First In The NEWS Bulletin is your regular Entertainment Gist headlines:1. A NEW Nollywood Movie To Be Released Today:
All is now set for the release of a highly anticipated Nollywood movie entitled, “Heroes and Zeros” today August31, 2012 at the Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island. A close insider told Edeson Online News that A-list actors, star musicians and important personalities will grace Lagos for the premiere of the movie which promises to be one of the biggest in the industry .Topping the list of special guests expected at the premiere are the lead actors of the movie, Ghanaian actress, Nadia Buari, veteran Nigerian actor, Olu Jacobs, Tinsel star, Bimbo Manuel, fast rising actor, Gabriel Afolayan and others.
2. NAETO’ C EX-INLAW’s WIFE IS PREGNANT:
Fresh information reaching Edeson Online News from a reliable source said that the wife of a former inlaw to Nigerian rapper NAETO C is pregnant. The multi millionaire father of four and ex-husband to Naeto C's older sister, Somachi Chikwe, is expecting his first child with new wife, Ikeme Kachukwu. It would be recalled that the new couple Dumebi and Ikeme got married in June 2011 after dating for a few years.
3. American Rapper, BEANIE SIGEL Has Been Arrested:
Popular American rapper Beanie Sigel was arrested on Wednesday on drug and gun possession charges, celebrity website TMZ.com reported, days before he was headed to prison for tax evasion. The rapper, whose real name is Dwight Grant, was arrested during a traffic stop during which police found prescription pills, marijuana, a gun and cash in his car, TMZ.com said. Sigel, 38, best known for his collaborations with rapper Jay-Z and R&B artist R. Kelly, was sentenced to prison last month after owing more than $728,000 in back taxes to the Internal Revenue Service.
4. Veteran HOLLYWOOD Producer, Brian Gerber is DEAD!:
Documentary producer, Brian Gerber was found dead on a mountain highway Northeast of Los Angeles. Brian Gerber worked with Leonardo DiCaprio in his environmental film, ‘The 11th Hour’. According to Coroner’s spokesman Ed Winter, Gerber’s body was found on Wednesday morning near a vehicle that plunged from a mountain highway northeast of Los Angeles. His death is being investigated as a possible suicide says Winter. Gerber was reported missing over the weekend by his family.
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5. NIGERIANS ARE DOING WELL AT THE PARALYMPICS::
Yakubu Adesokan has won the first gold medal for Nigeria in the on-going Paralympic Games in London. The 33 year-old did it in style by breaking the world record in the men's 48 category by lifting 178 kg, which is over three times his body weight.
6. Nigeria’s Falconets Has qualified For Semi-Finals::
After beating Mexico by 1-0 yesterday Nigeria has qualified for Semi-finals in the on-going female U-20 Female world cup holding at Japan. Nigeria has won their second successive FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup semi-final with a hard-fought 1-0 extra-time victory over a resilient Mexico in Tokyo. Nigeria, beaten finalists in Germany two years ago, were dominant throughout the first hour, but were unable to make the breakthrough on the scoreboard until Desire Oparanozie’s decisive goal on 109 minutes.
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FEDERAL GOVT Has Denied Allegation::
7. The Federal Government, yesterday, flayed allegations that it had ordered some foreign airlines to stop operating into Abuja and Kano international airports, saying the accusation gave the impression that it was playing ethnic politics with the issue.
8. First Global Classroom To Be Lunched In Nigeria:
Traditional teaching and learning methods in the conventional classroom is about to phase as an ICT firm, Teledom Group International, said it has perfected plans to launch the first global smart classroom in the country. The new digital technology enhanced classroom, expected to be launched by President Goodluck Jonathan, is expected to boost the quality of teaching and knowledge assimilation level of Nigerian students by leveraging learning technology, such as computers, specialized software, audience response technology, video conferencing platform, interactive smart board, multimedia projector, LCD TV, DVD player/recorder, USB duplicator and SATA storage device among others.
9. SAMSUNG has Unveiled Wireless Printers::
Samsung Electronics West Africa, a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd, the second largest vendor in global printing market, announced the availability of wireless printers, ML-2165W and ML-2160 series, the USB version in the Nigerian market. The ML-2165W printer is a wireless model of the Samsung range of printers which enable users to access and print documents from a mobile device installed with Samsung’s MobilePrint applications. While conventional methods require a 10-step set up procedure on a wireless network, Samsung’s one touch wireless feature (WPS button on the device) enables users to be connected with the printer through an access point/router in just 2 minutes.
10. Uganda Is Now The Most Corrupt Country In East Africa::
Uganda has been ranked the most corrupt country in East Africa. According to the East African Bribery Report 2012 launched by Transparency International yesterday ,30 August 2012 at Imperial Royale hotel, Kampala Uganda registered the highest number of corruption cases and is followed by Tanzania while Kenya is the third corrupt country in East Africa. Burundi is the fourth while Rwanda is the least corrupt country in East Africa. The survey considered bribery experiences recorded on the basis of public service sectors instead of individual institutions.
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