Nigerian Times

Captain Idris Wada Who is Afraid of Captain Idris Wada? ~ By Ibrahim Usman Americans have a perfect word for it, they call it a ‘cop out’, it is a perfect loser’s way of turning tail rather than stand up for a fight! An incompetent amateur who happens upon a pair of boxing gloves by accident, wants to impress his girlfriend and family members by signing up for a bout in the ring! But unfortunately (or should we say fortunately for him?) before the fight, somebody tells him the bitter truth which is he might end up with a permanently broken jaw. So how does he avoid self destruction, he says the other boxer is not good enough for him and walks away! In a way it is a manner of eating the humble pie and admitting one’s inabilities and facing the truth. But at the same time, it is also very annoying for the spectators who have spent their hard earned money to come see a fight, only to be fed that arrant nonsense! For such crowd, the lily livered fool deserves nothing but a lynching! No mat...

British Nigerian filmmaker Richard Ayoade 's “Submarine” tops the list of Leonard Maltin’s five must see indie movies and you can see why and how he rated them on the Huffington Post . 1. Submarine 2. Cave of Forgotten Dreams 3. Midnight in Paris 4. Another Year 5. The Clowns Ayoade is an only child of a Norwegian mother, Dagny (née Baassuik), and a Nigerian father, Layide Ade Laditi Ayoade. The film is based on a prize-winning novel by Joe Dunthorne. It is a dark indie comedy about a 15-year-old Oliver Tate who has two objectives: To lose his virginity before his next birthday, and to extinguish the flame between his mother and an ex-lover who has resurfaced in her life. Peter Bradshaw reviewing Submarine in the Guardian of Thursday 17 March 2011 15.00 GMT, said Ayoade clearly has “a big future payday for him in Hollywood, if he wants it, but I can't help hoping he develops in depth and scope here, as a tremendous new voice in British film.” ~ By Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima

12 May 2008 18:14 Africa/Lagos China Earthquake: British Geological Survey data London, 12 May/GNN/ -- BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY News Release issued by The Government News Network on 12 May 2008 DATE: 12 May 2008 ORIGIN TIME : 06:28 00s UTC LAT/LONG : 31.104 Degrees North / 103.270 Degrees East DEPTH : 10 km MAGNITUDE : 7.8 Mw LOCALITY : Eastern Sichuan, China (90 km WNW of Chengdu, Sichuan; 1545 km SW of Bejing, China) Latest reports suggest that over 8500 people have been killed by a magnitude 7.8 earthquake in the south-western Chinese province in Sichuan. The earthquake occurred 92 km northwest of the city of Chengdu in eastern Sichuan province and over 1500 km from Beijing, where it was also strongly felt. Earthquakes of this size have the potential to cause extensive damage and loss of life. The epicentre was in the mountains of the Eastern Margin of Qing-Tibet Plateau at the northwest margin of the Sichuan Basin. The earthquake occurred as a result of motion on a northea...

The BBC has reported the shocking news of a 'UK toddler' Kidnapped in Nigeria .The report said the three-year- old baby girl of a British expatriate worker was seized from a car on her way to school in the oil city of Port Harcourt early Thursday morning.