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Nollywood is Africa’s pride when it comes to the entertainment scene, being rated the second largest movie industry behind Bollywood in terms of movies produced per year. Nollywood indeed is a force to reckon with and has managed to stand the test of time by being flexible and adaptable to emerging demands. Africa’s biggest movie industry is producing it all from comedy, action, horror, drama, and soap opera among other genres. Nollywood’s flexibility enables it to entrench new themes like gambling in its movies drawing ideas from some of the best gambling movies to date.

Ghetto Dreamz

Sitting on top of our list is Ghetto Dreamz, a movie dedicated to the late Hip Hop artist Dagrin who died at the age of 24. Ghetto Dreamz is inspired by Dagrin’s life and it recreates his life struggles, challenges, personal life and tragic death. At the same time, the movie acts as a social commentary on the lives of young people. Just like any other young, rich and famous person, Dagrin had to face the double faced love from family, friends, and fans. In trying to cut a forlorn figure he created his own team. Further to this, Ghetto Dreamz with Owning Mahony, allows us to see a man who is torn between doing what he is socially expected to do as being a responsible and role model citizen and appeasing his own desire for the fast life. Just like Philip Seymour Hoffman, who is a responsible banker falls into the addictive gambling world, so too does Dagrin fall into the fast but dangerous life. At the end, both men fall due to the love of glamour.

Slow Country

Slow Country is a movie starring Ivie Okujaye, Sambasa Nzeribe, Majid Michel and Tope Tedela. The movie is centred on a mother (Ivie Okujaye) who in the quest to escape poverty runs into a prostitution and drug trafficking ring. Ivie for the next seven years becomes a loyal servant for a ruthless boss who later on fails to let go his most trusted cash cow. In her pursuit of freedom, Ivie has to defeat her former master, a ruthless and cunning man. What ensues is an epic battle that can equate to the fight between Sam Rothstein and Nicky Santaro in the movie Casino.

Ojukokoro

Ojukokoro is a crime-heist film, ranking as number three on our list. This is a movie about a manager (Wale Ojo) who decides to take a heist on a company that he is contracted under. Ojukokoro goes through many comic battles in an effort to alleviate his money problems. The movie is brought to life by a number of like-minded criminals who Ojukokoro meets and has to defeat in his quest to make the heist of his life. For those who have seen Hollywood’s The Hangover, Ojukokoro’s play includes all the funny characters are quite similar to the American blockbuster’s character personalities.

Kiss and Tell

Kiss and Tell is a romantic comedy with renowned actors who make this movie a memorable watch. Kiss and Tell has a gambling theme in that two friends bet on one of the friends having sex with a divorcee who has lost his love for men. The two men, Lyke and Bernard, make a bet that Lyke has to have sex with Dalphine in 10 days or he forfeits 5% of his shares in a company they owned. Bernard keeps the movie tense and suspenseful by telling Tena, a friend of Dalphine’s, of the bet.

Confusion Na Wa

Confusion Na Wa is a movie starring the much loved Ramsey Noah. It is centred on two opportunists who seek to make a quick buck by blackmailing the owner of a lost cell phone who has some criminally incriminating messages on the phone. However, in the wake, they set up a chain of events they soon regret.

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Here are some really simple DIY face mask recipes that have become very popular among honey enthusiasts. The steps and ingredients involved in each mask are so easy that you can prepare it in a few minutes. Pick one that suits your skin type and you are on your way to discovering many benefits of honey for your skin!

1. Simplest Face Mask With Just Honey

honey face mask imageThis is the simplest natural beauty recipe. It has only one ingredient – raw honey. It is so mild on the skin that most people especially those with sensitive skin can benefit from its gentle cleansing and purifying effects Just apply a spoon of raw honey on the face as a mask and leave it for about 20 minutes. Rinse off. Repeat a few times a week.

