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Lancelot Imasuen to Host the Centenary of the Death of Omo n’Oba Ovonramwen

December 27, 2013, 5:53 am
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Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, with the cast and crew of his historic epic Invasion 1897 and the news media are all looking forward to January 14, 2014, the Centenary of the death of Omo N’oba Ovonramwen in exile in Calabar, which is also the same month of the epoch of modern Nigeria by the amalgamation of the Lagos Colony, Southern and Northern protectorates on Jan 1, 1914.
 


Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen at the historic residence where the great Omo n’Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi lived and died in Calabar on January 14. 1914.

 Lancelot with famous British actor Rudolph Walker in London.

 
 Lancelot with Charles "Chucky" Venn in London.

 Rudolph Walker and Charles "Chucky" Venn with two female members of the UK cast and crew in London.

 Lancelot with two female members of his UK cast and crew in London.

Lancelot has been on the locations of his historic epic Invasion 1897 in Benin, Calabar and London and will be back in Lagos to host a special celebration in his Lagos studios on January 14, 2014 in remembrance of Omo n’Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi, the hero of Invasion 1897 and the great Benin Kingdom led by Oba of Benin,Omo N'Oba,N'Edo Uku Akpolokplolo EREDIAUWA, C.F.R,  the 39th Oba of the dynasty of Benin Kingdom. will be marking the historic day at the palace. The event will be the prelude to the World premiere of Invasion 1897 in Benin, Edo State of Nigeria..



 
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Influencing Muslims: The 500 Most Influential Muslims

December 2, 2013, 6:49 am
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 The Grand Sheikh of Al Azhar university in Cairo, Ahmad al Tayyeb, has been named the most influential Muslim in the world, according to a new survey.

2 Dec 2013 07:00 Africa/Lagos


 Influencing Muslims: The 500 Most Influential Muslims

 AMMAN, Jordan, December 2, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

Latest annual release of 'The Muslim 500' highlights those world's most influential Muslims and highlight changes going on in the Muslim world.


2012 was the widely considered to be the high mark in the history of Islamists movements. The Muslim Brotherhood parties won both the elections in Tunisia and Egypt, Erdogan had easily won a reelection in Turkey, the Syrian government seemed to be at the heels of a collapse, mainly at the hands of Brotherhood-led rebels and the Moroccan parliamentary elections were easily won by the primary Islamists party.
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Within one year all that has changed.
Both Islamist-lead parties in Egypt and Tunisia have been replaced, Prime Minister Erdogan faced massive protests in Turkey, and even the embattled Assad has made a military comeback and now seems closer to winning the civil war. In Bangladesh the International Tribunal Court has found many top leaders of the Islamist Jamaat i-Islami party guilty of war crimes for their roles in the 1973 civil war. In Bangladesh and Egypt the Islamist parties have been banned in some form. All over the world Islamists movements are taking a huge hit.


What a difference a year makes.
Covering these changes, and much more, is 'The Muslim 500', an annual publication of the five-hundred most influential Muslims in the world. The 2013/14 issue, edited once again by Professor Emeritus S. Abdallah Schleifer of the American University in Cairo, has just been released and is available for free download at www.TheMuslim500.com.


Decline of the Islamists
While the 2012 edition highlighted the ascent of the Muslim Brotherhood with many of their leaders shooting up the list, the latest edition records its fall. Dropped from the top of the list are the following Egyptian leaders of the Muslim Brotherhood: Dr Mohammed Badie, President Morsi, Khairat Al-Shater and the scholar Sheikh Al-Qaradawi. Also demoted was the Qatar emir Sheikh Hamad Al-Thani, a significant supporter of the Brotherhood who abdicated the throne, and Turkish Prime Minister Erdogan, a vocal supporter of the MB who dropped from second to sixth.


New #1 at the Top
At the top of the list this year is Sheikh Ahmad Al-Tayyeb, head of Al-Azhar, the world's largest and most revered Sunni educational institute with nearly 2 million students directly under its patronage and hundreds of schools and universities all over the world under its influence. His position essentially makes him the guardian of traditional Sunni orthodoxy. This pick marks the first time in the five years of publication that the powerful King Abdullah Al-Saud didn't make the #1 mark (he's now listed as #2). Sheikh Al-Tayyeb's leadership of this massive institute has kept him in the top 10 previously but this year Al-Azhar faced some of the biggest challenges ever to the orthodox nature of the 1,036 year-old university, considered by most to be the world's oldest continuously-operating university. Al-Tayyeb's astute decision making over the past couple of years have preserved the traditional approach of Al-Azhar which faced threats from Islamists and Salafis in the tumultuous years that have followed Mubarak's fall. His public support of General Al-Sisi's coup also gave it a strong religious grounding that was necessary for it to achieve the legitimacy needed to prevent a civil war, effectively making him a "king-maker" and cementing his place at the top of the list.


New additions
Amongst the list of new additions to the list are Malala Yousufzai, the teenage advocate for women's education; President Hasan Rouhani, the new president of Iran; Nawaz Sharif, the new Prime Minister of Pakistan; Dr Bassem Yousef, the "Jon Stewart of the Middle East"; Habib Lutfi Yahya, a popular Indonesian preacher; Sheikh Ibraheem Zakzaky, the leader of a growing Shia movement in Nigeria; Nouman Ali Khan, the popular American preacher, and dozens more.


Changes
The 2013/14 edition also added a new section; 'Major Events' that provides a timeline of the major events that have taken place over the past year. They also announced that publishers from Turkey and Indonesia will be translating and publishing this issue of The Muslim 500, making it accessible to a large number of non-English speakers.


How Influence is Measured
Determining influence can be quite difficult. Aftab Ahmed, Editor-at-large of the publication states that it "is of course the most challenging aspect of the publication, and the one where opinions diverge the most. Influence can sometimes be gauged on a quantitative basis, the number of people influenced, the number of books written, the amount of sales etc., but more often it is related to the qualitative and lasting effect of that influence." In fact the publication differs quite a bit from other annual lists in that the achievements of a lifetime are given more weight than achievements within the current year. This means that the list of names changes gradually, rather than dramatically, year-on-year.


Criticisms
Each year the publication generates a ton of both praise and criticism, some of which comes simply misunderstanding the book's purpose. Some have mistakenly understood that the list considers piety as a main criteria or that the publication supports each individual. However Ahmed noted that "impact can be either positive or negative, depending on one's point of view of course. The selection of people for this publication in no way means that we endorse their views; rather we are simply trying to measure their influence. The influence can be of a religious scholar directly addressing Muslims and influencing their beliefs, ideas and behaviour, or it can be of a ruler shaping the socio-economic factors within which people live their lives, or of artists shaping popular culture."


Another critique of the publication is that the top of the list is dominated by political and religious scholars. Ahmed responded to the critique by noting the tremendous impact heads of states have in many Muslim countries, saying "their dominant and lasting influence cannot be denied, especially the rulers, who in many cases also appoint religious scholars to their respective positions."


