NEHRU ODEH Nigerian filmmaker and President of the Association of Nollywood Core Producers (ANCOP), Mr. Alex Eyengho has been elected Vice President of the International Federation of Film Producers Associations, FIAPF. With his election, Mr. Eyengho has become the first African to occupy that position. The election of Eyengho came during the General Assembly of [...]
Ghanaian female twins Lamberta and Lambertina Hansen have declared their intention to go all the way and win the $150,000 offered by Globacom as the star prize for the X Factor singing reality TV show. The 24-year-old twins with the stage name Latino were the star attraction at the Accra audition of the show brought [...]
Isele, a new literary movement founded to give voice to emerging talents, has started receiving entries for the Spoken Word Contest. Ukamaka Olisakwe, author of Eyes of a Goddess, in a statement released on behalf of the board, said the Spoken Word contest is aimed at discovering emerging talents and appreciating literary excellence in our community. “The dream is [...]
Project Alert On Violence Against Women, a non-government organisation, has denied stories making the rounds that the proceeds from the auction of the late musician, Susan Harvey’s (a.k.a. Goldie), property would be donated to the organisation. In a statement released by Mrs. Josephine Effah- Chukwuma, the Executive Director, Project Alert, said not only has the [...]
Benita Returns Benita Okojie, the songstress who ruled the airwaves in 1998 with her chart-bursting motivational songs Osamudiamen, Child of God and others at the age of 10 is staging a return to the music scene with a performance at this year’s Nnenna and Friends Children’s Day Show. Also billed to perform at the event [...]
After hitting major cities in Nairobi, Kenya and Lagos, Nigeria with performances from international superstars like Professor as well as top Nigerian acts, 2Face Idibia, Ice Prince Zamani and Davido, the MTV Africa All Stars concert has finally reached a fevered pitch. Come 18 May, MTV Africa in association with KwaZulu-Natal Province will host the [...]
TV personality, Denrele Edun, will be hosted at this month’s Nigerian Broadcaster’s Nite, NBN, holding at Club Vegas, Lagos on 30 May. Denrele was supposed to be hosted at the inaugural edition of the NBN, but due to the death of his friend, Goldie, Top Radio presenter, Tosyn Bucknor was celebrated instead on 28 March. [...]
