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What of lesbianism in the industry?
I think why that is taking place now is because there are more girls than guys. Most of the girls who engage in this act are not in Nollywood to act, they are just there to cause trouble. They are all over the place but I don’t think they are there to work.
Is it true that the Ghanaian actors are taking over from the Nigerian actors?
I think it is all about packaging. Not in terms of money or quality. The Nigerian actors don’t have one mind and goal while the Ghanaians seem to have one mind with brotherly outlook. In Nigeria there is a lot of hate, jealousy and power tussles. In Ghollywood, you see Yvonne, Jackie, Nadia, all coming together to work together to do a film while in Nigeria you can hardly see the top acts doing something together because everyone feels they are too big for others. There is a lot of forming.
There is also an idea that Ghollywood are churning out more beautiful people than Nollywood these days?
That’s not true. When people say they are finer, they are only talking about beauty not talent, right? In Nollywood, you cannot make it to the top simply because you are beautiful. Nollywood places higher value on talent than beauty. But in Ghollywood the competition is not as stiff as in Nollywood. There are so many beautiful girls in Nollywood that will not see stardom because they don’t have talent. When you compare the two there are more beautiful girls in Nollywood and far more talents.
Can you actually do a sex scene?
There’s nobody that will actually do a sex scene in a movie. But if it is my husband that is producing the film and acting in the film, then it is okay with me, like the case of Jeta Amata and his wife. I can play any role in a movie, that is what is called acting.
Has your heart ever been broken by a guy?
No, I won’t even give them that opportunity. I have long made up my mind that no man would break my heart. I have male friends but not the sort you would refer to as boyfriend-girlfriend relationship. I don’t have such because I don’t believe there is true love in this country. I am only focused on my career for now.
What’s this story about Tonto Dikeh being the person that inspired you into acting?
No, no, no, not true. I think someone posted the story  online.  Tonto never inspired me. I just love her movies like I love movies of other   big actresses like Omotola. I am myself.
I have seen some pictures about you and Benson Okonkwo. What’s up with you and Benson?
Benson, I will say, is one of the few people in Nollywood that likes me for who I am. He’s real and because he is a guy, it works for me. The girls, girls thing doesn’t cut it with me. Most of the girls are fake. It is not like I have issues with anyone I just found out very few of them like me.
What’s your idea about sex?
Well, you see someone and you feel this guy will be good in bed, fine, go ahead and have it. Sex is something you can have if you feel good about it. I don’t believe all those Bible stuffs about sex.
There are so many revealing pictures of you on the internet.  Does it  mean you can act nude?
I can act nude under some certain conditions. If those conditions are met, why not?
Queeneth, you don’t seem to like men very much. Why?
Well, maybe because when I was trying to establish myself as a model, every man I met wanted something from me. In this country, most men you meet don’t want to do anything for you unless you are ready to offer sex. Only very few men are nice. I don’t know if it happens like that to other women but for me, it has and that doesn’t mean I have anything against men. I don’t.

As much as Queeneth Hilbert, half-Nigerian, half-Lebanese, would like to reassure you she is an average girl next door everything about her depicts something extra-ordinary. From her looks to her mannerisms, there is a touch of uniqueness that stands her out. As vulnerable as she looks, she is everything but a ‘damsel in distress’ as our readers will soon find out in this revealing chat. Often touted as one of the most beautiful girls in Nollywood, Queeneth talks about her journey into  showbiz, pornography in Nollywood and a whole lot of other issues..
How did you come about the name ‘Queeneth Hilbert’?
Queeneth Hilbert is my name. Mine is Queeneth while my surname is Hilbert. I am half Nigerian, half Lebanese.
Is that why you display the Lebanese flag on your Blackberry status?
Well, I have many Lebanese friends and many of them have the Lebanese flag displayed on their Blackberry phones. I just thought it’s cool so I use it too

