Nollywood has been thrown into mourning following the death of veteran actor Ernest Asuzu.
The Nollywood movie star passed away on Tuesday, January 26, 2020, according to report from Vanguard.
The report state that he slumped and never woke up again. News of his death was also confirmed by Emeka Rolla, president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN).
Ernest Asuzu
Asuzu began his acting career in the late 90’s and was popular for hitman roles alongside the likes of Hanks Anuku and Jim Iyke.
He battled with his health for years after he suffered a stroke. He was in and out of the hospital for a number of years before his sad passing on.
May his soul rest in peace.
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The Nigerian film ‘Omo Ghetto (The Saga)’, produced by iconic actress Funke Akindele-Bello, has been declared Nollywood’s highest-grossing movie of all time.
The 2020 comedy film has broken a four-year record formally held by Kemi Adetiba’s ‘The Wedding Party’, according to Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN).
CEAN announced in a statement on Tuesday that ‘Omo Ghetto The Saga’ has so far grossed N468, 036, 300 after holding the number one spot for its third week in a row.
Funke Akindele
‘Omo Ghetto The Saga’ was directed and produced by Funke Akindele and her husband JJC Skillz as their debut film.
The Bellos’ latest feat is probably the most shocking news in recent times as it comes amid a pandemic that crippled the film industry for months.
An excited Funke took to her page on Instagram with the good news. The actress wrote in her caption: “OMO GHETTO (THE SAGA) is the HIGHEST GROSSING NOLLWOOD MOVIE OF ALL TIME!!!!!. This is how we react to this good news.”
‘Omo Ghetto The Saga’ was released on Christmas day 2020 and is a sequel to 2010 ‘Omo Ghetto’, which follows the chaotic life of Shalewa aka Lofty ( Funke Akindele)
The 2020 comedy film has broken a four-year record formally held by Kemi Adetiba’s ‘The Wedding Party’
Other notable stars to feature in the record breaking film include Chioma Akpotha, Eniola Badmus, Bimbo Thomas, Akah Nnani, Alex Ekubo, Zubby Michael, Deyemi Okanlawon, Timini Egbuson, Nancy Isime, Paschaline Alex, Mercy Aigbe and Yemi Alade.
The medical doctor turned film star insists the use of left hand is not a taboo and has tasked people to change their orientation as “ignorance isn’t culture.”
Actress Kiki Omeili has kicked against the culture that shames people who are left-handed by nature, likening it is to a subtle form of discrimination.
The movie star made this known Monday while reacting to a recent viral debate on social media centered around the morality of giving out things to people with left hand.
Kiki insisted in a Twitter thread on her page that there is nothing wrong with the act before going on to address those that have a problem with it.
Accordion to her, those who condemn the use of left hand because it is against cultural norm should see no wrong in the killing of twins as it was also dictated and presided by culture.
“If you say that using the left hand to give someone something is bad and our culture dictates that you must use your right hand, then you should also be okay with the killing of twins cos it was equally “culture”. Ignorance isn’t culture. Ignorant cultural beliefs can be unlearned,” the first of her tweets read.
If you say that using the left hand to give someone something is bad and our culture dictates that you must use your right hand,then you should also be okay with the killing of twins cos it was equally “culture”. Ignorance isn’t culture. Ignorant cultural beliefs can be unlearned
Speaking further, Kiki tapped into her knowledge as a doctor to explain why people are inclined to use their left hand from birth and the challenges that come with it in a world where the vast majority are right-handed.
Kiki Omeili
She continued: “Only 11% of all the people in the world are left-handed. Left-handed people are right-brain dominant and right-handed people(the majority of people in the world ) are left-brain dominant. Bottom line, if a person is left-handed, it’s how they are wired.
Only 11% of all the people in the world are left handed. Left handed people are right brain dominant and right handed people(the majority of people in the world ) are left brain dominant. Bottom line,if a person is left handed,it’s how they are wired.
“The world is generally designed for right-handed people so many people don’t understand the challenges that left-handed people face. Things like Scissors, tin cutters, even pencil sharpeners are designed for right-handed people.
The world is generally designed for right handed people so many people don’t understand the challenges that left handed people face.Things like Scissors,tin cutters,even pencil sharpeners are designed for right handed people.
“Think about it. If you’re right-handed, how would you feel if someone forced you to use your left hand to write and operate and you couldn’t function optimally? You’d be frustrated, right? That’s how left-handed people feel when you force them to use their right hand to do things.
Think about it. If you’re right handed,how would you feel if someone forced you to use your left hand to write and operate and you couldn’t function optimally? You’d be frustrated,right? Thats how left handed people feel when you force them to use their right hand to do things.
