Sugar Rush is a Nollywood crime comedy produced by Jade Osiberu and directed by Kayode Kasum. Sugar Rush features Adesua Etomi-wellington, Bisola Aiyeola and Bimbo Ademoye.

Comedy movies seem to have more room to flounder than other genres. If the scenes for laughs are done well, it can paper over any cracks in the other aspects of the film. It might not be a masterpiece, but it would be definitely memorable. But of my expectations of Jade Osiberu’s Sugar Rush, anticipating a full-on comedy wasn’t one of them. There would always be the comedy aside – which appears in basically every Nollywood pic – but a full-on comedy wasn’t envisaged.

Sugar Rush is Kasum’s first attempt at a crime comedy and he does an impressive job directing the technical aspect of the movie. The detailing of camera angles, visual effects are a tell-tale sign of Kasum’s brilliance. Although Sugar Rush is an intentional, well-articulated piece of onscreen art, the movie is anything but a perfect comedy.

READ FULL REVIEW HERE: http://biyitolu.com.ng/jade-osiberus-sugar-rush-nollywood-movie-review/

Funke Akindele’s Your Excellency, does well, unlike the recent Nigerian ‘comedies’ – and I use comedies loosely here- that have dominated the Nigerian cinemas in recent years. The premise for Your Excellency seems like one that actual thought went into its birthing. The movie follows Chief Olalekan Ajadi – Akin Lewis – a billionaire businessman and failed presidential candidate, who goes on his fourth and final attempt at becoming president. An, unarguably, inept and unlikely candidate, Ajadi’s fortune, unexpectedly, turns for good – cheers to the third time being the charm. An incident that should have been a mishap and signaled the end of Ajadi’s dream, does the reverse and sways public admiration and support in his favor.

Like I said earlier, the premise of the movie was well-thought-out. However, in my opinion, the plotting didn’t particularly do justice to the premise. The need to infuse certain ‘Nigerian comedy tropes,’ – stuffs the audience might expect/have shown they like – derailed the plot substantially. Consequently, Funke Akindele’s Your Excellency bordered dangerously close around the tropes of ‘slapstick comedy’ but successfully manages not to be completely ruined by it.

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Chinonye Chukwu’s Clemency, a death row drama written and directed by the filmmaker herself has been selected to screen at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival. The festival, regarded as one of the most influential film festivals in the world, screens more than 300 films from over 60 countries, and draws in an estimated 400,000 attendees annually.


Clemency premiered earlier this year at the sundance film festival and with it, Chinonye Chukwu set the record of being the first black woman to win the festival’s biggest prize, the Grand Jury Prize.

Chinonye Chukwu’s Clemency stars Alfre Woodard as Bernadine Williams, a prison warden struggling with the emotional demands of her job.

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After two seasons away in South Africa, MTV Shuga Naija season 4 is set to premiere. The cast for the new season was recently unveiled at a press briefing. Anticipation for the new season is high, and while we wait for the new season, here are 5 things we know about the upcoming MTV Shuga Naija season 4:

1. Tope Oshin is the director behind the highly anticipated fourth season. She will be joined in the directing department by Tolulope Ajayi and Daniel Ademinokan.


2. Per usual, the new season of the show will see some old faces return while there will be new faces joining the fray. Some of the new faces that will be joining MTV Shuga Naija Season 4 include Big Brother Naija alum, Tobi Bakre, fast-rising Nollywood actress Omowunmi Dada and Sharon Jatto.

3. Old characters reprising their roles include the likes of Tobi (Timini Egbuson), Frances (Chinaza Akubueze) and Faa (Adebukola Oladipupo).

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Ever since Burna Boy announced the release of his upcoming album, African Giant, he’s released two successful singles and gotten featured on
Beyoncé’s new The Lion King-inspired album, The Lion King: The Gift.

At this point, with the release of his album drawing even closer – the album drops on July 26, it is almost safe to say the stars have aligned for Burna Boy. The Port Harcourt born Afro-fusion singer recently made an appearance on Emmy-winning American talk show, Jimmy Kimmel Live. Burna Boy performed his recently released single, anybody, to the inhouse audience at the show’s taping.

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NdaniTV has released OGA! Pastor, a brand new web-series featuring fast-rising Nollywood actors including Ini Dima – Okojie, Uzor Arukwe, Pearl Okorie, Jimmy Odukoya.

Set in the city of Lagos, the series follows the life of Deoye Gesinde, a young clergyman and founder of a fast-growing Church, GGBC. Deoye struggles with balancing the needs of his family, the needs of the Church and his own personal needs. The tough balancing act soon keeps him in the bondage of people’s expectations and the high standards he has set for himself.

