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Actor, Pa Kasunmu suffers health relapse

Veteran
actor, Kayode Odumosu, popularly called Pa Kasunmu who has been battling with a
heart related ailment since 2013 and was recuperating has suffered a health
relapse, PUNCH has learnt. The 63-year-old who visited India recently for
evaluation however hopes to raise funds for proper treatment.
“I
spent just nine days in India. I thought that I would receive full treatment.
But when I got there, they told me that it was for evaluation. Then they asked
me to come back after two months. Later,
after I had recovered from the illness, I started thinking about how to get
funds for my second journey to India. But I couldn’t find my international
passport and that of the nurse that accompanied me on the first trip.”

He also
added that his eye sight was worse than two years ago. “I see double and images are always blurred.” 
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Mary Njoku’s Nollywood Film Studio, Rok, Launches Sky TV Channel in the UK

Nollywood actress and producer Mary Njoku, founder of Nollywood Film Studio, Rok Studios has launched a brand new channel on Sky TV in the UK. This new channel for Sky customers in the UK will bring the latest and best Rok Studios produced TV shows, movies and magazine shows to Sky customers 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Rok on Sky will be available as a free-to-view channel for all Sky subscribers – that’s around 10 million homes in the UK. Showing awesome originals, such as Single Ladies, Banks Chronicles and Bloodline, as well as some of the most recent smash hit movies including Walking Away, Aso Ebi and Forever, the channel will be programmed and scheduled in-house from the teams in Lagos and London. 

Mary Njoku, Rok CEO says: “I am so happy to finally be able to share the news of this UK Sky channel with Rok fans. We have been working towards this for some time, and now we are launching in just a few weeks – we are all super excited. As a production house, we are obsessed with curating amazing African content and telling African stories our way – and with this next big chapter in the Rok story, we can give millions more people the chance to enjoy our movies and TV series. 

“Rok is fortunate to have worked with so many of the screen greats – the likes of, Mercy Johnson, Mercy Aigbe Gentry, Ini Edo, Desmond Elliot, John Dumelo, to name but a few. These actors are instrumental in bringing our storytelling to life. We are also blessed to have a dedicated, hard working and creative production team, who work tirelessly to ensure we release amazing content. Together, as the Rok family, we are now bringing our beloved Nollywood content onto its biggest platform yet – Sky”.

Timed to celebrate Nigeria’s 56th Independence Day anniversary, Rok on Sky will launch with a bang on the 29th September, followed by a Gala launch in London at 8 Northumberland on 30th September. Nollywood glitterati, including Alexx Ekubo, Chioma Chukwuka-Akpotha, John Dumelo, Oge Okoye, Mercy Aigbe Gentry, Ini Edo, Annie Idibia, Yul Edochie, Jackie Appiah, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Patience Ozokwor, Segun Arinze, Funke Akindele and many more have already been confirmed on the guestlist, with a red carpet hosted by presenter Denrele Edun.

Mary adds, “We have so many Nollywood stars travelling to London to celebrate the launch of our new channel; this is unheard of until now. London won’t know what has hit it – Nollywood is going to take over the city. We’re also hoping to see many of our fans at the Rok on Sky gala launch as well – we are eternally grateful to all the Rok fans who’ve been with us along the way”.
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I was robbed but they didn’t steal my sense of humour – Basketmouth

Popular comedian, Bright Okpocha, fondly called Basketmouth
who was robbed at his residence in the early hours of Wednesday morning is
thankful that he and his family members were not harmed and most importantly,
his sense of humour wasn’t taken away.

Confirming the incident on his Instagram page, the
award-winning humour merchant said, “Yes I was robbed, yes they made away with a
lot of valuables…….the great thing is that they didn’t steal my sense of
humour. Myself, my wife and kids were not harmed, so we thank God. Big thanks
to everyone that reached out, may God bless you abundantly.”
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AY's 30 Days In Atlanta recognized by the 2017 Guinness World Records

Comedian, Ayo ‘AY’ Makun’s comedy flick, 30 Days In Atlanta has been recognised by the 2017 Guinness World Records as one of the films with the highest domestic gross in the territories of Bollywood, Nollywood and Hollywood. The record breaking movies listed are ‘PK’ from India, ’30 Days In Atlanta’ from Nigeria and ‘Star Wars’ From The United States of America.
This is the first time ever that the Nigerian film industry which is one of the largest in the world, will be achieving such a tremendous success that will be registered by the ‘Guinness World Records’ since 1955 when it was first published.

