Producing a Documentary Film is More Challenging than Making a Movie

Meg Masha at the new Tinubu Square in "Sights and Sounds of Lagos" tourist documentary film.

Only filmmakers who have produced both documentaries and movies can understand what I am saying.

I have been professionally engaged in TV and Film productions since I was 17 as a script writer and puppeteer for TV puppet drama at the Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) Channel 10 on Victoria Island in Lagos before I joined others on different locations of Nollywood movies more as an observer than an actor in the 1990s. Then in 1998, I ended up as the Production Manager of "Money Wise" on DBN TV, the first private TV station in Nigeria founded by Sonny Adun in the 1980s.

Femi Odugbemi's "Gidi Blues" is A Must See Romantic Drama

What's your #GidiBlues is the fast trending buzz in Lagos now, from the street to the internet.
Femi Odugbemi's star studded romantic feature "Gidi Blues" is a titillating love story showing us a romantic drama in Africa's largest mega city of Lagos as never seen before in movies from Nigeria's Nollywood.

What's your #GidiBlues? Seeing your sweetheart topless or eating hot Amala with vegetable soup at the popular White House in Sabo Yaba? My #GidiBlues is hot sex with my sweetheart! Sex makes the world go round 360 Degrees! Without sex, none of us will be here today. Whatever makes your day or turns you on is your #GidiBlues.

"Gidi Blues" is a must see romantic movie you will enjoy.
Starring Gideon Okeke, Banky W, Aduke, Hauwa Allahbura, Lepacious Bose, Daniel Lloyd, Nancy Isime, Bukky Wright, Tina Mba, Segun Obadare-Akpata, Toyin Oshinaike, William Ekpo and other stars in Nollywood and from abroad.  

Synopsis
Akin is an indulged playboy from an affluent family who accidentally meets an interesting beauty in an unpredictable place. Nkem is a beautiful, confident but unusual young lady who devotes herself to her work as a community volunteer in the belly of the city’s worst slum. Their encounter drags Akin into a whirlwind experience that unravels his world.

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Dr. Phil Osagie Announced Among Board Members for 2017 WCF Davos

Dr. Phil Osagie.

One of Nigeria's leading international PR experts, Dr.Phil Osagie has been announced as one of the Board members of the 2017 World Communication Forum in Davos, Switzerland. See details in the following official press release.

WCF Davos Switzerland Forum announce board members for 2017

On April 15, 2016, the new WCF Committee was officially announced – the Program Board in charge of the preparations for the next, 8th edition of the annual World Communication Forum in Davos Switzerland. Announcement of the Board is the first step towards the organization of the next WCF forum.

The event will take place on 9-10 March, 2017, in Switzerland, again at the Davos Congress Centre, a traditional meeting place for an annual survey and marking the trends of the global communication industry worldwide.

The goal of the forum is to strengthen the impact of communications both as a business branch and as a professional community that fosters the global development of the world.

The high-level expertise of the 36 Committee members includes public affairs, country reputation, intra-governmental and global corporate communication, social and digital media insight, crisis management, cross-cultural interaction, branding, design, integrated marketing, and more. They represent the national communication industries and professional communities of 24 countries on 4 continents.

