Duro Ladipo
3 Jul 2022
n recognition of his outstanding contribution to the entertainment industry, the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts Practitioners (NANTAP) on Wednesday, June 29, 2022, held a Night of Tribute and Performances ...
22 Oct 2019
Considering their role in pioneering television broadcasting in Nigeria and Africa, the former Premier of the defunct Western Region, Chief Obafemi Awolowo and his Information Minister, Chief Anthony Enahoro, has been lauded and eulogized for putting the region in the world map.
14 Sep 2019
When he clocked 50, members of the Odunfa Caucus, a group of A-list actors that are well regarded in the Yoruba home video circle, rolled out the red carpet, and for one week they celebrated their leader and one of the industry’s great actor, producer and director.
7 Apr 2019
The Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU), Abere, Osun State, two weeks ago, was the cynosure of eyes, as art and culture enthusiasts, the academia, royalty, students and theatre practitioners converged on the institute for the second Duro Ladipo....
10 Mar 2019
When Duro Ladipo established the popular Mbari Mbayo Club, as a melting pot of culture in the 60s, little did he know that he was instituting a legacy to inspire and nurture finest...
9 Mar 2019
When Duro Ladipo established the popular Mbari Mbayo Club, as a melting pot of culture in the 60s, little did he know that he was instituting a legacy to inspire and nurture finest contemporary renowned African artists such as Chief Taiwo Olaniyi Oyewale (Twins Seven-Seven), Chief Muraina Oyelami, Chief Jimoh Buraimoh, Ademola Onibonokuta, and a…
7 Mar 2018
On Sunday, 11th March, this year, it will be exactly 40 years that Nigerian iconic actor, playwright and musicologist, Duro Ladipo, MON, died in Ibadan, Oyo State, aged 45 years.
2 Mar 2018
The Centre for Black Culture and International Understanding (CBCIU) has set in motion plans to celebrate the cultural master of stage theatre icon and playwright...
17 Dec 2017
Fela and his Kalakuta Queens, the new stage production on the Fela Years, will animate conversations among theatregoers for a while.
5 Feb 2017
Speaking at a press briefing at the National Theatre, Lagos, last week, Duro Ladipo’s son, Ladepo said: “There is no way you can be a patriotic leader without sacrificing; this is what the story is trying to portray.