Music discovered him in his twenties when his childhood friend, Obus Zelee, created their group. And what started way back on Karien Street, near Emiberen Street, Okumagba Avenue, like a joke took these young stars everywhere in Nigeria for performance.

Some things are simply impossible to forget. Timi Dakolo’s stunner of a voice is one of them. Viewers lucky enough to follow the first (and only) season of the Idols West Africa competition back in 2007, can most certainly never forget the feelings the scruffy, dark skinned citizen with roots in Nigeria and Ghana elicited every time he was called up to perform. That class of Idols was particularly strong, with talented superstars like Omawumi and J’odie, but Dakolo stood head and shoulders above the lot.

This is the storyline of a new movie, which is currently being shot in Owerri. nProduced by Ifemechukwu Ibeh, the movie is starring Mike Ezuruonye, Clarion Chukwurah, Emma Ayologu, Uche Ogbodo, Nkechi Nweje, Nancy Iheme alongside others.

The global black race are identifying with the story and relating with the story. In the month of August, we are going to be showing the movie in Chicago, in a big museum. From Chicago, we will move to Boston, which is another very important city to the Benin story. From there, we will move to Atlanta, New York, Dallas, Houston and rounding it off in California as part of the Edo National Assembly ,where the members will be holding a convention.

Naeto’s last real hit was ‘Tony Montana’ which was released in 2012. In today’s world, that’s almost as good as a century ago. Some believe marriage and fatherhood are the epicentre of the dashing rapper’s world now, and music has taken a back seat. He released a track ‘Helele’ featuring fellow Glo ambassador, Flavour last year, but it wasn’t much of a hit. Little wonder this artiste was dropped last week by MTN.

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Award winning script writer, Kemi Adesoye, will be leading other Nigerian filmmakers to South Africa as they are among the 40 participants selected during the week by organizers of the prestigious 36th Durban International Film Festival, DIFF, for the 8th edition of Talents Durban.

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“I don’t really know my age. How people came about 64 is still a surprise to me. I am not particular about how old or young the number is, what I’m concerned about is the age of my mind and the age of my body. From my physique and my energy, I feel like I am 35 years younger. However, going by the age of my mind, experiences, my responsibilities and wisdom I should be about 87 years of age,”

It will be recalled that the AMAA 2015 College of Screeners received over 800 entries from over 50 countries of the world within and outside Africa covering feature films, short films, animations and documentaries. AMAA main event which is the award night will hold in South Africa in September and it will be the first time the continental awards will take place outside Nigeria in its 11 years having held 10 previous editions in Nigeria.