2. For Normal Skin: Apple Honey Mask

You will need
1 Apple, cored & quartered
2 Tablespoons Honey

Instructions: Drop the apple pieces into a food processor and chop. Add honey and refrigerate for 10 minutes. Pat the mixture onto your face with a light tapping motion, tapping until the honey feels tacky. Leave it on for 30 minutes and then rinse.

3. For Dry Skin: Avocado & Honey Face Mask

You will need:
2 tablespoons of avocado flesh
2 tablespoons honey
1 egg yolk
avocado picture Instructions: To form this anti aging skin care face mask which also has a lightening effect, put all the ingredients in a blender, or mash by hand in a bowl. Use your fingers to spread the mask over your face and neck and leave it on for at least 30 minutes, preferably longer, before removing.

4. For Dry Skin: Honey and Egg Mask

You will need
1 tablespoon honey
1 egg yolk
1/2 teaspoon almond oil
1 tablespoon yogurt

Instructions: Put all ingredients into a large bowl and stir until it becomes sticky and thick. Apply the mask to your face for 5 minutes and wash face thoroughly with a mild facial soap. Honey stimulates and smoothes, egg and almond oil penetrate and moisturize, and yogurt refines and tightens pores. The egg yolk also helps to lighten up the skin.

5. For Tired Skin: Almond Yoghurt Honey Mask

You will need:
6oz plain yoghurt
¼oz finely-crushed almonds
2tsp honey
2tsp wheatgerm oil

Instructions: Mix all the ingredients into a smooth paste. Apply and massage the mixture into skin. Keep the mask on for 20 minutes.

6. For Oily Skin: Honey-Papaya Mask

You will need:
1/3-cup cocoa
three teaspoons of heavy cream
1/3-cup ripe papaya
1/4-cup honey and three teaspoons of oatmeal powder

Instructions: Mix and apply on your face. After 10 minutes, wash your face with warm water. This anti aging skin care fask mask helps heal skin blemishes, nourishes, draws out impurities, balances your skin pH, and will leave your skin radiant and soft. Good for acne-prone skin.

7. For Oily Skin: Carrot Face Mask

Your will need
2-3 carrots
4 1/2 table spoons of honey

Instructions: Cook the carrots and then mash them up. Mix the carrots with honey and refrigerate for 10 minutes. Apply gently to the skin and wait for ten minutes. Rinse off with cool water. Carrots are known to be rich in vitamin A and C. They are also rich in potassium. Vitamin A and C are antioxidants. Honey contains sugar, enzymes, minerals, vitamins and amino acids.

8. For Sensitive Skin: Banana and Honey Mask

You will need
1/2 mashed banana
1/4 cup oatmeal, cooked with milk
1 egg
1/2 tablespoon honey

Instructions: Mix ingredients together. Massage onto face in a slow, circular motion and leave for 15 minutes. Rinse with tepid water. Oatmeal is high in nourishing vitamins and minerals; it gently cleanses and heals skin. Bananas contain vitamin A , eggs contain lecithin, a natural skin emollient; and honey helps to maintain the skin’s natural acid mantle.

9. For All Skin Types: Honey and Lavender Facial Mask

You will need:
1 tablespoon raw honey
3 drops lavender essential oil

Instructions: Mix the ingredients, dampen your face with warm water, and smooth on the honey and lavender mixture. Leave the mask on for 15 minutes. Then rinse off with warm water.

10. For Skin Lightening Effect (All Skin Types): Honey and Lemon Facial Mask

Your will need:
1 tablespoon honey
1 teaspoon lemon juice

Instructions: Mix the two ingredients and apply as a face mask. Rinse off after 20-30 mintues

Source: Benefitsofhealth

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Check out these wonder-working kitchen tricks. You’re welcome!

1. Mistakenly added too much salt? Just drop in one peeled potato.

The potato helps absorb the excess salt.

