Category: ARTS & LIFESTYLE

By NewsBits Multimedia powerhouse, Paramount Africa, has partnered with the African International Film Festival (AFRIFF) in a bid to boost the African creative industry’s outlook through investments in African talent development, cutting-edge content, and experiences. The partnership is designed to showcase and expand the African narrative beyond the continent’s shores.    During the course of the week-long festival, which runs from 6-12 November 2022, Paramount Africa will host a panel discussion with industry stakeholders on the 10th of November, followed by a content pitch session on the 11th and 12th…

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L–R: External Communications and Partnerships Lead, Reckitt Sub-Saharan Africa, Cassandra Uzo-Ogbugh; CEO, Shoprite, Hubertus Rick; Corporate Communications Manager, Shoprite, Venessa Ebifemi; and Head, Key Accounts, Reckitt Nigeria, Olugbenga Olotu during the Dettol-Shoprite Hygiene Education partnership signing in Lagos. By NewsBits Dettol Nigeria has announced a partnership with Shoprite Nigeria, which will aid in spreading awareness around good hand hygiene habits and the importance of hand washing.    Taking forward its commitment to celebrate Global Handwashing Day, Dettol’s drive will focus on utilizing the in-store announcement systems, use of educative leaflets…

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By NewsBits Reports have it that American rapper, Kirshnik Khari Ball, popularly known as TakeOff, has been shot dead at a bowling alley in Houston, United States. TakeOff, the third member of hip-hop trio, Migos, which includes rappers Quavo and OffSet, was said to have been shot dead where he and Quavo were playing dice in the early hours of Tuesday. Confirming the rapper’s death, the Houston police said an altercation broke out and someone started shooting where he was playing dice, adding a bullet hit the singer. The police…

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By NewsBits Nigeria international music star David Adeleke a.k.a Davido and his fiancee, Chioma Rowland mourning the death of their three years old son, Ifeanyi Adeleke. The little boy was reported to have died on Monday October 31, 2022, when he drowned at his dad’s Banana Island home. According to our sources, Davido and Chioma travelled to Ibadan for a function and left Ifeanyi with his minders who cannot give explanations how the three years old boy entered their swimming pool and drowned. NewsBits gathered that some of the people…

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By Tony Adibe At least 13 persons were said to have burnt to death on Sunday night in an auto crash which involved a Toyota bus and a trailer at 4-Corner Junction, few kilometres to Enugu, capital of the Coal City State. Reports said that the victims were burnt beyond recognition as the bus conveying them from Imo to Adamawa State, had a head-on collision with a trailer and burst into a raging flame instantly. It was learnt that the accident, said to have occurred at about 10.30pm close to…

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By Tony Adibe The Enugu State Governor, Chief Ifeanyi Ugwuanyi has assured youths in the state of his government commitment to uplifting their creativity, skill and talent through various platforms existing in the state. Governor Ugwuanyi gave the assurance during the grand finale and award night of 2022 Edition of Life In My City Art Festival (LIMCAF) Art Exhibition, which was held at the International Conference Center, Institute of Management and Technology (IMT), Enugu. The theme of this year’s edition is: “Paradox of Muted Echoes,” which, interpretatively, means that things…

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Top officials of LIMCAF and other invited guests presenting a dummy First Bank cheque to the overall winner at the event By Tony Adibe One hundred budding visual artists drawn from various parts of Nigeria, emerge winners in Enugu during the grand finale/ Gala-Award Night organised by the Life in My City Arts Festival (LIMCAF) at the International Conference Center, Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) Enugu. The lucky 100 prize winners went home with various monetary consolations and certificates up to the tune of between N50,000 and N500,000.00 respectively.…

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By NewsBits DSTV, one of the subsidiaries of Multichoice, this week announced the acquisition of the hit TV show, #WithChude – which has consistently delivered viral interviews over the past two years. #WithChude is hosted by Chude Jideonwo and airs on terrestrial TV, digitally, and now on cable. “This is massive validation for the work we are doing and our ‘build, and they will come’ focus,” Jideonwo said on Instagram. “I am very thankful to the visionary Busola Tejumola and her amazing team for seeing us fully and truly –…

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By NewsBits Maintaining its commitment to promoting creativity and expressiveness, Henkel Nigeria, makers of WAW laundry products, sponsored a talent showcase for the contestants of the ongoing Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) 2022 on September 17, 2022, at Colonades Hotel, Ikoyi. The talent showcase is one of the series of events in the journey to crowning the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria, 2022. The event, hosted by media personality, Uba Micheal, popularly known as ‘Ogbolor’, was well attended by entertainment and fashion executives. The MBGN contestants displayed creativity and…

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L – R: LIMCAF Art Director, Dr. Ayo Adewunmi; Chairman LIMCAF BoT, Elder Kalu U. Kalu (wearing red cap), (extreme right with hands akimbo), Executive Director LIMCAF, Mr Kevin Ejiofor during the opening of the Grand Finale Exhibition at IMT, Enugu…yesterday By Tony Adibe The grand finale of the 15th edition of Life In My City Art Festival (LIMCAF) ’22 has opened at the International Conference Centre, Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) in Enugu State with 105 pieces of art works on exhibition. This is even as the LIMCAF…

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