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Coming soon: A superhero universe for girls- By Todd Leopold, CNN

By Unknown - Thursday, April 23, 2015

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FG drags National Assembly to Supreme Court

By Unknown - Thursday, April 23, 2015

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HOT- New Song: Mo’Cheddah – 'Bad' Ft Olamide

By Unknown - Thursday, April 23, 2015

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Tontoh Dikeh Put On Blast For Taking Goods Worth N192k And Paying With Bounced Check .

By Unknown - Thursday, April 23, 2015

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Dear men, how long can the average man go without sex?

By Unknown - Thursday, April 23, 2015

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HOt- The Hair Laundry is offering a 3-day intensive hair care training

By Unknown - Thursday, April 23, 2015

If you love hair and want to learn about how to turn all those old hair to brand new hair, while saving cost, or you are a hair seller who goes confused when your customers make that scary call to say their hair is tangled or the curls have gone off you need to make money off them yes

The Hair laundry over the years has proven that there is no such thing as bad human hair . Since its debut in 2013 it has become a trend for women to send their hair to the laundry store, just the same way they send their cloths to the laundry .At the hair laundry it gets the proper attention it needs rather than leaving it in the hands of armatures .

At The hair laundry we not only make sure your hair is cleaned with the right cleaning agent, we make your hair last longer as every other hair defect detected is corrected immediately,leaving it clean, soft, silky and bouncy.

The hair laundry was born out of the passion to help women who complained daily about the turn out of their weaves after a few weeks of wearing them ,the loses experienced when and if they leave their weaves with armatures to wash .we understand you want your hair to always look brand new and that is what we are about.

Our clients nationwide have asked that we open our doors to accept trainees and interns so, The hair laundry has decided to provide a fast rout for people who are in or are interested in the hair and beauty industry or those who are not able to help their customers offer any extra after sales hair service, like changing the colour shades, recurling the hair after use, or even getting to successfully brush through a tangled hair piece.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND!!!

ü Hair sellers and Salon owners

ü If you have an interest in the hair and beauty industry

ü If you are a makeup Artist interested in hair styling

ü If you are a hair stylist and wish to expand your scope.

ü If you have a job and wish to make extra money.

At the hair laundry we say

“Don’t throw away your expensive hair repair it for a fraction of its cost.”

To Register and get a full brochure.

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Nigerian civil servants, students donated towards the fight against Apartheid in SA - Prof Akinyemi

By Unknown - Thursday, April 23, 2015

Reacting to the current Xenophobic attacks going on in South Africa, former External Affairs Minister, Prof. Bolaji Akinyemi said South Africans should be grateful to Nigerians & other Africans who fought for them during apartheid. Speaking with Channels TV yesterday April 22nd, Professor Akinyemi said during the struggle to end apartheid, Nigerian civil servants were compelled to donate some of their salaries into a liberation fund meant for the fight against apartheid.

"I was involved in the anti-apartheid struggle as the Director General of the Nigerian Institute of International affairs (NIIA); I was part of those who came up with liberation fund. We forced civil servants to donate monthly a percentage of their salary monthly and for some reasons, secondary schools caved; university students made a donation. What are they now talking about? Is it because Africans are now taking jobs in South Africa. Do you know how many West Africans have jobs in Nigeria? Do you know how many Nigerians have jobs in West African countries.

We exchange population all the time and nobody has claims that because of that you are entitled to pick up guns, stones cudgels and go on a murdering spree. distasteful actions by South Africans against fellow Africans especially those who helped them during the apartheid struggle. I think that Nigeria, given the investment of South African in this country, needs to sit the South Africans down and tell them that there could be a cost to this kind of xenophobic behaviour. It is unacceptable, it is intolerable. Our people should be killed over there and we will not reply because 6, 000 people are employed by one of their companies here; I don’t buy into that kind of mentality. If they are going to hurt our people and hurt the interest of our people, then they should be prepared for retaliation. I think Nigerians should let these people know that this thing is a quid pro quo; you treat me well, I treat you well. They really don’t tell South African people how much South Africa owes Africa for that struggle”, he said

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'I faked having terminal cancer' - popular Australian health blogger admits

By Unknown - Thursday, April 23, 2015

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Sola Fajobi "The rise and inevitable fall of piracy in Nigerian entertainment industry"

By Unknown - Thursday, April 23, 2015

Sola Fajobi, a key personality in the Nigerian distribution sector, pens down his opinion on piracy in the Nigerian entertainment industry.

War against piracy has been a recent topic in the entertainment industry.

In an article, Sola Fajobi, C.E.O. of Digital Interactive Media Limited, NollywoodR and E-FORCE, and a major player in the Nigerian Entertainment distribution sector, writes on piracy.

