A Simple Critical Analysis of Nigerians in Nigeria in the First Quarter of the 21st Century

A Simple Critical Analysis of Nigerians in Nigeria in the First Quarter of the 21st Century

#corruption
"Widespread intellectual illiteracy has done more collateral damage to Nigeria than political corruption.

The Major Cause of the Perennial Flooding in Lagos City

#LagosFlood@followlasg@MBuhari@ProfOsinbajo@jidesanwoolu@NTANewsNow@channelstv@CNNAfrica@BBCAfrica@realFemiOtedola@GuardianNigeria@CoolFMNigeria
Lagos State Government is the major cause of the perennial flooding of the streets and roads in Africa's largest megacity. pic.twitter.com/LI938kp04b

— 247 Nigeria (@247nigeria) June 30, 2020

The perennial flooding caused by storm surge overflows cannot end until there are sustainable urban drainage systems. Government permitted the construction of many buildings on drainages or blocked off the canals and gutters. Majority of the LGAs don't have drainage systems. pic.twitter.com/0EFM9DuNqN

— 247 Nigeria (@247nigeria) June 30, 2020

We have visited different LGAs and saw the causes of the perennial flooding. The state government caused 90 percent of the blocked drainages and lack of drainage systems in the LGAs.

— 247 Nigeria (@247nigeria) June 30, 2020

KANTAR: Top 10 Most Valuable Global Brands 2020

Top 10 Most Valuable Global Brands 2020


 1 Amazon
 2 Apple
 3 Microsoft
 4 Google
 5 Visa
 6 Alibaba
 7 Tencent
 8 Facebook
9 McDonald's
10 MasterCard

• Investment in marketing and brand-building critical for business recovery post-COVID-19 
• Innovation and creativity key drivers of growth as BrandZ Top 100's total worth hits $5 trillion and delivers US$277bn in additional brand value growth
• Amazon maintains no. 1 spot and accounts for a third of the Top 100 total growth
• TikTok enters the ranking for the first time at no. 79.

WHO KILLED DR. ENOCH OKPARA?

WHO KILLED DR. ENOCH OKPARA?

“For murder, though it hath no tongue; will speak with most miraculous organ.”
- William Shakespeare

On June 13, 2020, a day after Nigeria’s democracy day commemoration, we were jolted to the sad news of the gruesome murder of our classmate and colleague Dr Enoch Okpara, a senior consultant obstetrician and gynecologist with Federal Medical Centre, Gusau Zamfara State at his Mareri area residence in Gusau.

Victor Osimhen Wins 2020 RFI-France 24 Marc-Vivien Foé Prize for the best African player in Ligue 1

Victor OSIMHEN (Nigeria) 
WINNER OF THE 2020 RFI-FRANCE 24 MARC-VIVIEN FOÉ PRIZE AWARDING THE BEST AFRICAN PLAYER IN LIGUE 1 

Lille’s (LOSC) Nigerian forward Victor Osimhen has won the Marc-Vivien Foé RFI- France 24 Prize for best African player in the French Ligue 1, the French football championship for the 2019-2020 season. 

PRESS RELEASE: Chief Tony Ezenna (Ijele Akokwa), Orange Group Chairman is Alive and Well

Press Release

Chief Tony Ezenna (Ijele Akokwa), Orange Group Chairman is Alive and Well.


This is to appeal to the general public to disregard the rumour about the death of Chief Tony Ezenna, Chairman of Orange  Group.

The rumour is malicious and the hand work of mischief makers as the Ikenga Akokwa is neither sick nor dead.

Investigations are on-going to unravel the source of this wicked rumour with the view to bringing the culprit(s) to book.

Chief Ezenna wishes to assure his friends, family and associates that he is hale and hearty.

Signed
Ingram Osigwe
Media Adviser to Orange Group.

NOLLYWOOD Producers Are In A Hurry To Make Movies

NOLLYWOOD Producers Are In A Hurry To Make Movies

#Nollywood filmmakers always rush to make movies to make ends meet.

- EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima
Publisher /Editor,
NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®Series
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Nollywood starlets, Nunnsi Ojong and Celina Ideh in a scene from "Lagos in Motion" documentary film in progress in Lagos, Africa's largest megacity.

Is Nollywood a child of necessity or a phenomenon of ingenuity?

The guerrilla filmmakers in Nigeria who started the phenomenon of the first indie film industry in Africa were driven by necessity, ingenuity and opportunity.

On the Road for "Sights and Sounds of Lagos" Documentary Film

On the road for "Sights and Sounds of Lagos" tourist documentary film. pic.twitter.com/fjhh9Sxnza

— 247 Nigeria (@247nigeria) May 30, 2016

My Father's Day Selfies

MY FATHER'S DAY SELFIES
#fathersday

My uncles say I look like my great father, Sunday Eke, who was one of the brave Nigerian youths enlisted in the  Royal West African Frontier Force (RWAFF) who fought and survived the battles against the Japanese in Burma during the World War 2.
But I don't quite agree that I look like my father.
He was fairer
But I am taller
My father was built like the famous African American Academy Award winning actor,  Denzel Washington; with the same height; same dentition and same smile. Ladies loved him.
I never saw him lay a fist on my beloved mother. But one day he annoyed her and she sat outside on the payment. Then he came and lifted her and carried her with smiles into the room. I was amused.
My father loved movies only on the big screens of movie theaters and there were four in our locality on the Lagos Island of Lagos city in the south western region of Nigeria. He often took the whole family to see American #Hollywood western and war films, Indian #Bollywood films and Chinese action films at the Kings Cinema, Sheila Cinema, Plaza Cinema and Royal Cinema.
Franco Nero in Django (1966), Dharmendra in Sholay (1975) and Wang Yu in One-Armed Swordsman (1967) were  very popular movies in the 1970s. They attracted crowds in the cinemas . We must have seen over 200 movies before my father relocated us from Obalende on the Lagos Island to Morocco near Shomolu on the mainland of Lagos state.
My passion for movies came from my father and the unforgettable memories fill me with flashbacks of nostalgia on every Father's Day.


- By EKENYERENGOZI Michael Chima
Publisher and Editor of the NOLLYWOOD MIRROR®Series.

"Ezra", The Best Film By A Nigerian Filmmaker in the Last 20 Years

"EZRA":
THE BEST FILM BY A NIGERIAN FILMMAKER IN THE LAST 20 YEARS
Nigerian filmmaker, Newton Aduaka’s acclaimed multiple award winning war film “Ezra,” in 2007, was at  the Cannes Film Festival, @festivaldecannes .

“Ezra” won the Etalon d’or de Yennenga (the Golden Stallion of Yennenga), the highest prize at the Panafrican Film and Television Festival of Ouagadougou (FESPACO) in 2007.
“Ezra” premiered in the world cinema competition at the Sundance film festival and was nominated for the Humanitas Prize and screened in a special section of the Critics’ Week in Cannes, 2007.
"Ezra" won 28 international awards.