BLACK ROSES. COMING JUNE 1ST 2021. This Heart Racing, Suspense Packed, and intriguing movie, with RMD, Annie Idibia, Pascal Atuma, and Chinny Chukwu aka Al
Vanessa Obioha
Recently, Netflix released ‘Clash’, a film by multiple award-winning film director and producer, Pascal Atuma. The film boasting a star-studded cast drawn from Nollywood, Hollywood, and other film industries, explores the complexities of multicultural relationships.
It focuses on a young Nigerian who for many years lived a lie with a misconception that his uncle was his biological father.
The movieâs storyline also reflects a broad spectrum of experience and nationalities. âEven though it is an African story, it is a family story that connects globally,â said the director Atuma.
âIt is a story that has to do with the struggle of a young man whose father died when he was very little and the mum married the uncle. He has grown up thinking that the uncle is his biological father, only for him to find out in Canada, during his graduation, when his uncle came over, that the uncle was not his real biological father. The family had him live a lie f
A new film titled ‘Clash’, directed by Canadian-Nigerian multiple award-winning film director/producer, Pascal Atuma was yesterday, released by American movie streaming company, Netflix.
SIMPLY TECH: Little role for space tech in nation’s security architecture
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By Okoh Aihe
As the security challenges in the country grow more complex, usually some questions come to mind.
For instance, what is the role of the National Space and Research Development Agency, NASRDA, and NIGCOMSAT in assisting and strengthening the nation’s security architecture, that is, if you permit the cliché? Why will they never help to resolve any of the plethora of kidnaps and terrorist activities in the country?
People are getting exhausted under punishing surreal anomie, and with no help coming their way, it is a frightening time of holding on to straws, hoping that help would come miraculously. With hopelessness in their eyes, they are searching for answers from even the most unlikely sources, and some of the platitudes that come out, if they come at all, don’t show us as serious people.
How to prevent Nigeria’s collapse
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By Afe Babalola, SAN,
At the current rate at which the nation is spiraling, it is hard to conclude that Nigeria will remain intact till the end of the 21st century, which is another 80 years from now. This is very optimistic.
Why do I say this? I grew up during the colonial days and our teachers in Emmanuel Primary School, Ado-Ekiti, the only educational institution I ever attended, taught us about the sanctity of life. To drive their point home, they taught us such poems as “Yi ese re siapakan, ma se pa kokoroni. Kokoroti o konaanini, Olorun lo le da”; meaning: “Don’t kill that insect which only God and no man can create”. If we were forbidden from killing a mere insect then, how come then that wanton killing on the farm, on the streets, in the classrooms and in hotel rooms has become the order of the day?