I came from a humble background, my father was a police officer and a member of the police football team in the early 50s. He began his police career in Lagos before he was later transferred to the then eastern region in 1960 where he worked all through until the outbreak of the civil war and retired in 1970, immediately after the war ended.

After Tiwa Savage was recently signed by Mavin Records and Eva to Trybe Records, EME has joined the list as they have finally signed Niyola as one of their artistes. “The record label is also putting plans together to release their first ever compilation album aptly titled ‘Empire Mates State of Mind’ before the end of this month.

Music producer Solomon Oyeniyi popularly known as K-Solo has concluded plans to release his long awaited second album ‘Mr Pedigree‘

US actor Robert De Niro, attending an African development forum in Gabon, said that stability and adequate funding are prerequisites to the future of cinema on the world’s poorest continent.

The last may not have been heard about the controversial healing of ailing veteran actor, Enebeli Enebuwa who has been down with stroke for more than a year now by the general overseer of Perfect Christianity Ministry, Surulere, Pastor Sign Fireman.

Last week, reports had it that Nollywood award winning director, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen was arrested and detained following a misunderstanding between him and his busness partner, Mr John Chukwuma Abua, in respect of the ownership of the award winning film “Adesuwa.”

Son of the doyen of Nigerian theatre, Hubert Ogunde, Bayo Ogunde last Sunday invoked the spirit of his late father when he mounted the stage to receive a posthumous award in his honour.

Come Friday, June 15,the duo of P-Square,Flavour and others will be rocking the stage at the Amstel Malta gig in the heart of Port-Harcourt.

The Nigerian movie industry otherwise known as Nollywood, will be fully represented at the forthcoming Diplomatic Conference on the Protection of Audiovisual Performances, scheduled to hold in Beijing, China.

Africa Magic Entertainment is set to launch a new programme better known as Star Gist, the continent’s very own answer to showbiz buzz, up-to-the-minute entertainment and trend news.