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  • Gbelee drops new single, video

    GOSPEL artiste, Gbele Mathew Adegboyega aka Gbelee, has released a new single titled Idupe L’ona. According to the artiste, the song which means ‘thanksgiving is the way that opens doors’, will be coming with a video in the next couple of weeks.

    “The song talks about thanksgiving as the secret that opens doors for us to enter into God’s presence. Without thanksgiving, nobody can reach him. It is just like the password for your phone. Without it, you can’t access your phone. I have done a lot of songs but this is the first one I will be shooting a video for. I shot the video last year but it will be out this year. It is being edited now but in the next two or three weeks, it should be out,” he said.

    The artiste, who is also a voice trainer, songwriter and music producer says that he has a collection of singles which he intends to compile into an album soon.

    “I am hoping to release my album in a couple of months. I intend to compile my old singles and get some new songs. It should have at least nine tracks. It has some gospel tunes, motivational tunes and some love songs,” he added.

    He also revealed that his music school, Divine Touch Music Academy, will be putting together a gospel concert in the month of August. “We call it World Praise Day. It will start this year by the Grace of God. About five hundred choristers will be there. We will start with Nigeria then subsequently, we will be taking it outside the country. It is a vision that God gave me some years back. For now, we will be performing with our local artistes in Nigeria. I have access to Mike Aremu and some other known gospel artistes,” he further revealed.

  • Coping as a single dad

    Single parenthood may happen because of death, divorce, separation, abandonment, among others. In spite of the circumstances surrounding the family situation, being a single dad can be very stressful and challenging. By nature, men are different from women in dealing with the issue of raising children.  Therefore, some men find it very difficult to take up the full responsibility of raising their children alone.

    Single dads face a lot of challenges, and their children also encounter problems. Bringing up children can be difficult under any situation and without a partner, the stakes are even higher. Now, the issue is how should single dads deal with the challenges of single parenting?

    Have a good structure in place: Create a daily routine for every member of your family to follow, such as regular time for food, study time, play time and bed time.

    Religion: Get them involved in your religion. Pray with them and make them participate fully in all religious activities. When they grow up, they will not depart from the values you have imparted to them. This will help your children and other members of the family to know what to expect. It will also give you room to have time for other things. In a situation where you have domestic workers or family members assisting you, assign duties and supervise them properly.

    Communication: Maintain a good relationship with your children. Talk with them, not at them, and listen to them when they are talking to you. Interact with them. Be their best friend; let them see you as a dad that they can tell everything, and the only way you can achieve this is by being free with them.  In the case of divorce or separation, always let them understand that it has nothing to do with them because children in dealing with divorce cases always feel that the separation or divorce is as a result of their faults.

    Create family time: Set time aside everyday to have quality dealing with your children. Bonding with your children as a single dad is very important and the only way you can achieve it is by spending time doing things together as family. This will  give you the opportunity to know your children’s individual personalities, their strengths and weaknesses in other areas like academics and so on. Remember to set boundaries as well as consequences involved, if not obeyed. Ensure you follow up, otherwise they will not take you or the boundaries seriously. A law-abiding adult is one who has been taught to have boundaries as a child. Word of caution: set realistic boundaries.

    Role model: Being the only parent makes you their number one role model. Be a good example to your children in every way.  Don’t do anything you don’t want them to do in their presence. Practise what you preach. Children copy their parents because they see them as their role models. If you find yourself, exhibiting behaviour that you don’t want your children to copy , it’s a sign that you should change how you react in certain situations.

    Show affection:  Some know how to express love, while some don’t. Don’t let a day go by without you saying “I love you” to your children. Hug and kiss them to show emotion. A hug for a child often makes him feel loved, safe and able to count on you.

    Make birthdays special: Children are God’s greatest gift to us. Each child is different in how they see themselves and the world around them. All children are gifted- each in his special way. Celebrate their uniqueness and make their birthdays special with affordable resource.

    Praise and reward:  Don’t forget to praise good behaviour because it is as important as discipline. Don’t underestimate the positive effect that your praise can have on your children. Again, be specific when doing your praise. Let them know why you are praising them. Appreciate their efforts and successes, especially in areas where they have struggled.

    Keep yourself healthy: For some dads, separation or divorce, for example, is one of the most stressful life events they ever go through. That pressure may be amplified by custody and financial issues which can bring out the worst in people. So discovering ways to manage your own stress is very essential. Keeping yourself  physically and emotionally healthy  can help combat the effects of stress. You will then be in the best shape to take care of your family.

