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Avoid Depression! 5 Ways To Avoid "Oppressors" This Christmas (Living)

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       Copyright: Google  The festive season is here again! As exciting and beautiful as it sounds, polls show it is often the most stressful and emotional draining moment for a lot of people.  Why? Christmas and new Year festivities are sure to cause tension and anxiety especially among parents as many families grapple with meeting the financial demands it places on them in spite of the current harsh economic climate.   So, how do you avoid this? 1). Prepare ahead. Avoid last minute rush. But items in stages if you can buy them all at once e g. Shoes, clothes, foods, can be shipped in bits. Psychologically prepare yourself and those around you e g. Spouses and children not to have outlandish expectations. Instil in them that it's an annual event and whatever they don't get now, they'll be sure to get it done other time. 2) Spend within your comfortable limit. Set apart what would not increase your stress levels and is within your earnings.  ...

It's Shaffy Bello! Our Shining-Star-Making-Greatness Focus (Entertainment)

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        Shaffy, at the recent premiere of         Behind The Scenes, her latest film Copyright: Google  Sherifat "Shaffy" Belo has sure come a long way toeards becoming the mainstay in Nollywood. Her immaculate acting skills, impeccable diction, enunciation, beauty and chic, sartorial elegance has made her the hottest favourite in the pantheon of stars from Nollywood.  Acting was not her first love though. It was kusic. Despite a background in science as a registered nurse in the United States, Shaffy is more drawn to the arts. She burst on to the scene like a volcano as a CO singer with her cousin Seyi Sodoku on the blockbuster hut, Love Me Jeje in the 90s. Later , WA Na Mi Jo followed.  Afterwards, silence. She totally faded from scene. Shaffy powered back into reckoning with her starting role in Eti Keta, a film by Shared Balogun, over a decade ago. Her presence and impactful.role delivery quickly drew producers and director...

Nollywood Slacks as Tunisian Film Gets Nomination for 2026 Golden Globes (Entertainment)

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  Film poster The Voice of Hind Rajab - Tunisia makes foreign film nominees ' list of the Golden Globes. It is also under consideration at the Academy Awards for Motion Pictures dubbed the Oscars.  The film, released in September 2025, is based on a harrowing real life events surrounding the 911 call centering on Hind Rajah, a six year old Palestinian girl trapped under the rubble after an Isr@eli attack on G@z@.  It's not  just a triumph for Africa, it underlines the West's growing affinity with rhetoric against Isr@eli onslaught in G@z@. Before now, such a film would have been censored out somehow and not go that far.  This is a wake up call for the Nigerian Motion Picture Industry called Nollywood. Nollywood has done great. Things  I will love to see is when my country's film practitioners decide it's high time we take it higher with production of not just for profit films alone but for producing aesthetically didactic and reflective films on internation...