“Let’s not hide ignorance under the blanket of “culture”. The same way people were educated to stop the killing of twins, we can be educated to stop castigating and shaming left-handed people. LEFT handedness is a function of the right side of your brain being dominant. #Nuff Said”
Let’s not hide ignorance under the blanket of “culture”. The same way people were educated to stop the killing of twins ,we can be educated to stop castigating and shaming left handed people. LEFT handedness is a function of the right side of your brain being dominant.#Nuff Said
The reality star was spotted online having an interesting conversation with a fan about her sexuality.
Former Big Brother Naija star Abiri Oluwabusayomi, better known as Khloe, has expressed her detest for lesbianism, stating that she’d rather be a nun than go intimate with a fellow woman.
Khloe made the stern disclosure during a recent question and answer session with her fans on Instagram.
During the session, the reality star was asked if she is a lesbian by a curious female fan. The fan who appeared to be a lesbian also expressed her interest in dating her.
Khloe
“Are you a lesbian? I would date. Would youdate me?” the female follower asked.
However, the reality star turned down the request, noting that she abhors lesbianism as it is against her faith.
She went further to state that she’d rather commit to a life in the convent as a nun than get involved romantically with another female.
“I would rather be a nun than being that. Nooffense to who is but my religion is against it,” she replied.
Khloe was one of the housemates during the third season of Nigeria’s biggest reality TV show.
Namaste Wahala is set for Valentine’s Day release on Netflix.
Hamisha Ahuja, director of Bollywood-Nollywood romance comedy ‘Namaste Wahala‘, has announced that the highly anticipated movie is finally set to premiere on Netflix as an original on February 4th of this year.
Hamisha made the exciting revelation via her Instagram page on Monday. Sharing the film’s official poster, the director expressed her happiness at being able to ‘fuse’ Nigerian and Hindu cultures together and depict them in motion pictures.
“I am very excited about my movie Namaste Wahala going to the whole world through Netflix. The movie showcases the beauty of Nigeria and the wealth of talent in Nollywood. It was amazing to see how beautifully two cultures which I hold very close to my heart came together in this fusion movie. I can’t wait for all of you to watch it,” she wrote.
Production of ‘Namaste Wahala’ was first announced in February 2020 alongside its official poster and behind-the-scene photos. The announcement left trails of excitement from Nigerians who have long fantasized about a possible collaboration between the two iconic film industries. The movie was originally set to premiere in cinemas on April 24, 2020, but got postponed to October due to the coronavirus pandemic.
Short in Lagos, Nigeria, ‘Namaste Wahala’ is a story of love, romance, laughter, tears and family set over two diverse and rich cultures.
A behind-the-scene photo of Bollywood-Nollywood romance comedy movie, Namaste Wahala.
It stars Mofe Damijo, Joke Silva, Inidima Okojie, Osas Ighodaro, Ruslaan Mumtaz, Segal Sujata, Adaora Lumina, Ibrahim Suleiman, Big Brother Naija’s Frodd, Imoh Eboh, Osas, Eneeicha, Lyk10, Mexemania, Tience Pay and lots more.
CNN's Larry King interviews former President George H.W. Bush and his wife, Barbara, on Sunday, Nov. 14, 2010 in Houston, TX.
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Larry King, the celebrated American television and radio host, has died at the age of 87, weeks after battling COVID-19.
King’s production company announced his death in a statement posted on the deceased media personality’s own Twitter account on Saturday.
Ora Media, which Mr. King co-founded in 2012, said he had died at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.
The legendary Larry King
“With profound sadness, Ora Media announces the death of our co-founder, host and friend Larry King, who passed away this morning at age 87 at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles,” the statement said. “For 63 years and across the platforms of radio, television and digital media, Larry’s many thousands of interviews, awards, and global acclaim stand as a testament to his unique and lasting talent as a broadcaster.”
King had been hospitalized in Los Angeles with a COVID-19 infection, according to several reports from the US media. Though it was not ruled as the cause of his death.
King conducted an estimated 50,000 interviews in his six-decade career, which included 25 years at CNN.
For 25 years, King interviewed virtually every big celebrity and politician in America, including exclusive sit-downs with every U.S. president and First Lady since Richard Nixon
He hosted “Larry King Live” at CNN for over a quarter century, interviewing presidential candidates, celebrities, athletes, movie stars and everyday people. The multiple award-winning broadcaster retired in 2010 after taping more than 6,000 episodes of the show.
Married eight times, King lost two of his five children in 2020 and is survived by his estranged wife, Shaun Southwick, and three children.
The singer struggles to make sense of government willingness to have citizens gather en mass for NIN registration when there is a deadly virus out there.
Popular Nigerian singer Banky Wellington, professionally known as Banky W, has challenged the Federal Government’s decision to call for NIN registration across the country amid a second wave of the coronavirus pandemic, calling it “completely reckless.”