This doesn't discount the significant amount of influence from other sectors of society. The publication selects Muslim individuals from a range of categories of influence, thirteen in total: Scholarly, Political, Administration of Religious Affairs, Preachers and Spiritual Guides, Philanthropy/Charity and Development, Social Issues, Business, Science and Technology, Arts and Culture, Qur'an Reciters, Media, Celebrities and Sports Stars and Extremists.


About The Muslim 500
This publication sets out to ascertain the influence some Muslims have on the Muslim community, or on behalf of the community. Influence is: any person who has the power (be it cultural, ideological, financial, political or otherwise) to make a change that will have a significant impact on the Muslim world (there are 1.7 billion Muslims in the world today, making up approximately 23% of the world's population, or over one-fifth of mankind). Over the past few years The Muslim 500 has been covered by major international news media outlets such as the Huffington Post, NPR, the Guardian, The Washington Post, Foreign Policy, Reuters, and more. It is published each year by the Royal Islamic Strategic Studies Centre based out of Amman, Jordan.


Press Contacts
Besim Bruncaj,
Outreach Manager for TheMuslim500.com
Email: info@rissc.jo

Related Links
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http://www.rissc.jo

CONTACT: +962-(0)65344672


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Kingdom of Nnewi in Nigeria Celebrates Golden Jubilee

December 29, 2013, 6:52 am
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Kingdom of Nnewi in Nigeria Celebrates Golden Jubilee

NNEWI, Nigeria, December 28, 2013 /PRNewswire/ --

One of the longest serving Monarchs in Nigeria

The ancient Kingdom of Nnewi in the Anambra State of Nigeria today announces the Golden Jubilee of His Royal Highness Igwe Dr. Kenneth Onyemaeke Nnaji Orizu III. CON. JP. The celebrations will be marked by two days of celebrations to include a youth carnival and youth night on 27 December.

(Photo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20131228/662456 )

The celebrations which mark His Royal Highnesses' 50th year of accession to the throne are expected to be attended by thousands of local people from the ancient Kingdom alongside a number of special guests, to include the President and Vice President of Ghana and Governors from some of Nigeria's 36 states. The celebrations will conclude with a church service on 12 January 2014.

At the age of 88, His Royal Highness Igwe Dr. Kenneth Onyemaeke Nnaji Orizu III. CON. JP. The Igwe of Nnewi, who ascended to the throne on 25 May 1963, is one of the longest serving Monarchs in Nigeria. He is the 17th ruler in the Nnewi Royal family lineage which ruled the province long before Britain colonised the West African country in 1900, and amalgamated different Kingdoms into what later became the country of Nigeria. Nnewi has retained its status as an ancient Kingdom and is fully recognised by the country's federal government.

His Royal Highness has been credited with much over his 50 year reign, including:

the abolition of the Osu caste system in the 1970's. Before then, the local Osu people were treated as outcasts and subjected to servitude of various forms;
Being the first, in a long line of Nnewi Monarchs, to embrace Christianity;
modernising the legal system of Nnewi by establishing a Palace panel of Arbitrators for inter personal misunderstandings. To ensure the highest degree of equity, justice and fair play, he also set up an Appeal Panel to review appeals from the Arbitration Committee; and
The new Nnewi market which has given the province prominence as one of the largest commercial cities in Nigeria. It was set up at the instigation of the Monarch, whose vision for uplifting living standards in his domain has been highly commended by his peers


The spokesman for the Royal family, Prince Obi Orizu, said the celebrations were not only aimed at marking the Monarch's 50 years on the throne, but were also a demonstration of the love and respect the people of Nnewi feel towards their King.

Prince Obi added: "By the Grace of God, His Royal Highness Igwe Dr. Kenneth Onyemaeke Nnaji Orizu III. CON. JP. The Igwe of Nnewi, is still fit and strong at the age of 88. By organising the celebration for their King, the people of Nnewi want to wish him many more years so that he can continue his tireless campaign to improve the lives of all his people. Nnewi wants to demonstrate its gratitude for its Monarch and everyone will be welcome to share in our happiness."

NOTES FOR EDITORS:

The celebrations will continue on 29 December with a Cultural festival, followed by mascurades and traditional dances on 30 December. Post anniversary church services will be held at St Peters Catholic Church, Nnewichi, Nnewi
8 on 5 January and on 12 January 2014 at St Mary's Anglican Church, Uruagu, Nnewi.

Below is a list of some of the King's achievements:

CULTURAL TRANSFORMATION:

The King is the first of Nigerian Monarchs to abolish the Osu cast system, thus making everyone in the province of Nnewi free born.

SOCIAL ADVOCACY:

The King dealt with a political crisis in Nnewi by allowing the town in a general assembly to choose a title for him to restore peace in the town. Thereafter, the community named him the GENERAL OF PEACE. His other title is, Commander of the Order of the Niger (CON). The King is a one Star Paul Harris Fellow of Rotary International.

EDUCATION

The King was instrumental in the establishment of a Teachers Training College in Nnewi; now Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Nnewi. He also advovated the siting of the College of Health Sciences of the University by encouraging Nnewi people to make significant financial contributions. He personally donated most of the land for the establishment of the school.

BUSINESS

The King facilitated the establishment of New Nnewi market and this market gave Nnewi prominence as one of the largest commercial cities in Nigeria.

For further information contact:

Joe Nwankwo - Director of Information and Research, Unit, Igwe Nnewi Palace, Nnewi
Tel: 08033138291 or 08037019672

Victoria Geoghegan / David Bass - Bell Pottinger
Tel: +44-207-861-3925 or +44-7917-551155

For images, please email: vgeoghegan@bell-pottinger.com

See more on https://www.facebook.com/Nigeriansreport.

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Nigeria Centenary: January 1, 1914 - January 1, 2014

December 29, 2013, 9:51 am
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Who Are the 100 Icons of Nigeria from 1914-2014?




To celebrate the Nigeria Centenary next year 2014, Nigerians Report Online, the flagship of citizen journalism in Nigeria will recognize the illustrious patriots who have been the nation builders of modern Nigeria from 1914-2014.


They include icons of democracy and governance, icons of education, icons of medicine, icons of engineering and science, icons of business and industry, icons of public service, icons of sports, icons of arts and culture (including icons of music, icons of movies, icons of literature, icons of beauty and haute couture), icons of Information Technology, icons of journalism and other icons who have also achieved great things in the making of modern Nigeria.


Nigeria has heroes and we should celebrate our heroes, because majority of our children and youths are ignorant of our heroes who should be role models worthy of emulation for their inspiration and motivation to excel and succeed in life and join in the nation building of a New Nigeria in the leadership of Africa among the comity of nations in the world.


