Entertainment
Africa Magic Takes Over Nollywood
Recent developments in the Nigerian movie industry, popularly known as Nollywood show that the industry is being taken over by South Africa through their African Magic Television. They not only show the Nollywood movies and play their country’s sound track, they go as far as try to bring up their budding stars like Jacob’s Cross, Tinsel etc by playing them up with the Nollywood stars.
Nollywood star Actor Emeka Ike who made this observation in a recent press interview, noted that all efforts to salvage the situation became impossible because there was so much politicking going on. He said on the first note, their content provider, Emeka Mba was lobbied to becoming the Director General (DG) of the Censors Board.
According to the popular actor who was recently made a chief in Anambra State, Mba’s position paved the way for them and made their business smooth. They needed to close down Nollywood to make Television (TV) more viable than it was, and that was when Emeka Mba, who was also one of those who owned HITV came up with the idea of every producer paying a sum of five million naira before their movies could get to the market. That was how it started, gradually some started falling off and a lot more were arrested for defaulting.
The Imo State born super actor reiterated that today, there is no more infinity merchandise, P. Collins, O.C. Affassons, amongst other big names that were known in those days, while places like Idumota, Oba Iweka road, Pound road, Aba where movies were readily available had been shut down, leaving only Alaba in existence.
Chief Ike noted that the invasion had been on for a long time, it had put the industry in a state of coma and had finally killed it. He stressed that Nollywood is dead because the industry would never have a big producer that could roll out money anymore or visionarres to bring out money to invest rather what the industry would keep hearing are scallywags and cheap production assistants running around to see how to put ten faces together and see if they could make at least fifteen thousand jacket sales.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
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