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Film Review: Excess Luggage has its moments, overstays its welcome
by Wilfred Okiche The film business is such that it welcomes anyone with cash and determination to spare. Every month, a greenhorn producer rises to the surface with their…
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Freetel ICE 2 Review: Google’s new N13,000 Smartphone made for Nigerians
Google’s CEO Sundar Pichai and other executives of the company visitLagos for the Google for Nigeria event in July. At the event, the technology company announced many new products and…
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Film Review: Catch.er is raining men, and clues
by Wilfred Okiche In CaTCH.eR, the latest crime thriller by Walter ‘Waltbanger’ Taylaur, the director returns to the seedy underworld that made his 2015 feature-length debut, Gbomo Gbomo Express,…
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Film Review: Blessing Egbe’s The Women is ‘Fifty’, but a lot less classy
by Wilfred Okiche Blessing Egbe has built a career on documenting the ups and downs of being female in Nigeria. In the soap opera, Lekki Wives - her signature…
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Film Review: Dance To My Beat is a shameless cash grab. But you will laugh
by Wilfred Okiche Nollywood starlet, Mary Lazarus joins the ever-expanding list of actresses to take the plunge into film production with Dance To My Beat. She plays it as…
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Film review: Amara is underwhelming, absolutely boring
There was a time when it was considered a big deal for Nollywood stars and producers to make the trip to foreign lands to shoot films. As budgets got bigger…
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Music Review: Wyclef Jean’s Carnival 3 is simply breathtaking
by Umar Hassan Wyclef Jean was the most prominent member of the Fugees group that revolutionized hip hop in the 90's before they broke up. They were arguably the…
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Film review: Tatu is visually appealing, structurally handicapped
by Wilfred Okiche As Nollywood productions go, the ELFIKE team (consisting of EbonyLife films, FilmOne distribution, Inkblot and Koga studios) that made the box office champion, The Wedding Party in…
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Album review: Simisola could start a fresh Nigerian sound
After Simi’s Ara Ile was released circa 2008, comparisons with then up and comer Rihanna unfolded almost immediately. Not because she was as feisty, but because of the texture and…
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Album review: The African Gentleman makes monotony beautiful
Ric Hassani’s debut project The African Gentleman is the typical Nigerian song. It begins the way it is supposed to begin. It reaches a peak. It has a repetitive chorus…
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Film Review: In Line is a weird mix of drama and suspense
by Wilfred Okiche The latest Nollywood-Ghollywood collaboration comes in the form of the dramatic thriller In Line from Firepix studio production. Debo (Uzor Arukwe) is an ex-convict recently sprung from…
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Film Review: My Wife and I asks for too much, offers little rewards
by Wilfred Okiche It is probably a good thing that Nollywood is reaching for more interesting ways to tell pretty conventional stories of love, family and loss. It would be…
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Film Review: The Tribunal is mostly solid
by Wilfred Okiche The last of director Kunle Afolayan’s three picture deal with television giant, Africa Magic is a legal drama with social implications. This collaboration has yielded mixed results,…
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Film Review: My Wife and I is a decent project with lazy characterisation
Nigerian movie writers and production companies are riding high on the wings of the romantic comedy genre. The box office champ, The Wedding Party, changed the game irrevocably. Then the…
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The music finally does some talking for the man: A review of D’Banj’s ‘King Don Come’ album
by Umar Hassan Of all major Nigerian artistes, D'banj has thrived more out of the viability he has engrained into his brand than the quality of his music. As a…
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Music Review: Ace Hood makes a rather lame statement with Trust the Process
by Umar Hassan Trust the process is Ace hood's first album since leaving DJ Khaled's We The Best Music and whether he severed ties with Khaled because he wasn't getting due…
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Film review: Banana Island Ghost has the cool factor
Banana Island Ghost is a consolidation of recent developments in the Nigerian film industry. Coming in with a real great story that takes intense care of how the narrative is…
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Film review: Banana Island Ghost – Between style and substance
by Wilfred Okiche As far as Nollywood is concerned, comedy is in right now. No other genre is even close to being as lucrative. 2017 has brought Isoken, 10 Days…
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Music Review: “Wo!” is Olamide’s welcome back to the streets anthem
by Micheal Ace What do you think needs to be done to a prodigal son if he refuses to repent? Trash him or write him off? Exactly what the public…
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Film review: Alter Ego is a convoluted product of star baiting and calculated marketing
by Wilfred Okiche Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde hasn’t made a movie in three years. Omotola is back, with a bang too. In an early scene of Alter Ego, her comeback vehicle, Ms…
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Theatre review: Hear Word is as brilliant as you remembered, and just as necessary
by Wilfred Okiche This weekend, the buzzy play Hear Word made a triumphant return to the stage at the Muson Centre, Lagos in what can now be considered an annual…
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Film Review: Hakkunde is a confluence of ideas, skill and talent
by Wilfred Okiche Director Asurf Oluseyi has made two shorts,- the AMVCA winning A Day with Death and Hell or Highwater, a sensitive portrayal of being male and gay in…
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Album Review: Omawumi’s Timeless album is a purposeful curation of nostalgia and versatility
Carving a name for herself as one of the most durable figures on the Nigerian music scene, Omawumi despite long spells in the sidelines has always managed to retain relevance…
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Opinion: Wizkid’s Sounds From The Other Side is a futile effort for African music
by Michael Ace As much as it remains evident that this musical act is a beautiful product of Africa’s uniqueness and creativity, an unprejudiced mind will agree with me that…
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Good could have been better: A review of Wizkid’s Sounds From The Other Side
by Umar Hassan Who releases a 12 track EP in 2017?.A Nigerian musician; Wizkid to be precise.Perhaps this was what Seyi Shay meant by 'electronic package' (lol). But on…
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Jay-Z’s 4:44 Album review: Nothing has changed. Hov is still King!
by Umar Hassan My first guess was the album title had something to do with Jay's birthday (he was born on a December 4th) and that the :44 blank would…
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Music Review: It’s Not A Lie! Harrysong stole D’banj’s shine in his comeback track
In the build up to his new album; King Don Come Kokomaster D’Banj released a new song “It’s not a Lie.” Going back to his books on what made him…
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Movie Review: Isoken is an incredibly amazing story
The Jadesola Osiberu written, directed and produced Love movie cum romantic comedy titled Isoken is a brilliantly told story about feminism, family, society and its pressures, the gift of friendship…
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5 takeaways from Ariana Grande’s #OneLoveManchesterConcert
Twenty-three-year-old Ariana Grande hosted a #OneLoveManchesterConcert. This concert was a fundraiser for the Manchester bombing which also happened in her earlier scheduled concert. The attacker was Salman Ramadan Abedi, a…
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Movie Review: Alakada Reloaded, an elaborate hoax to collect money from Nigerians
A big screen answer to Jennifer Akindele’s Jenifa, Alakada reloaded is a meh attempt. The Falz-esque style of speaking, extreme lies and generic ‘grass to grace’ stories have been over…
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YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy
YMonitor
- Beyond the Power Struggle: Why a Strong Opposition Party is Crucial for Nigeria’s Democracy
- The Importance of Impartial Reporting in Nigeria’s Democracy
- Understanding the Role of Election Tribunals in Nigeria’s Electoral Process
- The Importance of Active Citizenship Beyond the Voting Booth
- How Ethnic Baiting is Undermining Nigeria’s National Security and Democracy