*Queeneth Hilbert
Why not the Nigerian flag?
I can use any one I want to use. It has no special meaning to me. (laughing) should I change it?
But there is a story that you are not as close to your dad as you are to your mum. Why is that?
I am closer to my mum because I grew up with while it took a while to know my dad but that does not mean I have anything against my dad. Our relationship is father-daughter relationship.
You started with modelling, what informed your decision to go into modelling?
When I was small, many of my friends and cousins were going into modelling and that to some extent affected me. Besides, many of them thought I should go into it too because by age 15 I was already very tall and had a good slim figure for it. So I decided to give it a try.
Why did you go  into acting instead of modelling?
Back then I had a lot of modelling proposals. It started when I had a photo shoot. From the photo shoot a lot of agents saw what I could do and the offers started pouring in. Even when I was just 15 at the time.
Why so early, didn’t it affect your education?
Not really. I started early because I had to make ends meet. I am a kind of person who doesn’t like to be idle. Besides, I love being independent and being able to take care of myself.
Weren’t your parents doing that?
Yes, they had what it takes to take care of me but I just don’t like bothering anyone for anything, even my parents.
As a beautiful woman, what has your beauty cost you?
I’m a funny person and I don’t see myself like that. When I wake up in the morning, I pray, take my birth, dress up and off to work. The way people talk about Queeneth being beautiful doesn’t even occur to me. I don’t see myself as such.
So, when did you realise you are a very beautiful woman?
I think that should be all my life because people never stopped telling me I am beautiful.
Has anyone ever gone beyond just appreciating your beauty or making passes at you?
Yeah, sometimes.
Can you share an experience?
There was this guy I met while boarding a flight from Abuja to Lagos. I was coming to shoot a film. The guy was sitting next to me in the plane and he got funny with me. He was so arrogant, rude and uncouth. And if there is anything I really hate it is arrogant guys. Even when I like a guy, I am not the type who goes about showing it because I like to hide my feelings.
Even when we landed in Lagos, and  the company’s car came to pick me, the guy was still disturbing me. Funny enough, when I got to the company for the shoot I found out’’ that the guy owns the company. He was like: this girl again? What are you doing in my company? But I told him my mind. He later gave me the contract though but I just can’t stand arrogant people.
That sounds like some sort of romance in the air, it couldn’t have ended there?
Well, it did for me. After the shoot he became all caring, nice and even propose to me but his arrogant ways put me off completely.
When did you actually start acting?
That should be from 2012.
How many films have you done since then?
I can’t remember, I think I lost count. Maybe 20-30 films.
How did you manage 20-30 films between 2012 to 2013?
Yeah, I did all that by managing my time and it is not like all the movies are out yet some take time.
Do you still do modeling on the side?
Not really. Acting has taken the bulk of my time and now just getting to the peak of my career in acting more modeling offers are coming in but for now I am only focused on my acting career. Later I will return to modeling.
Between modeling and acting which would you say is more rewarding and more fulfilling?
I will pick my modeling. Just thinking about the good times I had meeting people, going around the world makes it modeling for me. It goes down to the fact that I love pictures and modeling pays you more, with many more benefits. Acting isn’t all fun. Some of your colleagues give you hard times, for good or bad reasons. I prefer modeling any day.
So, what are you doing, acting?
Modeling is more rewarding. I am just in acting now because I have always had passion for it.
You said you have done about 30 films. In how may did you take the lead roles and which are the most memorable to you?
I will say about 10. The most memorable of those are ‘The Illiterate’ and ‘My Daughter, My Jewel’ directed by Lancelot Imaseun.
Pornography is gradually eating into Nollywood and some have said it makes the movies more real. What’s your idea of pornography in Nollywood films?
Benson Okonkwo, my actor friend once said that and I think he is right. Pornography makes our films more real. When you shoot in South Africa or Ghollywood, there’s no movie you are going to do without emotion, love and sex. I don’t call it pornography, I call it doing your job. If your script says you should do something, it is doing your job, Nollywood has no business doing movies if it cannot absorb pornography.

