The 2009 Lagos International Film Festival (LIFF) with ‘Promoting Policy Instruments for Cinema Development in Africa’ as its theme held from August 11 to 16, 2009 at the National Theatre, Iganmu, Lagos. Established by Madu Chikwendu in 1996 as the National Conference on Entertainment, LIFF transformed into the African Video Expo in 2005 and was […]
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MY DAD WAS MURDERED IN THE CHURCH, TRAGIC STORY OF NOLLYWOOD STAR ACTRESS, MONALISA CHINDA You may not see it, but deep down, Monalisa Chinda Dejo-Richards, the sultry Nollywood actress, has been carrying an emotional wound that time has not succeeded in healing and that has made her ‘paranoid’, to use her word. Like a
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MY HUSBAND WAS SLEEPING WITH OUR HOUSE MAID-Eucharia alleges Ace actress Eucharia Anunobi yesterday disclosed to an Ikeja High Court, Lagos, Nigeria, how her husband Charles Ekwu allegedly slept with their 13-year-old housemaid several times in their matrimonial home. Eucharia made this allegation while giving evidence in a divorce suit she instituted against her husband
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Nigeria’s popular actress Rita Dominic will pay a visit to Malawi with an aim of promoting DStv’s Africa Magic and Africa Magic Plus channels which beam African movies mainly from Nigeria. Her trip is sponsored by Multichoice Malawi Limited in conjunction with Sunbird Hotels, Nation Publications Limited and she is expected to arrive in the
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Nigeria’s Nollywood surpasses Hollywood as world’s second largest film producer – UNESCO The Nigeria film industry otherwise known as Nollywood has overtaken Hollywood and closed the gap on India, the global leader in the number of movies produced each year, according to a new United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) report released today.
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Nollywood star actress Thelma Okoduwa took a bold step recently and walked down the aisle with her long time boyfriend, Onya Ojiji. The white wedding took place at the Blue Island Event Centre in Lekki, Lagos. Thelma who is well-loved by her Nollywood colleagues had fellow actress Rita Dominic as her Maid of Honour while
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MEN HAVE BEEN UNFAIR TO ME – CLARION CHUKWURAH I feel misunderstood, terribly unhappy and sometimes wish I had not become a star whenever controversies arise on my relationship with them. People get into a relationship with you because you are a star and they have certain expectations, which after living together for a while,
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The fifth edition of the annual African Movie Academy Award (AMAA), which ended last Saturday night, April 4, in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, sprang up surprises among the audience. Many least expected the outcome of the award ceremony. The fiesta saw films from other African nations dominating their Nigerian colleagues. Stakeholders in the entertainment industry were
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I DON’T BELIEVE IN SEX FOR ROLE – UCHE ELENDU David Ajiboye caught Nollywood actress, Uche Elendu Igweanyiba at a location recently and here’s what she shared. Excerpts: How’s life and the acting career treating you? Cool. The acting career is fine as well, although I’ve been on a little break since I got married in February.
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By David Ajiboye “I intend to be in Nollywood for a long time,” says actress Tonto Dike. “I’m so sorry for the delay and recourse I have made you go through, sir,” Tonto Dike, the fast rising Nigerian actress, who was one of the first housemates of the Next Movie Star, pleaded as she settled down in her Murano