Director General of NIMASA - Dr. Dakuku Peterside (PRNewsFoto/NIMASA). Media is Key to the Growth of the Economy - Nimasa DG
LAGOS, Nigeria, January 20, 2017 /PRNewswire/ --
The Director General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Dr. Dakuku Peterside has charged the media on fair and balance reportage of economic activities, noting that they play a vital role to the growth and development of the economy.
Twitter Shows Influence of Word of Mouth on Movies
Confirms Earlier Research on Relationship to revenue.
BOSTON, Jan. 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- A study conducted as part of a School of Communication research course at Emerson College found that Twitter could demonstrate the influence of word of mouth on movies. Specifically, the study found a strong correlation between sentiments expressed on Twitter and movie revenue.
The Wedding Party is currently the highest grossing movie at the cinemas in Nollywood. Nollywood is Worth Over US$3.5Billion
Nigeria is often not considered as a wealthy nation. However, when talking about Nollywood, if you are presuming it to be a poor film industry then you are totally wrong! Nigerian film is Africa’s biggest motion picture industry in wording esteem and the quantity of motion pictures delivered every year. Albeit Nigerian movies have been delivered subsequently to the 1960s. The ascent of moderate computerized shooting and altering innovations has fortified the nation’s film and video industry. Nigeria’s film industry is as of now positioned as 6th biggest film industry on the planet taking into account the quantity of movies discharged every year.
The film business is worth over US$3.5 billion.
I met the Brigadier-General's wife when I was 25 and she must have loved seeing me dressed in military camouflage, even though I was not a soldier, but my father, Sunday Eke was a soldier.
She was one of the most beautiful women in Nigeria and the most powerful, but very humble. An African American mulatto from a noble and wealthy family living in New York City. She said her family never accepted her decision to marry the young Nigerian military officer in 1975. But she was in love with him. She was only 22 and very romantic.
The late Gen.Sani Abacha, former military Head of State of Nigeria, called her, "Our Madam", because her husband was once their camp commandant in the Nigerian Army. It was during the launching of her first book, "The General's Wife" at the Nigerian Institute of International Affairs (NIIA) on Kofo Abayomi Street on Victoria Island in Lagos in 1991. The same venue of the public presentation of my first book, "Children of Heaven" in 1988.
Later she hosted the exclusive reception for selected guests of VIPs at the Lagos Motor Boat Club on Awolowo Road in Ikoyi.
We were very close. She once allowed me into her bedroom one day when she was too weak to come downstairs. The general was not in the house.
"What do you think Brigadier will do to you if he finds you in our bedroom?" She asked with a smile.
What?"
"He will throw you over the balcony."
We were fond of each other. It was a beautiful and exciting platonic friendship.
Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox, a Ponzi scheme known simply as MMM has attracted over three million Nigerians who invested more than US$1Billion in the get-rich-quick scheme. But majority of them are now frustrated since the Russian operators and their Nigerian agents have not doubled or refunded their money which many of them borrowed.
Students invested their school fees; parents also invested their savings and thousands of others used loans or misappropriated funds allocated for public projects and other services.
Born on 13 January 2017.
Flora Nwapa, Nigeria's first published female novelist and Africa's first internationally-acclaimed English-language female writer, held the spotlight for nearly her entire adult life. She was not only an accomplished author, but a publisher, public servant, and activist.
From Nwapa's first novel, Efuru, published in 1966, to the establishment of her publishing company, Tana Press, Nwapa demonstrated an unwavering commitment to advancing and highlighting the women of Nigeria. Additionally, she used her books, and the books she published, to introduce Nigeria’s rich culture to a global audience.
Nwapa served by day in the Nigerian government, becoming the first female Minister of Health and Social Welfare for Nigeria’s former East Central State in 1970. During that time, she worked to reunite children and their parents who were divided as a result of the Biafran War. Afterwards, she became Minister of Lands, Survey, and Urban Development, a position she held until 1974.
Today’s Doodle pays homage to Nwapa, known as the “mother of modern African literature,” on what would be her 86th birthday.
Sour Sop – An anti-cancer miracle
One of the best bits of my childhood was going back to my village in Eastern Nigeria on holiday. It was a time filled with long walks, laughter and camaraderie. Years later, I realize that it was also an important time because I got to learn a great deal about nature.
U.S. Supreme Court Ends 18 Year Long False Claims Act Case On US$74.3M Loans for Nigerian Government
U.S. Supreme Court ends 18 year long False Claims Act case in favor of MWI
Cnlight.Wingsland S6, 4K Pocket Drone, unveiled at 2017CES
LAS VEGAS, Jan. 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ -- S6 Black unveiled at 2017CES
2017 CES is being held in Las Vegas as scheduled, taking advantages of this famous platform, Cnlight.Wingsland released S6 Black, following the other five colors, metal silver, lemon yellow, orange, camouflage and blood green.
The increasing usage of smartphones and tablets around the globe has led to a significant growth in the mobile TV market. Internet usership has risen to an estimated 3.4 billion with a penetration rate of more than 46% in 2016. This has remarkably improved the state of the mobile TV market.
