Nigerian feature film ‘Eyimofe’ has been selected for the 50th anniversary edition of the New Directors/New Films Festival in New York. The movie follows factory worker technician Mofe, played by Jude Akuwudike, and Hairdresser Rosa, played by Temi Ami-Williams, on their quest for what they hope will be a better life on foreign shores. However, things take a sudden shift …

Celebrities have been reacting to the guilty verdict passed on the policeman who killed George Floyd last year, sparking worldwide protests for racial justice and against anti-black racism. In an emotional statement Lewis Hamilton, the British race driver and Formula 1 world champion said: “JUSTICE for George! “The emotions I feel right now are hard to describe. Derek Chauvin has …

Sacked police officer Derek Chauvin was convicted of murder and manslaughter Tuesday in the death of African-American George Floyd in a case that roiled the United States for almost a year, laying bare deep racial divisions. A racially-diverse jury of seven women and five men in the Midwestern city of Minneapolis took less than two days at the end of …