Beverly Naya Wins Best Actress at TNIFF 2018
Beverly Naya has won the award for Best Actress at the just concluded TNIFF 2018 (The Nollywood International Film Festival). Star The actress who was absent at the event, won the award for her role in the film “Demon Inside”, from an award category that comprised herself, Yvonne Jegede Fawole, Adesua Etomi, Rahama Sadau, comic […]
Social Media Accounts To follow: 5 Hilarious Instagram Comedians To Follow
If you love Nigerian comedy, then you would love these instagram comedians. Haven gained popularity with the emergence of social media, they are giving mainstream comedians a run for their money. SLKomedy Olu Salako is a Stand-Up Comedian, MC, and actor on Africa Magic Hustle. Olu’s apt and brilliant comic videos on Instagram spark listeners, […]
Kunle Afolayan Shoots Spinoff Of His Father’s ‘Taxi Driver’ Movie
Kunle Afolayan is working on a movie, titled Mokalik (A Yoruba way of saying “mechanic”) and shooting will be commencing soon. Afolayan will be building the story of the movie around a scene from his late father, Adeyemi Afolayan’s, popular 1983 film Taxi Driver. The original movie was about a taxi driver who, while raising […]
New York and Toronto To Host Nollywood Travel Film Festival
New York and Toronto will be hosting the next two editions of the Nollywood Travel Film Festival (NTFF). The festival will be held in Toronto for the second time, the first being in September 2017. NTFF NTFF, Nigeria’s biggest and first ever travel film festival, takes the screenings of Nollywood films to prominent cities around the world. […]
African Music And Culture Expo (AMFEST EXPO ‘Lagos 2018’)
AMFEST EXPO ‘Lagos 2018’ was held 5th -6th July, at the Radisson Blu Anchorage Hotel, Victoria Island Lagos. The event was convened by Kayode Adebayo Media Africa, Gold Rock Inc,USA in Partnership with World Music Expo (WOMEX), Berlin – Germany. The summit was focused on the Business of music, film, fashion, food, creative arts and technology. […]
Did You Know the First Film in Nigeria was Screened at the Glover Memorial Hall, Lagos?
For a while, cinemas have been popular in Nigeria. However, made in Nigeria, or Nollywood cinema films are a relatively recent development; most early Nollywood productions were home videos. Here is a brief history of what the film experience was like before some of us were born. Films were first introduced in Nigeria in the late […]
Movies to Watch this Weekend: PayDay
Cheta Chukwu’s new movie was earlier screened in Lagos on the 3rd of Jul. Now you get the chance to see the beautifully done comic movie Payday in cinemas from Friday 13th June. Payday follows the story of Paul and Ortega, best friends and flatmates, whose landlord suddenly dies just before they are about to renew their […]
Government Urged to Cash in on the Fela Brand
Following the visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to the New Africa Shrine of Afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti, last week, many Nigerians on Twitter have called on the Federal government to brand the prodigy’s story and legacy as a means of attracting tourists to the country. Fela Anikulapo Kuti’s personal life, music, activism, and doggedness […]
Lagos Theatre Festival: Theatre in Unconventional Spaces
Lagos Theatre Festival (LTF) would be held from February 27, 2018, till March 28, 2018, in Lagos, across different venues, predominately Freedom Park. With the theme, “Theatre in Unconventional Spaces”, the festival is aimed at presenting performing arts from Nigeria and the UK in Lagos. The LTF is divided into curated shows and fringe shows; […]
The Lagos Theatre Festival 2017: Five Shows You Shouldn’t Miss
The Lagos Theatre Festival 2017 will from Tuesday, February 28 to Saturday, March 5 shine the artistic spotlight on the sounds and stories that define the multi-faceted living experience of the inhabitants of Lagos. If you are a fan of theatre or enjoy watching performances from actors on stage, you should be gearing up to […]
The Lagos Theatre Festival 2017
From February 28 to March 5, the city of Lagos will have its sights and sounds recreated in theatre performances. Over 500 artists from 40 theatre companies will put on shows in 16 venues, in celebration of the city’s uniqueness. The Lagos Theatre Festival will unfold before an expectant public. The Lagos Theatre Festival is […]
Stage Play: An Inspector Calls Showing on 11th October
Looking for an exciting event this weekend? We’ve something for our readers in Abuja. There is a stage play you can’t afford to miss, An Inspector Calls. When a young lady commits suicide in her house in Lagos, an Inspector pays the Badejo family a visit to find out who is responsible for her suicide. Can […]
New Technology Lets You See 270 Degrees Movies in Cinemas
A new technology has been developed by CGV cinemas in South Korea to let people see 270 degrees movie – or a movie on the main screen and on the two side walls. The ultra-wide technology, according to reports, provides a panoramic experience, but demands that film-makers take the two new ‘screens’ into account when […]