MaTaZ ArIsInG Nigeria’s Federal Government has ordered filmmakers to take out money ritual content from their movies. Information and Culture minister, Lai Mohammed who announced this on Monday during a media visit in Abuja said some of the suspected ritual killers claim they learnt the act of ritual killings on social media and this has […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG Honestly, I have tried so hard not to say anything about this issue but I have seen some comments and conclusions that do not really sit well with me. My conscience will not allow me to keep mute. So I have to say what I know for my conscience and posterity. First, I […] Read more
By Ayo Dada Today, October 10, 2021, 60+ years ago, a legend named Sunday Omobolanle aka Papi Luwe was born at Ilora, a town in Oyo State southwestern Nigeria. He is the father, a husband, a film actor and director. Sunday Omobolanle had scripted, directed, produced and featured in several Nigerian movies such as Adun Ewuro, a 2011 […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG Chief Sunday Adeniyi Adegeye MFR (born 22 September 1946), known professionally as King Sunny Adé, is a Nigerian jùjú singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist.[1] He is regarded as one of the first African pop musicians to gain international success, and has been called one of the most influential musicians of all time. Sunny Adé was born in Osogbo to a […] Read more
BACK PAGE COLUNM By Michael West MaTaZ ArIsInG September 10, 2021 Let me start by stating that there’s nothing new or scandalous about the storm troubling the marriage of gentleman and African Queen crooner, Innocent Idibia aka Tuface and his wife, Annie. Let those who want to feast on the noise realise that disagreement in […] Read more
MaTaZ ArIsInG Reports just filtered in that popular Nollywood actress, Racheal Oniga, is dead. She was 64 year-old. The news is coming at a time the movie industry is grappling with mixed issues and after mourning the death of another entertainer, Sound Sultan, who passed on early this month. The cause of Oniga’s death was […] Read more
matazarising Theatre Arts & Movie Practitioners Association of Nigeria (TAMPAN) on Monday said it has suspended controversial actress and producer, Nkechi Blessing for gross misconduct and disrespect for the ethics of the association. The leaderhipn of TAMPAN, led by its President, Bolaji Amusan and some members of its Board of Trustee including Jide Kosoko, Yinka […] Read more
By Michael West Friday, June 18, 2021 Initially, I didn’t want to delve into the controversy over the gospel hit song, “Oniduro,” because I have intervened behind the scenes in concert with other stakeholders in gospel music ministry. However, I discovered that online media would not allow the dust to settle calmly. I want to […] Read more
matazarising Happy Birthday to Olufela Olufemi Anikulapo Kuti as he adds, another year. Femi Kuti is a Nigerian musician born in London and raised in Lagos. He is the eldest son of Afrobeat pioneer Fela Kuti and a grandchild of political campaigner, women’s rights activist and traditional aristocrat Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti. Born on 16 June 1962, […] Read more
matazarising Nigerian Gospel singer, Sola Allyson, has taken to social media to react after her fellow singer, Tope Alabi, publicly criticised the song of another gospel artiste, Yinka Alaseyori. Tope Alabi mannerism and demeanour did not sit well with Sola as he disclosed that she has done the same thing Yinka Alaseyori is being lambasted […] Read more
