IN MY time, Nigerian television was huge. The New Masquerade. The Third Eye, Abiku, Behind the Clouds and even the tacky Willie-Willie Hot-Cash! Those were great times that died before they were fully formed. And whatever you have to say about the Nollywood, we either had to take the half-baked bread it offered or depend... Read More
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IF YOU are bored and or appalled by the plethora of negative news content about Africa today, then CP-Africa.com may just be your closest soothing balm! It comes from a now popular angle: For long, the world has focused on the things that are wrong about Africa – poverty, disease, hunger, war and strife but... Read More
Title: Guilty Pleasures Producer: Emem Isong and Desmond Elliot. Director: Daniel Ademinokan & Desmond Elliot. THIS STORY was told from the end forward. It is driven through a (rather confusing) conversation at the beginning of the movie by Liz (Nse Ikpe-Etim) and Nse (Omoni Oboli), who met at a travel agency and struck a friendship.... Read More
Kenneth Oliko ONLY 27, ‘Funa Maduka is the Dean of Students of the Oprah Winfrey Leadership Academy for Girls Obvious question; what did it feel like to be announced Professional of the Year at The Future Awards early this year? It’s a humbling and grateful feeling, and I’m excited too – especially if it’s inspiring... Read More
Artiste – Timaya Album: De Rebirth Da-ti-da-ti-ra-ra, Da-ti-da-ti-ra-ra! A completely meaningless – you can even say senseless – refrain. It’s exactly the kind of drivel you expect to hear from the Egberipapa 1 of Bayelsa, but oh what delicious drivel! Timaya’s second album – complete with a very untypical cool, blue new look that’s supposed... Read More
IT’S ALMOST a cliché. Tucked somewhere in the middle of the busy Adetokunbo Ademola in Victoria Island, almost opposite Eko Hotel and Suites is Suite XVIII. Right in between two clubs, which guarantees unbeatable fun at a walking distance, Suite XVIII is the place you want to spend a Friday night. Coziness is the ideal... Read More
MO’CHEDDAR, NOMINEE for the Hip Hop World Awards NextRated, is certainly the next big thing How will you define your music? My music is a lot like me… happy, exciting, colourful, unique, different and always fresh. My music is influenced by who I am… I am the definition of the new age African young woman.... Read More
Title: Who is Afraid of Wole Soyinka? Producer/Director: Wole Oguntokun I HAD no answer to this question until I watched the play. Then I sat through the more-than-one-hour drama, laughing till the end, thoroughly entertained. Then I thought to myself: If this had been staged during the military era the playwright, cast and crew, and... Read More
WHAT WOULD cross your mind if you heard the phrase ‘City Crawler’? You might think of someone who knows (or has explored) the nook and cranny of the city, and you’re right. This Fairy would think Ijeoma Okeagu, and for good reason. Ijeoma Okeagu is a PR whiz based in Abuja, especially for small and... Read More
NIGERIA HAS Yemisi Ilo to thank for bringing Sesame Street How long have you been in television? I stumbled into TV 5 years ago, when working with the not for profit media organisation – Communicating for Change. Print publishing was my first love. What TV projects/shows have you worked on? I have produced a number of... Read More
Title: Chapter One Artiste: Sinach OUT OF the overly saturated Nigerian gospel industry comes a voice that is rich, anointed and beautiful all at the same time. All hail the ‘Queen of Chords’ Osinachi Kalu; popularly known by her stage Epithet, Sinach. Her debut album – Chapter One – released for LoveWorld ministry; the music... Read More
Simon Ejembi A LOT has changed in the Nigerian music industry since “Dem be two/later become three.” And it’s not just the Plantashun Boiz. A lot has changed since we struggled to make sense of the Remedies’ break-up, and watched Daddy Showkey in front of a run-down apartment singing about a certain ‘Dina’. Exposed to... Read More
Damilola Amolegbe MANY OF us are not aware of the extent of human trafficking that goes on in Nigeria. It isn’t exactly the kind of news that the popular media outlets here emphasise – it isn’t politicians laundering money, top CEOs embezzling the rest, or even the latest “bigz boys or girls gossip”. When you... Read More
Title: One Day Artiste: eLDee Director: eLDee MUSIC VIDEOS are in a separate genre in the motion picture industry. A video is allowed the flexibility to express a different point of view from that expressed in the music it is supposed to be promoting. This in turn gives a lot of room for creativity in... Read More
Nosa Oyegun | 22:08 ‘Gbenga Sesan, Executive Director, Paradigm Initiative Nigeria WHAT IS your favourite travel destination? Nottingham, United Kingdom (until December 2010). Why do you like to travel? For work, leisure and to get more exposure. How many countries of the world have you been to? Twenty seven (27). When did you first leave... Read More
Omotola has been a celebrity for 15 years now and a lot of us think we know her – her marriage, her kids, and her career. However, for what might be the first time, she speaks passionately about the things that define her. She speaks frankly to Chude Jideonwo about her anger, her frustrations, her... Read More
–Adebola Williams “If I say I totally understand how I keep my body and soul together, it will be the award-winning lie!” the 28 year old Tolu Sangosanya says, a small smile playing on her lips. “I do whatever my hands find to do and I do it well but I have learnt that what... Read More
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: Easily Nigeria’s most influential contemporary writer, the author of Half of A Yellow Sun and The Thing Around Your Neck reveals an impatience with modesty What is your favourite virtue? Honesty What are your favourite qualities in a man? Kindness What are your favourite qualities in a woman? Strength What would you... Read More
Sarah and Shola, two identical twin sisters, each got a chocolate cake for their birthday on the 23rd of July. Sarah, being a spontaneous, self-confessed chocolate junkie, dug in with gusto, cramming chunks of chocolate cake into her mouth with both hands. Halfway through, she remembered that she would have loved to share the cake... Read More
Kicker: Singer Waje, radio presenters Tosyn Bucknor and Phoenix, actor Lala Akindoju and marketing professional Lola Talabi have a no-holds-barred conversation on humble beginnings, marriage and staying the long haul with a man. Pullquote: I mean (chuckling) I’m not going to live in the dark without being able to afford… even if it’s an I-better-pass-my-neighbour... Read More
Fi’ ammari Machar Zoaka, a graduate of Covenant University, has taken the next general elections as his life’s work. But for this engineering graduate, it goes beyond 2011: he and his friends are determined to use social culture to cause social–change. He speaks about BLING, Cool2Vote and others. By Kenneth Oliko What is BLING? Is made... Read More
“So how will you make sure this survives?” She asked as we laid out our plans to change the world. We were three wide-eyed-but-relentless teenagers intent on doing the impossible: Organise Nigeria’s biggest pan-sector youth awards, when we didn’t have a kobo (almost literally) in the bank. We had taken our proposal to sponsors endlessly... Read More
‘Damilola Oyedele Welcome to the world of this new generation of God-lovers PERMIT ME to (mis)quote a famous pig: “All churches are cool, but some are cooler than others.” It’s strange when you think of it. A little over a decade ago, the words ‘church’ and ‘cool’ might never have been used in the same... Read More
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