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What: Taruwa Festival Mega Concert. Where: Terra Kulture V.I, Lagos. When: May 7, 2013. Photos by Hycinth Iyereosa
by Akan Ido The latest fad in the Nollywood industry where actresses claim to shave their hair for a huge amount of money has been called to question by fans and a few movie practitioners alike. [Nollywood’s Chika Ike just got a N5million cheque – and she wants you to see it (LOOK)] The likes... Read More
by Charles Novia He was always there. He would listen and advise. He had a phrase he used which was very ‘Bendel’ and which I fondly remember him for. ‘Dem don broke you the bread?’ He would ask. It means ‘Have you been paid?’. Oh, Efere! My heart jumped into my mouth when I heard... Read More
by Charles Novia The invitation cards for the first Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards were as much in demand as one would wish for an oil block from President Jonathan. And if getting an oil block is so easy in Nigeria, then it means those of us who received the beautiful and well-packaged jewel- encrusted... Read More
by Charles Novia If you ask me, there was no need for Kim Kardashian at all in this concert. None whatsoever! Was she paid huge sums and flown here to just introduce Darey? It didn’t make sense to many. I first met Darey in 1999 at Jazzville, a unique and bohemian music club of sorts... Read More
Being a Review Presented at the Launch of ‘Nollywood till November’ – the Charles Novia Autobiography – on Wednesday, November 28, 2012 at Terra Kulture, Lagos, Nigeria. There is an old debate, one that I find necessary: should a man who has hardly finished the first half of his life – let’s put that at... Read More
by Charles Novia I have restrained myself for a couple of years from commenting on Tonto Dike’s career after my last comments about her role in the soft porn movie she acted in two years back, were badly taken by her and she went on Twitter to hurl infantile insults on my person with expletives... Read More
by Akan Ido Many Nollywood insiders and observers alike are aware of the rivalry between ‘Omosexy’ – Omotola Jalade Ekeinde and screen goddess Genevieve Nnaji, but few must have heard there has been a lasting “professional rivalry” between Nnaji and Stella Damasus. This much is contained in Charles Novia’s yet-to-be-released book which dished out off-screen... Read More
