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Husband of Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe-Gentry, Olanrewaju Gentry, has been remanded in the Kirikiri Prison, Lagos, after he was arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court on Tuesday. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Y.O. Aje-Afunwa, gave him a bail condition in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties in like sum. However, before he could meet the bail conditions, the presiding magistrate had closed for the day. He was subsequently remanded in prison. Mercy Aigbe had accused her estranged husband of seven years of assaulting her repeatedly. The case was said to…

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The Ogo Yoruba Awards popularly known as OYA awards has started on a good note for this year’s forthcoming award with the inauguration of new members for the board of awards as its normal tradition to select the best of the best honourees/awardees from the shortlisted profile entries to determine those that deserve to be honoured at the 5th OYA Awards 2017. Wale Adeoba Productions in conjunction with Kanbitoons Company has concluded plans to present the fifth edition of Ogo Yoruba Award (OYA) considered by the industry watchers now to…

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For the longest single note held on a saxophone, Femi Kuti has broken the World record at the New Africa Shrine. He attained the feat on Sunday at the New Africa Shrine as shared by his sister, Yeni Anikulapo-Kuti on her Instagram page @yenikuti; “This evening 7th May at the New Africa Shrine, Femi Kuti broke the world record for the longest single note on a saxophone note set in 1997 by Kenny G. The record stood at 45mins 37 seconds….Femi did 46mins 38seconds!! Give it up, we have a…

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The list of Richest African musicians has been released by Forbes Africa. The list was put together using factors such as endorsement value, popularity, show rates, sales, awards, YouTube views, appearance in newspapers, investment, social media presence, influence and others. Nigerian artistes, Don Jazzy, Wizkid and Davido, are among the top ten richest African musicians. The top 10 are; 1. AKON Akon has over 35 million albums sold worldwide. He has won numerous awards including five Grammy Award nominations and has 45 Billboard Hot 100 songs under his belt. He…

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The African Union Commission, AUC, has formally unveiled the 2017 All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA calendar at the World Media Unveiling event held on Tuesday, May 2 at The Maslow Hotel, Sandton, South Africa. The ceremony was attended by AU officials, members of the International Committee of AFRIMA, past AFRIMA winners and nominees from Southern African, media executives from Africa and other stakeholders in the creative/entertainment industry in Africa. During the unveiling, President/Executive Producer, AFRIMA, Mr. Mike Dada, made known that the first activity on the continental awards event calendar…

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Adesina Adesanya, Nollywood actor popularly known as Pastor Ajidara is dead. The actor died in the early hours of Sunday, just days after his colleagues voiced out that he was in need of money for treatment for kidney failure. His demise was announced by actors, Bolaji Amusan, popularly known as Mr. Latin and Yomi Fash-Lanso who both led a fund raising campaign for him. Share on: WhatsApp

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Social media has been wild with tales flying around right now and the trending word is Mercy Aigbe. Ever since news poured in on Friday that popular actress, Mercy Aigbe, was beaten silly by her husband, Lanre Gentry and she, in response, returned to allegedly break down his gate and carted away all her belongings, with reckless abandon on what truly happened between the couple. This latest development comes after persistent rumours of rampant domestic abuse in the marriage of the Gentrys over the years. Pictures of Mercy’s battered face…

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Chairman/CEO of HS Media Group, Taye Ige, has declared the readiness of his media production outfit to host and produce big media entertainment events such as The voice Nigeria and the Coke Studio in Nigeria. While commenting on his mega studio projects which industry experts have described as the largest in Africa, Taye Ige said HS Media Group is set to start a revolution in television production in Nigeria soon. He said the same kind of revolution experienced when the mobile telephone was launched in 2001 would be the same…

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