Show your acting talent. N10,000 up for grab!

Well, it’s time we have a bit of fun. Nollywoodgossip just launched a fun acting audition contest, where interested people upload their photos based on the contest rules.

The top three photos with highest votes at the end win the prizes.

Here is this month’s scenario.

The scenario

You’re in an exam hall and after looking through the test questions you found out you don’t know any of the answers. What will your facial reaction be?

Take a photo with your camera, webcam, or phone showing what your facial reaction will look like in a situation like that. Upload it for the chance to win a prize and for the opportunity to be judged by credible players in the industry.

How to enter

Add your photo, description & email address in the form to the right.

How to win

The photo with the most votes wins. Winners will be emailed upon completion of the contest

First prize is N5, 000

Second prize: N3, 000

Third prize: N2, 000

It’s not only for the prizes but for the fun. So let’s have some fun!

Click here to enter the contest

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Nigeria: Why Akwa Ibom Deputy Governor Resigned

Akwa Ibom State Deputy Governor, Mr. Nsima Ekere, Wednesday resigned from office over some irreconcilable differences with Governor Godswill Akpabio.

Though Ekere did not give any reason for his resignation, THISDAY gathered that it may not be unconnected with the way Akpabio is running the state.

The former deputy governor in his resignation letter dated October 31 and addressed to Akpabio said: "Pursuant to Section 306 (5) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria (as amended) I kindly notify you of my resignation from the office of the Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State forthwith on personal grounds."

But THISDAY gathered that before his resignation, Ekere was first given the option to either resign or face impeachment.

Investigation revealed that the resignation was as a result of a disagreement which erupted during a heated debate at a stakeholders' meeting convened by the governor.

Others who attended the meeting were the Speaker of the State House of Assembly, Hon. Sam Ikon, the Secretary to the State Government, Umana Okon Uman other.

Sources told THISDAY that the meeting, which started on Monday, ended in a stalemate due to the inability of the governor and others to reconcile their differences.

The meeting rescheduled for Tuesday, was said to have forced the deputy governor to open up and express his mind against the position of the governor on issue bordering on the governance of the state.

At the meeting, sources said the Speaker of the state House of Assembly was directed by the governor to resign which the Speaker challenged.

After many of those at the meeting had spoken, the deputy governor was said to have vehemently challenged the governor on why the Speaker should be removed.

The position of the Deputy Speaker was said to have been very embarrassing to the stakeholders and on the spot, Ekere was given the option to either resign or be impeached.

A statement issued by the Chief Press Secretary (CPS) to the governor, Mr. Inem Ina, confirmed the resignation of the deputy governor, saying: "The Deputy Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr. Nsima Ekere, has resigned from office."

"In a letter of resignation dated Wednesday, October 31, 2012, Mr. Ekere said he was resigning on personal grounds.

"He thanked the governor and the good people of the state for the opportunity given to him to serve the state in the last 17 months.

"Mr. Ekere wished the governor and the people of the state well in the remaining years of the administration," Ina said.

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Nigeria: Boko Haram Names Buhari, Five Others As Mediators - *FG Welcomes Move, Buhari Cautious

Maiduguri — Leadership of Jama'atul Ahlis Sunnah Lidda'awati Wal Jihad, also called Boko Haram, has named the former Head of State and presidential candidate of Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, General Muhammadu Buhari (rtd), among six prominent northerners, to mediate between the group and the Federal Government.

The Federal Government in a statement by Dr. Reuben Abati, Presidential Spokesman, Thursday, welcomed the move.

Boko Haram, however, said that for the group to observe ceasefire, the Federal Government must heed its demand by arresting and prosecuting the former Governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff.

Governor Ibrahim Shettima of Borno State also, Thursday, said security agencies should be allowed to do their job on those they suspect are sponsors or sympathisers of the Boko Haram sect.

Shettima told state house correspondents after a meeting of the National Economic Council that the security challenge in the country required the efforts of all Nigerians to overcome.

Meanwhile, spokesman of the group, Abu Mohammed Ibn Abdulazeez, who doubles as the Second-in-Command (Amir) to their leader, Imam Abubakar Shekau, made the group's intention known in a tele-conference with journalists in Maiduguri, Thursday.

Mediators

Abdulazeez said other people, who could mediate with the government if its conditions were met, include Dr. Shettima Ali Monguno, former Yobe State governor, Bukar Abba Ibrahim, Ambassador Gaji Galtimari and Hajia Aisha Wakil and her husband, Alkali Wakil.

Dialogue venue

He insisted, however, that such dialogue must not take place in Nigeria, but Saudi Arabia.

According to him, the choice of Saudi Arabia was informed by the insincerity of the Nigeria government for dialogue and its betrayal in the past.

Abdulazeez insisted that for the group to ceasefire completely, the government must not only apprehend, but prosecute Senator Modu Sheriff according to the laws of the land as well as compensate members of the group and rebuild their places of worship destroyed during 2009 uprising, which led to the alleged murder of their leader, Mohammed Yusuf.

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Nigeria: Gunmen Kill Cop, Seven Others in Plateau

Jos — Gunmen struck yesterday in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State, killing one policeman and seven others.

This was just two days after four persons were killed at a drinking joint in Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of the State.

Daily Trust gathered that the assailants laid ambush in Jwol village and opened fire on a group of policemen who were on routine patrol of the area.

The gunmen, allegedly armed with sophisticated weapons, overpowered the policemen and succeeded in killing one corporal, Istifanus Samaila, making the others run into a nearby forest.

The assailants, as they were leaving Jwol, were said to have encountered four people at Sopp village and gunned three down as one escaped narrowly with gunshots.

In Jebu, near Sopp, three men said to have been coming from Ganawuri market were found dead with bullet wounds. Earlier in the day, the villagers had reported the body of a woman found around the market.

Police Public Relations Officer Emmanuel Abuh said, however, that no one died except one person that sustained injury.

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Nigeria: Gunmen Kill Cop, Seven Others in Plateau

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