ShareBy Aluta News March 3, 2024 Mr Peter Obi, 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, has mourned the death of veteran Nollywood actor, Mr John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Mr Ibu died on Saturday, March 2 at age 62. TheContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Feb. 17, 2024 The Imo Hoteliers Association has petitioned Gov. Hope Uzodinma over what it described as assault, defamation of character and intimidation of one of its members, Mr Magnus Awarzi. The petition, signed by the association’s Chairman, Mr Chima Chukwunyere, and other executive members, was madeContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 7, 2024 Nigerian cinemas grossed more than 7.2 billion naira in 2023 from over 2.6 million admissions, with Nollywood averaging a 39 per cent market share, according to a new report. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the earnings are over 416 million nairaContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Dec 12, 2023 Afrobeat star, Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake, has topped the list of the most-searched artistes on Google in Nigeria in 2023. According to the list of 10 Most Searched Topics and Persons in Nigeria in 2023 released by Google, Asake’s song: “Lonely atContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Dec 12, 2023 Afrobeat Nigerian artist, Daniel Anidugbe, a.k.a Kizz Daniel, has released two upbeat tempo singles titled ‘Twe Twe’ and ‘Too Busy to Be Bae’. Chief Executive Officer of Artmatazz Media, a media company to the superstar, Christian Agadibe, disclosed this in a telephone interview withContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Oct. 18, 2023 Veteran actor, John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu, has solicited for financial assistance from well- meaning Nigerians over health challenge that might cost him to lose his leg. The renowned actor, who took to his official Instagram page @realmrIbu on Wednesday to seek publicContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News June 22, 2023 Ogo Okpue, a UK-based Nigerian filmmaker has emerged as best director in a tie with Bryan Keith Montgomery Jnr., at the 2023 American Black Film Festival Award for his film, “A Song From The Dark”. Okpue in a statement on Thursday said the achievementContinue Reading
Share My time with the Ooni was a bitter-sweet experience – Queen Naomi By Aluta News April 22, 2023 Queen Naomi Ogunwusi, the former wife of the Ooni of Ife, has stated that she entered the palace too innocently. Queen Naomi announced her separation from Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi Ojaja IIContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News April 4, 2023 Spotify, a global online streaming platform, says Davido’s music is most streamed in United Kingdom, Nigeria, Canada and France. Victor Okpala, Spotify’s Artiste and Label Partnerships Manager for West Africa, in a statement on Tuesday said songs by Davido featured on over 10 millionContinue Reading
ShareBy Aluta News Jan. 15, 2023 Veteran Nollywood actor, Femi Ogunrombi, who was a stand-in character for Papa Ajasco in the popular 1996 Sitcom has passed on. Dr Shaibu Husseini, a theatre practitioner, journalist and lecturer announced the death of the veteran, on his Twitter page on Sunday. “I haveContinue Reading