Naija boys topping the scorers chats in Italy things you love to see.
To be fair Lookman wasn't showing world class form when he was with the foxes on loan. Yes he was ok but nothing that would have made you have regrets not signing him. Yes in hindsight it looks like a silly decision but in the end this move was the best thing for Ademola. Just happy it seems we hit the jackpot again with his switch because he's beginning to exhibit true classy form.
Guy get over it! Nigeria didn't qualify for Qatar, Osimhen didn't score it's done it's dusted! crying and ranting over it won't change anything.
As for Osimhen yes men nobody is stopping you from criticizing him. If they are agree with you or not how does that bother you?
BannedLarge: I have noticed that on this platform, there’s only one player that all these “Yes men” are highly against any form of Constructive Criticism and it’s the same Nonsense that, they did in 2022 until we score in over 180 minutes by Ordinary Ghana
Decent mini-series however like most Nigerian movies and series I've watched on netflix they usually start strong before ending almost tamely. I guess with time they will get better.
Yes Chidi Mokeme was excellent carried the series on his back and shoulders. Did justice to the character could easily have been a cartoonish potrayal of just another random villain but he gave Scar real depth without the character having much of a backstory.
Nse-Etim was good as usual. Ini Edo I don't know she put in the effort but it just didn't click for me. Sola Sobowale was surprisingly below par for me I think the writers could have given her more to work with. Nancy Isime was ok nothing that stretched her acting muscles. Peter Okoye wooden performance but ok for a first timer. RMD was also great. Props to the producers but in future I think they can do better to stick the landing of future movie productions.
Please in future could you drop spoiler alert in the title of your movie review threads in case someone who hasn't watched the film you're reviewing clicks on your thread.
Miss you on the Super Eagles thread wouldn't mind seeing you pop in once in a while
P.s. forgot to add this I found the season where the Shalewa and Inem character discovering jackie's voicenote somehow. After how many days you are just discovering someone sent you a voicenote? plus how did it get sent? wasn't jackie supposed to be getting killed at the time?Plus I found a lot of those martial arts fights at the end unnecessary. Apart from Scar's fight with Chief Fernandez's bodyguard the rest didn't further the plot of the series.
safarigirl: Bretheren, Nollywood has started their 2023 on Netflix with a bang.
No, I am not exaggerating. If you haven't seen this movie wake up and go and watch it, you're not bigger than peer pressure. If for nothing else, watch it for Chidi Mokeme, let him show you that class is permanent. Who God has endowed with a gift, never loses it.
Without further ado, let's get into the thick of things with this much anticipated (on my end) 6-episode series, Shanty Town
Cast: Ini Edo, Chidi Mokeme, Nse Ikpe-Etim, Nancy Isime, Richard Mofe-Damijo, Zubby Michael, Peter Okoye, Shaffy Bello, Shola Sobowale, Ali Nuhu, Mercy Eke.
Plot:
An undercover detective on a revenge mission, infiltrates a crime ring, and uncovers damning information on their activities and associates.
Review:
Yes, I know the plot is a bit thin and straight to the point, but that's basically the premise of the story. Now, let's get into it.
As earlier stated, Shanty Town is a crime drama, think of something along the lines of KOB, and you basically have it.
To be honest, I don't know where to start with the review of this movie, because everything was damn near perfect, but let me begin with the writing. I'm very particular with writing, because I find a lot of Nigerian productions have some underwhelming writing behind them, but the writers of this story did a GREAT job. There were quotable quotes, relatable lines, witty words, and perhaps my best part- a healthy exploration of Nigerian indigenous languages; there was Yoruba, Igbo and Ibibio, aside the usual pidgin. Na the Ibibio sweet me pass. It was so well written, there were no plotholes, nothing to make you go, "Na for Naija this one dey happen?", the suspense was suspensing, the drama dramad. Every event was interwoven to bring us to the climax and what a climax it was. It has been a long time since I watched something from Nollywood that didn't make me pause and scrounge my face a bit at how unrealistic it was for the setting (okay, I take this back because of The Wait). The writers crossed their T's and dotted their I's, but the dialogue, particularly for the character of Scar, was my favourite part of this series.
