Female directors who have worked on TV shows like “American Horror Story” and “Scandal” say quotas are necessary to obtain more gender and racial diversity in Hollywood. “I never want to be hired because I’m a woman director, but maybe at this moment there needs to be quotas,” said Maggie …

A coalition of civil society groups, under the umbrella name of Center for Civil Society and Justice (CCSJ), has staged a rally in Abuja in support of President Muhammadu Buhari who has been on medical vacation in London for close to 100 days. The protesters today converged at Unity Fountain, the same …

A Nigerian, Emmanuel Oluwatosin Kazeem,  accused of obtaining more than 125,000 stolen taxpayer identities from across the United States has been convicted in federal court in Oregon. He was found guilty on 19 counts of mail and wire fraud, aggravated identity theft and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. …

Many people were feared dead on Thursday in a fresh attack by Boko Haram Islamists in Ghumbili community in the Madagali Local Government Area of Adamawa. The attack comes a few days after a similar incident in a neighbouring village in the Local Government, known as Mildu, where seven people …

Ahead of  the November 18 governorship election in his state, the Anambra State Governor, Willie Obiano, has accused the ruling All Progressives Congress,  APC, of trying to plunge the state into crisis in order to use its federal might to impose a state of emergency. The governor who was reacting …

The Buhari Media Support Group (BMSG) on Thursday in Abuja, said the stolen funds traced to former Petroleum Minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, could fund infrastructure development in the country. Specifically, the group said in a statement by its Chairman, Austin Braimoh, and Secretary, Cassidy Madueke, that government could build six world-class …

Rwanda’s electoral commission on Wednesday confirmed President Paul Kagame’s overwhelming victory in last week’s presidential election, even improving his score slightly to 98.79 percent. There had been little doubt that the 59-year-old would return to the helm of the east African nation which he has ruled with an iron fist …

The National Council of Women Societies has lent its voice to the call by the Army High Command for parents in Borno State to stop donating their daughters to Boko Haram for suicide missions. A statement signed by Hajiya Binta Ibrahim, the council’s Public Relations Officer, described the act as …

The Consumer Protection Council has dissociated itself from an insinuated N17m judgment against Coca-Cola by the Supreme Court of Nigeria. The Director-General of CPC, Mr Babatunde Irukera, said this in a statement by Mr Abiodun Obimuyiwa, the Head of Public Affairs of the council, on Wednesday in Abuja. The Supreme …

Less than one week after a warrant of arrest was issued against 30 Chief Executive Officers over nonappearance, Chairman of the Senate Joint Committee on Customs, Excise and Tariff; and Marine Transport, Senator Hope Uzodinma, on Wednesday said the executives have appeared before the probe panel. The committee had on …