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he heavy downpour of this morning resulted in
the flooding of major roads in the Lekki and
Victoria Island axis of Lagos. A tree at Ajose
Adeogun in Victoria Island was uprooted by the
wind. Some motorist are even bailing out water
from their cars. Traffic is already building as a
result of the flood in most of the roads. More
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President Buhari has approved the appointment of
his Special Adviser on Planning, Mr Ben Akabueze
as the new Director General of the Budget Office of
the Federation. Mr. Akabueze takes over from Mr
Tijani Mohammed Abdullahi who will now serve as
Special Adviser to the President on Planning and
will continue to work with the Minister of Budget
and National Planning.
Akabueze was one-time Lagos state
commissioner for Economic Planning and Budget.
Akabueze and Abdullahi joined the Ministry of
Budget and National Planning in February this
year.
Hundreds of men and women have gone topless to
stage a protest on one of Britain’s most popular
beaches (Brighton) to ‘Free the Nipple’ and make
boobs more acceptable in society. The campaign's
aim is to highlight social media policies over
banning nipples. They want social media to allow
women’s nipples to be visible.
Despite the event, which held on Wednesday,
being a success the group are already planning for
another march in the upcoming campaign on
August 28.
The protesters marched from Brighton Pier to East
Sussex city seafront before stopping on the beach
where everyone sunbathed topless.
The event was organised by comedian Samantha
Pressdee, who came to Brighton with her one-
woman comedy show about nudity and sexuality.
Samantha said:
‘I’ve been a member of the Free The Nipple
campaign over the past year. I joined the
campaign to challenge the way women’s
breasts were perceived. Breasts have
been sexualised and the point of this
campaign is that they don’t have to be
sexual.’
We had a lovely time, loads of pictures
were taken.We ended up relaxing on the
beach, some people decided to go for a
swim whilst others brought out their
guitars’.
Justice Oluwatoyin Ipaye of the Lagos State High
Court today, June 9, sentenced Olawale Garuba
(pictured) to 39 Years imprisonment for stealing
from the dead. The convict who was a banker
working with a new generation bank, was
arraigned alongside six others in July 2015 for
conspiring among themselves to steal over
N30million from the bank account of a deceased
customer.
President Buhari forwarded 47 names for
ambassadorial appointment to the Senate. The
names were contained in a letter sent to the
senate which was red by Bukola Saraki in today's
plenary.
This image released by Universal Pictures shows
characters Orc chieftain Durotan, voiced by Toby
Kebbell, left, and Orgrim, voiced by Rob Kazinsky, in
a scene from the film, "Warcraft," based on the
Blizzard Entertainment video game. (Universal
Pictures via AP)
This image released by Universal Pictures shows
characters Orc chieftain Durotan, voiced by Toby
Kebbell, left, and Orgrim, voiced by Rob Kazinsky, in
a scene from the film, "Warcraft," based on the
Blizzard Entertainment video game. (Universal
Pictures via AP)
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It can be hard to tell orcs apart at first. The fictional
giants of the "Warcraft" video game franchise all
have mean faces, protruding tusks and muscles so
massive, they make The Rock look puny.
So it may take a while for non-gamers to figure out
who's who in the battle of orcs and humans at the
center of the "Warcraft " film, which complicates an
already dense mythology. Once it becomes clear
that there's a civil war within the orc race about
whether to eliminate or align with the humans, the
big-screen adaptation from director and co-writer
Duncan Jones is a little easier to understand.
For anyone unfamiliar with the fantasy game's
characters and story lines, "Warcraft" is little more
than eye candy, a visual spectacle with a backbone
of well-trod genre tropes. There's just no way to
become as invested during a two-hour movie as a
gamer who's spent years, maybe even decades,
immersed in the rituals and traditions of the worlds
of "Warcraft."
Plus, the humanoid orcs rely on so much digital
animation to come alive that at times the whole
movie looks like a video game, which obviously
suits the material here but can still take a little
getting used to visually. (This critic's screening was
in IMAX 3-D.) And it is certainly a spectacle, with
elaborate castles, armies of angry orcs and a villain
who dramatically sucks the life from his victims,
leaving them shriveled and deformed.
Voiceover at the start of the film explains that
humans and orcs have been at war for ages. The
orc planet is dying, so they're out to colonize new
territory, which they access when their ruler,
Gul'dan (Daniel Wu), uses his powers to open a
magic portal. The escaping orc clans storm in and
kill everything. One clan leader, Durotan (Toby
Kebbell), is a rebel. He questions Gul'dan's
destructive approach and suspects he may be
relying on evil forces, which, of course, he is.
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Orcs are invading the world of Azeroth when the
leader of the humans, King Llane (Dominic Cooper),
gets word of their imminent arrival. He turns to his
top warrior, commander of Azeroth's military forces
Lothar (a smoldering Travis Fimmel), and top
wizard, Guardian Medivh (Ben Foster), controller of
Azeroth's magical powers.
They capture an orc-human hybrid, Garona (Paula
Patton wearing disturbing prosthetic teeth), who
serves as a bridge between the two species — and
instantly catches Lothar's romantic eye.
Meanwhile, young magician Khadgar (Ben
Schnetzer) endears himself to the operation when
he discovers evidence of an evil force lurking in the
human kingdom.
Containing this powerful energy is ultimately the
theme of film, as it is of so many fantasy, superhero
and sci-fi stories. It's like the Force or the Ring or
the Infinity Gauntlet or the Allspark. Only the force
in "Warcraft," called "the fell," is purely wicked, so
evil it can consume the good — perhaps an allusion
to Biblical notions of "the fall."
The "Warcraft" mythology is extensive and rich, as
it would have to be to sustain five video games and
a series of novels. That's a lot of lore to pack into
one movie, though this film is clearly set up for a
sequel should the audience demand it.
Without the franchise backstory, "Warcraft" is a
big-budget fantasy-action film with lots of large-
scale, epic fight scenes between Mr. Olympia-sized
aliens and regular humans. When an orc throws a
horse at one point, it's almost more painful than
when a character dies, since the moviegoer's
connection with the characters is so superficial.
As escapist summer fare, "Warcraft" works
because the action is ample and the orcs look cool,
with pierced tusks and spiked armor evoking a
"Mad Max" aesthetic, even if it isn't always easy to
tell them apart.
"Warcraft," a Legendary Pictures release, is rated
PG-13 by the Motion Picture Association of America
for "extended sequences of intense fantasy
violence." Running time: 123 minutes. Two stars out
of four.
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MPAA definition of PG-13: Parents strongly
cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for
children under 13.
