Author: Bernard Dayo

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Bernard DayoMay 25, 2018

Here’s the scoop on Tope Oshin’s new film “Up North”, starring a popular Nigerian singer

Yesterday, Banky W’s Instagram was buzzing about the Tope Oshin’s new film Up North, which is currently being filmed. An ...

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Bernard DayoMay 24, 2018

Here’s the teaser for Kayode Kasum’s “Oga Bolaji” and we are not teased

Remember 2017’s Dognapped? It’s the movie in which comedian Julius Agwu lends his voice to play a dog named Bruno. ...

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Bernard DayoMay 24, 2018

Updating you on the latest reality shows coming to Linda Ikeji TV

In anticipation of the launch of premier streaming service Linda Ikeji TV on June 1 (it was shifted from May ...

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Bernard DayoMay 23, 2018

We can’t decide on the hashtag we love the most: #FineIgboTwitter or #FineYorubaTwitter

As usual, the Nigerian social media landscape is always brimming with something noteworthy. In the past, we have seen the ...

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Bernard DayoMay 23, 2018

We now know what Kemi Adetiba’s “King of Boys” is all about

The press rollout for Kemi Adetiba’s upcoming movie King of Boys has been reliant on the element of suspense. Take, ...

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Bernard DayoMay 22, 2018

Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje shines in the trailer for ABC’s “The Fix”

Let’s get something out of the way: Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje is a terrific actor. I say this because of his roles ...

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Bernard DayoMay 21, 2018

“Foreigner’s God” is easily the most ambitious project to come out of Nollywood this year

Foreigner’s God, the period piece from director Ifan Ifeanyi Michael, hasn’t even been released yet. The film is still in ...

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Bernard DayoMay 21, 2018

“Boss Of All Bosses” explores Naija’s corporate world with this new, funny trailer

In another edition of Nollywood copies Hollywood, I present to you the trailer of Ike Nnaebue’s upcoming comedy Boss Of ...

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Bernard DayoMay 21, 2018

Cheta Chukwu’s “PayDay” is now set for a June 13 cinema release

In February, writer and director Cheta Chukwu announced that he was looking to make an “authentically youthful and urban Nigerian ...

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Bernard DayoMay 20, 2018

Yvonne Chaka Chaka makes Nollywood debut in this hilarious trailer for “Johnny Just Come”

Naturally, Elvis Chuks’ Johnny Just Come is one of those star-loaded Nollywood films you just want to give an eye-roll ...

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Bernard DayoMay 20, 2018

Here’s how Nigerian Twitter reacted to the #RoyalWedding

Of course, what fun will it be if Nigerian Twitter didn’t react to one of the biggest, historic events of ...

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Bernard DayoMay 19, 2018

Chika Ike’s next movie is called “Small Chops” & it is as big budget as they come

Hello Chika, how about “Puff Puff” and “Samosa”? OK. I guess we are suppose to take Chika Ike’s new movie ...

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Bernard DayoMay 18, 2018

Kenyan filmmaker Wanuri Kahiu has signed a mega deal with The Gotham Group and we are excited

Not to sound clichéd but as they say: when one door closes, another opens! So is the case with award-winning ...

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Bernard DayoMay 17, 2018

Meet Dr. Mina Okafor, the Nigerian surgeon on the Fox medical drama “The Resident”

It’s been three days since the season finale of The Resident aired, and I can’t stop thinking about the many ...

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Bernard DayoMay 17, 2018

“The Ghost and the Tout”: Crown Toyin Abraham ratchet comedy extraordinaire

Let’s quickly establish something: Toyin Abraham’s movies aren’t meant for everyone, but her audience is always there to gulp them. ...

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Bernard DayoMay 16, 2018

South African director Sibs Shongwe-La Mer tapped to direct Cassian Elwes’ “Meridian”

Who knew that fast-rising South African director Sibs Shongwe-La Mer idolises producer Cassian Elwes? Per a Variety exclusive, Shongwe-La Mer ...

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Bernard DayoMay 15, 2018

3 things you might not know about South African western “Five Fingers for Marseilles”

There’s a good chance that Five Fingers for Marseilles has popped up in your social media feed, South Africa’s buzziest ...

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Bernard DayoMay 15, 2018

EbonyLife TV is taking Andre Blaze Henshaw’s sexual assault allegation very seriously

With #MeToo still running its course, I’m beginning to think that sexual assault cases go through four stages. First with ...

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Bernard DayoMay 14, 2018

Which BBNaija ex-housemate is winning in the Instagram Wars?

Yes, yes, yes, yes, BBNaija 2018 is overrrrrrrrrrr. Like, we have snapped out of that fun, delirious bubble that lasted 85 ...

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Bernard DayoMay 13, 2018

Yomi Black is trying his hands on TV with his hotel thriller “Room 420″

In 2016, fledgling comic Yomi Black experimented with celebrity-featured skits, a variety of digitized comedy that has become pop-culturally omnipresent ...

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Bernard DayoMay 13, 2018

“Maleficent 2” is definitely happening and Chiwetel Ejiofor is in talks to star in the sequel

After starring in 2016’s Doctor Strange, it seems Chiwetel Ejiofor is becoming comfortably entrenched within the Disney family. Last year, ...

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Bernard DayoMay 12, 2018

Will “Rule No. 1” be the romantic comedy of the summer? Here’s the trailer to decide

There’s an important aspect of female friendships that the trailer for Rule No. 1 highlights: that the bond between women ...

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Bernard DayoMay 12, 2018

We are flabbergasted by Imoh Umoren’s upcoming thriller “Club

The trailer for Imoh Umoren’s soon-to-be released thriller Club ends disastrously, thanks to Nancy Isime’s bungling, cliché-ridden attempt at sidestepping ...

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Bernard DayoMay 11, 2018

The premiere of “Mr X Family Show” is an ambitious mess

This past Sunday, the highly buzzed show of the year Mr X Family Show premiered on DSTV’s Africa Magic Showcase. A ...

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Bernard DayoMay 11, 2018

Andre Blaze Henshaw’s sexual assault allegation, and the problem with male-centred talk shows like “Men’s Corner”

I began to follow writer and activist Olutimehin Adegbeye on social media during the Aziz Ansari sexual assault allegation, precipitated ...

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Bernard DayoMay 10, 2018

“Stolen Daughters: Kidnapped by Boko Haram” is the HBO documentary you should expect this fall

Many creatives have tried to document the kidnapped Chibok Girls event of 2014, from Uzodinma Iweala’s 2017 short documentary Waiting for ...

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Bernard DayoMay 10, 2018

Lupita Nyong’o and Winston Duke might just be in Jordan Peele’s next horror movie “Us”

Ready for a new Jordan Peele horror movie? I can definitely say that I am! Since directing the phenomenal, horror-satire ...

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Bernard DayoMay 9, 2018

We are still being teased by Kemi Adetiba’s upcoming film “King of Boys

Straight to the point, the just-released teaser for Kemi Adetiba’s sophomore film King of Boys is inscrutable. I have seen ...

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Bernard DayoMay 8, 2018

From “The Walking Dead” to Marvel’s “Black Panther”: Why Dana Gurira should play more action roles

When Black Panther star Danai Gurira was five-years-old, her parents moved her from Grinnell, Iowa to their homeland of Harare, ...

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Bernard DayoMay 7, 2018

Here’s your first look at “We Don’t Live Here Anymore,” the queer film of the summer

African queer films are having a moment. Recently, Wanuri Kahiu’s Kenyan lesbian film Rafiki made history by becoming the first ...

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