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The funniest man in Nigeria, Basketmouth drops first single Where You Dey featuring the popular young hip hop singer Whizkid and also eLDee. I am a fan and I really Digg his hilarious BIG FRIDAY SHOW on MTV Base. Basketmouth whose real name is Bright Okpocha is a native of Abia State in southeastern Nigeria and a graduate of Sociology and Anthropology from University of Benin, UNIBEN, who dropped his certificates to become a stand-up comedian. And he has no apologies or regrets for doing so since that has brought him both fame and fortune as the most bankable comic act in the most populous country in Africa. ~ By Orikinla Osinachi, author of Scarlet Tears of London , In the House of Dogs and other books . Tweet

The Pan African Federation of Filmmakers (FEPACI), Western Region 1 will host an international conference for Content Owners from December 8-10,2011 at Enitona Hotels, Aba, Abia State, South East Nigeria. The conference will be a sidebar to Nollywood's biggest and oldest film festival; Leap International Film Festival (LIFF)(formerly Lagos International Film Festival). This announcement followed the meeting of Regional Secretary, Western Region 1, Madu C. Chikwendu with Major stakeholders around the country. Madu C. Chikwendu Mr Chikwendu who is the Founder and Festival Director of Leap International Film Festival (LIFF), while addressing stakeholders noted that; "There are various problems plaguing Nollywood content.These include, but are not limited to ; Underpricing, Price war amongst distributors, Low bargaining power, General ignorance, Resale of movies by Licensees,Absence of Minimum Pricing,Weak Regulatory environment,Absence of Technical Standards and more. We propose...

Majority of Nigerians overseas are in the US and UK. Do you know that 70 percent of 12 million Nigerians overseas are Igbos? And 30 percent of them are from Abia State. Moreover, these Nigerians abroad remit over N23 billion every year according to Dr. kalu Kalu Diogu, leader of the Abia State Indigenes in Diaspora and a past Chairman of World Igbo Congress (WIC) Last year 30 million Africans across the globe invested $40 billion into the continent's economy. And Nigerians accounted for about 55 percent of the money. Nigerians in in Diaspora remitted total of sum of $18 billion in 2009. Tweet