GENEVIEVE, STELLA DAMASUS,OMONI OBOLI, ASHIONYE OTHERS STORM BENT ARROWS MOVIE PREMIERE IN LAGOS

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By Gistmaster.com

Bent Arrows, a new movie produced by Isang Ubong-Awah was premiered on April 14 at Silverbird Galleria in Lagos. It was  a Nollywood congress as many of Nigeria's top movie stars graced the occasion.

The roll call of those at the event include top Nollywood stars/producers/directors- Genevieve Nnaji, Stella Damasus Aboderin, Omoni Oboli, Ashionye Ugbo Raccah, Lanslot Imasuen, Emem Isong and others

The movie premiere was sponsored by UACN Plc, Rainbow Workstation

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THE MOVIE

The story lines of Bent Arrows weave together to explore many themes such as sexual abuse, undue parental control, betrayal, revenge etc. The movie tells the story of three innocent young girls and how their innocence became battered in the hands of men, turning them into broken-hearted and emotionally shattered girls looking for revenge.

Idara (Sylvia Oluchy), a young girl sent to live with her maternal uncle in Abuja, is brutally raped. When she gets pregnant, she is forced to sleep with a doctor as payment for an abortion. Repeatedly abused by men, she becomes hardened and proceeds to use her sexuality to get the finer things of life. Lola (Omoni Oboli) after almost being smothered by her parents (Olu Jacobs and Joke Silva) and being cheated on by her fiancée, Seyi (David Nnaji) decides to become a bad girl. A teenage Ngozi (Stella Damasus) goes into prostitution as a means of fending for her sick mother and younger sisters. Bitter and vengeful, Ngozi is on a mission to revenge the wrong done to her mother several years earlier.

Speaking on the movie premiere, Isang Ubong-Awah said 'when we had the premiere of 'Bent Arrows' in Abuja we were awed at the rate of the success and the amount of accolades people showered on the movie. This was what gave us the confidence to once again premiere the movie in Lagos before its arrival at the cinema.

Directed by Lancelot Imaseun, 'Bent Arrows' has its own independent sound track produced by Cobhams Asuquo and features notable names like Styl Plus of Olufunmi fame, the Rooftop MC's(Lagimo), Nikki Laoye and Stella Damasus.

Bent Arrows will be in cinemas across the federation from April 15th, 2011.

- Photo Credit: Tyna Ezenna

LANDLADY DRAGS NATURAL MEDICINE DOCTOR,PAUL OJEIH TO COURT

By Niyi Tabiti

Dr.Paul Ojeih a popular natural medicine practitioner and founder of  Iris Medical Foundation, is at the receiving end of his landlady at the moment. He is at the verge of being ejected



from the duplex, he uses as his office on Kayode Street, Ogba, Lagos. He is occupying two duplexes but one of it is about to be taken.

Gistmater.com gathered that the owner of the house, one Alhaja S.A Fowowe Agoro have already dragged the herbal medicine doctor to the Ikeja Magisterial district of Lagos State, seeking possession of the property and arrears of unpaid rents.

The suit against Ojeih by Barrister Olabode Waheed Balogun of L.O Kotun Chambers on behalf of Alhaja Folawewe- Agoro is marked as MIK/1703/11

Gistmaster.om gathered that the Plaintiff is claiming possession of the premises and Six Hundred Thousand Naira (N600,000) as arrears of rent for the period of 1 May 2010- 31 January 2011 and profit at the rate of N67,000 (Sixty Seven Thousand Naira) per month from 1 February 2011 until possession is given up and cost of the action. The plaintiff is also seeking a substantial repair of the said property.

Gistmaster gathered that that Paul Ojeih have already instructed his lawyers on the next step over the issue.

 

IN HOLLYWOOD-ITs TWINS ALL THE WAY- JENNIFER LOPEZ, CELINE DION AND NOW, MARIAH CAREY IS EXPECTING HER OWN TWINS

It look as if having twins in Hollywood is what is in vogue now!About three years ago, Jennifer Lopez and her husband, Marc Anthony announced the arrival of their twins.

