Monday, 11 November 2013

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1week after Taraba speaker’s death, his deputy escape assassination

Posted: 11 Nov 2013 05:01 AM PST

Barely a week after the death of Speaker of Taraba State House of Assembly Haruna Tsokwa under circumstance that is still generating different interpretations in the state, his deputy Adamu Tanko Maikarfi has also escaped being killed by unknown assassins who trailed him to a certain location in Jalingo. SaharaReporters confirmed the story from the Deputy Speaker through our source.

Maikarfi who sounded fearless on the phone said, "It is true that they came wanting to kill me in my brother's home. They got tips that I was there; when they came they did not meet me, after they searched all the rooms holding everyone at gunpoint. God saved me and I thank God, they did not also kill anyone in the house. Only the wife was traumatized as they took her around the house searching for me."

He added that the security agencies in the state are aware of the development, and that he will continue to stand by the truth and will not bow to any pressure to compromise. (SaharaReporters)

Do you know that upcoming actors in Nigeria now pay to feature in movies?

Posted: 11 Nov 2013 04:37 AM PST

I know it sounds unbelievable, but it's fact! A-list Nollywood actors & actresses get paid for featuring in movies, but if you're an unknown actor struggling to get into the movie industry, some movie producers make you pay to feature in their movies. That's the new trend now. I'm sure some Nollywood practitioners will come here to deny this but y'all know it's true. And if you don't know this already, you guys need to start investigating this.

If you're looking to feature in a movie, all you need to do is pay a fee, no audition is required. For minor roles, these producers demand anything from N50k to N100k...it all depends on the role they are giving you. If you want to play a lead role it's between N500k to N1million. Waka pass people are even made to pay.

The trick some of these producers use is this; they say they are not making money from these movies because people aren't buying them so can't invest all their money in it. They also say finding financiers to pay for the production of a movie is hard, so for these movies to see the light of day, every cast member has to contribute. Thing is, many are eager to pay. Several people told me that it's the girls they refer to as 'runz girls' looking for popularity that started this trend. They would offer movie producers money to feature in their movie so they can refer to themselves as actresses and now it's become a part of Nollywood.

But let me state here that there are some movie producers who don't do this...not all of them demand for money. But a lot of them do. Is that OK? What's your thought on this new trend?

Davido pictured with his 'lil bros', the U-17 Golden Eaglets

Posted: 11 Nov 2013 04:31 AM PST

These our Golden Eaglets really look young o. I heard the oldest is actually 17. I said I heard...:-)

Man nails his own testicles to the ground in front of horrified tourists

Posted: 11 Nov 2013 04:29 AM PST

A naked Russian artist nailed his own testicles to the ground in a bizarre protest against his country's authoritarian regime. Self-styled performance artist Pyotr Pavelnsky hammered a large metal nail through his scrotum and into the cobblestones in front of Moscow's Red Square as hundreds of horrified tourists watched on.

Police eventually covered him up with a blanket before removing him from the scene. He was taken to a clinic for treatment and placed under arrest.

Pavelnsky has previously performed painful protests to highlight political causes. In 2011 he sewed his lips together to highlight the plight of the jailed Pussy Riot group and he later wrapped his naked body in barbed wire outside a government building in St Petersburg.

See the horrifying video after the cut...
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