ENTERTAINMENT

Creativity Industry: FG announces $1million venture capital

Daily Dispatch July 18, 2017

The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday announced the establishment of a 1-million-dollar Venture Capital to boost the Creative Industry. The Minister made the announcement at the opening of a two-day Creative Industry Financing Conference holding in Lagos,

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MOVIE ACTORS, MR LATIN, ODUNLADE ESCAPES ARMED ROBBERS BULLETS

Daily Dispatch July 16, 2017

Two Nigerian Movie Actors, Bolaji Amusan,popularly called Mr Latin and Kola Odunlade on Saturday night narrowly escaped death,as armed robbers launched attack on them. The duo were returning from Glo musical show in Ijebu-Ode, when their  cars ran into the waiting hands of armed robbers already laying siege along Ilishan-Sagamu road. Bolaji Amusan, while narrating […]

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FG to stop production of Nigerian movies, music, abroad

Daily Dispatch July 15, 2017

The Federal Government says it has taken steps to amend the Nigeria Broadcasting Code to discourage the production of Nigerian movies and music outside the shore of the country. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, made this known on Saturday in Lagos when he paid a visit to the headquarters of the […]

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AMAA 2017: Lagos ready to welcome global filmmakers

Daily Dispatch July 13, 2017

The Lagos State Government has disclosed its readiness to play a good host to local and international visitors coming to the state this weekend for the 13th edition of the Africa Movie Academy Awards. The pan-African event, which will hold in Lagos on July 15, 2017 at the Convention Centre of the Eko Hotel, is […]

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Stevie Ryan, Youtuber commits suicide

Daily Dispatch July 4, 2017

The 33-year-old Youtuber and actress Stevie Ryan has died in what the Coroner’s Office has ruled a suicide by hanging. The L.A. County coroner’s office confirmed online that Ryan died on Saturday, July 1, MSN reports They did not immediately respond to people’s request for additional comment. The actress first rose to fame through her […]

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FG’s plans to punish, jail celebrities who evade taxes

Daily Dispatch July 2, 2017

The federal government has fine-tuned plans to punish and possibly jail entertainers who evade taxes after the nine-month grace period set out by the recently launched voluntary asset and income declaration scheme (VAIDS). TheCable learnt that for 15 months, the federal government via various agencies and departments, to include the private sector, has been gathering […]