We should celebrate the nation builders and not title chasers.
These nation builders are champions who have sacrificed a lot and paid the price, and some in fact paid the supreme price for freedom, peace and unity.
That is why I published the The Mandate of MKO Abiola, written by Adeleke O. Adeyemi, aka Mai Nasara, the winner of the $100, 000 Nigeria; Prize for Literature in 2011 for his book The Missing Clock. “The Mandate of MKO Abiola” is one of the most distributed books on the martyr of June 12.




 
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Corruption of the Ruling Class and Witchcraft of the Masses

December 31, 2013, 5:49 am
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 It is common habit and fashionable for the so called masses to point accusing fingers at the elites and rich ruling class in both proven and unfounded accusations and allegations of corruption and live in denial of their own complicity in the widespread corruption plaguing Nigeria.
The masses prefer to think they are not equally corrupt, because to them, they are not embezzling or misappropriating public or private funds since they have not had the opportunity to do so and not that they are holier than the so called corrupt public servants and private contractors in every state in the most populous country in Africa. But they forget that they are also corrupt, because their own forms of corruption are even worse than the political corruption of the ruling class.

Let us define what is corruption.
In philosophical, theological, or moral discussions, corruption is spiritual or moral impurity or deviation from an ideal. Corruption may include many activities including bribery and embezzlement. Government, or 'political', corruption occurs when an office-holder or other governmental employee acts in an official capacity for personal gain.

~http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corruption
The so called masses are complicit in the general corruption, because corruption starts from the bottom to the top rungs of the ladder of the social class.
Whether you embezzled or misappropriated N1, you are as guilty of corruption as the "Oga at the Top" who embezzled N1 billion.
A thief is a thief, no matter the price or size of what the thief has stolen.

To me, whatever harms the good character or nature of humans is corruption.

Political corruption may have underdeveloped Nigeria, but there are worse forms of the corruption of the human character I see everyday among majority of Nigerians. And these forms of corruption are the most common problems plaguing the lives of majority of people among the masses and they have done even horrible and terrible things to the populace and they are the evils of witchcraft.
Yes, witchcraft is common among the masses and they cannot deny it as the evils of witchcraft are daily complaints among the millions of churchgoers who report their activities in their churches.
Just go and listen to the daily prayers of the congregants of the popular Mountain of Fire and Miracles Ministries and other pentecostal fellowships in Nigeria and you will witness awesome testimonies of the dangers of witchcraft among the masses.

Yes, believe it or not witchcraft is not only when you have the demonic powers for nocturnal flights and attacks on people in the night, it is also witchcraft to indulge in the following.

1. Envy
2. Jealousy
3. Covetuousness
4. Greediness
5. Dishonesty
6. Hatred
7. Adultery
8. Unforgiven and Unrepentant hatred.

These evils have done uncountable damages to human lives in Nigeria.

It is witchcraft to be jealous or envious of the progress and success of others.
Instead of them to be glad and grateful to God and rejoice with you, you see the enemies of progress frowning and sneering at your good news and testimonies of success.
They start to devise different schemes and scams against you.

Jealousy and covetousness make many among the masses to engage in sharp practices and crimes to get rich quick.
In jealousy, envy and covetousness, they have to lie, steal and even kill.
That is why adultery, kidnapping, robbery and ritual sacrifices are common among the masses.
Imagine what they used all the babies produced in the "baby factories" for in the eastern states?
The masses are committing horrible and terrible things.

Majority of the poor masses are very greedy people.
Their insecurity makes them to cheat and exploit others from their homes to their shops and offices.
They are reluctant to pay for services rendered and often pay in piecemeal and spend the rest of the money on their covetousness in selfish gratification.
There is also the witchcraft of the masters and mistresses who don't want their apprentices to gain freedom, because they don't want them to succeed like them. So, they use witchcraft to frustrate their apprentices or wards and keep them perpetually poor and under their control and oppression.
This form of witchcraft is common among the Igbos, Yorubas and Edo people.

The witchcraft of envy is worst than political corruption and in fact very common in Nollywood, that a leading filmmaker said there is wickedness among the producers, directors, actors, actresses, marketers and other stakeholders in the camouflage of competition.
Many of them are indeed "Living in Bondage".
No wonder mysterious things have been happening among them like what they show in their Nollywood movies.
So, in a twisted way, they are practicing the same diabolical things seen in their home videos.

Why not be glad and grateful to God and rejoice with those who are making progress and celebrate their success with them instead of grumbling and sending damaging emails and text messages against them?
What are you competing for?
And tomorrow you are the first to rush to church to pay lip service and eye service to God.
But you are just deceiving and fooling yourselves, because you cannot fool God.

If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, cannot love God whom he hath not seen.
~1 John 4:20.

The seven deadly sins are also rebellion against the commandments of God and rebellion is witchcraft.
In the Book of Proverbs 6:16-19, among the verses traditionally associated with King Solomon, it states that the Lord specifically regards "six things the Lord hateth, and seven that are an abomination unto Him", namely:

1. A proud look
2. A lying tongue
3. Hands that shed innocent blood
4. A heart that devises wicked plots
5. Feet that are swift to run into mischief
6. A deceitful witness that uttereth lies
7. Him that soweth discord among brethren.

For rebellion is as the sin of witchcraft, and stubbornness is as iniquity and idolatry. Because thou hast rejected the word of the Lord, he hath also rejected thee from being king.
~ 1 Samuel 15:23, King James Version (KJV)

If you see how majority of the masses live in their tenements and slums and they are still poverty stricken for years.
It is not caused by the corruption of the government, but their own witchcraft.

There is a certain form of witchcraft common among landlords and landladies among the Yorubas which they perpetrate against their tenants to keep them in abject poverty.
When you see a landlord or landlady throwing human waste into the waste basket or open drainage used by the tenants, it is not only unhygienic, but common witchcraft as confessed by public health officials in Lagos state who know their fellow Yorubas very well.

Selling fake drugs and stale food is also common among the masses and this is witchcraft and it has harmed and killed thousands of ignorant and innocent people among the masses in Nigeria.

These and other evils of witchcraft are even worse than the corruption of the ruling class.

As we welcome the New Year 2014, I hope we will stop living in denial of the truth and stop pointing accusing fingers of corruption at our so called leaders and look in the mirror to see our own corruption and repent before it is too late.

God cannot be on the side of the poor masses if they are guilty of their own evil and wicked ways.

This is my own New Year Message to Nigerians.

There is no peace,' says the Lord, 'for the wicked.
~ Isaiah 48:22


~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, prize winning writer and author of "In the House of Dogs" and other books.
 



 
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December 31, 2013, 11:53 am
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The Most Expected Nigerian Films in 2014

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The most expected Nigerian films in 2014 are Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen’s most ambitious film production to date, the historical epic "Invasion 1897", Kunle Afolayan's historical fiction "October 1" and Izu Ojukwu’s thriller "'76", the historical epic on the catastrophic botched military coup that led to the assassination of Head of State Gen. Murtala Muhammed in 1976 in Lagos. All the residents of Obalende (including my family and I) and Ikoyi near Dodan Barracks witnessed that bloody coup that fateful day on February 13, 1976.


