Category: Entertainment

Nigerian comedian, Oluwatosin Kupoluyi, popularly known as Xtreme, has expressed optimism that 2023 will be a transforming year for comedians.

He hopes they will push their art to a wider and global audience.

In an interview in Lagos, he said Netflix and other online streaming platforms were particularly interested in African movies and acts.

According to him, this will offer comedians an opportunity to explore the global audience.

He said: “Trust me, we are making meaningful content that will attract Netflix, Amazon and other international distribution companies.

“We comedians are making more effort to distribute our stand-up shows and series to international distribution companies like Netflix, Amazon.

“Nigerian comedy industry has fallen short of this recognition, with the country’s top comic artists barely known beyond national borders.

“Some comedians already have specials on Netflix, but we need to explore and dominate this platform more.”

The comedian and event host also said it was important to explore the effects of the saturated Instagram skits market.

“Everybody is now an online comedian.

“New media jokes are on the rise and fast gaining popularity on social media and even threatening the business of stand-up comedians.

“The art of stand-up comedy is struggling in Nigeria, especially with comedians choosing to go the route of Instagram skits.

“Unfortunately, there are no royalties accruing to comedians for their creative works.

“It thus becomes the famed ‘monkey dey work, baboon dey chop’ scenario, as any comedian can rehash a joke as if it is their own.

“If content continues to decline as witnessed on Instagram, we will be stuck with comedians whose only hope of making money off their craft is running ads for low-budget sex enhancement drugs.

“Humour is an essential ingredient in keeping Nigerians sane in these difficult times and I hope that with the right support and structures in place, the industry will thrive,“ he said.

The comedian said he started his career in the church, first as a chorister.

”Then my friends and folks realised I had a sense of humour and saw the potential of being the anchor of a church dinner event.

“Gradually, it turned out to be a big deal within and outside the church. This was in 2006.

“I don’t precisely attribute my rising career to a particular event, trend, skit or show, because it is the consistency that brought me this far,” he said.

Xtreme’s first attempt in creating professional TV content was Chronicles of Solo, which got licensed to DSTV’s Africa Magic cable channel.

The sitcom is premised on the story of two live-in lovers and their wade through the journey of life and love. Season one and two is currently airing, and seasons three to six are getting set.

Adventures of Solo is a non-chronological humour-based web-series painting ‘Solo’ into multi-faceted characters and unique situations. It runs on the Youtube and Facebook ‘Xtreme Comedian’ platforms.

Self-styled ‘wahala’ singer, Omololami Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has pulled an unforgettable stunt with his most dramatic entrance at his first headlined concert in Lagos.

The controversial street-hop was brought on stage in a white coffin by a group of ‘pallbearers’.

The show, tagged ‘Portable Live in Concert,’ took place on Wednesday night, at the Afrikan Shrine, Ikeja, Lagos.

Before D-day, Portable paid a visit to the residence of the Chairman of the Lagos State Parks and Garages Management Committee, Musiliu Akinsanya, popularly called MC Oluomo to invite and seek his blessings for his concert.

He shared photos with his ‘daddy’ while holding a box containing the Live In concert package.

He wrote: “So I went visiting my daddy @kingmcoluomo today as my concert is nearby my daddy is also coming through for the concert, see you all tomorrow biza biza #portableliveinconcert #portablelive”.

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As the pallbearers clad in white dropped the coffin with the Zazu crooner in it.

The auditorium lights were dimmed and later went off, leaving the space dark.

Almost immediately, the stage got a little bit illuminated as the young men walked in bearing the coffin on their shoulders.

Placing it on the ground, they chanted, opened the coffins and the “Zazu” crooner immediately sat up just like the legendary wrestler Undertaker was known to do.

Afterwards, he stepped out of the coffin and began to perform.

The ‘grand’ yet strange entrance by Portable last night has continued to elicit varying reactions on social media.

Rising artiste, Micheal DC, has dropped his new single titled ‘No Peace.’

The Lagos-based 20-year-old, whose real name is Micheal Osinakachukwu Onele, has always loved music since he was a child.

“It all started from my childhood I always have a big love for music because it heals the soul,” he said.

Just back from Kenya and UAE where he performed and also shot the video for ‘No Peace’, Micheal DC who owns his record label, DC07K, is eyeing a collaboration with Falz.

“Falz the bad guy has always inspired me from my early ages and I would love to do a collaboration with him,” he said.

To those planning to join the music industry, Micheal DC who has a huge fan base in the Southast says: “Everything is possible because even impossible is telling you I’m-Possible.

“The possibility starts with you. Believe in yourself and realize the powers you have within you.”

Mavin star girl, Oyinkansola Sarah Aderibigbe, popularly known as Ayra Starr, has described her fall on stage as embarrassing.

While running backstage from the fore during her performance on Wednesday night at Afrochella in Ghana, Ayra tripped and landed on her back.

She swiftly got up and continued with her show like nothing happened.

Afrochella is an event aimed at celebrating Africa’s diverse culture and the vibrant work of African creatives and entrepreneurs with this year’s edition tagged, ‘Afrofuturism’.

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Hours after the incident, the ‘Rush’ singer hit her Twitter handle to address the matter where she reprimanded the organisers for negligence which led to her ‘unnecessary and painful’ fall.

In the now-deleted tweet, she said: “Afrochella next time y’all should clean your stage after every artiste performance, that fall was very unnecessary and painful.”

Along with that, the 20-year-old entertainer prayed her crush never comes across the video clip.

“I just hope my crush never sees that video of me falling,” she added.

Former BBNaija Season 7 housemate, Doyinsola David aka Doyin has said she could actually bolt from her matrimonial home if she has three kids.

She said she could cope with one, or at most two, but three would be stressful.

Commenting about kids in a tweet, Doyin described them as stressful while letting out a long exclamation.

She said she sincerely desired to have only a child with her hubby but a second kid could be excusable.

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However, if a third were to come, the reality TV star confessed that could make her run away from her home because she would not be able to stand the ‘stress’.

“Kids are so stressful….Jesus Christ!!! I don’t think I want more than 1 child. If my husband and I are careless, maybe 2. If we mistakenly have 3……..I might just run away,” she said.