The comic actor made the announcement on his instagram page saying, “I am dedicating this milestone in my career to all the casts and crew of 30 Days In Atlanta. Also to everyone who went to the cinemas to see the movie when it came out. Let’s do it again with my new movie ‘A Trip to Jamaica’ premiering on September 25th, and showing across cinemas in Nigeria from September 30th.”
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Behold World's most valuable tea cup

The Egoist, owned by the N Sethia Foundation, United Kingdom has been certified the world’s most valuable tea cup by The Guinness World Record. It goes for $3,000,000. That’s about N1billion or more.
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King Sunny Ade’s instruments and costume on display in American Museum (Photos)

 The instruments and costume of Nigerian music legend, Sunday Adeniyi, popularly called King Sunny Ade is being displayed at a special corner dedicated to him at the Musical Instrument Museum (MIM) in Phoenix, America.
Famous for exhibiting instruments of iconic artistes across the globe, the Musical Instrument Museum also displayed some traditional instruments from Nigeria as well as from international acts like The Beatles, Taylor Swift to mention a few.
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MTN Drops Tiwa Savage, Don Jazzy, Davido, others as ambassadors.

Leading telecommunication company, MTN has terminated the ambassadorial contract of music super stars, Tiwa Savage,  Davido, Don Jazzy and many more.
 
“In line with its commitment to supporting Nigerian musicians by providing alternative platforms through which they can receive lucrative value for their intellectual property, MTN has announced brand ambassadors for 2016-2017. “Music ambassadors for 2016-2017 are: Praiz (Praise Adejo); Iyanya (Iyanya Mbuk);Chidinma(Chidinma Ekile); Falz (Folarin Falana); Tekno Miles (Augustine Kelechi) andSkales (Raoul Njeng-Njeng) “Four other ambassadors are – Saka, (Hafiz Oyetoro); Nedu (Steve Onu); Osuofia (NkemOwoh) and Adamu Zango.”
MTN Executive, Amina Oyagbola spoke on the latest development.
She continued, “MTN remains proud to be associated with the growth and development of the careers of all our ambassadors, past and present,” she said. “We specially thank all our former ambassadors for their immense contributions to building our brand and also making us the network of choice in Nigeria. We will definitely continue to maintain the strong and mutually beneficial relationship with them through the monetisation of their content on all our digital platforms – MTN Music+, CRBT and VAS.”
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May your joy overflow! Happy New Month

Happy New Month my esteemed readers..

Can’t believe we are at the 9th rung of the ladder. We were in January some minutes ago, I think. It’s my birth month and I’m super excited.

May we grow from strength to strength and may our joy overflow this month and always.

Enjoy Grace

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Facebook founder, Mark Zuckerberg hangs out with Nigerian celebrities

The billion dollar gathering! American programmer, Internet entrepreneur and founder of Facebook, Mark Zuckerberg who arrived Nigeria on Tuesday and visited tech startups Andela as well as the Co-Creation Hub also hung out with some of Nigeria’s finest celebrities today.
Richard Mofe-Damijo, DJ Cuppy, Basketmouth, Rita Dominic, Chidinma, Yemi Alade and Kunle Afoloyan met with the 7th richest man in the world at
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93 Days 'Ebola' movie premieres at The Toronto International Film Festival

The hugely anticipated 93 Days ‘Ebola’ movie will be screened at the 2016 edition of The Toronto International Film Festival; an event which has an outstanding reputation for showing the best films from around the world. The movie premiere will take place at the TIFF on Friday, September 9th, 2016 at 9.30pm at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto, Ontario Canada.
93 Days has been labelled as one of the most important movies to come out of Nigeria. The true-life movie details the Ebola epidemic in Nigeria, which had the entire nation at a standstill.
The movie gives a true account of how Nigeria was faced with the first case of the Ebola Virus and the victory the country achieved when the disease was eradicated after 93 Days.
Ebola found its way to Nigeria when American-Liberian, Patrick Sawyer (Keppy Ekpeyong Bassey) collapsed at the Muritala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos and was rushed to First Consultant Hospital for exhibiting symptoms of fever. After careful observation, the team at First Consultant Hospital led by Dr Ameyo Adadevoh (Bimbo Akintola) believed Mr Sawyer’s illness was more severe than fever and not long enough; he was diagnosed with the Ebola Virus Disease. Then, the journey began on how to control the spread of the life-threatening virus that could result into a national outbreak.

“93 Days is a masterfully crafted incredible story of bravery and sacrifice and is definitely a must see. It showcases the best of Nigeria, it’s powerful, gripping and an emotive piece. I am proud. “ – Bolanle Austen Peters, Producer, 93 Days 
The suspense filled thriller directed by award-winning movie director, Steve Gukas features the best of international and African movie acts such as TIFF rising star, Somkele Iyamah Idhalama, Danny Glover, Tim Reid, Alastair Mackenzie, Bimbo Akintola, Keppy Ekpeyong Bassey, Bimbo Manuel, Charles Okafor, Tina Mba, Gideon Okeke, Paul Adams, Francis Onwochei amongst others.
93 Days is a powerful movie that details defeat, triumph, heroism and a country’s determination to protect its people. For the first time in Television history in Nigeria, and with the expertise of talented producers, cast and crew, Nigeria tells its own story through film.
The film produced by Steve Gukas, Pemon Rami, Bolanle Austen-Peters and Dotun Olakunri would be showing in cinemas nationwide from the 16th of September 2016.
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