TCM brings new cinema experience to town

Cinema audiences get a new experience from Turner Classic Movies, as they partner with Silverbird Cinemas to kick offTCM Presents, reports Movie Moments To launch this rerun of great titles on the silver screen, Silverbird will show 2002 Hollywood thriller, The Bourne Identity. TCM which is on DStv channel 137 will also be screening the thriller on July 10. Read more at Movie Moments For the latest on national news, politics, sport, entertainment and more follow us on Twitterand like our Facebookpage.

Update on Suarez bite. Some Chinese are intending to make money over Suarez. Eheheheh.

Chinese online stores are cheekily trying to cash in on Uruguay striker Luis Suarez's notorious bite of an opponent at the World Cup by selling bottle openers with his image. Liverpool forward Suarez was given a four month ban from football for sinking his teeth into Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during their final group match in Brazil last month. He was also suspended for nine internationals and fined $112 000 for what was his third offence of biting an opposition player. Popular Chinese retail website Taobao has retailers offering bottle openers in a cartoon image of Suarez, looking angry with his mouth wide open, for 16.80 yuan ($2.70). The China Daily newspaper reported that the products were proving popular. "I came up with the idea the night I watched the game and saw the bite," Wang Lin, who owns an e-shop on Taobao.com, told the paper. "It has been a good sales idea, the only problem being that the manufacturing process cannot keep up with demand," he added. The bottle openers are not the first fun response to Suarez's bite - an online Swedish sex shop unveiled a "Suarez nipple clamp" in the form of the footballer's head, teeth bared, for $45. Uruguay have lodged an appeal against the ban on Suarez who later apologised for his actions.

Update on Suarez bite. Some Chinese are intending to make money over Suarez. Eheheheh.

Chinese online stores are cheekily trying to cash in on Uruguay striker Luis Suarez's notorious bite of an opponent at the World Cup by selling bottle openers with his image. Liverpool forward Suarez was given a four month ban from football for sinking his teeth into Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during their final group match in Brazil last month. He was also suspended for nine internationals and fined $112 000 for what was his third offence of biting an opposition player. Popular Chinese retail website Taobao has retailers offering bottle openers in a cartoon image of Suarez, looking angry with his mouth wide open, for 16.80 yuan ($2.70). The China Daily newspaper reported that the products were proving popular. "I came up with the idea the night I watched the game and saw the bite," Wang Lin, who owns an e-shop on Taobao.com, told the paper. "It has been a good sales idea, the only problem being that the manufacturing process cannot keep up with demand," he added. The bottle openers are not the first fun response to Suarez's bite - an online Swedish sex shop unveiled a "Suarez nipple clamp" in the form of the footballer's head, teeth bared, for $45. Uruguay have lodged an appeal against the ban on Suarez who later apologised for his actions.

Update on Suarez bite. Some Chinese are intending to make money over Suarez. Eheheheh.

Chinese online stores are cheekily trying to cash in on Uruguay striker Luis Suarez's notorious bite of an opponent at the World Cup by selling bottle openers with his image. Liverpool forward Suarez was given a four month ban from football for sinking his teeth into Italy defender Giorgio Chiellini during their final group match in Brazil last month. He was also suspended for nine internationals and fined $112 000 for what was his third offence of biting an opposition player. Popular Chinese retail website Taobao has retailers offering bottle openers in a cartoon image of Suarez, looking angry with his mouth wide open, for 16.80 yuan ($2.70). The China Daily newspaper reported that the products were proving popular. "I came up with the idea the night I watched the game and saw the bite," Wang Lin, who owns an e-shop on Taobao.com, told the paper. "It has been a good sales idea, the only problem being that the manufacturing process cannot keep up with demand," he added. The bottle openers are not the first fun response to Suarez's bite - an online Swedish sex shop unveiled a "Suarez nipple clamp" in the form of the footballer's head, teeth bared, for $45. Uruguay have lodged an appeal against the ban on Suarez who later apologised for his actions.

Finally: Nigerian Censors board approves 'Half of a Yellow Sun' in Nigeria.

