Celebrity

Africa's black entertainment and lifestyle network and Chocolate City, a Nigerian record label have concluded plans to host a reality TV show for young talents in music. A statement by Mo Abudu, Chief Executive of EbonyLife TV obtained by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Abuja said the show would be ``a…

Recall that we mentioned here sometimes in September 2015 that popular Nollywood actresses, Fathia Balogun and Dayo Amusa were in Saudi Arabia for the 2015 Hajj pilgrimage in Mecca. Well, the two top movie stars have since returned to join their colleagues on the turf. What has however changed about them is their new ‘Alhaji…

THOSE who are familiar with what goes on in moviedom in Nigeria know that most new entrants crawl to find a space to air their talents. But with three major industry awards: 2012 City People Entertainment Award for Best New Actress, 2012 Nollywood Movies Award for Rising Star and 2013 Best of Nollywood Awards for…

The year has barely zoomed off and some screen celebrities have already started hugging movie sets. Some had a good run last year and it is expected that they will also have their hands filled this year. Here are a few of the screen celebrities that were nominated out of a pool of 50, as…

There was much to eat and plenty to even take away at the grand but ‘quiet’ birthday shindig of one of Nigeria’s most gifted performers, Prince Jide Kosoko. Prince Kosoko or Jide Babs as he is simply called, clocked 62 on Tuesday and his friends, family members and colleagues held a surprise birthday shindig in…

ACE motion picture producer and director Chris Obi Rapu made a moving statement that shocked many after he was presented with the Legend of Nollywood Award last Saturday in Benin City, Edo State.

MULTIPLE-award winning director and producer, Shirley Frimpong Manso’s new movie, ‘Rebecca’ starring Joseph Benjamin and Yvonne Okoro will premiere in the UK at the Odeon Cinema, London on January 22.

IT’s important for me to spend this precious time with family and good friends, where we do mostly Thanksgiving to God for a year well lived and also for retrospective purposes because before you know it, the hustle and bustle is back and everyone is gone their separate ways. 2015 was a good year for…

I had the most wonderful Christmas. I spent it with all my kids, each one cooked a special meal that we had as a family buffet for Christmas dinner. We danced and prayed as a family and took loads of pictures. Boxing Day we gave back to the community at our annual Christmas children's party…

Christmas means so many things to many people. For some screen celebrities, it is an opportunity to spend time with loved ones and also to reflect on the outgoing year and to plan and look forward to a prosperous New Year.

FAST rising Nollywood actress Kiki Omeili was last Saturday at the Four Point Hotel in Lagos named the best actress of the 2015 edition of the annual In-Short International Film Festival. Kiki, who is best known for living her role delightfully in the wave making movie ‘Married but Living Single’ was named best actress for her role in the short film ‘Deluded’.

TODAY, at its 41st convocation, Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife will bestow an honourary degree upon one of its most influential faculty veterans, Dr. Jacob Kehinde Olupona. An intellectual ambassador of Nigeria and Africa, Olupona holds posts in two divisions as professor of African at Harvard University and professor of African Religious Traditions at Harvard…