By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu Whenever Onitsha gets into any business, other cities take a back seat. When market literature was in vogue, Onitsha was the leader. Now that home movies have taken over, Onitsha has shot ahead as the centre of the booming trade. According to a study published by the British Library in 1990, Read More…
The governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has called his city a “Bastion of Entertainment” from which the globe benefits from an influx of innovative ideas. This was expressed by Sanwo-Olu during the Glover Memorial Hall, Lagos premiere of the film Last Man Standing, a biopic on President Bola Tinubu. The film “Last Man Standing,” Read More…
Makhosazane Twala, 25, better known by her nickname, Khosi, has won the Big Brother Titans competition. The hosts, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu and Lawrence Maleka, made the announcement at Sunday’s season finale. This meant that Kanaga Ene placed second and Tsatsii placed third. On January 15th, 24 contestants from Nigeria and South Africa were introduced for the Read More…
Dr Mark Animal TV Show, a new wildlife-focused television series for children aged seven to fourteen, has been launched by Wild Africa Fund. This was said on Saturday in Lagos by Wild Africa Fund Nigeria’s Representative, Mr Festus Iyorah. “The kiddies show premieres this Saturday and every other Saturday at 8.45 a.m. on Silverbird TV Read More…
Wild Africa Fund has partnered Laycon Cares Foundation (LCF) and its client, Laycon, to raise awareness on illegal bushmeat trade in Nigeria. This is contained in a statement signed by Mr Festus Iyorah, Nigeria Representative Wild Africa Fund on Friday in Lagos. The statement said that Wild Africa Fund had signed agreement with the Big Read More…
Tems is stunning, then blocks At the Oscars on Sunday, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” won the coveted best picture award as Hollywood accepted a surreal tale of a Chinese-American family resolving their issues across various dimensions. Seven honours were given to the film altogether, three of which went to the actors Michelle Yeoh, Ke Read More…
The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) said on Tuesday that nationwide movie theatre ticket sales in February totaled N278 million. The National Chairman of CEAN, Mr. Ope Ajayi, who made this disclosure in a Lagos interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), noted that the theatres had 122,295 gross admissions over the course Read More…
Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, a pioneer in Nigeria’s entertainment sector and the creator of the esteemed AMAA Awards, has passed away. After being in a coma since Saturday, she reportedly passed away at St. Nicolas Hospital in Lagos. While her coworkers and close friends, some of whom visited her in the hospital, refused to believe the news Read More…
The Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN) has given advice to Nollywood actors on how to improve their filmmaking and get rid of any internal issues that would prevent them from submitting high-calibre films for upcoming Oscar nominations. The recommendation was made in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos by Mr. Victor Okhai, the DGN National Read More…
Iwaju, meaning “The Future” in Yoruba, has been picked up by Walt Disney Animation Studios and will premiere on Disney+ steaming platform this 2022. Iwaju will be the first co-production between Disney Animation and an outside studio. The founders of the African animation company Kugali, were on hand at the D23 Expo in Anaheim to Read More…
