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Shots From the Set of 'Fast 8' Stars-#Fast8

Fast 8, the latest sequel in the monster Fast and the Furious franchise, is currently in production with director F. Gary Gray (Straight Outta Compton) at the helm. Plot details are still scarce, but the movie is shooting in New York City, Iceland, and Cuba, among other locales, and is featuring new cast members like Charlize Theron and Scott Eastwood in key roles. Click through to see some of the shots from the set so far, including a first look at Theron’s badass villain. The movie will cruise into theaters in April 2017. 1/25 Dwayne Johnson As the cast filmed in Iceland, fans were treated to snowbound photos including this shot of a cool Hobbs, “The Iceman cometh. And I don’t f—eth around,” Johnson wrote on Instagram. (Photo: TheRock/Instagram) 2/25 Dom’s Dodge Dom’s distinctive muscle car makes a return appearance in Fast 8 and looks to have taken some serious gunfire already. It won’t be the first time his Charger gets mangled. (Photo: Facebook) 3/25 Letty’s Ral...

WEAC 2016 Registrations

Registrations for WEAC 2016 has started.  Kindly visit http://registration.waecdirect.org/   and follow the simple steps

WhatsApp stops support for certain mobile devices

As announced in our blog, we will soon be ending support for certain devices. At the end of 2016, we will no longer support the following platforms: BlackBerry, including BlackBerry 10 Nokia S40 Nokia Symbian S60 Android 2.1 and Android 2.2 Windows Phone 7.1 iPhone 3GS/iOS 6 These platforms don't offer the kind of capabilities we need to expand our app's features in the future. If you use one of these affected mobile devices, we recommend upgrading to a newer Android running OS 2.3+, a Windows Phone 8+, or an iPhone running iOS 7+ before the end of 2016 to continue using WhatsApp. Once you have one of these devices, simply install WhatsApp and verify your phone number on the new device to continue using WhatsApp. Keep in mind that WhatsApp can only be activated with one phone number on one device at a time. There is currently no option to transfer your chat history between platforms. However, we provide the option to send your chat history attached to an email. Lear...

No proof Buhari government is cutting cost –Dele Momodu

The Publisher of Ovation magazine, Dele Momodu, speaks about President Muhammadu Buhari’s government and other issues in this interview with ’NONYE BEN-NWANKWO and GBENRO ADEOYE What is your view on the state of the country? The state of the country now is a bit volatile. Don’t forget that a very strong political party was voted out of power last year, so naturally, the tension is still there. But my attitude to it is that the tension can be tackled by the government. There is nothing happening in Nigeria that has not happened elsewhere. In fact, we have had worse situations. In South Africa, Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years and when he came out of prison, he could have prolonged the disunity and the tension but he was smart enough to know that the only thing that could bring about progress in a nation is an atmosphere of peace. So that is what I recommend but unfortunately, some people in Nigeria feel that the tension should continue and that we should fight to the finish. But ...

No proof Buhari government is cutting cost –Dele Momodu

The Publisher of Ovation magazine, Dele Momodu, speaks about President Muhammadu Buhari’s government and other issues in this interview with ’NONYE BEN-NWANKWO and GBENRO ADEOYE What is your view on the state of the country? The state of the country now is a bit volatile. Don’t forget that a very strong political party was voted out of power last year, so naturally, the tension is still there. But my attitude to it is that the tension can be tackled by the government. There is nothing happening in Nigeria that has not happened elsewhere. In fact, we have had worse situations. In South Africa, Mandela was imprisoned for 27 years and when he came out of prison, he could have prolonged the disunity and the tension but he was smart enough to know that the only thing that could bring about progress in a nation is an atmosphere of peace. So that is what I recommend but unfortunately, some people in Nigeria feel that the tension should continue and that we should fight to the finish. But ...

House Summons Minister of Interior and Controller-General of the Nigerian Prisons Service Over Assault On Female Lawmaker

The House of Representatives has summoned the Minister of Interior, Lt-Gen. Abdulrahman Danbazzau(retd), and the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Prisons Service, Mr. Peter Ekpendu, over an alleged assault on a female member of the House. Security aides attached to the convoy of Mr. Ekpendu allegedly descended on Mrs. Onyemachi Mrukpor and slapped her for overtaking the convoy of the CG. A motion on the incident, which was moved by the Minority Leader of the House, Mr. Leo Ogor, was unanimously endorsed by members at Thursday’s session presided over by the Speaker, Mr. Yakubu Dogara. “The member was battered under the watch of the CG of prisons. Her offence was that she overtook the convoy of the CG within the premises of the National Assembly. “The CG of prisons is invited to explain why he should not be committed to prison in violation of Section 16 of the Legislative Houses, Powers and Privileges Act.” The law stipulates a penalty of N400,000 fine or a prison term of si...