Anambra State in Nigeria occupies a position of both historical and political importance. It produced the first (non-executive) President of Nigeria and a major force in Nigeria’s independence struggle in the person of Nnamdi Azikiwe. The Vice President under the 2nd Republic Chief Alex Ekwueme was also from Anambra State.
It boasts of an array of distinguished Nigerians who have made their mark locally and internationally such as Chief Innocent Ifediaso Chukwuma who pioneered local production of automobiles in Nigeria. Belying this geographical enclave with less than desirable urban planning and infrastructure is also the biggest market in Africa which is found in Onitsha bordering the famous Niger River.
Sadly, this great state has achieved unprecedented political infamy since the return to civilian rule in 1999. It created a new record in political god fatherism when a sitting governor was kidnapped and nearly forced to resign.
It was the state where an election petition for a governorship election lasted for nearly three years in a four-year tenure. It was also the state where the impeachment of a governor was found to be without merit and it took months to get the governor back in office. The local government structure in the state has been under constant battering. Given its chequered history, Anambra is a lesson in what is wrong with our ‘democracy’.
Thus the election on the 16th of November was not just an election but a huge opportunity to navigate away from a history of dysfunctional democracy that is gradually tilting towards normalcy. This tilt to normalcy however appeared to have been brutally stopped on its tracks.
I travelled down to Anambra state with hundreds of other civil society observers who not only understood the significance of the governorship elections but also its implications for Nigeria’s general elections in 2015. INEC had also framed the election as a test of its preparedness for the 2015. The stakes were clear to every participant including political parties who were keenly aware of how the outcome of the elections will boost or diminish their chances in the 2015 general elections.
It was in this electrifying atmosphere that the elections commenced.
In the morning when we made our rounds across the state, it appeared normal and we were very optimistic that the elections were going on fine. By midday, it all took a disturbing turn. What become obvious was the chasmic difference between the glowing rhetoric of Atahiru Jega (The INEC Chair) and the dysfunctional system on ground.
It is important to point out that INEC has never been in deficit of good intentions. It has always by words and posture coupled with the impeccable goodwill of its chair portrayed good intentions. However, these ‘good intentions’ seems to be restricted to the words and office of the chairman.
The reality is that there is a disconnect between policy framework and practice; between projections and the on-ground structures to achieve them; between assumptions and realty and most worrisome between principles and practices. Inherent in this disconnect is the constant cry against late arrival of election materials or bungled logistics arrangement; poor deployment and capacity of election staff and poor sensitization of the public. These factors reared its ugly head in Anambra in a manner that severely damaged the credibility of the election.
The worrying question is how long INEC will continue to make the same mistakes all over again. Like the Civil Society Election Situation captured it in their report, this is a case of perennial incompetence. With this kind of incompetence (though some Nigerians argue that it is more of sabotage), the 2015 election with all its strategic importance is in grave danger.
The events of the election also revealed the disappointing quality of our political parties. It is not just the usual case of election malpractice which cuts across the three major political parties contesting for the election, but sadly the inability of the political parties to perform the basic functions required in an election. It was pretty obvious that most of the political parties did not review the voters’ lists that were shared to them which resulted in the omission of numerous names in the voter register.
There was poor sensitization of the people resulting in very poor turnout. Vote buying, thumb printing of ballot papers, and other electoral offences were routinely carried out. It was really sad to hear stories of voters dispensing with their votes for about N500 ($3). This not only exposes the poverty in the land but the fact that rather than address poverty, political parties exploit it.
Another sad reality of the Election Day was the level of faithlessness that people had in the process. Across the board, many people I interacted with said there was no point in voting since the result of elections were already determined. People had no qualms aiding electoral malpractices. You get the sense that the election is just a season of activities with little relevance to the quality of governance. This citizens’ apathy is sustained by the poor quality of governance and is not also helped by INEC putting its credibility and character to question.
The death knell for the election in Anambra was the fact that for some reason (sabotage from an INEC staff) elections were not held in Idemili North the stronghold of one of the opposition candidates. INEC management of this crisis was disastrous. While acknowledging its fault, it did nothing to elicit confidence; and the hurried announcement for a supplementary election the next day which was a Sunday felt more like panic than troubleshooting.
The lessons from Anambra election were painful. The events of the day captured in my view the dysfunctionalities of the Nigerian state. INEC cannot be removed from the larger challenges facing the country but it has created a standard for itself which it has acquired notoriety for falling short. The fragility of our democracy, the twisted nature of value system and the weakness of our institutions played out in Anambra in a manner that raises fundamental questions about the sustainability of our democracy and the diminishing fortunes of our development.
Driving away from Awka on the evening of the 17th with a report of an inconclusive election after months of preparation was heart breaking. As I drove through the weathered and embarrassing road network in the Anambra capital city, I wondered what manner of democracy imposes this kind of regression on its people. When I joined the federal road that will take me from Awka to Enugu State, I had to hold firmly to my seats because of the debilitating nature of the road.
I sadly realized that the road has been in decay for almost a decade. These kinds of infrastructural failures mirroring the insensitivity and failings of governance reinforce the gravity of undermining the ability of people to speak through the votes. I couldn’t help but shed tears for a country that has so much but enjoys so little.

