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Month: July 2023

Lesego Vorster, Catherine Green, Isaac Mogajane on ‘Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire’

In this interview, three of the 14 creators/directors of the new Disney+ African original take us through their creative process. On July 5, 2023, Disney+ released its first all-African original titled Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire. A sci-fi anthology of 10 short animated films, the project offers a futuristic view of Africa, inspired by the continent’s…

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Tinubu lands back in Nigeria after successful ECOWAS trip

The ECOWAS trip is Tinubu’s second foreign trip since he took over as Nigeria’s president on May 29. President Bola Tinubu has returned to Nigeria after his first participation in the Ordinary Session of Heads of State and Government of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). The 71-year-old made a triumphant return to…

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Remi Tinubu denies report she closed down Aso Villa chapel

The first lady said there are weekly fellowships going on at the chapel. The Office of the First Lady, Oluremi Tinubu, has disclaimed the rumour making round on social media platforms that the Aso Villa Chapel has been closed. Busola Kukoyi, the special adviser on media to the first lady, disclosed this to the News…

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Court frees man accused of raping 12-year-old girl

The judge said there was need for survivors to be encouraged to come forward and testify before court. An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday discharged and acquitted a bricklayer, Godspower Iporu, charged with abducting and defiling his neighbour’s 12-year-old daughter. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Justice Abiola Soladoye…

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Sanwo-Olu closes defence after calling 1 witness in GRV’s tribunal case

The tribunal adjourned the case until July 11 for APC to open its defence. Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu and his deputy, Dr Obafemi Hamzat, on Monday opened and closed defence in an election petition brought against them by Labour Party and its governorship candidate, Gbadebo Rhodes-Vivour. A defence witness and the All Progressives Congress…

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Peter Ramsey talks to Pulse about ‘Kizazi Moto: Generation Fire’

The award-winning director discusses the new African animated anthology. In 2012, Peter Ramsey made his feature directorial debut with the Rise of the Guardians and became the first African American filmmaker to direct a big-budget animated feature in the process. Seven years later, he won an Oscar for co-directing Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018). Since…

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Labour Party Obi want supporters to prepare for rerun election

LP chairman Abure says he has information the APC is already preparing for a rerun election. Julius Abure has called on the supporters of the Labour Party (LP) to be prepared to back the party in the event the presidential election petition tribunal orders a rerun of the 2023 presidential election. The Independent National Electoral…

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Nigeria forex rate unification: AfDB’s Adesina backs Tinubu

Adesina said a competitive private sector has the potential to accelerate diversification of Nigeria’s economy. The African Development Bank (AfDB) on Monday in Abuja commended the President Tinubu administration for unifying the naira exchange rate saying it would breath air of transparency into forex. The bank’s president, Dr Akinwumi Adesina, said this on Monday in…

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FG asks Kano-Maradi railway contractor to procure gas engines

Mota-Engil Nigeria Limited is the contractor handling Kano-Maradi railway project. The Federal Government has asked the contractor handling Kano-Maradi railway project to consider using gas engines instead of diesel engines for the rail line rolling stock and more environmentally-friendly operations. The Permanent Secretary, Federal Ministry of Transportation, Dr Magdalene Ajani, made the request on Monday…

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New FCID boss in Lagos warns officers to avoid illegal activities

Abubakar met with heads of sections of the FCID and read the riot act to them. Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Yahaya Abubakar, newly-deployed to the Force Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Alagbon Close, Ikoyi, Lagos State, on Monday assumed duty and read riot acts. The spokesperson for the department, SP Oluniyi Ogundeyi, confirmed the assumption…

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