The twins were named Max and Emmie.Two years later, The children were already models. They did a job for the children line of Gucci. At that time, Gucci also spent $1million to support UNICEF in her Africa school project. 

 Last October, Celine Dion and her husband Rene Angelil also announced the arrival of their twins. It was celebration galore and they also made good money selling the photo rights of the new born babies.The twins were named Nelson and Eddie.   

 Now, It is the turn of award winning star, Mariah Carey and her husband, Nick Cannon. The couple announced recently that  their own twins will arrive soon. Nick already said that it is a boy and a girl. He is proudly learning what it takes to be a father.Congratulations!
-Gistmaster.com

EKU EDEWOR, DURO OLOWU & MORE IN THE " AFRO-LUXURY ISSUE " OF FASHIZBLACK MAGAZINE

Fashizblack is fast becoming the fashion guide for the urban, young

and smart black Diaspora. Available both in French and English,

with up-to-date editorials, consistent African fashion insights,

shopping lists, beauty tips and cultural reviews, the Paris-based

online fashion magazine provides everything you need for a very

chic and trendy spring !

As we reach 200.000 unique readers per month and nearly 20.000

fans on Facebook, rarely has an ethnic fashion magazine done this

before in such a short time ! These are some of the reasons why

FashizBlack is France’s #1 online magazine today, with an online

and dynamic community.

In September 2010, we celebrated our magazine's birthday with

Solange Knowles as our cover girl, and lately (January-February

2011 ) the Simmons sisters ( Angela & Vanessa ) were featured. For

our March-April 2011 issue, we chose a thrilling focus on AFRICAN

LUXURY as our main theme, available here:

http://www.fashizblack.com/en/magazine/2011/march-april.html

Some of the features in this issue: insiders's takes on the African

luxury industry, an exclusive interview with one of the greatest

African Couture designers aka David Tlale, lots of wishlists for

both women and men, the latest Spring trends, an article about

Lagos's TEMPLE MUSE ... And of course, beautiful fashion editorials

(featuring several Jewel By Lisa items) shot in London, Paris or

the US ! Please find here enclosed our latest cover and a few

excerpts from the magazine.

Cover shoot credits :

Art direction: Paola A. Ndengue

Photographer: Manuel Brulé

Styling: Calvin Nymon

Assistant: Chris Tanner

Model: Loulawa Marie

 

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A STYLE DIVA - AZUKA OGUJIUBA

We at MORSI wish AZUKA OGUJIUBA of Thisday a happy 40th birthday.

ENE LAWANI, NIKE OSHINOWO'S RIFT DEEPENS-SHUNS EACH OTHER AT FUNCTIONS

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By Gistmaster.com

Contrary to speculations that former Miss Nigeria Ene Lawani and style icon, Nike Oshinowo are very close, authoritative sources disclosed that they are so bitter at each other that it would take special prayers to settle the dispute.

Sources disclosed to gistmaster.com that the two former beauty queens see each as sworn enemies. No one could really say why Nike does not  like  the far younger, Ene Lawani but everything became so obvious when the Miss Nigeria contest took place Last year.

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According to what gistmaster.com gathered, Ene as the reigning Miss Nigeria at that time was supposed to crown the beauty queen but because of the rift between them, Nike chose to use Mrs. Patience Goodluck Jonathan, wife of Nigeria President. Worst still, sources hinted that Nike did not provide air ticket to Ene to come to Abuja or anyone that would have followed her, instead she was asked to buy her ticket. Ene decided not to even attend the event.

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The whole situation turned embarrassing at the Miss Nigeria contest in Abuja as the First Lady of Nigeria, who Nike Penciled down to crown the queen didn't show up at the end of the day.

