UK bans Nigerian students, others from bringing family (Nation) The United Kingdom has announced restrictions barring foreign students from bringing family members into the country. The Home Secretary, Suella Braverman, announced the ban as part of the push to reduce…
Lead City University to confer honorary doctorate degree on Tunde Kelani
Lead City University, Ibadan, a leading private tertiary institution in the country, has served notice that the ace cinematographer, director and producer would be formally conferred with the academic award of Doctor of Letters (Honoris Causa) on December 12, 2022…
Tunde Kelani plans Ayinde Barrister biopic
Ace filmmaker, Tunde Kelani, has revealed plans to produce and release a film on the late Fuji Music creator, Dr. Sikiru Ayinde Barrister, MFR, as a way to further immortalise him. He made the revelation while speaking at the grand…
FirstBank sponsored movie, “Ayinla”, premieres today in Lagos
First Bank of Nigeria Limited has announced its lead sponsorship of the movie titled Ayinla, which is billed to premiere on Sunday, 13 June 2020. The movie is suspense-driven, narrating the life of Ayinla Yusuf, popularly known as Ayinla Omowura…
Sanwo-Olu funds youth creativity and entertainment development with N1b
Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has initiated an intervention project that will jump-start the transformation of the Entertainment and Tourism sector. The governor recently inaugurated the Committee on Film Production Empowerment at the State House, Marina to fund youth…
Otedola visits set of ‘Citation’ movie
Nigerian billionaire Mr Femi Otedola has paid a surprise visit to the cast and crew of ‘Citation’, a new movie by award-winning filmmaker Kunle Afolayan. Otedola who was at the Obafemi Awolowo University campus, Ile-Ife, Osun state where the movie…
Lagos Fringe to honour Oduneye, Ajai-Lycett, Kelani at Opening Launch on Tuesday
When the Lagos Fringe International Festival takes off today, Tuesday, November 19, 2019 it will honour Adebayo Adisa Oduneye, one of the most significant theatre directors in Nigeria and Africa; Taiwo Ajai-Lycett, easily referred to as the “Dame of the…
A minute silence for those we lost in 2018 – Dami Ajayi
A birth and a death; both mark our points of entry and exit into and from this world—and every year, we are affected by the deaths of remarkable individuals whose lives have touched ours and changed it. Let’s begin with…