IN the beginning: The story of Nigeria’s Nollywood is like Ben Okri’s “river” in his novel, The Famished Road, “which becomes a road and branches out to the world.” Like a river, which starts small from a tiny tributary, the industry began as a small effort by some persons with energetic entrepreneurial spirit, who wanted [...]
Movies of Monday, 18 June 2012 Source: Adeyemi Adebayo Victor Email this Share This Facebook Twitter reddit Google Bookmarks del.icio.us StumbleUpon Newsvine livejournal Mixx it! Print This Comments (1) « Prev Next » All fans of one of Nollywood’s finest and United Nations Peace Ambassador, Oge Okoye, will have another chance to celebrate tranquility as [...]
| Print | E-mail Written by Akintayo Abodunrin Sunday, 17 June 2012 Share WHEN Brazilian producer, Camilo Cavalcanti and his colleagues, Fabio Brasil, Pedro Semanovschi, Amilson Lessa and Osvaldina Adao arrived in Nigeria to research Nollywood, they had no idea of what to expect. Though their contact, Seyi Gesinde, Online Editor of Nigerian Tribune had made adequate preparation [...]
There is an intense motion picture camera market penetration battle currently going on between two giants, Sony and Cannon, over which products of the two companies will be more suitable and economical for shooting of Nollywood films that would conform with international standard. This supremacy battle came to the fore last Tuesday in Surulere, Lagos, [...]
‘African Netflix’ hits half million users Nigeria-based video-on-demand service Iroko TV has hit 500,000 registered users, six months after launching its Nollywood-focused film service. The self-styled ‘Netflix of Africa’ claims to be Africa’s first legal online source for Nollywood films and has a library of some 5,000 titles. Iroko TV is headquartered in Lagos but [...]
‘African Netflix’ hits half million users Nigeria-based video-on-demand service Iroko TV has hit 500,000 registered users, six months after launching its Nollywood-focused film service. The self-styled ‘Netflix of Africa’ claims to be Africa’s first legal online source for Nollywood films and has a library of some 5,000 titles. Iroko TV is headquartered in Lagos but [...]
Nollywood actress, Omoni Oboli joined the growing lists of celebrity brand ambassadors when during the week she was offered a fat paycheck, courtesy of foremost manufacturers PZ Cussons Nigeria Plc. She is going to be the new face of popular body cream Venus. The deal already signed and delivered to the Nollywood A-list actress will [...]
Enlarge image VENTURES AFRICA - iROKOtv, the “Netflix of Africa” and the continent’s first legal online source of Nollywood films, is delighted to reveal that it has recorded over 500,000 registered users in less than six months since its launch. The news comes just months after the company announced that it had secured $8m in funding [...]
The news comes just months after the company announced that it had secured US$8million in funding from US-based hedge Tiger Global, early investors in Facebook. Headquartered in Lagos, Nigeria and with offices in London and New York and a staff of almost 100, iROKOtv has brought Nollywood to the African Diaspora, with viewers logging on [...]
This Saturday, the N.C. Museum of Art will give audiences a taste of what the film industries in Nigeria and Ghana—also known, respectively, as Nollywood and Gollywood—have to offer. There will be a screening of part one of Adams Apples, a 10-part movie series that revolves around three Ghanaian women and the ups and downs [...]
By Olamide Jasanya Nollywood as an industry, is one where everything seems to go the unprofessional way. One example is the casting process, which can at times follow a questionable pattern. It starts with a call for auditions, and then hopefuls apply in thousands, hoping to impress the casting directors. Unknown to them, most of the [...]
This Saturday, the N.C. Museum of Art will give audiences a taste of what the film industries in Nigeria and Ghana—also known, respectively, as Nollywood and Gollywood—have to offer. There will be a screening of part one of Adams Apples, a 10-part movie series that revolves around three Ghanaian women and the ups and downs [...]
Nigeria’s film industry, the second-largest in the world by volume, is already a prime destination for investment but with a national film fund and major infrastructural projects under consideration, there is potential for further growth. On May 8, Segun Oyekunle, managing director of the Abuja Film Village International, a public-private partnership with the Federal Capital [...]
Last week, one of Nigeria’s soft-sell magazines, City People published an interview about music producer, K-Solo’s wife, Kikelomo alleging physical assault on her by her husband. The interview, which was posted online by Nollywood.codewit.com, soon generated heated reactions from readers later on. This was then followed by exclusive pictures released by Nollywood.codewit.com showing Kike’s battered [...]
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EASYKOBO.COM presents Nigeria’s 1st Free NSE Stock Trials
Aug 9 (Lagos) –Easykobo Finance website welcomes you to the new and improved easykobo.com experience. In December 2010,Easykobo.com was formed during the financial crisis to bring a fresh approach to investing in the Nigeria capital markets, website was upgraded last month. Easykobo.com now features Nigeria’s first free Stock trials simulation with exciting prizes for winners [...]
Telkom SA joins IT Leaders East Africa Summit in September as platinum solution provider
The anticipated 2nd annual IT Leaders East Africa Summit will take place from 5 to 6 September 2012 in Nairobi; in the heart of Kenya’s esteemed capital city. The summit is produced and hosted by international business-to-business conferencing company, Kinetic Events in proud association with the Kenya ICT Board (KICTB) and Kenya Information Technology and [...]
Hennessy Artistry To Release Music Video For Bartender On August 17th
The video of the year is about to drop! Hennessy Cognac announced today, that acclaimed Film Maker, Clarence Peters has delivered the music video for ‘Bartender’, the historic Hennessy Artistry collaboration between Naeto C and M.I – two of Africa’s best Hip hop artistes. The video promises to be very exciting and arguably sets a [...]
CHIBUIKE ROTIMI AMAECHI AND THE RESOURCES OF RIVERS STATE – A SCORE CARD!
The main treatise of this attempt for avoidance of doubt is to examine and x-ray how Gov Chibuike Rotimi Amaechi of Rivers State has diligently and prudently managed the resources of Rivers State or otherwise. This becomes imperative considering the Punch Newspaper publication in its edition of [...]