Constitutional lawyer Prof. Ben Nwabueze’s offer to work with a team to be handpicked by the presidency to draft a constitution for Nigeria, which should be the main working document at the proposed national conference, has been described as a hidden agenda being pursued by the presidency.

Elder statesman Prof Ango Abdullahi, while reacting to Prof. Nwabueze’s comments, in an exclusive interview with LEADERSHIP FRIDAY, described Nwabueze’s guts as a “depiction of arrant arrogance”.

The former vice chancellor of the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria reminded Nwabueze that he could not write the constitution alone, saying that constitution writing is a team work and comprehensive job that requires input from relevant stakeholders.

A national daily had reported that Prof. Nwabueze had asked President Goodluck Jonathan to turn a committee that had been meeting in his house into a presidential committee to draft a constitution that would “form the basis of its deliberations and decisions and to be piloted through the conference by the members of (Nwabueze’s) committee, just as was done in 1977/78 in the making of the 1979 Constitution”.

This, the report says, was contained in a recent letter entitled “Nature and Character of the Proposed National Conference: Its Primal Purpose and Modus Operandi”, which the professor of law had sent to President Jonathan.

Nwabueze had likened it to that adopted by the then military regime under Gen. Obasanjo in the mid ’70s when the 1979 Constitution was to be fashioned out. A 49-member Constitution Drafting Committee [CDC] then led by Chief Rotimi Williams had, between 1975 and 1976, drafted the constitution used at the 1977-78 Constituent Assembly.

Reacting to Nwabueze’s submission, however, Prof. Abdullahi said it was unfortunate that, after years of complaints by Nigerians that the Nigerian constitution was imposed and not people-oriented, a respected scholar and elder like Prof. Nwabueze would opt to further complicate issues and attempt to create more divisions, as events leading to Nwabueze’s letter clearly suggest that the erudite law scholar had ulterior motives.

He revealed that, a few months ago, Prof Nwabueze had invited him and a few others to what he (Nwabueze) had called a political summit to be held in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, under the sponsorship of Governor Godswill Akpabio apparently, but he had questioned the methodology for hosting of the summit as they thought it needed to be all-encompassing.

Prof. Abdullahi said though they pulled out of the summit as they smelt mischief, Nwabueze still went ahead to hold the summit and it was after holding the summit that they approached the president, advising him to hold a national conference. The president, Abdullahi said, agreed, after refusing to hold anything of the sort earlier.

Prof. Abdullahi said it was unfortunate for Nwabueze to think he was in a position to assert such authority before the Nigerian people, noting that the letter he wrote to the president had inputs on the North-South dichotomy and so clearly showed the hidden agenda of the law professor.

“Professor Nwabueze and whoever that he represents has a lot to worry about. He thinks that the problem of Nigeria is the unity of the North as it was left by the British and he sees no reason as to why such a North should still exist as so till now.

“He kept nagging in that paper that the North remained a political unit and that that is the problem of Nigeria. He went on in that paper to suggest ways and means of how to divide the North, either along historical, religious, ethnic lines, etc., with specific mentioning of

people’s names . In his paper, there is what he called the true North, the Middle Belt North, etc. So you can see that that kind of person has a lot of bias in his mind and when he is asked to draft a constitution for Nigeria, you can then imagine what he would draft,” Prof. Abdullahi stated.

He said it was unfortunate that Prof. Nwabueze, who has been of great service to the nation, could degenerate to such state of mind, not minding his age and years of experience in nation-building.

The former Ahmadu Bello University vice chancellor said it was surprising that the same Nwabueze who had rejected his nomination as a member of the advisory committee for the proposed national conference could still turn around and beg to be recruited by the same person who had earlier nominated him to now draft the constitution. He stated that all Nwabueze wanted to do was for the nation to be divided along ethnic and religious lines.