Another source who spoke with gistmaster on the phone however disagreed that Nike did not like Ene at all. "Aunty Nike really tried for the girl by taking her out and making sure that she was relevant durning her reign but she was not patient enough" the source said.

The story also took a different turn as someone close to Ene disclosed that Ene is a much younger person to Nike Oshinowo- Soleye, so if she has done anything wrong she should have told her and make her understand but instead, she keep malice with the young girl.

"Take for instance, she was gossiping about Ene with one Jennifer at the after party she organized for Dami the new Miss Nigeria and the news came to her. It is sad" disclosed one of the source.

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Now, what we hear is that Nike Oshinowo and her once upon a time younger friend, Ene are no longer on talking terms. At the special reception Ita Giwa organized for wife of the President, Mrs. Patience Goodluck Jonathan, they avoided each other like a plague. They never greeted or even said a word to each other.

The same thing happened last month at a function inside Civic Centre located right in the heart of Ozumba Mbadiwe in Victoria Island.

It would be recalled that shortly after Ene became Miss Nigeria, Nike Oshinowo was employed/appointed by Daily Times Nigeria Plc to be in charge of their lifestyle business especially handling the organization of Miss Nigeria beauty Pageant. She goes out in company of Nike Oshinowo until sometime when they were no longer seen together. Ene also lived with Nike Oshinowo at a time at her Victoria Island home in Lagos. Yet friends claim they were never close, it was only a working relationship. She insisted that Ene should live with her and she agreed.

Nike is married to Dr. Tunde Soleye,a socialite and physician. Recently honoured with the style icon award at Arise Africa Fashion Week 2011, Nike loves  Louis Vuitton collections.

 

 

 

GHETTO DREAMZ- A MOVIE ON DAGRIN LIFE AND TIMES OF DAGRIN TO PREMIERE ON APRIL 22

On Friday, April 22, 2011 a Red Carpet Premiere will be held in honor of the long awaited first ever biopic for a Nigerian artiste, the movie ‘Ghetto Dreamz’ at the Atrium, Cinema Floor of the Silverbird Cinemas in Lagos.

The Ghetto Dreamz premiere will begin by 4pm with a red carpet event that will parade a lot of Nollywood stars and dignitaries, while the movie proper will start showing by 6pm. Another notable scene to be put up that night is the display of Dagrin’s accidental car bought over by Stingomania records for the shooting of the movie.

Directed by Daniel Adenimokan 'Ghetto Dreamz' tells the story of the late rap artiste DAGRIN. The film chronicles the growing years of Dagrin, his struggles, his rise to fame and his death. Ghetto Dreamz features Trybson the Stingomania’s hip hop sensation as Dagrin and other nollywood stars like Doris Simeon, Rachel Oniga, Pa Kasumu, Kenny Saint brown, Jaywon and a fast rising Oyindamola Odesola and others.

Meanwhile, prior to the premiere of ‘Ghetto Dreamz’ on Wednesday April 20^th, a mini concert will be held in honour of Dagrin at the Atrium, Cinema floor of the Silverbird Galleria. This concert is a taste of what will happen at the Dagrin memorial Concert to be held at the National Stadium (Gymnasium Hall) on April 30th. It is expected to feature some of the hottest young stars in the Nigerian entertainment industry and a Candlelight secession to honour the memory of Dagrin and to mark the first anniversary of his death. Some of the superstars already scheduled to perform include Olamide, Dj Zeez, Naeto C, KSB, Jaywon, YQ, Goldie, Edreez Abdulkareem, Sheyman, General Pype, Trybson Dudukoko, Baba Nee, Kas, Flavour, and Obesere PK1st and others.

Speaking on the movie premiere Ope Banwo the producer said ‘this project is actually bigger than what we thought, a lot of Dagrin’s fans are thankful for what we have done and have not been silent about it. These are the facts that get us confident that the movie will succeed. Ghetto Dreamz will be in the cinemas across the country from April 22^nd so people can go all out to discover all they never knew about Dagrin’.