The Phenomenon of Nollywood in Film Studies

The sociocultural phenomenon of Nollywood, the video film industry in Nigeria known for guerrilla filmmaking has attracted foreign journalists, film scholars and students even before the coinage of the name "Nollywood" by the New York Times in 2002.

Nollywood rebranded the global image of Nigeria by showing the amazing creativity and ingenuity of Nigerians who started the first revolution in independent filmmaking in Africa with no-budget or Bootstrap budget home videos of Nigerian drama.
The first home video hit movie, "Living in Bondage" that was released in 1992 has been erroneously called the inaugural Nollywood movie by many foreign journalists and scholars who did not do enough research before publishing their reports and were ignorant of the home videos of Yoruba and Hausa producers .
Following the success of "Living in Bondage",  the National Film and Video Censors Board was set up by Act No.85 of 1993 to regulate the production of the home videos.

Restructuring: Jonathan, Governor Dickson and Top Ijaw Leaders Call for Sincere Implementation of APC Report

Governor of Bayelsa State, Hon. Seriake Dickson (right) explains a point to former President Goodluck Jonathan (left) during a high level consultative meeting of Ijaw leaders in Yenagoa. Photo by Lucky Francis (PRNewsfoto/The Governor's ...

LAGOS, Nigeria, February 2, 2018 /PRNewswire/ --

Restructuring: Jonathan, Governor Dickson and Top Ijaw Leaders Call for Sincere Implementation of APC Report

The Governor of Bayelsa State, Honourable Henry Seriake Dickson, on Thursday led a high powered delegation of Ijaw leaders to former President, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan  to deliberate on the All Progressives Congress Committee's report on Restructuring.
 
Jonathan, the Governor and the top Ijaw leaders called on President Muhammadu Buhari and the leadership of the All Progressives Congress to be sincere with the implementation of the recommendations of the party's committee led by Governor Nasir El Rufai of Kaduna State.

Taking Nollywood To 24 Million Blockchain Wallet Users

Taking Nollywood To 24 Million Blockchain Wallet Users

On Friday, February 2, 2018, I honoured the important invitation of the Nollywood Studies Centre of the School of Media and Communication at the Pan-Atlantic University (PAU) in Ibeju Lekki, Lagos state. We want #Nollywood to benefit from the great opportunities in #blockchain film distribution in the global film industry.

I met with Mrs. Chioma Anokwuru. Manager, Nollywood Studies Centre and her colleagues, Mrs. Temitope Falade, Cpmmunications Manager, Mr. Kenneth Esere, Director, SMC Media and Mr. San Igbedion, Media Production Officer. And later I met Dr. Ikechukwu Obiaya, Dean of the School of Media and Communication.

Largest Yellow Fever Vaccination Campaign in Nigeria's History Under Way – UN Health Agency

Largest Yellow Fever Vaccination Campaign in Nigeria's History Under Way – UN Health Agency

NEW YORK, 25 January 2018 / PRN Africa / -- The Nigerian Government launched a mass vaccination campaign in alliance with the World Health Organization (WHO) on Thursday, aiming to immunize more than 25 million people before the end of this year.

More Flee Cameroon's English-Speaking Areas To Nigeria

More Flee Cameroon's English-Speaking Areas To Nigeria

UN concerned over safety of women and children

NEW YORK, 19 January 2018 / PRN Africa / -- As swelling numbers of people flee English-speaking areas of Cameroon for Nigeria, the United Nations on Friday expressed concern over the precarious situation of women and children, which make now up about 80 per cent of the approximately 10,000 registered refugees in eastern Nigeria's Cross River state.

“Some of these are boys and girls who fled to Nigeria  alone,” William Spindler, spokesperson for the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) told reporters at the regular press briefing in Geneva, adding that unaccompanied and separated children are particularly vulnerable.

