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Nigeria: Grace to Grass - Artists in Limbo
Leadership, 24 January 2015
In this report SAMUEL ABULUDE and OBIANUJU ASIKA write on personalities in the entertainment industry whose stories are of grace to grass. Read more »
Nigerian Stars Who Fell From Grace
Leadership takes a look at some entertainers who are struggling to stay abreast in the competitive industry.
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Nigeria: I Never Used Drugs - Majek Fashek
Leadership, 9 May 2014
Despite various news outlets claiming, at some point, that Reggae artiste Majek Fashek was a drug addict, the Rainmaker singer has denied ever using drugs! In a recent interview on… Read more »
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Nigeria: Grace to Grass Story of Nigerian Musicians
Independent (Lagos), 9 January 2015
The popular saying in pidgin English, "Soldier come, soldier go; barracks remain," aptly captures the transient reign of many music stars who had hitherto bestrode the landscape… Read more »
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Nigeria: My Ordeal With NDLEA Tarnished My Image - Baba Suwe
Leadership, 30 October 2014
Popular actor, Bababtunde Omidina aka Baba Suwe in an interview maintained his innocence about the 'drug pusher' allegation leveled against him. He's still demanding for an apology… Read more »
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Nigeria: Breaking a Mystic Vow My Undoing - Majek Fashek
Leadership, 14 September 2013
Majek Fashek is undoubtably Nigeria's greatest ambassador of reggae music. The dread-locked singer in the mid 80s burst into the scene with the hit song, 'Send Down the Rain' in… Read more »
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Nigeria: Theatre Practitioners Honour Baba Sala
Vanguard, 22 September 2011
Barely two months after the induction of Barrister Fred Agbeyegbe as the first grand Living Legend of the Nigerian theatre by the National Association of Nigerian Theatre Arts… Read more »
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Nigeria: 2face Features Blackface in Ghetto Life
Independent (Lagos), 11 December 2014
2face Idibia few days ago dropped a new single of the forthcoming compilation album titled Rewind Select Update which will be jointly released by Hypertek and Kennis Music. Read more »
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Nigeria: Twinkle, Twinkle, Fading Stars
Independent (Lagos), 26 March 2010
The Nigerian entertainment scene has been blessed with its fair share of wonderful and talented people who have at one time or the other mesmerised Nigerians with their remarkable… Read more »
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Nigeria: My Frustration As a Musician - Baba Fryo
Vanguard, 27 September 2013
Denge Pose crooner Baba Fryo is still around, very much around. Our reporter recently caught up with him in Tedi Village in Ojo Local government area of Lagos and what could you… Read more »
InFocus
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Leadership newspaper lists some of the country's music artists who were unable to shine beyond the success of their first few songs and who decided to quit. Read more »
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Nollywood actor, Babatunde Omidina, popularly known by his stage name Baba Suwe, has revealed his career has taken a downward spiral since the infamous cocaine trafficking scandal ... Read more »
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The internationally acclaimed, controversial reggae star Majekodumni Fasheke, popularly known as Majek Fashek, has been reported a changed man after suffering from drug abuse. Read more »
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Veteran actors and actresses are allegedly not benefitting from the success of the local film industry with reports of them living as invalids or dying poor. Read more »
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Leadership reporters take a look at Nigerian celebrities who go bankrupt after a successful run in their careers. Read more »