In episode 1, Pastor Deoye Gesinde has a confession to make that will shake his congregation to its very core.

Watch!


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Nana and Kunle's spats seem unending, and the pressure to have a baby becomes real when Nana's mother visits the couple. Olaitan Gesinde starts a support group for women within GCBC.


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Photographer and wife of Famous singer Timi Dakolo sits with Chude Jideonwo for a very revealing conversation about her polygamous childhood, her conservative christian adolescence and the religious shift that would put her in the path of a predator. This whole account will leave you speechless.


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Things seem to be going from bad to worse for embattled Coza Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo. The pastor recently announced he would be stepping down from the pulpit as a result of rape allegations levied against him by the wife of popular Nigerian musician, Timi Dakolo. While the air is yet to clear as regards Bukola's allegations, another former staff of the church has, in a sitdown with Chude Jideonwo, come out with fresh allegations of molestation from the pastor. Watch Below.


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In case you are yet to see Bukola Dakolo's full interview where she revealed her experience in the hands of Pastor Biodun Fatoyinbo, you can watch it here too.


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The Delivery Boy is a film by renowned Nigerian cinematographer, Adekunle ‘Nodash’ Adejuyigbe. The film premiered at the 2018 edition of Nollywood Week Paris. Since its world premiere, The Delivery Boy has screened at various international and local film festivals.

FILM SYNOPSIS

Amir, a young orphan raised in an extremist group, runs away on the eve of a suicide mission, taking his bomb vest with him. He has a mission of his own. On his way, he runs into Nkem, a young prostitute escaping a lynch mob for a crime committed while trying to get money to save her dying brother. Before the night is over, they traverse the underbelly of the Nigerian metropolis as they search for their identities, their stolen pasts, money, and any semblance of peace they can find.

Here are 3 reasons you should consider watching The Delivery Boy.

1. It Was Awarded ‘Best Nigerian Film’ at The Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) 2018

For The delivery boy to have been adjudged the Best Nigerian Film at a prestigious festival such as AFRIFF, a festival that boasts the best of the best in its selection, then the filmmakers must have done something right, making the film definitely worth seeing.

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Dare Olaitan’s Knock Out Blessing tells an intriguing tale about three girls on an adventure to survive, which takes them down a path that leads into the criminal sector of Nigeria’s political underworld.

Here are four reasons why I think you should see Dare Olaitan’s Knock Out Blessing.

1. It’s Dare Olaitan’s Much Anticipated Sophomore Project.

Saying that Filmmaker, Dare Olaitan, wowed us with his debut film, Ojukokoro (greed), would be stating the obvious. As at the time of the movie’s release, Dare Olaitan, fresh from film school, was an unknown name in Nollywood. All that would change starting from when Ojukokoro started showing across cinemas Nationwide. The movie was greeted with rave reviews, birthing great anticipation for his sophomore project. And now we have Dare Olaitan’s Knock Out Blessing, the project we’ve been anticipating!


2. The Movie Actually Has An Intriguing Trailer.

Just in case the first point feels hugely sentimental to you, here’s a more logical argument. As far as movie trailers are concerned, I daresay Knock Out Blessing’s is one of the best from Nollywood this year. It isn’t the “conventional” blandly pieced movie highlight reel we get many times. Quite the contrary, Knock Out Blessing’s trailer looks well thought out and properly executed. The trailer elicits emotions and successfully creates a hunger for the movie in the viewer – at least, it did for me. Well, all that is one the one hand. Right on the other hand, I do know from experience not to judge a movie solely by its trailer. But that notwithstanding, the trailer for Knock Out Blessing just makes you want to throw caution to the wind…

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God calling is a 2018 faith-based thriller produced by BB Sasore of “Before 30” and “Banana Island Ghost” fame. The movie opens in cinemas nationwide on 21 December, 2018. Here are 5 reasons why you should go see the movie.

1. To A Very Large Extent, The Movie Is A First Of Its Kind In Nollywood.
Let’s be clear on one thing, I mean absolutely no disrespect to the Mount Zions of this world. With that being said, properly executed faith films have been a rarity in Nollywood, especially in the cinema era. The mere fact that God Calling seeks to fill that void makes it worth seeing.

2. The Quality Of The Movie’s Special Effects Are Praiseworthy
One of the things that have heightened anticipation and critical praise for God Calling is its special effects. The movie’s trailer shows a couple of properly executed and appetite-whetting CGI and practical effects scenes from the movie.

