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Bolanle Olukanni is the first woman to host NECLive, and she nailed it

This year’s Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLive) was an event of many firsts. Breaking Tee-A’s hosting streak of seven years, TV personality Bolanle Olukanni becomes the first-ever female and second person…

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#NECLive8: “The Skit Culture Is Different From Comedy” – Comedian, Bovi

Bovi Ugboma, one of Africa’s most accomplished comedians and originator of the stand-up show ‘Man on Fire’ and web series ‘Back To School’, commented that he believes there is a…

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“All of Us Can Make The Change That The Industry Truly Deserves” – Ayo Animashaun on Building The Nigerian Entertainment Industry

The Nigerian entertainment space has come a long way from where it started, but there’s still much work to be done. The future is bright, but there’s currently no blueprint…

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#NECLive8: Idris Olorunnimbe’s Top Five Guide To Scaling Up Creativity For Wealth

Nigeria’s most prominent entertainment conference, NECLive held on Sunday, April 25, 2021, and it pooled the biggest gathering of industry stakeholders. At the event, Idris Olorunnimbe, CEO of Temple Management…

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#NECLive8: Not Everybody Can Be Funny – Bovi

One of Nigeria’s most celebrated comedians, Bovi Ugboma, in a fireside chat at this year’s Nigerian Entertainment Conference (#NECLive), noted that comedy was a peculiar art, and not everyone could…

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#NECLive8: Dakore Egbuson-Akande Reveals The Only Way Forward for Nollywood

Veteran Nigerian actress, Dakore Egbuson-Akande, has revealed that the only way for Nollywood to expand as a movie industry is for filmmakers and other media stakeholders to emphasise on more…

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#NECLive8: Government Should Not Use Nollywood For Props – Dakore Egbuson-Akande

Award-winning Nigerian actress, Dakore Egbuson-Akande, has urged the federal government to invest more in Nollywood, and not just use the film industry as an easy reference point when discussing the…

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#NECLive8: Nollywood Does Not Need The Oscars, We Should Invest In Our Own Awards – Dakore Egbuson-Akande

Nigerian actress, Dakore Egbuson-Akande, has argued that Nollywood does not need an Oscar win, or any sort of validation from the Western world. The veteran Nollywood practitioner made this assertion…

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#NECLive8: Nigerian Entertainers Need To Build Their Own Platforms -Tomiwa Aladekomo, CEO, Big Cabal Media

Tomiwa Aladekomo, CEO of Big Cabal Media, has urged Nigerian entertainers and creatives to own their own platforms. The seasoned media practitioner, who has served in key management roles at…

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#NECLive8: Learn To Separate Business From Friendship – Idris Olorunnimbe, Founder Of Temple Management Company

Idris Olorunnimbe, founder of the talent agency known as Temple Management Company, has urged Nigerian artists and media practitioners to learn the art of separating business from friendship. Olorunnimbe, who…

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Bolanle Olukanni is the first woman to host NECLive, and she nailed it

#NECLive8: “The Skit Culture Is Different From Comedy” – Comedian, Bovi

“All of Us Can Make The Change That The Industry Truly Deserves” – Ayo Animashaun on Building The Nigerian Entertainment Industry

#NECLive8: Idris Olorunnimbe’s Top Five Guide To Scaling Up Creativity For Wealth

#NECLive8: Not Everybody Can Be Funny – Bovi

#NECLive8: Dakore Egbuson-Akande Reveals The Only Way Forward for Nollywood

#NECLive8: Government Should Not Use Nollywood For Props – Dakore Egbuson-Akande

#NECLive8: Nollywood Does Not Need The Oscars, We Should Invest In Our Own Awards – Dakore Egbuson-Akande

#NECLive8: Nigerian Entertainers Need To Build Their Own Platforms -Tomiwa Aladekomo, CEO, Big Cabal Media

#NECLive8: Learn To Separate Business From Friendship – Idris Olorunnimbe, Founder Of Temple Management Company

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