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Brave lad. He's done what many of us want to do but are too scared to.

Rest on from this miserable world

I miss all those Cadbury Breakfast TV shows and cartoons on Saturday mornings

blowjohn:
Maria Los Angeles
No one but you
Secret of the sand
The miser
Santa Barbara
Egoli place of gold
The rich also cry
Days of our lives

Chai. You just reminded me of Days of our lives.

Didi2d:
I no see, Tales by mood light 😢


What really happened to this life, things have changed.

The mood, the aura, the feeling, the music, even the atmosphere was different from what we have now. I miss the good old days. Seeing those pictures makes me want to cry.

Smartphones and social media happened.

These were the major catalyst that drew everybody away from the streets and away from the TV and killed tv entertainment

Afrojuju2017:


Most other stadiums you are using as reference are owned and funded by large sporting teams with billions in revenue, the few ones like old Trafford that are council/city owned are in poor state.

So I salute these state governments who are using limited public funds.

The stadium I referenced in the picture are all in Morroco

These structures don't even look appealing. They're just basic and cheap

Why can't we have world class, exotic structures that grace our skylines and adds to the beauty of our cities like other countries even in Africa?

This is why we need a secure, working country. A country where we can travel and go on vacations within Nigeria instead of outside.

Nigerians shouldn't be receiving insults and chased away from all over Africa and beyond when everything we need to live comfortably is right here.

This is a country people should be begging to travel to, not running away from

That was big money then oh

Not at all

It turns the whole thing into a public performance and show and destroys the intimacy of the moment

announcement:
Are you saying Yorubas have many billionaires than expected than Igbo day to produce quality films?

Not at all. There are lots Igbo producers behind many of the blockbuster movies of recent times, like Charles Okpaleke, Chinaza Onuzo, Kenechukwu Egbue e.t.c. Because most of these movies are set in Lagos, it makes people assume they're all yoruba movies.

If you look through the credits of these movies, you'll see cast and crew members from different parts of Nigeria.

We also have lots of producers from other tribes making good movies largely set in Lagos. Like
Moses Inwang, Jade Osiberu, Eku Edewor, Desmond Ovbiagele, Izu Ojukwu, Adonijah Owiriwa, Timini Egbuson, Ayo Makun

Their movies aren NOT "yoruba movies" just because they were shot in Lagos to give the movies a more cosmopolitan appeal

FSBoperator:
It all comes down to the script.

Nobody will invest millions to shoot a shitty movie set in a village somewhere in the SE that is centred on betrayal , jealousy and voodoo superstition.

People want to be entertained about modern relations to everyday modern living.

Good point. Those same "shitty movies" depicts African traditional beliefs and superstitions clearly, nevertheless, and still made waves in the international markets, making many of the actors very popular, even before Yotube and Netflix came into existence. In fact, they were the movies many of us grew up watching at homes. People connected with them because they told stories that we grew up hearing and connected with easily.

As a matter of fact, there are many people today who still prefer those early movies to these modern ones because of their originality and naturalness. And they still remain the only nollywood they can watch easily in the comfort of their homes till date.

I guess everything boils down to what your target market is and how much you're able to invest.

FSBoperator:
There's no cinema on earth that still uses cinema projectors.

All have gone digital and even some Indie films out of the US are now being shot using HD digital cameras .

I believe Duru is right by saying that Igbo Nollywood is stuck in their recycling genre of setting their flicks around village settings that does not resonate with a wider more modern audience.

Not really about the setting. You can still shoot a good movie and tell great stories using any setting. And, no, most of their movies they make use modern settings now with HD cameras. They're just not made for Cinema or Netflix

Most of the movies produced for Cinemas and Netflix standards now require huge capital that many cannot afford, and the few who manage to do so take heavy loans to shoot them.

Only very few producers can afford that now and they're mostly concentrated in Lagos, inevitably giving the movies that yoruba effect and advantage. Many of the crew and cast of those movies still come from different parts of Nigeria

FSBoperator:
That concept only worked because of video/CD rentals.

Now that video/CD rentals are dead why did their own Nollywood die?

Could it be because nobody is going to waste data and space streaming crap ?

No, it didn't die. They still make movies, but mostly not for the cinema or Netflix. Most producers now use other less expensive means like youtube to publish their movies.

Most of the movies produced for Cinemas and Netflix standards require huge capital that many cannot afford, and the few who manage to do so take heavy loans to produce them. Very few producers can do that and they're mostly concentrated in Lagos, inevitably giving the movies that youruba effect and advantage. Many of the cast and crew of those movies still come from different parts of Nigeria

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0Brien:
Not at all. There are lots Igbo producers behind many of the blockbuster movies of recent times, like Charles Okpaleke, Chinaza Onuzo, Kenechukwu Egbue e.t.c. Because most of these movies are set in Lagos, it makes people assume they're all yoruba movies.

If you look through the credits of these movies, you'll see cast and crew members from different parts of Nigeria.

We also have lots of producers from other tribes making good movies largely set in Lagos. Like
Moses Inwang, Jade Osiberu, Eku Edewor, Desmond Ovbiagele, Izu Ojukwu, Adonijah Owiriwa, Timini Egbuson, Ayo Makun

Their movies aren't "yoruba movies" just because they were shot in Lagos to give the movies a more cosmopolitan appeal

FSBoperator:
The Yorubas never came out beating their chest that they invented or started anything .

You should take your complain to Duru who sees everything from his thick ethnic lens by falsely claiming Ibos started Nollywood.

They only saturated it with their mediocre and silly movies.

This shouldn't be a competition, but every part of Nigeria played a role in developing our entertainment industry.

What Duru was talking about is HOME VIDEO. Direct-to-home entertainment. Not the ones you only watch on NTA or other TV channels, or on stage or theatre. But movies you can buy on cassette and watch at home.

500,000. See update oh


The insults and humiliation you'll get as a poor guy in Nigeria is worse than that. Your own parents will shame you for not doing what your mates are doing to succeed. I stopped judging and condemning people a long time ago

Ajsmart:
Why does she badly want to be “friends” with guys? There are lots of women she can maintain normal friendship with.

Unfortunately, when it comes to platonic relationships, there is no guarantee that your male “friend” does not harbor sexual feelings unless the said guy is not attracted to coochies or impotent. It’s just nature working as designed!

They know that men are natural givers and far more generous, unlike their fellow women.

Being "Just friends" is just a trick to have a large pool of male friends that she can always extort and get gifts from regularly without feeling committed or obligated to anyone.

Relationships keeps them stuck and obligated to one man(customer). Friendship widens the pool with no obligations

Just imagine the amount gifts they get on their birthdays alone from all their just-friends men

Messi is just posing for cameras. Leave those tears

The players no even they shake Trump well for a president. Na only we dey rate this president for here

Spain 3 - 0 Argentina

WELL DESERVED

Na now Argentina wan begin press. Mumu people

It's not settled yet until the final whistle with Argentina

Goal.

Now let's see if they can hold it. THATS THE PROBLEM

They didn't even check VAR for that clean goal. I am just tired

All Argentina needs is just 2 or 3 good long shot opportunities. They're very deadly with long shots

Is Spain ends up losing after all this chances, it will be too painful oh

This keeper sha. My God!

Spain wan pass enter inside goal

Shakira should come and dance again abeg

Their long shots are so weak. Spain

Spain player will have a clear shot and he'll still want to pass

Omo. Na 30 minutes break?