This leads me to my next favourite part- the acting. To be honest, I have this theory that where there is a Star cast, one of two things could happen; the performances will either be really good, or really bad. No in-between. So, when I saw the cast for Shanty Town, I was hopeful it would fall under the former. Thankfully, it did. Everybody brought their A-Game, so, I'll just be mentioning a few performances that made this series worth the watch. Perhaps my biggest concern was Mercy Eke, but she blew me away with her performance in the first 2 episodes. I didn't know she had it in her to be so good. You'd never believe this is her first proper movie. I hope she gets more roles in the industry. Nse and Ini Edo were their usual brilliant selves, and then when they were speaking Ibibio to each other, E sweet me die. The seamless movement through languages was a joy to watch. Shaffy Bello had what some would call a minor role in the movie, but her delivery in the scene she was introduced pleasantly surprised me. I knew she had it in her, but I was no less giddy with excitement at how well she delivered her character. RMD, always the epitome of charisma and carriage, killed his role as DaCosta Fernandez. The inspiration for the character, and to some extent, Scar, was a little too on the nose. At this point, the owner of Lagos should start collecting money from these movie makers for the inspiration. Nancy Isime also pulled off a stellar performance, I'm beginning to enjoy her in crime dramas, from Blood Sisters to this Shanty Town, she's always so good at them. PS, THAT scene was a body double, not Nancy. If you haven't watched it, when you get to THAT scene, you'll know. The body of the double was bodying .
Now, I have to take a special paragraph for this man, because walahi, na him get this Series. CHIDI MOKEME IS AN ACTOR!!!!! As in, HE DEY ACT. God will bless whoever cast him in the role of Scar and God bless Chidi for doing that role justice. My multi-lingual king reminded us of why he's called a veteran. If you no feel that performance, check yourself. I love a good villain, give me a villain I can root for, a villain I want to succeed, and Scar was that villain. Kudos to the writers once again, for writing a character that was so exciting to watch, but even more kudos to Chidi Mokeme for bringing their vision to life. Delivery is such an important part of production, it can either make or break a movie, and Chidi delivered Scar in ways I haven't seen a villain delivered since Shola in KOB. MC Oluomo would be proud, every agbero in Lagos would be proud. I don't want to downplay what the new generation Nollywood actors have achieved, but Chidi is their daddy. I could only think of 3 others that could give us a performance so good, and I doubt any of them would have chewed Yoruba and Igbo like Chidi did. I hope this performance does not go unrewarded. It was an award-winning performance, and I really hope he makes it to a second season.
Now, on to other things. Like, the action sequences. There were guns, fist fights, bloody murders and a yellow and black bus that was dispensable. The action scenes were well executed, I loved that they blew shit up, and had a bus in an accident. The goriness associated with hacking a person was well done. There was some NECESSARY nudity (because I know some of you will start asking "was it necessary?" Yes! Yes, it was), some of you don't realise that certain scenes can exist for viewers to learn more of a character. Trigger warning, there's also rape, so, if that's too heavy for you, be mindful. Overall, the action scenes were all well produced.
I liked the Setting. The series is set in Lagos, so, we see the ghetto side of things, as well as the more posh areas. Nothing is extravagant per say though, but every setting was put to good use.
With the music, I must commend the 2-for-1 deal some filmmakers are able to secure by casting a musician and then just using their music as part of the soundtrack. It's a good way to bypass intellectual property rights issues, and the producers applied this by using music from Peter Okoye (P-Square), who was already a cast member.
Technically speaking, the cinematography was great, the editing was good, and the sound was thankfully, good as well. At least I did not have my remote on hand to turn the volume up or down depending on the scene. The costumes were good, I liked that Nse's character had a steady choice of Ankara outfits, showcasing some Nigerian fits. I also liked Shaffy's fits. Whoever was in charge of Special Effects was equally brilliant, the body parts were very believable
The series explores themes of human trafficking, corruption, organised crime, there's a hint of spirituality etc.
