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.

Multiple award winning artiste, Wande Coal, real name Ojosipe Oluwatobi Wande Jnr, has said he was not the person in the controversial nude pictures which appeared on social networking site, Twitter, which allegedly showed him lying naked on a bed.

Starring Bimbo Manuel, Ngozi Ezeonu, Lilian Bach, Cossy Orajiakor and many other Nollyood stars, Paul Adams’ Lifestyle, an anti-drug campaign soap is bracing up to commence the third season with difference.

Yes I do drive myself. The traffic at our end in Lekki is timing. If you do not know how to time your way around Lagos, you will not find it funny at all. For instance, if I’m going out for the day, I will make sure that by the time I’m dropping my child off at school, I’m already dressed for my outing.