Piracy Today
The Menace of Pirates and Piracy in all sphere of the Nigerian Life has eaten deep in to our system. From Beverages, to Fashion to almost every item is been pirated or counterfeited today un-abated. Piracy in Creative Arts Industry is rendering the practitioners bankrupt and the Pirates smiling to the bank. It seems as there is no Solution in sight. But I strongly believe with the cooperation of key stakeholders the Government and all Security Agency, we can smile once again in the Entertainment Industry.

Mega Distribution Companies

Prior to 2014, it was generally believed that the absence of Major Distribution Networks and Models gave room to the Pirates to operate fully, hence, two major companies namely G-Media led by Gab Okoye [Gabosky] and E-Force led by Sola Fajobi opened Shop.

E-Force launched with 12 Major Hubs in key towns in the Southwest and Lagos Regions serving as Regional Distribution Units, 2,800 Sales Outlets/Partners, several Trucks, Buses, Mini Vans and Motorcycles and Experienced Sales Personnel and Activation Teams. However, after two months of Launch, we have the following feedbacks;

The Sales Outlets were evenly distributed between existing Video Shops and Regular Outlets like Hair Salons, Restaurants, Provision Stores, Supermarkets, Lounges e.t.c. However, most Video Stores are doing 200% Volume than non traditional video stores.

Consumer Education is seriously required as most Consumers will still buy VCD Part 1 & 2 for N200 each against a single DVD containing the two parts and even more at N400.

The Pirates version most times comprises of 4 – 7 different movies and still sells for N100 vis a vis each new Original title going for N400 or more.
Most Consumers do not mind waiting for 2 weeks after release so as to buy the same Original Title at rock bottom price of sometimes N100 or less [They call it Oil or Porta]
Activation teams usually face challenges of Area Boys and Govt. Agencies disturbing their Sales.
Most Film Shops still believe they have to go to Alaba to buy their Movies to resell.
The Distributors in Alaba usually pay the Pirate Leaders some money to give them one month before they Pirate the movies.
Sales on Return is the order of the day in the industry and re-couping your money from resellers is another major challenge.
Throughout the Sales Chain, all the practitioners prefer to be informal and are stuck to their conventional practices such that they resist any attempt at improving the processes. Despite all our plans to build a strong process with them such as the regular FMCG’s Style. They seem to think their existing un-organized system is better for them.
Largely, the E-FORCE direction is very similar to the G-MEDIA Approach. There has been a lot of other feedback largely based on the fact that physical DVD Distribution will soon go out of circulation; however, we strongly believe that it will still be relevant for the next 5 – 10 years for two reasons;

1. Required Infrastructure to make it go into extinction is still largely unavailable in this country such as Speed of Internet, Cost of Data Sharing, Fibre Optic e.t.c.
2. The technology that will make CD and DVD go into full extinction has not yet been promoted if it is designed, it is not yet in commercial production.

Case Studies

E-FORCE: In December 2014, just two months after launch, it was discovered that the sales of movies released within the last month has drastically reduced, upon interrogation, we found out that the Pirates have put Six of our movie titles in one single DVD and they are selling for N100. These DVD’s are all over the place and when we engaged the resellers, they confronted our people violently. When we traced it to Alaba, they told us that they have given us one month to sell, so why are we bothering them.

G-MEDIA: Just this week, while G-MEDIA is still putting touches to the launch of October 1st Movie by Kunle Afolayan, the Pirates flooded the market, streets and every corner with their version of the movie. It is on record that they are giving very high margins to the resellers and the movie is a strong one hence, the demand has been very high.

Yoruba Marketers: As at December 2014, Most of the main Yoruba Marketers are releasing only 8,000 copies of VCD of any new movie divided into 4,000 for Part 1 & 2 Apiece. Before then, the minimum release figure is 10,000 copies and sometimes it gets to 100,000 copies depending on the movie. But as at February this year, they are releasing 4000 copies with 2,000 for each part.

Each week, the sales figures from key Distributors and Marketers are dwindling and this is largely due to the serious gap in the market mostly caused by the Pirates, other reasons include DSTV, Other Cable Stations, Terrestrial TV Broadcast of Movies. Internet Broadcast and Downloads and other Data Transfer Gadgets.

How Do Pirates Get The Movies

Cinema; During Cinema Screenings, the Producer supplies the movie via hard drives and it is sent to all the Cinema Houses, in each Cinema House, while there are some form of control, its largely poor. The Boys in the Control are the regular Lower Cadre Staff that earns Salaries of around N60,000 – N100,000. These Guys can be tempted with as much as N1million to make copies of the Original Versions.
Online: Most Online Portals will tell you that the content is Encoded and it cannot be downloaded, that’s not completely true, Middle Level I.T. Personnel can download good quality movie without stress.
DSTV and DSTV Box Office: There are so many ways you can download content from DSTV.
The Post Production Gap: Editors, and other Post Production Crew Members can also gain access to Original Copy of Works.
DVD Release: The content can be ripped off the Original DVD and still maintain an almost same level of quality.

