WWTBAM Returns, N20m Up for Grabs, Organisers Unveil Frank Edoho as Host

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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Nollywood Actors Speak On Nollywood’s Impact On Money Ritual Killings

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

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

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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Oyinlola Reacts to Akande’s Book, Expresses Surprise That He Attacks Obasanjo

BooksPoliticsOyinlola Reacts to Akande’s Book, Expresses Surprise That He Attacks Obasanjo

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 16, 2021

LAGOS — A former governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, says it is surprising that former National Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, Chief Bisi Akande, attacked ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo despite the love he (Obasanjo) showered on him while he was President. Oyinlola stated this on Thursday in a statement in response to the allegation made against him by Akande in his 559-page autobiography, titled ‘My Participations’, launched in Lagos last week. Akande, in...

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Oba of Benin Announces Wole Soyinka as Board of Trustees to Guard Returnee Artifacts

Arts & CultureOba of Benin Announces Wole Soyinka as Board of Trustees to Guard Returnee Artifacts

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)December 14, 2021

BENIN CITY — The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Ewuare II on Monday signed documents preceding the return of the two looted artefacts that were recently returned by the British Government to its Nigerian counterpart. The artifacts, with others expected to arrive in Nigeria soon, were looted about 124 yrs ago by the colonialists. At a ceremony at his palace, Oba Ewuare II and those involved in the process signed the necessary...

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Osinbanjo Urges Intelligence Agencies to Reinvent Institutional Culture

Arts & CultureNewsOsinbanjo Urges Intelligence Agencies to Reinvent Institutional Culture

Beloved John (Staff Writer)December 5, 2021

ABUJA — Vice President, Yemi Osinbanjo, has urged Nigeria’s intelligence agencies to adopt an empirical, data-driven and analytical culture. The VP said this on Saturday in his address at the graduation ceremony of the executive intelligence management course (EIMC) 14 of the National Institute for Security Studies, Abuja. He emphasized the need to reinvent the institutional culture of intelligence agencies. “It is the unpredictable events that we must be prepared for. We must try especially...

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NGA Tasks Nigerian Youths on Creativity

Arts & CultureNGA Tasks Nigerian Youths on Creativity

PilotnewsOctober 28, 2021

ABUJA — Mr. Ebeten Ivara, Director-General of the National Gallery of Arts (NGA) has called on Nigerian youths to identify and harness their potential through their participation in visual and creative arts. Ivara gave the advice on Thursday at the 3rd Edition of the Rainbow Art Unlocking Creativity Programme organized for Primary and Secondary Schools in Abuja. The theme of the programme titled “A Cultural Perspective on the Impact of COVID-19” The News Agency of...

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Novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

Arts & CultureWorld NewsNovelist Abdulrazak Gurnah wins the Nobel Prize in Literature

PilotnewsOctober 7, 2021

Zanzibar-born novelist Abdulrazak Gurnah won this year’s Nobel Prize in literature. “For his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents,” announced the Swedish Academy this morning. The award comes with more than $1 million in prize money. Gurnah was born in 1948. He’s was previously a professor of English and postcolonial literature at the University of Kent in Canterbury, England...

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Nigeria’s National Theatre @45

Arts & CultureColumnsOpinionNigeria’s National Theatre @45

PilotnewsOctober 1, 2021

…for many years; it has since sat gloomily like a bound captive awaiting saviours who would re-enact Nigeria’s story on stage for the presentation, preservation, and promotion of her culture and stir global attraction. On Thursday, 30th of September, 2021, Nigeria celebrated her military-caped edifice marking its 45 years of existence. The National Theatre of Nigeria, popularly called the NATIONAL HOME OF ENTERTAINMENT, is located in Iganmu, Surulere, Lagos State. It was set up by...

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