₦airaland Forum

aariwa:
I don’t know what is wrong with that Francis Duru, refused to shine and always talking out of point. Every region have been making movies in Nigeria in their languages since the advent of television but Igbos broke that path and make things fall apart a block buster in 1985 and then almost 10 years after Keneth Nnebue made the living in bondage home video in 1992 and due to the unprecedented boost Igbos gave that industry they rebranded it Nollywood around 1995 and started making it in CD cassette players and shipping overseas and cable companies in Nigeria and Africa we’re playing the movies . It was only recently the Yorubas got the Netflix contract but lost it after mismanaging it the Tinubu’s way… imagine losing a big opportunity like that because you can’t manage anything. Tinubu helped them bribe their way to get the contract back but how many people are watching it because they only show movies acted in Yoruba language compared to almost the whole of Africa watching the contents coming from Asaba spoken in English so like I said I don’t really know what is wrong with that Francis Duru guy

I think he was trying to make a neutral statement but ended up saying nothing at all

AlphaTaikun:
Learn to be more intellectual and read properly in order to sound like a highly uninformed young person. You sound highly insecure and are the one spewing ethnic bigotry here over the accurate sequence of events stated on this NL thread. If you don't learn to be respectful to the historical truth, I will block you. I have zero-tolerance for bigots who use the irresponsible term "Lagos-Ibadan press."

Now, the iconic celluloid filmmaker, Eddy Ugboma from Kwale in Delta State is in the same celluloid film generation with folks like Dr. Ola Balogun and more. The FACT that I didn't mention his name (like I didn't mention other Yoruba movie producers such as "Ade Love" Afolayan, Kunle Afolayans father who also produced celluloid film doesn't mean the great Eddy Ugboma is NOT one of the pioneers and Eddy Ugboma himself condemned the use of that irritating term "Nollywood" coined by that American journalist. The Nigerian movie industry is way OLDER than home videos which started in 1988 with the Yoruba movie on home video "Soso Ekun" subtitled in English language and more. How can any body say that the Nigerian movie industry started in 1988 or even 1993 with Kenneth Nnebue. That's a historical insult to the movie pioneers such as Professor 'Wole Soyinka, Dr. Ola Balogun, Eddy Ugboma, Hubert Ogunde, Baba Sala, Ade Love Afolayan, and more.

I am going to use rap as a example so listen and observe real close
Rap pioneers include Afrika Baambata,Public Enemy,Rahim and Eric B,Run DMC and LL Cool J
Now ask rap observers Old or YOUNG to list a top 10 you would notice those names will be pushed to the Top 20
Notice I didn't mention 2pac or Notorious BIG
Again stop comparing yourselves to Ndigbo
Ken Nnebue,Okey Oguejifor and Amaka Igwe made the current Nollywood
Eddie ugbomah I mentioned so I could show you that Movie making had other regions that made films as well
Finally discard Tribalism

AlphaTaikun:
Your claim in the FIRST two paragraphs is totally FALSE. I personally witnessed the cinema-going celluloid film industry of the 1960s to the 1980s and the home video industry of 1988 with the FIRST EVER Yoruba home video subtitled in English produced and screened at the National Theatre. Prince Alade Aromire produced his own home videos and Prince 'Jide Kosoko also produced home videos long before 1993 when the FIRST EVER Ibo home video subtitled in English came into existence via Kenneth Nnebue. Kenneth Nnebue himself granted a newspaper interview in 1998 to "ThisDay" newspaper [long before the American journalist irresponsible coined the condescending term "Nollywood" in 2003] confessed that the Yorubas started the home video industry in Nigeria in the 1980s and he worked and understudied the Yorubas. He even listed several home videos made in the Yoruba home video sector of the Nigerian movie industry. I personally have a copy of that ThisDay newspaper interview in my archives and Kenneth Nnebue himself ALSO confessed that he wanted to produce his film in Yoruba language and subtitled in English but he decided to take a gamble and do it in Ibo language in 1992/1993 and it became a hit due to the FACT that Ibos were desperate for their own language in the home video industry as well after seeing what Yorubas were doing with home videos with Lagos State as the major home video film hub. The buzz created made the film popular being the first Ibo film on home video. Even the FIRST EVER Ibo language celluloid film entitled "AMADI" which was screened in Lagos State was produced in 1975 by the veteran movie maker, Dr. Ola Balogun who was born in Aba (now in Abia State) to Yoruba parents with his father being a lawyer. Dr. Ola Balogun spoke Ibo as his first language as a child hence his interest in doing a celluloid film in that language.