 “’76” is star-studded with some of the best actors and actresses in Nollywood, including Ramsey Nouah, Rita Dominic, Ibinabo Fiberisima, Chidi Mokeme, Memry Savanhu, Adonijah Owiriwa, Daniel K. Daniel, Nelly Ekwereogu and Shuaibu Ebenehi Adams.


Kunle Afolayan’s “October 1” recently won the Best Fiction film trailer of the 2013 International Movie Trailer's Festival, the first online movie trailer contest showcasing 1-4 minute trailers from around the world. “October 1” has an international cast of accomplished actors and actresses led by Sadiq Daba as "Inspector Waziri"; Aderupoko as "Sergeant Afonja"; Fabian Lojede as "Corporal Omolodun"; Demola Adedoyin as "Prince Aderopo"; Kehinde Bankole as "Miss Tawa", Nick Rhys as "Winterbottom"; Lawrence Stubbings as "Tomkins" and Colin David Reese as "Rev Dowling".  

Synopsis:
It’s September 1960, and with Nigeria on the verge of independence from British colonial rule, a northern Nigerian Police Detective, DAN WAZIRI, is urgently despatched by the Colonial Government to the trading post town of Akote in the Western Region of Nigeria to solve a series of female murders that have struck horror in the hearts and minds of the local community. On getting to Akote, more murders are committed, and with local tension high and volatile, Waziri has a race on his hands to solve the case before even more local women are killed. Set against the backdrop of the national celebratory mood of the impending independence, Waziri is pulled into a game of cat and mouse as he and the killer try to outwit each other… leading to the climatic end in which the life of a popular local female teacher and village belle, TAWA, is held in the balance. Waziri has to race against the clock to capture the killer, save Tawa and solve the crime before the British flag is lowered and the Nigerian flag raised on Independence Day… October 1.



"Invasion 1897" is the most anticipated film to celebrate the Nigeria Centenary in 2014 (modern day Nigeria came into being on January 1, 1914), and to mark the centenary of the death of the great King of Benin, Omo n’Oba Ovonramwen Nogbaisi in exile in Calabar on January 14, 1914, Lancelot Imasuen will host special guests from corporate Nigeria and leading journalists at his Lagos studios on January 14, 2014. "Invasion 1897" (Nogbaisi Ovonramwen) is perhaps the most daring film project in the history of the Nigerian film industry, because no previous movie can be compared to it, both in scope and perspective of the historical context. The epic is based on the invasion of the Benin Kingdom by the British Empire in 1897 and looting the priceless ancient artifacts of the Benin kingdom, including the famous commemorative head and pendant of ivory mask representing Queen Idia (from court of Benin, 16th century) who was the mother of Esigie, the Oba of Benin who ruled from 1504 to 1550. The commemorative head is at the British Museum, while the pendant is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, USA. The film has an international cast of proven actors such as famous Caribbean born British Actor Rudolph Walker, OBE, Charles "Chucky" Venn, Annika á Lofti,Hannah Raehse-Felstead, Nollywood stars Segun Arinze Paul Obazele, Mike Omoregbe who played the lead role as Oba Ovoramwen, Charles Inojie and the late Justus Esiri.


 ~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, Publisher/Editor of NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® SERIES.


 

 
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It is Not Easy To Govern Lagos, Because of Influx of People From other States

January 2, 2014, 11:19 am
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Most of those who are ignorant of the facts and figures of Lagos don't even know that Lagos state with an estimated population of 21 million people has more people than all the eastern states combined and it is official that Lagos is:
the largest city on the continent as a whole, Lagos is the economic hub of Nigeria, contributing the majority of the country’s gross domestic product. It is home to one of the busiest ports in the region, particularly important for its massive oil-exporting industry, but the city has so much more than that. An enormous music scene is credited for the birth of everything from Nigerian hip hop to Afrobeat, and its film industry (nicknamed “Nollywood”) is incredibly influential and popular. - See more at: http://afkinsider.com/35192/most-populous-cities-in-sub-saharan-africa/2/#sthash.fW7ZB0qo.dpuf

Many of the other states with even smaller populations cannot even develop them and that is why more people continue to leave these underdeveloped states for Lagos.


 The failures of other state governments have made their youths to migrate to the mega city of Lagos; attracted by the endless opportunities in the fast developing mega city of Lagos. But most them are unskilled and can only be regular supply of cheap labour. But they are also those who breed kids they cannot feed and have increased the population of socioeconomic liabilities and worsen the problems and troubles of jobless people who often turn to crime and anti-social behaviour. They are the ones who cause the problems of over-stretched infrastructure and social amenities most critics blame the Lagos state government for. Lagos state government did not build the illegal structures of slum dwellers who later turn around to accuse the government of neglect.

Children play in the Makoko slum, in Lagos, Nigeria where houses accessible only by canoe sit on stilts above polluted waters of the Lagos lagoon, January 21, 2011.
  
It is like the illegal residents of Monkey Village on Bonny Island accusing the River state government of neglect and asking for the same goodies of the ultra modern Nigeria LNG Residential Areas. A slum is always seen showing up near a new modern estate and before you say "Èkó ò ní bàjé oooooo!", the slum dwellers are messing up the master plan of the state government and if the government demolishes their slum, they turn against the state.


The other states, and especially the oil producing states should go and see what the smart Arabs are doing with their own oil money and see that even their state capitals can become the United Arab Emirates of Nigeria. And then they can stop their jobless youths from rushing to Lagos to overstretch the social amenities and alter the master plans of the Lagos state government.  


~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima, Publisher/Editor,Nigerians Report Online A member of the Digital Media Law Project, Nollywood Mirror Series; CEO, International Digital Post Network Limited, CEO, Screen Outdoor Open Air Cinema (SOOAC), http://screennaija.wordpress.com/ and Executive Director, Screen Naija One Village, One Village Project. Author of Children of Heaven, Scarlet Tears of London, Bye, Bye Mugabe, In the House of Dogs, The Prophet Lied, Diary of the Memory Keeper, co-author of Naked Beauty and editor of The Language of True Love.

 


 
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100th Anniversary Issue of Current History

January 3, 2014, 12:49 am
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2 Jan 2014 16:18 Africa/Lagos After A Hundred Years, Current History Looks To Its Past And Future

The nation's oldest continuously published international affairs journal was founded a century ago during the First World War.

PHILADELPHIA, Jan. 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- With the publication of its centennial issue, dated January 2014, Current History marks a milestone: America's oldest world affairs journal has been published continuously since 1914. Its history is truly the history of the twentieth century.


