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It's a crime to dial emergency numbers when you are not in an emergency. Ideally, the police should take over now.

Racoon:
Behold the Judgement Justice HARUANA TSAMANI delivered which affirmed the sham election victory of Tinubu.

1. "Since Tinubu can enter the US, he has committed no offence or crime in the US" - Justice Haruna S Tsamani

2. "If you commit a crime, it will no longer count against you after 10yrs" - Justice Haruna S Tsamani

3. "The $460,000 forfeiture being a proceed of Narcotics is to Tinubu's account and not to his person" - Justice Haruna S Tsamani

4. "The BVAS was only meant for verification and accreditation of voters and not meant to be used to transmit the result to the INEC iREV" - Justice Haruna S Tsamani

5. "Proving an election irregularities in a tribunal is not as easy just like an English man taking his Coffee" - Justice Haruna S Tsamani

6. "Because Kashim Shetima did not intentionally allowed himself to be nominated twice, his double nomination cannot be used against him as a reason for disqualification" - Justice Haruna S Tsamani

Is this really the result verbatim? The Supreme Court doesn't do basic spelling and grammar check for their judgments?

simpleseyi:
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We don't want you. Do you ever see Muslims advertising the religion the way you hawk and advertise Jesus?

To tell you the truth, the average Christian would never preach to anyone, if not that we are convinced without a shadow of a doubt that only the name of JESUS saves from GOD's wrath and punishment in hell eternally. Many Christians are shy and introverts but still summon the courage to go out and evangelize according to JESUS's commandments. So, please understand whenever a Christian tells you about JESUS, it's coming from a place of love, great personal sacrifice and inconvenience.

Stanna2025:
Please stop these propaganda 😓 we all know the chibok incident was arranged to oust and blackmail Jonathan

Even so, the buck stops at the president's table. What was his job if not to use all the immense power of his office to make this right? That's why as far as I'm concerned, there's no politician or party in this country that's truly good. At best we have lesser evils.

Very interested in seeing how the results of the prayers turn out.

You are really of consequence when, either for you or against you, you give others relevance. Eg. The ME-HI-CO people

Whatever happened to CEDF? That was a promised grant/loan initiative for the Creative Industry. After numerous postponements, everything has gone quiet.

Nice work and well done. Some tips. You need better editing. Just because it's AI does not preclude editing. Then, use a good camera if the budget allows, and shoot some live footage of the artist. Mixed with the AI footage, it makes the whole thing more authentic. Will contact you via WhatsApp.

RIP, Francis Duru. You will be missed

Live by sword, die by the sword.

onuman:
Man's inhumanity to man. Many of them could be innocent of what they were accused of and sentenced to that prison.


Who tattooed them?

Gang tattoos. Very intricate code system. The tattoos document which gang they are part of and even how many people they have killed. The authorities rounded up many from the street based on tattoos alone.

African politics where the opposition endorses and even works for an incumbent. Why? Huge FOMO.

commoditiesnig:
Fair enough!

At least it shows Govt is at least listening to criticism of the people

Government listened to Atiku.

This Prince Collins Oritsetimeyin Edema is more erudite, restrained, mature, and better spoken than many government spokesmen at state and federal levels.

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Extrim:
Every few months, a Nollywood film breaks through a slick trailer, a viral trending topic, a cast stacked with fan favorites, and for a moment, it feels like the industry has finally arrived. Then you watch the film, and something's off. The performances are strong. The visuals have clearly improved. But the story itself wobbles: a rushed third act, a subplot that goes nowhere, dialogue that explains feelings instead of showing them. This is the paradox at the heart of Nollywood storytelling today: an industry overflowing with raw talent that still can't consistently deliver a tight, satisfying script.

It's not for lack of trying, and it's definitely not for lack of talent. Nigerian actors are commanding attention on international stages. Directors are experimenting with genre and visual style in ways that rival global productions. So why does the writing so often feel like the weakest link?

