The Corporate Accountability and Public Participation Africa, CAPPA, has urged the country’s regulators as well as the film and cinema industry to protect the next generation of Nigerians from the predatory tactics of the tobacco industry by sustaining the #SmokeFreeNollywood campaign. CAPPA’s Executive Director, Akinbode Oluwafemi, said the tobacco industry had a track record of surreptitiously using movies and music …

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, held a Thanksgiving service in memory of his late mother, Nnena Adeleke, at the Cherubim and Seraphim headquarters in Lagos State on Sunday. The governor’s spokesperson, Olawale Rasheed, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. The statement read, “In memory of his late mother, Nnena Esther Adeleke and in appreciation of God’s blessings in his …

The fourth runner-up of Big Brother Naija Season 3 themed “Double Wahala” Nina Onyenobi popularly known as Nina Ivy is one of many people who have faulted the ongoing Season 9 of Big Brother Naja also known as “No Loose Guard” edition, describing it as “boring” and “colourless” According to the former Housemate who runs a hair care line known …

Controversies have continued to trail the death of gospel singer, Aduke Ajayi, popularly known as Aduke Gold, who passed away on Monday, 12 August 2024. Shortly after her death, there had been different reasons adduced for her death, with some claiming that she died from complications arising from a fibroid surgery, while some opined that it had a spiritual undertone. …

The Executive Director of the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), Dr. Shaibu Husseini recently led Nollywood stakeholders to the 2024 edition of the Lagos International Film and Cinema Convention (LIFACC). The session had several filmmakers and creatives including Ali Baba, Emeka Ossai, Mahmood Ali-Balogun, Joke Silva, Keppy Ekpeyong Bassey, Teco Benson, Corporate pictures boss, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Abdullahi, Francis …

Gospel singer Chidinma Ekile has stated that she is not feeling pressured to get married. In an interview on Channels Television’s Rubbin’ Minds, the 33-year-old singer revealed that she is not in a relationship and not feeling any pressure to settle down. “No pressure at all, no pressure whatsoever, Whenever the time is right, it would happen,” she said. When …

The Igbo community in the midwestern state of Michigan will hold its Igbo Day and the first New Yam Festival in Detroit City on Saturday, 17 August. The festival will feature “authentic Igbo cuisines, masquerades, cultural music, and a cultural competition”, according to the president of the Igbo Cultural Festival of Michigan (ICAM), Gabriel Ugwu. Sponsored by Mabel Hotel in …

National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) seeks to partner with the Chinese Embassy in Nigeria towards the development of the Nigerian film industry. Executive Director of the board, Husseini Shuaibu, disclosed this at a meeting with the Chinese embassy cultural counsellor and director of China Cultural Center, Nigeria (CCCN), Mr Li Xuda. The partnership will focus on the promotion …

Former Miss South Africa contestant, Chidinma Adetshina, 23, has announced her participation in the Miss Universe Nigeria 2024 beauty pageant. In a video message shared on X.com by the founder of the Silverbird Group, Ben Murray-Bruce, on Wednesday, Adetshina expressed her gratitude to her supporters while sharing the news of her decision to compete for the coveted title. “I cannot …

Oyo State Governor, Engr. Seyi Makinde has declared 20 August a work-free day to mark 2024 Isese Day. In a statement on Wednesday, the governor’s Special Adviser (Media), Sulaimon Olanrewaju said the declaration of the work-free day by Makinde was contained in a circular issued by the Secretary to the State Government, Prof. Olanike Adeyemo. Makinde had stated last year …