Trailer for Nigerian Action Movie COVERT OPERATION Starring Olu Jacobs and Yemi Blaq

The trailer for Covert Action a new Nollywood movie is out which means its only a matter of time before it gets pushed into the market. While veteran Nollywood actor Olu Jacobs, the talented Patience Ozokwor and the lovely Juliet Ibrahim are among the actors who appear in this movie, the trailer looks like the movie was produced some time in the 90′s and offers viewers no real reason to go scout for the film when it gets released.

One thing is obvious though after checking out this trailer, while Kunle Afolayan is busy working on October 1, a Nigerian movie to be talked about for years to come, some other directors simply ignore putting out decent content which is why we end with films such as Covert Action.

Check out the synopsis and the trailer below.

    There was a plan by Senator Ivan (Olu Jacobs) and his cabal of power hungry men to subvert the nation and eventually take over the leadership. A biological weapon was imported to terrorize the nation so that the masses would cry for the return of the military.

    When the canister was hijacked suddenly, it became a rat race, as Senator Ivan recruited the services of his arch enemy and a political thug, Prince (Yemi Blaq) and the State Counter Terrorism Unit headed by Ms. Jane (Patience Ozokwor) to retrieve the canister from Felicia a young girl abused by Senator Ivan driven by vengeance and not minding the cost.

Will Smith Starts Filming His Second Movie following the Disappointing AFTER EARTH

Following the disappointing outing of his movie After Earth, Will Smith has got two movies scheduled for release in 2014; the supernatural drama Winter’s Tale which he features in and a drama-comedy titled Focus which he headlines.

Production of Winter’s Tale has been completed and the movie which has a budget of $46 Million is set for release on the 14th of February 2014. Check out the synopsis of the movie which stars Colin Farrell, Russell Crowe, Jennifer Connelly and William Hurt below;

    Set in 1916 and present-day Manhattan, Winter’s Tale follows the story of Peter Lake (Colin Farrell). Peter Lake is a thief who falls in love with Beverly Penn (Jessica Brown Findlay), a dying girl who occupies one of the houses he breaks into. Lake is saved from the insane gangster Pearly Soames (Russell Crowe) and his gang of thugs by Athansor, a mysterious white horse who becomes his guardian angel.

Unlike Winter’s Tale whose production has been completed, filming of Focus which is being directed by Glenn Ficarra & John Requa just began last month therefore the movie is yet to get an official release date but we do have a plot outline for the movie via its wiki page.

    Nicky Spurgeon, a professional con artist, takes a young, attractive woman under his wing. They get involved romantically but that becomes perilous in a business where they lie and cheat for a living. The complications of the encounter haunt them when they meet up again in the future. Complicating matters even more, Nicky finds himself at odds with another suitor for the girl’s affections, as well as a run-in with a former flame…all before the heist of a lifetime.

We’ll keep you updated on developments while we continue to hope that someday Jerry Bruckheimer, Will and Martin Lawrence bring us Bad Boys 3.

N225m car scallndal: Stella Oduah tells her own side of the story

Minister of Aviation Stella Oduah has responded to President Jonathan's query to her to explain her role in the purchase of the controversial N225million BMW armored cars. See her response below

    Executive summary on the procurement of NCAA operational vehicles
    “The Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, is the statutory regulator of the Nigeria Civil Aviation Industry.

    Consequently, the NCAA is charged with oversight responsibilities over all civil aviation operations in the country, including safety, security and strict compliance with ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices, SARPs, and Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations, NCARs.

    2. Towards the effective implementation of its statutory regulatory responsibilities, therefore, it is imperative that the NCAA is fully equipped with highly specialised tools and facilities, including adequate operational vehicles to cover all 22 national airports and over 400 airstrips. In keeping with standard practice, provision is therefore made annually for the replacement of obsolete, inadequate & unreliable monitoring equipment.

3.In the 2013 budgetary appropriation, provision was made for the procurement of specialised equipment (including operational vehicles) to complement and in some cases replace obsolete ones.

Furthermore, the fact that NCAA, as the regulator of the industry, often plays host to dignitaries from ICAO, IATA, US FAA, AFRAA, AFCAC BAGASO, CANSO, ACI and a host of others makes it necessary to have specialised operational vehicles.

4.With regard to the procurement of additional operational vehicles (including BMW Security Vehicles), the following due process was observed:
(I) By letter dated April 15, 2013, NCAA officially requested authorisation from the Federal Ministry of Aviation to procure 56 operational vehicles through lease financing. This option was proposed to the ministry to enable the NCAA make 36 monthly payments based on receipts from Internally Generated Revenue, IGR.

The Ministry therefore granted due approval.
(ii)Based on the ministry’s approval, the NCAA invited Expressions of Interest from all Banks in Nigeria for the financing of the said vehicles. EOI was adopted because the procurement is two sided. First, the financier would have to be selected before the supplier is determined. This is in line with procurement best practices.
(iii) On May 24, 2013, the response received from the various banks to the Expression of Interest, EOI, request was opened publicly and minutes of the opening exercise was duly documented. During the EOI opening exercise, NCAA got commendation from one of the Civil Society Organisations, CSOs, approved by BPP who were invited for the opening exercise.
(iv)  The evaluation of the expression of interests was held on May 31, 2013 during which First Bank Plc, Union Bank Plc and Stanbic IBTC emerged most responsive. On the June 10, 2013 the above three banks were invited to submit Financial Proposals. Thereafter, First Bank emerged the highest rated responsive bidder.
(v)Between June 20 and 25, 2013, invoices were received from various accredited motor vehicle dealers during which only Coscharis Motors Limited quoted for BMW Security Vehicles.

(vi) On June  28, 2013, NCAA Parastatal Tenders Board approved the selection of First Bank Ltd for the Lease Financing as well as Metropolitan Motor Vehicles and Coscharis for the supply of the vehicles.  All  necessary approvals  were duly  sought  and  obtained accordingly.

(vii) Between  July 8, 2013 to August, 12, 2013 various meetings were held with First Bank Ltd, contract agreement was signed and necessary documentation executed.

Your Excellency is respectfully invited to note:
(i) The crucial statutory role of the NCAA in regulating civil aviation operations in the country, including safety, security and strict compliance with ICAO Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs) and Nigerian Civil Aviation Regulations (NCARs).
(ii) The need for NCAA to be fully equipped with highly specialized tools and facilities (including operational vehicles) to enable the effective implementation of its statutory functions.
(iii) The procurement of specialized operational vehicles is duly provided for in the NCAA 2p 13 (IGR) Budget and the need for adopting instalmental lease payments over36rionths.
(iii) That Due Process was followed in the procurement of the said operational vehicles.

Please your Excellency my continued loyally and esteemed regards.
Princess Stella Adaeze Oduah, OON, Honourable Minister.