Tag: Wilfred Okiche

Wilfred Okiche: How I learned that ‘Just be yourself’ is a pile of (expletive) [NEW VOICES]

by Wilfred Okiche Sometime last year I was invited to work on a television production. It wasn’t the first time I had been on TV but it was the first time…

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Movie Review: Iyore is good, then bad, then terrible

The creative union between Frank Rajah Arase, the Nigerian born director and Abdul Salam Mumuni, head of Venus, a production company headquartered in Ghana can be widely credited with reigniting…

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Dammy Krane’s The Enterkraner is not as bad as it could have been

by Wilfred Okiche The Enterkraner is the debut album from Dammy Krane, the protégé of 2face Idibia with his very own brand of 21st century Fuji; a sub-genre that borrows…

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7 things you didn’t read yesterday (but should have)

by Kolapo Olapoju 1. The federal government really has to start minding it's business, rather than meddle in what does not concern them. That is the rebuttal of Rivers state APC…

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ALL THE PHOTOS: See the cover shoot for Seyi Shay on Y! Africa + even more photos

by Kolapo Olapoju   It’s her way or the high way! Singer, Seyi Shay was unveiled last week as the cover star on the new edition of Y! Africa, in…

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Review: Here is the problem with the ‘Half of a Yellow Sun’ film

by Wilfred Okiche   The film event of the year in these parts isn’t going to be Marvel’s latest money grabber, Guardians of the Galaxy. It isn’t Angelina Jolie making…

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“I have not been submissive enough to men” – TV host, Vixen Ekwere speaks on #TheYNaijaInterview

by Wilfred Okiche   Television presenter and entertainment journalist Yvonne ‘Vixen’ Ekwere is one of the pioneering faces of the modern red carpet scene. She has been off the grid…

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Album review: Could Ajebutter 22’s ‘Anytime soon’ be the sound of the future?

by Wilfred Okiche The sound of the local urban music landscape has been pretty much defined these past few years. From 2face Idibia and the Plantashun Boys, Eedris Abdulkareem and…

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Movie review: Brother’s Keeper gets a C for effort

by Wilfred Okiche One has to admit, Nollywood has been making an effort these days and actress/producer Omoni Oboli has been working harder than most. After a relatively lowkey 2013,…

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Album review: Phyno’s ‘No guts, no glory’ is the feel good album of the year

by Wilfred Okiche Phyno, indigenous rapper, man of the year and self-titled beast from the East goes in hard. We know this from his work as producer; most notably on…

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He’s Africa’s youngest billionaire & much more: 32-year-old Ashish J. Thakkar is on the new cover of Y! Africa

by Isi Esene After the March announcement of its bold new direction, covering West, East, Southern & Central Africa, the magazine Y! Africa has announced its latest issue, covered by…

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#TheYNaijaInterview: Why I don’t do clubs or joints – Timi Dakolo opens up

by Wilfred Okiche Timi Dakolo is gearing up for the release of his second studio album ‘Love and consequences’. We stole some talk time with him and tried to get…

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Complete disaster: How Complete Fashion magazine became a hot mess (YNaija Long Read)

by Wilfred Okiche In February, when Complete Fashion unveiled its latest issue with red-hot singer Burna Boy and the not-quite-hot soul singer Lami Phillips on the double covers, it was…

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Film review: Watch ‘Onye Ozi’ with low expectations and you won’t be disappointed

by Wilfred Okiche Director Obi Emelonye probably earned the right to make ‘Onye ozi’ - translated as The Messenger- , an ultra-low budget independent film in Igbo language after enjoying…

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YNaija interview: “The world we portray as celebrities is not real”- Actress Omoni Oboli

by Wilfred Okiche Omoni Oboli Omoni Oboli made an impression in the Kunle Afolayan soon-to-be-classic ‘The Figurine’ and headlined her own film ‘Anchor baby’ to much critical and commercial success. …

