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Mayweather Vs Pacquiao: One Man,one fight,The 35 Billion Naira story

By the time we were sleeping in Nigeria, two people were in the boxing ring in America, fighting what is today the most expensive fight in the world. Mayweather Floyd and Pacquiao threw punches here and there to the excitement of sport lovers.  By the time, some of us woke up, the gist was all over the place. One small boy in America got close to 36 Billion Naira just fighting one battle!Chai! He got $180 million naira (US Dollars). Government need to do something about harnessing the boxing talents of those area boys who harass people in Lagos.    I need to start boxing too.   -Niyi Tabiti 

Does Nollywood Exist?

     I have tried to find a good answer to this question several times but the more i tried, the more difficult it becomes to find an answer.Does Nollywood exist?You can trace Hollywood to a geographical location in America. Everyone would point to California, the city of world's biggest actors,producers and singers.   Where is our own Nollywood?Is it in Surulere where most artistes got their first movie roles or Ojez the bar and restaurant inside National Stadium where actors meet and jollificate? Okay, did i hear you say Lekki/Ajah axis because Genevieve Nnaji ,Monalisa Chinda, Uche Jombo,Omoni Oboli, Ini Edo and others stay there?  As i waited patiently for the newspaper vendor to give me my change, i smiled because one of the captions read "Gollywood actress..blah blah..."- Ghanaian actors are now known by the funny name Gollywood! Where is all