Lagos State Deputy Governor's wife, Oluremi Hamzat, is bringing a whole crew of politicians and Nollywood stars to a public book reading before the 16th Best of Nollywood awards ceremony. The event features Tomi Falade's play called Olobun: Matriarch Of Ondo, Mother Of Legacy, which digs into 15th-century Yoruba history about twin births under Alaafin Oluaso and how one woman basically built her power base in the region.
Hamzat gets backup from State Secretary to the Government, Mrs. Hundeyin, LAHA Deputy Speaker, Moji Meranda Ojora, Tourism Commissioner, Toke Benson Awoyinka, and Housing SA, Barakat Bakare. Past BON Awards winners like Omowunmi Dada, Keppy Ekpeyoung, Segun Arinze, and Stan Eze are also showing up. The whole thing...
Nollywood actress Yvonne Jegede is hitting the 20-year mark in the film industry, and she's launching a foundation plus an investment company to celebrate. She wants actors to stop the whole living-in-fame-but-dying-broke thing by getting them to invest in their futures instead of begging for public handouts when health problems hit.
Jegede has been quietly funding education for 18 adopted kids while backing single parents on the side, but she's putting real structure behind it to scale up the impact. The plan involves getting 5,000 children through school over five years and hooking up 100 single parents with businesses within two years. She's throwing sickle cell awareness campaigns into local communities as well, while talking about...
MC Gbenga Gold threw his annual white party bash at Citywalk 2.0 in Ondo town, and the whole place turned into a massive celebrity hangout. The comedy and music event pulled dignitaries like Stanley Nzerem from Gozak Nigeria Limited, former gubernatorial adviser Babajide Fadoju, Guinness World Record attempter Caroline Ejibunu, and federal lawmaker Hon. Makinde Abiola Peter. MC Sunky ran the show while performers like Dativa, Oruma, MC Wisdom, TY Star, and Ayannifemi kept the crowd going until early morning.
Helidiiam Couture boss Mrs. Mercy Ejibunu-Fadoju also showed up for the event, which basically became a huge creative industry meetup for Ondo State.
10dollar Otedola just grabbed the Most Entertainer of the Year trophy at the Epe Division Community Annual Awards after a three-week online voting session. The guy runs 10dollar Entertainment and has been pushing talent development hard across Nigeria, helping artists like Queen Stephire and Iboy MP break through in the industry. He's the son of former Lagos State Governor Sir Michael Agbolade Otedola and Lady Doja Otedola.
Award organizers mentioned his work goes beyond just entertainment since he backs grassroots projects and promotes Epe Division's cultural heritage. His reach covers music, creativity, talent coaching, and community support, which earned him respect inside and outside the entertainment scene.
Nigerian wellness brand Femme Flora is doubling down on the natural self-care thing while trying to grow bigger in the industry. Company spokesperson Babatunde Oyebode said they push a full-circle approach where women handle both mental and physical health through their products and community programs. The brand helps customers deal with stress, hormone issues, and confidence problems, but Oyebode admitted that fighting against synthetic quick-fix products makes things harder since people want instant results.
The company runs into trouble with sketchy info floating around the market and unregulated competition. Oyebode pointed out that some users reported better outcomes managing infections and post-childbirth body confidence after...
House on the Rock is throwing its 20th annual Experience concert at Tafawa Balewa Square in Lagos, and the all-night worship event keeps pulling hundreds of thousands of people from Nigeria and beyond. Pastor Paul Adefarasin runs the whole thing, and this year they grabbed massive gospel names like Mercy Chinwo, Dunsin Oyekan, Sinach, Frank Edwards, Travis Greene, and Chandler Moore for the lineup. Tolu Odukoya and Gaise Baba are showing up for the first time.
The theme is Jesus United, which organizers say is about bringing people together through worship when everything feels chaotic. The concert stays free and open to everyone despite becoming one of the biggest gospel shows on the planet since it started back in 2006. Lagos...
Jazzman Olofin just went on social media to clear up the whole thing about Raise da Roof being some kind of Bubble remix, which apparently everyone has been saying for years. The veteran artist explained that Chief Adewale Ayuba only dropped that one bubbling line from his old track when he hopped on the feature, but Jazzman actually wrote the rest of the chorus plus the first two verses himself. They teamed up on the third verse together.
The singer also mentioned he started out as a songwriter before anything else, and this was not even their first collab. He had written another track for his project, but Ayuba liked it so much that it ended up on the Fuji star's Gun Shot album instead. Jazzman said younger people who missed the old...
Cross River State has just cleared 500 small business owners to tap into the SMEDAN-Sterling Bank loan program, sitting at 5% interest. The state's microfinance agency pulled this together after sifting through over 1,000 applications, and they put everyone through enterprise training and business plan workshops before signing off on anything. Governor Bassey Otu basically bankrolled the whole thing, even threw in 1,000 free business registrations during the rollout.
CRSMEDA's director said the repayment structure runs two to three years on a revolving basis, which means the money keeps cycling to new entrepreneurs once the first wave pays back. The local chamber of commerce called it an early Christmas for small businesses in the...
Dangote Fertiliser Limited grabbed the agricultural input prize at Nigeria's 17th National Agricultural Show held in Keffi, Nasarawa State. The National Agricultural Foundation of Nigeria chairman said the Dangote Group has been carrying the entire agricultural input sector on its back since day one, and the company's success with petroleum means it can pump even more resources into farming and food security moving forward.
NAFN's acting national coordinator called out the fertilizer plant's three-million-metric-ton annual urea production as a total game changer for the industry. A senior adviser from Dangote Industries said the recognition confirms what they already knew about their impact on farmers nationwide, and the company plans...
