BY ‘SEGUN ODEJIMI Web series are becoming increasingly popular. The YouTube platform is a solace for the producer/director who cannot get their content to a terrestrial or satellite television platform. Or for the outfit that needs to create on television channel but cannot do that on satellite TV. It is how a lot of […]
BY SEGUN ODEJIMI Last week, I embarked on my self-funded and totally unselfish journey to taking Nigerians out of poverty. And unlike a certain president, I am actually walking the talk. You’re welcome, don’t mention. I gave out 5 sure ways to becoming the biggest thing in Nollywood within the next five years […]
BY ‘SEGUN ODEJIMI In a storytelling phase when almost everyone is trying to tell a story of affluence and the few haves, Nollywood‘s Funke Akindele is continuing with her “go local to go global” mission with her new YouTube series – Aiyetoro Town. Within two days of the release of the first episode, almost […]
BY ‘SEGUN ODEJIMI Many people ask me how they can make it in Nollywood. Many times I am asked, “Do you have a plug in Nollywood? I want to be ____ (fill in the gap with any of the mini-professions in the industry).” Almost all of the time, I tell them I don’t have any […]
BY ‘SEGUN ODEJIMI A couple of years ago news broke about how Nollywood star, Adesua Etomi-Wellington was working on a film in which her role saw her kicking ass, literally. In a few of the video teasers we saw on social media, Adesua was practising martial arts. Last week, the official trailer for the film – Muna, was […]
BY ‘SEGUN ODEJIMI For most of this morning, I was rummaging YouTube. I watched tens of Trevor Noah’s The Daily Show videos. Dude’s a comedy genius. After having my fill, I decided to switch and gulp some Nigerian content. Some of them didn’t do it for me until I stumbled on Tokunbo. Tokunbo is a […]
BY ‘SEGUN ODEJIMI Nollywood filmmaker, Kunle Afolayan loves history, culture and the Yorùbá language. His background is undoubtedly to thank for this. Afolayan’s father, Adeyemi was one of the not-so-many Yorùbá filmmakers who made entertainment in the 70s and 80s. Since leaving the world of finance for this profession, he’s made a film about a […]
BY ‘SEGUN ODEJIMI On March 21, 2019, young Nollywood filmmaker, Uche Odoh premiered the first season of Life as it Is, a 9-episode coming of age story of a young girl who is a fresh university graduate, trying to navigate life while dealing with family, friendships, relationships and building a career. We are taken on an early adult life […]
AN INSIDER’S SCOOP BY ‘SEGUN ODEJIMI If you did not run out of data throughout the past couple of weeks, you will have heard about Nollywood super-super stars Tonto Dikeh and IK Ogbonna. Even if you did run out of data, you probably have a friend who is so dedicated to sniffing out the most […]
Nollywood Filmmakers, Emem and Uduak Isong have lost their father. The most popular film-making sisters in Nollywood; Emem and Uduak Isong have lost their Dad. Earlier today, Emem (who has made films like Games Men Play, Bursting Out) took to social media to break the news. Uduak Isong (known for making films like Lost in […]
I did not understand why everyone is angry I interpett what they cannot see. Is not about rape joke. Why should I make rape joke? But what if I make rape joke? So what if I joke about it? Am I the one that say people should be raped? Or is my fault I have never been raped or that am a man?
Chris Attoh lost his second wife to a gruesome death a couple of days ago. Bettie Jenifer, who the Ghanaian Actor was married to till her death, died after she was shot in a car park on her way from work. According to the initial report, she had been gunned down by a dark guy, […]
BY ‘SEGUN ODEJIMI When Charlton Heston, the late American actor famed for his part in Planet of the Apes (1968) at Glover Memorial Hall, Lagos state in 1959 during the premiere of Ben Hur expressed his disappointment at the fact that Nigeria had no film industry, little did he know that a teenager from Abor in Delta state […]
Since news broke about the Omoni Oboli copyright infringement saga, there have been reactions. Screenwriter, Naz Onuzo who has worked with Actress, Omoni Oboli, shares his 2 kobo. Read below; So in 2017 when the whole Okafor’s Law case jumped off I wrote a blogpost on the matter — here That post was based on the mistaken […]
In 2016, Omoni Oboli released a movie that will eventually kickstart a major controversy – Okafor’s Law. At the premiere of the film, the Actress was not only served with a lawsuit, disrupting the premiere, she inadvertently made it to social media that same night, seemingly devastated by what had happened to her. A lot […]
BY ‘SEGUN ODEJIMI It is not news that Nollywood’s Tonto Dikeh is no longer married to Oladunni Churchill. It is not news that Tontolet, as her fans call her, is currently an angry woman. And that is not a problem. Anger is a human emotion. Someone who has ended up in more bad relationships than some Nollywood directors […]
Something is happening in the Nigerian social media space – the rise and rise of influencers. Many public relations experts dislike that tag and everything they stand for. And in truth, many of these so-called big-time social media influencers are without substance, they are poor with public relations and they post the emptiest things. But […]
Alex Unusual strongly believes nobody influenced her BBnaija success and she is not scared to speak on that! The former Big Brother contestant revealed this information last night during the 3rd episode of the Big Brother double wahala reunion show. According to Alex who has since her appearance on Big Brother become famous, her eventual […]
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