Among the Committee members of WCF’s Program Board for 2017 are:
Alfred Koblinger, CEO of BBDO Holding (Austria)
Prof. Dr. Ali Murat Vural, Executive Board Member, Bersay Communications (Turkey) Donald Liphoko, Director General, Government Comms & Information System (South Africa)
Dymitr Romanowski, Co-founder and CEO of The Story digital branding agency (Poland)
Eva Snijders, Storyteller. Coach. Change Agent (Spain)
Faith Muthambi, Minister of Communications of the Republic of South Africa Gabor Hegyi, Founding Managing Director of Capital Communications (Hungary)
Guntram Kaiser, Chief Executive Officer of KaiserCommunication GmbH (Germany) Gianni Catalfamo, Web 2.0 evangelist, Founder of cc:catalfamo (Italy)
Irina Bakhtina, VP Global Sustainable Biz Comms Capability & Training, Unilever (Russia)
Iryna Zolotarevych, Head of the PR&GR Practice at AGAMA Communications (Ukraine)
Jamie Vernon Ph.D., Editor-in-Chief at American Scientist, Director of Science Communications & Publications at Sigma Xi (USA)
Jon-Hans Coetzer, Executive Dean, Glion Institute of Higher Education (Switzerland) Kara Alaimo, Ph.D.,Assistant Professor of Public Relations, Hofstra University (USA) Lorenzo Brufani, Competence Communication, Owner and General Manager (Italy)
Maxim Behar, ICCO President, Chairman of Hill+Knowlton Strategies in Prague, CEO & Chairman of the Board of M3 Communications Group, Inc. (Bulgaria) Mustapha Khalfi, Minister of Communications and Government Spokesperson of Morocco Nurul Ashiqin Shamsuri, Program Diector, Information and Communication Secretariat at Wanita UMNO, and Head of Program at UCSI University (Malaysia)
Paul Holmes, Founder and CEO of The Holmes Report and the SABRE awards (UK) Dr. Philip Osagie, Global Strategist of JSP Communications & African PR expert (Nigeria)
Philippe Borremans, Director Strategy at PR Media - Morocco (Belgium)
Rana Nejem, Founding Director of YARNU (Jordan) Sabitha Natraj, Chief Manager Corporate Communications, Indian Oil Corporation Ltd (India)
Saurabh Kumar Uboweja, Founder, CEO & Director Brand Strategy at Brands of Desire (India)
Sean Gardner, Co-Founder of the Huffington Post "Twitter Powerhouses Series" (USA)
Sergey Zverev, Founder and President of CROS PR & Public Affairs (Russia)
Sherwet Kafafy, Marketing and Communication Director at TAQA Arabia (Egypt)
Scott Fahlman, Research Professor, Carnegie Mellon University (USA)
Solly Moeng, Managing Director, DonValley Brand, Marketing & Comms (South Africa) Srdjana Janosevic, Chief Press Secretary at the President's Office, Republic of Seychelles Stuart Bruce, Digital Corporate Communications, Online PR trainer and consultant (UK)

Tanuja Kehar, Vice President, Corporate Communications at Unitech (India)
Tatevik Pirumyan, Executive Director of APRA - the Armenian Public Relations Association Xu Wejdong, Vice Secretary General, China International Public Relations Association Yogesh Joshi, President of ABCI - the Association of Business Communicators of India Zhao Dali, Executive VP & Secretary General, China International Public Relations Association. Yanina Dubeykovskaya, member of the Committee in her capacity as WCFDavos Founder & Content Director as well as President of the WCFA association, shared: “WCFDavos, both as a forum and as a global community, is developing only through the human beings it unites. For 7 years, we have been able to involve representatives of about 60 countries and transform the event into the most influential and most appreciated diversity-of-expertise platform in the world.

The WCF Committee acting as the Program Board in 2017 includes leaders of the global professional community who, as key drivers of the Forum, provide a unique agenda content and intensify its impact worldwide.”

The function of the WCF Committee as a Program Board is to outline strategic key points for the conceptual format of WCF’s 8 edition, announce a draft agenda, steer the preparation phases, make resolutions on due partnerships, suggest or approve topics and applications by speakers, and monitor all the marketing and implementation throughout the year, taking also into account the schedule for due upcoming regional forum sessions till the end of 2016. The WCF Committee’s first action as a Program Board will be to approve the draft agenda for the World Communication Forum in 2017 and announce it on the official website.

Ends

WCF Committee & Program Board for 2017: http://www.forumdavos.com/committee  WCF is an annual global event held at the Davos Congress Centre in Switzerland. Initiated by an International Coordinating Committee in 2010, it has united a great number of acknowledged professionals from 58 countries worldwide.
Since its third annual edition in Davos, WCF has started expanding its global professional community with regional sessions held in some of the largest cultural centers and business capitals across Europe and Asia. The two-day conference covers the latest trendy areas and issues and outlines future tendencies in the global communications industry.

Follow #WCFDavos in the social media: Official website: http://www.forumdavos.com Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/WorldCommForumDavos
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/WorldCommForum YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/forumdavoscom

Contact:
Yanina Dubeykovskaya, WCFDavos Founder and Content Director, President of the WCFA
+41 76 241 3224, yana@forumdavos.com

NIMASA Boss Calls for Inter Agency Deployment of Resources To Combat Piracy

NIMASA Boss Calls for Inter Agency Deployment of Resources to Combat Piracy

The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) Dr. Dakuku Peterside has called for the deployment of inter Agency resources including the use of advanced technology to secure Nigeria’s maritime domain.

 Dr. Peterside who made the call when he led a delegation of the Management of the Agency to the Air Force Head Quarters in Abuja , seeks  collaborative ways of dealing with the rising cases of piracy in the Nigerian waters.

The Nimasa boss requested the immediate review of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) the Agency has with the Nigerian Air Force with a view to strengthening the Agency’s capacity to deal with maritime crimes as well as reduce the response time for Search and Rescue (SAR) operations.