2. Angry over craked boiling eggs, add a pinch of salt to keep the shells from cracking.

3. Never put citrus fruits(Oranges, Lemons, limes,etc) or tomatoes in the fridge.

The low temperatures degrades the aroma and flavor of these fruits.

4. To clean iron cook-ware, avoid using detergents.

Alternatively, scrub them with salt and a clean dry paper towel.

5. When storing empty airtight containers, throw in a pinch of salt to avoid having that damp smell.

6. When making gravy (stews) and accidentally burn it, turn your mixture it into a fresh pan and continue.

Add a pinch of sugar, doing that takes out the burnt taste. P.S watch the qty of sugar tho.

7. Burned a pot of rice?

Place a slice of piece of white bread on top of the rice for 5-10 minutes to draw out the burned flavour. Be careful not to scrape the burned pieces off of the bottom of the pan when serving the rice.

8. Before you chop fresh red peppers, rub a little bit of vegetable oil into your hands and your skin won’t absorb the spiciness.

9. If you aren’t sure how fresh your eggs are, place them in about four inches of water.

Eggs that stay on the bottom are fresh. If only one end tips up, the egg is less fresh and should be used soon. If it floats, it’s past the fresh stage.

10. To banish ants from the kitchen, find out where they are coming in and cover the hole with petroleum jelly(Vaseline).

Ants won’t trek through the jelly. If they are coming under a door, draw a line on the floor with chalk. The little bugs also won’t cross a line of chalk.

11. Don’t store your bananas in a bunch or in a fruit bowl with other fruits.

Separate your bananas and place each in a different location. Bananas release gases which causes other fruits (including other bananas) to ripen quickly. Separating them will keep them fresh longer.

12. To keep potatoes from budding in the bag, put an apple in with them.

13. If you manage to have some leftover wine, cocktail drinks at the end of the evening, freeze it in ice cube trays for easy addition to sauces (white wine works wonders in sauces.)

14. After boiling pasta or potatoes, cool the water and use it to water your house plants.

The water contains nutrients that your plants will love.

15. When defrosting meat from the freezer, pour some vinegar over it.

Not only does it tenderize the meat; it will also bring down the freezing temperature of the meat and cause it to thaw quicker.

16. Always keep an aloe vera plant in your kitchen.

It’s invaluable when you scrape your arm or burn your finger. Just break off a leaf and rub the gel on the injury.

17. Too much fat or greese in your stew? Drop in an ice cube.

The ice attracts the fat, which you can then scoop out. This works wonders.

18. To reuse cooking oil without tasting whatever was cooked in the oil previously, while heating the oil, drop a small piece of fresh ginger.

It absorbs any flavors and odors.

19. If your milk always goes bad before you can finish it, try adding a pinch of salt to the carton when you first open it.

It stays fresh for a few more days.

20. If two drinking glasses become stuck together after stacking, it’s not impossible to separate them.

Just put ice in the inner glass and dunk the outer glass in warm water. The warm glass will expand and the cold glass will contract, making the glasses separate easily.

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The US Congress is poised to approve tough new sanctions on Russia, Iran and North Korea this week after reaching a compromise deal, which the White House indicated Sunday it could support, Guardian reports.

In mid-June, the Senate overwhelmingly passed tough sanctions on Moscow and Tehran, but the text stalled in the House of Representatives, until agreement was reached on Saturday.

The House is now set to vote Tuesday on a bill that targets Russia — for its alleged meddling in the 2016 presidential election and its annexation of Crimea — as well as Iran and North Korea, for its recent ballistic missile tests.

Initially, Trump resisted the legislation, which would prevent him from unilaterally easing penalties against Moscow in the future — effectively placing him under Congress’s watch.

But faced with near-total consensus among Republican and Democratic lawmakers, the White House blinked.

“We support where the legislation is now, and will continue to work with the House and Senate to put those tough sanctions in place on Russia until the situation in Ukraine is fully resolved,” new White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told ABC’s “This Week” news program.