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King of Boys is a political crime thriller written and directed by Nigerian movie/music video director, Kemi Adetiba. The movie tells the story of female criminal underworld leader, Eniola Salami’s – played by Sola Sobowale – rise to power and her travails as the ‘King of Boys.’ Now, let’s review the movie.

GENRE

It’s really no news that movies other than comedies – slapsticks, majorly – are becoming a dying breed in Nigerian cinemas nowadays. King of Boys is one of such rare Nollywood films that do not fit into that booming comedy mold. Kemi Adetiba doesn’t settle for the guarantee of commercial success that these comedies, in recent times, have proven to possess. Rather, she damns the consequences and delivers a compelling political crime thriller. The movie, in this regard, was a breath of fresh air, making the writer/director more than deserving of praise.

PLOT

King of Boys was woven around a very interesting premise. The protagonist, Eniola Salami, had, up until now, successfully run the criminal underworld, discreetly handling dirty jobs for top politicians. For unrevealed reasons, she decides the next step was to get her a seat at the political table. She gets assured by her political connects that her desires would become reality. However, when time came for them to deliver on their promise, they, in characteristic fashion, disappoint Eniola. This leaves for an embittered, enraged and battle ready, Alhaja Eniola Salami as the first act of the movie concludes.

However, as the second act of the movie kicks off the plot begins to slowly veer off course. Rather than see Alhaja Eniola go to war with her newly made enemies, the plots shifts to a power tussle between her and one of the ‘boys’ she is supposed to be ‘kinging’ over, in the person of recalcitrant Makanaki, played by indigenous rapper, Reminisce.

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shaku shaku is a Nigerian dance step that started gaining grounds around the tail end of the year 2017. Presently, shaku shaku is the in vogue dance in most areas of the country. As of this moment, shaku shaku ranks, arguably, as one of the longest reigning Nigerian dance steps of contemporary times. The dance was made popular by Nigerian indigenous rapper, Olamide, with the release of his 2018 hit song, Science Students. Following the release of the song, the internet went agog with videos of fans doing the shaku shaku to the song. Even celebrities weren’t left out, as a lot of notable celebrities also shared videos of themselves doing the shaku shaku.

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As at the time of writing this, there’s been no confirmation of a Skinny Girl In Transit 5 from NdaniTv. However, in one of the posts on my blog- http://biyitolu.com.ng/ -post, I talked about NdaniTv teasing a new season of the show. Judging from the post’s performance, I believe it’s safe to say people really want Skinny Girl In Transit 5.

This perceived high expectation got me thinking on possible plot lines that wouldn’t leave the audience disappointed. What I ended up with was three crazy – read unlikely-to-happen – possible plot ideas for the probable new season of the show. And in this blog post, I’ll be sharing those ideas with you. So, to bring more spice to Skinny Girl In Transit 5, how about we…


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We’ve seen television series’ like Desperate Housewives Africa, Fifty, Dere, Sons Of The Caliphate, The Governor from EbonylifeTv, yes. However, the newest show from the production powerhouse, Castle & Castle, is unlike every of those previous shows. The upcoming series isn’t your regular everyday Nigerian television series. Castle & Castle, the new series, is unique in that it is the first indigenously produced Nigerian legal drama series. The show debuts July 1, 2018, and will be exclusive to EbonyLife’s new streaming platform, EbonyLifeOn.


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Castle & Castle is largely the about the story of a gorgeous married couple, ‘Remi Castle’ and her husband, Tega – lawyers who run a successful practice in Lagos. The two met 20 years ago when he taught her in law school.
A former law professor, Tega is passionate about human rights. However, as the years have gone by and the nature of the firm has changed, he has had to fight extra-hard to get such cases. Remi is a beautiful, brilliant woman who love her husband, but they have different legal interests. She, unlike her husband, prefers clients with deep pockets and pay massive retainers.

Their marriage is put to the test, as a host of family issues crop up and affect their work. Viewers will see the couple band together against outsiders and fight each other when their individual desires clash. Will their marriage survive Castle & Castle? Or, will it succumb to the pressures of their work environment?

Castle & Castle is produced by Isioma Osaje and Temidayo Abudu for EbonyLife Tv. The directing of the series is handled by Niyi Akinmolayan, Tope Oshin, and Kenneth Gyang.

The series features Richard Mofe-Damijo, Dakore Egbuson-Akande, and, making his acting debut, Fashion personality, Denola Grey. Other actors on the series include Blossom Chukwujekwu, Eku Edewor, Deyemi Okanlawon, Ade Laoye, Dorcas Shola-Fapson, Anee Icha, Daniel Etim Effiong, Tomike Alayande, Mawuli Gavor, BellaRose Okojie, amongst others.

