After starring in that best selling premier movie, “Living in Bondage” , in 1992, Nnenna Nwabueze-Okonta who acted Merit in the movie disappeared into thin air. She happened to be one of the matriarchs of contemporary video culture in Nigeria. Showtime Celebrity caught up with her, last week in Asaba, where she was featuring in another Igbo film titled, ” Ndi Gbo Ochie”(Primitive) to relaunch her career. In this engaging interview, Merit takes us on a trip into the story of her sudden disappearance from the screen, and why she has decided to stage a comeback to acting, among other interesting revelations…

Afro pop singer, Yemi Alade who is currently on European tour, suffered a setback last Sunday, in Berlin, Germany, where she was billed to perform to a large crowd but had to disappoint them. The songstress arrived the event venue 30 minutes behind schedule, and had to refund ticket money bought by fans because she couldn’t go on and perform at the show.

The last is yet to be heard of the crisis rocking the Actors Guild of Nigeria,AGN, in recent times as the woman at the centre of the matter, Ibinabo Fiberesima during the week stormed the Court of Appeal to challenge the Federal High Court ruling on Monday, which nullified the election that brought her into office for the second time as President of the guild. Justice James Tsoho who gave the ruling, said the election was conducted against court order and ordered all parties involved to maintain the status quo.

I wanted to do something different from the regular songs that we are familiar with. A song that has a different sound. So, the idea was to do a world class song. I have this ideology that anything you want to do a song, you must ensure that it has quality. When I say “International”, it is not as if I wanted to travel out of the country to do a music. Rather, I wanted to do a song that would be accepted everywhere. I am definitely going to get to my destination. That’s my own conception about being International.

It was an evening of fun when Baileys treated mothers to an exclusive tea party on the occasion of the 2015 Mothers’ Day celebration which held in Lagos over the weekend. Speaking at the event, which held at the Federal Palance Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, the Brand Manager of Baileys Nigeria, Ufuoma Udjoh said, the tea party was the first of its kind in Nigeria which replicated what obtains in Britain.