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FUNKE OSAE-BROWN The city of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria hosted the 2016 edition of the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) on Saturday, June 8, 2016. The Obi Wali International Conference Centre was busy with celebrities walking the red carpet and getting their pictures taken. Cameras of all sizes were…
Moviedom in Nigeria awaits the premiere of a game-changing film rooted in the events of the botched 1976 coup. One of the most arduous tasks in the production of the movie, according to its Executive Director, Prince Tonye Princewill, was the effort to secure a working relationship with the Nigerian…
Come Sunday May 29, 2015, it will be a new dawn in event circle. It’s the unveiling of the much awaited reality TV show, The Event Pros, hosted by Ndidi Obioha and powered by Enthyst Limited. It is an infotainment reality show that promises to be entertaining, filled with drama…
Four African countries have top the list of the 2016 Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) list. This was made known by Shaibu Husseini, the president of the Jury at a media event which took place at the Protea Hotel, GRA Ikeja, Lagos, Nigeria on Sunday. Films from Nigeria, Ghana, South…
FUNKE OSAE-BROWN Foremost French carrier, Air France, will make history on June 1st, 2016 as it premieres the yet to be released Kunle Afolayan’s film, ‘The CEO’, on board its flight AF149 as cruises to Charles de Gaulle Airport, Paris, France. Arthur Dieffenthaler, commercial manager, Air France/KLM said at a…
The Africa Movie Academy Awards has brought a remarkable twist to the way it traditionally announces its yearly nominees. In a statement on Thursday, the Chairman of the 2015 AMAA Jury, Shaibu Husseini, said nominees will be announced at a strictly media event which will hold on Sunday at the…
African Movie Academy Award has found a new home in the garden city, Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State following very successful nine consecutive editions in Bayelsa State, one in Abuja, Lagos and Port Elizabeth, South Africa respectively. The Governor Nyesom Wike led state which is the headquarters of…
Good times are here for film maker Kunle Afolayan as he has been travelling around the world meeting with top executives of Air France/KLM as a build up to the premiere of his latest film, The CEO. Led by the Senior Vice President, Africa, Air France/KLM, Frank Legre, 15…
JUSTICE GODFREY OKAMGBA Veteran Nollywood actress, Bukky Wright, has been unveiled as the new brand face of Elkris Super Oat. She was unveiled on Tuesday as the new brand ambassador at a media conference which took place at Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. Speaking at the event,…
Preparations are in top gear as the global community of documentary filmmakers is getting ready for iREP Film Festival billed to take place at the Freedom Park, Lagos from March 24-27, 2016. According to the festival organisers, this year’s festival, which is the sixth edition is bigger in scope and…
World–acclaimed Broadway musical, ‘Sister Act’, is billed for Nigeria later this year and will parade an all-Nigerian cast, Soji Akinkugbe, the show organiser and managing director of Colours in Africa, has announced in a statement. According to Akinkugbe, ‘Sister Act’ is one of the most successful musical theatre productions of…
REDTV, a dynamic online lifestyle channel that puts the spotlight on Africa with a distinct global appeal has been launched. REDTV, a digital online television network, features the very best of entertainment, news, design, travel, fashion, music, sports, comedy and much more. “REDTV strives to be first and foremost…
Foremost film maker, Kunle Afolayan has been unveiled on Tuesday as the new brand ambassador for Peugeot Automobile Nigeria (PAN). This is coming five months after he got an endorsement deal with Air France. The ceremony which also marked the official launch of the company’s new Peugeot 508, celebrated the…
LARA OLADUNNI History has been a strong source of inspiration for film makers. Hence, the newly released short film, ‘The Encounter’ directed by Tolu Ajayi and produced by Emeka Mekwunye is not different from other historical films previously produced. The film is a poignant historical drama adaptation based on…
A year ago, Late Patrick Sawyer defied all international travel restrictions placed on passengers travelling out of Liberia. He was pressed to attend a conference organised by ECOWAS in Calabar. He flew into Nigeria carrying in his body the deadly Ebola virus. Perhaps unknown to him, the singular step he…
Foremost Nigerian filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan has made the Quartz list ‘Meet 30 Innovators Finding African Solutions for African Problems’. Quartz is a digital news media outlet with head office in New York. In an online statement published on Quartz’s website on Monday, Yinka Adegoke, Quartz Africa editor, says the organisation…
When I got a call last week about a meeting at the Air France office, I was excited there is a new dawn in the Nigerian film industry popularly called Nollywood. On arriving at Air France Victoria Island office that sunny July morning, I saw Kunle Afolayan dressed in…
FUNKE OSAE-BROWN On the evening of last week Monday, news filtered into town that the well acclaimed film, ‘October 1’ produced by Kunle Afolayan, had been pirated and the pirated copies were billed to be released into the market. “I got a call from Alaba saying they have bought the…
The entire Ikeja GRA Lagos was taken over when the ship of “No More Baga” campaign berthed in the peaceful neighbourhood penultimate Saturday. Like a novelist, that day, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, founder of the “No More Baga” campaign, created a vivid picture of what could have transpired during the Baga attack.…
First you are a fashion designer, and now you featured in ‘October 1’. How do you explain that? Well obviously I multi task, I guess, or I am multi-faceted. I am involved in this film through the costumes. I am actually designing and making a lot of the costumes especially…