    Create time for yourself:  Have moments of relaxation, meaning time to do what you enjoy doing. Make out time to kick back and relax.  Rest is very important, especially as a single dad. A good rest will make you feel refreshed.

    Help: Learn to interact with other single dads who have gone through the same situation.  Learn from their experiences. You can also seek the help of a counsellor, therapist, or  friend, if need be.

    Financial struggle and well-being of the children: Because most dads are the breadwinners of their families, the financial responsibility falls mainly on them with little or no assistance from anybody. A  single dad must learn to be able to balance his career or job and the affairs of the children in order to maintain a healthy home.

    Harriet Ogbobine is a counsellor and  motivational speaker. Send in your questions and suggestions to her on bineharriet@gmail.com. You can also follow her on twitter@bineharrietj or txt messages only to 08023058805.

  • Single, Married and Complicated hits cinemas

    Single, Married and Complicated hits cinemas

    COME Friday, August 15, Silverbird Distributions Limited will release Single, Married and Complicated, the sequel to award-winning 2012 movie, Single and Married.

    The movie, which will be released simultaneously across cinemas in Nigeria with a red carpet premiere, will hold exclusively at Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island, Lagos.

    The premiere, according to the producers of the movie, will showcase a parade of stars from Nollywood, Ghollywood and other entertainment icons from various sectors of the entertainment industry.

    The star-studded movie features Yvonne Nelson, Chris Attoh, Eddie Watson, Anita Erskine and Tana Adelana, who were part of the original movie, while John Dumelo, John Gardiner, Alex Ekubo and Eazzy join the team to make for an even more interesting sequel.

    Produced by Yvonne Nelson Productions, the steamy romantic comedy is written and directed by Pascal Amanfo.

    Nelson described the movie “as a natural follow- up, in order to give a good finish to a great tale.”

    Single, Married and Complicated is a captivating movie based on an everyday story that the ordinary African can relate to. It is once again told in a narrative form, with Anita Erskine as the narrator. The movie centres on Jay, Kimora, Andy and Vida who return to a re-plotted tale of love, life and living, as they seek to find an answer to the questions bothering them.

  • Seven secrets to make your relationship last

    Every long-term relationship has its bumps, and they can pop up at any time. Learn to navigate them smoothly — before they send your relationship into a ditch.

    No matter how long you’ve been together, there are some simple, fundamental rules of the road. Putting them into practice isn’t always easy, but it is critical. Make your relationship stronger, and the good stuff — fun, sex, trust, affection — will be better than ever.

    1. Be Vocal About Things You Like: Boredom, frustration and everyday irritations can douse the spark between you and your partner — and more of the same certainly won’t feed the flame. Making the good stuff your top priority will. Here’s how to do it:

    First, consider that it takes up to 20 positive statements to outweigh the harm done by one negative one. So compliment your girlfriend on her new shoes, or your boyfriend on his new blue shirt. Thank him for helping around the house. Dial her office for a quick “thinking of you” check-in. Be sure these compliments and thank-yous are heartfelt and specific, and make eye contact when you smile.

    Once you take this approach, you’ll realize that, in addition to knowing how to push your partner’s hot buttons, you know how to push his or her joy buttons too (and we don’t just mean sex). After all, that’s how this whole thing started. It won’t be long before you appreciate that it’s always the right time for small acts of love, like sharing a long kiss before you turn in each night.

    2. Touch Each Other: Human touch aids the release of feel-good endorphins, for giver and receiver. So hold hands when you’re walking, and brush her cheek when you smooch good morning. Revive the ways you touched in the early days — a kiss on the back of the ear, a hand through her hair. Adding more of this kind of touch will help you build a fortress of love. That’s important, because a couple who form a tight unit can weather any storm (and are better able to stave off infidelity).

    How do you build this bond? First, support your partner. Take his or her side whenever possible if trouble arises in the “outside world.”

    Keep their secrets to yourself, even when everyone at work spills theirs. Except in a true emergency, don’t let anything interrupt “us” time. That’s what voice mail and bedroom-door locks are for.

    Make a commitment to spend up to 30 minutes a day chatting with each other about everyday plans, goals and, yes, dreams. This is time to build a friendship. Studies show that being friends pays off over

    time, ensuring a closer, sexier union. And don’t forget to make time for intimacy, even if you must log it in your day planner.

