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  • Funmi Holder screens The Grudge, launches foundation

    Funmi Holder screens The Grudge, launches foundation

    Riding on the of the media screening of her new movie, The Grudge, Nollywood actress, Funmi Holder, penultimate weekend held a VIP screening for selected audience.

    Held at Sojourner Hotel, GRA, Ikeja, among guests who graced the VIP screening were members of cast such as like Richard Mofe Damijo, Ireti Doyle, Ijeoma Anieboh, Hon. Otunba George Oladele, a member of House of Representatives, Hon. Gbolahan Lawal, Commisioner for Works, Lagos State, close family and friends.

    The screening proper took off around 6:30pm with introduction of guests by the master of ceremony who cracked our ribs before calling the woman of the moment; Holder for her speech.

    The actress also used the night to launch her non- profit foundation; Funmi Holder’s Foundation, aimed at giving voice to victims of rape and widows. The unveiling was officially done by a member of the House of Representatives, Hon. Otunba George Oladele alongside Richard Mofe Damijo, the comic, educating and entertaining movie stars popular actors such as Odunlade Adekola , Ijeoma Aniebo and Ireti Doyle, Funmi Holder, Jaiye Kuti and others.

    The Grudge focuses on the lives of two lovelorn couples connected by one lonely widow living separate lives. Their lives intertwine leading to the unraveling of a five year grudge. According to the producer, The Grudge highlights serious issues in dramatic and entertaining forms to hold the audience spellbound for the one hour, 30 minutes of the screening.

    The Grudge will premiere on Sunday, October 23 and will hit cinemas across Nigeria from Friday, October 28, producers revealed.

    Other guests at the screening which started with a red carpet include; Funlola Aofiyebi, Caroline King, Taiwo Obileye, Elvis Chuks, executive member of WIMBIZ, Yemi Morafa, and others.

  • FUNMI HOLDER’S ‘The Grudge’ hits cinemas soon

    FUNMI HOLDER’S ‘The Grudge’ hits cinemas soon

    ACCLAIMED star of TV Soap, Tinsel, Funmi Holder, will be releasing her debut production, The Grudge, to cinemas come October.

    The movie features iconic actor and former Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta State Richard Mofe-Damijo (RMD), another Tinsel Star Iretiola Doyle, consummate and dynamic Yoruba Actor Odunlade Adekola, Holder herself, star actress Jaiye Kuti and Ijeoma Aniebo.

    According to the actress and producer, The Grudge tells the story of the lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages and a lonely widow intersect as they struggle to deal with a grudge that has festered for so long.

    The movie brings RMD, who has ruled the screen since the 1990s when he starred in Checkmate, Adekola, who has garnered fame for his prolific appearances in Yoruba movies, Holder as well as Kuti.

    The movie will be premiered on Sunday October 23, 2016 at the Radisson Blu, Lagos and would hit the cinemas the same week.

    Funmi Holder is a graduate of the University of Ibadan, who plays the role of Amaka Ade-Williams in Tinsel.

  • Funmi Holder’s The Grudge hits cinemas soon

    Funmi Holder’s The Grudge hits cinemas soon

    Acclaimed star of TV Soap, Tinsel, Funmi Holder will be releasing her debut production, The Grudge, to cinemas come October.

    The movie features iconic actor and former Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta State Richard Mofe-Damijo (RMD), another Tinsel Star Iretiola Doyle, consummate and dynamic Yoruba Actor Odunlade Adekola, Holder herself, star actress Jaiye Kuti and Ijeoma Aniebo.

    According to the actress and producer, The Grudge tells the story of the lives of two lovelorn spouses from separate marriages and a lonely widow intersect as they struggle to deal with a grudge that has festered for so long.

    The movie brings RMD, who has ruled the screen since the 1990s when he starred in Checkmate, Adekola, who has garnered fame for his prolific appearances in Yoruba movies, Holder as well as Kuti.

    The movie will be premiered on Sunday October 23, 2016 at the Radisson Blu, Lagos and would hit the cinemas the same week.

    Funmi Holder is a graduate of the University of Ibadan, who plays the role of Amaka Ade-Williams in Tinsel.

  • Headteachers collecting unauthorised fees will be sacked, says minister

    Headteachers collecting unauthorised fees will be sacked, says minister

    EDUCATION Minister Malam Adamu Adamu has warned headteachers of Unity Colleges to adhere strictly to the directive on the collection of only authorised fees.

    The minister warned that  any principal violating the directive would be sacked.

    In a statement by the ministry’e spokesman Ben Goong, Adamu directed that all authorised cost items, including boarding fees must be communicated to parents in writing and copied to the ministry before any payment could be demanded.

    According to the minister, any principal running foul of the regulation will have himself/herself to blame.

    He was quoted as saying: “For the avoidance of doubt, the authorised school fees for unity colleges for the 2016/2017 academic year has been placed on the ministry’s website – www.education.gov.ng

    “Any school principal who collects or has collected a penny outside the authorised fees as clearly stated must refund same to affected parents or guardians immediately.’’

    The minister urged parents whose wards were in unity colleges to report any infraction on the directive to his ministry for appropriate sanction.

    The minister said that one of the pillars of his Ministerial Action Plan, “Education for Change”, which would soon be launched, will make education accessible and affordable to all Nigerians.

    Adamu said he would not tolerate any act that could  sabotage the implementation of the Federal Government’s policy in the education sector.

    According to the minister, the time has come for “Nigerians to enjoy the benefits of ‘Change’ which they voted for and I will stop at nothing to deliver same in the education sector.”

    The minister said one of the reasons for the recent harmonisation of fees in unity colleges was to ensure that parents paid averagely less as well as eliminate indiscriminate collections.

    He said the indiscriminate collection of fees had resulted in parents in some unity schools paying much higher than their counterparts in other unity colleges.