As for criticisms, whole the fighting scenes were god, certain parts of it were subpar to be honest. It could have been better. Another teeny tiny one, at the early scenes where the wig of one of the characters partially slipped off, so, we could see her cornrows underneath. It's an insignificant gaffe, but a gaffe nonetheless.
Overall, this series was a work of brilliance. A well-thought out piece and I'm hopeful Season 2 will be in the works. Please please please, watch it if you haven't. And if you have, what are your thoughts on it?
Guys check out this video from a Nigerian youtube content creator called Jude OC. Dude makes DC inspired content. This one is the dopest better writing and story telling than Synder has ever done plus it's hilarious as shiitt.
Everything is about priorities and what will bring the most value for money spent.
Take OBJ for instance in 2007 he spent $16bn or thereabouts to pay for power generating stations without first figuring out the more important element of how to power these stations not forgetting the more important elements of transmission and distribution but hey he spent money to fix electricity For Lagos you make solid points but I have a few questions. how much will it cost to modernize and revamp our water treatment plants and pipe network to supply 20 million plus customers vis-a-vis building a bridge that will solve gridlock issues in the state and encourage more economic activity? For clothing is there a high demand for Nigerian made clothing internationally? Even within Africa apart from the local population how many people from other African countries wear adire for example to say it will be a profitable venture. The only benefit I see is us becoming self sufficient so we can save FX.
Obaaderemi2: Roads are important, I agree. But digging ourselves into so much debt to China to put up sgr services that are not adding much to the economy.
Lee Kwan Yew told the story of a factory he visited in China in the 70s before China became prosperous. The road to the factory was bad, but the factory was doing good production. When he asked why the government didn't build the road first, the manager told him they had two options: build a road or build a factory. They built the factory knowing fully well that the factory would generate employment, develop the local economy which in turn would be able to produce the Money to build the road. And that's what happened when he returned there years later. Chinese are very smart people and less corrupt than us.
Most of the infrastructure you see in Africa are just showoffs. They're not adding much to the economies. Nigeria at this point should focus more on food production and electricity supply than that sgr project or things like 2nd Niger Bridge. Lagos should be more concerned about clean water supply, cheap housing and the state of the environment than talking about spending billions of borrowed money on a 4th mainland bridge. And what's wrong with Lagos establishing a clothing industry to tap into the USA AGOA opportunity? This is something that can create employment and increase igr.
Bro Pokuasi posted the full contents of that link showing it was radio broadcast not TV even at that I dropped a link showing Nigeria started in 1933. The BBC were doing test transmissions not commercial so it's only a limited number of people that would have received those signals.
This is not about dragging who is right or wrong. After all I agreed with you that afrobeat has it's origins in Ghana until new information says otherwise
Just30: As usual, you're used to piece meal information
BBC first started broadcasting tv transmissions in 1926 and by 1929 it was fully running 30 minutes short programs for long periods of the day.
Base of the success to those programs, the British government decided to incorporate BBC in 1936 after recognizing the importance of TV.
Ghana did not incorporate a broadcaster until the 50s though ZOY has been running as a test channel from the 35s.
It's all about facts no beef for anyone except Kenya
In all seriousness each African country has unique qualities and achievements they should be proud of.
On the flip side apart from the entertainment value and banter we should all be sober cus for the most part our countries aren't shiitt.
Nigeria giant of Africa but despite crude oil no refinery is working. No constant power. poverty rampant
Ghana economy in crisis borrowing from IMF for the upteenth time.
Kenya IMF issues as well. lack food security and poverty issues as well.
SA battling load shedding inequality and poverty not as rampant but still an issue.
And these 4 aforementioned countries are supposed to be the pillars of the continent.