Prof. Abdullahi said he still remained an advocate of sovereign national conference as it remained the only conference not tried since the nation’s existence, asserting that he was optimistic that it would bring a different result since the past nine national conferences that have been held in the country have not produced the yearnings and aspirations of the Nigerian people.

ACF slams Nwabueze

In a related development, the Arewa Consultative Forum (ACF) yesterday expressed concern over the reports credited to Professor Ben Nwabueze asking the President to mandate him to draft the people’s constitution for consideration in the proposed conference.

In a statement by its spokesman, Anthony Sani, the ACF said, “We do not want to believe the reports, precisely because there is a National Advisory Committee charged with the task and responsibility of collating views for the purpose of advising the government on the mode, nature and content of the proposed conference.

“That Professor Nwabueze and some sections of this country have managed to sell the idea of the conference to the government and to the good people of Nigeria does not qualify him to seek to determine the outcome of the conference up front.

“More troubling would be the impression created in the minds of Nigerians that the conference is intended to produce a brand new constitution, whereas no sitting government has the constitutional right to discard the existing constitution in favor of a new one.

“We hope Professor Nwabueze is not attempting to make the conference sovereign irrespective of the advice by the advisory committee,” the statement read.

 source:leadership.ng

Ogbeche77: Mikel na confirm Jos boy ooo... See as he dey nack Hausa like say na Queens english..I was smiling all through the video duration

Hi,guys check mikel obi speaking hausa correctly.download
http://m.bbc.co.uk/hausa/multimedia/2013/11/131119_mikel_afoty_video

rottable: Hmmmm, I don tire for dis useless, unending ASUU strike

Federal Government and Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU’s agreement implementation may have to be delayed following Senate Committee on Establishment and Public Service Matters’ assertion that the ongoing negotiations between the duo would be null and void without the input of National Wages and Salaries Commission. The chairman of the commission, Aloysius Etok stated this during an oversight tour of the Commission. He added that under no guise should the Federal Government negotiate salary or wage increase without the input of the relevant commission. Etok attributed a good number of the incessant industrial actions in the country to sentimental negotiation for salary increase in the civil service. “We have said this earlier that on no account should Federal Government negotiate salary increase or anything that has to do with wages or salaries without the input of the Commission,” he said. “They should avoid the issue of sentimental increase or negotiation and there should be no exceptions. Four months is about a semester.” I PITY YOU ASUU VICTIMS O.. GOD GO SAVE YOU GUYS.. I WILL BE RESUMING BACK TO SCHOOL THIS WEEK..
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Danfodite: Gud decision, how I wish my skul UDUS can take same step

yes oooo

he has always been a cutie.. What do you think of the picture guys?

The Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has refused to declare APGA’s Obiano winer of the Anambra gubernatorial election with majority votes of 174,710.
This was because the total numbers of cancelled votes was more than the difference between the numbers of votes cast for the winner and the runner up of this election according to the State INEC official who read the results at about 6am Monday morning.
The PDP had 94956 while the APC had 92300.
Source-www.vanguradngr.com

Smh!!! One state with 21 local govt ,naija can't conduct free and fair election..to hell wit our leaders GOD helps us out

