August 16, 2019

The Ten Virgins now a motion picture

August 16, 2019 10:49 pm

There is excitement across Nigeria for fans of Blessing Egbe, ex- model, screenwriter, film producer and director, as her new film The Ten Virgins starts screening nationwide. The release of The Ten Virgins started with a world premiere, which attracted an unprecedented audience at the Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island, Lagos. Now, the movie is screening at cinemas across Nigeria.

Recall that about one year ago, Egbe known for her successes with films about women notably Lekki wives, The Women, This thing called marriage, One Room, Two brides and a baby etc had called for an audition where over 1000 artistes …

UK court opens way for $9bn claim against Nigeria

August 16, 2019 10:19 pm

British judge on Friday gave the green light for a tiny private firm to seize more than $9 billion in assets from the Nigerian government over a failed natural gas deal.

The amount represents one-fifth of the foreign reserves held by Africa’s largest economy.

The decade-long dispute pits an unheralded firm founded by two Irish business partners against an energy-rich but a politically-troubled nation of 200 million people.

The 2010 deal between the Process and Industrial Developments Limited (P&ID) company — widely reported to be registered in the British Virgin Islands — and the Nigerian government was meant to be …