BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has announced plans to set up the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) and establish the Motion Picture Practitioners Council of Nigeria (MOPPICON). A statement issued in Abuja on Sunday quoted the Minister as saying, at the 2016 Kannywood Awards in […]
By Seun Adebosin The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, and the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, Monday toured the National Museum Onikan Lagos, preparatory to the plan on redesign and modernization of the edifice into a world-class historical hub and tourist site. Monday’s visit is a follow-up to the promise by […]
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Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has promised that Nigeria’s artists’ village has come to stay. Mohammed said this Monday when he paid an unscheduled visit to the Village at the National Theatre Iganmu, Lagos. Promising that the move was aimed at providing a conducive environment for Artists to thrive, the Federal Government […]
By Ayo Balogun Apparently reacting to the altercation and mild drama which ensued last weekend between the master Don Jazzy and street king, Olamide aka Badoo, organizers of the Nigerian locally organized music awards – Headies has expressed its displeasure on the development and condemned act it considered “improper” and the “use of profanity on […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Lagos State Commissioner for Tourism, Mr. Folarin Coker has disclosed that the ongoing “One Lagos Fiesta” will be the backbone of making Lagos the entertainment hub of Africa. Speaking recently with newsmen at the Bar Beach, one of the venues of the ongoing One Lagos Fiesta (OLF), Coker stated that […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja In line with its cultural relations mantra, the Embassy of the Republic of Germany in Nigeria has consistently continued to explore and leverage opportunities aimed at promoting cultural ties between Germany and Nigeria. The German High Commission in Abuja upped the ante penultimate Thursday by partnering with Fashion Designers from Germany […]
By Ayo Balogun, Lagos BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Twenty-two year-old computer science graduate of University of Port Harcourt, Miss Pamela Peter-Vigboro Leesi, emerged winner of the Miss Nigeria 2015 beauty pageant in the early hours of Sunday in Lagos after a very keen contest. Pamela, who represented Cross River state, emerged winner of the […]
By Eric Ojo, Abuja Institut français du Nigeria, the French Institute in Abuja was a beehive of activities on Thursday when it hosted the official launching of French and Japanese Animated Film Festival to showcase the rich animated film tradition of both countries in Nigeria. The film festival is aimed to giving Nigerians, particularly those […]
BALTIMORE, MD (AFRICAN EXAMINER) – First Bank of Nigeria Limited, Nigeria’s most valuable bank brand through its First@arts initiative has partnered the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) in hosting the COSON Week 2015. This partnership is in line with the Bank’s initiative to drive perception change, grow brand affinity among the youth and the upwardly […]
Kanayo O. Kanayo, Yul Edochie and Jazzy Okey starred in a new movie entitled: Blood Against Blood, shot in Enugu. Also in the movie are Ifeanyi Gbulie (aka Ifeanyi Ikechukwu), Adaeze Chiegbu, Sharon Joseph, Echelon Mbadiwe, Emmanuel Oklakhu, and Collins Ikeowo. The movie is directed by Don Single Ndubuisi for De Blessed Nnapeace Production Ltd. […]
By IGNATIUS OKPARA, Owerri – The Owerri, Imo state based Micro Small, Medium Enterprises (MSME) Business School, Okuku, has concluded arrangement for the establishment of a Nollywood City. When completed, the city according to the school, would have a resemblance of America’s famous Hollywood town. The project is also designed for accelerated development of performing […]
Popular actor, Zack Orji has said that he supports his son, Leo’nel’s music career because he believes that everyone has their different gifts which they must utilise to succeed in life. According to him, he didn’t even try to persuade his son to follow in his footsteps as an actor. In the words of the […]
There is uncertainty over the health condition of ace comedian, Moses Olaiya, popularly known as Baba Sala, as he was rushed to the University College Hospital, Ibadan, late Monday for age-related ailment. Adejumo’s son, Emmanuel, on Tuesday told our correspondent that his father was taken to the hospital after initial treatment in an Ilesa hospital […]
Bobbi Kristina Brown, 22, the only daughter of singers Whitney Houston and Bobby Brown, died Sunday, nearly six months after she was found unresponsive in a bathtub of her home, her family said. Brown has been unresponsive in hospitals and hospice care since she was found in a bathtub of her Roswell, Georgia, home on […]
Singer-songwriter, harmonica player, and businessman, Oladapo Daniel Oyebanjo (D’Banj) who won the maiden MAMA Evolution awards, has dedicated the prestigious prize to his former business partner and producer, Don Jazzy, who is the boss of Mavin Records. The Evolution category is meant for established artistes who have made a huge impact on the African music […]
By Collins Amadi – Nigerian Reggae star, Victor Essiet of the Mandators Fame has been abducted by unknown attackers. The 80’s Reggae icon, reports indicated was kidnapped Saturday at his Nsit Ubiom area of Akwa Ibom state, South South Nigeria. The ugly development, our Correspondent gathered, occurred while Essiet who is also a song writer, […]
By Funmilayo Omidiji – Popular and award winning Nigerian hip hop young star, David Adeleke, popular called Davido, has successfully completed his undergraduate programme at a private ivory tower – Babcock University, Ilishan Remo, Ogun State, South Western Nigeria. Davido graduated from the University’s department of Creative Arts with a Second Class Upper grade. It […]
By Adeseye Adebiyi – Veteran actor and Film producer, Kunle Afolayan Monday led a host of some other renowned names in the Nollywood in a protest against piracy. The protesters marched from Ikeja under bridge via Awolowo way down to the Governor’s office in Alausa Secretariat, Ikeja. The peaceful walk and protest against piracy, involved […]
By Adeseye Adebiyi – Popular Nollywood Comedian, John Okafor otherwise referred to as Mr Ibu has lost his mother. Hilarious Okafor was with his mum last weekend in Enugu, his home state, when she gave up the ghost at age 90, after waging an unsuccessful war against Diabetes for many years. Okafor is arguably the […]
