ENTERTAINMENT

National Arts Theatre named after Wole Soyinka

Daily Dispatch July 12, 2024

President Bola Tinubu has named the National Arts Theatre in Iganmu, Lagos, after Nobel Laureate, Prof Wole Soyinka. Tinubu announced this in a tribute he wrote to celebrate Soyinka in commemoration of his 90th birthday. The tribute dated “Professor Wole Soyinka at 90: Tribute to a national

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Nollywood star amongst alleged kidnappers silenced by police during gun duel in Lagos

Daily Dispatch July 9, 2024

It has been uncovered that a Nollywood star based in Port Harcourt, capital of Rivers State, has been identified as one of the nine suspected billionaire kidnappers recently killed by Police in Lagos State. A report by CKNNews identified him as actor, Prince Henry Ode, who was also an executive producer with prominent Nollywood actor, […]

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Actor, TV host insures testicles for $10m after 12 children

Daily Dispatch June 8, 2024

American actor and TV host, Nick Cannon, has insured his testicles for $10 million. Cannon insured his testicles after having 12 children from six different women. Daily Mail reports that the actor partnered the men’s care brand Dr. Squatch, who “assessed his balls on factors including size, favourite features and bedroom manoeuvres’ via their ‘Ball […]

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FG Prohibits ‘Money Rituals’, Other Vices In Nollywood Films

Daily Dispatch May 22, 2024

Dr Shaibu Husseini, Executive Director/CEO  of  National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), says  the Federal Government has approved the prohibition of money rituals and glamourising  of vices in Nigerian films. Husseini disclosed this at a National Stakeholders Engagement on Smoke-Free Nollywood held in Enugu on Wednesday. The event was organised

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Autopsy failed to ascertain cause of Mohbad’s death – Pathologist

Daily Dispatch May 15, 2024

The autopsy conducted on the body of late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad, is said to have been unable to ascertain the cause of his death. A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Wahab Shittu, disclosed this while addressing journalists at the coroner’s inquest held in Lagos State on Wednesday. According to him, the pathologist in charge […]

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A rebirth for Arts, Culture, Creative Economy

Daily Dispatch May 5, 2024

By Deji Ayoola Beyond a seeming cosmetic spruce-up, the new Federal Ministry of Arts, Culture and Creative Economy, FMACCE, actually benefits from a fundamental vision tweak and structural reconceptualization from which the impactful achievements it has recorded within a year flow. A baby of the “Renewed Hope Agenda” and rigorous visioning by President Bola Ahmed […]