Founded in 1914 by The New York Timesto supplement daily newspaper coverage, the fledgling publication sought to explain a new kind of international conflict to Americans. Current History from its inception has been a key source of information on international affairs for an engaged readership.
Contributions to Current History have come from poets and playwrights, journalists and diplomats, statesmen and scholars. George Bernard Shaw, H.G. Wells, Leon Trotsky, H.L. Mencken, Winston Churchill, Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. Du Bois, Bernard Baruch, John Dewey, Lewis Mumford, Thomas Wolfe, Reinhold Niebuhr, Henry Steele Commager, Walter Lippmann, Hans Morgenthau, and many other public intellectuals have written in its pages. Thinkers such as Joseph Stiglitz, Condoleezza Rice, Barry Eichengreen, Nancy Birdsall, Steven Pinker, Robin Wright, and Francis Fukuyama continue their tradition today.

January's 100th anniversary issue includes essays on major global trends by Michael Mandelbaum, Larry Diamond, Sheila Jasanoff, G. John Ikenberry, Joseph S. Nye Jr., Scott D. Sagan, Uri Dadush, Bruce Russett, Amrita Narlikar, Omar Encarnacion, Martha Crenshaw, and Nicholas Eberstadt.

The New York Times sold the magazine in 1936; it has been privately held since. Daniel Mark Redmond is now the publisher. Previously, his grandfather, Daniel G. Redmond (1943-1955), and father, Daniel G. Redmond Jr. (1955-1988), held that position. Redmond notes that the magazine has had just four editors in the past 70 years: Daniel G. Redmond, Carol L. Thompson (1955-1991), William W. Finan Jr. (1991-2006), and Alan Sorensen (2006-2013). In January 2014, Joshua Lustig, formerly managing editor, takes over the editorship.


As an independent source of international relations scholarship and journalism, with no institutional affiliation, Current History remains unique among American journals of world affairs after a hundred years of publication. Old-fashioned in its look and feel, in its ownership, and most importantly, in its dedication to thoughtful, clear analysis of global events and trends, Current History is so old that it's new again.
Website: currenthistory.com
 
SOURCE Current History
CONTACT: Mark Redmond, Current History, 610-772-5709, mredmond@currenthistory.com, or Joshua Lustig, Current History, 215-482-5465, joshualustig@currenthistory.com, Website: currenthistory.com
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The Future of Nollywood is Digital: Premiere and Screen Your Movies Online and Make More Money

January 7, 2014, 2:04 am
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The future of Nollywood is digital. 
~ Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima 

 International Digital Post Network Limited, the fastest growing and largest Nigerian news and information media network and publishers of NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®, the first Nigerian publication released in paperback, hardcover and tablet is launching a digital revolution for digital distribution of Nollywood movies directly by Nollywood producers and no more greedy middlemen or middle-women posing as film distributors and taking 60-80% of the revenues and even not giving you accurate figures of screenings. Now you the producer and content provider can start making money from your movies directly from your own website.
  • Sell Your Videos Online - 
  • Easy To Embed PPV Script - 
  • Accept Payments By Cards & ; Paypal - 
  • 0% Commission / Keep All The Revenue. 
 Deliver worldwide your pre-recorded (also called VoD) or live streaming HD content in the best possible way to any Flash or iOS enabled device. Thanks to our players and CDN infrastructure, you don't need to worry about different file formats, device detection or how it actually works, because it simply works.

You can create a paywall using our pay-per-view ticketing system and embed it in your website, blog or social network.
Thousands of website are already using our PPV solution to sell videos online. No need to waste time looking - instead start making money now! And remember - we do not take any commission!
It's an ideal solution for movie premieres, training videos, tutorials, live events and performances.

How Does Pay-Per-View Work ?

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SETUP THE PAY-PER-VIEW OPTIONS
You can do it per individual video or set a default PPV hierarchy playlist option
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Set up your payment gateway (PayPal, 2Checkout, Authorize...) and to start accepting payments directly from your viewers. It's as easy as that.
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Select from the ready-to-go templates or design your own using the VideoApps Studio design suite.
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Copy the embed code and paste it into your web page. The application will then appear on your website with all the ppv functionality you've setup.

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Inside Nigeria: President Jonathan’s Wasteful Spending on Presidential Jets

January 8, 2014, 1:24 am
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SOME of the details contained in the 2014 budget proposals of the Federal Government currently awaiting the approval of the National Assembly are as outrageous as they are disquieting. Those details have, as usual, exposed the government’s propensity for frivolities and plush living. Global trends however suggest that public officials should scale down the cost of governance and roll back casual luxuries in public office. But President Goodluck Jonathan is again making a public statement of opulence in a country where the majority of the people live below the United Nations poverty threshold.


 It is obvious that what the government has succeeded in doing with the budget, as usual, is to use it to promote the ostentatious and wasteful lifestyle of government officials, while further impoverishing the Nigerian citizenry. When the government is not budgeting N2.2 billion for a “befitting banqueting hall in Aso Rock Villa,” as was the case last year, it is proposing N34.5 million for the feeding of lions in the Aso Rock Zoo. One particularly disgusting item in the 2014 budget is the provision of N1.6 billion as deposit for the purchase of a new aircraft for the presidential fleet that already boasts a record 10 planes and is ranked among the most luxurious worldwide.


The profligate presidential fleet is complemented with an extravagant motorcade and glamorous lifestyle. Only two domestic airlines have that many aircraft. Nigerians need to know how much money goes into the maintenance of this large fleet of non-commercial aircraft. In 2011, N18 billion was reportedly budgeted to maintain the presidential aircraft.

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Nigerian Americans Are Among the Most Superior Cultural Groups in America

January 8, 2014, 4:07 am
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Jed Rubenfeld and Amy Chua, Yale Professors and co-author of The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America.

Nigerian Americans Are Among the Most Superior Cultural Groups in America 


Prof. Ilesanmi Adesida, the first black man to be appointed the Provost/Vice-Chancellor for Academic Affairs at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign, United States of America.

An American couple and both fellow Yale Professors have identified Nigerian Americans among the most superior cultural groups in the United States of America. Amy Chua, the famous author of the bestselling book The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, and her husband Jed Rubenfeld have stirred up the hornet’s nest with their co-authored controversial book, The Triple Package: How Three Unlikely Traits Explain the Rise and Fall of Cultural Groups in America," that identified eight cultural groups in the United States superior to others. The new book noted: "uncomfortable as it may be to talk about," some "religious, ethnic, and national-origin groups are starkly more successful than others." And they are the Mormons, Cuban exiles, Nigerian Americans, Indian Americans, Chinese Americans, American Jews, Iranian Americans and Lebanese Americans. And they have been able to prove superior, because of a basic "triple package" formula: a superiority complex, insecurity, and impulse control.



•   Americans are taught that everyone is equal, that no group is superior to another. But remarkably, all of America’s most successful groups believe (even

if they don’t say so aloud) that they’re exceptional, chosen, superior in some way.

•   Americans are taught that self-esteem—feeling good about yourself—is the key to a successful life. But in all of America’s most successful groups,

people tend to feel insecure, inadequate, that they have to prove themselves.
•   America today spreads a message of immediate gratification, living for the moment. But all of America’s most successful groups cultivate heightened discipline and impulse control.

