Not every time bash Nollywood, sometimes give them props.
Because for every not-so-great movie and confusing translation…
People like Tunde Kelani, Stephanie Linus, Emem Isong and Kunle Afolayan come through with awesome movies that make us fall in love with Nollywood all over again.
After blessing us with The Figurine and the award winning October 1, Kunle Afolayan has made a new movie, titled The CEO, and it first premiered on a flight from Lagos to Paris.
One of the actors, Haitian Jimmy Jean Louise, (aka the hot guy from Phat Girls) who was in Nigeria for the official premiere of the movie couldn’t stop gushing about Nollywood and Nigeria.
According to him, Nigeria is one of Africa’s leading countries with the most potential and power. He even added that Nollywood has a better representation of African cinema. Nice!
The CEO movie should be a mind-blowing movie, anyway, we expect nothing short of perfection from Kunle Afolayan.
The movie which also features Angelique Kidjo, is about a group of top executives of a multi-national company who begin to die mysteriously during a short business trip. Watch the movie trailer here.
1. You, running to your squad when the lecturer lets you pick your group.
Can’t carry last.
2. How you feel when the lecturer picks the groups themselves:
NOOOOO!!!
3. When you get grouped with the class olodos.
Can’t fail with you people.
4. When you organize a group meeting and nobody shows up.
See my life.
5. Your group members waiting for you to do all the work:
Even topic idea they won’t drop.
6. This person in every group project:
See this one.
7. How you write your name when you end up doing all the work.
No time.
8. The person you didn’t even know was in your group that turns up on the last day like:
Who is this one?
9. When the person that didn’t do any work starts doing the most during the presentation.
Are you well?
10. How you look at them when they get asked a question they don’t know.
Oya talk na.
11. What group projects teach you:
The worst.
12. Your face, when they end up giving all of you the same grade.
Is it fair?
13. How you feel about your group members till this day:
The truth.
In case you didn’t know, The Nigerian Police recruitment short-list was released on June 2. A total of 338,227 candidates were selected for the final screening which started on June 6 as announced by the Chairman of the Police Service Commission, Mr Mike Okiro.
What makes this screening more interesting is that about 911,000 candidates initially applied for positions available for only 10,000 people.
On top of that, as reported by The News Agency of Nigeria, the spokesman of the Enugu state command of the Nigerian Police Force stated that over-aged people, those with some physical impediments and people with tattoos will be disqualified.
Although this screening shows how serious the unemployment rate has gotten, we have some questions.
Will those tattoos prevent them from keeping the law and order in the country?
Should officers be judged based on their appearances or how well they can do the job?
Or was this rule passed on the moral stereotype Nigerians have on tattoos?
Is it necessary to screen out people with disabilities even if they have useful skills necessary for the job?
What do you think about this rule? Share your thoughts in the comments section.
1. When people don’t believe you’re actually twins because you’re not identical.
Hian! Identical twins are not the only kind.
2. When people constantly refer to you as “the twins”.
We have names sha.
3. How people stare whenever you go out with your identical twin.
6. Your face, whenever someone calls your mother “Iya Ibeji”.
Hian!
7. When someone wishes your twin “happy birthday” and forgets you.
Ouch!
8. When your parents still try to buy you guys the same outfit.
You people should behave.
9. When you just let people call you your twin’s name because you don’t have energy to correct them.
I can’t, abeg.
10. When someone you’ve never met starts acting familiar and you realize it’s your twin they know.
Well, this is awkward.
11. You and your twin, whenever someone makes a P-Square joke.
Do better.
12. How you feel when you play tricks on people and they actually chop it:
Winning!
13. Whenever people ask “who is older?” and “…by how many minutes?”
How e take concern you?
14. Whenever someone tells you “I wish I had a twin.”
Why are you now telling me? Am I Jesus?
15. When you’re trying to convince someone that you’re you and not your twin.
STRESS!
16. When you do something bad and sharply blame it on your twin.
What are you now there for?
