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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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,…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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. …
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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…
Read Moreby 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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