Kene Mparu is the Managing Director, Genesis Deluxe Cinema who has been in the cinemas industry for about twenty years now.

Actress Funlola Aofiyebi_Raimi has come a long way as far as the big screen is concerned in Nigeria.

Nigeria ’s soul singer, Onyeka Onwenu, began a nationwide tour aimed at publicising her latest musical works – “Legends, Nigeria @ 50 and Inspiration For Change,” all of which were released three months ago.

Globacom on Tuesday in Lagos formally signed on hip hop sensation duo, Peter and Paul of P_Square as brand ambassadors at a breathtaking ceremony which also saw the contracts for other Glo ambassadors renewed.

In three different cities and at three different gatherings, Emmanuel Babayaro will expose his first body of musical works to public scrutiny.

There’s no story that will be written about me without a mention of the scandal. It has become an integral part of my being. But I owe myself the duty to move on, and live a very fantastic life. I know that what happened to me could happen to anybody in the entertainment industry.

I remember being in the US and one of my teachers called me to the side and said, ‘you know you’re a really bright kid. You’ve got to stay always focused and keep working hard and you’re gonna be successful’. And that has always stuck to me.

According to him, “the actors in Nigeria have unanimously decided to suspend Emeka Ike indefinitely for anti-guild activities. We have also stripped him as the Vice President, South East of the guild. Let me use this medium to state that the move to suspend him was not made by the Board of Trustees, but AGN members who have been monitoring his anti-guild activities for some time now.”

The word had spread like wildfire that King Sunny Ade has been chosen as Africa’s sole representative to perform at the opening ceremony at the 2010 edition of the World cup held in South Africa.

So much have been said and written about the true state of health of Fuji music maestro, Ayinde Barrister. But the most damning part of the story that really got us worried was when information filtered into our office that the famed fuji musician was in a coma.

Few hours after he led members of the Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria (MCSN) in a protest march to denounce the decision of the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) to licence a single CMO in the country, former PMAN president Charly Boy was a guest of the Police command in Abuja.

Interestingly, while the Nigerian Copyright Commission which is under the Ministry of Justice shut its doors to the protesting musicians and the DG, Professor Adewopo absent, the AGF was on hand to receive the protesters.

Paw-Paw’s screen twin, Chinedu Ikedieze popularly known as Aki was one of the distinguished Nigerians who were accorded recognition last Thursday by the Federal Government. A gesture which generated controversy as many stakeholders in the movie sector blamed the government for failing to extend the same treatment to the other actor.

I embraced the Theatre in 1956 and I chose to be Agbako (Misfortune) in movies because I wanted to drive home a point that bad and good go together. As there are bad people so there are a lot who are wonderfully good.

About 45minutes later, one of the officers came and interrogated me about who I was and why I was loitering. By then one of my friends had called the Lagos State Police Commissioner who called the Area Commander and all of that. Eventually, the Sergeant who led the patrol team was detained.