MERRY CHRISTMAS TO YOU ALL

May the celebration of the birth of Christ bring joy, peace and good tidings into your lives and families in Jesus name.

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READ: PRESIDENT GOODLUCK JONATHAN'S MESSAGE TO YOU ALL AT CHRISTMAS

Dear Compatriots,
I greet and felicitate with you all as we celebrate Christmas once again. I join our Christian compatriots and all other Nigerians in giving thanks to God Almighty whose Grace and Benevolence has helped our nation to overcome the many challenges it has had since we celebrated Christmas last year. The annual commemoration of the birth of our Lord, Jesus Christ is a most auspicious time for us, as individuals and as a nation, to rededicate ourselves to the virtues and ideals which the Messiah preached and exemplified during his earthly ministry. Let us all therefore resolve this Christmas to make the ideals of peace, harmony, tolerance, love and goodwill to all even more manifest in our interactions with others.
It remains my sincere belief that no height of human accomplishment is beyond us as a nation, if we can overcome our differences, such as they are, and forge a binding national consensus to put the progress and well-being of the country above all other considerations. My administration will do all within its powers and abilities to ensure that when representatives of our people assemble for the forthcoming national conference next year, they will have every opportunity and encouragement to make very significant contributions towards forging the required consensus for sustained national peace, unity and progress.
It is also my expectation that the national conference will contribute in no small measure towards the urgent resolution of contentious issues which currently hinder our progress as a nation.
With God Almighty as our Guide, Strength and Enabler, My Administration will continue to implement its Agenda for National Transformation in furtherance of its avowed commitment to improving the living conditions of all Nigerians.We will continue to count on the prayers, support and cooperation of all patriotic Nigerians in the coming year as we consolidate and build on our achievements in several sectors including national security, power supply, communications, transportation, health and education. As we commemorate the birth of the Prince of Peace, let us all strive to honour Him more by living our lives as He taught; by making personal sacrifices for the good of others, by showing greater love for others, by being fairer and more honest in our dealings with others, by being ever-willing to forgive those who offend us and by always extending goodwill towards others.On behalf of myself, my family and the Federal Government, I wish you all very joyful Christmas celebrations, and a peaceful and prosperous 2014.
Goodluck Ebele Jonathan
President,
 
Federal Republic of Nigeria

D'BANJ AND ONYEKA ONWENU RECORD SOUNDTRACK FOR HALF OF A YELLOW SUN FILM

Nigerian music superstar Dapo 'Dbanj' Oyebanjo and veteran songstress Onyeka Onwenu have recorded the official soundtrack for award-winning writer, Chimamanda Adichie's hugely successful book turned movie Half of a Yellow Sun.

Saw the trailer of the film, brilliant production, great cast, top-notch quality so it deserves nothing less than a masterpiece soundtrack. Trust Onyeka to deliver her part well and as for D'banj, his AFCON 2013 theme song is still stuck in our heads, I hope he churns out something far better, nothing short of a classic. The song would be released next year.

TOOLZ AND MAI ATAFO COVER Y!NAIJA DECEMBER ISSUE

Accomplished fashion designer, Ohimai Atafo of the Mai Inspired fame and leading On Air Personality, Tolu Toolz Oniru are the faces on the December issue of Y!Naija magazine. I love Mai's look more; he appears exceptionally good on the cover…. of course he styled himself.

EMENIKE IS THE ONLY NIGERIAN PLAYER ON GUARDIAN'S 2013 TOP 100 WORLD FOOTBALLER'S LIST

Whoop! Whoop! Not like 1 in 100 is really good but we are getting there, very soon, our players will be occupying the top ten spots. Very very soon, Nigerian footballers will dethrone the likes of Lionel Messi, Cristiano Ronaldo etc. Very Very soon
Super Eagles and Fenerbahce striker Emmanuel Emenike’s ranked 97th in the 2013 top 100 footballers in the world list. And he’s the only Nigerian player on the list. Here’s what one of Guardian editors said about the striker who netted a total of four goals for the Nigeria  at the 2013 African Cup of Nations.
“Emenike staked an early claim as one of Africa’s most influential players when his exploits propelled Nigeria towards a long overdue success in the Cup of Nations. Emenike was prolific, consistent and finished as the competition’s top scorer. It is the determination and pace of his runs that makes the difference to Nigeria’s counter-attacking strength – Emenike’s team-mates figure that if the pass is half decent, he should find it. Brazil 2014 could be a useful shop window for the Fenerbahce striker.”

