Saturday, July 30, 2011
Nigerian Musician D’banj was cautioned by a Bishop @ living faith church
The man of God at Living Faith Church worldwide also known as Winners Chapel, Bishop Oyedepo did not get carried away with all the blings and swags of Mohits star, Dapo Oyebanji popularly known as D’banjwhen they came in contact.
We learnt that D’banj was recently contacted to perform at a Youth Programme in Covenant University where the Bishop was also a special guest of honour.
Those present at the event said when D’banj was introduced by MC to mount the stage for his performance, D’banj appeared on stage in his normal bling-bling mode of dressing and when he was introducing his song, the highly respected Bishop Oyedepo stopped him.
According to eye witness account, we were told that the Bishop’s gesture took everyone by surprise when he ordered the ‘Fall in Love’ crooner to stop his performance.
It was learnt that the Bishop while trying to maintain the good standard of Christianity, told D’banj to remove the entire bling on his neck and to be cautious of what he’d say on stage.
Although some of the people who were there told us Bishop Oyedepo uttered the warning to D’banj jokingly, however, not a few maintained that he meant every word he said concerning the star musician.
We learnt that D’banj was recently contacted to perform at a Youth Programme in Covenant University where the Bishop was also a special guest of honour.
Those present at the event said when D’banj was introduced by MC to mount the stage for his performance, D’banj appeared on stage in his normal bling-bling mode of dressing and when he was introducing his song, the highly respected Bishop Oyedepo stopped him.
According to eye witness account, we were told that the Bishop’s gesture took everyone by surprise when he ordered the ‘Fall in Love’ crooner to stop his performance.
It was learnt that the Bishop while trying to maintain the good standard of Christianity, told D’banj to remove the entire bling on his neck and to be cautious of what he’d say on stage.
Although some of the people who were there told us Bishop Oyedepo uttered the warning to D’banj jokingly, however, not a few maintained that he meant every word he said concerning the star musician.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Halima Abubakar wins actress of the year award
Halima Abubakar has surely reveled in a bumper year including the celebration of her 10th adversary in Nollywood and has recently added another feather to her cap. During the recent Global News Magazine, she won the best actress of the year in the Global News Leadership Awards from the English category. The event took place at Time Square Events Centerat, Lagos, Nigeria. The applause that greeted the presentation of the award is a sure indication that everyone that was in attendance that day agreed that the natural born diva actually deserves the award.
Reacting, Halima who has put more than a decade into the Nigerian movie industry known as Nollywood said she gives all glory to God. She also used the opportunity to appreciate her fans that have been with her all these years and also to movie producers, directors and all her colleagues in the industry. Meanwhile, another magazine, City People has nominated her in the same category for their entertainments award coming up very soon.
Wednesday, July 27, 2011
I love confident men who sweep me off my feet
You‘ve slowed down on Nollywood movie features, what ís the reason?
I am sure you’ve noticed that it is not just me. The quality of the stories and productions started going down drastically and at some point you have to remember why you went into the profession in the first place. If all these years we don’t improve, then there is no reason to continue. I am glad a new Nollywood is emerging and we are all trying to do better work.
Define the Rita Factor that differentiates you from other female Nollywood actresses?
I feel like that question is one for others to answer. Every human being is uniquely blessed by God and I try to be true to myself by being me.
Do you have any plans to direct and produce your own movie?
Co-produce yes but not direct at this time. I still feel that there is so much I can do as an actor. Maybe later down the line, I will direct something but I still enjoy acting so much.
Do you have any movie you are working on now?
Yes, I am going to Nairobi in a few days to shoot a film. The working title is ‘Shattered’ and it’s produced by Carol Nguta for Dream House Productions. I am looking forward to it because it is quite a challenging one.
Looking at the great change in Nollywood movies today, is there anything you would like to change as a person or add to it?
We can get always better in terms of the quality of the stories we tell and the way we tell them. I am producing my first film soon and I am doing my best to do a good job.
