New Artworks and New NFTs on Senator Ben Murray-Bruce and Segun Agbaje

Senator Ben Murray-Bruce, OON is the Founder and Chairman of The Silverbird Group. 

The Silverbird Group is a diversified multi-media company with holdings in Communication, Real Estate, and Cinemas.The company was established in 1980 by Ben Murray-Bruce. The group owns the Silverbird TV,  Silverbird Cinemas, the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) pageant and Mr Nigeria Contest . Its business divisions are : Silverbird Properties, Silverbird Film Distribution, Silverbird Communications,,Silverbird Production and Dream Magic Studios. 

Ben Murray- Bruce is known as the King of Entertainment in Nigeria for being the number one showbiz impresario straight after his graduation from the University of South Carolina in the United States of American in 1979, he started his popular Silverbird Productions in 1980 and brought top African American R&B, funk and disco acts for sold out live concerts in Lagos, including Kool & the Gang, Delegation, Rafael Cameron. SOLAR (the Sound of Los Angeles Records) artistes, Shalamar, Dynasty, The Whispers, Lakeside and Carrie Lucas. Then launched his Silverbird Group having the Miss Universe Nigeria Pageant, Miss Intercontinental Pageant and the most popular annual Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) that discovered Ibiagbanidokibubo Asenite 'Agbani' Darego, MFR, a Nigerian model who was crowned Miss World in 2001. The first black African to win the Miss World beauty pageant.

He was appointed as Director-General of Nigerian Television Authority (NTA) from 1999 to 2003. 

As a frontline member of the People's Democratic Party (PDP), he was elected to the Senate of the Federal Republic of  Nigeria in March 2015, representing the Bayelsa East Senatorial District, in Bayelsa State.

He is the owner of the Silverbird Galleria in Lagos opened the Silverbird Cinemas with the first multiplex of five screens in Nigeria and more cinemas in Abuja, Uyo, Warri and Port Harcourt. .The Silverbird Communications Limited of the Silverbird Group has the biggest and largest private radio and TV network in West Africa comprising the Rhythm 93.7 FM in Lagos, 93.7 FM Port Harcourt, Rhythm 94.7 FM in Abuja, Rhythm 93.7 FM Jos, Rhythm 95.7 FM Awka, and Rhythm 93.7 FM Benin.

He is a member of the Black Music Association of America with Quincy Jones, Dick Griffey, Stevie Wonder and Executive Director of the Coalition for a Free Africa with the late President Samora Machel of Mozambique.  He is a member of the Board of National Arts Theatre (BNT), Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC), Federal Films Censors Board (FFCB), National Film Distribution Company (NFDC) and Nigerian Anti- Piracy Action Committee(NAPAC).

Segun Julius Agbaje (born Olusegun Agbaje; 1964) is the Group Chief Executive Officer of Guaranty Trust Holding Company Plc (also known as GTCO PLC) a multinational financial services group, that offers retail and investment banking, pension management, asset management and payments services, headquartered in Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria. He is also a Director of PepsiCo and member of the Mastercard Advisory Board, Middle East and Africa.

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‘The Merge’ remains the most expensive NFT of all time. It was sold at $91.8 million during the month of December 2021.

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NFTs are non-fungible, meaning the owner is the only one who has ownership of the thing. These properties are distinctive and unique because they confirm the validity of a non-fungible asset.

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They are available for art auctions, exhibitions and sales in Naira, US$, Euro€, £ pound sterling.

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The Best and Biggest International Acquisition for NIgerian Content in 2021 Happened on Vuulr

The best and biggest international acquisition deal for Nollywood in 2021 happened on Vuulr

On Vuulr, over 68 hours of NIgerian content was bought by a leading OTT platform in North America and more movies were acquired by an Asian video streaming and video on demand platform, one of the biggest and largest video streaming services in the world with over 280 million users globally and has a streaming library of over 150,000 hours across 12 languages worldwide.

Other major international acquisition, distribution and production deals in 2021 included Lionsgate's acquisition of "A Soldier's Story 2" for video on demand and television distribution across the United States and Canada; Silverbird Group's US$50 mllion deal with AAA Entertainment of South Africa to develop and produce a series of cinematic African feature films in Africa; Kemi Adetiba's deal with Netflix for "King Of Boys: The Return Of The King" political thriller in a seven-part project that is Netflix's first Original Series from Nigeria; Walt Disney Animation Studios and the Kugali Media's Disney Plus Original Series “Iwájú” and lest I forget BBC Studios signed a development deal with Mo Abudu's EbonyLife for a six-part heist crime thriller, "Reclaim".