Banky let out a series of tweets via his Twitter page on Friday, January 22, 2021, criticizing those responsible for issuing such directive.
The music star stated in his post that it is “inconsiderate and dangerous” to have people congregate in large numbers for the sake of accquring NIN while Covid-19 continues to rage.
Banky W
Banky wrote: “In the middle of the pandemic, this is how our Nigerian Government has its citizens queuing up to get their NIN numbers. Completely reckless, inconsiderate and dangerous. Then tomorrow the NCDC will release covid infection rates and say socialdistancing. This country sha. Kai.”
The veteran musician who doubles down as a politician and CEO went further to call for a revoke of the directive, stressing that lives are still being lost to the virus.
He added: “@NCDCgov @NigeriaGov @NGRPresident This is completely irresponsible of us as a country, to insist on this mad scramble for NINnumbers in the middle of Covid’s 2nd wave. People are dying. We should be smarter/wiser/better than this for goodness sake.”
Banky says timing of NIN registration not right
Nigerians have been made to get their National Identification Number (NIN) in wake of the Federal Government directive to the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) to update its SIM card database through NIN.
The NCC has, in turn, instructed telecommunications companies to block all SIM cards without identification in the country after February 9, 2021.
The ex-reality star is concerned about what she perceives as society’s hypocritical attitude towards mental health issues.
“People have gotten meaner despite becoming more mentally aware,” says Anto Lecky, who has taken to social media to speak out.
The former Big Brother Naija star in an extensive rant via her Instagram page on Friday, January 22, 2020, shared her observation on how people’s words are not often in line with their actions when it comes to matters of the mind and its state.
Anto Lecky
Anto gave several glaring instances, one of which is how people tend to call for more kindness on social media while reacting to a piece of suicide news when their own feeds are filled with unsavory comments directed towards their fellow humans.
She further spoke about stereotype, and how changes to one’s mood or appearance is automatically judged as a sign of illness by people in society.
The 31-year old Double Wahala housemate urged her followers to find their own happiness, stating that it is in short supply in the world right now.
Anto was one of the housemates from the second season of Big Brother Naija.
The 22-year-old Harvard University student became the youngest poet to ever read at a presidential inauguration, during Joe Biden’s January 20th, 2020 swearing ceremony as America’s 46th president.
In her poem, Gorman described herself as “a skinny black girl descended from slaves and raised by a single mother [who] can dream of becoming president, only to find her self reciting for one”.
Amanda was born in Los Angeles in 1998. She had a speech impediment as a child – an affliction she shares with America’s new president.
“It’s made me the performer that I am and the storyteller that I strive to be,” she said in a recent interview with the Los Angeles Times.
“When you have to teach yourself how to say sounds [and] be highly concerned about pronunciation, it gives you a certain awareness of sonics, of the auditory experience.”
Gorman became LA’s youth poet laureate at 16.
3 years later, while studying sociology at Harvard, she became National Youth Poet Laureate.
She published her first book, The One for Whom Food Is Not Enough, in 2015 which has now become Amazon best selling book of 2021.
All things bright and beautiful for the singer as he buys himself a lovely sports car.
Top Nigerian singer Zlatan Ibile is a new car owner having spent big on a Chevrolet Camaro worth N20M.
News of Zlatan’s latest acquisition was made know by renowned car dealer Abu Abel Egbarin in a cheeky post on Instagram.
Money no dey Lagos, but Zlatan somehow manages to splurge the cash on a luxury vehicle
Sharing photos of the singer cruising in his new blue whip, Abel congratulated him before going on to tease Zlatan for spending big on a car after singing there is no money in Lagos – a direct reference to his smash single ‘Lagos Anthem.’
“Congratulations bro after you go talk say money no Dey Lagos , @zlatan_ibile @bajafreshauto. Sold sold sold,” he wrote.
The sleak ride is the latest addition to the rapper’s already enviable collection of luxury vehicles.
The music industry could be in for another grand wedding between two of its own.
Nigerian singer Waje has sparked rumours that she is engaged to singer Ric Hassani and the duo is about to get married.
Waje recently took to her Instagram account on Tuesday, January 19, 2020, to post a lovey-dovey photo of herself and Hassani that got a lot of people talking.
Waje
In the photo, Hassani’s head can be seen resting on her laps as the R&B singer playfully poke his nose.
The romantic sight was enough to get fans of the two music stars making wedding speculation.
Interestingly, Waje further stroked speculation with the cryptic caption she attached to the photo. She wrote: “it’s time.”
While the 40-year old made sure not to give anything away, a lot of her close friends in the industry were spotted at the comment section congratulating and insinuate a wedding is on the horizon.
Aituaje Iruobe, known professionally as Waje, is a Nigerian singer who hails from Edo State.
