by Wilfred Okiche In 2010 Panshak ‘Ice Prince’ Zamani debuted with ‘Oleku’, a hit so huge it catapulted the Plateau state born dude to instant superstardom and placed him right…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche ‘Dark side’ is a suspense thriller starring Bayo Alawiye, Nobert Young, Joseph Benjamin and Uru Eke. It begins with a supernatural twist as a young man (Bayo…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche LKT found mainstream fame when he collaborated with Olu Maintain for ‘Yahooze, that relentless party popper that had former U.S Secretary of state Colin Powell dancing along.…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche “You start jor, I no get time” Omawumi yells at me as she takes a break in between rehearsals with her No Time Band. She offers to…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche For years now, the Nigerian attempts at capturing the Broadway cultural experience have mostly been imported recycles from South Africa (Umoja) or the United States (Fela!). Then…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche It does not take a perceptive music critic to pick up on the obvious flaws of Sound Sultan’s 6th studio album, ‘Me,my mouth and eyes’. Like his…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche “What good can come out of Rukky Sanda?” Not a few have queried. The actress known as Rukky Sanda has been making the rounds for quite some…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche Wizboyy has not enjoyed the smoothest ride of it on his way to commercial success. His valiant efforts at creating a genuine music career have been checked…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche The June 12 saga remains one of the country’s most indelible political dramas, the biggest event of national strife since the civil war. The struggle for a…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche We understand what you mean when you conclude that maybe we have seen the best of times as a nation. The present feels depressing and the future…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche Damini Ogulu, the Rivers state born phenomenon better known as Burna Boy probably gets a life pass for his first major single, ‘Like to party’ a refreshing…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche Tope Folarin is the current winner of the Caine Prize for African writing. We caught up with him via a telephone chat and got him to talk…
Read MoreNollywood/Ghollywood faithful that follow Ghanaian director Frank Rajah-Arase’s work are aware of his antecedents. Nobody shows up for his films expecting an original AMAA winning spectacle. Helmer of previous productions…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche There are two distinct but inter related personas at the core of Jesse Jagz’s belated sophomore disc, ‘Jagz nation volume 1: Thy nation come’. There is the…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche It is The Future Awards season and recently nominees of the Future Awards Africa Young Person of the Year were hosted to an exclusive reception by Tony…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche It is difficult to describe ‘A husband’s wife’, the domestic drama by prolific writer and filmmaker Tyrone E. Terrence but we’ll try. It is all at once…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche With the double eviction of South Africa’s Angelo and Ethiopia Bimp Sunday, the stage is set for a showdown as Big Brother The Chase enters it’s final…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche Remember when you thought May D was going to be pop music’s next big thing? It was back in 2011. Psquare had just released album number 5,…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche Last night on Big Brother Africa, the chase came to a halt for Bassey and Pokello two of the most popular contestants this season. The eviction live…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche Another year, another ‘’Nollywood-Hollywood’ collaboration arrives. And how we’ve come to dread them. A long time ago, film lovers jumped excitedly at the mere thought of Hollywood…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche She endeared herself to us as a member of Lagbaja’s band where her soaring vocals easily distinguished her and set her apart for future stardom. Her appearances…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche At various points in his life he has been a teacher, journalist, public speaker, business man and presidential aspirant. In the conclusive part of the no-holds barred…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche Dele Momodu runs a pretty tight schedule. For 17 years, he has been the show runner of Ovation international magazine, the publication that changed the face of…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche Nollywood actress, Chika Ike became the center of all attention recently when she brandished a 5million Naira cheque rumoured to be her fee for shaving her…
Read Moreby Isi Esene She’s back! And already, she is taking no prisoners. Omowunmi Akinnifesi, who was Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2005, has just returned from a 2-year public break,…
Read Moreby Wilfred Okiche Iwe is a fitting tribute to the late MC, one brother honoring another. ‘Iwe’ is a popular chant among the Igbos of the South Eastern region of…
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