Tag: Kunle Afolayan
Here are the Nollywood stars attending the 2019 Cannes Film Festival
This year’s Cannes Film Festival officially kicked off yesterday in Cannes, France, and it was preceded by a little buzz: ...
First Lady of Kwara, Deaconess Omolewa Ahmed, Femi Adebayo, Toyin Abraham, Chioma Akpotha, others stun at premiere of Diamonds in the Sky
Diamonds in the Sky, a movie by leading Non-Governmental Organisation, Leah Foundation was created in partnership with Sterling Bank to ...
The trailer for Kunle Afolayan’s ‘Mokalik’ is here and of course, Simi does some singing
The press rollout for Kunle Afolayan’s upcoming Mokalik has officially kicked off, heralded with a couple of teasers released between ...
Ooni of Ife’s Foundation commissions Bolanle Austin-Peters to produce Queen Moremi ‘The Musical’
The Ooni of Ife’s Foundation, House of Oduduwa has commissioned Bolanle Austin-Peters to produce the first of its kind Queen ...
Kunle Afolayan is working on adapting Ngugi Thiong’o’s classic novel ‘Matigari’ to film
Despite the great morass of African literature in the context of novels that verges on the African experience, not much ...
The YNaija Cover – the 24th of September
Follow the links to read the stories and analyses on YNaija: #YNaijaEssays: The biggest lie that we’ve been told is ...
Even Kunle Afolayan hardly watches Nollywood movies. And here’s why
In a recent interview with TheCable Lifestyle, Kunle Afolayan discussed his upcoming movie Mokalik, which will feature singer Simi in ...
Simi will be making her Nollywood debut in Kunle Afolyan’s upcoming movie “Mokalik”
Simi is quite the character in her music videos, most of them designed to mimic a Nollywood script. In real ...
TIP of a New Dawn founder, Tabia Princewill restates commitment to youth empowerment
Tabia Princewill, founder and executive director of the youth empowerment platform, TIP of a New Dawn has restated her commitment ...
Film Review: Moses Inwang’s Crazy People is clumsy, but redeemable
Director Moses Inwang is steadily building a profile as the definitive chronicler of the mental health issues that afflict Nigerians. ...
Entertainment Roundup: Tupac Shakur’s ex-girlfriend to sell a photo of his penis; G-worldwide accuses Kiss Daniel of “misleading the public” | More stories
Thursdays are for throwbacks and catchups! So here’s almost everything you missed in entertainment yesterday and the ones that broke ...
Omotola Jalade, Kate Henshaw, Ramsey Nouah, other stars turn up for #AFRIFF2017 Globe Awards
The 2017 edition Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) came to a spectacular close with the presentation of the Globe Awards, ...
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 ...
Entertainment Roundup: Watch Wizkid shut down Wireless Festival in London, Blue Ivy freestyles on 4.44 album | More stories
Here’s how the entertainment world fared while we chilled out over the weekend plus all that’s still buzzing this Monday ...
The Film Blog: In a surprising rarity, the Bank of Industry is actually making impact
We were paying attention to Jade Osiberu’s talk about how the Bank of Industry made available the tens of millions ...
Sahara Group reaffirms commitment to sustainable development with ‘Hanatu’
Buoyed by its passion to spread hope and provide platforms for dreams to blossom, Sahara Group is set to premiere ...
The Film Blog Thread: “Diamond Ring, an edge-of-the-seat winner” | A trip down memory lane to the Nollywood that made actual magic
Have you seen Diamond Ring, Dry leaves or Women’s Cot? If you haven’t, this thread is for you. Welcome to ...
The Film Blog: Kunle Afolayan’s ‘Roti’ is an exercise in brilliance – but will Nigerians go to see it?
The casting of this movie is excellent. Everyone is perfect – Kunle Afolayan, Kate Henshaw, Kunle’s mum (who, we hear, ...
The Film Blog: The trailer for the second Kunle Afolayan film this year is out
Roti is the second. Omugwo was the first. We think this one will also be a hit.
Film review: Patience Ozokwor makes a spectacular return to form in Kunle Afolayan’s Omugwo
by Wilfred Okiche When the most influential filmmaker of a generation decides to join forces with the continent’s most important ...
The Film Blog: Are you ready for more Kunle Afolayan?
Three times more, really. Apparently he’s gotten a deal with MNet Africa to shoot 3 TV movies. Or at least ...
Alternative sound at its finest! Highlights of the Afropolitan Vibes Music Festival [PHOTOS]
The first ever edition of the Afropolitan Vibes Music festival held on the Friday the 16th and Saturday the 17th ...
Adenike Adebayo: My experience embracing the world with #AFRIFF2016
by Adenike Adebayo Anytime the African International Film Festival (AFRIFF) comes around, I get excited. Mostly because of the workshops, ...
TIFF 2016: Genevieve Nnaji’s style will stun us
Star actress, Genevieve Nnaji is one of the Nollywood headliners at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF). She arrived ...
8 Nigerian movies will be showing at Toronto – 5 takeaways from this historic feat
by Tolu Omoyeni The Toronto International Film Festival is big, why it’s one of the biggest in the world. Up ...
The Media Blog: On today’s episode of ‘This is not an exclusive’, we present… TrueNollywoodStories
Ugh, beht why TNS? We haven’t paid enough attention to this blog, but we should. It’s doing God’s work in ...
So are we all going to sit here and pretend Kunle Afolayan’s ‘The CEO’ isn’t a terrible, godawful movie?
by Tolu Omoyeni When the Nigerian media went agog over the in-flight premiere of Kunle Afolayan‘s new movie, The CEO, some ...
Desmond Elliot, Mo Abudu, Segun Arinze others step out for Kunle Afolayan’s The CEO movie premiere (PHOTOS)
After having a private screening of the movie aboard an Air France flight from Lagos to Paris Kunle Afolayan pulled his ...
Adekunle Gold, Ramsey Nouah, others watch Kunle Afolayan’s The CEO ‘in the air’ (PHOTOS)
On Wednesday night, Kunle Afolayan raised the bar a notch higher for the Nollywood industry as he showcased his latest movie project ...