Entertainment
African Oscars Holds Morrow …President Jonathan, Dame Patience Billed For Awards
Come Saturday September 14, 2013, the third edition of the Nollywood African Film Critics’ Awards (NAFCA) better known as The African Oscars would hold at a red carpet event at the legendary Warner theatre in Washington DC, USA.
The NAFCA award president and CEO, Dr. Victor A. Olatoye who disclosed this to journalists said that winners of the different categories will be announced live during the show. This year’s award according to him, promises to be the biggest event as more than 200 actors, actresses and film makers are expected to grace the occasion.
According to our source, Nigeria’s president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan and Liberia’s president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf will bag NAFCA’s Lifetime Achievement award while Image awards will go to Dame Patience Jonathan, while the speaker of the House of Representatives Aminu Tambuwal will also be honoured.
It was further gathered that the awards are broken down to eight categories namely: Best Film, Best drama, Best Comedy, Best Cinematography, Best screen play, Best editing, Best actress in leading role and Best director.
Already, Beverly Naya, has been nominated for best actress while Charles Novia was nominated as best director based on his 2012 comedy flick “Alan Poza.”
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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