Big Brother Naija star Diane Russet is about to make her Nollywood debut in a movie titled Storm. The reality made this known recently via Instagram with an inscrutable teaser – featuring herself all dressed up and doing her make up. There’s a fleeting shot of Daniel Etim-Effiong, who also stars in the movie, alongside Sir Dee and Ike Onyenma.

 

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Anticipate #STORMthemovie Starring: Daniel Etim Effiong @etimeffiong Diane Russet @diane.russet Ike Onyema @iam_ikeonyema Atteh Daniel @sirdee_da Crew Director: Michael ‘AMA Psalmist’ Akinrogunde @amapsalmist Producer: Diane Russet @diane.russet Assistant Director: Evans Edeha @evansedeha D.O.P: Barnabas ‘Barny’ Emordi @barnyee Screenplay: Michael ‘AMA Psalmist’ Akinrogunde @amapsalmist Production Manager: Ayorinde Oluwalaanumi Ayorinde @laanumi_ayo Production Design: Chris “Krees” Udomi @mr.udomi Lighting Designer & Gaffer: Ibrahim Amodu @ibrahim_amodufilms Sound: Oyindamola Dada @oyindamola_dada Make up artist: Karen On You @karenonyou Costume Design: Dimeji @deemfashionterritory Grip: Taiwo @tet_services Music: @therealmissella Special thanks: @official_mercyeke @kohinoorlagos

A post shared by Diane Yashim (@diane.russet) on Jun 17, 2020 at 12:25pm PDT

Since Big Brother Naija, Diane Russet has found her footing making short film like The Therapist and her most recent Bayi. We will keep you posted on latest developments about the project.

NCDC confirms 587 new cases of coronavirus

587 new cases of #COVID19Nigeria;

Lagos-155
Edo-75
FCT-67
Rivers-65
Oyo-56
Delta-50
Bayelsa-25
Plateau-18
Kaduna-18
Enugu-17
Borno-12
Ogun-12
Ondo-7
Kwara-4
Kano-2
Gombe-2
Sokoto-1
Kebbi-1

17,735 confirmed
5,967 discharged
469 deaths pic.twitter.com/vUBukvZYTN

— NCDC (@NCDCgov) June 17, 2020

APC National Working Committee affirms Ajimobi as National Chairman

The National Working Committee of the All Progressives Congress APC, this afternoon affirmed the appointment of former Oyo governor, Abiola Ajimobi, as the acting National Chairman of the party. This is coming hours after the National Secretary of the party, Victor Giadom, declared himself the new acting chairman of the party.

Obaseki dismisses claims of moving to another party

Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo has dismissed claims he has moved to a new political party. The governor formally resigned his membership from APC yesterday, and this ignited rumors that he has defected to the PDP where he will be running for a re-election.

COVID-19 testing still our weakest response – NCDC Boss

Dr. Chikwe Ihekweazu, the Director-General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has revealed that the nation still falls short on testing, saying that it is the weakest spot in it’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic. According to Ihekweazu the agency is working aggressively to increase the testing across the country, as it ambitiously targets 2 million tests in 3 months