Category: Entertainment – Media
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Segun Olusola; Creator of the most popular and the longest running drama programme of the Nigerian television; The Village Headmaster. Born March 18, 1935 in Iperu-Remo, Ogun state, Olusola had his education at St. John’s Catholic Wesley School, Iperu, 1914-47; Remo Secondary School, Sagamu, 1948-1953, Syracuse University, New York, US, 1960-61 and Pittsburgh University, US,…
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Benedict Murray-Bruce; Entertainment entrepreneur, music promoter and director-general of the Nigerian Television Authority, NTA under President Obasanjo. A man of tremendous style and charisma, Ben Murray-Bruce’s era witnessed a flurry of unprecedented activities. For example, the authority’s growth policies resulted in the birth of over 65 stations around the nation. The authority also introduced digital…
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Onyeka Onwenu; legend of Nigeria’s music industry and multiple award-winning songstress, fondly called the Elegant Stallion. Onyeka was known also to a generation of Nigerians as a broadcaster, and lastly, an actress. Onyeka took part in Half of a Yellow Sun, the movie adaptation of Chimamanda Adichie’s novel which came out in 2014. Born 31 January, 1952 in Ideato, Imo State, Onyeka…
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Dolapo Oni; Also, Marcy Dolapo Oni. Television presenter in Nigeria. In 2015, Dolapo Oni launched her own TV show, The Marcy Project on DSTV’s Africa Magic, a lifestyle and entertainment programme with a mixture of web features, pre-recorded video footages and fashion tips.[i] Dolapo was one of the two finalists in a talent hunt project…
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Mo Abudu; Talk show Hostess, hospitality, entertainment and media entrepreneur. Abudu’s show, Moments with Mo is Africa’s first syndicated talk show to be broadcast on M-Net and it goes out to over 40 countries. Shows are recorded in front of a studio audience with a variety of topics explored. Coming from a professional background of…
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Kemi Adetiba is a film maker and television personality. She is also the host of MNet’s Studio 53, and Temptation Nigeria, Soundcity’s many shows, and for three years; the nationally syndicated reality show, Maltina Dance All. Kemi Adetiba was born 8 January 1980 in Lagos to Dele Atiba who was a veteran in the advertising…