    3. Stop Blaming Your Partner For Everything That’s Wrong: It’s tempting to blame your partner when you feel angry, disappointed, bored, betrayed or stressed out about your relationship. The next step is seeing your mate as the one who must change for the relationship to improve.

    That’s a cop-out. Trying to improve your partner puts him or her on the defensive and casts you in a negative light. The result? Nobody changes. Nobody takes responsibility. Everyone is unhappy. And making your partner the bad guy means ignoring the 90 percent of him or her that’s good.

    The true fix: Change yourself. When you address your own flaws and seek the best in your companion, magic happens. Optimism increases.

    Your partner feels better because he or she feels appreciated, not chastised. And you both feel motivated to change in ways that lead to even more joy.

    4. Improve Your Relationship by Relaxing: The classic advice experts give to singles seeking a perfect match: Be “the one” to attract “the one.” Same goes in a long-term relationship. The happier you feel, the happier your relationship will be, and the easier it will be to manage conflicts. If 15 minutes of morning yoga, a switch to decaf, or a new hobby help you relax, the good feelings can’t help but lead to happier, richer moments together.

    Meanwhile, admit it: You used to fuss over your hair and obsess over the sexiest item to wear to bed. Now, it’s stained sweats and a ratty old T-shirt. Time to spruce up your look. Comb that mane, brush those

    teeth and throw on a new robe. Feeling good about the way you look makes your eyes sparkle. You’re more likely to make eye contact. That sends a spark to your partner. You know what to do next!

    5. Fight Fair: Conflict is a normal, even healthy, part of any relationship. What’s important is how you handle it. In a Florida study of longtime couples, joint problem-solving ability was cited as a key factor for 70 percent of satisfied pairs. With the right tools and attitude, conflict becomes a gateway to deeper intimacy — the chance to be seen and loved for who you truly are, to accept your mate’s adorable, vulnerable real self, and to build a strong union without silently seething.

    First, steer clear of criticism, confrontation and hostility. They’re like gas on a fire. University of California researchers who followed 79 couples for more than a decade found that early divorcers fought long and loud and were always on the attack — or the defensive. Happy couples, on the other hand, avoid verbalizing critical thoughts, keep discussions from escalating, and don’t use absolutes like “never” and “always.”

    If a fight does start, try to change the subject, inject gentle humour, empathize or show your partner extra appreciation. Too late? Call a truce, walk away and cool off for a while.

    6. Pick the Right Time to Argue: Don’t start potentially tough talks if you’re not well rested and well fed. Hunger and fatigue can unleash nasty remarks and dark thoughts. Ban booze for the same reason. Save it for when you’ve achieved detente. That’s worth a toast. Don’t ever try to deal with serious marital issues if you’ve got one eye on something else. Turn off the TV, the phone, the laptop. If you’re distracted or going out the door, pick another time to talk. You can’t resolve conflicts on the fly.

    7. Learn to Listen: The single most powerful step you can take to keep a relationship solid? Speak less and listen more. Blame, insults, criticism and bullying predict a bad end, or at least a living hell.

    When talk turns combative, don’t interrupt, offer a solution or defend yourself too soon.

    When feelings are at issue, they need to be heard. So nod, rephrase or provide a soft “um-hum” to show you honour the emotions behind the words. Sometimes, all we really need to do to feel closer to someone is pay closer attention to what it is that they’re saying.

     

    Courtesy: Sarì Harrar and Rita DeMaria

     

  • ECOWAS fixes 2015 for takeoff of single currency

    ECOWAS fixes 2015 for takeoff of single currency

    After a long delay, the much-anticipated single currency for West Africa may come into being in 2015, some 12 years behind the initial target date.

    The currency was expected to come into being in 2003, but it didn’t because of some problems.

    It was thought it could take off this year before what was described as “irregular cash flow” among the six promoting-countries again stalled its coming.

    The countries are Nigeria, Ghana, The Cambia, Benin, Liberia and Senegal.

    In an email, FBN Capital said the West Africa currency union (the Eco), is faltering in difficult circumstances. It said a technical meeting of the six-member states of the West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ) in Abuja indicated that none of them met the four primary macro-convergence criteria as at June last year.

    Rather, the performance of the zone on its convergence scale deteriorated from 79.2 in June 2011 to 62.5.

    Inflation, one of four primary criteria, averaged 12.6 per cent in June, last year, compared with 11.6 per cent one year earlier.

    It said the latest deadline for the launch of the single currency in WAMZ is 2015. Also, a second stage would see the inclusion of the nine other members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS).

