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Veteran Yoruba actress, Fausat Balogun, popularly known as Madam Saje, has cleared the air on the perception most people have about luxurious lifestyle of  stakeholders in the movie industry. According to her there is hardship in Nollywood as she voiced out to Nigerians on the financial crisis affecting the movie industry. Below is what she said during an interview about challenges facing the Nollywood Industry; “Our leaders should have mercy on us. There is suffering in Nollywood. I just pray that God will make them have good thoughts towards us. If we are treated the way actors are treated in western countries, you can imagine where we would be. The only thing keeping many of us here is the passion we have for the job. If not for that, some people would have resorted to selling wares at Oshodi. There are no structures in place and pirates are also dealing with us. “As for me, I have spent over 45 years in this industry; so, it is something that is already part of ...

General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, Pastor Enoch Adeboye, has warned church members to stop buying any item that displays his picture. Speaking at the ongoing Holy Ghost Congress 2018 at Mowe in Ogun, Adeboye said he had nothing to do with the items such as stickers, key holders and books, among others. According to Adeboye, displaying his pictures on items was against God. He said he did not approve anyone to use his picture on key holders, stickers and other items. “I am human, I am not God, and I am not ready to take the Glory of God”, NAN quoted him as saying. “What these people are doing can lead to trouble for me, for God will not share his glory with anyone. If someone shares Glory with God, the person is as good as dead. “If you see anyone selling any item with my picture or my wife’s picture on it, report them to the police,” Adeboye said.

In Nigeria today, there are general perceptions about the value of the courses studied at the university. Some courses are seen as useless because career opportunities for them in Nigeria are very low and they are not generally valued. And some are seen as very perspective because they have the value already in Nigeria and they come with more opportunities than every other course. Medicine remains the number one best course to study in Nigeria only because of the general belief that jobs are readily available for medical graduates. But this opinion is beginning to change especially with how things are currently going on in the country. It is quite difficult to list twenty top university courses in Nigeria because there are no standard data to rank courses in our country as the best. But based on perception and marketability of Nigerian university courses and how graduates are doing in Nigeria, here is our opinion on the top 20 best courses to study in Nigeria. Please note, that ther...

The National President, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Professor Biodun Ogunyemi, has directed the striking lecturers in public universities to be ready for a very long strike. He stated this in a bulletin he sent to members of the union. He said, all ASUU members should ” be on the watch and prepare for a long drawn out struggle to salvage the university system”. According to him, members should  remain steadfast “and resolute in the face of intimidation or antics employed by government through Vice chancellors and governing councils to undermine the ongoing struggle”. “Government is yet to change its ‘ keep them talking’  style and stance as all the meetings held so far with the Minister of Education are yet to resolve any of the demands of ASUU”. Also speaking after their Zonal Meeting held at Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso, the ASUU chairman, University of Ibadan, Dr. Deji Omole said the...

Alfred Ndlovu,A SouthAfrican Pastor has died of malnutrition after going without food for thirty days following an attempt to emulate Jesus Christ and fast for 40 days and 40 nights. It was reported that the 44-year-old clergyman left home for a nearby bush to have prayers, just like Jesus did. It was learned that Pastor Ndlovu died just a month despite having no history of illness after he had tried to equal or break Jesus Christ’s record of fasting for 40 days. The report said the Pastor was alone in the wilderness and his body was found by a stranger who then called the police. Until his death, the deceased was known by his family and community at large as a very spiritual person whose faith could move mountains and his death surprised everyone, even church members. Reacting to the death of the clergyman, one close relative said: ‘He was a very spiritual man. It’s unfortunate he had to die this way. After a month we got the sad news of his death. The pastor was...

The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) has appealed to parents and students to be patient over its decision to reposition and save the country’s university system from total collapse. ASUU National President, Prof. Biodun Ogunyemi, made the appeal in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Lagos on Thursday. We recall that the university lecturers had, embarked on strike, demanding for the implementation of the 2009 agreement it entered into with the Federal Government. Ogunyemi said that the strike was not to short-change neither the students nor the parents and other key stakeholders but to save the country’s university system from collapse. He said, “We want to call on our students and parents to show understanding with our struggle as we are in this together. “The whole essence of this struggle is to ensure that our students get worthy and deserving certificates that they will be proud of anywhere they may find themselves in the wo...

A 15-year-old girl has been killed by her 29-year-old boyfriend who stabbed her multiple times. The boyfriend was also rushed to the hospital after he was attacked by residents in Umlazi, KZN, South Africa, after they discovered he had killed his girlfriend identified as Babalwa Mbhele. 15-year-old girl stabbed to death by 29-year-old boyfriend The suspect was rescued by family members. Babalwa’s sister, Silindile (30), said they were woken up at 2am yesterday by residents who came to tell them Babalwa had been stabbed. They rushed to the boyfriend’s apartment and found Babalwa’s body there. “She was naked and covered in blood. “I did not know my little sister was dating a man who was older than her,” she said. “It was painful, seeing her lying dead in a pool of blood. She had three stab wounds on her body.” A neighbour said they heard a woman screaming, but they thought she was dancing because the music was so very loud. He said th...