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Smurfs’ Animation Feature Starring Rihanna In Lead Role To Hit Cinemas On July 18

16.05.2025

‘Paramount Animation has released the official trailer of ‘Smurfs’ feature animation film.The animation starring Barbados singer Rihanna in the lead role as Smurfette will open in cinemas on July 18. Synopsis: When Papa Smurf (John Goodman) is mysteriously taken by evil wizards Razamel and Gargamel, Smurfette (Rihanna) leads the Smurfs on a mission into the...

KADIFF Expands Awards Category With MTN ‘Viewers’ Choice Category’

16.05.2025

As reported months back by the LEADERSHIP, Kaduna International Film Festival has officially announced the expansion of its award category this year with the introduction of the MTN Viewers’ Choice Category. The category of the awards will allow film audiences at the festival to vote for the Best Film, the Best Male Actor, the Best...

NPA Launches Port Roads Cleanup In Lagos

16.05.2025

Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) has embarked on a three-day full-scale clean-up and sensitisation operation at the Lagos port corridors at Tin Can Island Complex, Lagos Port Complex, Kirikiri Lighter Terminals I & II and the port environs. The authority said on Friday it was collaborating with the Lagos State Government and relevant security agencies to...

SDP Eyes Victory, Consolidates Party Structure

16.05.2025

Ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Social Democratic Party (SDP) has taken strategic steps to reposition itself for success by filling three key vacancies in its National Working Committee (NWC). In accordance with Article 12.5 of the party’s 2022 amended constitution and the mandate granted by its National Convention, the NWC appointed new officials...

NFVCB Presents Nigeria Indigenous Language Film Showcase 2025

16.05.2025

The Nigeria Film and Videos Censors Board (NFVCB) has opened calls for submission for its 2025 Nigeria Indigenous Language Film Showcase (NILFS) set to hold in September 2025. The board called on young Nigeria filmmakers who produce movies in indigenous languages besides the three major languages of Nigeria – Igbo, Hausa and Yoruba. To qualify...

‘Number Of Africa’s Business Books Modest Compared To Emerging Businesses’

16.05.2025

Chairman of the Business Council of Africa (BCA), Arnold Ekpe, has said the number of business books published in Africa is quite modest compared to the numbers of remarkable businesses springing out and across the continent. Ekpe spoke at the unveiling of the BCA Business Book Awards 2025 Shortlist recently. The award now in its...

‘Hanbok, Reimagined As Art’ – How Art Contemporizes Tradition For Generational And Global Appeal & Consumption

16.05.2025

The exhibition, ‘Hanbok, Reimagined As Art’, highlights the role of (visual) ‘art’ in the innovation and contemporizing of the traditional for global appeal and consumption. Curated by Han Sang-Ik of Savina Contemporary Museum of Art for the Korean Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports, and exhibited at the occasion of the 15th anniversary of the...

Sokoto Govt Warns Politicians Against Unauthorised Security Measures

16.05.2025

The Sokoto State Government has issued a stern warning to political actors in the state against taking unauthorized actions in the name of addressing insecurity, describing such moves as dangerous and counterproductive. In a statement released and signed by the Special Adviser to Governor Ahmed Aliyu on Security Matters, Colonel Ahmed Usman (rtd), the government...

Paula Pwul’s Debut Publication A Guide On How African Women Can Build Global Brands

16.05.2025

Lawyer turned personal branding strategist, Paula Pwul’s maiden publication ‘That Internet Thing You’re Doing’ is a practical guide on how African women can build resilient, global brands. Released May 2025, in e-format and paperback, the publication coalesces years’ worth of wisdom and experience garnered by the founder of Afrocreate Digital and host of She’s The...

Bunkering: Senate Considers Stiffer Penalties for Oil Theft

16.05.2025

…terrorism charges for major offenders The National Assembly is considering stiffer penalties for oil theft, including terrorism charges for major offenders, Senate President Godswill Akpabio has said. He said this yesterday while declaring open a twoday public hearing on the incessant and nefarious acts of crude oil theft in Niger Delta. According to him, the...

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I apologise for saying no heaven without tithe – Adeboye

04.10.2024

The General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has apologised for saying that Christians who don’t pay tithe might not make it to heaven. Adeboye who had previously said that paying tithe was one of the prerequisites for going to heaven, apologised for the comment while addressing his congregation Thursday...

Protesters storm Rivers electoral commission, insist election must hold

04.10.2024

Angry protesters on Friday stormed the office of the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission, singing and chanting ‘Election must hold’. They defied the heavy rainfall spreading canopies, while singing and drumming, with one side of the road blocked. The protest came after the Rivers State governor stormed the RSIEC in the early hours of Friday...

Man who asked Tinubu to resign admitted in psychiatric hospital

04.10.2024

The Adamawa State Police Command has disclosed that the 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed who climbed a 33 kv high tension electricity pole in Mayo-Belwa last Friday has been admitted at the Yola Psychiatric hospital for mental examination. The Police Public Relations Officer of the command SP Suleiman Nguroje, told Arewa PUNCH on Friday in an exclusive...

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