20th Jan 2015 Timbuktu, a film set in Mauritania, about the everyday lives of people, has received an Oscar nomination. It is the first African film to receive a nomination in The Academy awards for the best foreign film category. The Franco-Mauritanian film will vie for the award alongside “Leviathan”, ... Read More
20th Jan 2015 And in Uganda, Kyambogo University’s administration will use the sum of 2.55 billion Ugandan Shillings to build a central teaching facility which will seat 6,000 persons at a time. The project estimated to cost sixteen point five billion at its completion will house computer labs, lecture theatres, and offices. The announcement was ... Read More
20th Jan 2015 Over now to the biggest scoop everyone’s been talking about. Wanna be successful like P square, have your media empire like Don jazzy or be the next Genevive Nnaji this 2015? Dream to kick off that exciting new business? How about fitting those jig-saw puzzles in your ... Read More
19th Jan 2015 Greetings EL Now family! Let’s start off with the star winners at the Sun Newspaper award which took place at Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island Lagos on Saturday. The 2014 Creative Person of the Year award went to the Mavin Record boss himself, superstar producer and singer Don Jazzy, which was ... Read More
19th Jan 2015 Still on happy times, congratulations are in order to Nigerian beloved singer and actress Omawumi, who got married to her longtime boo and baby’s daddy, Tosin Yusuf on Friday, according to celebrity blogger Linda Ikeji. Omawumi and Tosin, who have a four year old kid together and are rumoured to be expecting ... Read More
19th Jan 2015 In Nigeria, the presidential candidates from the PDP and APC political groups, Goodluck Ebele Jonathan and Muhammad Buhari, together with those from other parties contending for the post of Nigeria’s president, signed an agreement to be peaceful before, during and after the coming elections on February fourteenth. The peaceful agenda was recorded ... Read More
19th Jan 2015 Over to the world of rap music, acclaimed Nigerian rapper Reminisce, often referred to as indigenous rapper due to his Yoruba rapping tradition, has come out to express his displeasure at being referred to as an indigenous rapper. During an interview with Hip Hop World, Reminisce has it that referring to him ... Read More
19th Jan 2015 Still on news about Nigeria, according to the foreign aid minister of Denmark, Mogens Jensen, the Danish government will assist victims of the Boko haram insurgency with the sum of two million dollars. He said the activities of the terrorist sect have caused many people to be displaced from rural areas to ... Read More
19th Jan 2015 Over to some proudly indigenous African artists – several ace African artists came together for the collabo of the theme song and video for the African Cup of Nations 2015 football tournament, which kicked off on Saturday. Featured on the song titled “Holla Holla” is Nigerian highlife ... Read More
19th Jan 2015 A special project, has been designed to invest in the early stages of development of power projects in Africa. The vehicle called Access Infra Africa, is the biggest privately funded of its kind and has an interesting ambition; it intends to develop a plan which realizes a portfolio of power assets in ... Read More
