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Kate Henshaw emerges governor in new 4th republic

February 21, 2019 10:37 pm

Griot Studios Ltd and Amateur Heads Productions with Bem Pever, Ishaya Bako, Kemi ‘Lala’ Akindoju and Ummi A. Yakubu serving as Producers are set to release a new movie titled 4th Republic in cinemas across Nigeria from April 2019.

The movie, which is written by Emil B. Garuba and Zainab Omaki, follows the story of Mabel King (Kate Henshaw), a gubernatorial candidate who races to become Nigeria’s first female governor but is caught up around a heavily marred election.

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Grand jury to look into new allegations against R. Kelly

February 19, 2019 4:23 pm

A grand jury has been assembled in Illinois to look into new allegations against singer R. Kelly, a pair of sources say. Attorney Michael Avenatti said last week he gave the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office a videotape that appears to show Kelly engaging in sex acts with an underage girl.

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Gabosky explains why he could not revolutionise Nollywood

February 16, 2019 1:22 am

One  of the pioneering distributors of Nollywood movies, Chief Gabriel Okoye popularly known as Igwe Gabosky, has revealed why his dream to revolutionize the country’s movie industry through his nationwide distribution network, G-Media crashed, saying it was  due to lack of genuine funding.

The popular film distributor about five years ago established the biggest media distribution company for intellectual property in Africa. He was one of the beneficiaries of the Bank of Industry, BoI, intervention fund in developing the creative industry. But unfortunately, the dream crashed following the activities of  pirates who wrecked his company in addition to lack of …

Seun Kuti explains why he didn’t play at the Grammy Awards

February 11, 2019 9:28 pm

The son of the Afrobeat legend, Seun Kuti, has cleared the air about why he didn’t perform at Sunday night’s Grammy Awards event.

Seun, who was supposed to perform at the ceremony, said he couldn’t mount the stage as a result of flight tickets issues.

The afrobeat singer also lost out in his first attempt to win a Grammy award after being nominated in the best world music album category but lost to South Africa’s ‘Soweto Gospel Choir’.

According to the message on his Instagram page: “First and foremost I have to say I am sorry to all the fans …

Alicia Keys, first female host for the Grammys in 14 years

February 11, 2019 12:31 pm

Can Alicia Keys host, well, everything? Keys, the first female host for the Grammys in 14 years, won high praise for bringing coolness and class to music’s biggest night, which saw big wins for women and rap. Childish Gambino’s “This Is America” made history, winning Grammys for song and record of the year. That’s the first time a rap song has ever won those two coveted awards.

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Why most beautiful ladies are single – Juliet Ibrahim

February 10, 2019 3:16 am

If there’s anyone who should know what love lives of beautiful women are like, Ghanaian actress, Juliet Ibrahim not only qualifies, she has been there and done almost everything in the book.

She must have broken a few hearts just as she must have had her own broken a few times too. So, when she talks about love, as she does so often these days, people listen.

In her recent post, she gave her opinion on why most beautiful girls are single. It wasn’t a long epistle, or literature but simple clip statement of fact which many of her fans …

I never knew my name has sexual overtone says Honeypot

February 9, 2019 2:48 pm

The popular, beautiful and sexy face that co-hosts ‘Entertainment Splash’ on Television Continental (TVC) known as Honeypot, has revealed the reasons she chose the stage name for herself, saying she had no idea the name has any sexual connotation.

Honeypot Reacting to questions in an interview with Potpourri, the Obafemi Awolowo University alumnus and an indigene of Remo, Ogun State, born Olayemi Ogunwole said if she had known her stage name has any sensual or sexual colouration she wouldn’t have chosen it.

“One of the reasons I love the name ‘Honeypot’ is because people raise eyebrows whenever they hear it …

Comedian I Go Dye looking to sign upcoming artistes

February 9, 2019 1:41 pm

As a way of helping to combat youth restiveness in Delta State, notable comedian, Francis Agoda, popularly known as I Go Dye has launched a new project tagged Sorting Out Raw Talents (SORT), which he says will help the young people discover a new path in life.

SORT is part of his Francis Agoda Path of Honour (FAPOH) initiative for which he staked USD 5,000 on potential winner of a video skit to promote peace during the 2019 general elections with the hashtag #Istandforpeace2019elections”.

Speaking on SORT, I Go Dye said: “Obviously at this point of our existence, selfless contributions …

So many men have dumped me severally says Yvonne Okoro

February 9, 2019 1:20 pm

Ghanaian actress of Nigerian descent, Yvone Okoro is a looker who should have her pick of any man she desires but the opposite seems to be the case.

Her many romances never escaped the prying eyes of the media but they soon disappeared just as soon as they surfaced. So, it wasn’t really a huge surprise when the  “Single and Searching” actress came clean on a TV show (McBrown’s Kitche with Nana Ama McBrown) that she has been dumped by many lovers in the past.

Yvonne admitted being in a relationship, but said she had learnt the hard way to …

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