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The AI Cinema Revolution: 20 Notable Full-Length and Long-Form AI Movies on YouTube Artificial intelligence video generation has evolved rapidly, moving from glitchy, surreal short clips to hyper-realistic cinematic experiences, cohesive storytelling, and extended runtime features. Independent creators are leveraging tools like Runway, Midjourney, Kling, and Sora-class workflows to build fully realized feature films and […]

From Ighomuaye Lucky, Benin The Minister of Works, David Umahi, has hit back at former Anambra State governor and Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) presidential candidate, Peter Obi, declaring that it’s not the turn of the Igbo yet to produce Nigeria’s president. The minister made the remarks in Benin, Edo State, while speaking on the Federal […]

From Romanus Ugwu, Abuja Former Rivers State governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Tonte Ibraye, has resigned his membership of the party, citing internal leadership wrangling and concerns over the legitimacy of its 2027 electoral processes. Ibraye, in his resignation letter dated September 24, to the ADC Ward chairman in Degema Ward 16, […]

From Mohammed Abubakar Dutse Amid the ongoing crisis within the top brass of the Jigawa State chapter of the ADC, the party’s presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar has waded in to amicably resolve the disagreement between the governorship candidate, Sen. Sabo Muhammad Nakudu and one of the party’s governorship aspirants, Bashir Adamu Jimbo. At the reconciliatory […]

From Isaac Anumihe, Abuja An independent committee of inquiry into the reported deaths of 37 persons in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has commenced sittings. This was disclosed in a statement by the committee’s secretary, Professor Isa Hayatu Chiroma. According to the statement, the committee held its inaugural meeting […]

From Isaac Anumihe, Abuja The Commandant General (CG) of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Professor Ahmed Abubakar Audi, has paid a condolence visit to the Emir of Minna, Alhaji Umar Farouk Bahago, the parents of the deceased and the family of the survivors. In a statement, Assistant Commandant of Corps and National […]

  Nigeria and Italy have strengthened collaboration to implement the proposed Global Partnership for Education (GPE) financing campaign targeted at mobilising $5 billion for education financing worldwide. This is just as President Bola Tinubu has said the GPE vision aligns with Nigeria’s agenda, which aims at improving educational outcomes by investing in access as well […]

  The Federal Government says the First Niger Bridge will reopen to traffic next week, following the completion of key rehabilitation works on the bridge linking Anambra and Delta States. Minister of Works, David Umahi, gave the assurance on Wednesday after inspecting the ongoing repairs at the Onitsha Bridge Head. The bridge was closed earlier […]

  A former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Chidi Odinkalu, has accused President Bola Tinubu of making it a habit to abandon Nigeria without leadership. Odinkalu, a professor and lawyer, while reacting to Tinubu’s absence due to his extended vacation in Europe, said that the administration was the first in which its […]

  The Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ola Olukoyede, on Wednesday alleged that some pilgrim boards have been involved in corrupt practices in the country. Olukoyede stated this at the Inter-Religious Council meeting in Abuja and the public presentation of the commission’s inter-faith manual to religious bodies. While speaking about past […]

  Niger State Governor, Umaru Bago, has inaugurated a nine-member judicial commission of inquiry to investigate the circumstances surrounding the deaths of 37 miners in the custody of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the state. The commission was inaugurated at the Government House in Minna, shortly after its members were sworn […]

With the steady erosion of democratic legitimacy in Africa and the strong wind of undemocratic change of governments that is blowing across the continent from Burkina Faso to Mali and from Niger to Gabon, the conversation on the future of democracy on the African continent continues. The latest intervention in this conversation has come from […]