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                       Some stakeholders in the Nollywood industry had attributed the direct participation of actors in politics to gain, power and quest for change in the country. The President, Association of Movie Producers in Nigeria, Mr Zulu Okafor, made this known on phone in Abuja. He said that actors go into politics for the gain, power and passion to bring change and stability to the country. Continue...

                       Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar will today formally declare his presidential ambition on the platform of the opposition All Progressives Congress (APC). The former Vice President’s declaration is, however, coming against the backdrop of his being endorsed by a South-west caucus of the APC. Continue...

Abuja (NAN) – The Minister of Science and Technology, Abdu Bulama, said on Tuesday in Abuja that Nigeria would design, fabricate, test and launch its indigenous satellite by 2018. Bulama stated this when he inspected facilities at the Obasanjo Space Centre of the National Space Research and Development Agency (NASRDA). Continue...

                     The senate has announced that it will not intervene in the case of the 12 Maiduguri soldiers who were convicted for mutiny and sentenced to death for opening fire on their own commander. Thompson Sekibo, Chairman of the Senate Committee on Defence disclosed this yesterday, after a meeting between the senate committee and the service chiefs, Vanguard reports.

                       They started from the bottom and now they are here! Dr. Dre, Jay Z, Drake, and Diddy are the world’s highest paid hip hop acts of 2014, according to Forbes . Dre has earned a whopping $620 million. Even though he hasn’t released an album in a while, he is the highest paid act due to Apple’s $3 billion purchase of his “Beats by Dre” product line. Jigga and Diddy come in second with earnings of $60 million. With $33 million, Drizzy is the third highest earning Hip Hop act. Nicki Minaj earned $14 million, making her the 11th highest paid Hip Hop act, and the only female rapper on the top 20 list. See the full top 20 list below:

                And the latest Nigerian entertainer to delve into politics is…. *drum roll* Tony Tetuila! The “My Car” crooner who used to be part of music group The Remedies, is reportedly running for a Kwara State House of Assembly seat. Tetuila joins the likes of Nigerian artist, 9ice, and Nollywood stars Julius Agwu, Kate Henshaw, and Desmond Elliot who have announced their interest in political positions for the 2015 elections