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Arts & CultureEntertainmentNewsAcademy Bans Will Smith For 10 Years Over Slap

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 9, 2022

Hollywood actor, Will Smith has been banned from attending the Oscars for the next 10 years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced in a statement. This was the Academy’s response to the buzz-killing, shock-inducing scene of Smith, 53, striking comedian Chris Rock, 57, and cursing him live on camera before millions watching the Oscars on Sunday, March 27. The decision was made during a Board of Governors meeting held on Friday in...

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Arts & CultureAward & RecognitionChimamanda To Receive 16th Honorary Ph.D. From The Catholic University Of Louvain, Belgium

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 22, 2022

The Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium is to award Chimamanda Adichie with an honorary doctorate degree. The ceremony will take place at the main campus in Louvain-la-Neuve, located 20 kilometers from Brussels on April 28, 2022. Rector of the University, Vincent Blondel, stated that the Academic Council considers Adichie’s work to be “remarkable in many ways and particularly inspiring for our university community.” He also added that Adichie embodies the “values that we wish to...

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Arts & CultureFiction & PoetryWORLD POETRY DAY: INTERVIEW: Iyanu Adebiyi

PilotnewsMarch 21, 2022

WAP INTERVIEW   In 1999, UNESCO declared the 21st of March the World Poetry Day with the goal to “give fresh recognition and impetus to the national, regional and international Poetry movement”. Nigeria is one country blessed with creatives who have pitched their tents in the world of poetry and making waves both locally and globally; one of which is Iyanu Adebiyi. Iyanu Adebiyi is an award-winning writer and performance poet; an artiste interrogating and...

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Arts & CultureEntertainmentFilmFG Moves to Ban Money Ritual Content In Movies, Sanitise Social Media

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 23, 2022

ABUJA — The Federal Government has directed filmmakers to stop promoting money ritual content in their movies. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, during a media visit to the headquarters of Media Trust Limited, publishers of ‘Daily Trust’ on Monday, said the Federal Government is worried that most young people are seeking to get rich at all costs. The minister said the confession of some money ritual suspects that they learnt the heinous act...

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Arts & CultureEntertainmentFilmOscars 2022: Full List Of Nominations

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 9, 2022

We are inching closer toward the 94th Academy Awards, and the nominees for this year’s Oscars are finally in! Nominees were unveiled in all 23 categories, from best picture to best director, along with the acting categories and crafts categories including best sound, best production design, best makeup and hairstyling, and best visual effects. Leslie Jordan and Tracee Ellis Ross hosted the announcement. Netflix’s ‘The Power of the Dog’ swept the most nominations with 12...

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Arts & CultureEntertainmentFilmTemi Otedola, Ini Edo And Alibaba to Star in Niyi Akinmolayan’s ‘The Man for the Job’

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 7, 2022

LAGOS — Ace Nollywood filmmaker, Niyi Akinmolayan has announced the start of production on his next title, ‘The Man for the Job’, a movie that chronicles the adventures of an industrious and bright young man who gets ruffled by the plot of an excessively optimistic startup CEO as he fights to accomplish his family and work-life balance. The cast for the crime drama includes Temi Otedola, Ini Edo, Uzor Arukwe, Ibrahim Sulaiman, Baba Rex, stand-up comedian,...

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EntertainmentTV & RadioWWTBAM Returns, N20m Up for Grabs, Organisers Unveil Frank Edoho as Host

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 7, 2022

LAGOS — Popular Television game show, ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ (WWTBAM) has made a comeback. An adaptation of the British version of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”, the Nigerian version was first aired on October 8, 2004, and stopped temporarily on June 25, 2017. Themed “The Rebirth”, the new edition of the show will be hosted by Frank Edoho. Recall that Frank had hosted the show from its inception on October 8,...

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Arts & CultureNollywoodNollywood Actors Speak On Nollywood’s Impact On Money Ritual Killings

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 5, 20221

LAGOS — The impact of Nollywood on Nigerian youths has been a thing of concern and uneasiness to most people, especially with the recent news of the arrest of three teenagers, between the ages of 17 and 20 years, for beheading and killing their friend’s girlfriend for ritual purposes in Ogun state. Following the killing of the young lady, Rofiat by her boyfriend, Soliu Majekodunmi, and two of his friends, the Ogun State Police Command...

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Arts & CultureEntertainment“Catch Me If You Can is the Best Project I Have Ever Made”, Adekunle Gold

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 5, 2022

Afro-pop star, Adekunle Kosoko who goes by the stage name Adekunle Gold has revealed that his album, Catch Me If You Can is the best project he has embarked on so far. After dropping the album in the early hours of Friday, the artist tweeted, “Never seen a greater miracle than myself. My 4th album Catch Me If You Can is out nationwide and it’s the best project I have ever made. Now I don...

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Arts & CultureEntertainment“I Carried the Weight of the Whole Family”, Veteran Singer, Onyeka Onwuenu

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 5, 2022

LAGOS — In an interview with media personality, Kikelomo Atanda-Owo on “Real Talk with Kike”, Nigerian music veteran, Onyeka Onwenu disclosed the many difficulties she dealt with in her failed marriage and how she raised her children alone. According to the 70-year old music icon, she tried her best to make her marriage work until she could no longer manage the situation. She said, “I went through it. It was difficult because I really didn’t...

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