COVID-19: Examining Nollywood’s fate as Hollywood studios push release dates

NewsNigeriaNollywoodCOVID-19: Examining Nollywood’s fate as Hollywood studios push release dates

PilotnewsMarch 16, 2020

Disney announced to fans worldwide on March 12, that it had pushed the theatre release for ‘Mulan’ due to growing coronavirus concerns. It is easy to see why Disney would refuse to risk the earning potential of the film as more people are resorting to isolation in order to contain the virus. Disney spent 200 million dollars to produce ‘Mulan’, a large sum of money that does not include marketing fees. Given how familiar the animated...

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Film on tackling drug abuse, crime premieres in Abuja

FilmNewsNigeriaFilm on tackling drug abuse, crime premieres in Abuja

PilotnewsMarch 16, 2020

A short film exposing the pressure on young people to take to crime and drug abuse has premiered in Abuja. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the film, ‘Vices’, was directed by acclaimed director, Favour Akubo and feature several young actors including Samuel Kazim who played the lead. ‘Vices’, endorsed by the National Orientation Agency (NOA), involve a young man, Ikechukwu Obiora who is in the centre of peer pressure to commit crime and...

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Timi Dakolo Starts off the Year With a Music Video, ‘Take’

NewsNigeriaTimi Dakolo Starts off the Year With a Music Video, ‘Take’

PilotnewsMarch 16, 2020

A Nigerian vocalist and songwriter, Timi Dakolo, has released his first project for 2020 titled ‘Take’, featuring popular Nigerian rapper and YBNL boss, Olamide. Dakolo got his breakthrough into the Nigerian music industry after he emerged winner of the inaugural season of Idols West Africa in 2007. His win came with a recording contract with Sony BMG which gave his music career the needed boost. The Pheelz produced track, ‘Take’ is a love song which...

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Oyo Comptroller lands in jailed over alleged N25m fraud

NewsNigeriaOyo Comptroller lands in jailed over alleged N25m fraud

PilotnewsMarch 16, 2020

The Upper Area Court sitting in Ilorin has ordered the remand of Oyo State Comptroller of Correctional Service Centre, Bamidele Ademola, for allegedly defrauding one Dele Adeleke to the tune of N2 million. This is the second time the judge will issue the order following Ademola’s alleged perpetual habit of jumping bail. It was also gathered that Ademola had one time been remanded at the Correctional Service Centre, but was released when he paid less...

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Sanwo-Olu visits Abule Ado, Lagos explosion scene, sets up N2bn relief fund for victims

NewsNigeriaSanwo-Olu visits Abule Ado, Lagos explosion scene, sets up N2bn relief fund for victims

PilotnewsMarch 16, 2020

The Lagos State Government on Monday setup a N2 billion Emergency Relief Fund to assist victims of Sunday’s explosion at Abule Ado area of the state. Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu announced the establishment of the ”Abule Ado Emergency Relief Fund” after visiting the scene of the explosion at Ado Suba in Abule Ado. Sanwo-Olu said that three account numbers had been opened at different banks for well-meaning Nigerians to assist the state government in assisting the...

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Governor Fayemi Signs Amotekun Bill into Law

NewsNigeriaGovernor Fayemi Signs Amotekun Bill into Law

PilotnewsMarch 16, 2020

Gov. Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti has signed the Ekiti State Security Network Agency Bill, otherwise known as “Amotekun Corps” into Law. Signing the bill into law in Ado-Ekiti on Monday, the governor warned criminals to turn a new leaf, or relocate to alternative places, as it will henceforth not be business as usual for them. According to him, Amotekun will help the police to gather intelligence and information, while police would arrest and prosecute the...

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I am Sure of Something

Fiction & PoetryLifestyleI am Sure of Something

PilotnewsMarch 16, 2020

O breezy smile you create for me A world that stayed with patience beyond time. I do not need to worry out patience as I wait out this sweet pain on the edge of this world. The Texas heat too, even the humidity and pattern of repressed air is precisely the same as broke my heart. For time passing —now I am sure of something! Something will be ours, but what? Was it whenever we...

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Tinubu Takes a Stand on Oshiomhole’s Battle, Says 2023 Ambition Destroying Party

NewsNigeriaPoliticsTinubu Takes a Stand on Oshiomhole’s Battle, Says 2023 Ambition Destroying Party

PilotnewsMarch 16, 2020

Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu has given his support for the All Progressive Congress (APC) embattled chairman, saying that Oshiomhole was human with both merits and flaws and this should not be a basis for his dismissal. In a statement released on Sunday ahead of the APC National Executive Council (NEC) meeting scheduled to be held tomorrow where the fate of Mr. Oshiomhole would be known, Mr. Tinubu expressed his disappointment at the plot to remove...

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Africa: Oil and Debt

AfricaEconomyAfrica: Oil and Debt

PilotnewsMarch 15, 2020

Last month, World Bank’s managing director David Malpass expressed concern about the amount of debt some of Africa’s economies were piling on. In particular, he worried about the lack of transparency in some of the loan deals being struck with China. Africa’s debt load has soared some 150% to over $583 billion in 2018 from $236 billion 10 years earlier, according to World Bank data. A sizable chunk of that debt in Africa is made...

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