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Kannywood actress, Hadiza Aliyu, also known as Hadiza Gabon, brought a government servant, Bala Musa, before a Magistrates’ court in Kaduna on Wednesday for alleged character defamation.

Speaking through her attorney, Mr Mubarak Sani, the actress said that the defendant’s baseless accusations against her had caused her to face backlash from the public.

He went on to say that accusations against Aliyu, particularly on social media, that she was a liar and had declined to wed Musa after receiving his

Rema is the first African artistes to perform at the Ballon d’Or event, which is held annually by the France Football Federation to celebrate the world’s finest players.

Rema performed his hit song “Calm Down” for the attendees at the Paris event, which included superstar football players

Nollywood actors Kate Henshaw and Desmond Elliot have been nominated to the jury for the 12th edition of the Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF), which will be held from November 5-11.

In a statement, the 2023 AFRIFF’s head of public relations and media,Latasha Ngwube, revealed this and mentioned that Stephen ‘Dr’ Love will preside over the jury.

Part of the statement reads “The Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) has announced jury members for its 12th edition, scheduled for

The Transcorp Hilton Abuja was transformed into a hub of laughter on Wednesday as it welcomed the highly anticipated “Loud and Funny: Tough Times Edition” comedy show hosted by Anthony Ebohta, known as Loud Voice.

Over a thousand attendees enjoyed the opportunity to unwind and indulge themselves in a night of pure entertainment at the event, which is known for its excellent entertainment. money were “proved to be false.”

However, the defendant, through his counsel, Mr Naira Murtala, denied the allegation.

The Chief Magistrate, Shamsudeen Sulaiman, asked the complainant’s lawyer if they had witnesses, to which they replied in the affirmative.

The accused was granted bail by the Chief Magistrate on the condition that he provide two reputable sureties who were Kaduna State residents and civil personnel.

In order to allow the complainant to call from all around the world.

Rema stated on his social media page that it was a huge honour for him to carry Afrobeats to the global stage, while thanking God for grace.

Following his performance at the Ballon d’Or awards, Rema joins Davido and Burna Boy as Nigerian artistes to

November 5-11, 2023 in Lagos, Nigeria.

Stephen ‘Dr’ Love is joined by Emmynominated NigerianBritish writer and producer Abby Ajayi, also, Nigerian film producer Greg Otudayo and Zimbabwean awardwinning author and winner of 2023 African Peace Prize, Tsitsi Dangarembga.

“Others are renowned Hollywood producer and Head of Inventions Studios, Nicholas

The programme was divided into two parts by the organisers to accommodate the big crowd; the first section ran from 5 to 8 pm, and the second from 8 to 10 pm.

The star-studded line-up featured talented comedians such as Kenny Black, Dan Dhumorous, MC Monica, Mazi Prosper, Job Legend, MC Ebenezer, MC Mitty, Akpan Okon, and MC Nappy, all sharing the stage with the host, Loud Voice.

Following a lengthy evening of hilarity, guests witnesses, he postponed the case until November 15.

In March 2022, the defendant filed a lawsuit against Aliyu in Shari’a Court l, Magajin Gari.

He accused the actress of refusing to marry him despite receiving N396,000 from him. have played on some of football’s biggest stages.

Weinstock; multi-talented film acquisition expert and Head of content at MultiChoice, Busola Tejumola; Nollywood royalty and seasoned actress Kate Henshaw and Nigerian economist and filmmaker Desmond Elliott,” were also given enticing freebies, such as cartons of noodles, bags of rice, and other treats including a piece of property donated by event sponsor Upland Realtors.

TThe Origin: Madam Koi-Koi 2023

Jay Franklyn Jituboh

1H 40M

he Origin: Madam Koi-Koi begins with Amanda (Martha Ehinome) and her mother (Bolaji Ogunmola) driving into her new school in Malomo in 1991. Amanda’s mother has recently lost her job in a different city causing her to have to relocate and switch her daughter’s school, but Amanda has bad feelings about this school and we soon realise the reasons why.

On the first day, Amanda sees the ‘popular kids’ while at the welcome assembly and her new found friend Edna (Nene Nwanyo) warns her to stay away from them. Edna’s not exactly sure why but she says that ‘everyone who spends time with them always ends up crying’. Soon enough, history repeats itself as Ibukun (Ejiro Onajaife), the girl seen with the popular kids during the assembly is soon gang raped by all four boys. Soon after it happens, Idowu (Iremide Adeoye) the boy who led her into the trap, is killed by an unknown being as he tries to chase after her. And as such Madam Koi-Koi enters the scene.

In the scene where Idowu is attacked, it is set up in such a way that the viewer is unsure whether ‘Madam Koi-Koi’ is aiming for Idowu or for Ibukun. After it ends up being Idowu and Ibukun gets away unscathed, it initially seems like an uncoordinated attack. However, when the next victim is a village drunkard and the one after that is a thief that attacks an older woman, we soon see that Madam Koi-Koi might be taking on some sort of vigilante role in this movie. Which is one of the most interesting things about the chapter/film. While it is a horror story, it is really just a regular story with some arguably scary things happening in the background.

The way the story is written the question of “who the actual villain in the movie is” never escapes the viewers mind. Is it Madam Koi-Koi who goes about killing people (but actually only killing arguably ‘bad’ people)? Is it Mother Superior (Ireti Doyle) who is so fixated on saving her school, for yet unclear reasons, that she is willing to cover up a student’s murder as well as the gangrape of another female student (which has possibly happened more than once before according to Edna’s story)? Or is it Lashe’s gang that has turned the entire school into their playground and that has turned the school’s principal into their puppet? There is no clear answer and while there is still a whole other chapter of the series for it to be answered, the ability to create such questions in the viewer’s mind with the writing is worth applauding.

As a horror movie/series, Madam Koi-Koi is yet to get to the scary parts in the first chapter. And I say this as someone who has a hard time watching Scooby Doo out of fear. While all the ingredients are there from the music to the monster and the lighting and coloring, for some reason, it is yet to translate into any shaking within the audience’s bones. Hopefully that will materialize in the second part.

The first chapter of The Origin really pulls you in with nostalgia. Especially if you are an African child who has gone to boarding house at some point or the other. The little motifs of “Lights Out” being called, the uniforms, the bunks, the seniorjunior treatment etc. serves as a call-back to a younger time in our lives. And the writers intelligently lace it in a manner that, hopefully, now with adult lenses the audience is able to identify the little pieces of our nostalgic past that might not have been the healthiest. These pieces include things like the absolute power of the Principal, the favoritism that shows forth, the unwarranted and unhealthy hazing of junior students and all this before we even get to the rape.

The writing and the story itself is the star of the show here. One cannot but appreciate how the writers have really made a story about the strong depths of sexual abuse within the fabric of our society while dressing it up in a garb of a horror story. It works so far because neither the Madam Koi-Koi parts nor the abuse parts have as yet been neglected. The motif of the final scenes with the three men rape juxtaposed against the three main members of Lashe’s crew and the attitude of Detective Oscar (Baaj Adebule) who walks through a secondary school while checking out young girls and confidently sexualising them out loud is poignant. It shows how it is the culture to have men who believe women’s bodies are their rights and raise the next generation of men to believe the same and know that they can get away with whatever actions they take in that regard. Up to the extent that even other women will help them cover up these actions.

The actors who play the young kids are splendid, especially Iremide Adeoye. Adeoye has limited scenes in the show but in the few where he is present he does such a good job of expressing the depth and breadth of his characters emotions without using words. All the other actors are also great to watch making this one week wait for the second part a bit harder to endure.