 Nelson M. Oyesiku, MD, PhD, FACS | Atlanta, GA | Emory Healthcare.  Product of St. Gregory's College, Lagos and College of Medicine of the University of Ibadan has been appointed the Chairman of the Board of Directors of the American Board of Neurological Surgery. 

 Femi Emiola, Nigerian American actress. She is best known for her roles in the TV series Wicked Wicked Games and in the web series If Looks Could Kill.

Editorial Reviews

Review

Publishers Weekly (starred):
“Provocative….Supported by statistics and original research….This comprehensive, lucid sociological study balances its findings with a probing look at the downsides of the triple package—the burden of carrying a family’s expectations, and deep insecurities that come at a psychological price.”

Kirkus Reviews:
“On a highly touchy subject, the authors tread carefully, backing their assertions with copious notes. Though coolly and cogently argued, this book is bound to be the spark for many potentially heated discussions.”

About the Authors

Amy Chua and Jed Rubenfeld are professors at Yale Law School. Chua, one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential people in the world in 2011, is the author of Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother, which unleashed a firestorm debate about the cultural value of self-discipline, as well as the bestselling World on Fire. Rubenfeld examined the political dangers of “living in the moment” in Freedom and Time; he is also the author of the international bestseller The Interpretation of Murder.The following are the Bestselling books by Amy Chua.
 
 
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Oscar®-Winning Make-Up Artist Dick Smith to Receive Make-Up Artists Lifetime Achievement Award

January 8, 2014, 9:18 am
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Oscar®-Winning Make-Up Artist Dick Smith to Receive Make-Up Artists Lifetime Achievement Award at the Annual Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards on February 15

 
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- Two-time Academy Award® winning make-up artist Dick Smith, considered "The Godfather of Make-Up", will receive the Make-up Artists Lifetime Achievement Award at the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild Awards (IATSE Local 706), it was announced today by Guild President Sue Cabral-Ebert. The Awards ceremony, back by popular demand, will be held on February 15, 2014, at the Paramount Studios lot. Academy Award® winner Rick Baker who was Smith's apprentice will present the award.  M.A.C. Cosmetics is the Official Cocktail Reception Sponsor.


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The Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild's Lifetime Achievement Award is given to those artists whose body of work in the film industry consistently enhances make-up and hair styling artistry, creating memorable characters throughout their career.  Past recipients of the Make-Up Artist Lifetime Achievement Award are Daniel Striepeke (2004), Jack Pierce (2003), John Chambers (2002), Bob Schiffer (2001) and Monty Westmore (2000).


"Rarely have there been make-up artists with the legendary inventiveness, creativity and artistic excellence of Dick Smith," said Cabral-Ebert. "Dick's transparency and willingness to share the secrets of the craft have been the catalyst for young make-up artists all over the world to follow their imaginations and dreams.  His encouragement and support have led so many to incredible make-up careers. It is with great honor and heartfelt thanks that Local 706 honors 'one of its own,' the legendary Dick Smith."


Smith's distinguished work has garnered him an Honorary Academy Award® in 2012, having previously won both the Academy Award® and the BAFTA Award for Amadeus (shared with Paul LeBlanc, 1985) and he was nominated for an Oscar® for Dad (shared with Ken Diaz and Greg Nelson, 1990). Smith won a Primetime Emmy® for Individual Achievements in Art Direction and Allied Crafts – Make-up for Mark Twain Tonight! (1967), and was nominated for North and South (shared with Alan Fama and Rod Wilson, 1986), Harry S. Truman: PlainSpeaking (1977) and The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1968). The Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films honored Smith with their Saturn Award for Scanners and Altered States (tied, 1981), along with nominations for Death Becomes Her (Shared with Kevin Haney, 1993), The Hunger (Shared with Carl Fullerton, 1984) and The Sentinel (1978), as well as the Golden Scroll for The Exorcist (1975). 
 
Smith worked on numerous award-winning films, including Taxi Driver (1976), The Exorcist (1973), and both The Godfather (1972) and The Godfather Part 2 (1974), among many others. Considered to be television's first important make-up artist, Smith was the make-up director for NBC from 1945 to 1959, where he developed many new materials and pioneered such techniques as the use of foam latex and plastics in unusual quick changes for television shows. Smith attended the Wooster School and Yale University.
Rick Baker has won seven Academy-Awards® and been nominated for five others. He has won a Primetime Emmy® Award, three BAFTA Awards, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror Films Awards, the Eyegore Awards, and has twice received the Best Special Make-up Effects – Feature award from the Make-Up Artists and Hair Stylists Guild.  Among his other numerous nominations, Baker has a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.


Members will be honored at this event for outstanding achievement in motion pictures, television, commercials and live theater.


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The Autocomplete Truth

January 10, 2014, 2:10 am
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UN Women - The Autocomplete Truth The 21st century has been hailed as the century of women. Yet a recent Google search shows just how much prejudice and discrimination towards women and gender equality persist. The Autocomplete Truth builds on the international viral success of the print/web "Autocomplete Truth" advertising campaign (http://bit.ly/19zW628) from UN Women, developed by Memac Ogilvy & Mather Dubai that first revealed the depth of that discrimination.

The video argues that at this point in history, popular perception should be different and women should be seen as equal.


The Google search depicted in The Autocomplete Truth was conducted on 9 March 2013. We urge you to go ahead and try it -- what does your search show about gender stereotypes and the lack of equality for women's rights?




 
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Let's Dance

January 11, 2014, 9:29 am
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Senator Magnus Abe Shot And Five Children Killed In Port Harcourt

January 12, 2014, 8:23 am
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 Magnus Ngei Abespeaking at an important event.



OFFICE OF THE SENIOR SPECIAL AIDE ON MEDIA AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS TO THE STATE CHAIRMAN OF APC, RIVERS STATE CHAPTER
No. 38 Forces Avenue, Old GRA, Port Harcourt
E-MAIL-apcrivers2015@gmail.com, apcrivers@yahoo.com
TEL: 08038199163

12-01-14


PRESS RELEASE

SHOOTING OF SENATOR ABE AND KILLING OF FIVE CHILDREN IN PORT HARCOURT BY THE POLICE A DECLARATION OF WAR ON RIVERS STATE AND HER PEOPLE –APC * DR IKANYA DEMANDS FOR THE IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF HON. IKE CHINWO

The Rivers State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) is shocked and shattered by the news of the unwarranted shooting this morning, of Senator Magnus Abe, the Senator representing Rivers South East zone and Chairman of the Senate Committee on Petroleum (Downstream), and Chief Tony Okocha, the Chief of Staff to Governor Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi and the killing of five children of Rivers State extraction by men of the Nigeria Police.

The Interim State Chairman, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, did not at first believe the news until he verified it because he, like any other right-thinking individual, could not understand why policemen paid with taxpayers’ money could turn their guns against the people, including prominent citizens who are well known to them – thus ruling out the possibility of a mistake in the said shooting.