Male actors in Nollywood are cute, which do you find it hard to work with when trying to avoid emotional attachments?
Lol, you think our male actors are cute? Good for you! When I go to work, it is not my intention to go fishing for emotional attachments so I cannot say there is any male actor I find hard working with for the reasons you have stated.
Talking about classics like Ripples, Behind the Clouds, Checkmate and the others. Do you have any soaps from the past that you still miss?
I remember watching Checkmate and enjoying RMD’s (Richard Mofe Damijo) character. I also liked the late Francis Agu’s character as well.
If you win a lottery today, which of the Nollywood actresses would you enjoying spending it with?
(Laughs) they know themselves and they are very fun people, no airs whatsoever. Two live in Abuja and one is in Lagos so figure it out if you can.
Off the record, if not burgers and fries, which African dish are you very good at making?
I am good at making different dishes but I will say Egusi and Oha soup.
Do you ask male artists these questions?
Tell us something you think the press doesn’t know about you already.
Are you for real?
They know too much already!
We hear a lot of celebrity broken marriages round the world, what exactly would you say turns you off about Nigerian men?
I don’t know about turn off but generally, a man that says what he means and means what he says is a big turn on for me. I love a confident and purposeful man.
Do you have a problem with being dominated by a guy?
(sighs) ‘Dominated’ is a word that can mean so many things to so many different people. You would have to rephrase that question.
Would you ever act in a movie for free?
Ohhh yes! If I see that dream role I definitely would do it but that is why we have management. They stop you from doing silly stuff like that (laughs). If not a lot of artistes would starve for their art.
Which artiste in Nigeria would you date if he asked nicely?
Yeah right, like I would really tell you!
What is the cheapest amount you ever received for a movie?
Zero naira. There are still some producers owing me from back in the day.
What brand of car makes you go ‘WOW’ every time it’s being driven by?
The Rolls Phantom Drop Head Coupe is lovely.
Who made your best dress?
Data for JD7.
Boots and Boys, which do you find fun in?
Huh? I love boots and I love boys so there you have it!
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Religion, Money, Power!
Most times at my private time I would wonder why has the entire world been so troubled. Why has people become so wicked and crafty towards another humans like them. What could be so responsible for this and how could a lasting solution yield much needed results. I feel the world is going crazy and people are seriously going by the flow of it. Several mysterious things happening across the world and many have also become victims. I recently read in a news paper on how a clergy committed suicide.
"The world is strange and strange things are happening everywhere"
This is a supposed solution provider through his leadership role as clergy and level of understanding. Someone who might have read wide in understanding things. Someone people run to when they are face with problems of life. A solution giver if I may say. What happened that this man took his OWN life is still mystery to me till this very moment. The world is strange and strange things are happening everywhere!
In my view and I stand to be corrected anytime, anywhere. I consider these three things as common factors hence making people doing and committing suicide, crime, killing, etc. They are Money, Power and Religion belief. I'm not playing ignorance on how important they are to people in daily lives but approach to it and ways of going about it is causing havoc in our society today.
Money: We use it in our daily lives and one can't over em-phased the importance of money to people. A friend who is almost same age as me got into business and life has been good with him.Things are going very successful with him and we refer to him as young millionaire. Another friend envy him and had wanted to attain same level of success which led to his death. He mist up with wrong gang and got killed by the police. He was one the best in my class at high school level. The crave for early wealth killed him in the process.
Power: This is also a very strong catalyst that takes lives everywhere in our world today ranging from recent evolutionary protests across middle east and northern Africa countries. There are brains behind all this and they mastermind people into doing it. The end results has not been so good and many taking into it everyday. Crave for power is idea behind it all. Power for oppression, subsiding others and forcing people to bow because you enjoy certain immunity.
Religion: To some extents I don't see an end to this factor. It has eating deep in our society today. Most people prefer to give their daughters and sons to people of same religion as them. Many find it real hard to accept people from different religion when certain issues are raised. Below is a case study. Please enjoy your reading.
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