“The original piece of legislation was poorly written,” she added.

Her boss, communications director Anthony Scaramucci, said it was still up to Trump whether or not to sign the measure into law.

“My guess is that he’s going to make that decision shortly,” Scaramucci told CNN, introducing a bit more doubt as to Trump’s intentions.

Even if Trump were to oppose the measure, Congress could overturn it with a two-thirds majority of both houses.

“If he vetoes the bill, we will override his veto,” Democratic Senator Ben Cardin told Fox News Sunday.

Once the House approves the compromise bill, the Senate will vote again, likely before the summer recess begins in August.

In Europe, the unilateral move by the US Congress does not sit well.

A spokeswoman for the European Commission said the draft legislation appeared to be “driven primarily by domestic considerations.”

“Sanctions are at their most effective when they are coordinated. Currently our sanctions regimes are coordinated,” she added, expressing concern that any new US measures could have “unintended consequences.”

House Republican Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy alluded to those concerns, saying the text, which has not yet been made public, would “help bolster the energy security of our European allies by maintaining their access to key energy resources outside of Russia.”

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For the past few weeks, Nigeria has been pelted by rain. In the penultimate week, it fell for the whole week, leaving many parts of Lagos metropolis flooded. Some states experienced the havoc caused by flooding.

After the relatively long spell of uncomfortable dry weather, which made adults and children alike break out in heat rash, the coming of the rainy season was welcome by the majority of the people. The initial excitement has given way to anxiety as a gale of ailments associated with the rainy season begins to buffet children, teenagers and adults.

The fact is that the rainy season has the tendency to reduce the immunity of the body and expose it attack by a myriad of diseases commonly associated with the season. It triggers off a lot of health disorders. The most common illnesses are related to the respiratory system, water and food borne diseases, which require that utmost care be taken to avoid them or management adequately when they occur. Common rainy season illnesses include cough and catarrh, food-borne infection, water-borne infection and cholera.

Cough and catarrh

Catarrh is an ailment that usually results when the immune system reacts to an infection or irritation.

When this occurs, the immune system sends white blood cells (WBCs) to the source of the infection or irritation. The WBCs then release molecules that cause the mucous membranes to swell and produce mucus. As the infection progresses or the irritant is not eliminated, and the production of mucus continues, the person may begin to feel an urge to cough. The cough may either be dry or productive (that is produces phlegm).

Remedies for cold

The remedy for the situation is to Increase the intake of Vitamin C either in natural form or as food supplement. This will help you drive away the cold virus faster. Vitamin C will activate your antibodies and reduce the severity of the cold, undoubtedly.

Further, you should not enter air conditioned room with wet hair and damp cloths. In case you were caught and beaten by rain, please take a hot protect you from bath soon after you get home. Taking a bath would protect you from many infections. Increase intake of hot drinks like a cup of hot milk, tea tea and hot pepper soup. Taking hot tea or pepper soup would protect you from catching cold or save you from any kind of infection that can occur due to sudden change in the temperature of your body.

Drinking extra fluids will help make mucus light, drain your sinuses, and relieve a stuffy nose. Water, broth, and sports drinks are good choices. Hot herbal tea will also warm your airways, helping to relieve congestion.

Cleanliness is very important during rainy season. Even if you catch a cold, you should clean your hands regularly and use a sanitizer always after that. Very importantly, if you are showing symptoms of cold, please sneeze into a handkerchief or tissue paper, to avoid spreading the infection, especially in a closed space such as an office. Politely move away from somebody who has cold and sneezing decorum. You can also politely tell the person to sneeze into a handkerchief.

Drink plenty of warm water or tea with honey as this will help to drain toxins from your body. A pinch each of long pepper powder and rock salt mixed in warm water reduces cough.

Try a spoonful of honey to soothe your cough. It may work as well as a drugstore cough syrup. Don’t give honey to children who under one year, because it is not safe for them.

