Entertainment
‘Entertainment Industry To Generate N3.55trn In Three Years’
After several discussions, performances and heart-to-heart fireside chats at the recently concluded Nigerian entertainment conference, here are some of the take aways from the event.
Nigerian entertainment industry will be worth more than $9.9 billion by 2020. To put this in a proper perspective, the industry will be churning out N3.55 trillion in the next three years.
Data will determine the future of entertainment in Nigeria. For a longtime now Nigerian entertainment industry has been growing on autopilot, but technology is changing the way we create and distribute content.
Nigerian Entertainment Conference, NEC live, will become a three-day event from next year. The founder of BHM Group and Convener of the Nigerian entertainment Conference, Ayeni Adekunle announced in his keynote speech at Nec live I that the conference will now become a three-day event from next year and may even be hosted across Lagos, Abuja and Port Harcourt.
Nigerian content is becoming popular on the global scene. Nollywood and Nigerian music industry are making waves around the world and global players are paying attention to our content.
A combination of Smartphone and social media can turn anyone into a media power house. May be not really, but the barrier to producing and distributing content has been shattered by the duo of smartphone and social media.
Net honours award made a comeback and some notable people won. Individuals were recognized for their roles in the events that shaped the year in review, using data from websites and social media platforms.
Live performances from upcoming music curtsies, dance and stage play. The event came alive with performances from Kabusa Oriental Choir, Dance Na the main thing, Theatre Hub Africa among others.
Entertainment
They Booed, Threw Bottles At Me – Tems Recounts
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.
Entertainment
Primeboy Pleads For Mohbad’s Burial
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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