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Album review: Baddest guy ever liveth? Not quite

by Wilfred Okiche Olamide Adedeji, heir to the throne of indigenous rap and most visible act to fulfill the aborted promise of Dagrin who was cut short in his prime…

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YNaija Editorial: On the missing $20 Billion oil funds

by the Editorial team While the CBN governor has become a thorn in the NNPC’s flesh, the corporation’s handling of these very weighty allegations has been disturbing to say the…

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Movie review: Lagos Cougars is funny but not always for the right reasons

by Wilfred Okiche ‘Lagos Cougars’ from the staple of Emem Isong’s Royal Arts Academy is pretty much as obvious as it’s title suggests. It trails the dramatic adventures of 3…

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#TheYNaijaInterview: “I would love to date Jocelyn Dumas or Beverly Naya” – Ehizojia Okeguale

by Wilfred Okiche Ehizojie Okoeguale   26 year old Ehizojia Okeguale was ushered into the big leagues last year when he defeated over 2000 hopefuls to win the MTV Base…

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#TheYNaijaInterview: If you offer me gifts to play your music, I’ll take it – Cool FM’s Dotun

by Wilfred Okiche For our interview series this week, we sat down with newly wedded On Air Personality, voice over artiste and hypeman Dotun Ojuolape of Cool FM and we…

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Album review: Kcee is not quite ready to ‘Take Over’

by Wilfred Okiche Forget the title of this review, if there is one artiste who ‘took over’ the past year with his ready to play, endlessly catchy pop singles, then…

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Movie review: Rukky Sanda’s ‘Gold Diggin’ makes all the wrong moves

by Wilfred Okiche From the first scenes of ‘Gold diggin’ the new flick by actress/producer/director Rukky Sanda, it becomes obvious that one is set for an uncomfortable experience. The playbook…

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Theatre review: ‘Closer’ starring Eku Edewor & Kalu Ikeagwu is a sexual tale without the sex

by Wilfred Okiche   The obvious template for this stage adaptation of ‘Closer’, Patrick Marber’s prize winning play –which premiered on 27, December 2012 at the Intercontinental hotel, Lagos- is the…

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#YNaija2013Review: Iyanya spills on Yvonne Nelson, Tonto Dikeh admits to skin bleaching & more Top 10 Rubbin’ Minds moments in 2013

by Wilfred Okiche and Seun Oluyemi In 2013 Rubbin Minds became the most watched show on Sunday television thanks in no small part to current host Ebuka Obi-Uchendu and his…

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Stella Oduah, Adams Oshiomhole, Doyin Okupe & 7 more people who should have resigned in 2013

by Wilfred Okiche Here is a cool story. In November, a supermarket roof collapsed in Latvia, killing 54 people. The response was swift. The prime minister Valdis Dombrovskis announced his…

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Burna Boy, Banky W, Brymo & Mafikizolo… See which artistes made the 10 Best Songs of 2013

by Wilfred Okiche The annual best songs list is one of the most difficult to compile. How does one compress the countless songs released in the period under review to…

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“Come, sit on my laps and I will show you…”: See the Top 10 Worst Quotes of 2013

by Wilfred Okiche We love our public figures. But every once in a while, they cannot resist themselves and forget to keep their mouths shut. They mouth off things they…

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Tiwa Savage, Iyanya, Jay-Z… Look who else made the 10 Most Disappointing Albums of 2013

by Wilfred Okiche We recently brought you our list of the best albums of 2013. Now it is time to flip the script and present the 10 most dissapointing efforts…

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Album review: No higher aspirations for Solid Star’s ‘Grace and glory’

by Wilfred Okiche There is one fleeting moment in ‘Grace and glory’, Solid Star’s unnecessarily long second album which a good number of music heads had hoped will be a…

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Wilfred Okiche: Why Oshiomhole’s apology matters

  ....governor Oshiomhole’s apology, overplayed and self serving as it is is just what we need to remind ourselves that we are after all in a government practiced by the…

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