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The Youths for Human Rights Protection and Transparency Initiative (YARPTI) totally condemns the arrest and detention of two Nigerian Bloggers: Seun Oloketuyi and Chris Nwandu and demands their immediate and unconditional release. Chris Nwandu is the owner of the popular online news medium, CKN while Oloketuyi owns Naijahottestgist. Oloketuyi was on August 25, 2015 arraigned on two counts for allegedly publishing defamatory story on his blog, naijahottestgist against the Chief Executive Officer of Fidelity Bank Plc, Nnamdi Okonkwo. He was accused of publishing on his blog that Okonkwo had an extramarital affair with one Justina, a married woman working in the Marketing Department of Fidelity Bank. Nwandu, was arraigned by the police for allegedly posting on his facebook page the story published by Oloketuyi. Justice Mohammed Yunusa of a Federal High Court in Lagos denied them bail and ordered them to be remanded in prison custody .YARPTI is aware that Chris Nwandu has recently been c...

Are you a fan of top Yoruba Nollywood actor, Femi Adebayo? If he adviced you, would you take the advice? Well, Adebayo has advice for not just his fans, but anyone who cares to listen. According to him, if you want to be a trophy winner, all you have to do is start drinking trophy beer. After being signed on by Trophy beer as its ambassador, he posted the following message online: “It’s high time we started drinking Trophy to get trophies. Come on and join the winning team. #TeamTrophy #TrophyAmbassador #TeamFemiAdebayo #Trophy4Trophy.” So, what do you think of Adebayo’s advice? Is it good or bad?

It’s said that the patient dog eats the fattest bone. What this simply means is that patience is a virtue, and anyone who is patient will eventually attain what he or she wants. One person whom the above adage is applicable to is actress, blogger and on-air personality Judith Audu. She’s one girl that has patience in abundance to the point of exasperation, but that patience is paying major dividends for her now. After putting in years in Nollywood hustling roles and networking and not really being recognized in terms of awards, she was swamped by nominations last year for her short films, Not Right and Alpha Mom, and won best actress at the In-Short Film Festival. And right now, Audu, who is as ambitious as they come, has now stepped up her game a further notch by capitalizing on her recent successes to produce her first full length feature film, Just Not Married, which has been long in the pipeline but is now a reality after years of patience. “I’ve always wanted to produce my own fu...

No Music Day, which was propounded in Nigeria by the Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON) was observed by Metro FM in the morning of Tuesday, September 1st, 2015. Justin Ige, of Creative Legal, a media and entertainment law outfit and consultant to COSON, was hosted. Also present was Rex, an artist. The ensuing interview, published on this page, was syndicated by entertainment personality, Ibrahim Babatunde Ibrahim, so that it can be understood why No Music Day should be observed and its benefits for the media and entertainment industry in general. What is copyright in itself? Copyright can be referred to as a basket of rights. Basically, it’s the authorization to be able to do certain things such as broadcast, copy, duplicate, perform publicly, as well as its adaptations. These are some of the parts of the acts which copyright controls technically. What is the idea behind No Music Day? The idea behind the No Music Day is this. In most cases, when you have something in abundance, some...

Last Saturday was a memorable one for Idowu Adanini, the third daughter of popular socialite, entertainment promoter, entrepreneur and Cowboy Association of Nigeria founder, Ademola Adanini. That Saturday, August 29th, Idowu attained five years of age, and her parents celebrated it for her with a lavish birthday party in Ikorodu, Lagos. Her father flew into the country specifically for the party which was well attended by Idowu’s friends and those of her twin sisters as well as friends and colleagues of her parents.

Recognised singer, Emma Nyra, has been confirmed as one of the performing music artists at the Nollywood and African Film Critics’ Awards scheduled to hold next Saturday in California, USA. Nyra became known in the country when Iyanya featured her on his song, Ur Waist, which was a monster hit. She has since released some of her own songs, and Elele, on which she featured Davido, is arguably her most successful song so far. In its own case, NAFCA is a movie awards ceremony that prides itself as Africa’s version of the renowned American movie awards popularly known as Oscars.

Ambitious rapper, Da Emperor, who has been flying high musically since his much-talked-about song, Para Mode, was released a couple of years ago, has explained why he featured popular singer, Oritsefemi, on his latest single, Firewood, which is currently rocking the airwaves. “Since I dropped Para Mode, I can’t just drop any song any how again,” he told E-News. “Para mode has set the standard which I must meet, if not surpass, and since I prefer to surpass my previous standard, I featured Oritsefemi on Firewood so that it’ll be even more successful than Para Mode.” Speaking further, he said, “Featuring Oritsefemi on Firewood has turned out to be an astute move that I don’t regret one bit. The song is gaining more appeal by the day, and I haven’t even dropped its video. So what will happen when I drop the video? Africa will shake.”

One entertainer who surely knows how to make the news and continues to make himself relevant with his moves is multiple award-winning singer, D’Banj. Though a lot of negative reports have trailed him in recent times, especially with regards to his music, that the music he’s been churning out recently is below the standards that made him popular, he keeps forging ahead to the surprise of his detractors. One way he really surprised his critics recently was with his win of the MTV Africa Music Awards (((( this year. His detractors didn’t expect that he would win it, but he did, and it has further boosted his profile. And when internationally renowned musician, social crusader and co-founder of ONE.org, Bono, of famous band, U2, came into town recently on a working visit, one of the celebrities that played a crucial role in the success of the visit was D’Banj. In addition, he hosted Bono and his ONE.org team with a cocktail party at the Osborne Foreshore Boat Club, Ikoyi, Lagos, and he and...

