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Nollywood Mr Ini Akpabio, the Group Managing Director, NANET Hotels and Suite, has advised the Federal Government to build a Nollywood City to boost entertainment industry in 2017. Akpabio said in Lagos on Sunday that the gesture would reposition the Nollywood image of the country. He decried a situation where Nigeria could not boast of one Nollywood village or city, where practitioners could assemble or meet to exhibit and showcase their talents to the world. “The National Theatre is a no go area for Nollywood practitioners as the money to access the facility is on the high side. “It is unfair for a nation like Nigeria not to have a Nollywood city in spite of the great talented practitioners/experts we are blessed with in this country. “Nigerian movies are widely recognised all over the world; therefore, government should provide the basic needs to boost the industry, “he said. According to him, it does not mean that the government will be the one to do everything; the govern...

Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Ezenwo Wike has declared that the government and people of the state will stand with the six policemen dismissed by the Police High Command. The governor said his government and the people of Rivers State will pursue the matter through laid down legal processes to its logical conclusion. He spoke on Saturday in Ahoada East Local Government Area during the defection of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) and Chairman of Ahoada East Local Government, Mr Cassidy Ikegbidi. He said: “They gave me policemen for my protection, but before I knew it, they have dismissed them. They think they are punishing them, but Rivers State will stand with them forever. “By the time we finish, they will realise that they have favoured the so-called dismissed policemen. In Rivers State, we don’t abandon people. No amount of intimidation will make me abandon these innocent policemen.” “The policemen committed no offence. ...

Ahmed Musa Leicester City substitute Ahmed Musa scored twice to transform this FA Cup third-round tie at Everton and inspire The Foxes to victory at Goodison Park. Everton led when Romelu Lukaku turned in substitute Gerard Deulofeu’s cross from close-range in the 63rd minute – but optimism that they would beat a top-flight team at this stage of the competition for the first time in 29 years was swiftly extinguished. Musa, a first-half replacement for injured Leonardo Ulloa, scrambled home an equaliser within three minutes then linked brilliantly with Danny Drinkwater to beat Everton keeper Joel Robles with a crisp finish after 71 minutes. Everton were unable to respond and the final whistle from referee Martin Atkinson was met with jeers as manager Ronald Koeman’s hopes of challenging for a trophy in his first season in charge disappeared. Koeman’s appointment and the manner in which he was lured from Southampton after guiding them to sixth place last season was a signal of Evert...

Novak-Djokovic Novak Djokovic withstood a comeback from Andy Murray on Saturday to defend his Qatar Open title and end the Briton’s winning streak of 28 consecutive ATP Tour matches. But Murray remains world number one in spite of the 3-6 7-5 4-6 defeat by the Serbian world number two. The Scot saved three match points to come from a set and a break down to win the second set and level the match. But Djokovic broke in game seven of the decider to win in two hours 54 minutes. Both players now head to Melbourne for the Australian Open, the year’s first Grand Slam, which starts on Jan. 16. “It’s a tough one to lose,’’ said the 29-year-old Murray. “It was high level tennis. Some of the points were physically tough. But it’s a great way to start the new year and I look forward to the next few weeks.’’ This was the 36th meeting between the pair and Murray had won the last time they met at the ATP Tour Finals in November, a victory that kept him at world number one. The Scot has nev...

Adeboye and Obayemi Some Christians on Saturday described the appointment of Pastor Joseph Obayemi, as the Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG) in Nigeria, by Pastor Enoch Adeboye, as one based on Godly intuition. They expressed their views in interviews with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja. However, Pastor Adeboye, remains the General Overseer (GO) of the RCCG Worldwide, while Obayemi would head the church in Nigeria. Mr Godswill Iredia, an RCCG member, called on Christians not to see the appointment of Obayemi, as a sentimental one, “but as one that would glorify God’’. Iredia, however, noted that there were pastors from other Nigerian tribes currently holding senior positions in the RCCG in other countries outside Nigeria. “On insinuations that only one tribe was fit to hold positions of authority in the RCCG, we have pastors outside the country that are from other tribes, who hold top positions in the church. According to him, Pastor Agu Irukwu ...

The building on fire A seven-storey building known as Brazas Plaza, located at the Balogun market extension in Lagos Island, was on Saturday gutted by fire, destroying goods, valuables and cash worth several millions of Naira. The incident resulted in gridlock in most parts of the Island, as a large number of traders and passersby besieged the vicinity, to catch a glimpse of the inferno. Confirming the incident, the Director, Lagos State Fire Service, Mr Rasak Fadipe, disclosed that the fire started around 10.49 a.m. hours from the third floor of the building. He added that six fire engines were immediately deployed to fight the inferno, saying that the cause of the incident had yet to be ascertained. Fadipe, however, explained that the improper stocking and piling of textile products in bails in the shops, that probably blocked the air-conditioning vents may have triggered an electrical upsurge in the neighbourhood. He lamented that a crowd of onlookers which immediately gather...