Local censors on Friday approved the release of the civil war film "Half of a Yellow Sun" after a more than two-month delay during which the producers agreed to edit certain scenes. The film, based on the best-selling novel of the same name and starring Oscar-nominated British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, is about the 1967-1970 Biafra War which killed more than a million people, many from starvation. Already showing in Britain and the United States, the film's Nigeria release had been set for April, but hours before its first scheduled public screening, the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) blocked the release citing "regulatory issues". Writing for the New Yorker magazine's website in May, the novel's author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said the authorities were concerned about a scene in the film adaptation depicting the massacre of Christians from the Igbo ethnic group by Muslim Hausa tribesman at a northern Nigeria airport. The southeast, which is dominated by Igbos, cited such massacres as a key reason for their region's unilateral declaration of independence, a move the sparked the civil war. The NVFCB has never clearly spelt out its opposition to the film, but said in a statement on Friday that "Half of a Yellow Sun" had been approved for release. Censors board spokesman Caesar Kagho told AFP he could not go into detail about what was removed from the film and why. Kene Mkparu of Filmhouse Cinemas, which is distributing the film in Nigeria, told AFP changes were made from the version shown in the West, but declined to be specific. "We didn't have to change the essence of the film, but we complied with what they asked us to do," he said. Ejiofor, who was nominated for Best Actor at this year's Academy Awards for his role in "12 Years a Slave", which picked up Best Picture, stars opposite British actress Thandie Newton in "Half of a Yellow Sun". The southeast's attempt to create an independent Igbo-led nation, which they called Biafra, was crushed by British-backed federal forces which had military superiority and used scorched earth tactics, including the blockage of all food imports to the breakaway region. More than four decades on, the Biafra War remains a highly contentious subject in Nigeria, with some marginal Igbo groups still calling for independence.

Finally: The Nigerian Film Censors Board approves 'Half of a Yellow Sun' after edit

Local censors on Friday approved the release of the civil war film "Half of a Yellow Sun" after a more than two-month delay during which the producers agreed to edit certain scenes. The film, based on the best-selling novel of the same name and starring Oscar-nominated British actor Chiwetel Ejiofor, is about the 1967-1970 Biafra War which killed more than a million people, many from starvation. Already showing in Britain and the United States, the film's Nigeria release had been set for April, but hours before its first scheduled public screening, the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) blocked the release citing "regulatory issues". Writing for the New Yorker magazine's website in May, the novel's author Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie said the authorities were concerned about a scene in the film adaptation depicting the massacre of Christians from the Igbo ethnic group by Muslim Hausa tribesman at a northern Nigeria airport. The southeast, which is dominated by Igbos, cited such massacres as a key reason for their region's unilateral declaration of independence, a move the sparked the civil war. The NVFCB has never clearly spelt out its opposition to the film, but said in a statement on Friday that "Half of a Yellow Sun" had been approved for release. Censors board spokesman Caesar Kagho told AFP he could not go into detail about what was removed from the film and why. Kene Mkparu of Filmhouse Cinemas, which is distributing the film in Nigeria, told AFP changes were made from the version shown in the West, but declined to be specific. "We didn't have to change the essence of the film, but we complied with what they asked us to do," he said. Ejiofor, who was nominated for Best Actor at this year's Academy Awards for his role in "12 Years a Slave", which picked up Best Picture, stars opposite British actress Thandie Newton in "Half of a Yellow Sun". The southeast's attempt to create an independent Igbo-led nation, which they called Biafra, was crushed by British-backed federal forces which had military superiority and used scorched earth tactics, including the blockage of all food imports to the breakaway region. More than four decades on, the Biafra War remains a highly contentious subject in Nigeria, with some marginal Igbo groups still calling for independence.

INEC reschedules phase two of voters' card

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has rescheduled the second phase of the distribution of Permanent Voter Cards (PVCs) and Continuous Voter Registration (CVR) involving 12 states. A statement in Abuja signed by Mr Kayode Idowu, the Chief Press Secretary to Prof. Attahiru Jega, the INEC Chairman, said the exercise would now begin on Aug. 15. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the exercise was earlier scheduled to hold from July 18 to July 20. "PVCs will now be distributed at the polling unit level in the affected states from Friday, Aug. 15 to Sunday, Aug. 17, instead of July 18 to July 20 as earlier scheduled,’’ the statement said. It added that at the end of the polling unit level distribution, uncollected PVCs would be taken to the commission’s respective local government offices for subsequent distribution. The statement said the CVR in the affected states would now be from Wednesday, Aug. 20 to Monday, Aug. 25, instead of July 23 to July 27 as earlier scheduled. NAN reports that states in the second phase of the programme are Yobe, Bauchi, Jigawa, Sokoto, Kwara, Anambra, Ebonyi, Ondo, Oyo, Delta and Cross River, as well as the FCT. The statement said new dates would be announced later for the exercise in Adamawa, Borno, Kaduna, Katsina, Kano, Plateau, Nasarawa, Niger, Imo, Lagos, Ogun, Edo and Rivers. This would be the exercise’s phase three.

Saturday charge.

Just hold on to your dreams.

Saturday charge.

Just hold on to your dreams.

Saturday charge.

Just hold on to your dreams.

Saturday charge.

Just hold on to your dreams.

Beyoncé pens beautiful open letter about Michael Jackson

Beyoncé, who is one of the highest selling entertainers globally, recently took the time to show gratitude to one of her idols. Mrs Carter spared a moment while in Florida with hubby, Jay Z for their