Veteran Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie is celebrating his 74th birthday today, and the actor marked the day by being grateful to God for sparing his life to witness his new age. ’74 today! Grateful and Thankful to God almighty. Thank you for your prayers and wishes’ The ace actor wrote in a short message on his official Instagram page. View this post on Instagram A post shared by PETE EDOCHIE (M.O.N) (@peteedochie) Pete Edochie was…
Prof. Wole Soyinka – the Nobel Laureate has again called for the decentralization and restructuring of Nigeria as a long-term solution to some of the country’s challenges, The Punch Newspaper reports. Soyinka made the call while speaking at the 2021 Obafemi Awolowo Lecture titled, ‘Whither Nigeria?’ organized by the Obafemi Awolowo Foundation. He said: “There is a consensus that this country whether in terms of governance, economic relations, security, educational policy, cultural policy, etc, requires…
A Northern entrepreneur who saw immense opportunities in the sheer wastages of oranges and mangoes being produced in the Northern states of Nigeria has built a multimillion Naira processing facility where mangoes, oranges, guava, and pineapples are processed into juices and sold in other states. The entrepreneur, Mohammed Njidda is the CEO of Longa-Ewa Lakes Limited – an agro-business company located in Ija village in Niger state close to Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The…
If you’ve ever watched any decent Nollywood movie, chances are you must have heard some of the words of veteran Nigerian actor, Pete Edochie. The 73-year-old is considered to be one of the most talented actors in Africa, and he is famous for his masterful use of African proverbs to communicate his messages in movies. By far his most popular work is when he played the lead role, Okonkwo in NTA’s screen adaptation of Chinua…
A Spanish rapper in the city of Zaragoza is going on trial accused of cutting off a British teacher’s penis with a 12-inch kitchen knife for 200 Euros, DailyMail reports. According to the charge sheet, 35-year-old Briton, an English teacher identified only as Andrew B, agreed to have his penis amputated and payment would depend on the number of times video of the amputation was viewed on social media. The rapper Aaron Beltran, if found…