IT'S OFFICIAL! D'BANJ UNVEILED AS GLO AMBASSADOR

Banga Lee is balling! What a good way to end the year. Foremost Telecommunication company, Globacom Nigeria has officially unveiled Nigerian Superstar, Dapo ‘D’banj’ Oyebanjo as a brand ambassador of the company. The unveiling was done this morning, December 23rd, 2013 in a press conference held at the Mike Adenuga Towers, Victoria Island, Lagos.
He tweeted excitedly, ” Eyin boys, kokolets & mamalets… autographed package from me, Ejanla, coming to you this season. Dont dull.@GlobacomLimited @NokiaNigeria #GloNokiaDBanj. All I see is green, green, green… We are back again… for the 2nd time around.. #RenewedPartnership. This time, we together 4eva. Baba God Oooshe. Big big things are about to happen over the next few days. Teaming up with some big players in the game.#BigThingsAreGwan #Lol #UnlimitedThings”

DAZZLING MIRAGE: CHECK OUT PICTURES FROM KUNLE AFOLAYAN AND KEMI AKINDOJU'S WEDDING SCENE

This is how a wedding scene should look like in movies, my point has always been, if you are ever going to produce a movie, count the cost, give us a quality movie not some run-off-the-mill productions. These are some scenes from ace cinematographer, Tunde Kelani's new movie, "Dazzling Mirage". He just wrapped up shooting of the film and trust me, it really looks good (well anything from Tunde Kelani has never been disappointing)

Kunle Afolayan and Kemi Lala Akindoju's wedding scene is splendid. Top surprises were the wedding invitation card and the Alaga Iduro (MC). The movie which also features Bimbo Manuel, Bukola Awoyemi (Arugba) famous Fuji artiste, Adewale Ayuba and Don Jazzy's Dad, Enebeli Collins would be released in 2014.

