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Showbiz Personality Reminisces Night Life In Old PH Township
A Port Harcourt based
showbiz personality and movie practitioner, Mr victor D. Inko-Tariah remembers with nostalgia the peaceful and fun filled night life of yester years in the Old Port Harcourt townships when the Garden City bubbled with life and entertainment.
Speaking in an interview with The Tide entertainment, Mr Inko-Taria who is also the manager of Crisano Film Productions, noted that in the yester years, the Old Port Harcourt township bubbled with fun and entertainment, criminal activities such as rape, cultism, kidnapping and militancy were unknown in the society and it was difficult to differentiate between night and day, people from all works of life used to come to the town to enjoy themselves.
He recalled that in those days the cinema culture was in Vogue, there were three popular cinema houses in town namely, Central Cinemas, Rivoli Cinemas, (station Bus stop) and Plaza cinemas behind the town market), there were also night clubs and other entertainment hangouts.
He explained that in those good old days, night life started in the evening when fun lovers came out in their numbers to watch their favourite movies and actors. The popular films according to him were the Indian films, Chinese films and Western Cowbody Films among others. At the end of the cinemas, they moved over to the night clubs such as Copa Cabana, Aggrey road (now MTN office), Nido Night Club at Hospital road, Ragent Night Club Borokini, Club 67 and Orupolo Night Clubs at Harold Wilson drive Borokiri.
The showbiz personality disclosed that on Saturdays and Sundays they used to have life bands. At the Nido night club. There was a resident band called the ‘Nidocans’ and other guest bands. Among the guest bands and Artistes that played in the club then were Tonye Grey, Gyraldo Pino, Sir Victor Uwaifor, etc while the youths preferred Copa Cabana at Aggrey road, then it was Sunday jump in the afternoon by 2.00pm and mostly life bands played, such as wings from Aba, Founders Fifteen from Port Harcourt, the Apostles, the Octopus, B.L.O from Lagos, Action from Ikot Ekpene, Sweet Brceze, One World, among others.
He reiterated that Orupolo night club at Harold Wilson drive Borokiri was very popular for Traditional music groups who played at the club regularly popular among whom were Oliver D’cogue, King Robert Ebisimo, I.K Belemu Etc. The music genre in Vogue were soul, highlife and later reggae.
According to him, the basic drinks were beer such as Star, Gulder, Harp, Guiness, Stout etc while the popular spirits were Gordon gin (Gim and lime) Batola, Jonny Walker etc.
According to the film maker, the music of those days had meaningful lyrics and people understood the message and enjoyed the songs and still play them till date. It was era of life bands unlike today when music has been computerized and digitalized, the artistes of today sound gibberish in their lyrics and promote immorality and alien culture in the society.
He also revealed that the dress code for men were Afro hair, three or four layers shoes and Sopido shoes with Bongo trousers and tight fitting shirts, while for the ladies they wore maxi, labou, ‘Akpola’ shoes and Afro hair do.
It was indeed a beautiful and quiet city where people came to enjoy themselves on daily basis.
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He stated this in a recent interview with BBC Igbo.
“Davido is my friend. He is my in-law; he married Chioma who is from Imo State where I hail from.
“So the relationship I have with Davido is beyond money and gossip,” he said.
DAILY POST reports that Chief Priest disclosed via his Instagram page that his outfit for the wedding of the singer, Davido and his wife, Chioma, in Lagos on Tuesday cost seven million Naira.
The socialite recently appreciated Davido for not “discarding” Chioma.
He stated that the DMW boss has made Imo State proud by choosing to marry from the state.
Nigerian singer Simisola Kosoko, popularly known as Simi, has lent her voice to the ongoing anti-tax hike protests in Kenya.
The Tide’s source reports that Kenyan youths are marching against tax hike in widespread demonstrations tagged ‘RejectFinanceBill2024.’
Five people were shot dead and dozens wounded after police clashed with protesters who stormed the parliament building in Nairobi on Tuesday, according to Amnesty Kenya.
Reacting via her X handle on Tuesday night, Simi declared her support for the demonstrators.
She stated that “it is both powerful and heartbreaking for a people to have to fight and die for freedoms and rights.”
The singer wrote, “I stand with the people of Kenya. It is both powerful and heartbreaking for a people to have to fight and die for freedoms and rights. Godspeed and Strength. [Hash tag] RejectFinanceBill2024.”
In a series of other posts, she wrote: “Wow. When you’ve had enough, the fight is almost inevitable.
“African leaders- have not you done enough?
“I can’t wait for the day Africa is not a weapon fashioned against Africans. All of this amazing Black power and human resource, but the majority are not likely to thrive unless they run.”
Famous Nigerian Afrobeat singer, Davido was spotted among other top artistes at Asake’s ‘Lungu Boy’ tour concert in Atlanta, Georgia.
Asake’s performance at his sold-out show at the 17,000-capacity State Farm Arena in Atlanta began on August 16, 2024, and is set to run for 10 days.
In a trending video on social media, Davido appeared backstage with American rapper Quavo to support Asake during the live performance.
Other musicians in attendance included Nigerian hitmaker Zlatan and American rapper Russ Millions.
The Tide’s source reports that Asake’s ‘Lungu Boy’ tour is set to cover six U.S. cities, where he will headline notable venues including Madison Square Garden in New York, the Toyota Center in Houston, and the State Farm Arena in Atlanta.
Asake’s tour comes just days after the release of his latest hit, ‘Lungu Boy,’ which features several superstars, including Wizkid, British rappers Central Cee and Stormzy, Travis Scott and Brazilian singer Ludmilla.
‘Lungu Boy’ set a new record for the biggest opening week on Spotify Nigeria, garnering 18.9 million streams in its opening week and breaking the previous record of 14.4 million streams held by Davido’s ‘Timeless.’