‘I attended college just to acquire knowledge’
For Ozomelam Umah Okorie (a.k.a. Emodee), music started while he was nine. He did not stop when he got to secondary school or even...
Nollywood is not dead – Osuofia
Nkem Owoh is well known for his antics as ‘Osuofia’. But he is a different character in Yvonne Okoro’s Ghana Must Go, which hits...
I have the best of two worlds – Yvonne Okoro
Yvonne Chinyere Okoro likes to refer to herself as an African. This stems from her Nigerian/Ghanaian roots. The award-winning actress, who first appeared on...
‘India Arie excited to headline Sax Appeal 5’
Like many a Nigerian musician, Mike Aremu started music in the church. Though born in Kaduna, he grew up in Minna Niger State. The...
‘We have acting but lack technical skills’
Dr. Soji Akinkugbe is a trained medical doctor who said he has become many things in his entrepreneurial life and has learnt from the...
‘We’re telling the Nigerian story through people’s voices’
Ore Disu runs the Nsibidi Institute. Currently involved in the documentation of the Nigerian culture through the Memory Project, her film, The General, screened...
My relationship doesn’t affect the roles I play – Tosin Adeyemi
Tosin Adeyemi is a young actress who seems to know where she is going and takes steps daily on that journey. She shares her...
I want to preserve my culture
Chairman, Board of Trustees, Aguene Art Foundation, Chief Solomon Ogbonna Aguene, speaks with Assistant Politics Editor, DANIEL KANU, on the challenges of the arts...
As a woman in music, you work twice as hard – Diana Bada
Who knew that Diana Bada studied business administration and that that knowledge has come in handy in founding and running her company, Boulevard Entertainment....
‘Being in Saro: The Musical was an amazing experience’
Since her return to the country barely three years ago, Diana Yekinni has been on a rollercoaster ride in the industry she has pitched...