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Chief Daddy Makes N40 Million In Its Opening Weekend Everything you need to live well Over the weekend, the new comedy from EbonyLife Films, Chief Daddy, debuted in cinemas across the country. The much-anticipated movie got off to a superb start, selling over N40 million worth of movie tickets in its first three days of regional release. Although these figures exclude advance and private screenings, Chief Daddy is currently the number one film in Nigeria and west Africa. The movie has taken the top spot, surpassing ‘Mortal Engines’, ‘Robin Hood’ and ‘Creed II’. The movie chalked up the second-highest opening weekend for a Nollywood film in 2018 and the third-highest-ever opening weekend for a Nollywood film. This makes it the fifth consecutive number one feature from EbonyLife Films, following Fifty, The Wedding Party, The Wedding Party 2 and The Royal Hibiscus Hotel. The N42.6 million debut has Chief Daddy officially surpassing The Wedding Party, Nigeria’

SNEPCo’s Bonga hits 800 million barrels in 13 years    [ Update Vanguard ] By Prince Okafor Shell Nigeria Exploration and Production Company (SNEPCo) yesterday, said its deep-water exploration, the Bonga vessel in the past 13 years has produced over 800 million barrels of crude oil. In its review of the performance of the Bonga Floating Production, Storage, and Offloading (FPSO) vessel for 2018, SNEPCo’s Managing Director, Bayo Ojulari, expressed satisfaction with the consistent availability and optimal performance of the vessel which began operation at the Bonga field in OML 118 in 2005 under a production sharing contract with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC). “We are relentless in our pursuit of excellence on all fronts, and this we have consistently demonstrated with the management of Bonga to the satisfaction of our government and co-venture partners,” Ojulari said in Lagos on Monday. “We leverage the Shell group’s global expertise

A plea for economic planning [ Update Vanguard ] By Obadiah Mailafa DURING the economic recession of the 1980s the doyen of Nigerian economics, Pius Nwabufo Okigbo, delivered a lecture at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, with the title, “Sorcerers, Astrologers and Nigerian Economic Recovery.” Yours sincerely was among the audience during that steamy 1986 summer afternoon in Kuru. It was a brilliant performance. The late economist gave that dramatic title to his erudite lecture to drive home the point about how bereft we are in terms of serious critical thinking about the economy. Instead of basing economic decision-making on hard-headed analysis, historical knowledge, awareness of institutional dynamics, statistical research and data analytics, most of the time we seem content to hide behind abstract modelling, guesswork, wishful thinking and shots in the dark. What was true of the Nigeria of the eighties is, unfortunately, true of the Ni

See New Transformation Of Mother And Daughter With Identical Facial Tumors. A mother and daughter with identical facial tumours have been given a new lease life after volunteer doctors removed the growths for free. The mother, known only as Valerie, was bullied for 25 years over her 8lbs (3.6kg) salivary-gland tumour, which dominated the right side of her face. She was devastated when her daughter Edith, now 12, developed a similar growth five years ago, which started as just a small lump behind her ear. Barely able to make ends meet, the pair, from Cameroon, had no choice but to let the bulging masses grow until Valerie discovered the floating hospital Mercy Ships was docked eight hours away. Valerie made the heartbreaking decision to leave her daughter while she traveled to have life-changing surgery. After a lengthy six-week recovery, she returned to her village, only to make the voyage again with Edith in tow. It is unclear how much Edith’s tumour we

”May your road to 2019 be like Nigerian roads” – Charly Boy’s sends birthday message to  President Buhari (Tweet) President Muhammadu Buhari has celebrated his 76th birthday at a private ceremony in Abuja. The President who turned 76 today, cut his birthday cake amidst cheers from his aides and friends. One of Nigeria’s most controversial entertainers, best known for his alternative lifestyle, political views, and media productions Charly Boy, born Charles Chukwuemeka Oputa, took to Instagram on Monday evening to wish President Buhari a happy 76th birthday. Posting a photo of President Buhari on his twitter page, Charly Boy, the second son of former Supreme Court justice Chukwudifu Oputa, wrote: Happy birthday PMB😭 * May your light shine like NEPA. 😤 * May your road to 2019 be like Nigerian roads. 😡 * May your heath be like Nigerian health sector.😰 * May your wealth be like Nigerian economy🤒 * May you be treated as you treated Ni

Breaking! Manchester United sack Jose Mourinho Jose Mourinho has been sacked by Manchester United following their disappointing start to the season. The Red Devils currently sit sixth in the Premier League table but have already lost five times in 17 matches, leaving them 19 points behind leaders Liverpool and 11 off fourth-placed Chelsea in the fight for Champions League places. That follows a summer transfer window in which Mourinho routinely complained about a lack of signings, with the Portuguese unable to persuade the club’s hierarchy to sign a new centre-back. Mourinho has continued to drop hints that he remains unhappy at that failure to spend big, and he now leaves after two-and-a-half years at the Old Trafford helm, with his final match in charge Sunday’s 3-1 defeat to arch-rivals Liverpool. “Manchester United announces that manager Jose Mourinho has left the club with immediate effect,” a statement read. “The club would like to thank Jose for his work

Europa League draw: Chelsea, Arsenal opponents revealed [See full fixtures] The draw for the Europa league round of 32 has been released The draw, which was streamed on the UEFA website, was released on Monday in Nyon, Switzerland. Below is the Europa League round of 32 draw in full: Viktoria Plzen vs Dinamo Zagreb Club Brugge vs FC Salzburg Rapid Vienna vs Inter Milan Slavia Prague vs Genk FC Krasnodar vs Bayer Leverkusen FC Zurich vs Napoli Malmo vs Chelsea Shakhtar Donetsk vs Eintracht Frankfurt Celtic vs Valencia Rennes vs Real Betis Olympiacos vs Dynamo Kiev Lazio vs Sevilla Fenerbahce vs Zenit St Petersburg Sporting Lisbon vs Villarreal BATE Borisov vs Arsenal Galatasaray vs Benfica https://samueljackson12.blogspot.com/2018/12/europa-league-draw-chelsea-arsenal.html