Last weekend was another exciting one on Project Fame West Africa. The weekend is when some of the contestants are eliminated, and some are placed on probation which precedes elimination, so the weekend is definitely the most exciting time on PFWA. And last weekend lived up to the usual PFWA top billing. Since all the contestants came into the weekend on probation with the power to save them in the hands of voters, hearts were in mouths to find out those the viewing West African public did not deem worthy of their votes. And when Saturday’s elimination show began, without much ado, the hosts revealed the names of the five contestants with the least number of votes, which meant that all the contestants, except Biko, Joy, Anderson, Jeff and Kumi were saved by the viewers’ votes. But just before the least-favoured five performed again for a chance to get back into the Academy, Isaac Geralds, who was a PFWA Season 4 standout contestant, thrilled the audience with one of his hit songs, Fal...

Saeon is a very good singer. That can never be in dispute. And since she’s so good, she’s supposed to be as in-demand as her fellow female singers like Seyi Shay, Yemi Alade and even Victoria Kimani who was a mediocre singer until Saeon blasted her mercilessly for being a wack singer so she quickly upgraded herself. So, Saeon is supposed to be one of the hottest singers out there, but she’s not, even after investing millions in her brand, and she has now come out to reveal why she’s not doing as well as she should. According to a report trending now, she has recorded a song in which she blasted her record label, Baseline Music, which also represents Skales and Aaramide, saying that Baseline is not doing what it should to promote her. And truly, this seems to be the case. Anyway, her grouse with Baseline brings back to mind the one she had with Wizkid which made her disclose that she paid him all of N1.5m to feature on her most successful song thus far, Boogie Down, yet he refused to ...

Sequel to OOB’s story on why it seems strange that former partners, Don Jazzy and D’Banj, are not yet married or single parents, despite all their colleagues already in one or both categories, Jazzy has come out to speak definitively about marriage for the first time. And unlike all these years when he beats about the bush regarding marriage, he hit the nail on the head this time around when he was asked specific questions about his marriage plans while in Mauritius to perform at the Multichoice Africa Content Showcase. On when he’ll get married: “I have absolutely no idea.” On if he already has children: “I don’t know if I have a child somewhere. Someone might come to say I have a 9 year old boy and we do a test and it is mine.” And then letting his guard down, he made the disclosure that bests describes his mindset on marriage. “If I have a child before wedding, then I won’t get married anymore because there is no point.”

Zee World treated media guest at the MultiChoice Content Showcase in Mauritius to a gastronomic journey of Indian cuisine before launching into a discussion about its dynamic channel that has been customized for mainstream audiences in Africa. Earlier this year, Zee Entertainment Enterprises Limited (ZEEL), one of India's leading television, media and entertainment companies launched this exciting new television channel. Since then, the channel has offered Africa an extraordinary world of entertainment, and is the first of its kind showcasing Bollywood movies, series, reality and food shows and will be adding much more action packed content. Zee World has a strong worldwide presence, boasting over 33 channels which entertain 960 million viewers across 169 countries. Pioneers of television entertainment industry in India, ZEEL's well-known international brands include Zee TV, &TV, Zee Cinema, Zing, Zee Punjabi, Zee Khana Khazana and Zee Living amongst others. ZEEL first v...

Kagayi Peter, renowned Ugandan poet and lawyer and Valerie Bah, writer and photographer have been named Writivism Coordinators for Anglophone and Francophone Africa respectively. They are joined by Roland Niwagaba, tech-preneur and IT professional and Emmanuel Kwezi Tabaro, Zoology graduate and youth opinion leader as Communications Manager and Administrator respectively. The four replace Bwesigye Bwa Mwesigire, Rebecca Rwakabukoza and Lewis Ainebyona who have been sole program director, communications manager and sales assistant respectively. Bwesigye is now in charge of Fundraising and Partnerships at the three-year pan African literary initiative, joining fellow co-founders Naseemah Mohamed and Kyomuhendo Ateenyi on the Board of Directors in charge of Management and Finance respectively. The new team has officially started work today September 1, 2015 with a Miles Morland Foundation sponsored internship for some members of staff at Storymoja in Nairobi, Kenya. "As co-founde...

The British Film Institute (BFI) has unveiled its programme for the 2015 London Film Festival. Clare Stewart, Festival Director, presented this year’s rich and diverse selection of films and events including the highly-anticipated Nigerian movie, Fifty, which has been shortlisted under the Love Category. Fifty is directed by Biyi Bandele and executive-produced by Mo Abudu. Fifty is one of 238 fiction and documentary features, including 16 world premieres, 8 international premieres and 40 European premieres. The film stars Ireti Doyle, Dakore Egbuson, Omoni Oboli and Nse Ikpe-Etim. The production is Mo Abudu’s quest to showcase African women coming of age, loaded with increasingly similar aspirations and dilemmas faced by their contemporaries everywhere, while yet navigating unresolved traditions and obligations. Set in Lagos, a city of disproportionate and breathtaking contrasts, Fifty celebrates the pulse and energy of this fast developing metropolis and explores the diversities ...

At the upcoming IDFA, which will take place from 18 to 29 November, a new structure will be

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