#NECLIVE: Position paper from inaugural Nigerian Entertainment Conference

Chris Ubosi, Kola Oyeyemi, Amaka Igwe and Keke Ogungbe were all speakers at the inaugural edition of the Nigerian Entertainment Conference

POSITION PAPER from inaugural Nigerian Entertainment Conference (#NECLIVE) held in Lagos on April 26 2013.

• The maiden edition of NEC held in Lagos, 26 April 2013 and created a platform to initiate holistic conversations among the industry’s practitioners, talents, interested parties and investors of the sector.

• Sessions at the conference covered various sectors of the industry including Music, Nollywood, Business of entertainment, Media and Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).

• This year’s edition has now been announced to hold on Wednesday April 23, 2014.

The Nigeria Entertainment Industry is evolving. The industry has a strong potential to contribute unequivocally to the GDP of Nigeria alongside other sectors such as agriculture and manufacturing, if proper structures and policies are put in the right perspective to support it.

Kcee Linpopo master also gets peace ambassadorship

Limpopo master, Kcee is now a peace ambassador of the Africa first ladies peace mission (AFLPM).He alongside sammy okposo, got a certificate of Investiture from Mama peace.

All the dandy Instagram photos from AMVCA nominee cocktail

Joke Silva, Kate Henshaw and Wangi Mba-Uzoukwu – first MNET Regional Director for West Africa. Photo: Instagram

As a build up to the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, organizers M-NET held a nominees cocktail on Friday, March 7, 2014.

The event which held at Eko Hotel Convention Centre was strictly by invitation and attended by a host of Nollywood celebrities including ladies Joke Silva, Kate Henshaw, Funke Akindele, Uche Jombo, Rita Dominic, Linda Ejiofor, Osas Ighodaro, Eku Edewor, Rukky Sanda, Joselyn Dumas, Susan Peters, Ivie Okujaye, Yvonne Nelson and others.

The men fold were also well represented by Olu Jacobs, Gbenro Ajibade, Ramsey Noauh, Chinedu Ikedieze, IK Ogbonna, Julius Agwu, Uti Nwachuku, Majd Michel and more.

Check out some photos we scooped up from Instagram…

2014 AMVCA: Desmond Elliot, Funke Akindele and Rita Dominic win big + Full List of Winners

 

 Funke Akindele, Desmond Elliot, and Yvonne Okoro pose with their plaques|| Photo: NET

The second edition of Africa Magic Viewers’ Choice Awards (AMVCA) was held on Saturday, March 8, 2014, at the convention centre of Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

The event was a rare convergence of some of the biggest movie stars and celebrities on the African continent, who came together to celebrate the best in the movie business in the last calendar year.

The event was hosted by the trio of IK Osakioduwa, Osas Ighodaro and Vimbai Mutinhiri, who gave a good account of themselves.

On a night when Kenyan movie, ‘Nairobi half-life’ won four awards for Art Directing, Make-up, Lighting and Cinematography, Ghanaian flick, ‘Contract’ would equally cart home four plaques, earning nods for Best Writing in a Drama, Best Video Editing, Best Directing, and the Best Movie Prize.

Check out rare photos of Wizkid’s and Ice Prince’s sons hanging out

Boluwatife Balogun and Jamal Zamani. Photo: Instagram

Now, how many of us have celebrity dads? Yup, not many.

Hours ago, this picture of Wizkid’s and Ice Prince‘s sons (Boluwatife and Jamal) surfaced on the internet and  went viral amongst the musicians’ fans. Posted on Instagram by Ice Prince’s road manager Nanle Bishmang, the photo was reposted by their celebrity dads who were quite excited their kids got to meet and hangout.

‘Time out with the Boizz.. Wiz’s kid and Ice’s Prince. Saturday with the Boiz Jamal and Tife!‘ Ice Prince wrote on IG, with Wizzy putting up something much more emotional: ‘2kings! This pic made my day! @iceprincezamani all love my nigg! Our kids will run this!‘

This year, Boluwatife turns three years old while Jamal turns two. What makes this picture so memorable is the similarities between their controversial births: both fathers vehemently denied they fathered their kids when NET exclusively broke the reports back in 2011 and 2012.

But, seemingly reaching a level of confidence and maturity, years later, Wizkid and Ice Prince came out proud fathers, flaunting these cute little kids on social media.

They have, however, kept their mothers in the background, maintaining a mutual friendship with them.