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It's no longer news that Tom Cruise indeed went on a rogue mission with his stunts in the action thriller 'Mission Impossible : Rogue of Nation.' A recently released stunt featurette proves that Cruise had to hold his breath for six minutes for the 'Mission: Impossible – Rogue Nation' underwater scene. Speaking on the experience, Cruise said “Normally in underwater sequences, people hold their breath for 10 seconds, 15 seconds max.” “So I had to prove to everyone that it was actually safe, and spend time with the safety guys and the safety officers to show them, look, not only is it safe, it’s better that I know how to hold my breath because I’m going to be very relaxed. No one’s going to have to rush in, no one’s going to have to panic.”

Chuks Anyaduba's latest movie is a short one which revolves around the side effects of prostrate cancer.

'Okonkwo's Inquest' is a stage play inspired by Chinua Achebe’s classic novel 'Things Fall Apart.' 'Okonkwo's Inquest' i s a stage play inspired by Chinua Achebe’s classic novel ' Things Fall Apart.' The play intends to rationalize human reactions to strange cultures and dogmas through a post mortem on the fatal consequences of colonial assumptions of the African traditional structure.  Okonkwo’s Inquest is a devised Theatre workshop play directed by multiple award winning Theatre veteran Toyin Oshinaike , and is produced by Oxzygen Koncepts. The play will premiere at Terra Kulture, Lagos on Thursday October 1, 2015. It would also show on October 2, 2015, at Terra Kulture, Tiamiyu savage street, VI, Lagos

Oscar and Emmy award winning actress, Kate Winslet was a vision for WSJ. Magazine's October 2015 Issue. From bulky leather jackets to to ball gowns and gloves, she was perfection.          The actress rocked retro looks in blacks and whites.                                                              Watch her lesson video above

Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi of Enugu State has said that his administration needs more than N32. 2 billion to off-set the arrears of workers’ salaries, gratuities, pensions and subventions. At an enlarged meeting with labour leaders in the state, Ugwuanyi said that the debts were accumulated by previous administrations over the years. He said that the essence of the meeting was to intimate the labour leaders with the efforts to procure the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) bailout funds to off-set part of the debts. He said that it was important that the workers were carried along to determine the best ways to disburse the fund. “The essence of this meeting is for you to know that we have formally applied for the sum of N4.2 billion for the purpose of defraying debts owed workers in the core ministries. “We want you to interface with your colleagues in other states to recommend ways the funds will be managed when it arrives,” he said. The governor said that the deb...

Ahead of Nigeria’s independence day tomorrow, October 1, multi-talented sound engineer, Samklef releases brand new viral video entitled ‘Nigeria Go Survive’ featuring Ichaba. ENJOY

The National Hajj Commission, has confirmed that Nigerian casualties at the September 24 Muna stampede has risen to 64. Similarly, as many as 240 Nigerian pilgrims are still missing at the time of filing this story. In a telephone interview, Mr Uba Mana, the Public Relations Officer of the Commission, said the injured were receiving prompt medical attention. According to him, a report containing the identities of the victims is on its way to Abuja, in line with the directive from the Presidency to the National Hajj Commission. He said: “As soon as our medical team finishes treating the injured, we will start airlifting them back to Nigeria.”