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Wednesday, 19 July 2017
Exclusive Nollywood Movie Trailer,Tittled (HE LOVES ME), Directed By Humphrey Humjo Ojonugwa.....starring Kelechi Kalu,Charity Omeruah,Lami Rose
watch out soon for this Nollywood Movie!!
Tuesday, 18 July 2017
'You Can Not Privatise What You Do Not Own' - Ruggedman Writes Open Letter To Nigeria's Information Minister, Lai Mohammed
The announcement of the Federal Government to impose a ban on shooting music videos and movies outside Nigeria continues to generate negative reactions by entertainers.
In this long piece, veteran rapper, Ruggedman highlights reasons why the move is not only wrong but totally out of place.
Read his piece below...
Sir,
You can not privatise what you do not own or have control over.
Meet with real Nigerian entertainment stake holders and not people who have milked our entertainers with their platforms. Meet with the real stakeholders and discuss the way forward. Discuss how the Federal government can get involved with the Nigerian creative industry the right way.
It is wrong to try to bully your way into the Nigerian entertainment industry you did nothing to help build.
It is absurd to say you will ban entertainers from shooting music videos or movies abroad. Your reason being that we go there to enrich their economy with Nigerias money.
Not while government officials have their children schooling abroad.
Not while government officials all go abroad for medical treatment and vacations .
Not while government officials continue to import bullet proof cars that are not made in Nigeria.
All these amount to billions of Nigeria's money being spent abroad.
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IF YOU WANT ENTERTAINERS TO STOP GOING ABROAD TO SHOOT MUSIC VIDEOS AND MOVIES, THEN GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS SHOULD STOP GOING ABROAD FOR HOSPITALS,VACATIONS AND SCHOOLS.
WE CAN USE ALL THOSE BILLIONS SPENT IN FUNDING FOREIGN ECONOMIES TO EQUIP OUR SCHOOLS, HOSPITALS AND OTHER PARASTATALS.
They are our leaders and so have to lead by example
Trying to ban private owned businesses (entertainers) from doing part of their business abroad will go against the democracy your party preaches.
THINGS YOU NEED TO DO:
1. First of all, shelve the talk of banning entertainers working abroad. It is not what the creative industry needs from the government and it is a terrible look for you. Nobody likes a bully.
2. NO STRUCTURE MEANS NO ALTERNATIVE:
Since we do not have a proper structure yet, put a hold on your $1m venture capital for the creative industry.
You say the money is seed money for young and talented Nigerians to set up businesses in the industry. How do you know the young and talented ones if you do not work with the registered Music and Movie bodies?
You will only be enriching a few and wasting money our country needs.
So you need to help the existing Music and Movie unions set up a proper structure that can be monitored before you talk about giving money out.
Money is needed, but a structure is needed more urgently.
3. PMAN AND AGN VISITED YOU
I for one know that The President of the Performing Musicians Employers Association of Nigeria (PMAN ) Mr Pretty Okafor and the President of the Actors Guild Of Nigeria ( AGN ) Mr Emeka Ike along with a few executives met with you in Abuja and discussed a beautiful plan to put a proper structure in place for Nigeria's creative industry.
One of the plans that was discussed with you was a conference tagged "Creative Industry Summit" and I see you were involved in a similar event recently tagged "Creative Industry Financing conference".
We are surprised that nobody from the movie or music industry was present to speak at a conference for the ‘’CREATIVE INDUSTRY’’.
Sir, the stakeholders who spoke ath the just concluded Creative Industry Financing conference are not Nigerian veteran musicians or Nigerian record label owners. Neither are they from the Nigerian movie industry.
4. DISCUSS WITH ENTERTAINMENT STAKEHOLDERS 1ST, BEFORE BUSINESS STAKEHOLDERS.
We did not see the likes of Kenny Ogungbe "Kennis Music" , Tade Ogidan, Obi Asika "Storm Records", Tunde Kilani, or Eldee "Trybe Records”.
These are some of the people who suffered and played great parts in building our Nigerian music and movie industry.
But the men at the Creative Industry Financing conferenceare you were part of are individuals who schooled "abroad" and own platforms that have made and are still making money using Nigerian entertainment.
But most of the artists whose works they deal in do not have half the money these men have made with our interlectual properties.
Sir, these intelligent businessmen can be in an advisory board to help build a structure to enrich both the owners of the intellectual properties and the Nigerian economy.
4. Revisit the plans the new PMAN president Pretty Okafor discussed with you when he and some executives met with you in Abuja some months back. Plans which involve setting up a proper structure to encode and barcode all intellectual materials by Nigerians.
