Bayelsa Raises N300m For AMAA Awards

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This year’s edition of the Africa Movies Academy Awards (AMAA) is poised to be the most glamorous as the First Lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, Governor Seriake Dickson and MRS Oil boss, Sayyu Dantata supervised Tuesday’s fund raising ceremony in which no less than N300 million was raised.


The fundraiser held at the Congress Hall of the Transcorp Hilton signaled what Governor Dickson described as a new era for AMAA in which the premier event will henceforth be funded by the private sector.

Spain Raises Minimum Age For Marriage From 14 To 16

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Spain has raised the minimum age for marriage to 16 from 14, which had been one of the lowest in the world, as part of a wider reform to improve health and safety for children and adolescents.

The reform, announced by Spanish Minister of Health, Social Services and Equality Ana Mato on Friday, also raises the age for consensual s*x from what was the lowest in Europe at 13. The new age will be decided by Parliament.

The Minister said that change was aimed at “improving the wellbeing and quality of life of youngsters”, reported Xinhua.

Until now, people as young as 14 years could marry with permission from a judge or their family.

Man raises almost 1.2 Million Naira to visit and photograph all of his Facebook friends

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A Connecticut photographer is on a mission to take pictures of his closest friends … all 788 of them.

Ty Morin has already raised nearly $7,500 for his film-photo series “Friend Request: Accepted” with the help of a Kickstarter campaign. His plan is the travel around the world to take a picture of each of his Facebook friends doing something he or she is passionate about. And, of course, he will be filming his journey.

On his Kickstarter page, Morin admits that likely hasn’t spoken to half of the people he is friends with on Facebook. So why doesn’t he just go down his list and unfriend those people to make everything easier?

“Don't you think cutting out all those friends would defeat the purpose of this project?” Morin wrote on his Kickstarter page. “The goal of this project is to reconnect with people.”