Tag: Desmond Ovbiagele

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Bernard DayoFebruary 10, 2021

Nigeria’s ‘The Milkmaid’ loses out on Oscars 2021 Best International Feature

Desmond Ovbiagele’s insurgency thriller The Milkmaid was easily the best Nollywood film of 2020, having scaled through the Oscars eligibility ...

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Bernard DayoJanuary 25, 2021

Predicting Nollywood in the second year of coronavirus

Around this time last year, Nollywood was looking to rise from the ashes of the Lionheart Oscar fracas from late ...

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Wilfred OkicheNovember 18, 2020

Film review: You haven’t seen anything quite like The Milkmaid

If the Nigerian Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB) has its way, you will not see The Milkmaid, the sophomore ...

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June 1, 2014

Movie review: Render to Caesar makes a credible, spirited effort

by Wilfred Okiche Render to Caesar wants to be many things at once. A crime thriller, a police procedural, a ...

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November 27, 2013

Opinion: Nigerian building contractors and their eyesore of errant craftsmanship

by Desmond Ovbiagele Let’s renovate the house called Nigeria. But to do so sustainably, let’s ‘make justice the measuring line, ...

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November 16, 2013

Opinion: Oga, your ‘generosity’ is contributing to Nigeria’s problems

by Desmond Ovbiagele On a humorous level, my friend narrated the consternation of a certain ‘madam’ whose chosen salary ‘top-up’ ...

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October 27, 2013

Opinion: The age of deception

by Desmond Ovbiagele What made him do it? Why should one so young, with the world at his feet, display ...

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September 28, 2013

Opinion: Nollywood goes to school

by Desmond Ovbiagele Well, guilty for the simple reason that the consumers are fully aware that the production quality falls ...

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