These groundbreaking deals for content producers in Nollywood and the Nigerian film industry have made International headlines and I am expecting more international acquisition and distribution of NIgerian movies and series in 2022.

The Invocation and Eternal close the 2nd Eko International Film Festival

The international award winning film Eternal closed the second Eko International Film Festival in Lagos on Thursday July 14, 2011.

Thursday July 14, 2011.



The Invocation and Eternal close the 2nd Eko International Film Festival

Emmanuel Itier’s dialectical spiritual documentary The Invocation and Chike Ibekwe’s melodramatic metaphysical drama Eternal closed the second edition of the annual Eko International Film Festival (EKOIFF) Thursday morning at the Silverbird Cinemas of the Silverbird Galleria on Victoria Island, Lagos.

International award winning documentaries, features and short films from Nigeria, Europe and the U.S. were screened from the opening last Saturday July 9 to the closing day on Thursday July 14. The free event attracted leading stakeholders in Nollywood, including top filmmakers, journalists, film critics and the public who had to come to the venue even in the downpour and flood of a very wet season in the coastal mega city of Nigeria, the hub of Africa’s first film industry rated as the second largest in the world by UNESCO.

The President of Eko International Film Festival, Mr. Hope Obioma Opara thanked the Silverbird Group for providing a very conducive venue at the Silverbird Galleria and promoting the event on Silverbird TV, Rhythm FM 93.7 and supporting his company Supple Communications Limited to organize a successful film festival. He also appreciated the morale support of the Nigerian press for the highly commendable news coverage of the event and promises that the third edition next year will be better with the cooperation and support of more participants and sponsors.

“Hopefully, we are going to have corporate sponsors for the third edition in 2012. In fact the preparation for the next one has already begun,” said Mr. Opara. He reemphasized that the mission of Eko International Film Festival is to promote the best interests of Nollywood and use the film festival to make Lagos State a major tourist destination in the world as the famous Cannes Film Festival is doing for France.

The Founder/Festival Director Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima appreciated the outstanding quality of the submitted films from both local and international filmmakers; notably Faruk Lasaki’s romantic thriller Changing Faces, Iara Lee’s socio-political documentary Cultures of Resistance, Emmanuel Itier’s intellectual and spiritual documentary The Invocation, Chike Ibekwe’s metaphysical drama Eternal, Joseph Ugochukwu Ubaka’s engaging urban crime thriller Lilies of the Ghetto and Kayode Ibisankale’s well researched documentary on the Yoruba’s Talking Drum Dundun.

“The enthusiasm of filmmakers to participate in Eko International Film Festival is our greatest encouragement, because what makes a successful film festival is the quality of the films. But, with corporate sponsors we would be able to screen more international award winning films next year and host the filmmakers,” said Michael Chima.

Happy 30th Anniversary Silverbird Group of Nigeria!

Silverbird Group

Ben Murray-BRUCE



24/7 Nigeria wishes Silverbird Group happy 30th Anniversary and we are proud of the “Mr. Entertainment of Nigeria” Ben Murray-Bruce, the founder and Chairman of the Silverbird Group who is a fellow old boy of the Publisher/Editor of 24/7 Nigeria.

President Goodluck Jonathan of Nigeria is the Special Guest of Honour and joined hundreds of other invited guests at the New Convention Centre, Eko Hotel and Suites in Victoria Island, Lagos, and the venue of the 30th Anniversary celebration. Party on the Moon from the United States of America thrilled the audience minutes ago.

Silverbird brought the best African American musical acts to perform live in Nigeria from the early 1980s. Ben Murray-Bruce brought Kool & the Gang, Whispers, Shalamar, Dynasty, Lakeside and other popular acts. I was at The Gong Show in Fantasy Night Club where Majek Fajek and other popular musicians were discovered.

Silverbird is most famous for the celebrated Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria(MBGN) beauty pageant and discovered Miss. Darego Agbani who became the first black African Miss World in 2001.

Silverbird Group’s MBGN’s Darego Agbani crowned as Miss World in 2001.

Silverbird Group include Rhythm 93.7 FM stations, Silverbird TV network, Silverbird Cinemas in Nigeria, Ghana, Kenya, Zambia, Silverbird Galleria in Lagos, Showtime Mall in Port Harcourt, Silverbird Entertainment Centre (SEC) in Abuja, and other businesses in the conglomerate.

Congratulations Silverbird Group and May the Almighty God continue to bless and increase you 24/7.

Faithfully,
Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima
Publisher/CEO
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