Stars Queue Up For Tyme Out With Tee A Published on April 18, 2012 by pmnews · No Comments As the third season of the popular feel-good family TV show, Tyme Out With Tee A, produced by famous MC, Tunde Adewale a.ka. Tee A, is set to hit the screen again, top celebrities in the [...]
Kunle Afolayan is one film maker who has successfully put the seal of quality on his name for his contributions to Nollywood. He started out his career in the entertainment industry as an actor and featured in several Yoruba and English movies in Nigeria. But Kunle has received more accolades for his role as a [...]
US hedge fund and private equity investor Tiger Global Management has made an investment commitment of $8million (N1.2 trillion) in Nigeria-based online movie and music distribution company, Iroko Partners. Founded in 2002, Tiger Global Management LLC is a privately owned investment manager with Headquarters in New York. The firm is ranked as one of the top-performing [...]
| Print | E-mail Written by Rotimi Ige Thursday, 19 April 2012 Share IN June last year, a judge in the United Kingdom (UK) ruled that a school’s ban on a young boy’s cornrows was “indirect racial discrimination.” The High Court ruled against St. Gregory’s Catholic Science College, a secondary school in North London, England. In September 2009, [...]
How Wizkid-Akon Deal Scaled Through Published on April 18, 2012 by pmnews · No Comments It is now official. Wonderboy singer, Wizkid has been signed on to the Senegalese-American hip-hop mogul, Akon’s Konvict Music. •Akon Wizkid The major deal, signed through Wizkid’s Nigerian label, Empire Mates Entertainment, EME, will see Konvict Music release and produce [...]
By JON GAMBRELLAssociated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) – Royal Dutch Shell PLC is considering $4 billion worth of onshore projects in Nigeria to help capture natural gas currently burning at oil wells that contribute to global warming and can sicken those living nearby, the company’s CEO said Wednesday. CEO Peter Voser also said Shell’s oil [...]
| Print | E-mail Written by Mazi Idika Thursday, 19 April 2012 Share The current security situation in Nigeria is daily throwing up hitherto unknown maladies that have combined to keep Nigerians in a seemingly perpetual darkness. All over the world, the media, publicly or privately-owned, remain a source of information, education and entertainment, depending on which side [...]
By JON GAMBRELLAssociated Press LAGOS, Nigeria (AP) – The U.S. warned its citizens Wednesday that a radical Islamist sect may attack Nigeria’s capital Abuja, including hotels frequented by foreigners, the second time it has advised such an assault is possible in the West African nation. The warning offered no specifics about the threat posed by [...]
Book Review Titles: The 8th Wonder of the World Made in Nigeria and The 8th Wonder of the World Made in Naiga Author: Olaboludele Simoyan Reviewer: Evelyn Osagie Publisher: Ore Publishers Limited Year of Publication: 2010 It is unusual to find a book like Olaboludele Simoyan’s. Its unique configuration stands it out on the book [...]
The word ‘fame’, traced to its origin, means a ‘breath’ – the breath of glorious and renowned adulation. Fame and popularity are not one and the same thing. If this notion is not clearly palpable, then the subtle differences at least should be felt. One is universal, the other is particular. A famous person must [...]
Gospel Singing Is My True Calling — Tope Alabi
Patricia Temitope Alabi (neeObayomi) is a household name in Nigeria gospel music scene. Born over forty years ago into a catholic family, her parents had received a prophecy when she was seven years old that she would be a “great minister of God”. The actress-turned -singer had paid her dues in the entertainment industry before [...]
Air Nigeria to be privatised in two years –Jimoh Ibrahim
Air Nigeria is to be privatised within the next two years. It is expected that the airline would be on a firm footing by then. Chairman of the company, Barrister Jimoh Ibrahim, said the airline would focus more on international operations with scheduled flights to Dubai, Rome, Paris and Asian countries. Ibrahim, who spoke on [...]
Fashion Night Out, Ghana 2012 Comes Off This Weekend
Entertainment of Friday, 18 May 2012 Source: – Email this Share This Facebook Twitter reddit Google Bookmarks del.icio.us StumbleUpon Newsvine livejournal Mixx it! Print This Comments (2) « Prev Next » The Ghanaian fashion taste is now on the high and we cannot be blind at the new styles in vogue. Fashion Night Out, Ghana [...]
Nigeria picks 25 players for U-20 invitational tourney
LAGOS, May 19 (Xinhua) — The Nigeria Football Association (NFA) has named a 25-man squad for an invitational U-20 tournament in Cape Town, South Africa. Spokesperson for the team Samm Audu disclosed this in a statement reaching Xinhua on Saturday, saying John Obuh, the Head Coach of the national under-20 men’s listed three goalkeepers, eight [...]
Victor Ikpeba, Austin Okocha & the six Legends of the Heineken Champions Planet
SPECIALBy Babajide Alaka The Heineken Champions Planet is located in the heart of Victoria Island. It is a cosy duplex filled with football memorabilia and beautiful hostesses who make sure that fans of the beautiful game never want for anything on match days. In football-speak, the Heineken Champions Planet is football heaven. It is where [...]
Keshi to continue open door policy
Eagles coach, Stephen Keshi stated that he will continue with his policy of giving every player a chance to prove himself despite calls for him to put down a standing team. Former Eagles midfield maestro and technical committee member of the Nigeria Football Federation, Austin Okocha during the week urged the Eagles coach jettison his [...]
