Nollywood producer and founder of Abuja International Film Festival, Fidelis Duker, is enjoying the benefit of early marriage. He kept his vow when he impregnated his
wife,Temitope, at a very young age, and went ahead to marry her despite the odds. Today, the couple are better off for it, as their children are all grown up. Their first daughter will be 20 in another two years when they will be marking their twentieth wedding anniversary. In this encounter, Fidelis recounts some of the challenges he faced with his wife four years into marriage and how they were able to overcome the dark moments. On her part, Temitope says “marrying early was a blessing in disguise.”

On Wednesday, July 6, Nollywood was thrown into mourning when the news filtered out that veteran actress and broadcaster, Ma Bukky Ajayi has passed on. It was a rude shock but not one too difficult to understand given that the legendary thespian has been battling ill-health for sometime. What will however be difficult to appreciate is the vacuum she has left behind. Because, she was undeniably one of the best and greatest talents to have ever graced the Nigerian creative arts screen.

Nigerian singer and songwriter, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as Tubaba or Tuface, has explained why it is sometimes cheaper to shoot music videos outside the country. “We have quality video directors, producers in Nigeria but in terms of logistics, power and cost, it is better to shoot outside the country. You get everything in one place but apart from that reason, I think we shoot quality videos in Nigeria”. he said.

Ace producer and artiste, Babatope Temidayo, aka Puffytee, and Double Wahala crooner, Oritsefemi of MSN Gang, may soon come to blows over an issue of settlement regarding PuffyTee’s contribution to producing Oritsefemi’s album. Speaking with Potpourri recently the talented hit-maker who produced Mayorkun’s hit single, Eleko, said Danku, Oritsefemi’s manager was the one managing the affair at the time.

Ara singer, Brymo has been criticised lately for his controversial views on Twitter. In his recent series of tweets, he made statements about Africans that made his fans angry and got them condemning his reasoning. He said:”Black man likes to suffer”

Fast-rising Nollywood actress, Queeneth Agbor, courageously took the bull by the horn when she relocated all the way from Calabar to Lagos to pursue her dream career, acting.

Recently, the National Secretary of the Actors Guild of Nigera, AGN, under Ibinabo Fiberesima’s leadership, Abubakar Yakub disowned the newly established caretaker committee by a group better known as AGN stakeholders to restore peace and stability in the troubled guild, insisting that Ibinabo remains the incumbent president.

Steve Eboh, popularly known as Ajeboh, has thanked Nollywood stakeholders for inaugurating a ‘Save-a-Soul’ campaign to raise funds for ailing actors.

Nigeria dancehall star Burna Boy was recently welcomed back to London after his seven years ban. Burna Boy who has been looking forward to making a grand return after he was banned, in an interview said that relocating to Nigeria inspired his decision to go into music.

Emmy Kosgei, the Kenyan wife of popular preacher, Apostle Anselm Madubuko is taking ‘African gospel’ global with the recent released visual of her big bang song TAAI, which is enjoying massive play and download.