Otunba Subomi Balogun breaks another ground
BANKING guru, Otunba Subomi Balogun, is showing no signs of slowing down as he advances in years. Like an experienced hunter, the owner of First City Monument Bank is an expert at turning ideas into...
View ArticleJulius Rone’s humanitarian gestures
FOR some wealthy Nigerians, the usefulness of their huge wealth lies in keeping money in their pockets or splashing it on the most expensive things money can buy. Not so Julius Rone. For the UTM boss,...
View ArticlePETE EDOCHIE: I’VE NOTHING TO DO WITH IPOB
GOING by the recent issue of the state, on the matter of Indigenous People of Biafra, (IPOB), legendary actor Pete Edochie, has issued out a warning to those linking him to calls by the Indigenous...
View ArticleNIGERIA ELECTED VP OF UN WORLD TOURISM ORAGNIZATION GENERAL ASSEMBLY
NIGERIA, represented by the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has been elected Vice President of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) General Assembly. Nigeria...
View ArticleI DON’T HAVE A CHILD – CORDELIA, OF JENIFA’S DIARY
RISING actress, Paschaline Alex Okoli, popular in the series Jenifa’s Diary as Cordelia, has debunked the story making the round that she has a child, hence her ability to interpret the role of a...
View ArticleWedding bells for Ajimobi’s son?
ABOLAJI, son of Oyo State governor, Abiola Ajimobi, must have learnt how to drop bombshells from the US Marine Corps where he is a First Lieutenant. The one he dropped on social media certainly made a...
View ArticleIgho Sanomi’s foundation restores hope to wounded Chibok boy
RENOWNED British poet, William Wordsworth, says the best moments of a good man’s life are “the little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and love.” If that is indeed the case, the chairman of...
View ArticleSIMI: ‘I’M A LOYAL LOVER’
Meeting her for the first time, you will agree that X3M Music artiste, Simisola Bolatito Ogunleye, better known as Simi, comes across as opinionated. In this interview with CHIDINMA ONOZIE, she talks...
View ArticleSAME OG: Christian songs mustn’t be mellow
With the debut of her Extended Play (EP), Unveiled, last month, 28- year-old Joan Oghosa is set to establish herself as an eclectic gospel artiste with the stage name, Same OG. She speaks with JOE...
View ArticleStakeholders query police release of suspected Alaba pirate
NEWS of the release of a suspected major intellectual property thief at the Alaba Market, Lagos has been causing a stir among stakeholders. According to reports, the suspect was released by the police...
View ArticleTubaba, Tiwa Savage to headline ‘Buckwyld n Breathless’ 2017
BUCKWYLD Media, last Tuesday at Bogobiri, situated in Lagos, gave lovers of live music a thrill when it hosted the maiden edition of its show, ‘Live Music Lagos.’ Design to celebrate live music, the...
View ArticleA word for war mongers at TIFF
WHILE Angelina Jolie continues to wow the audience with new movie, First They Killed My Father, at the ongoing Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), there is a deep reflection for Nigeria and...
View Article‘The Shape of Water’: Disgustingly cool
Love, they say, comes in different shapes. But perhaps the weirdest of all has not been seen until a human falls for a half man-half fish. Or how else does one describe a creature with tilapia eyes,...
View ArticleRoyal Hibiscus Hotel: A ‘rom’ without the ‘com’
From the short journey of Mo Abudu as a producer in the Nigerian movie industry so far, one could tell of her preference for or obsession with Romcom. Her latest effort, Royal Hibiscus Hotel (RHH), may...
View Article‘Downrange’: We always know the evil, not the devil
Director of The Midnight Meat Train, Ryûhei Kitamura, pumps a pool of blood on the screen in this creative action film entitled Downrange. The film tells the story of six college students who get...
View Article‘Still Water Runs Deep’: The strong also cry
This story of loss and emotion is Abbesi Akhamie’s directorial debut. Starring notable theatre actor, Toyin Oshinaike, this short film reflects the irony of life from two angles: that disciplinarians...
View ArticleWaiting for Hassana
Nigeria’s Ifunaya Maduka relays the story of the extremist organization Boko Haram, which in 2014 kidnapped 276 teenage girls from Chibok, a Northeastern part of Nigeria, albeit from a witness’ account...
View Article‘Waiting for Hassana’
Nigeria’s Ifunaya Maduka relays the story of the extremist organisation Boko Haram, which in 2014 kidnapped 276 teenage girls from Chibok, a Northeastern part of Nigeria, albeit from a witness’ account...
View Article‘Still Water Runs Deep’: The strong also cry
This story of loss and emotion is Abbesi Akhamie’s directorial debut. Starring notable theatre actor, Toyin Oshinaike, this short film reflects the irony of life from two angles: that disciplinarians...
View Article‘The Shape of Water’: Disgustingly cool
Love, they say, comes in different shapes. But perhaps the weirdest of all has not been seen until a human falls for a half man-half fish. Or how else does one describe a creature with tilapia eyes,...
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