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Everything you need to live well Black Panther actress, Lupita Nyong’o has confirmed the screen adaptation of Chimamanda Adichie’s acclaimed novel, ‘Americanah’. News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Nyong’o said this in a recent Vogue magazine interview, adding that fans do not have to wait much longer for the adaptation. She said, “My dream project is finally getting to make Americanah [a 2013 novel by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie], which is looking very, very likely. “It’s going to happen in the near future and it’s been a long time in the making and I’m very, very ripe and ready to get into that for sure.” NAN reports that Nyong’o purchased the film rights to ‘Americanah’ in 2014 and immediately collaborated with fellow Black Panther’s castmate, Dania Gurira to write the screenplay. However, in 2018, the duo stated that the novel was being turned into a mini-series and not a feature film. They visited Nigeria to do research for the screen project. Fans expressed de

mu March 19, 2019, 2:21 PM GMT+1Updated on March 20, 2019, 7:56 AM GMT+1 ⚫Company agrees to buy from farmers at market-linked prices ⚫Plant designed to meet domestic demand for tomato paste A tomato-paste factory owned by Africa’s richest man, Aliko Dangote, resumed production in Nigeria’s northern state of Kano after staying idle for more than two years over a supply disruption partly caused by a price dispute with farmers. The factory, with a capacity for 1,200 metric tons of tomato paste daily and targeted at meeting domestic demand, restarted production last week processing about 100 tons a day. It will ramp up output as tomato supply improves, according to Abdulkareem Kaita, the managing director of Dangote Farms Ltd, which owns the factory. “Our major challenge is the scarcity of the tomato,” Kaita said in an interview at the factory in Kadawa, outside the northern city of Kano. “The local tomato growers could not meet our production demand, we also could not agree w

 The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has petitioned the National Judicial Council, NJC, over what it termed the violation of the Constitution and Electoral Act by Justice Ekwo Inyang of the Federal High Court by sitting on a matter that ought to have been handled by an election petition tribunal, as created by the provisions of the laws. The party stated that by granting an ex parte order stopping the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) from concluding the governorship election in Bauchi State, Justice Inyang violated Section 87(11) of the Electoral Act, which states that “no court has the power or jurisdiction to stop any election pending the determination of a suit.” This was contained in a statement signed and forwarded to DAILY POST on Wednesday by PDP’s spokesperson, Kola Ologbondiyan. In an affidavit sworn to by the PDP’s National Chairman, Prince Uche Secondus in Abuja, the party stated that issues of collation of results and declaration of winner was a p

Everything you need to live well Walt Disney Co. said Tuesday it would close its blockbuster deal for the film and television assets of 21st Century Fox on March 20, a deal likely to reshape the media-entertainment landscape. The $71 billion deal gives Disney the prized 20th Century Fox studios and other media production units. It also vastly reduces the empire of media mogul Rupert Murdoch and his family, who are planning a “new Fox” that includes the US broadcast network and the Fox News Channel. The Disney-Fox deal comes amid a shifting media sector where the “legacy” producers controlling Hollywood are seeking to fend off competition from emerging streaming firms including Netflix and Amazon. Disney is expected to launch a rival streaming platform later this year, and Apple is expected to launch its own service as well. The deal gives Disney the 20th Century Fox studios along with a controlling stake in Hulu, the online platform created by media groups to challenge

uspends Head Teacher of Okotie-Eboh Primary School By Elizabeth Uwandu ASABA—The Delta State Government has frowned at the unauthorised levies and fees unilaterally imposed on pupils by Schools vis a vis sending children away from school with the added threat of being flogged for inability to pay ‘school’ fees. The Commissioner for Basic and Secondary Education, Mr Chiedu Ebie stated this in an interview with journalists during an inspection visit to Okotie-Eboh Primary School 1 & II, Sapele in Sapele Local Government Area, Delta State on the basis of the video of one Miss Success of Okotie Eboh Primary School, Sapele who was sent for her inability to pay school fees. According to Ebie, “Since the video of Miss Success of Okotie Eboh Primary School, Sapele broke and went viral last Friday, I have been inundated with messages and calls. “By virtue of the Universal Basic Education, UBE, Act, Education at the Basic Education Level is FREE. However, in Delta State that pro

Ahead of Friday’s 2019 Africa Cup of Nations qualifier against Seychelles, head coach of the Super Eagles, Gernot Rohr, has explained why it is difficult for him to call up players from the Nigeria Professional Football League (NPFL). Rohr, speaking with SportingLife, said the domestic league is not professionally run, while most of the clubs lack the necessary infrastructures. He also admitted the players lack exposure to quality training and match conditions. “I can tell you that it is not easy for the local players when you see the conditions they have to play. Playing on old astro-turf, not able to play for up to six months because the league is on break, how will they be fit and be able to compete with the players from Europe, who have the best competitions for training, playing, organization, health and so on. “So it is not easy for the local players, but we have four in the team now because I invited two from the Under-20, the captain and the best defender. But each t

Bill Clinton, the former President of United States of America, wants to meet Tanitoluwa Adewumi, the 8-year-old Nigerian homeless refugee child who was recently crowned New York Chess Champion. Bill Clinton who disclosed that he wants to meet the 8-year-old Nigerian homeless refugee child who was recently crowned New York Chess Champion, wrote on Twitter; “Refugees enrich our nation and talent is universal, even if opportunity is not.” This story made me smile. Tanitoluwa, you exemplify a winning spirit – in chess and in life. And kudos to your hardworking parents. You all should stop by my office in Harlem; I’d love to meet you. Recall that we reported that the 8-year-old Nigerian homeless refugee child who was recently crowned a New York Chess Champion, moved to the US with his family to escape Boko Haram, a terrorist group responsible for atrocious attacks. He enrolled in a local elementary school with his siblings not long after they arrived, and he discovered the ches