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T here are indications that the record of attendees for this year’s Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) will surpass that of previous editions, with 250 applications already received within the first week of registration. Feelers from the festival secretariat has it that the ongoing registration exercise has recorded an impressive number of requests from filmmakers in Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana, Cameroon, South Africa, Senegal, Mali, Malawi, Uganda and several other African countries. Reports say the pack received so far also includes requests from Africans in the Diaspora as well as individual filmmakers and film companies in Europe, United Kingdom, United States and Canada. For the festival which is in its fourth year, the success story is unprecedented, even as organisers say the best is yet to come. Since its first edition in 2010, AFRIFF provided free training and talent development opportunities for young people and aspiring filmmakers. Interestingly, a...

In a bid to promote entrepreneurship education and to teach best business practices in Nigeria, leading ICT network in Nigeria, MTN, for the past four months hosted successful business icons and budding entrepreneurs in four major cities across different regions of the federation. This idea- sharing and business-empowerment platform was held in Enugu, Port Harcourt, Lagos and Abuja. (Pictured above are Winners of 2014 MTN Budding Entrepreneur Challenge. Left to right: Akinwole Oludayo,Muhammed Salisu Usman, Nwaje Lucky and Ogunlana Olumide at the MTN Link Forum held at Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja.) (L-R): Ibrahim Mohammed, Senior Manager, Customer Care, MTN; Mohammad Jubrin, MD/CEO, Suntrust Mortgage Bank;Akinwole Oludayo; Adekunle Adebiyi, GM Regional Operations, MTN; Dr. Kazeem Mustapha,Executive Director, United Healthcare (H.M.O) and Mr. Hetal Shah,Director Operations, Mara Group& Mara Mentor, during the presentation of N2.5 million cheque to Ak...

The Lagos State Government announced on Friday Oct. 3rd that the coroner it inaugurated to probe the circumstances surrounding the 6-storey Synagogue building which collapsed on September 12th and claimed more than 115 lives will commence sitting on October 13th. According to Punch, the Lagos State Ministry of Justice said in a statement that the coroner’s hearing will take place at the Coroner Court on the premises of the Ikeja Lagos State High Court. The coroner is to be headed by Magistrate O.A. Komolafe, and the witness list are: The Lagos State Building Control Agency, the Lagos State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, the Lagos State Ministry of Works, the Surveyor-General of the state, the SCOAN building contractors, the Standard Organisation of Nigeria and the Lagos State Ministry of Tourism. Also to testify are the National Emergency Management Agency, the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, the Nigerian Red Cross Society, the Lagos S...