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Photo: Check out this throwback photo of singer Omawumi

Singer, Omawumi shared the picture on the left of herself from the beginning of her breakout into fame from her participation in West African Idol in 2007. Right pic is her today...

Women who do rare things...

You were recently introduced to a young female animator and a publisher. Kaka Marycollete from Cross River state is a publisher of young readers magazine. Her passion for children made her take a short course on animation. She has a formidable team and they are currently working on a 1 hour movie centered on a tourist site Afi Mountain where birds migrate to Europe and how Mary Slessor stopped the killing of twin. Kaka and her team had been involved in a lot of animation projects for corporate bodies. The animation movie which is to be produced in 3D is to be premiered before the end of the year. View a sample thriller below without a voice over. Will bring the synopsis to you soon. http://m.youtube.com/results?q=dreamland%20production%20busa&sm=3 Photo credit @kakamarycolletekekong Sample thriller : dreamland production More inquires about the movie call Mr Sam on 08068889669

NEWSPAPER REVIEW, THURSDAY, February 19, 2015

DAILY TIMES Unknown jet kills 36 civilians in Borno; 300 insurgents die as Nigerian troops pound sect; No security, no election—Jega; Lent: Jonathan, Buhari urge prayers; CBN stops auctioning of Dollars to save Naira; Europa League: Lambert tasks Reds on title chase; Obasanjo, Jonathan rift will soon be settled—Yoruba Obas; NLC reschedules its election for March 12; NEWSWATCH TIMES Any other poll shift illegal, Jega tells Senate; Reps decline motion to invite INEC Chairman; Investors flee Nigeria to boost Kenya stocks CBN closes two forex windows to strengthen naira; 20 states reject local government autonomy; Niger Assembly sacks defected legislators; Military kills 300 Boko Haram members in counter-offensive; Insurgents arrested at IDPs camps in north-east; Pension Scam: Suspect’s ill health stalls trial; DAILY TRUST Polls: No going back on card readers—Jega; ...says it will be illegal to shift polls again; Aliyu shuns deputy, makes speak...

Photos: Another politician tears his PDP party membership in public

Shouldn't this be illegal? Why show so much disrespect for the party in public? Why not just quit and be done with it? Pictured above is Abdullahi Muhammad, the Senior Special Adviser on Security to Gombe state governor, Ibrahim Dankwambo, publicly tearing his PDP membership card yesterday.

If APC wins this election, I will go into exile - Bode George

PDP Chieftain, Bode George says he will go into exile if Bola Tinubu's party, the APC, find its way into national government. According to Bode George, if Bola Tinubu gets into power, he would instruct his "boy", the APC Vice Presidential Candidate, Prof Yemi Osinbajo, to immediately pick him up. Bode George said this in an interview with Eniola Akinkuotu of Punch "If Bola Tinubu finds his way into national government, I will go on exile. He hasn’t the temerity and the calmness of mind. They don’t even know what to do in power. Because the vice-president is his boy, he will just order that Bode George should be picked up. He said soldiers came to him but he must have been dreaming. When he said soldiers had surrounded his house, I drove down there because my house is not too far from there. I know the hierarchy of the military and its behaviour. That they surrounded his house is lie number one because on either side of his house are two buildings. There is also o...

Naira hits N213 to dollar at Bureau De Change, black market

The naira lost N4 to the dollar to sell at N213 at the black market and N210 at the Bureau De Change (BDCs) segment of the official market. A dealer, who preferred anonymity, told NAN that the depreciation might not be unconnected with the closure of trading at the interbank market by the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). The dealer also said that the CBN’s decision, which was meant to control speculations in the market, might be responsible for the depreciation. Meanwhile the naira against the pound sold at N307 and N314 at the BDCs and black market respectively. However, it exchanged against the euro at N235 at the BDCs, while it sold for N237 at the black market. On January 28, Godwin Emefiele, governor of the CBN, directed that only BDCs and banks with genuine demand for foreign exchange should get forex allocation. He said the apex bank put up measures to calm the strong volatility observed in the forex market to save the naira from further depreciation. It increased the wee...

Aww, Lady Gaga gets engaged...check out her engagement ring

After dating for almost 4 years, Lady Gaga and actor Taylor Kinney are engaged. Taylor proposed to the 28 year old singer with a heart shaped diamond ring on Valentine's Day. Lady Gaga and Taylor first met on the 2011 set of her "You & I" music video. They've been dating ever since. Congrats to them... Lind