That condescending title called "Nollywood" which infers that the Nigerian movie industry is a "Hollywood wannabe" was ONLY invented or coined by an American journalist in 2003 long after the Nigerian movie industry had been in existence in celluloid cinema format and video formats. This is why the Indians HATE being called "Bollywood" and have expunged it. It's ONLY uninformed Nigerians with self-esteem issues in the media and elsewhere who continue to use that irresponsible terminology fabricated by an American journalist in a mere 2003. The Nigerian movie industry is simply what I use to describe the movie industry just like India uses the Indian movie industry.

The Indian movie industry currently operates based on a multiplex cinema format in major Indian cities just like the United States and NOT based on home video formats hence curbing piracy of videos and loss of income.

It's very important to ALWAYS keep historical records of events and unknown to some young people and older folks from the East like Francis Duru, the Yoruba folks [who pioneered the celluloid film industry with Professor Wole Soyinka's adaptation of "Kongi's Harvest" as a movie and FIRST screened in Lagos State in 1969, and "Soso Ekun" the FIRST Yoruba home video subtitled in English language in 1988], have their histories well documented. The rise of the Internet and social media is what led to the spread of disinformation by young Ibos online and even some Yorubas and non-Yorubas who do NOT read history and pushed the highly misleading information that the home videos started in 1992 by Kenneth Nnebue meanwhile it started in 1988 with the Yoruba home video "Soso Ekun." Kenneth Nnebue himself NEVER claimed in that ThisDay newspaper interview that he started home videos in Nigeria.

Last but NOT least, in order to put history into proper perspective, [I would like to release to the media and reputable museums such as the Onikan, Lagos-based "Yoruba Cultural Center and the "Wole Soyinka National Theatre and Cultural Center for Arts" in Iganmu, Lagos"] the scanned copies of that 1998 ThisDay newspaper interview where Kenneth Nnebue personally affirmed that the Yoruba sector of the Nigerian movie industry started the home video industry 4 years before he did his own home video in 1992/1993 and he gave credit to the Yoruba and Indian movie industries for inspiring him. However, the FIRST EVER "music home video" was produced in the early 1980s in Lagos State for the iconic pop star, Chris Okotie, who is now a pastor.


I hope that helps.

The unfortunate thing about spreading falsehood is that eventually someone will expose you
A film shot in Alaigbo won an Oscar but apparently here you are talking about Amadi
Again you folks have to ditch tribalism o because it's getting ridiculous at this point
When you guys say this falsehood it shocks everyone else because people like Eddie Ugbomah was also making films as well and he was from the Midwest
What's with the sudden urge to claim ownership of every sector when even with Lagos Ibadan press it wasn't this distasteful
Smh

0Brien:
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.

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 them that youruba effect and advantage. Many of the crew and cast of those movies still come from different parts of Nigeria

That's why I always laugh when I hear this so called "Dominance" In the movie game
Most of their films are YouTube movies where their earnings like their cinema earnings are massively exaggerated
Someone even said it's "Village movies" yet went on to praise their culture in the same breath
I swear tribalism is a disease

This statement has so many flaws i don't know where to begin
Yes Ndigbo built Nollywood and ARE still running it to this day
Heck even Irokotv with it's issues are still bossing the movie game
Not to mention Asaba where no touts are disturbing movie shoots
The only reason anyone thinks some folks are dominant is the Lagos Ibadan press
Simple as that
Dominant my bootlace 😄

Kingsavage and Afamed wee still defend this o

TheStoriesOfMan:
So what is ogene music?

Always talking before thinking. I wasn't talking to airheads. Those who understood my message will understand it.

Take your meds and learn how to logical and factual.

Kingsavage just wants to defend all things Apcheat

kingsavage:
Yorubas have afrobeats
Ghanaians have highlife
South Africans have amapiano

Abeg wetin Biafrans get?

