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NOLLYWOOD star, Halima Abubakar has every reason to be grateful to God.  And the reason is not far-fetched.  A couple of weeks back, the talented role interpreter was down with chronic typhoid and ulcer, but now she is back on her feet.  However, throughout the period she was on sick bed, rumour mill was agog that the Kogi born entertainer was pregnant.  But she debunked this totally when ENCOMIUM Weekly had an exclusive interview with her in her Maryland, Lagos residence on Friday, January 10, 2013.  She also spoke on other issues including her controversial mode of dressing. 2013 has come and gone, how would you assess the year? It was a beautiful and revealing year.  It's also tasking and hard.  No matter how much I achieved during the year, I was also in the hospital before the New Year began.  But at the same time, I give thanks to Almighty God for keeping me alive. What were the things you didn't do well in 2013 that perhaps you inte...

Former Big Brother winner, Uti Nwachukwu is set to pour out the benevolence in him. He's prepared to share as his brother's keeper. The handsome Nollywood actor has floated a charity organization called Uti Empowers Youth and Less Privileged, UELP and Uti Leads The Stars. In this interview with ENCOMIUM Weekly the young man poured out his heart on the vision and mission of his organization and much more.  Would you say 2013 has been rewarding and fruitful? 2013 was an incredible year! It's the best year I've had career wise! I had so many doors opened and so many deals came in. I experienced true blessings also in terms of health and spiritual growth. 2013 was one year I will never ever forget. A lot of ups, life changing challenges/lessons and a lot of gains. I am so grateful to God for such an amazing blessed year. God is so good to me. He always surprises me. His mercies and grace are immeasurable! I'm humbled and I'm in awe of my own growth and success. ...

Former Minister Ezekwesili believes that when it comes to Nigeria's economy and revenues, the buck stops at Mrs. Okonjo-Iweala's table. She therefore wants her to account for the country's missing oil money Former Vice President of the World Bank, Oby Ezekwesili, has taken the Minister of Finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, and the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) to task over the sloppy manner the government has handled the issue of the 'missing' $49.8billion oil money. The Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Lamido Sanusi, had, in a memo to President Goodluck Jonathan accused the NNPC of diverting huge oil revenue that should be paid to the federation account. Mr. Sanusi had alleged that the NNPC systematically diverted more than 76 per cent of revenues realised from crude oil sales between January 2012 and July 2013, paying only 24 per cent of the proceeds from crude oil sales within the period into the federation account. Later, at the end of a purp...