KBR Awarded Contract by Indorama for Ammonia Plant in Nigeria

KBR Awarded Contract by Indorama for Ammonia Plant in Nigeria

HOUSTON, Jan. 24, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- KBR, Inc. (NYSE: KBR) announced today that it has been awarded a contract from Indorama Eleme Fertilizer & Chemicals Limited (Indorama) and Toyo Engineering Corporation (Toyo) for the Train 2 ammonia plant at Indorama's Port Harcourt site in Nigeria.

Official Launching of Fans Time as the First Blockchain Project of Global Fan Economy

Official Launching of Fans Time as the First Blockchain Project of Global Fan Economy
       
NEW YORK, Jan. 27, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- In 2017, the gross output of global pan-entertainment industry reached more than USD 300 billion, of which, the movie box office market exceeded USD 40 billion (the gross output in China and the United States accounted for 50%); the performing market exceeded USD 10 billion; the TV drama market exceeded USD 30 billion. Among the global e-commerce markets with values up to USD 25 trillion, net economic benefits driven by the Internet celebrity exceed USD 15 billion. These economic figures are inseparable from the shaping of core IP value and the driving effect of various "fan" consumers. With the era of global fan economy 2.0 arriving, IP value and the scale of fan economy industry will also increase rapidly.

Producers Deserve 70% of Revenues from Film Distribution of their Movies

Producers Deserve 70% of Revenues from Film Distribution of their Movies

I have been saying that indie producers of movies deserve 70% of all revenues from the distribution of their content on OTT streaming platforms, cable TV and cinemas.
 

Film distributors and exhibitors make a lot money from:
√ Millions of subscribers of VOD platforms
√ Cable TV channels
√ Cinemas
√ Advertisements
√ Movie Merchandising

They become millionaires and billionaires while majority of the indie producers remain poor.
In Nigeria, making enough to buy a second hand SUV and live in a duplex does not mean you have arrived to hobnob with the Joneses as many Nigerian filmmakers and actors think; posing and posturing as "Big Boys" and "Big Girls" in Nollywood and Kannywood.
Who is fooling whom?

The famous Nigerian child celebrity, 7 year-old Emmanuella of Mark Angel Comedy on YouTube is making more money than many of the producers, actors and "slay queens" in Nollywood and Kannywood. And the popular Nigerian hip hop artistes are richer than them, because they are making more money from the revenues of their singles, mixtapes, LPs and music videos on YouTube while the producers and actors in Nollywood and Kannywood are lamenting and whining about poor returns and movie piracy.

A beach scene in "Lagos in Motion" romantic documentary film by Ekenyerengozi Michael Chima.

MainOne Partners with WACREN To Boost Connectivity in Research and Education Institutions

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MainOne partners with West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) to boost connectivity in research and education institutions

The reliable internet connectivity solution provided by MainOne guarantees a sustainable high-capacity data network that serves higher education and research institutions across the region

LAGOS, Nigeria, January 24, 2018/ -- Following a highly competitive and non-discriminatory bidding process involving leading communications operators in Africa, leading Connectivity and Data Center solutions provider, MainOne (www.MainOne.net) has emerged winner of a 15-year contract with the West and Central African Research and Education Network (WACREN) (www.WACREN.net) to provide high-speed bandwidth services. WACREN, the regional research and education network (REN) that facilitates interconnections between national RENs in West and Central Africa will use MainOne to provide high-speed backbone data services including internet access to schools, colleges and universities, research and the general academic community across West and central Africa.

Dangote’s Multi-Million Naira Unibadan Business School Ready Soon

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Dangote’s Multi-Million Naira Unibadan Business School Ready Soon

This venture is part of a N2 billion investment by the Aliko Dangote Foundation, across various institutions, in support of Tertiary education in Nigeria

LAGOS, Nigeria, January 23, 2018/ -- Foremost entrepreneur, Aliko Dangote has assured that the N250 million University of Ibadan Business School being constructed by him would soon be ready for commissioning.

The business mogul is also constructing same type of project in the Bayero University Kano (BUK) and will be ready for hand over to the university management anytime from now.