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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry), On The Lighter Side
Saturday, August 27th, 2011
Despite the scandals trailing the much talked about wedding of popular actress, Mercy Johnson to her boyfriend of two years, Prince Odianosen Okojie, the wedding will hold as planned this morning. MJ, as the actress is fondly called by friends and relations, according to her publicist, BigSam Media and the groom’s family spokesman, Prince Peter […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, House, Legislature, Nollywood (Film Industry)
Sunday, August 21st, 2011
Ace broadcaster and member of the Federal House of Representatives, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, shocked the press and industry operators alike last week, when she took on Nollywood. She stated that most of the movies churned out of the industry lacked technical depths, especially when the films are compared to other films produced in the developed […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, On The Lighter Side
Wednesday, August 17th, 2011
She’s one of the very best in Nollywood and probably beyond, that is what Genevieve Nnaji is. In this brief chat with TOPE OLUKOLE, she speaks on some issues relating to her career and the entertainment industry. Excerpts: Fear of failure. I am driven by fear of not achieving what I set out to […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Delta, Headlines, National Politics, Nollywood (Film Industry), State News
Wednesday, August 10th, 2011
The Delta Commissioner for Culture and Tourism, Mr Richard Mofe-Damijo, has blamed “excessive stress” for the death of veteran actor, Sam Loco Efe. Efe, 66, died in a hotel in Owerri, Imo State on Sunday after a post-production work on the Unknown Prophet a film he directed Mofe-Damijo told the News Agency of Nigeria in […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, General Politics, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry)
Sunday, August 7th, 2011
Foremost actor and one of the founding fathers of Nollywood, Chief Sam Loco Efe, is dead, aged 66. He died early yesterday in his hotel room in Owerri, Imo State capital, after returning from a film location. The news was received with shock yesterday by fans who said they would miss the late actor’s comic […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry)
Sunday, July 31st, 2011
Ini Edo is tired. Very tired. The actress, who lit the screen with her presence, confessed she’s tired of doing same of the same movies. “I am taking a stand against bad jobs,” she said. Bad scripts are not the only thing she’s taking a stand against. The Akwa Ibom-born actress is also taking a […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry)
Sunday, July 17th, 2011
Rita Dominic has been earmarked to host the HEADIES awards (formerly the Hip Hop awards), and as part of the preparations for that, a theme song for this year’s edition was premiered on July 13th on a Logos Nigeria radio station (Beats FM). And surprise, surprise, the guest host for the morning show at […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines
Saturday, July 9th, 2011
The Supreme Court, on Friday, upheld the death sentence passed on Kano State-based Kannywood actress, Miss Rabi Ismail, by a Kano State High Court and the Court of Appeal in the Kaduna Division, for allegedly killing her boyfriend, Ibrahim Auwalu, in 2002, by drugging and drowning him. In the lead judgment of the apex court […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Nollywood (Film Industry)
Thursday, June 23rd, 2011
Award-winning actress Rita Dominic and celebrated Hip Hop artiste eLDee will host the 2011 edition of the Headies (this is the nickname of the Hip Hop gold head). In its continuing commitment to the promotion and development of urbane music, Smooth Promotions, producers of the Headies’ awards announced on Monday that the reputable performers have […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry)
Saturday, May 21st, 2011
Nollywood and the entire showbiz industry are about to witness the most memorable wedding in history as stunning actress Mercy Johnson joins the exclusive list of celebrities to walk down the aisle with her longtime boy friends. She is set to marry city millionaire, Prince Odianose Okojie. The proposed wedding is a four-day event that […]
