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The Eve,’ Nollywood’s Latest Movie Hits Cinemas
Tosin Igho’s movie ‘The Eve’ is easily the most colourful and beautifully shot Nollywood film so far in 2018. It is not just the picture that is amazing and full of life, the choice of cast involves beautiful actors who are pleasing to the eye.
Mawuli Gavor, Beverly Naya, Hauwa Allahura, Meg Otanwa, Efa Iwara, Kunle Remi and the lead Adedu Adefarasin are all actors who are fan favourites. John Okafor (Mr Ibu) brings his humour into this one. His combination with Ronke Oshodi is one to watch out for.
At a time when the yearnings of the typical Nollywood audience has drifted towards the romantic comedy genre, the Eve delivers much more than just romance and comedy. It adds a couple beautiful twists in the mix. Tunde Babalola, Tosin Igho and Martin Adieze combine to try to cook an uncommon dish with this.
Talking about Igho, he is a name that might not be very familiar in the minds of the typical film audience in Nigeria but regular entertainment fans will know him as one who has been playing in the music video waters for several years. He has directed videos for D’banj, Terry G, Faze Yungl, Aramide and Sammy Okposo. A wealth of experience that is no doubt evident in the kind of pictorial stories this film tells.
Despite not being the quickest name to come to mind in film making, Igho does well for his rising reputation in the industry with ‘The Eve.’ Nigerian films haven’t been great with sound production in the past few years, but this film does very well on that front.
Music on The Eve is great and the film can easily pass for a musical, you will be forgiven for asking for the acapella renditions to appear more frequently than it did. That is how good the renditions and the production are.
Beverly Naya interprets her role of the forward saucy talkative girl friend who is about to marry the good guy. Her role is one of the numerous comic points in the film. There is also the Reverend father played by Femi Durojaiye. Iwara also brings his comedy A game to the fore here and he even almost takes the shine off the other actors whenever they appeared together in a scene.
Mawuli Gavor’s performance as the Mcmiorate man is also quite commendable and the Adefarasin and Otanwa, despite it having the capacity to have been better is also worthy of gaining positive recognition.
It is not a perfect film though and the twist in the plot does not drop until some of the film has strolled by. A few more days in the writer’s room would have made the story even sharper than it turns out to be, but this does not make the film any poor. Expect this film to dominate the cinemas for the next few months.
This talk of the town movie which premiered in the cinemas on Saturday 30th March 2018 at Ember Creek, Lagos is already causing guans at cinema houses: The Eve is a romantic movie produced by cut 24 productions, a new movie production outfit that is fast making a name for itself with credits including some fantastic movies including movies like ‘Gidi Blues’ and ‘4th Estate’.
Popular businessman and socialite, Pascal Okechukwu, aka Cubana Chief Priest, has said that his relationship with singer Davido is beyond money and gossip.
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.’