Category: Victor Akande

Battleground’ producer, Mayowa Oluyeba has described Africa as the dream of every filmmaker, saying the continent is filled with compelling stories and great storytellers.

“Every filmmaker is directly responsible for creating the viewer’s experience, and to achieve that, you need to be a great storyteller. We are a people with so much that can be explored; history, diversity, interesting cultures, and great talents. That is a Film Maker’s dream,” he said.

Looking back, the filmmaker recalls how he was walking down the popular Toyin Street in Ikeja, Lagos, one afternoon, when a woman parked her car beside him, and asked if he was an actor or would like to be an actor, after which she gave him her contact details, and invited him for an audition.

He went for the audition and though he didn’t get the role, the experience triggered his interest. The woman he met was the late Film & TV Producer, Amaka Igwe – who was in the car with actress and producer, Ego Boyo.

The experience triggered Oluyeba’s interest and he spoke about it to a friend who worked at Solar Productions which was the top production company in Nigeria back then. He says that his run with Solar Productions opened up his eyes to TV and Film Production.

He was to later partner with his friend Remi Kehinde to start Mega Visions.

“We worked all hours to hone our skills, and promote our services, and our tenacity eventually paid off and we started producing Special Effects for home videos, the first of which was the movie ‘Haunted’,” he recalls.

So far, his sojourn has seen him working for Reuters News Agency, Bi-Communications, producers of Nigerian Police sponsored series, ‘Crime Fighters, Eastend Audiovisuals, and a host of others.

Nollywood actress Mary Uranta has lost her father, Albert Magnus Uranta who died at age 76.

The ‘Husband Shopping’ actress disclosed this via her Facebook page last weekend.

“God saw him getting tired and a cure was not to be,” she wrote.

“So he put his arms around him and whispered “Come To Me” with tearful eyes we watched him suffer, and saw him slowly fade away. Although we loved him dearly, we couldn’t make him stay. A golden heart stopped beating, a warrior put to rest. God broke our hearts just to prove to us He only takes the best. Rest in the bosom of God of Abraham daddy, till we meet to part no more.”

Since the news broke, many of her fans and colleagues have been posting comments on her page sympathising with her.

Reality star, Khloe Kardashian made a bold step when she posed topless for her new maternity line.

Showing her sexiness in the photoshoot, the star who looks forward to her first child with NBA star, Tristan Thompson is all out to promote the maternity jeans line called ‘Good Mama.’

She said to People Magazine: “Shooting the Good Mama campaign while expecting a child of my own was an amazing experience.”

Khloe speaks about how she wants to add some fun in the clothes pregnant women wear.

She said: “Until this point, no maternity denim options spoke to me — most of what’s out there lack the stylish, fun details that I want to wear, or simply isn’t flattering. With this collection, we set out to create a premium denim line for women of all sizes and stages of pregnancy and even for the months after the baby is born.”

Recall that Khloe’s sister, Kylie had called her to deliver the news from her doctor on one of the episodes of their reality show ‘Keeping Up With The Kardashians.’

The star had revealed recently that she would be having a girl.

A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has found the 6 Division, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, guilty of human rights violation against an actress and movie producer, Ebere Ohakwe, popularly known as Jewel Infinity.

The court awarded N1 million in favour of the applicant against defendants and ordered the Division to tender an unreserved apology to the applicant.

The trial Judge, Justice Adamu Turaki Mohammed, of High Court 5, made the order in his judgement, after examining the submissions of the parties involved in matter.

Justice Mohammed noted that the applicant proved her case, adding that she was entitled to reliefs she sought, and restrained the defendants from carrying out further unlawful actions against her.

He stated: “Counsels submitted that the applicant has proved her case and is entitled to all the reliefs sought. Consequently, I resolve the issue in favour of the applicant and make the following order.

“One, it is, hereby, declared that the arrest, harassment, embarrassment, torture and assault meted on the applicant by the first, second and third respondents and other officers of the 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on the 13th day of January, 2017, is unconstitutional and a violation of the dignity of human life.

“Two, the first, second and third respondents are restrained from further threatening, harassing, embarrassing, arrest, torture and inhuman treatment of the applicant, except in circumstances provided by the law.

“Three, the sum of N1 million is awarded to the applicant against the respondents. The respondents are ordered to tender an unreserved apology to the applicant”, Justice Mohammed stated.

The judge also warned security operatives to act with civility and responsibility, especially on issues relating to fundamental human rights.

Recall that on January 30, 2017, the applicant was allegedly brutalised by one Olamilekan Suleiman, who used a stick and an iron to inflict injuries on her body including her forehead.

The matter came up for hearing at Federal High Court Port Harcourt on February 14, this year, but the military was not represented in court. But, the judge went ahead to put a date for judgement

The applicant, in an interview, said the judgement had proved her innocence.