In a brief chat with our Publisher, Mr. Clement Ige, BON Executive Secretary, Dr. Oluyemisi Bamgbose, shares the secret behind the success of the awards… Question: The BON maiden awards was a huge success. What are the lessons from the event to be used as platforms of improvement? Answer: The Nigeria Broadcasting Awards was conceived…
Signals of revolutions in our indigenous music industry are glaring enough, and these signals are of great interest to observers who forsee turn-around and upsets. Let’s talk about the sleepy city of Ibadan which is gradually waking up to a bubbling environment. For many years from the 60s, Ibadan was actually the seat of Arts…
Two stories were linked to Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture in the last few weeks. The first one raises a lot of hope for the Arts and Culture Industry as the Minister, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, reportedly promised that Nigeria will partner with the Art of Living Foundation to host the World Culture Festival 2022….
Going by the fact that Nigeria must survive as a democratic nation, the Broadcast Industry needs a breath of survival as it struggles to operate. The major stakeholder of the industry, Broadcasting Organisation of Nigeria (BON), raised this alarm this weekend in a speech by the Executive Secretary, Dr. Yemisi Bamgbose. According to the organisation,…
Some months back, when young Prophet G.F Adetuberu calmly announced to members of his ministry his intentions to establish The Vine Television, reactions were actually high but many hardly saw his move beyond the ordinary. Many reactions narrowed the move to the fact that it was probably time for the Ministry to have its own…
Nigeria’s broadcast world is not likely to accept Prof. Wole Soyinka as a historical ‘burden’. The industry has never celebrated him to offload this ‘burden’ as a matter of professional recognition. Not that the broadcast world does not celebrate him, but only few practitioners of the industry are aware of his pioneering effort towards the…
There is likely to be no relationship between the two ‘Balarabes’; Late Balarabe Musa and Balarabe Ilelah, the newly appointed Director General of the National Broadcasting Commission. Although Balarabe Musa was widely known as a socialist, and Balarabe Ilelah also practised as a journalist in the Soviet Union, Musa came from Kaduna while Ilelah is…
The Legend’s Nite, according to the organisers – Cloud 9 – comes up on August 27at Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos. The event, as announced in a press conference two weeks ago at Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja, will feature African Legends such as Salif Keita from Mali, Sir Victor Uwaifo, Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey, Yvonne Chaka Chaka…
Legends Annual Nite The Nigerian city has remained a dull environment for too long, but it is soaring back to life, and the situation suggests that everybody is ready to make it happen. Last Tuesday, May 18, the signals were all visible when legends of African music converged at Sheraton Hotel, Lagos, physically, others through…
Artistes Who Grew Up With TV Series 3 When ‘Guitar Boy,’ Sir Victor Uwaifo, announced to the world in September 2018 that: “I have just bagged my Ph.D from the University of Benin, Glory be to God”, my mind went back to 50 years ago when I first met the legendary musician as a curious…
