#BringbackourGirls - Masses Turn Out For Protests, Boko Haram Negotiator Emerges

Hundreds of Nigerians protested in Abuja, Ibadan, Kaduna, Lagos and Kano over the schoolgirls abducted from Government Secondary School in Chibok, Borno State, more than two weeks ago. The protesters in Abuja demanded at the National Assembly that the federal government provide concrete news in 24 hours concerning the fate of the girls or the protests would continue.

The Oscars Academy Approves a Nigerian Selection Committee

The Oscar awarding body - Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) has approved a Nigerian committee - the Nigerian Oscars Selection Committee (NOSC) - to select and submit to it movies to be considered for the Oscars. The 12 members of the committee are well known Nollywood stakeholders, as follows;

Jada Pinkett Smith and Lisa Price Speak Out For Carol's Daughter

Jada Pinkett Smith today shared a couple of pictures of her natural hair on her Facebook page in support of Carol's Daughter, a hair company for African American woman. The company has had some bad press recently starting with a bankruptcy filing, but they are in no way folding up, just restructuring. Named for the founder's mother, Carol’s Daughter is a line of beauty products designed by Lisa Price. Their range include products for hair, skin, and hands, as well as fragrances.

A Review of An African City Web Series

by Adelarin Awotedu

I was bored last week trying to prepare a business plan for a feature film I am working on so I decided to find what the latest online buzz is. Been wondering for a couple of weeks what 'an African city' is all about. I give it to their public relations team, an African city is on every influential blog online.

Amaka Igwe Lives - Charles Novia Writes Touching Tribute to Late Film Producer

Amaka Igwe lives. The tears we shed for her are futile. She lives. The shock we express over her passing on is carthatic. She lives. Amaka Igwe did not die. She just built her loving ‘house of commotion’ in our hearts. Commotion with co-relation; commotion with emotions.

Love Scam - American Woman Sends Over Three Hundred Thousand Dollars To Nigerian Men

Henry Ogu, a 29-year-old man based in Kaduna has been arrested by the Police Special Fraud Unit, SFU, for allegedly operating an internet fraud syndicate that specializes in defrauding unsuspecting wealthy foreign women who are in dire need of husbands.

Pictures From Kanu Nwankwo's Baby Daughter's Christening Ceremony at Hadley Wood

Nigerian football star Kanu Nwankwo and his wife Amarachi have been married since 2004 and have three adorable children, two boys and a cute baby girl born in 2012. For her christening ceremony last year, beautiful Pinky Amarachi Kanu Nwankwo was a year old, and looked so much like her mother!

#BringBackOurGirls Abducted Girls Reportedly Married Off For N2000 Each As Rally Holds in Abuja

@blcompere ready for the Abuja protest

Over 200 female students aged between 16 and 18 were abducted by Boko Haram over two weeks ago, and except for the handful that escaped, most of the girls are still captive. Today, there was a protest rally in Abuja to raise awareness about the missing girls that started at 3pm and will go on till 8pm at the Unity Fountain.

Omotola Jalade, Aliko Dangote and Okonjo Iweala at the TIME 100 Gala

Omotola Jalade Ekeinde was one of the previous honorees invited to the Annual Time 100 Gala in New York this year to celebrate with the current 2014 honorees which included Nigerians, Aliko Dangote and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. More pictures below...

Darey's Special Fever With Rita Dominic [Music Video Romance]

Singer/ songwriter Darey Art Alade has released the video for his newest international single “Special Fever”. The beach themed video, which features Nollywood star actress Rita Dominic as the leading lady, was shot at a private beach in Lagos and was choreographed by Dance Queen Kaffy.