Whether or not a person will succeed as a blogger is dependent on a whole lot of factors. One of those factors is possessing the required mental traits for success as a blogger. It would be counterproductive to set out on this journey without possessing the appropriate habits. What are these required traits for blogging success? Here are some of the traits that are common to successful bloggers.

1. A WILLINGNESS TO LEARN NEW STUFF
Blogging requires a lot of skill sets, many of which you probably might lack. The easy way out is to outsource for every area of your weakness, but that will cost you more. The alternative to this is to be open to learn new things and acquire new skills. Note, you don't necessarily have to become a grandmaster with these skill sets. You just need to know enough to make your blog thrive. I've had to learn a lot of things myself, and I’m all the better for it. Trust me, being willing to learn will definitely help you succeed as a blogger and, also, help your finances.


2. DON'T BE AFRAID OF BEING OPENLY VULNERABLE.
For a lot of us bloggers, we didn't start out anywhere near perfect. I know for sure that I didn't. And, for that, I could have considered my imperfections and decided to hold back, and it would have been understandable. Since proceeding with my imperfections would have meant I’d be more susceptible to criticism at best, rejection at worse. But to succeed as a blogger, you mustn’t cave to the fear of ever leaving yourself vulnerable. Sometimes, you’ll just have to damn the consequences and let your vulnerabilities show through. You must come to that place where you choose to take your chances, your vulnerabilities notwithstanding.

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That production was wrapped for Gidi Up season 3 was one news bit that had me excited for 2017. Though no particular date was announced, news of the shows imminent return was reason enough to be excited. A trailer was even released for the long awaited follow up to Gidi up season 2. As you must have guessed, I was, like many other fans of the show, uber excited.

Sadly, the excitement fizzled when, about a month later, news of a fire razing Ndani Tv’s office down made rounds. Following the unfortunate incidence, the producers, NdaniTv quietly pulled the trailer down from their YouTube page, and since then… There’s been no news concerning the return of Gidi Up. While we await an official announcement, I’ll share a couple of the reasons I’m eagerly anticipating Gidi Up Season 3.


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Undoubtedly, Nigerian web series are awesome. Hence, the possibility of Nigerian audience members becoming stuck with indigenous digital content. However, outside the borders of Nigeria and on the African continent, there are content creators doing awesome stuffs too. If you ever decide to explore outside the box, these are some African web series you should definitely check out.


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Castle & Castle, EbonyLife Tv's latest television series, and Nigeria's first legal drama series, debuted on the first of July 2018, exclusive to EbonyLife Tv's streaming platform, EbonyLifeOn.

In this video, after a careful review of the Castle & Castle trailer, I enumerate 6 things that can be expected from the show. Hopefully, my guesses are right.


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The anticipation for Marvel studio’s latest movie offering, Black Panther is, by far, the hugest I have witnessed for a movie in my lifetime. Even before the Black Panther trailer was made available, awareness had already been created to a commendable level. Word of mouth publicity had gone ahead and achieved more than some movies have achieved with properly optimized marketing campaigns. The pre-release buzz did a whole lot to create hunger and expectation in the audience for this movie.
Following the movie’s release, audience reaction was split. On the one hand, some audience members felt like the movie lived up to the hype that preceded it. Members of this camp believe so much that the pre-release buzz was very worth it. However, right, on the other hand, there were audience members who felt like the hype was too much and deceptive. Members of this camp argue that the movie did not really live up to the high-expectations it pre-release buzz had created. Which of these camps do I belong in? I want to believe the title of this video must have already given away the fact that I belong to the latter camp.
Yes, Black Panther was a great movie, but, in my personal opinion, the hype was too much. I believe, seeing how I’d never witnessed such buzz for a movie before, I ended up expecting way too much. In this video, I’ll share reasons why you should not bother about seeing Black Panther.
P.S. This is not a Black Panther review video.


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MTV Shuga Naija Season 6 episode 1 was made available on the show’s official YouTube page last night. From all that was revealed in the first episode, I will be making some wild guesses about what the remainder of the season will probably look like. Be reminded, these are just guesses. Hopefully, I don’t end up making a fool of myself. Let’s get into it then, shall we now? Enjoy.


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11. 10 Nigerian Web Series You Should Watch
This video highlights the best web series content produced by Nigerian web content creators.

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10. Female Nigerian Novelists You Should Know
This video highlights Nigerians best female novelists. These females have successfully put our literature on the map.

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