The Pirates Chain

The Don: He has the Money, the Machines and all where withal to get Original Copies, Duplicate and Mass Produce, Print Jackets and everything required. He can also pay for protection under the law. He is the guy at the top that makes everything happen. Remember he did not invest anything serious in the Content, so he is satisfied with the small margins. Meanwhile, he is also doing Mass Production which means cost to him is as low as N50.
The Mafia: They are the guys that have the Shops and Stalls in Alaba and other places, they are the source of the goods before the retailers. They are the ones that channel the products to the street. They don’t need to have much money, they have shops, they take the goods, distribute and pay back to the Don. They control which jobs moves well and at what price. They control the Street Boys and the Film Shops.
The Film Shops: At every major junction, market or area, there are strategic film shops that sell every kind of movie. They have Television and Loud Speakers; they sell foreign movies, series, cartoons and every other local content. Mostly, they stock about 10% of Original Works as Cover while they stock 90% Pirated Materials ranging from Music CD, Movies, Series, Cartoon, Children Content e.t.c.
The Street Boys: With Massive Margins of N100 – N300 on some works, they have enough motivation to bombard the streets and sell 20 – 50 copies in a day. Even an average Banker is not making half of their monthly take home.
The Consumer: The most important person on this chain. He or She is looking for Value at Cheap Price, they want to be entertained and sometimes not pay for it. They buy, borrow or rent just to get the experience. They really don’t mind if anyone is losing out in as much as their needs are met.

Proposed Solution
The reality of Piracy is not new, it has bitten so deep into the Creative Arts Industry to the extent that most practitioners are no more interested in the industry and that is why largely you see a lot of Entertainers chasing after Politicians for money.

It is not just about October 1Movie, it is only the latest, hence our approach cannot just centre on the Movie, however, we can use the movie as a Reference Point for Action. As we are speaking, the Pirates are in production of new works to be released soon.

The proposed approach below can be implemented on the State, Regional or National Level.

The Government Should set up a sustainable institution dedicated and empowered to deal with Piracy and Intellectual Property Theft for Nigerian Works and all Other Foreign or African Content. An Anti Piracy Board or Commission is urgently required by an act of Law with the following mandate; [Please Note; This Commission will tackle Piracy and Generate Income for the Government]
Registration and Licensing of all Film makers, Marketers, Distributors, Film Shops e.t.c.
Enforce all Anti-Piracy Laws and ensure Prosecution of Arrested Practitioners
Eradicate, Ban and Clampdown on all Creative Works sold on the streets and traffic e.t.c. [This will allow us to concentrate efforts on the shops and retailers]
Design a Code of Conduct for Resellers to include that even Foreign Movies or Works are not sold in shops without licensing. [Interested Distributors can go to secure rights for the distribution of those works from the Hollywood or Bollywood Studios]
Set Up Undercover Teams to disguise and penetrate the cartel, monitor and take stocks of the Film Stores [The Film Shops can display only Original Copies while still selling the Pirated Ones like Black Market, we can have Agents that will disguise as regular customers]
Mop Up Alaba, Idumota and Trade Fair and all the Marketers. Relocate the Film Market to a central place i.e. Arena in Oshodi. Let every distributor operate from there in the open glare of the world.
Make Meaningful Arrest from Bottom Up and ensure Prosecution of all arrested Individuals and Companies.
Educate Consumers on the ills of buying Pirated Copies and include Punishment on erring Individuals.
Activate an Orientation Strategy & Campaign using all media touch points to inform and engage consumers.
Design a simple tax scheme on each copy of Movie or Music Sold. This will motivate the Government to track all Sales Activities in the Industry.
Introduce a Compulsory Bar Code on all C.D.’s working with registered DVD, VCD, CD Manufacturers like Transerve, Nira e.t.c.
Introduce a Reward System for Whistle blowers i.e. N500,000 for Information leading to arrest of pirates or counterfeiters.
Introduce a Minimum Fixed Price for Music CD, VCD and DVD. Here a Producer that has a fantastic movie and great promotion will benefit mainly from Volume Sales. When there is a uniform price, Consumers become better aware and will check very well to know they are buying the Original. Where there is lower price, it becomes easy for the Commission to track the price differentials and the source.
A Weekly Bulletin on all Media Touchpoints for the works released in that week and month.
Customs Partnership and Monitoring Team to be set up within the Commission to work with Nigerian Customs to track all imported C.D’s, DVD’s e.t.c. either finished or not yet written. Every Importer will be required to give account of how the C.D.’s are used or to be used. Also, we will track all imported finished works of foreign movies and series and other Creative Works.