He commended the Nigerian Air Force and the military for the successful prosecution of the war against insurgency in the North East .
According to him “now Nigeria can begin to discuss developmental issues for the good of all its citizens”.

While emphasising that maritime security needs a multi sectoral and inter Agency collaboration, Dr. Peterside called on relevant stakeholders to pool national resources together to defeat piracy and other maritime crimes for the economic prosperity of Nigeria.

He pledged the commitment of the Agency to partner with the Nigerian Air Force in order to fight this economic crime and reposition Nigeria as a major hub for maritime activities in the West and Central African sub region.

 In his Response, the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar said the Air Force can deploy Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) attached with cameras in addition to its fleet of Maritime Patrol Aircraft (MPA) to enhance the surveillance of the Nigerian maritime domain.

Air Marshal Abubakar who said that the Air Force has several senior officers with competence in aeronautic engineering informed the NIMASA delegation that the Force has produced a prototype that is already in use and that they are ready to build capacity of some NIMASA personnel to handle UAVs.

While calling on the assistance of NIMASA and other relevant stakeholders for mass production of these UAVs, the Air Chief also pledged the support of the Nigerian Air Force to partner with the Agency to deal with maritime crimes.

It will be recalled that NIMASA and the Nigerian Air Force had endorsed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Nigerian Air Force where the Force is expected to provide air surveillance of the maritime domain as well as provide support to the Agency’s search and rescue operations amongst others.

Wike is Running A Parallel Country - Rivers APC

Wike.

Wike Running A Parallel Country - Rivers APC

 Rivers state chapter of the All Progressives congress (APC) has alleged that the governor of the state, Nylson Wike, is presently running a parallel country of his own contrary to the law of Nigeria.

The state chairman of the party, Dr. Davies Ibiamu Ikanya, told newsmen in Abuja at the national Secretariat of APC that the governor does not obey any part of the Constitution of the land.

His words: “It is very pathetic what is happening in Rivers State now. The PDP Governor in Rivers state seems to be running a country of his own. He does not obey any part of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. He gives his own rules, he has his own sets of laws and he does not bother about the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“I can give you instances; first and foremost, this is a man that has his own army that is free to kill and then all he does is go to call AIT and he would give reasons why he should kill. This is somebody that has actually threatened anybody that wants to conduct elections in Rivers state to write his will. We lost a youth corper, some soldiers were killed, an State Security Services (SSS) operative was killed.

“Two days ago, Dr. Vincent Elvin Eebee was killed in Bori and this is where Nyemsom Wike has blackmailed soldiers not to carryout their constitutional duty of taking away arms from criminals. We are aware also that the office of our Senator, Senator Magnus Abe was brought down by bombs planted by hoodlums in that area.”

 While reacting to the recent election in Rivers state which was declared inconclusive by the INEC, the APC chairman said: “It was very sad that the election could go the way it went in Rivers State. You can see an election concluded and five days after, the result would be announced and some other results are not announced. Wherever APC won, there was no announcement, wherever PDP maneuvered, it was announced.

 “It is very very sad, even an election where the officer was asked to announce PDP at gunpoint and it was on social media everything, that result was still announced. The day that the INEC electoral Commissioner was giving certificate to those PDP people, he told them, none of you won any election, but because INEC is not a court, we have to give them the certificate.

“It is so pathetic that we would have a state in a country that would be completely lawless. It would interest you to know that we have also complained to the Inspector-General of Police, who said to us that he has given clear orders that the police should be professionals, but that order is not been obeyed in the state.”

-Dr Ibiamu Davies Ikanya,
 APC Rivers State Chairman

Nigeria Has More Gold Than South Africa

Nigeria has more gold than South Africa, according to Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, Governor of Kaduna State in northern Nigeria. In fact, a local government area in Kaduna has more gold than South Africa.

There is No Government in Libya

There is no government in Libya since the US backed rebels toppled Muammar Gaddafi in 2011, and left the north African country in chaos and in ruins. Various political factions, including the Islamists' Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) are fighting over the control of Libya for the oil.

 The UN-backed government arrived Tripoli and was welcomed with sporadic gunfire by opposing factions and not by jubilation. And the new government will operate from a former Naval Base.

 Libya has two major exports; oil and illegal migrants of which thousands of them are crossing the Mediterranean Sea to work as labourers and sex slaves in Europe.

As the proverbial saying goes, "where there is no law, there is no sin", so criminals and rebels are using Libya as their battlefield and playground.

The lawless state of Libya is what will happen in Syria if the Syrian rebels overthrow President Bashar al-Assad of Syria.