The Volume Problem

Nollywood produces an enormous number of films every year, by some counts, more than any film industry in the world outside Bollywood. That volume is a strength in terms of output and cultural reach, but it's also a trap. When a studio needs to turn around a project in weeks rather than months, script development is usually the first thing to get compressed. There's little time for table reads, rewrites, or a script doctor to catch structural problems before cameras roll.

This is where inconsistent Nollywood storytelling really takes root. A script that could have become a genuinely great film gets shot on a first or second draft because the release calendar won't wait. The talent in front of and behind the camera is doing everything it can with material that hasn't had the time to mature.

Writers Are Underpaid and Underprotected

Screenwriting in Nigeria still isn't treated as a specialized, well-compensated craft the way directing or acting is. Many writers are paid flat, one-time fees regardless of a film's success, with little incentive or budget to go back and refine a script once it's "good enough" to shoot.

Compare that to industries where writers' rooms, script consultants, and multiple revision passes are standard, and it's easy to see why plot holes, uneven pacing, and thin character motivation keep showing up on screen.

Until writing is valued and funded as its own discipline, Nollywood storytelling will keep depending on the instincts of a handful of exceptional individual writers rather than a system built to consistently produce strong scripts.

Formula Fatigue

There's also a creative habit worth naming: a reliance on familiar tropes the diabolical mother-in-law, the sudden village curse, the last-minute courtroom confession that audiences have seen hundreds of times. These formulas exist because they work commercially, at least in the short term. But leaning on them repeatedly is part of why the storytelling can feel inconsistent from film to film, even when the production values are excellent. A gorgeous, well-acted film built on a tired structure still lands flat.

The industry's most acclaimed recent successes the ones that travel well internationally and stick with audiences tend to be the ones that took a risk on a less formulaic script. That's not a coincidence.

What Consistency Would Actually Take

Fixing this isn't about talent acquisition; Nollywood has that in abundance. It's about infrastructure: Longer development timelines that give scripts room for multiple drafts before production begins.

Investment in screenwriting as a career, including fair pay, credit, and ongoing training. Story editors and script consultants built into the production pipeline, not treated as a luxury.

A willingness to slow down on a percentage of projects in exchange for stronger, more original stories.

None of this requires importing talent from elsewhere. It requires the industry deciding that the story deserves the same investment as the cast and the cinematography.

Nollywood storytelling isn't inconsistent because Nigerian creatives lack the skill to tell great stories; they prove otherwise constantly. It's inconsistent because the system around them rarely gives the script itself the time, funding, and structural support it needs. Close that gap, and the same talent already filling Nollywood sets could be delivering the kind of consistently excellent stories the industry and its global audience are clearly ready for.

Let us know what you think in the comments.

https://the96illusion.com/nollywood-has-talent-so-why-is-the-storytelling-still-inconsistent/

Actually the real problem is that every producer and director and their sister thinks he)she is a writer. These are people who have never sold a script to anyone else, which should be the yardstick for a profesh screenwriter. But once they have financing, they write their own scripts and the movie watching audience is the one that suffers. There are many, many good writers in Nigeria tired of peddling their really good scripts to these gatekeepers.

uche87:
If you send me your account number, I could make you smile this morning bro. I know the kind of frustration living in Nigeria brings especially when you are broke. I have been there my gee. I am just a passionate writer who has touched several topics including politics and others, I didn’t cause any of your problems and that of Nigeria.

Excuse the pun, but this is below the belt. How did we go from a critique of your piece to bank account now now? I think same way it was assumed you did it for cash, you are now assuming he's broke and needs your money. In your own words, "Life is not that serious'.

SMH. What many of these terrorist sympathizers fail to grasp is that IF EVER another 9/11 style attack happens in Israel, or the US or even some European countries, NOTHING under heaven will stop a nuclear retaliation. It will be small, well thought out to minimize casualties, etc, but it will ultimately happen, because a sobering lesson would need to be taught. The same thinking preceded Nagasaki and Hiroshima. If this had succeeded with dead bodies on the ground in TelAviv today, we would have entered a whole new world and not even known it

I pray and declare that in no distant time, you will embrace another son in JESUS Name.

