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Help! Something Will Happen to Kunle Afolayan on 12.04.2025

Daily Dispatch March 19, 2025

By Wale Ojo-Lanre Esq I don’t know whether you know him, but something significant is about to happen in the life of Kunle Afolayan, the enigmatic creative genius redefining Nigerian cinema. I am neither a prophet nor a seer, but as a journalist, my profession has endowed me with a form

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Popular Yorùbá Comedian Ozain Summoned by Masquerade Traditionalists Over Controversial Video

Daily Dispatch March 14, 2025

Popular Yorùbá comedy skitmsker Hussein Mubarak Kehinde, widely known as Ozain, has been summoned by the Ìjọ Ọjẹ Parapọ̀ Welfare Association, Nigeria and Overseas, over a recent video he released on social media involving a Yorùbá masquerade. The video, which has sparked widespread controversy, has drawn the ire of traditionalists who claim it disrespects Yorùbá […]

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Nigeria returns to the Cannes Film Festival

Daily Dispatch February 18, 2025

● “Screen Nigeria” will coordinate the international promotion of the Nigerian audiovisual industry● Incentives and audiovisual policy reforms are soon to be announced● Minister reiterates Ministry’s commitment to promoting a thriving audiovisual ecosystem Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and the Creative Economy, Hannatu Musa-Musawa, will launch “Screen

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2face’s mother to Edo lawmaker: My son not in his right senses

Daily Dispatch February 14, 2025

Rose Idibia, the mother of veteran singer Innocent Idibia, widely known as 2Baba, has called on Nigerians to urge the Deputy Majority Leader of the Edo State House of Assembly, Natasha Osawaru, to leave the musician. Rose said this in a viral video on Thursday evening. She stated that 2Baba is presently not in his […]

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World Radio Day: Governor Ododo celebrates contributions of radio to democracy, assures of inclusive governance

Daily Dispatch February 13, 2025

Kogi State Governor, Ahmed Usman Ododo has praised the contribution of radio to the deepening of democratic culture in Nigeria as the world celebrates this year’s World Radio Day. Governor Ododo also used the occasion to restate his administration’s commitment to promoting inclusion in governance and leaving no voices unheard in the governance of the […]

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Nathaniel Bassey to minister at Trump inauguration breakfast

Daily Dispatch January 5, 2025

Renowned gospel minister, Pastor Nathaniel Bassey, has received an exclusive invitation to minister at the prestigious Presidential Inaugural Prayer Breakfast for United States President-elect Donald Trump. Gospel singer, Nathaniel Bassey is one of a number of Christian leaders that have been invited for the prayer breakfast to herald the inagurtion of President Donald