NSE IKPE-ETIM, DESMOND ELLIOT, OMAWUMI OTHERS NOMINATED FOR GHANA MOVIE AWARDS

Nigerian actors; Desmond Elliot, Rita Dominic, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Patience Ozokwor, Omawumi, Yemi Blaq have been nominated for the 4th edition of Ghana Movie Awards. Scheduled to hold on Monday, December 30, 2013 at the Accra International Conference Center.Ghanaian nominees include Yvonne Okoro, Lydia Forson, Majid Michel, Jackie Appiah, Yvonne Nelson, Joselyn Dumas, John Dumelo, Van Vicker, to mention a few.
NOMINEES
(1) BEST AFRICAN COLLABORATION (BEST ACTOR)Contract  -Hlomla Dandala
Number One Fan – Yemi Black
Finding Mercy- Desmond Elliot
House of Gold -Francis Odega
Volunteers – Bobby Obodo
(2) BEST AFRICAN COLLABORATION (BEST ACTRESS) Nse Ikpe Etim- Purple Rose
Rita Dominic –Finding Mercy
Omawumi Meglele- House of Gold
Ivie Okujaye- Volunteers
Patience Ozokwor – Slave Boy(3) BEST ORIGINAL SCOREIvan Ayitey- Contract
Berni Anti –House of Gold
Shaun Burdick- Northern Affair(4) WRITING- ADAPTED OR ORIGINAL SCREENPLAYContract–by Herty Owusu and Shirley Frimpong-Manso
House of Gold – by Pascal Amanfo
Northern Affair – by Leila Djansi
The Pledge– by Benjamin Dwomoh
Cheaters- by Frank Rajah(5) PRODUCTION DESIGNA) Okomfo Anokye OKOMFO ANOKYE – Production design- Brinks Abdullai, Set decoration- Bismark Gyamerah
B) The Pledge– Production design-D.J Vegas, Set decoration-Ghana Armed forces
C) Northern Affair- Production design-Tony Tomety, Set decoration- Palm Gottfried
D) Contract- Production design-Shirley Frimpong-Manso, Set decoration- Ken Attoh
E) House of Gold- Production design-Pascal Amanfo, Set decoration- Bismark Nii Odoi
(6) EDITINGNorthern Affair -Dave Goldberg
Contract -Nana Akua Manso
Nkuli -Afra Marley
House of Gold -Okey Benson
The Hunter -Enoch Opoku(7) MUSIC- ORIGINAL SONGA) One Night Vegas  -Music and lyrics by Kobby Maxwell
B) Okomfo Anokye – Music and lyrics by Abena Fosua
C) House of Gold – Music and lyrics by Berni Anti and Mercy Chinwo
D) Northern Affair  -Music and lyrics by Jon Germain and Kofi Aykeame
E) Contract- Music and lyrics by-Raquel
(8) PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLEKwadwo Nkansah (Lilwin)- Time Changes
Henry Adofo Asiedu- House of Gold
Jon Germain – Northern Affairs
Van Vicker- One Night in Vegas
Edward Agyekum Kufuor –The Pledge(9) PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLELydia Forson- Volunteers
Lisa Nana yaa Awuku- Nkuli
Rose Mensah- (Kyeiwaa)- Time Changes
Roselyn Ngissah- The Pledge
Joselyn Dumas- Northern Affair
(10) PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLEJohn Dumelo- Northern Affair
Kofi Adu (Agya Koo)- Okomfo Anokye
Adjetey Annang- The Hunters
James Gardiner- Nkuli
Majid Michel-The Price(11) PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLEJackie Appiah- Cheaters
Yvonne Okoro-Contract
Maame Serwaa – School Girl
Yvonne Nelson- The Price
Sonia Ibrahim- Number One Fan(12) MAKE UP AND HAIR STYLISTBarima Nye Sunye – Jude Odeh
Purple Rose – Lydia Ashietey
The Price- Foreal Mensah
House of Gold -Joyce Mensah
(13) SOUND MIXING & EDITINGContract- Mawuli Tofah
House of Gold- Berni Anti
Northern Affair- Shaun Burdick
One Night in Vegas- Black Tim(14) SHORT MOVIECampus Scandals
Galamsey
Hospitals
(15) BEST PICTURENorthern Affair
Contract
Hunter
House of Gold
One Night in Vegas
Number One Fan
Purple Rose
The Pledge
Finding Mercy
Okomfo Anokye

THE POWER OF SOCIAL MEDIA! PR EXECUTIVE SACKED AFTER TWEETING OFFENSIVE COMMENT ON AFRICA

If you have ever doubted the power of social media in influencing certain decisions, you should change your mind after reading this. Mind you, as helpful as social media is, it could be deadly. It all started with what seemed like an harmless tweet by a certain PR executive named Justine Sacco. Few minutes after she was about boarding a South Africa-bound plane, she posted a great mistake of a racist tweet on her twitter page. "Going to Africa. Hope I don't get AIDS. Just kidding. I'm white!"

Before she could say Jack Robinson, the offensive comment had spread across. the social media and had sparked lots of angry responses. Unfortunately for her, it could not be corrected during a 12-hour flight without an internet connection, several calls were also put to the company she worked for (IAC) asking for her dismissal. Meanwhile before she landed, a hashtag #HasJustineLanded had started trending.

Although she deleted the company and all her social media accounts after she touched down SA but it was pretty late as the company relieved her of her job. A statement was even issued to its effect. "There is no excuse for the hateful statements that have been made and we condemn them unequivocally, We hope, however, that time and action, and the forgiving human spirit, will not result in the wholesale condemnation of an individual who we have otherwise known to be a decent person at core."

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