If the intent of the message is for GOD to speak to HIS people, then let GOD do the talking.

Kukutente23:
Lol
When they were sharing ambassadors, they didn't remember these folks that we call our cultural ambassadors. They handed over those to their elite friends and cronies
When is time to shout on your mandate, they suddenly remember that they exist

Comment of the thread. And this cuts across all parties.

Just

myspace:
Nigerians are not xenophobic. We welcome every law-abiding foreigner who comes to do legitimate business.

For years, Igbo traders have outcompeted many Yoruba businesses through aggressive pricing. We heard no Yoruba outcry about that. Now the shoe is on the other foot: Chinese traders are applying the same playbook, and suddenly some voices want them shown the door.

Competition, it seems, is only “unfair” when you are the one losing the customer.

Fair is fair sha,

JohnMathew01:
Modern game worlds are reaching massive scales. Hell Let Loose: Vietnam, built in Unreal Engine 5, features six launch maps covering around 24 sq. km and supports 50v50 battles, making detailed environments a major art challenge.

To handle that scale, the team used Procedural Content Generation (PCG) and Custom Primitive Data to create environmental density and asset variation while keeping artistic control. It shows how modern games need smarter, scalable art pipelines rather than simply adding more artists.

This is where a Game Art Outsourcing Studio can help. Specialized teams can support characters, environments, props, VFX, materials, and other 2D/3D assets, giving studios the extra production capacity needed for large and visually detailed game worlds.

Hi, my teenage boys, 14 and 16, are making games with Scratch which they then upload to the Scratch platform. Any idea how they can get to the next level please? We are in Lagos, Nigeria

An iroko has fallen. Rest in peace Olu Jacob.

The people know their own. Sack Oseni, he starts a YouTube news channel and hits 20 million subs in one month flat. And Arise viewings dwindle to nothing. We know who we dey come find there .

Hi, do you do this professionally. Didn't watch all the video so apologies if I should know that

Well done, Divine! Keep pushing!

insidelife22:
Come rain come shine next year bulaba must retire
Osun is a prelude .

It's not rain or sunshine that accomplished this, according to the elder Adeleke, but faith in GOD through fervent prayers. What would happen if all Nigerians with one mind truly prayed and fasted and asked GOD for a change? I'll tell you. An avalanche. A tsunami. Just like in Osun. Psalm 110:3. Thy people shall be willing in the day of The power. But all this only if we put in the time and effort.

Abortion is a sin. No human should take a life except in self-defence.

Thank GOD the children are back safely. So sad we lost so many. May GOD receive their souls and rain vengeance on all the perpetrators and their supporters.

Real business opportunity here. With all the recent Akara media attention, do the same thing, but cheaper. With more fillings sef, veggies, proteins, maybe fruits sef

Samantha125:
Trying to use fear to impose your colonial belief on me won't work... What you're doing is no different from what those your Boko Haram and Fulani brothers of yours are doing to you guys in Northern Nigeria.

I was once a full blown Christian and the more I got involved in the church, the more I started seeing things for what they really were... I saw hell on earth, if members didn't do enough evangelism throughout the month, they'd get whipped with a belt by our senior pastor, we'd each be allocated the amount of offering that we're expected to give as members depending on our family backgrounds, and almost everyone was fornicating in that church because apparently "the founding pastor didn't mind"... So I did give Christianity a chance, but I unfortunately ended up in deep depression and became suicidal, it took the work of a therapist to get me back into my senses... And this is one of the biggest churches in Africa.

I'm sorry and shocked about your experience. That Church did not represent JESUS CHRIST well. Recall HE drove those same kind of people from the temple. That's why the Bible says: looking into JESUS, the Author and Finisher of our faith. Unfortunately , no Church should be our model of who or what a Christian is, and you must never make any man that either. If GOD puts it in your heart, you could start a new relationship with HIM, just by reading the Bible and praying privately until you find a real community of believers that live according to the Word. GOD bless you.