Na to dey drag minority tribes to join biafra una sabi

kingsavage:
afrobeat is a genre of music like reggae, hip-hop, rnb, jazz etc.. it is not African music in genre .

Your dead techno phone should go and look for how to revive his failed carrier instead of saying what he has no idea about..

Even the highlife he mentioned originated from Ghana and not Igboland..

Igbo has not music genre they invented

LZAA

Sifia pains as always

Pillar12:
The tendency of Igbos to bring down others just to elevate their own.


Who TF is Oliver Twist abi Oliver Khan he's talking about

The problem with folks like you is that in your rush to expose your tribalism you discard critical thinking at the speed of light
Now let me educate you
Fela's sound incorporated sounds from London,the USA and most importantly Ghanaian highlife
Infact outside Yorubaland very few people even play his music
Throw in his cannabis use and womanizing and you would understand why he was never that popular in other regions
It's okay for you not to know Oliver,Osadebe,Morocco or Oriental Brothers but not long ago you must have been dancing gwo gwo gwo made popular again by Brainjotter' skit
I'm pretty sure the musician was not Yoruba
Please and please make una take am easy with this comparing with Igbos because they really don't care
Shalom

Kelvinnchucks:
Everything is alien to Africa including progress and prosperity.

It'll never be accepted but your former cbn governors son is gay and he happily shows him off.

Again you have been brainwashed to think your opinion matters. It's just like how prostitution is illegal and frowned on. But then what's happened to it.

Are you serious
Dude really go outside and touch grass o
Who cares if anyone is gay
The MAIN thing is don't try to make it a norm because Africans will do you strong thing
And I struggle to see how linking progress and prosperity in a continent is similar to what people do in private
As per my opinion just go outside and try and kiss a man
The panel beating you go receive even Wasiu wey dey do panelbeater go shock😄

Kelvinnchucks:
With the way Nigerians are terrified of homosexuals, you’d think the "morals and culture" everyone is always yapping about actually made this country work. But nope. We are still sitting right here as one of the most corrupt, hypocritical nations on earth. But where do we draw the line? Men kissing men. Because according to the same men, two women kissing each other isn't so bad.

Ask the average Nigerian to explain what, exactly, is wrong with homosexuality. You already know the answers: "According to the Bible." "According to the Qur'an." "Why shouldn't a man like a woman?" And that is literally where the logic ends.

Queers are beaten, cursed, and killed in our streets like *they* are the sole reason we are still a fourth-world country. And the moment you stand up and say, "Hey, maybe let people live their lives," they turn around and call you gay too.

Life is too short. People should be allowed to live however they please. I’ve had queer friends, and if you can look past the narrative that "they want to sleep with me" (trust me, you are not even their type), you'd see they are amazing people.

P.S. I’m heterosexual. But yeah be a Nigerian, call me gay.

I sha hope everything is okay o
Because if you haven't heard the saying "Vox Populi Vox Dei" then do some research
Homosexuality is alien to Africa and generally disliked worldwide
I do not support violence against them but then again it WILL never be accepted here

yarimo:
And PDP will get 10% while the remaining small parties will share the remaining 10 %

Now now Yarimo we have talked about this
Just because you dream something will happen doesn't mean your fantasies will come true🤣

ubimagos:
Pep for me even as a Chelsea fan. I saw some man u fans mentioning Alex that influence every ref decision!

Yes he influenced the ref to allow Giggs to dribble the whole Arsenal defence and score a worldie in 99
He also did the same to allow Keane to score against Juve
Also don't forget he was at it again when his Aberdeen side beat Mardid in 83 to win the cup winners cup
When dem call una "African Experts" una go dey vex
There's Banter and there's outright folly
Don't get caught up on the latter
Smh

Sir Alex Ferguson
A born manager

You dey relationship by yasef o

No stun guns or regular guns in that zoo?

CharlesCNG:
Call people “Agbado minions” if it avoids discussing policy, but “food is expensive under Tinubu” is a DIAGNOSIS, not a prescription.