Also, vitamin C may cut down on how long your cold lasts and how bad you feel. And some studies show that probiotics may help prevent colds.

Food borne infection

Infection from foods has been known to increase during rainy season. Such infection can cause vomiting, dysentery and diarrhea. If it is possible, avoid eating out, especially if you are not too sure of the hygiene status of the facility. Even at home, meals should be prepared with full precaution and there is the added necessity to maintain health and hygiene throughout the house.

Therefore, wash all food materials thoroughly with clean water and cook very well and long enough to kill germs. You should drink boiled water that has cooled down appropriately, where it is not possibl to drink bottled water as a regular practice.

The rainy season is also a good reason to adopt Ayurvedic remedies such increasing the consumption of fresh ginger, which is either generously added to stews, rice, pap, taken as tea without sugar or milk.

Cook rice with crushed ginger and salt. Add pomegranate juice when the gruel is warm.

This gruel rehydrates the body, supplies energy and soothes inflamed walls of intestine and controls bowel movements.

Cholera

Cholera is an infectious disease that causes severe watery diarrhea, which can lead to dehydration and even death if untreated. It is caused by eating food or drinking water contaminated with a bacterium called Vibrio cholerae. The bacterium is usually found in food or water contaminated by faeces from a person with the infection.

When a person consumes the contaminated food or water, the bacteria release a toxin in the intestines that produces severe diarrhea. It is not likely you will catch cholera just from casual contact with an infected person.

Cholera symptoms: Symptoms of cholera can begin as soon as a few hours or as long as five days after infection. Often, symptoms are mild. But sometimes they are very serious. About one in 20 people infected have severe watery diarrhea accompanied by vomiting, which can quickly lead to dehydration. Although many infected people may have minimal or no symptoms, they can still contribute to spread of the infection.

Signs and symptoms of dehydration include: rapid heart rate, loss of skin elasticity (the ability to return to original position quickly if pinched), dry mucous membranes, including the inside of the mouth, throat, nose, and eyelids; low blood pressure, thirst and muscle cramps. If not treated, dehydration can lead to shock and death in a matter of hours.

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Check out these wonder-working kitchen tricks. You’re welcome!

1. Mistakenly added too much salt? Just drop in one peeled potato.

2. Angry over craked boiling eggs, add a pinch of salt to keep the shells from cracking.

3. Never put citrus fruits(Oranges, Lemons, limes,etc) or tomatoes in the fridge.

4. To clean iron cook-ware, avoid using detergents.

5. When storing empty airtight containers, throw in a pinch of salt to avoid having that damp smell.

6. When making gravy (stews) and accidentally burn it, turn your mixture it into a fresh pan and continue.

7. Burned a pot of rice?

8. Before you chop fresh red peppers, rub a little bit of vegetable oil into your hands and your skin won’t absorb the spiciness.

9. If you aren’t sure how fresh your eggs are, place them in about four inches of water.

10. To banish ants from the kitchen, find out where they are coming in and cover the hole with petroleum jelly(Vaseline).

11. Don’t store your bananas in a bunch or in a fruit bowl with other fruits.

12. To keep potatoes from budding in the bag, put an apple in with them.

13. If you manage to have some leftover wine, cocktail drinks at the end of the evening, freeze it in ice cube trays for easy addition to sauces (white wine works wonders in sauces.)

14. After boiling pasta or potatoes, cool the water and use it to water your house plants.

15. When defrosting meat from the freezer, pour some vinegar over it.

16. Always keep an aloe vera plant in your kitchen.

17. Too much fat or greese in your stew? Drop in an ice cube.

18. To reuse cooking oil without tasting whatever was cooked in the oil previously, while heating the oil, drop a small piece of fresh ginger.

19. If your milk always goes bad before you can finish it, try adding a pinch of salt to the carton when you first open it.

20. If two drinking glasses become stuck together after stacking, it’s not impossible to separate them.

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