We wish to unequivocally condemn this premeditated murder of our five children and attempted murder of two prominent and innocent Rivers citizens by the State Police Command, which seems happy to transform into an army of occupation instead of discharging its constitutional role of safeguarding lives and property. This is a declaration of war on Rivers State and its people.

We are holding the State Police Commissioner, CP Joseph Mbu, responsible for the deaths of five innocent kids that maybe our future political leaders by this agents of darkness and the attempted murder on Senator Abe and Chief Okocha since the shooting was carried out by a team of regular police and Mobile policemen from MOPOL 19 on the orders of CP Mbu. Acting on CP Mbu’s orders, the trigger-happy policemen had stormed the APC rally organised by the Save Rivers Movement at the College of Arts and Science, Rumuola, Port Harcourt, and started shooting rubber bullets and teargas canisters to disperse the crowd. One of the rubber bullets hit Senator Abe, who fell to the ground and would have died instantly if his aides had not quickly grabbed him and rushed him to a hospital in D/Line in Port Harcourt. It is reported that the case of the Senator is very critical and arrangement is being made by Governor Amaechi to fly him out for medical attention if he recovers from coma. Chief Okocha’s case is a bit better as he was only shot on his legs and may be crippled for life if urgent attention is not given to him.
The police ordered everybody to vacate the venue. Several persons were injured as they scampered for safety. The police insisted that the rally must not hold, claiming that it would constitute a breach of the peace – a very spurious claim. And we are talking of a rally aimed at mobilising the public on the agenda of a political Movement, of which the police was duly informed!

We have shouted ourselves hoarse that CP Mbu is on a mission to cause mayhem and insecurity in Rivers State but, sadly, the powers that brought him to Rivers State for this mission not only continued to sustain him but also continued to empower him in his acts of impunity in Rivers State. This single man has on various occasions abused, insulted and vilified our elected State Governor in the person of Gov. Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi, claiming that he (Mbu) is the Chief Security Officer of Rivers State and not the Governor as stipulated by the Constitution of the Federal Republic!

This single man has on various occasions given police cover to GDI, the political pressure group of President Goodluck Jonathan and Supervising Minister for Education, Chief Nyesom Wike, while denying the same services to other political groups in Rivers State, including Save Rivers State Movement while we sustain the Police with Rivers State fund. This single man since he came to Rivers State has promoted criminality in various ways and has even made himself a member of PDP, attending their meetings!

The National Assembly has found this man guilty and asked for his redeployment to no avail! The Rivers State Government and various pressure groups have called for his redeployment to no avail, all because the Federal Government is bent on using him to cause a war in Rivers State!

 
Senator Magnus Abe receiving attention at the hospital.

In view of the foregoing, we wish to make it clear that the blood of the five innocent kids that were slaughtered by the Police are on CP Mbu’s head and also on the heads of his sponsors. We meanwhile appeal to Nigerians to join us in praying for the survival of Senator Abe and Chief Okocha. By God’s grace, we shall overcome as the plot of intimidation will not deter us from salvaging Rivers State from the PDP led Federal Government whose hatred and disdain on our people are now legendary.

Finally, Dr Ikanya demands for the immediate release of Hon. Ike Chinwo within 24 hours unfailingly. Hon Chinwo who was once a member of the Federal House of Representatives representing Obio-Akpor Federal Constituency was arrested by the Police after the mayhem for no just cause

Long Life APC!

Long Life Rivers State!!

~ Chief Eze Chukwuemeka Eze,

SSA Media and Public Affairs to the Interim State Chairman, APC Rivers State.
12-01-14.

 
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Gravity Tops Nominations for 2014 BAFTA

January 12, 2014, 10:19 am
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Gravity, the British-American 3D science-fiction thriller and space drama film starring Sandra Bullock and George Clooney tops the nominations for the British Academy Film Awards (BAFTA) with 11 nominations. The film is directed, co-written, co-produced and co-edited by Alfonso Cuarón. 12 Years a Slave and American Hustle follow with 10 nominations each.
 The BAFTA ceremony takes place on  February 16 at the Royal Opera House in London.



Best Film

12 Years a Slave Anthony Katagas, Brad Pitt, Dede Gardner, Jeremy Kleiner, Steve McQueen
American Hustle Charles Roven, Richard Suckle, Megan Ellison, Jonathan Gordon
Captain Phillips Scott Rudin, Dana Brunetti, Michael De Luca
Gravity Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman
Philomena Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward

Outstanding British Film

Gravity Alfonso Cuarón, David Heyman, Jonás Cuarón
Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Justin Chadwick, Anant Singh, David M. Thompson, William Nicholson
Philemona Stephen Frears, Gabrielle Tana, Steve Coogan, Tracey Seaward, Jeff Pope
Rush Ron Howard, Andrew Eaton, Peter Morgan
Saving Mr. Banks John Lee Hancock, Alison Owen, Ian Collie, Philip Steuer, Kelly Marcel, Sue Smith
The Selfish Giant Clio Barnard, Tracy O’Riordan

Film not in the Engish Language

The Act of Killing Joshua Oppenheimer, Signe Byrge Sørensen
Blue is the Warmest Colour Abdellatif Kechiche, Brahim Chioua, Vincent Maraval
The Great Beauty Paolo Sorrentino, Nicola Giuliano, Francesca Cima
Metro Manila Sean Ellis, Mathilde Charpentier
Wadjda Haifaa Al-Mansour, Gerhard Meixner, Roman Paul

Documentary

The Act of Killing Joshua Oppenheimer
The Armstrong Lie Alex Gibney
Blackfish Gabriela Cowperthwaite
Tim’s Vermeer Teller, Penn Jillette, Farley Ziegler
We Steal Secrets: The Story of Wikileaks Alex Gibney

Animated Film

Despicable Me 2 Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
Frozen Chris Buck, Jennifer Lee
Monsters University Dan Scanlon

Director

12 Years a Slave Steve McQueen
American Hustle David O. Russell
Captain Phillips Paul Greengrass
Gravity Alfonso Cuarón
The Wolf of Wall Street Martin Scorsese

Original Screenplay

American Hustle Eric Warren Singer, David O. Russell
Blue Jasmine Woody Allen
Gravity Alfonso Cuarón, Jonás Cuarón
Inside Llewyn Davis Joel Coen, Ethan Coen
Nebraska Bob Nelson

Adapted Screenplay

12 Years a Slave John Ridley
Behind the Candelabra Richard LaGravenese
Captain Phillips Billy Ray
Philemona Steve Coogan, Jeff Pope
The Wolf of Wall Street Terence Winter

Leading Actor

Bruce Dern Nebraska
Chiwetel Ejiofor 12 Years a Slave
Christian Bale American Hustle
Leonardo DiCaprio The Wolf of Wall Street
Tom Hanks Captain Phillips

Leading Actress

Amy Adams American Hustle
Cate Blanchett Blue Jasmine
Emma Thompson Saving Mr. Banks
Judi Dench Philomena
Sandra Bullock Gravity

