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The burden of proof is on you. Do your research before coming here to make scandalous claims about my country!

Thanks for sharing your traumatic experiences. Try your best not to do the same to your children.

July

Wow, it seems as if our opinions are unanimous. Anyone producing a TV show would know what to do. Thanks!

A sitcom is usually 22 to 30 minutes long. The stories are divided into episodes that contain one or two major stories that are started and concluded within those 20-something minutes. Every 3 sentences of so, there's a joke that audiences are supposed to respond to by laughing. Laugh tracks are added so people can know when to laugh. The problem I have with this format is that I don't see how one can add one or two stories into a 22 minute show without them being unrealistic. Plus the fact that every character has a ridiculous side - there are no heroes in sitcoms!

A soap opera - which usually runs weekly and lasts for an hour - has an ongoing, complex plot that emphasizes relationships and ends in a cliffhanger each week. If you miss one episode you won't be able to enjoy the ones afer that, so you have to invest a lot of your time in a soap to enjoy it at all. I think a soap opera needs to be like the hottest thing on TV or else it will gradually lose viewers over time.

A plain TV drama also lasts about an hour and may have lots of action or lots of pure drama, but unlike the soap opera each episode tends to stand alone. I like it because the one hour you have gives you more time to tell a complete story. Also, you don't have to tell a joke through your script every 20 seconds. However, I wonder if it'll be hard to get a network to dedicate one hour to a new TV show.

So, if you are a TV producer trying to produce the next big Nigerian TV dramatic show, which forma would you choose? Would you create a 30 minute sitcom, a 1 hour soap opera or a plain episodic tv drama?

kokoletz, can you give us a breakdown of the various costs involved in running a TV station based on your audit?

Gas is more economical than Kerosine, and we now have gas cookers that are almost as cheap as kerosine stoves. Tha should be enough o convince them. Isn't it ironic that poor people use more expensive stoves?

In that case there's nothing to complain about. You can help the farmers to sell their products and earn a healthy commission in the process. Just use www.alibaba.com. You have no need for the government's help!!

Thanks for sharing!

If you want free speech, start your own website. I have the freedom to enforce "arbitrary" rules on mine.

I want to work in Nollywood.  I want to learn how much it costs to produce a film and how one starts.

I'm not convinced. Victoria Island is a place name like Nairaland.

"I live on Victoria's island" would be correct.
"I live on the beautiful Island" would also be correct.
"I live on Victoria Island" is not.

Victoria Island in is used the same way as "Lagos" or "Abeokuta", so Orikinla is wrong. A place named Victoria Island might not even be an island.

Well done!

Private schools have the right to admit whoever they want to admit if the person is willing to pay.

Any reason why you have declined to post the photo?

Was there any winner the last time?

She has access to the net, and she's kept blindfolded? THis story smells.

Also, she doesn't know how to contact the US police online? Ok, here's what you should do. Ask her to give you her address and her name and her brother's name and contact the FBI on her behalf: www.fbi.gov tips.fbi.gov

If this story is true, then the girl is not very smart. However, you can show her how to contact the US police. If this is true, then you need to contact the FBI with all you know about her before she disappears. Hurry up.

Yeah, part time earning is better. No need to throw away your job.

If Christianity isn't political, why are Christian in Nigeria trying to make homosexuality a felony? Why are Christian politicians in America and Nigeria opposed to the legalization of abortion? Religion and politics are partners in crime.

This person was not jailed for drinking. He was jailed for being caught!

Focus of all religions: World domination. Self-perpetuation. Growth of membership.

A crime has been committed. It is called fraud.