WE NEED POLICIES TO
5. GET RADIO AND TV STATIONS TO PAY ARTISTS ROYALTY:
For eons, Nigerian radio and television stations have amassed billions of Nigeria from using Nigerian artists hard work without paying the artists. This is where you can come in and set up a policy that will make sure they start paying artists whose work they use.
They already make a lot of money from adverts placed by companies.
Sir, this move will be a ground breaking one in the Nigerian entertainment industry and it will be to your credit.
6. STOP TELECOM COMPANIES TAKING 70% OF ARTISTS MONEY:
Sit quietly with REAL Nigerian entertainment stakeholders and discuss the way forward. Not with individuals who have milked entertainers through their platforms for their personal gains. Especially the TELCOS.
TELCOS sell our songs/ringtones and take 70% while the owner of the work gets to share 30% with a content provider. IF YOU ARE TO BAN ANYBODY, IT IS THE TELCOS WHO DO THIS.
6. CURB PIRACY:
Follow the guidelines to curb piracy that the PMAN President Pretty Okafor introduced to you. Which included, setting up a task force empowered to deal with people found dealing in pirated entertainment materials.
PMAN is the recognised parent body for Nigerian Music, just as The AGN is to the Nigerian movie industry.
Both Presidents are veterans in their fields and are also businessmen. So sir, they undertand both worlds.
I am an entertainer and I know a lot of what we lack and what we need. Placing a ban on Nigerian entertainers going abroad to shoot music videos and movies is the last thing we need from our government.
Helping our creative industry to build a much needed structure, thereby creating a conducive environment for both local and foreign investors to do business is what is needed.
Lets work together to further grow and capitalize on a Nigerian creative industry that has managed to boom without any government policy..
Let the government make policies that will protect and expand our creative industry to benefit the entertainers and the Nigerian economy.
But it can not be achieved by brute force.
Or sir, you do not want them to come to Nigeria to shoot parts of Furious 9?
Sincerely yours
Ruggedman
CHAIRMAN MEDIA PMAN
{ PERFORMING MUSICIANS EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION OF NIGERIA}
Faze Doesn't Know What It Means For Someone's Song To Be Stolen - Blackface Reacts To Faze's Call For Peace With 2face (Video)
Blackface who has repeatedly claimed in several interviews and on social media that 2face stole the hit song 'African Queen' from him, has reacted to the call for peace by their former bandmate Faze of Plantashun Boiz.
In May, the singer also accused 2face and his manager of stealing a song, 'Let Somebody Love You', which he claimed he wrote when he was still in the same musical group with 2face.
In a recent interview with Hip TV, Blackface told Faze to rebuke his call for peace since he doesn't understand what it means for someone's song to be stolen.
The Plantashun Boiz were a Nigerian hip-hop and R&B music group which consisted of 2face Idibia, Faze and Blackface, They went solo in 2004.
Tuesday, 11 July 2017
From the producer of the Wedding Party comes another block buster epic adventure movie ‘Tatu’ set to premiere at eko hotel july 22nd 2017
Shot in scenic locations across Lagos and Ibadan, the movie TATU is a contemporary take on the classic African epic adventure story, a fast paced action drama centered around the conflict arising from a mother’s quest to have a child and all the complications that followed.
Jennifer Lopez goes naked with palm leaves hiding her private parts in new music video
Sex sells and Jennifer Lopez is making sure her latest single is one of her best yet by serving a lot of sexy in it. The 47-year-old singer has released the music video for her new single Ni Tú Ni Yo and it's smoking hot.
The bombshell is seen in the video wearing several different outfits, with each one designed to show off a lot of flesh.
Dear Joro: young male writer replies Joro's 'have sex 16 times a week' open letter to men
Relationship consultant Joro Olumofin yesterday took to his Instagram page today to advice Nigerian men to have sexual intercourse with their wives '16 times' and oral sex '5 times' a week, in order to make their relationship work. A young writer named Mark Anthony Osuchukwu just replied him..
It is actually a wonderful feeling to know that someone graduated over the weekend with a first class in 'nacking' studies. Yesterday being Monday was the first day of this glorious week and the weekly motivation an uncle felt was the best was advising men to follow his footsteps in the porn industry.
Thursday, 6 July 2017
Fit as a fiddle! Gym photo of 56-year-old veteran actor, Richard Mofe Damijo
Veteran actor, Richard Mofe Damijo 'RMD' is celebrating his 56th birthday today
Nigerian goalkeeper, Carl Ikeme has been diagnosed with acute leukaemia...to begin chemotherapy
According to an official statement from his English Premiership team, Wolves, the 31-year-old Nigerian international goalkeeper returned with some abnormal blood tests during his pre-season testing, and further medical investigation has revealed he is suffering from leukaemia.