The FG is already tackling food security through fertiliser, irrigation, mechanisation, agricultural finance, farm security, strategic reserves, storage, processing and transport infrastructure.
But the battle must increasingly be STATE BY STATE because Nigeria does not have one uniform food problem .
And some are already doing this-Sokoto is distributing 157,800 bags of fertiliser and running subsidised-food interventions;
Nasarawa is supporting farmers with fertiliser, inputs and mechanisation;
Benue is subsidising fertiliser while expanding storage, processing and market linkages;
Lagos is attacking its peculiar logistics problem through Fresh Food Hubs.

So yes, food remains too expensive. Criticise Tinubu and judge his results. But Obi, Atiku and others seeking his job must answer the bigger question: WHAT WILL YOU DO BETTER?
Farm security? Fertiliser? Irrigation? Storage? Transport? Post-harvest losses? Farm-to-city price gaps? At what cost and with what measurable results?

“Tinubu has failed” is a campaign slogan, NOT a food-security policy. PUT YOUR ALTERNATIVE BESIDE HIS. LET NIGERIANS COMPARE.

This is basically my problem with the opposition. They are not discussing POLICY.

If all you do is tell Nigerians what Tinubu has done wrong without explaining precisely what YOU will do differently and why your alternative will produce better results, then you are merely campaigning against Tinubu — you are not presenting an alternative government.

Policy?
POLICY!!!!!
The Agbado sifu practically rejected subsidy, removed it without a timeline and cushions for the populace,criticsed the government at the time relentlessly and after destroying the economy you are asking about policy?
You are joking
Sha earn your 3k

SmartPolician:
You borrowed money and your lender is begging you to pay back. If they take an extreme action now, those defaulters will start wailing about their human rights

I always say that Nigerians are horrible people. Little wonder this country is a complete mess!

Do you know what a civil case is?
You bozos think working for Chinese people who don't rate you and teach you defamation is WORK?
Why not ask yourself why they don't operate in the US,Europe and China
By the time they slam you better lawsuit or death sentence in the case of Beijing you go understand
Extreme my bootlace😄

Lithiumite:
The discos aren't telling the truth, they are under paying the gencos completely, there is hardly any home or business that gets electricity that doesn't pay atleast as far as the entire south is concerned......except maybe govt agencies or military and police barracks and offices and I don't see them racking up that difference running into billions in a 30 days month..

Military barracks pay o
Forget that rubbish that happened at Ikeja Disco
Infact they pay on time
Police Barracks maybe but Military pays

Later nairalanda1 wee come here and be speaking pay more for power yenyenyen
These people are glorified bandits
All that money and they deliberately sabotage power supply
Smh
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Na lie
They still defame but FCCPC and Tunde Irureka has dealt with them

whatmoreng:
Why are you responding to him?
He is definitely not serious.
50k is not even enough for 1 adult feeding here in Port Harcourt for a month unless you are planning on starving at least 3 days a week .

Person go think say na lie until dem experience am
That's why these Agbado minions defending bad governance dey scare me cuz na dem dey suffer am pass

These Agbado minions wee not kee person
Always opening threads to use cunny man style to defend their Sifu's bad governance which has led to hyperinflation hence rise in prices

Standard Apcheat tactics
Yet their minions will be here calling people haters and saying the Agbado sifu and his acolytes are working
Even PDP with all their problems never sunk to such silly depths
Smh
🚶‍♂️🚶‍♂️

okeke6969:
If you are a young person and still reason this way, believe me, you have a long way to go.
If you are an adult, then your youthful period was unproductive.

Which kain finishing be this

AustineE1:
Oh out of 44 LG areas,one with rented crowd rejected Peter Obi but rather it could have been better to say they rejected kwankwaso because Peter didn't win that LG in the last elections....anything to make Tinubu happy is allowed, while the spin doctors are cashing out.

Allow them enjoy their delulu na
They have to earn their 3k

It's official
These folks are mentally impaired
What sort of nansense is this na
Smh
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Lol
It's just rhetoric
He isn't going anywhere

I wee not say anything o🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

The Agbado sifu always disturbs whoever is there so it's pointless even blaming him tbh

"There is nothing wrong with the police maintaining relationships with political leaders "
Someone who studied journalism wrote this garbage?
God abeg