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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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Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry)
Thursday, August 11th, 2011
OWERRI— Imo State Police Command, yesterday, said it was determined to unravel what killed the ace actor, Mr. Sam Loco Efe, in Rapour Hotel, Owerri, last Sunday. The Assistant Commissioner of Police in charge of the Criminal Investigation Department, CID, Mr. Emmanuel Ojukwu, who spoke to Vanguard, said: “We are investigating the circumstances surrounding the […]
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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, 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 […]
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Africa & World Politics, Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry)
Tuesday, May 10th, 2011
But for the delay and bureaucratic bottlenecks of the South Africa Embassy in Lagos, Nollywood stars, Rita Dominic and Ini Edo would have been returning from Madiba’s country. South Africa, which is fast becoming notorious for its visas, was said to have delayed processing of visas for the stars until last minutes despite pleas that […]
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Arts/Culture & Entertainment, Headlines, Nollywood (Film Industry)
Saturday, May 7th, 2011
She did not have the so-called ‘normal’ childhood. Her teenage life was truncated. She became pregnant at 17. Much was not expected from the little girl who did not follow the ‘golden rule’ of right upbringing (from secondary school, university and to career), however, against all odds, Genevieve Nnaji has broken, recreated and became the […]