    “The view of the zone’s secretariat is that the two most challenging primary criteria are inflation and a budget deficit of no more than four per cent of Gross Domestic Product (GDP). The two others cover central bank financing of that deficit and external reserves,” it said.

    Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Deputy Governor Sarah Alade told the meeting that the challenges in the Eurozone had contributed to WAMZ’s inability to meet its criteria, citing uneven capital flows and increased unemployment.

    She said the Eurozone’s challenges are largely the function of its institutional and policy weaknesses.

    “Currency union is often said to boost trade between members. The Franc Zone has been in operation for more than 60 years, and trade between members remains negligible. Its own members produce unprocessed agricultural commodities for export and the same semi-manufactures,” it said.

    FBN Capital said the Franc Zone has a good record of low inflation on the back of its shared currency pegged to the Euro, provided that its harvests do not fail.

    A potential risk to the Eco lies in the dominance of Nigeria in WAMZ. The five other members, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone will be sensitive to voting rights in the currency union’s structures while Nigeria will be wary of the entry of countries, in the manner of Greece and the Eurozone, without genuinely meeting all the criteria. Monetary union is not a priority for Nigeria, and in any event is highly doubtful for 2015.

    Meanwhile, the central banks of West and Central Africa are considering merging their currencies to boost trade within the region, Lucas Abaga Nchama, governor of the Bank of Central African States, said.

     

  • Even as a married woman you can be single

    Even as a married woman you can be single

    Nkechi Alli-Balogun, former Chairperson, Lagos State chapter of Nigerian Institute of Public Relations (NIPR)and Principal Consultant, NECCI Consulting, shared with Adetutu Audu why she is passionate about public relations, her involvement with matured singles and why marriage is not the ultimate thing in life.

     

    YOU are one of the notable public relations practitioners we have around here; do you think we are practicing it the way it should be done?

    In those days our people were interested in public relations office because PR is like a goal that projects future to the present. It also enhances the social aspect of it even in the negative. You will learn that at the end of board meetings they did all kind of things, you heard that they arranged this, they arranged that, but today that is not so. Our employers are more educated, our employers know more about public relations; the global aspect is also enabling us to understand more about public relations. And people today are bringing out the words, the public and the relation. So, now that we have an in-depth knowledge of what public relations is all about. Today, public relations professionals in Nigeria have embarked on many developmental courses in trying to do what their counterparts are doing in America because of the facilities they have in place, but then we need to change our thinking. Our thinking must be global if we want to achieve what they have achieved.

    From your response, we still have challenges in Nigeria, what are these challenges?

    If you want to look at it from that point of view, there are lots challenges in Nigeria as in people need to change their mindset of what public relations used to be in the past. What do I mean by that? People think practicing public relations is all about giving people money, so you find people saying why is that client giving you problem? Come on, give him what he wants. And before you find out what it is, they are talking about money. And when you are working with the set of people like that, you will discover that everything will end up with money and that is why so many of them think that public relations is all about giving bribe, which is not.

    Anytime I come across such people, I just laugh at their ignorance. And that is one of the major challenges we are having in public relations because they believe that everything starts and ends with giving people money and that is one of the major challenges that we have; employers not having a broad knowledge of what public relations is all about. Though we do have organisations where we can find people who have a broad knowledge about public relations and we believe that a major difference will change the reputation of an organisation. And when the organisation starts having crisis, what most people do is damage control. A good public relations officer will bring about preventive measure in that organisation, so that there will not be crisis all the time.

    Talking about governance now, what do you think is wrong with Nigeria’s image?

    I always like coming out clear when I want to answer such question. To be candid, I don’t think public relations is well appreciated in Nigeria. We the practitioners, our job is always at stake and looking at the environment, most times you find out that Public Relations Officers are not being paid anything in their job or their profession. How many PR practitioners in this country would you say like their job? Some years back, I knew a lot of people that would tell lies because they didn’t want to compromise their job. So, in this country there is the issue of poverty, and it is such a problem where a man has wife and children and also has an extended family, and you ask him to come and practice PR. If you are not truthful, you cannot practice PR. Now, managing the truth and saying the truth become two different things; if you know the truth and you are able to manage it, that is one thing, and we have a lot of PR practitioner, who will not say it the way it is all because they don’t want to lose their jobs, and they know the right thing to do.

