Nollytainment Creates NFT Collection for Nollywood Stars

Nollywood has numerous actors and actresses who wear different characters to entertain us in movies. The steady rise of Nollywood talents in recent years is remarkable, and this is down to the investment of platforms like Africa Magic in talent discovery and commissioning/licensing of movies and series that cast budding talents. In celebration of Africa Magic at 20, here is a list of renowned Nollywood telnets who rose to stardom on the Africa Magic platform: Tobi Bakre: He’s no doubt one of the hottest talents around at the moment. Tobi rose to stardom on one of Africa Magic’s reality TV

Save yourself the hassle of creating a watchlist because we’ve got you covered with a weekend of compelling stories lined up just for you on Africa Magic Showcase on GOtv Supa +.Join in as we Embark on a journey of intense redemption in Slum King, explore unbreakable bonds in Flawsome, and delve into thrilling heists in Chronicles, and much more. Your weekend is about to get a lot more exciting with these shows; Slum King: Delve deep into the life of Edafe, also known as Maje Esu Umukoro. A young man haunted by the scars of his past and yearning

By Bliss Okperan One of Nigeria’s leading digital retail banks, Polaris Bank, is collaborating with Eventful Limited for the 2023 edition of Fashion Souk 9.0. According to a statement from the lender, the event is scheduled for the Harbour Point in Lagos on Saturday, December 2 and Sunday, December 3. Business Post reports that Fashion Souk is Nigeria’s premier marketplace where smart Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the industry gather to display and market their variety of goods and services to a large audience. “Over 140 established SMEs in Nigeria’s fashion industry, leather and jewellery/accessories sectors, spanning across manufacturers,

Today, more and more people want to see their heritage come to life. They want their stories told and their experiences reflected on screen. With a growing appetite for African content, businesses have a great opportunity to invest in local productions – and consequently local people. The desire for local content and the drive to consume content allows broadcasters to improve the skills of local production crews, invest in better equipment and facilities, and highlight local talent on- and off-screen, and also adjacent industries. In Nigeria, for instance, MultiChoice plays a pivotal role in empowering talent and driving economic development.

By Dipo Olowookere Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Mr Muhammad Sabo Nanono, has hinted that federal government will develop new cocoa varieties that can yield pods in two and half years. Business Post gathered from Growing Cocoa that on the average, most cocoa trees yield pods by the fourth or fifth year and can continue for another 30 years. A typical pod contains 30 to 40 beans and there are about 30 pods per tree; approximately 400 dried beans are required to make one pound of cocoa. But Mr Nanono said Nigeria will come up with new varieties of

By Dipo Olowookere Leading telecommunications company, MTN Nigeria Communication Plc has confirmed completing the N330 billion imposed on it by the Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) in 2015. The last tranche of the fine, N55 billion, was paid by the telco on Friday, May 24, 2019, a statement posted on the website of the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) said. Some days ago, NCC, the telecom industry regulator in the country, had said MTN Nigeria had till Friday, May 31, 2019 to finish payment of the fine. The company was fined in 2015 over its failure to disconnect unregistered SIM cards of

By Dipo Olowookere Saturday, September 15, 2018 has been fixed for this year’s Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) Corporate Challenge primarily designed to raise awareness on the early detection and funds to support the fight against cancer in Nigeria. The event is scheduled to take place in Lagos at 7am at the Muri Okunola Park, Adeyemo Alakija Street, Victoria Island. On that day, there would be a 5 kilometre walk, jog and run event as well as dance, aerobics, music and entertainment. Winners in the various race categories will be recognized as part of an awards ceremony at the end of

By Dipo Olowookere The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) has been adjudged the best performing in the world since the beginning of 2018. The stock market has recorded 12 percent growth two weeks into the new year. In 2017, the local bourse was the third best performer in the world, growing by over 40 percent year-on-year. According to a report by Bloomberg on Monday, January 15, 2018, the rising price of crude oil in the global market has buoyed this and the Nigerian equity market could rise further if the price of oil continues to increase. “For investors wanting more exposure

By Adedapo Adesanya The Edo State Governor, Mr Godwin Obaseki, has approved the payment of a 28-year backlog of gratuity for pensioners in the Edo State Local Government Staff Pension Board. This was made known by the Head of Local Government Administration (HOLGA) and Permanent Secretary for the Local Government Staff Pension Board, Mrs Sandra Osas-Ehigie, in a statement on Tuesday. Gratuity is a payment made by an employer to an employee for the services rendered during the period of employment, above and beyond the usual wages or salary. It is usually a percentage of the employee’s total wages or

By Destiny Ugorji For allegedly accusing him falsely of having a hand in the sudden disappearance of his estranged wife, Mrs Charity Aiyedogbon, Mr David Aiyedogbon, the ex-husband of the missing woman, has instituted a defamation of character suit of N10 billion against a Lagos Lawyer, Mr Emeka Ephraim Ugwuonye. The suit, with number CV/2750/16, between Mr David Aiyedogbon (Plaintiff) and Mr Emeka Ugwuonye (Defendant) on defamation of character, before Justice Peter Kekemeke of Federal High Court 14, Apo Abuja; also prays that the defendant be ordered to pay for the cost of the suit. The plaintiff is also seeking

By Modupe Gbadeyanka The financial results released to the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Monday by Stanbic IBTC Holdings Plc revealed that the group recorded an impressive performance in the first three months of 2017 compared with what it achieved in the corresponding period in 2015. Business Post gathered from the financial statements that the firm’s profit after tax as at March 31, 2017 stood at N16.07 billion compared with N7.8 billion as at March 31, 2016. Also, its profit before tax in the period under review, according to the audited results, stood at N18.6 billion against N10.2 billion achieved

If the past year has taught us anything, it’s that big tech has taken over the world. Silicon Valley titans such as Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Netflix saw their profits reach record-highs in 2020, with some companies making more in the space of a few months than they had in the previous three years combined. With this came an investor fever, as big tech’s success led to unprecedented levels of retail investment in the hottest stocks on the NASDAQ and the Dow. As an industry, US tech stocks have been more popular than at any time since the Dot Com