Prolific Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Funke Akindele has confronted her colleague, Timini Egbuson over his unprofessional behaviour on a movie set. In a video clip posted on her Instagram story, it could be seen as Funke Akindele criticized Timini Egbuson for always using his mobile phone while on a movie set. The actress could be…
China has taken a step to promote cultural diversity and linguistic exchange by producing its first Yoruba textbook titled ‘Ede Yoruba’. The textbook is meant for students of the Beijing Foreign Studies University, where Yoruba is now being taught as a foreign language. Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo are the three largest ethnic groups in Nigeria….
Tunji Oyelana exemplifies the artist whose overdue are rarely sung, and when they are, the profoundness hardly matches the recognition and acclaim he rightly deserves. But he remains so totally accomplished both as a musician and dramatist that it has become increasingly difficult to identify him with one without the other. Some of Oyelanas biggest…
Prior to the advent of the Ibrahim Babangida regime (1985-1993), the Nigerian broadcasting industry had been a government monopoly. The policy of liberalisation of the economy opened the door for private participation in this area. Dokpesi was one of those who took advantage of the new policy environment. He quickly established his FM station, Ray Power 100.5. The station…
Angèlique Kidjo, brilliant Beninese-French singer celebrates her 63rd– year on earth with grace, wishing herself “Happy Birthday. “ Real name, Angélique Kpasseloko Hinto Hounsinou Kandjo Manta Zogbin Kidjo, Angèlique was born on July 14th 1960. Kidjo was born into a family of performing artistes. Her father was a musician, and her mother worked as a…
Veteran Nigerian producer and singer, Michael Collins Ajereh, popularly known as Don Jazzy, has revealed that legendary musician, Daddy Showkey was his role model while growing up in Ajegunle, Lagos. He said he was inspired by Daddy Showkey and Baba Fryo to do music. Don Jazzy said he started his music career in the church…
Nigerian-born mixed martial arts champion Israel Adesanya has posted images on Twitter of him training US tech billionaire Mark Zuckerberg. It comes head of a potential cage match between the boss of Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, and his rival Elon Musk – the South African-born entrepreneur who now heads Twitter. “We both have…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested 13 Chinese nationals for allegedly engaging in illegal mining activities in Ilorin, Kwara State. The anti-graft agency disclosed this in a statement on Thursday by its Head of Media and Publicity, Wilson Uwujaren. According to Uwujaren, the 12 male and one female suspects were arrested on July…
Mr Ben Llewelyn-Jones, the departing British Deputy High Commissioner in Lagos, said on Wednesday night he would miss the high energy, confidence, self-belief, and culture of Nigerians. This was said by Llewelyn-Jones during the British High Commission’s farewell reception for him in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Llewelyn-Jones is leaving Nigeria…
20-year-old Nigerian Lady wins global award for being able to speak 11 foreign languages fluently, celebrates achievement. Favour Chisimidi who is a language prodigy can speak fluently in Korean, Swahili, Shona, Indonesian, Filipino, Spanish, German, French, Chinese, English and Igbo Language. She learned to speak all the languages without leaving the shores of Nigeria. According…