Was reading somewhere that except for Libya all the North African countries provide the most consistent power supply in Africa men we have a long way to go.
bruv for the sake of facts you're saying your station existed a full year before BBC that belongs to the country that colonized Ghana started official broadcast in 1936? ok
Just30: Well you guys need to go and wipe all of that from the internet because ZOY existed in Ghana in 1935,10 years before the first TV station appeared in Nigeria.
I'm not conversant with the political permutations in SA as far as demographics are concerned but won't ANC try and blackmail black voters with the "we're the party that fought for black freedom so we represent your interest" troupe?
jl115: The ANC got 46% in 2021, since then loadshedding has skyrocketed......and you seriously think that the ANC will still win when literally every single poll puts them far under 50%??..........It's not out the realms of possibility that the ANC could even get less than 40% thanks to loadshedding
If Atiku wins then it will mean the northern establishment double crossed Tinubu on a massive scale. Obi has just made unpredictable what should have been a cakewalk for mikano.
Apart from Lagos Obi doesn't significantly affect the chances of BAT in the states he's realistically hoping to win.
izzou: [color=royalblue]So, if Atiku wins irrespective of all these, who would you say Obi's emergence affected?[/color]
BAT will get 25% easy from Edo. Oshiomhole and the existing APC structures in the state will count for Tinubu.
Theflint1: In 2015 and 2019, Edo was under the control of APC, like you said, these permutations would be revisited post-election. APC won't get 25% from Edo State.
Yes a good number of SW voting for Obi are Christians but that is due to a combination of many factors:
1. Osinbajo not winning the ticket rubbed a lot of his supporters the wrong way so Obi will benefit from their protest votes
2. Muslim-muslim ticket is another issue.
3. EndSars
The people voting Obi were never likely to vote BAT check the people that voted for Atiku in 2019 and i'm sure almost 90% are now for Obi. PO will eat Tinubu's pie in Lagos but Atiku will be hurt so badly he might not get 25%.
Without Obi on the ballot Atiku easily gets votes from SE, SS to counter whatever BAT does to him in SW. In the North apart from sharing core northern votes the sizable Christian communities would have seen Atiku over the line.
izzou: [color=royalblue]Most of the SWesterners voting Obi, that I know are Christians.
So if Obi was not on the ticket, who did you think they will vote for?
Like i said, if Atiku wins, Obi was not going to be a problem[/color]
His team is even near the relegation zone hmm Nwakali needs to play at a bigger level
Kog45: Honestly I don't really have time watching segunda league but just checked the table now and saw Ponferradina in the last four.Remeber I said can Ponferradina give Kelechi Nwakali needed platform.I just hope the young man get luck and move to better side next season.
Haba now don't you know Warri Southgate also invented English too?
This was before Osimhen took his advice by the way
Danielnino00: Gents, ladies, let's take a moment to analyse this quote in bold..
According to my dictionary, the verb "will" can be defined as follow:
will1 /wɪl/ verb 1. expressing the future tense. "you will regret it when you are older" 2. expressing inevitable events. "accidents will happen"
So unless Komken is ignorant of the ude of English, he was basically predicting Osimhen's future when he made this statement. And yet, he insists he was speaking in the context of here and now!
Has it been confirmed that it is completed? cos I haven't seen any official statement from Dangote just news that Buhari is coming to commission the refinery next week Tuesday?
Shaytun: The Dangote oil refinery has finally been completed and will be commissioned by the President of Nigeria �� on the 24th of this month (January) 2023.
Here are Top 10 facts about this humongous project:
1. The Dangote oil and petrochemical refinery is a 650,000 Barrel-Per-Day (BPD) oil refinery. It is the largest single train oil refinery on planet earth, the largest in Africa, the 7th largest oil refinery in the world. It is capable of meeting the energy demands for both Nigeria�� and the entire continent of Africa.
2. Dangote announced he would want to build a refinery in 2013, at that time, it would cost $9 billion. It was not untill 2016 construction started.
3. The Refinery was originally meant to be built in the oil producing state of Ondo but due to lack of political will from the Ondo State Government, Dangote moved the project to Lagos state.