#gtbank

Ayo Oritsejafor’s church was 26 on Sunday.
President Goodluck Jonathan on Sunday said Nigeria would have disintegrated but for the prayers of the church and other religious bodies.
The President was speaking at the 2013 Jubilee Word Festival and 26th anniversary of the Word of Live Bible Church (WLBC) in Warri, Delta State, hosted by the church founder and President of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Ayo Oritsejafor.
Reading the first Bible lesson from Psalm 106, Mr. Jonathan declared that “but for the prayers of the church, this country would probably have gone into oblivion”.
He urged Nigerians not to relent in their prayers adding that prayers have helped to strengthened the unity of the country. He also noted that nation building is a task for all citizens.
Mr. Jonathan said the government was doing all it could to address the security situation in the country, adding that “this terrorism will end in Nigeria and God’s everlasting superior powers will prevail and overcome”.
Reiterating that there would be no compensation for victims of Boko Haram insurgency, the President assured Nigerians that government would work out how the victims could be adequately assisted.
Earlier, Mr. Oritsejafor commended the President for setting up the committee on National Conference adding that the conference would make the nation stronger and more united.
While commending the security agencies in their efforts to tackle the insecurity in the country, the cleric said that more intelligence gathering should be done by the agencies.
Mr. Oritsejafor asked the federal government to provide adequate assistance to victims of the Boko Haram insurgency if there would be no compensation for them. He said the victims have gone through agonising experiences having lost family and property in the Boko Haram attacks.
He urged the government to set up a Boko Haram committee to ensure adequate assistance to the victims, and expressed hope that the security challenge in the country would soon be over.
The cleric also appealed to religious leaders to preach peace, religious tolerance, and hope for a better Nigeria.
The Jubilee Word Festival with the theme, ‘Recover All’, also marks the 26th anniversary of the Church, as well as Mr. Oritsejafor’s birthday.
Prayers were offered for the progress and unity of Nigeria by christian leaders present at the event.
Apart from Mr. Jonathan, three state governors were in attendance at the program. They are Liyel Imoke (Cross River), Jonah Jang (Plateau), and Emmanuel Uduaghan (Delta)

It sound true our presido is nt capable of doing his job#obasanjo is among d best

Allahu akbar!!!jumu'at mubarak to ol...anoda to remember islam is unique poor and rich in terms of ibadat nd burial

Deschil: She should be the 3rd or 4th wife...

na lie u don't no anything on someone life u just open ur mouth and predict.IG first wife maryam is dead fast 2years and dis woman is d first wife now

Reports coming in from Jalingo, the capital of Taraba state say Governor Danbaba Suntai has dissolved his Executive council.
Reports from Jalingo, the Taraba State capital indicate that Governor Danbaba Suntai has dissolved the state’s Executive council and sacked all advisers.
A source at the Government House also informed PREMIUM TIMES that Mr. Suntai has also appointed the immediate past Attorney General and Commissioner of Justice, Timothy Katap, as the new Secretary to State Government, SSG.
He also appointed Aminu Jika as his new Chief of Staff. The source added that both appointees will be sworn in by 2 p.m. Wednesday at the Government House.
This is the second time that Mr. Jika is being appointed as the Chief of Staff to Mr. Suntai. He was first appointed when Mr. Suntai took office in 2007.
Controversy has trailed Mr. Suntai’s return with observers questioning his mental state of health as the governor continues to stay or be kept away from public glare.
Although the governor sent a letter to the Speaker of the Assembly on Tuesday asking to return to office, the speaker has reportedly rejected the letter asking Mr. Suntai to appear before the lawmakers to confirm his ability to lead the state.
Source::premium times nigeria
Wahala dey for naija!

Orji o orji: why are 90% of the cp's are Northerners ? And muslim.

i smell something from u

Nnanna224: Don't be fooled guys, this is an old pic of theirs some years bac wen the going was good

shout up joor can't u see 2010,read again and find who is f****led ol readÿ

;Dhehheheheheheheheh

GEj or Pej! Can't stop me from dancin azonto

CFCfan: The Deputy governor should automatically be sworn in, provided that the constitutional provisions as regards to physical impairment, are met. The PDP committee is unnecessary.

Nonetheless, I wish Alhaji Suntai a speedy recovery from his ailment.

who told u he be alhaji,,for a person to be qualified as alhaji must go to mecca nd suntai never

tomakint: Because they are just "Power Hungry Funky Mallams" who don't even know what to do with that Power

tell me wetin ur papa Gej did to naija

Mtseeeeew

afolabisegun: Be specific, buhari or jonathan, who is your country's enemy?

specify what check on d topic

jojoluv: she is acting according to her faith,so dnt blame her

shut up joor,,if na muslim woman u go start abusing islam hypocr people

Akpan107: Hmmmm... Whatever! but mind you, Only Jesus save's... Give ur live to the One that is able to save you. Jesus is the only Messiah even in the Quran (sura 4v171)

hahahhhahahaha,,,comot dere joor

If na aboki,idiot will start calling islam but since na mumu they go keep silent

Omg instead of call tarriff ur busy on sms,,,I blame jonathan sha

Ok,,,na mumu president.2015 I dream