Carl will now start an immediate course of chemotherapy as he begins a lengthy battle against the disease.
Exclusive: Harrysong reacts to lawsuit filed against him by Kcee
Harrysong this evening shared a copy of a court paper filed against him by his former record label mate, Kcee at the High Court in Lagos. In an exclusive interview with LIB, Harrysong said he doesn't know why members of his former record label are bent on frustrating his moves. Harrysong who is currently in Asaba for his show said
"I was in my house before I traveled here and they said Kcee sent court papers to me. I don't know what I have done again. I asked him what have I done again, he did not say anything. I don't know what this is about. I don't know my offence.
Tuesday, 13 June 2017
DJ Khaled's and his son Ashad dapper on his Grateful album cover
American record producer and record label executive, DJ Khaled who is deeply in love with his son Ashad, featured him and a baby lion on the artwork cover of his upcoming 10th studio album titled 'Grateful'.
The album which is set to be relaesed on the 23, June 2017, features a lot of A-list artists including Beyoncé, Jay Z, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Lil Wayne, Future, Justin Beiber, Nas, Drake and many more
Real Madrid players, Morata, Lucas Vazquez and Kovacic set to get married this weekend
It's a weekend of wedding for Real Madrid football club as three of their players are set to wed their respective partners this weekend.
Alvaro Morata and his girlfriend Alice Campello will wed on Friday afternoon in Venice. Lucas Vazquez and his partner Macarena will wed in Majadahonda on Saturday, while midfielder, Mateo Kovacic's wedding will hold in Croatia same Saturday
Aww..sad! America's Got Talent standout contestant dies. Episode yet to air
A standout contestant on America's Got Talent died in a car crash just weeks before his episode was scheduled to air. Read the report from TMZ below...
Sources close to the production tell us 29-year-old Dr. Brandon Rogers died over the weekend in a car accident. We're told the crash occurred in Maryland Saturday. Brandon was taken to a hospital where he died Sunday.
Friday, 9 June 2017
Actress, Glenne Headly, 'Dick Tracy' star, dies at 63
Award winning actress, Glenner Headly, passed away last night at the age of 63.
“It
is with deep sorrow that we confirm the passing of Glenne Headly,” her
reps said in a statement. “We ask that her family’s privacy be respected
in this difficult time.”
Headly was in
production on the Hulu series 'Future Man', and the show’s executives
were notified last night of her passing but the cause of her death is
yet to be revealed.
Dakore Akande, Funke Akindele set for the highly anticipated movie, Isoken as it premieres in Lagos
The highly anticipated movie of the year, ISOKEN, will premiere in Lagos on Sunday, 11th June. The
Jade Osiberu film is proudly supported by Amstel Malta, makers of low sugar
malt drink.
ISOKEN, which was financed by the Bank Of Industry, first premiered at the
Cineworld Cinema, Leicester Square in London to a sold out audience and only screened
to select media and cinema exhibitors in Nigeria.
Must watch! Sosoliso plane crash survivor, Kechi Okwuchi, impresses judges at America's Got Talent 2017
This story is so emotional because we all know the story of Kechi Okwuchi, the Jesuit college student who was among the 2 people that survived the Sosoliso plane crash which took 107 lives. Our very own Kechi was one of the contestants at the 2017 America's Got Talent and she succeeded in impressing the judges and audience. Simeon Cowell even gave her a standing ovation when it was all done
Thursday, 8 June 2017
Nigerian who hawked pepper and did side jobs to get an education bags a PhD in Biomedical Engineering from University in Canada
A Nigerian lady who grew up in Ibadan and had to sell pepper on the streets to assist her parents, just graduated from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. Asides selling pepper, she did a lot of other part-time jobs to fund her education.
The hard-working woman just bagged bag a Ph.D. in Biomedical Engineering and she shared the good news together with the story of her struggles.
Mother shoots dead her two children, kills family dog, sets fire to her home and commits suicide in the middle of a 'bitter' custody battle with her estranged husband
A
mother who was in the middle of a divorce and bitter custody battle
shot dead her two young children as they slept and then herself while
setting their Pennsylvania home on fire.
Dr Stephen Diamantoni, the
Lancaster County coroner, ruled the deaths of 40-year-old Carola Arnau
and her two children a murder-suicide after autopsies Wednesday morning.
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