A Scottish evening paper had reported the arrest of a Nigerian, who allegedly acted in a racially aggravated manner at a local restaurant in Aberdeen Scotland on Wednesday, July 7. The Nigerian, multiple award winning contemporary gospel artiste, Sammie Okposo, was reportedly charged to court and released on bail until further hearing in September, 2010.

Emeka recently revealed to HVP, how he practically begged Chioma’s parent to allow their daughter actualise her dream of making a career in acting. He went down memory lane, following what he described as his “disappointing encounter” with Chioma Chukwuka during the GUS Celebrity Showndown.

Once upon a time, such National awards were reserved for politicians and those who could afford to pay for it. But today, all that has changed. If Aki and Paw-Paw were not born twins and even if the were both ‘rule of tomb’ then, both of them deserved to be honoured. May be, Paw-paw will be honoured next year.

The recent decision by the authorities of the Ghanaian movie industry to compel Nigerian actors who are plying their trade in Ghana to pay the huge sum of $1000 for every movie role or risk losing the job in that country may have incurred the wrath of their Nigerian counterparts who have risen to the occasion by returning fire-for-fire.

For those born in the 60’s and early 70’s, they would be familiar with the musical group “BLOW” which took the nation by storm with their brand of music. The boom in the music industry in the 70’s and 80’s like every other thing in the country, witnessed a downward plunge as piracy began to take its toll on the entertainment business. A member of that group and a music producer of repute, song writer and arranger, Laolu Akins in this interview with Vanguard’s Godfrey Bivbere, speaks on the development of music and entertainment industry generally, prospects, problems and way forward.