17. How you feel when even your own parents confuse you for your twin.
No be you born us again?
Co-written by Zikoko Contributor, Obeyaa Atta
This post isn’t here to bore you about how Nigeria has the highest rate of twins in the world. No, seriously, it’s not news.
It’s about a video that will definitely leave you in shock.
According to these British twin vloggers, there’s a “little place called Yoruba” which has the highest birth rate of twins in the world. Wait what?
After trying to explain how/why the Yoruba people name twins and pronouncing the twin names, Taiye and Kehinde, in the most ridiculous manner…
They ended the video with some “Yorubian folk music”.
What’s all this yama yama?
When foreigners try to explain African culture but fail at it.
In all honesty, they almost had it sha. But their reference to Yoruba as a place and description of Orlando Owoh’s music as “Yorubian folk music” is just unbearable.
Watch the full video here.
Which group of people keep winning at life while slaying at the same time? You got it right, they’re Nigerians! And in this case, Nigerian women.
Trailblazer in the media industry, Pearlena Igbokwe, has been named as the president of popular TV studio, Universal Television, the production branch of the NBC television network.
Pearlena was appointed after the former president, Bela Bajaria, suddenly left her job after 5 years on the job. This means she will be the first African American to lead a major TV studio.
The mother of 2 who migrated to the U.S with her parents at 6, first worked at NBC in 1985 while she was an undergraduate at Yale University.
Although she faced some of the challenges immigrants faced growing up in the U.S, she went on to excel in her studies and even bagged a Masters Degree from Columbia University.
Before she moved back to NBC in 2012, Pearlena was the Drama head at Showtime, a cable network under CBS network, where she was involved in the production of TV shows like Dexter and Nurse Jackie.
Her brilliant track record at the organisation was so impressive, the NBC president recognised her as the perfect fit for the job after Bela’s resignation. It’s no surprise as she was responsible for great shows like Chicago Med, Blacklist and Blindspot.
Congratulations to Pearlena and hopefully, many more awesome shows to come!
Welcome to the first edition of the Zikoko Podcast!
Turn up!
The Zikoko team are an outspoken bunch of young Nigerians and during one of our usual rants in the office, we came up with the idea to create a Zikoko podcast.
Where we share out thoughts and views on news, gist and various other topics on this thing called life.
So here is the first edition of our weekly podcast!
This week we discussed:
Harambe: The 17-year old Gorilla that was shot and killed
Our favourite albums of the year
TV shows we recommend
The Voice Nigeria
JAMB cut off mark
This year in Nigeria
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We hope you like it!
Kai! We know we don’t have home training at Zikoko, but some of you really need to kneel down and raise up your hand.
1. This commenter that accurately described Meek Mill.
2. This Linda Ikeji commenter concerned about Ini Edo’s well being.
3. This guy that is not even here for Yung6ix.
4. Lisa giving Aunty Toke makeup “advice”.
5. This subtle shade at Aunty Linda.
6. The marriage police that won’t even allow you miss someone in peace.
7. Hian! That last comment sha.
8. I won’t even lie, this was good advice.
9. NO WORDS!
10. This oversabi exchange rate calculator… dollar ti won.
11. That second commenter that renamed DPrince.
12. Nigerians and backhanded compliments sha.
13. That third commenter that is doing NLC for waist trainer.
The Minister of Education, Adamu Adamu, on June 2 announced that the Post-UTME screening which is usually organised by tertiary institutions for candidates who passed the JAMB cut-off will now be scrapped.
He also added that the the new JAMB cut-off mark will be fixed at 180 for all tertiary institutions except Unilag, UI and OAU whose scores will remain at 200.
According to him, it is not necessary for universities to organise additional entrance exams and the JAMB exam is a sufficient screening process.
Nigerians reacted to this new development and some thought JAMB itself should be scrapped.
If there is anything that should be scrapped it is Jamb itself. Let universities be able to set their exams and admit the students they want
