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The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has expressed his admiration for all the Nigerian artists who were nominated for the Grammy Awards, the highest honour in the music industry. He said they have made the nation proud with their exceptional talent and achievements.
Emeka Ike, a veteran Nollywood actor, his ex-wife Suzanne Emma, his son Michael, his brother Victor, and his former PA Adebola Adeyemo has been in the news on a family feud involving allegations of domestic violence, financial mismanagement, and emotional abuse.
Femi Adebayo, a renowned actor and producer from Nigeria, has discussed how his faith influenced the creation of his successful film Jagun Jagun.
In a video posted to Instagram on Wednesday, Adebayo answered questions from reporters and revealed that he had sold some of his properties to raise the money needed for the film's development.
The actor, better known by his stage name Jelili, said that the production of Jagun Jagun cost billions of naira.
Adebayo disclosed that he combined earnings from the sale of his assets and the 2022 film, King Of Thieves (Agbeshinkole), to finance the production of the film.
"Jagun Jagun is a multi-billion naira project, so I can't disclose how much I specifically spent on the filming.
"I created Jagun Jagun using the Agbeshinkole sales revenue. I was trying to avoid being supported by financial institutions and private individuals.
When I ran out of money, I sold my houses because I was confident the initiative would succeed.
The talented actor also discussed some of the challenges that were faced throughout the film's production.
"We created the warrior school from the ground up. We had to take on the challenge of buying the land because we desired to be its owners. And at one point, we reached an arrangement and paid for it, but the land's owner's children later decided against the sale.
"The kids from Lagos told us to cease building the school halfway through. When we went to the police station and Obas appealed to them, they were ready to destroy everything we had made and had kept us from moving for over a week. We were then advised to only shoot there and not buy it.
Adebayo stated, "I wanted to bring along a societal message to the youths, which is what inspired the movie.
Well known unscripted television star and entertainer, Afeez Agoro Oladimiji is dead.
Before his demise, Agoro’s intimidating height attracts stares anywhere he went. He was 7ft 4in tall.
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| Late Afeez Agoro Oladimiji |
By Animashau Aliyu
Agoro broadly perceived as the tallest man in Nigeria passed on after he was hurried to the clinic yesterday.
The Country affirmed Agoro's entombment course of action has started at his home in Local area street, Akoka.
Agoro's keep going post on Facebook was on May 28 after he recuperated from hip substitution.
He posted:"Thank God All-powerful for a fruitful activity currently it's the ideal opportunity for treatment."
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| Late Mr. Brymo Uchegbu |
By Chidira Iwugo
The Nollywood entertainer Mr. Brymo Uchegbu, more commonly referred to as Don Brymo, has passed away.
The incident was described by Mr. City chairman Ofoegbu, who is also a prominent Nollywood film director.
According to Ofoegbu, Don Brymo who prominently plays the role of an Igwe (king) in movies died in his sleep last night.
Mr Ofoegbu, who posted “Plan for tomorrow but live for today. Tomorrow is not guaranteed,” accompanied the quote with a condolence message.
“He wrote those lines on his WhatsApp status yesterday evening. My man, my 5 & 6, Don Brymo Uchegbu, passed in his sleep.
“He received the shocking news this morning and had to verify from
his family. Chai! Don Brymo my manchi. It’s had to say goodbye. Nnukwu
nwa na Enugu ukwu,” he posted.
Don Brymo was born in 1966, and he is from the state of Anambra.
In 2000, he authoritatively entered the entertainment industry and has acted in a few movies.
Tina Turner, the earthshaking soul singer whose rasping vocals, sexual
magnetism and explosive energy made her an unforgettable live performer
and one of the most successful recording artists of all time, died on
Wednesday at her home in Küsnacht, Switzerland, near Zurich. She was 83.
Greeted for her dynamic performances with her husband, Ike in 1960s, she became a sensation as a recording artist, often echoing her own struggles in her songs.
Grammy-nominated Afrobeat artist Seun Kuti has regained his freedom following a period of police detention in Lagos, according to activist Omoyele Sowore.
Kuti, a notable figure in Nigeria’s music industry and son of legendary musician Fela Kuti, was remanded at the State Criminal Investigations and Intelligence Department, SCIID, Panti, Yaba, Lagos following accusations of assaulting a policeman, an event that gained notoriety due to a widely circulated video.
Announcing Kuti’s release on Tuesday, May 23, 2023, Sowore took to Twitter stating, “Just to announce that @RealSeunKuti has been released from @PoliceNG detention in Lagos. Hasta la victoria siempre!” The Spanish phrase translates to “Onward until victory.”
By Zik Zulu Okafor
Saint Obi's social life was blunted. Perhaps by his reticent disposition. His personal, two dimensional. To a distant public, he was upscale and cool . His manly bearing spoke loud. His onscreen image ironically amplified some idiosyncrasies: heroics, romantic adventures and traits that did not gel with the mortal privacy that eerily define his quiet and lonely life.
Saint Obi, real name, Obinna Nwafor, was shy, almost bordering on timidity and insecurity. He cherished the pleasantly tranquil interractions among a few friends. He would vanish at any outburst that could upset the poise of such small meetings. As he repeatedly told me, he just wanted to live a cool, quiet and fulfilled life.
But, has he lived this cool and fulfilled life he envisioned ? I have my doubts.
I tell Saint's story here with painful tears in my eyes; because he was a star, a super star whose life turned out a gleam of irony.
Yet, it was this stardom that fetched him his much professed financially strong and powerful wife. And their wedding, that solemn ritual of love, would drastically alter the cause of his life and tragically yank him off the creative community that threw him up for the wife to capture and indeed conquer.
Nollywood actor, film producer, and director, Obinna Nwafor better known as Saint Obi is dead.
The actor was said to have died on Sunday, last week, May 7th in the home of one of his siblings.
It holds the record for most Emmy Awards (59) & most Emmy nominations (161). In just about every publication, GoT is ranked as one of the best shows of all time. Ironically, it was originally written to be “unfilmable.” In the late 1970s, George R.R. Martin quit his teaching job to try to become a full-time writer. Martin had some success selling science fiction short stories and novellas, but then in 1983, his novel “The Armageddon Rag” was such a commercial failure that it “essentially destroyed my career as a novelist.” Desperate for work, Martin went out to Hollywood and secured a job as a staff writer in television.
The money was good but the work was frustrating. Later talking about what spurred him to write “A Game of Thrones”—the first book in his “Song of Ice and Fire” series—Martin said, “I worked in Hollywood for about 10 years, from the late ’80s to the ’90s.
The Nation gathered that several movie stars have been trooping the facility on Monday morning to see her remains.
Ameh, who played the role of Anita in the movie ‘Domitilla’ in 1996, is famous for her comic characters especially in the series The Johnsons.
Born on May 15, 1974 in Ajegunle, Lagos, the popular actress shared a video of her eating with the family around 12:53pm
Culled from thenationonlineng.com
Culled from opera.news.ng
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