Celebrity

YEAR was 2013. Time Magazine had released its annual list of the world’s 100 most influential people. On the list were great personalities such as the President of the United States, Barack Obama and iconic Hollywood actor Steven Spielberg. But on that well-peopled list too, of icons and the world’s most influential people, was Nigeria’s…

ONE thing that has endeared Monalisa Chinda to many people is her willingness to always give back to society. Yearly, Monalisa, through her foundation the Monalisa Chinda Foundation (MCF) supports causes such as autism and slum children.  This time, her interest is providing sustained basis care for women with cases of uterine fibroid.     …

LAST week, we featured 10 screen celebrities that were nominated out of a pool of 50 celebrities, as players to watch in 2015. In this last part of the report, SHAIBU HUSSEINI randomly picks another 10 from that pool that were nominated by moviegoers based on an online poll. However, the list is not in…

BRITISH-Nigerian comedy, Gone Too Far, opened in Nigerian cinemas yesterday. Directed by Destiny Ekaragha, and based on a play by Bola Agbaje, which won a Laurence Olivier award in 2008, Gone Too Far stars Malachi Kirby, OC Ukeje, Shanika Warren-Markland, Adelayo Adedayo, and Golda John-Abiola. Also in the movie are Tosin Cole, Miles McDonald, Eddie…