Entertainment Archives - Page 16 of 35

Feb

28

2024

Nigerian Film Distributor Honored at Toronto Film Festival

Economy, Entertainment, Lifestyle, NewsMetro

Joy Odiete, the founder of Blue Pictures Cinema, has been awarded the Toronto International Nollywood Film Festival (TINFF) Award of Excellence for her outstanding contributions to the African film industry's content distribution sector. The award recognizes her years of dedicated service since entering the industry in 2005. Expressing her gratitude, Odiete emphasized the significance of the award and its acknowledgment of Blue Pictures' efforts to reshape the narrative of African cinema. She thanked TINFF and the Mayor of Brampton for the recognition, attributing the achievement to the collective efforts of her team and partners. TINFF is renowned for its celebration…

Feb

15

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

UAAP’s extraordinary General Meeting Endorses Gov. Alex Otti, Unveils Projects and Appoints New Exco.

Abia State, Entertainment, News, PoliticsAbia State, Alex Otti, Nigeria, Osita Offor, Politics, UAAP, Ultimate Commander

The United Abia Artistes and Patriots Forum (UAAP) has appreciated the development strides of Governor Alex Chioma Otti of Abia State in less than 9 months of piloting the affairs of the state. Members of the UAAP who passed a vote of confidence on the governor during their hybrid extraordinary annual general meeting on the 10th of February 2024, urged the governor not to relent, but to continue in his quest to rewrite the history of Abia State. The meeting, which had more than 50 diasporan Abian, connected via Zoom, also had numerous others present in the physical meeting in…

Feb

02

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Spraying fresh naira notes gets Nigerian actress six months jail term.

Entertainment, Metro, NewsEntertainment, Metro, Nollywood

On Thursday, February 1, 2024, Justice Chukwujekwu Aneke of the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, sentenced actress Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin to six months in prison for spraying and walking on fresh naira notes during a Lagos State social event. On February 13, 2023, the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned her on two counts. She pleaded “not guilty.” She received bail on February 15, 2023. One charge reads: "That you, Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, on the 28th day of January 2023, at Monarch Event Centre, Lekki, Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, while dancing…

Feb

01

2024

By Amos Oge Kalu

Chef Grace Nwaokobia Set To Break Guinness WR For Longest Cooking Marathon In Match.

Entertainment, Metro, SponsoredEntertainment, Metro, Personality, World News

The Guinness World Record for Longest Home Kitchen Cooking Marathon is set to be broken in March this year by Nigerian chef and home cook Grace Nwaokobia. Chef Grace intends to Break Rickey lumpkins record of 68 hours. This record has not been broken since 2018 by anyone. She intends to do it in a serviced home apartment in Lagos with limited restrictions open to the public to come show support as there will be a variety of home cooked meals in abundance. The meals cooked will be shared in special takeaway packs with raw food items to the homeless…

Jan

16

2024

By OHAFIATV

I Regret Quitting My Marriage, Would Love To Go Back To My Ex-Husband – Actress Caroline Danjuma

Entertainment, Lifestyle, Metro

Recall that Nollywood Actress Caroline Danjuma and her ex-husband Musa Danjuma dissolved their nine-year-old marriage in 2016. However, in an interview with media personality, Innih Emah, Caroline said she would love to return to her ex-husband. According to her, she wouldn’t have left her marriage if she had the experience she has now. She said, “They were just some irreconcilable differences that if I was of this age and the experience I have now, I think I would have handled it better. “He [Musa] would always be the love of my life. He is the father of my three children.…