the Odogunyan area of Ikorodu, Lagos State, is in the eye of the storm after he was caught on camera fighting with a truck driver and his friends in the community. The policeman was seen in the video struggling with the three men during which his rifle fell off. One of the men was seen escaping with the rifle as the policeman later jumped into the truck.The man recording the incident was overheard saying repeatedly, “You don’t have sense,” while another man beside him screamed, “Snap them; run away with the gun. You are a stupid policeman. You have been caught on camera. You are done for.” The man recording the drama said, “You are a fool. You will be sacked. You don’t have sense,” before an observer of the scene said, “This is the second time he will be doing this. He fought with another man here sometime ago.”The resident that posted the video on  Facebook , Mc Gabito D’laffgiva, said the scuffle happened after a disagreement over a

                            Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command, today rescued the little boy (pictured). He has now been taken to Ogudu Police Division. More photos after the cut.                            

                                                     39 year old rapper and Fashion designer, Kanye West, has cancelled the 2017 European leg of his Saint Pablo Tour according to  a report published today by TMZ. Kanye was rushed to the UCLA for an apparent breakdown following his wife, Kim's robbery in Paris and the anniversary of his mum's death, and according to TMZ, the rapper has now cancelled the European tour billed for UK, Germany and Paris in 2017.   The report reads: The second leg of Kanye West's Saint Pablo Tour has not just been put on hold ... it's been outright cancelled ... TMZ has learned. As we reported, Kanye's psych hospitalization put the 2017 portion of the tour on ice, with no restart date set. At the time Kanye was at UCLA Medical Center, sources connected with the rapper insisted the tour would go on, even though belatedly. Now we've lea rned Kanye's people contacted concert promoter Live Nation and informed them

Fela Kuti's daughter, Motunrayo shared videos of the engagement ring she got from her man but said she won't be getting married. In the video, she explains she likes the ring and would keep it but has no plans of getting married. According to her, Lagos girls won't allow the man who gave her the ring to be so she would rather let him be free. She also shared another video showing off another engagement ring she got and still insisted she won't get married. 

The President of the Republic of Ghana, Mr. John Dramani Mahama has again commended Globacom’s Chairman, Dr. Mike Adenuga, Jr. for his courageous foray into the telecommunications industry hitherto dominated by foreign investors.  President Mahama who stated this while responding at his induction ceremony into the Ovation Hall of Fame organized as part of the 2016 Ovation Green Carol sponsored by Globacom early Monday morning in Lagos, announced that this was why the nation recently conferred Ghana’s highest award of the Companion of the Star of Ghana Award (CSG) on Adenuga.                                 “Dr. Mike Adenuga is one African who had broken through in telecommunications and entrepreneurship as a whole. From my experience since I was  a Deputy  Communications Minister  and later Communication Minister , the industry was dominated by foreign companies until Dr. Adenuga came with his submarine cables and innovations. That was why we recently presented him with the highe

Bisi Alimi who tied the knots with his gay partner, Anthony Davis on November 6th, 2016 has revealed the reasons they got married. In an interview with  Kito Diaries , Bisi released his official wedding photos and talked about the LGBT rights in Nigeria, his wedding to his partner and his reaction to Bobrisky calling out gay men. Speaking on the implications of their marriage in their different countries, Bisi said even though their marriage is regarded as a reference point and a political fuck you in their different countries, they were just the two people who were in love and decided to get married "It feels good to hear my wedding being regarded as an LGBT 'reference point." However, that was not the plan, I was marrying the man I love and although we both know our marriage was a political 'fuck you' to our countries, the most important thing that day was two people in love getting married" he said When asked why he called out Bobriskky for suppo

The Federal Executive Council on Wednesday approved a whistleblowing policy to check fraud in both public and private sectors. Finance Minister Kemi Adeosun disclosed this to State House reporters after the FEC meeting chaired by President Muhammadu Buhari. She said the policy, devised by her ministry, is to encourage anyone with information about a violation, misconduct or improper activity that impacts negatively on Nigerians and government to report it. She said the policy was aimed at increasing exposure of financial or financial related crimes; supporting the fight against financial crimes and corruption; improving level of public confidence in public entities; enhancing transparency and accountability in the management of public funds; improving Nigeria’s Open Government Ranking and Ease of Doing Business Indicators; and recovering public funds that can be deployed to finance Nigeria’s infrastructure deficit. According to her, information that can be submitted inc

Leicester chairman Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha on Wednesday rated England striker Jamie Vardy’s three-match ban as ‘unfair’. Vardy received the suspension from the Football Association (FA) for his sending off against Stoke City at the weekend. The FA on Tuesday rejected the ailing Premier League champion’s claim of wrongful dismissal which hinged upon Vardy being off balance as he was harried by Glen Johnson when he challenged Stoke forward Mame Diouf just before the half-hour mark. Referee Craig Pawson did not hesitate in showing him a red card for the two-footed challenge.Srivaddhanaprabha wrote on Instagram: “I am so sorry for the unfair judgement of referee to Vardy and more sorry that our appeal was rejected. This kind of judgement distort the charming of English Premier.“I spend a lot of time and effort to make my beloved LCFC a success, but this incident made me feel dispirit from football.“Anyway, we move on now and it’s time that we need to be unity together and