Something good, fresh and new is about to happen to Nollywood! Organizers of the Yoruba Movie Academy Awards have revealed plans to stage a much bigger film festival in the city of Lagos.

Tagged "The Yoruba film festival", the event which will be holding for the first time aims to project the culture and tourism potential of Lagos through the tremendous development of the Yoruba film industry.

It hopes to assemble Yoruba film practitioners as well as key industry stakeholders and more importantly attract government and investors to the economic realities and the job creation opportunities that the Yoruba film industry offers.

Headlined by Tunde Oshinibosi popularly called Laface, the brain behind Yoruba Movie Academy Awards, the festival whose theme also aligns with women empowerment would also provide a forum where the industry's major problems would be discussed and solutions to them would be suggested or proferred.

Just like other film festivals across the world, there would also be screenings, panels, business sessions, workshops and seminars, concert and gala night to mention a few.

Foremost music star, Dapo D'Banj Oyebanjo has called it quits with his friend and manager, Seun Bankuli.

Bankuli, who took over from D'banj's erstwhile Manager, Sunday Are last year after his break-up with the Mo'hits crew parted ways with him the entertainer after series of heated arguements.

Hip Hop World magazine learns that it all started after the 2012 Koko Concert, Bankuli made a trip to Paris to work on Kanye West's next album without informing D'banj. That apparently didn't go down well with the latter and probably was the last straw that broke the camel's back.

Source: HipHopworld

This is not a laughing matter. Sources claim that Nigeria's most successful (arguable) comedian Bright Okpocha popularly known as Basketmouth has acquired a 2013 Opel Insignia car, customised to his taste.

Well, acquiring a car isn't much news, what however got me interested is that he is (reportedly) the first man in Africa to get the ride. It costs £42, 000.

When you're big, you're large and when you're in large, you're in charge and when you're in charge, you discharge.

Source:Y!Naija

Charity Lounge Convener, Chaste Inegbedion has been honoured with the UN Peace Ambassador position. This came barely 48 hours after the fifth edition of the quarterly 'fun in fundraising

event Charity Lounge… which held at the Pelaruz Food Café. They were unveiled on January 20 at an exclusive venue in Ikeja.

The Universal Peace Federation and Youth Federation for World Peace have honored some Nigerians who have distinguished themselves in the society in their respective professions.

Other recipients include Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar; singers, J-Martins and Sunny Neji, Benita Nzeribe, among others.

The annual Kennis Music Easter Fiesta organized by frontline entertainment company, Kennis Music will not hold this year. This was confirmed via a statement on the Kennis Music website.

"Due to the loss of our dear Oluwabimpe Goldie Harvey, The Management has decided not to celebrate this year's event. The festival is hereby cancelled for 2013. However, you can join us for a Thanksgiving service/Tribute Concert to be held at a later date. Thank you for your understanding"

Signed Management.