4. The Refinery along with the Petrochemical plant is expected to generate $20 billion yearly for Nigeria.
5. The Refinery will reposition Nigeria as an energy hub globally.
6. The Refinery has the longest subsea gas pipeline in the world with a length of 1100km.
7. The Refinery will generate electricity of up to 12,000MegaWatts.
8. The Refinery is a $25 billion investment, the largest single investment carried out on the African continent by an individual and the most expensive industrial complex in Africa and perhaps the world.
9. The refinery will produce 50,000,000 litres of Euro-V quality gasoline and 17,000,000 litres of diesel daily, as well as aviation fuel and plastic products.
10. It will provide 135,000 permanent jobs and overall 300,000 direct and indirect jobs.
Bonus facts: The Dangote Oil Refinery will have a Nelson complexity index of 10.5 which means that it will be more complex than most refineries in the United States (average 9.5) or Europe (average 6.5). (The world's largest refinery, the Jamnagar Refinery in India, has a complexity of 21.1).
The Refinery has the most piles for its pile foundation on the planet.
The refinery is situated on 10 standard football fields.
I quote myself and tell my how what has transpired much beyond all expectation, is a mistake please without prejudice.
It seems V.O. Took my advice dropped from Bundisliga as I advised to Belgium league did very well got a move to French league one did well and went to Seria A and is doing better, this is his best season of his entire career.
So who gave the most objective, balanced and ⚖️ forward driving progressive advice me or you the egoistical football ⚽ hype man MC
Komekn Komekn smh. Sometimes it pays to just acknowledge you made a mistake, be gracious and move on instead of all this bulaba bala blu that doesn't in any way exonerate your initial faux pas.
komekn: I stand to by those comments 100% at that TIME ,over 6 years ago
Why didn't you present the contribution where I said, he needs to drop a division and or go to a lower less competitive league.
Reinvent himself develop and progress and then move on , you omitted that. Anything taking out of context is a CON. That's what you are a CON ARTIST.
Football succes hinges on the right career decisions at the right TIME.
For example if Pogba had stayed at Manchester United getting de-skilledand playing youth football and had not gone to Juventus, we would be talking a different narrative.
If Jadon Sancho stayed at Manchester city instead of going to Borussia Dortmund we will not be hearing about him today. If Jude Billingham stayed at Birmingham city instead of going to Borussia he would not be best Midfielder in the world now.
Everything in football ⚽ is TIME CONSTRAINED .
If Raheem had chosen Arsenal over QPR he probably would have got lost.
If VO had stayed at Wolfsburg where he was at the point in TIME completely out of his depth and poor at that TIME, we wouldn't be talking about him today. Or if he listened to your misinformed hyper activity analysis he would not be where he is NOW .
It seems V.O. Took my advice dropped from Bundisliga as I advised to Belgium league did very well got a move to French league one did well and went to Seria A and is doing better, this is his best season of his entire career.
So who gave the most objective, balanced and ⚖️ forward driving progressive advice me or you , the egoistical football ⚽ hype man MC , ❓❓❓
A word of caution to be truly world class requires continuous consistent outstanding exceptional performance over several seasons not ONE.
As much as I don't see Obi winning the election if he can win the majority of votes down south he will have bragging rights going into the future election cycles. From a negotiating point of view he could rightly brag I come with this guaranteed number of votes so will most definitely be the dominant partner in any future alliance. Kwankwaso looks like PO's best bet to crack the north. I think Rabiu will also come to that realization after a brain resetting loss in this year's election like PMB in 2011.
DissTroy: I explained why Kwankwaso would be angry back in May before there was any primary in any party, and why he felt entitled to be the presidential candidate of any their force alternative to APC and PDP.
It's just his ego. He'd regret it for life. But Kwankwaso would have been another Atiku-like VP in Obi's wheel as president. He's more powerful and influential than it's even captured in the media. Only of the candidates (VP or presidential) who has the Northern fundamentalists' votes on lock even before the primaries.
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