    So everybody is compromised. And apart from this, we have the person who knows the value of what PR is all about. If it is not valuable, a minister wouldn’t have started the branding process, and that was the height of it. It is not that people don’t know the truth, but people like walking away from the truth. So many people say that constitution is the problem, but to me constitution is not the problem because whatever constitution we have, we should understand the constitution and respect the constitution. The issue is not whether we appreciate the constitution, the issue is are we ready to practice public relations according to the tenets of the practice? Public relations is truth well told. We have so many truths in this country that need to be told. We are the one that have tied ourselves, I will keep on saying this at every given time in every opportunity. Is South Africa better than Nigeria? And I don’t like it, and I feel insulted when we compare Nigeria with Ghana.

    Are you going to compare the population of Ghana with Nigeria? Are you going to compare their facilities and everything? Are you going to compare the number of educated people we have in this country with Ghana? No! Recently, I was watching the news of a collapsed building in Ghana, I didn’t see it on CNN. But if it is in Nigeria, we are the ones that will be the first to send the picture or even upload the videos on YouTube or even to the international media. What CNN is writing about us, we are the one, that gave it to them.

    PR well applied and handled by professionals will bring out the country from the shackles of bad image. And I think that is what Prof. Akinyuli was trying to do, but instead of surrounding herself with PR practitioners, she surrounded herself with advertising practitioners. We need people who will handle our image well. So we can have the right people who can write the right story, who know the right time and who understand the code of the people in terms of demography, in terms of education, in terms of finance, who understand who the major stakeholders are, the investors and the community people, what they expect. And these things are a two-way directional thing.

    Does being a female pose any threat to you in the profession?

    Thank God in the business I do ,I don’t panic, and thank God my faith also gives me that confidence. And I remember what my Bible says about creation of man. It says male and female, he created them; everybody in this world is always in need and there is a joy in the Lord that gives you the ability. So, the ability to will and do is in me. Whenever I am faced with any challenge in my profession, I just take it as part of me. The level of education today has made a lot of women move away from the back, even the people in the middle are at the front and that is what education does for you. So I don’t see any challenge as a woman practicing PR. Though, sometimes when we go for elections, men will flaunt their egos.

    I could remember years ago as a PR manager when I got to where I was going, they would ask: are you the PR person of this organisation? And they would start praising me and be looking at me with surprised. And meanwhile, what they came for was different and they would take your official hour from you and before you realise what is happening, you would discover that it had nothing to do with what they came for. So these are the issues. They want a woman and this woman is proving difficult to do the other thing, and that is having a relationship with them.

    What is your life-guiding philosophy?

    Be the best in whatsoever you do and do it without compromise. This has guided me during the course of the year – accept who you are. What I just believe is that if what I do will make me to be successful in life, I will be there and I will never parade myself.

    What inspired your fellowship for matured woman?

    What inspired me are my activities in NGO. I have an NGO, Right Initiatives, which has taken me into women issues. And I discover that there are lots of stigmatisation against women, especially when a woman approaches the marriageable age. As soon as a girl clocks 25 years there is always a pressure from everywhere, you are not married, your mates are married and all that because we have placed value on this, and then you will see our females ending up with the wrong people or doing so many wrong things so that they will be able to get married, so that they will be able to satisfy their families. The word single has nothing to do with marriage, if you are single, you are single, even as a married woman you can be single; marriage. Is never the ultimate. I think who you are and what you come to the world to do, your purpose in life and your faith in God matter most.

    On a lighter note, do you also practice PR in your marriage?

    I usually don’t like talking about my family in interviews, but I tell you there is nothing like practicing PR in marriage. I thank God we have been married for the past 20 years; our marriage is based on the tenets of the Bible. So, I thank God for keeping us this far.

  • Single and abandoned

    Single and abandoned

    •The families of military air crash in Ejigbo 20 years ago cry for help

    While many questions remain unanswered more than 20 years after the crash of the Nigerian Air Force Lockheed C-130 Hercules aircraft in the swamps of Ejigbo, a Lagos suburb on September 26, 1992, the matter is worsened by the utter neglect that the widows and other dependants of the victims are subjected to. Losing one’s breadwinner in an air crash or any disaster is painful enough; it is rubbing salt on an injury when the dependants are denied the benefits which should accrue to them there from.

