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Best movies of 2019

Our Best Ten Movies of 2019

In mid-February, I asked everyone who has ever contributed to our movies and TV section to submit their best ten movies of 2019. There are seven of us in all; one of us is bereaved so in all, six people returned their list of ten best movies. There will be those who will question our ...

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Timini Egbuson As Best Actor In A Movie? It’s Time For AMVCA To Change Their Format

I didn’t watch Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards live because the day coincided with a bosom friend’s father’s funeral. But I followed it on Twitter. When I returned, I read our post on the winners and I missed an important error in the post. The post had given the name of Swanky JKA as the ...

Soma Anyama

It Is Time For Soma Anyama To Ditch My Siblings And I and Become A Serious Actor

Big Brother Naija: See Gobbe housemate Soma Anyama is one of the ex-reality stars finding their feet in Nollywood. We have seen his fellow housemate TBoss on screen – she was the slain queen of Ocholuje in Mnet Original Drama “Ajoche” among other appearances. I saw Alex of Double Wahala in “Merry Men 2” and ...

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Why Are Igbo Girls Absent In The Nigerian Music Stage?

Mention three female Nigerian musicians of Igbo extraction? I can say Chidinma and Stormrex from the defunct Desperate Chicks group. You will say Sinach; we are talking Nigerian hip hop (releasing the brake may result in you going all Chioma Jesus, Chinyere Udoma, Rosemary Chukwu and the likes – not tonight). If, in contrast, I ...