Of course, the above is not exhaustive, it’s a work in progress and key stakeholders need to meet and proffer additional ideas & directions that will work in the short term and long term.

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Has the Nollywood actress called off her engagement to Ubi Franklin?

By Unknown - Thursday, April 23, 2015

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In Lagos_ South Africa closes consulate over xenophobic attacks

By Unknown - Thursday, April 23, 2015

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HOT- Diezani Alison-Madueke: Petroleum Minister says- ‘I’ve not committed any crime,’

By Unknown - Thursday, April 23, 2015

Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke also denied reports that she is seeking asylum in some countries.

Nigeria’s Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke has said that she has not committed any crime.

Ms Alison-Madueke also denied reports that she is seeking asylum in some countries.

The minister made the statements while addressing journalists in Abuja on Wednesday, April 22, 2015.

“I have not sought such assistance because I am not aware that I have been indicted of any crime that I will need a soft landing,” the minister said in response to allegations that she visited former Head of State, Abdulsalam Abubakar in order to plead for mercy from the incoming government of President-elect, Muhammadu Buhari.

“Over the last four years, I have been severally and unfortunately accused and labelled in so many malicious and vindictive ways. I have explained these things and pushed back robustly on these accusations and I have even gone to court on many of them. Yet they keep being regurgitated,” she added.

“I think it is unfortunate, particularly when we are moving into a transition period and looking forward to an incoming government which is coming to take over where we have ended. For everything that has a beginning there is an end and that is not a surprise. What is the surprise is the sort of malevolence bothering on personal malicious libel to my person during this period of time,” Ms Alison-Madueke said.

The minister also spoke on the achievements she had made during her tenure

“I do believe that I have done the best for Nigeria in this job and I have attained many firsts in the history of oil and gas especially in the reforms that we have done. In this period of time, I have stepped on many big toes, particularly the toes of the cabals that were in the industry when we came in,” she said

“Quite frankly, I think as unprecedented as it is, it does not please everybody and that cannot be helped but let us remember the unprecedented reforms that have happened in the oil industry during our time, such as major gas reforms, the Petroleum Industry Bill, which has been completely revised, reformed and put into the hands of members of the National Assembly where it has languished for two years,” she added.

“We did all these and we put them in place to reduce corruption, so for me to be tagged with various tags of corruption, $10 million jet purchases, who buys jet for $10 million dollars for goodness sake?” Ms Alison-Madueke said.

She also spoke on the alleged missing oil funds from the accounts of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) saying that they were connected to the reforms contained in the PIB.

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Police Arrests Man Who Stole N3.2M During PDP Campaign Rally

By Unknown - Thursday, April 23, 2015

A 49-year-old man, Tokunbo Ojo, has been nabbed by police after stealing N3.2m from a car parked at the campaign rally of the Peoples Democratic Party in Abeokuta, Ogun State.

It was gathered that, Ojo who hails from Aramoko, Ekiti State, was nabbed by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad with a master key on Tuesday,

April 14. He says a master key he owned made it easy for him to steal from vehicles during public functions such as weddings and burials.

According to the police, the suspect consulted a welder in 2013 to make the master key for him, which he used to open parked vehicles, carting away money and other valuables in the vehicles. cut in for stories

He allegedly attends weddings, burial ceremonies, political campaigns and other functions where he uses the key to break into parked vehicles.

While speaking with PUNCH, the father of two, who lived on Agbotikuyo Street, Agege, explained that he usually dressed well and pretended to be one of the invited guests at functions before carrying out his criminal acts.

“I used to work as a house painter. But in 2013, my work was no longer flourishing. So I developed the idea of using a master key to steal.

“I consulted a welder friend to make the key for me. I got it from him for N500. Since 2013, I had gone to high-class events for operations. I usually dressed like one of the guests and would mingle with other guests as if I was invited.

“Later, I would go out as if I forgot something in my vehicle. And I would proceed to one of the expensive vehicles where I suspected there would be valuables. The master key could open any vehicle," he said.

Ojo added that during the recent electioneering, he stole N3.2m from a car parked at the venue of a campaign rally in Abeokuta, Ogun State. He said he also stole laptops, phones and jewellery from other cars he opened.

He said, “The campaign rally was in Abeokuta, Ogun State, and it was the PDP campaign rally. I saw N3.2m inside one of the vehicles I opened. Nobody suspected anything. I used the money to get a Toyota Highlander. The police have taken the vehicle from me.

“My wife and two children did not know this was the work I did. I stole in order to survive. I regret my actions now. I wish I could be forgiven.”

The police caught Ojo red-handed and arrested him at a function in Lagos after they got a tip-off about his activities at public ceremonies.

The police said investigations revealed that Ojo did not work alone, adding that they were still on the lookout for his fleeing accomplices.

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, while confirming the arrest added that the police recovered a vehicle from the suspect.

Source: Punch