    Nigerians have not forgotten how, on that fateful day, a generation of young and promising military officers perished in the aircraft. The victims, including 104 senior army officers, 17 naval officers, 17 Air Force officers, eight foreign officers, 11 Nigerian Air Force crew and nine others were largely students of the Senior Course 15. of the Command and Staff College, Jaji. The plane crashed into the swamp barely three minutes after take-off from the Murtala Muhammed Airport, Ikeja, Lagos. It took the military rescue team about 48 hours to respond, while men of the Federal Road Safety Commission, who were the first government officials to get there, appeared 24 hours after the incident, fuelling speculations that the government of the day knew something about the crash.

    The then President, General Ibrahim Babangida, promised to provide for the needs of the dependants. They were assured that houses would be provided for them in Lagos, but two years later, this was revised via a letter from the Office of the Chief of Defence Staff which directed that letters be given the widows to their husbands’ state administrators to provide accommodation for them.

    Some responded; others did not. As is rampant in the military and the police force, most of the widows and their children were ejected from their barracks shortly after the incident. Unfortunately, the new beneficiaries of the quarters jumped at the offers, forgetting that it could be anybody’s turn tomorrow.

    In this particular instance, it is as if part of the deal to give the widows their entitlements is that they should not remarry; and they have kept to this part of the bargain for more than 20 years. This is more than enough sacrifice, giving that most of them were in their twenties when their husbands died in the crash. Indeed, if this is part of the conditions the women should meet before getting their due, then it is unfair. If it could pass under military rule, it should not in a democratic dispensation.

    We commend Mr Femi Falana (SAN) and Mr. Kabir Akingbolu for their keen interest in this matter. It was good that the military remembered their dead on September 26 by unveiling a cenotaph in their memory in Kaduna; but the best way to immortalise the dead is to ensure that those they left behind get their due on time. Whereas under the Terms and Conditions of Service for officers in the Nigerian Army (1979), the officers’ children are supposed to be Federal Government scholars, the school fees of some of them are yet to be paid for last year.

    Are we not giving the wrong signals to serving officers and men that it no longer pays to be diligent and honest at their duty posts if we keep treating the dependants of the dead who served the nation diligently in their lifetime so cruelly? That way, too, we are indirectly encouraging those still in service to grab as much as they can just in case the untoward happens.

    Messrs Falana and Akingbolu should honour their promise to do the needful should the military continue to shirk its responsibility to these women by the end of this month. Only people with hearts of stone will not be moved by their sad tales. They ought not to be waiting for miracles as many of them have said in frustration, and if they must, those who ought to wrought the miracles should do immediately.

     

  • Omawumi drops new single

    Omawumi is no doubt doing well in her chosen career and doing Nigeria proud. Only recently, the songstress was the only artiste chosen from Nigeria to perform at the AFCON draw witnessed by South Africa President, CAF President, and other leading international lights.

    True to type, she gave out her best and got a standing ovation in return. However, following the success recorded by her last single, Bottom Belle, the singer will be dropping a new single titled Stay Alive in a matter of days. The single which will be released in audio and video format is said to be another creative piece from the singer.

    On her new single, the singer says; “What I am saying in the song is that you need to just relax and take things easy because some people don’t. Every day, you see people trying to acquire wealth or get to a level where they can forget their troubles. But the thing about it is that you just need to slow down a little. As long as you have the basic requirements of the three square meals, try to stay alive and be concerned about your well being before you concentrate on acquiring wealth.”

  • September 28 for Single and Married premiere

    FOLLOWING a successful showing of the movie, Single and Married in Ghana last weekend, sultry Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Nelson has said that come Friday, September 28, the flick, her debut production, will be premiered at the Silverbird Galleria. According to the actress, it will be a blend of Ghanaian and Nigerian stars as they come together to grace a red carpet reception preceding the premiere.

    Yvonne described the movie as one loaded with excitement which movie enthusiasts should look out for. Among the lineup of cast in the flick are Yvonne Nelson herself, Chris Attoh, Nadia Buari, Afro neo-soul singer, Efya, hip life rapper, Tiffany, Kofi Adjorlolo, Kweku Elliot, Eddie Watson and Anita Erskine alongside Nigerian TV Presenter turned actress, Tana Adelana and a host of others.

    The flick was produced by Media GH in partnership with Yvonne Nelson Productions. Among Nigerian artistes expected at the premiere include Nyanya, DJ Jimmy Jatt and a host of others.

    Told in a narrative form with Anita Erskine as the narrator, the movie centres on the drama, the intrigue and the dirty little secrets of three male friends, their sex lives, marital status and the whole works. Single and Married stars Yvonne Nelson, Nadia Buari and Chris Attoh all playing lead roles.