The US and NATO should not support Syrian rebels, because they are also united with ISIL. They are all terrorists. Their leaders are both intellectually and politically immature and insecure. They will become embroiled in factional conflicts and Syria will be easily overtaken by the ISIL and will end up as lawless as Libya.

The Awesome Apple iPad Pro Launched in Nigeria

 
The Awesome Apple iPad Pro Launched in Nigeria 

The amazing new Apple iPad, the magnificent iPad Pro was Launched yesterday Friday morning at the prestigious Radisson Blue Anchorage on Victoria Island, Lagos.
The iStore in Nigeria demonstrated how the iPad Pro comes with more package in size and applications for an awesome experience for both the techie and newbie.

The first sight is the huge size at 12 by 8.68 inches! iPad Pro is the largest and most powerful iPad ever designed, yet it’s only 6.9mm thin and weighs just 1.57 lbs. Its 12.9-inch Retina display along with the powerful new multi-tasking features of iOS 9, meaning iPad Pro can do things no iPad has done before.

Invited journalists and bloggers at the event.

Guests admiring the iPas Pro.

Mrs. Ronke Adebule, Executive Director of JSP Communications Limited with Mrs. Funke Osae-Brown, Publisher/Managing Editor, The Luxury Reporter.

The iPad Pro is almost twice larger than the iPad Mini and larger than iPad Air 2 and larger than a closed 12-inch MacBook with more applications for productivity and content creation.

Body	Dimensions	305.7 x 220.6 x 6.9 mm (12.04 x 8.69 x 0.27 in)
	Weight	713 g (Wi-Fi) / 723 g (LTE) (1.57 lb)
	SIM	Nano-SIM/ Apple SIM (US & UK)
		- Apple Pencil stylus

Display	Type	LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
	Size	12.9 inches (~77.0% screen-to-body ratio)
	Resolution	2048 x 2732 pixels (~264 ppi pixel density)
	Multitouch	Yes
	Protection	Scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating

Platform	OS	iOS 9, upgradable to iOS 9.2.1
	Chipset	Apple A9X
	CPU	Dual-core 2.26 GHz (Twister)

Memory
	Internal	32/128 GB, 4 GB RAM

Camera	Primary	8 MP, f/2.4, 31mm, autofocus
	Features	1.12µm pixel size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
	Video	1080p@30fps, 720p@120fps, HDR, stereo sound rec
	Secondary	1.2 MP, 720p@30fps, face detection, HDR, FaceTime over Wi-Fi or Cellular

Sound
	Loudspeaker	Yes, with stereo speakers (4 speakers)
	3.5mm jack	Yes

Comms	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, hotspot
	Bluetooth	v4.0, A2DP, EDR
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS (Wi‑Fi + Cellular model only)
	NFC	NFC
	USB	v3.0, reversible connector

Features	Sensors	Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, compass, barometer
	Messaging	iMessage, Email, Push Email, IM
	Browser	HTML5 (Safari)
		- Apple Smart Keyboard magnetic dock (optional) - Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic - Siri natural language commands and dictation - iCloud cloud service - iCloud Keychain - TV-out - Maps - Audio/video player/editor - Organizer - Document viewer/editor - Photo viewer/editor - Voice memo/dial/command - Predictive text input

Battery		Non-removable Li-Ion 10,307 mAh battery (38.8 Wh)
	Stand-by
	Talk time	Up to 10 h (multimedia)

	Colors	Space Gray, Silver, Gold
		Apple iStore  Ikeja Mall Shop 62, Ikeja City Mall, Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria Tel: 070 8068 0060

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Defend Yourselves Against Hausa Fulani Terrorists By All Means Possible

Defend Yourselves Against Hausa Fulani Terrorists By All Means Possible 

Hausa Fulani herdsmen on killing spree in the middle belt of Nigeria have continued to invade more communities and killing more people with the gruesome murder of teenagers in Benue Community. 

The victims in all the communities attacked by these rampaging Hausa Fulani terrorists should stop whining and start defending themselves by all means possible. 

If Hausa Fulani herdsmen can carry and use military weapons, you should also arm and defend yourselves with military weapons until the federal government intervenes and disarms them. 

Crying, lamenting and weeping over the corpses of your people murdered by these beasts will not save you from further terrorist attacks. 

The impunity of these lawless Hausa Fulani herdsmen trespassing and terrorizing other Nigerians must stop. 

Any government that cannot guaranty the safety and security of the citizens is an incompetent government.  

The only solution now is to arm and defend yourselves by all means possible and even if you have to nuke these marauding terrorists, do so to put an end to their attacks and save your lives and secure your future in your lands. 

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