SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM North Korea says tests a nuclear warning to South Korea, US State media releases first pictures of recent barrage of launches showing leader Kim Jong Un overseeing ‘tactical nuclear drills’. ADVERTISEMENT North Korea has said its recent barrage of missile launches were “tactical nuclear” drills personally overseen by leader Kim Jong Un, and a response to joint United States-South Korea naval exercises. North Korea carried out its seventh launch in two weeks when it fired two ballistic missiles early on Sunday morning. ADVERTISEMENT Showing the first pictures from the launches, state broadcaster KCNA reported Kim Jong Un guided the exercises, which involved ballistic missiles with mock nuclear warheads and were led by “tactical nuclear operations units”. ADVERTISEMENT The various tests simulated targeting military command facili

SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM Nigerian Man Selected By 20th Century Studios To Write & Direct Hollywood Movie A Nigerian script writer, Stanley Kalu has been selected by the American entertainment giant, 20th Century Studios to write and direct a Hollywood movie from Matthew Tobin Anderson’s seminal novel, Feed. ADVERTISEMENT The movie which mirrors a dystopian love story will be produced by Zachary Green to mark Kalu’s feature-directional debut. According to The Hollywood on Friday, Feed is one of the most acclaimed YA novels from the past two decades getting the movie treatment. ADVERTISEMENT Kalu is a trained filmmaker who recently graduated from the University of Southern California and shares his time between Nigeria and Los Angeles, the United States. ADVERTISEMENT He came to the limelight after winning The Launch: Million Dollar Screenplay Competit

SMACIN GRACEFULL TEAM BBNaija show is the devil’s incarnate. It must be stopped – MURIC The Muslim Rights Concern, MURIC, has supported calls of the Director-General of the National Council for Art and Culture (NCAA), Segun Runsewe, for members of the House of Representatives to give the body a legal framework to go after the organizers of Big Brother Naija (BBN) over nudity displayed on the show as well as powers to arrest and prosecute crossdressers in the country. ADVERTISEMENT Runsewe made the appeal during an investigative hearing by an ad hoc committee of the House on Tuesday, October 4. ADVERTISEMENT In a statement released by its group director, Prof. Ishaq Akintola on Sunday, October 9, MURIC backed Runsewe’s calls, stating that the reality TV show is “demonic.” ADVERTISEMENT “The Director General of the National Council for Arts and Culture