Supporting Actor

Barkhad Abdi Captain Phillips
Bradley Cooper American Hustle
Daniel Brühl Rush
Matt Damon Behind the Candelabra
Michael Fassbender 12 Years a Slave

Supporting Actress

Jennifer Lawrence American Hustle
Julia Roberts August: Osage County
Lupita Nyong’o 12 Years a Slave
Oprah Winfrey The Butler
Sally Hawkins Blue Jasmine

Original Music

12 Years a Slave Hans Zimmer
The Book Thief John Williams
Captain Phillips Henry Jackman
Gravity Steven Price
Saving Mr. Banks Thomas Newman

Cinematography

12 Years a Slave Sean Bobbitt
Captain Phillips Barry Ackroyd
Gravity Emmanuel Lubezki
Inside Llewyn Davis Bruno Delbonnel
Nebraska Phedon Papamichael

Editing

12 Years a Slave Joe Walker
Captain Phillips Christopher Rouse
Gravity Alfonso Cuarón, Mark Sanger
Rush Dan Hanley, Mike Hill
The Wolf of Wall Street Thelma Schoonmaker

Production Design

12 Years a Slave Adam Stockhausen, Alice Baker
American Hustle Judy Becker, Heather Loeffler
Behind the Candelabra Howard Cummings
Gravity Andy Nicholson, Rosie Goodwin, Joanne Woodlard
The Great Gatsby Catherine Martin, Beverley Dunn

Costume Design

American Hustle Michael Wilkinson
Behind the Candelabra Ellen Mirojnick
The Great Gatsby Catherine Martin
The Invisible Woman Michael O’Connor
Saving Mr. Banks Daniel Orlandi

Make-up and Hair

American Hustle Evelyne Noraz, Lori McCoy-Bell
Behind the Candelabra Kate Biscoe, Marie Larkin
The Butler Debra Denson, Beverly Jo Pryor, Candace Neal
The Great Gatsby Maurizio Silvi, Kerry Warn
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Peter Swords King, Richard Taylor, Rick Findlater

Sound

All is Lost Richard Hymns, Steve Boeddeker, Brandon Proctor, Micah Bloomberg, Gillian Arthur
Captain Phillips Chris Burdon, Mark Taylor, Mike Prestwood Smith, Chris Munro, Oliver Tarney
Gravity Glenn Freemantle, Skip Lievsay, Christopher Benstead, Niv Adiri, Chris Munro
Inside Llewyn Davis Peter F. Kurland, Skip Lievsay, Greg Orloff
Rush Danny Hambrook, Martin Steyer, Stefan Korte, Markus Stemler, Frank Kruse

Special Visual Effects

Gravity Tim Webber, Chris Lawrence, David Shirk, Neil Corbould, Nikki Penny
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug Joe Letteri, Eric Saindon, David Clayton, Eric Reynolds
Iron Man 3 Bryan Grill, Christopher Townsend, Guy Williams, Dan Sudick
Pacific Rim Hal Hickel, John Knoll, Lindy De Quattro, Nigel Sumner
Star Trek Into Darkness Ben Grossmann, Burt Dalton, Patrick Tubach, Roger Guyett




 
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Have You Read "The Prophet Lied"?

January 13, 2014, 10:31 am
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Because the prophet lied 
Thousands have died 
And thousands more will follow 
Because of the lies of this strange fellow.
~ Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima 

The Prophet Lied is a kaleidoscopic time capsule in poetry.
From the first poem to the last one, Chima's eclecticism runs like blood through the veins as he addresses all the issues of life on earth from the classic temporal to the spiritual in all existential circumstances with provocative thoughts and evocative figures of speech on every facet and aspect of what transpires in our contemporary world. He is an unapologetic historian of his beloved country Nigeria and a romantic philosopher of the vicissitudes of life. The power of his poetry is his compelling vocabulary and captivating imagery as he loses no sight of every human experience and so he misses nothing with a poetic sense of humour. The Prophet Lied may take Chima into the pantheon of modern poetry for the classical nature of his literature makes it a timeless treasure.

Prize winning Nigerian poet Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima is a student of the famous poet, philosopher, and artist, Kahlil Gibran (1883–1931) and Gibran's all time classic The Prophet has influenced his poetry since he read it 30 years ago before he published his first collection of original poems Children of Heaven in 1987 and followed by Scarlet Tears of London in 2006 under his popular pen name Orikinla Osinachi.
If you love Kahlil Gibran's poetry, then you will appreciate the romantic, political and philosophical poems of Michael Chima.

 
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Free Shipping for Orders of NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® in the United States of America

January 14, 2014, 4:19 am
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Through Jan 17th, receive free shipping with code SHIPSHAPE14 on every copy of NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® you order from Lulu in the United States.

NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®  is currently the most circulated publication on Nollywood, the phenomenal Nigerian film industry making headlines all over the world from Lagos to New York.
Nollywood is the world’s most productive English-language film industry according to Richard Corliss of TIME magazine.


Kunle Afolayan.

In NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®, meet Kunle Afolayan called "A Scorsese in Lagos" by the New York Times in The Making of Nigeria’s Film Industry.


Omotola Jolade-Ekeinde, Queen of Nollywood.

Meet the famous Omotola Jolade-Ekeinde, actress, singer and philanthropist, crowned the Queen of Nollywood in the 2013 TIME 100 most influential people in the world.


Tonto Dikeh, rated the Sexiest Actress in Nollywood in 2013.  
Photography: Tobbinator for TCD Concept Make-up: Joyce Jacob Beauty Styling: Bolaji Animashaun Photo Credit: Instagram -joycejacob_jjb.
 
Queeneth Hilbert, one of the 10 sexiest actresses in Nollywood.

 Meet the 10 sexiest actresses in Nollywood and the top 20 leading filmmakers in Nigeria.
 NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® is a must read on the past, the present and the future of Africa's biggest and largest film industry, including the glitz and razzmatazz of Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA), Africa Magic Viewers' Choice Awards (AMVCA) and the Nollywood @20 Grand Awards and then meet Kenneth Gyang, the best director and OC Ukeje, the best actor in 2013.


OC Ukeje, the best actor in Nollywood in 2013.
 
Kenneth Gyang and his co-producer Tom Rowlands-Rees with the coveted awards won for his "Confusion Na Wa" at the 2013 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA).


This offer is for both the paperback and hardcover copies.

 The Africa Magic of Nollywood

  • Did you know that Ivorian rebels in the bush stopped fighting when a shipment of Nollywood DVDs arrived from Lagos? 
  • Did you know that Zambian mothers said that their children now talk with accents copied from Nollywood movies? 
  • Did you know that when the President of Sierra Leone asked Genevieve Nnaji to join him on the campaign trail he attracted record crowds at rallies, because of her?
Yes, Nollywood is our African magic that has hooked the world. The maiden edition of NOLLYWOOD MIRROR® SERIES is a celebration of the best of Nollywood.
 
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