Emelonye Highlights Scourge of Cancer in New Film

Award-winning filmmaker, Obi Emelonye is set with a new movie, Oxford Gardens. Shot in London, the film features Ngoli Okafor, a former boxing champion in the United States, Ngozi Thompson  Igwebike, Savanah Roy, Iffy Chukwu, Princess Abiye, Frank Ani, Nnenna Ani and D’Richy Emelonye. It will be officially premiered on December 18, this year.

Basking in the success of great films like, The Mirror Boy, Last Flight to Abuja, Onye Ozi and Thy Will Be Done, the director-producer, who is renowned for championing causes with his themes in Nollywood, says he intends to be refreshingly different with this new work. 

Suya & Bush meat Can Cause Cancer - WHO Warns

A World Health Organization report has sounded a note of warning on consumption of Nigeria’s favourite barbeque, suya, saying it could cause cancer.

Although suya and bush meat were not expressly mentioned in the report, they fall under the processed meat definition which encompasses meat that “has been modified to increase its shelf-life or alter its taste – such as by smoking, curing or adding salt or preservatives.”