Entertainment
Singer Portable takes to Instagram: “I’m a mad man…”
The zazoo-zeh crooner was reportedly involved in a fight with three officials from the Ogun State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Ota Zonal Office
Singer Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has declared that he is a mad man who is undergoing treatment at the Federal Neuropsychiatric Hospital, Aro, Abeokuta.
Portable said this while appealing to Nigerians and the Ogun State Government on Tuesday after being declared wanted by the state police command.
The zazoo-zeh crooner was reportedly involved in a fight with three officials from the Ogun State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Ota Zonal Office: TPL Onabanjo Abidemi, TPL Raymond Lateef and TPL Ridwan Oyero Akinlesi.
They were conducting an enforcement exercise at Oke-Osa, Tigbo Ilu Ota, Ogun State.
The town planners claimed they encountered an elderly man, later identified as Portable’s father, at Odogwu Bar in the area.
Upon identifying themselves and requesting the approved building plan, the father informed them that his son was unavailable.
However, moments later, Portable, armed with a firearm and other weapons, led a gang of nine thugs in a violent attack on the unarmed officials.
The police claimed, “The enforcement officers sustained various bodily injuries but managed to escape and reported the incident to the Ota Area Command, which subsequently escalated the case to the State Criminal Investigation Department for further action. Nine accomplices were arrested, but Portable fled the scene and has since gone into hiding.”
However, reacting to the declaration, Portable in a multiple rants took to his Instagram on Tuesday appealing to Nigerians and the state governor, Dapo Abiodun alleging that he was set up because he was putting on a vest with the face of Senator Adeola Solomon popularly known as Yayi.
The singer also noted that he was a madman and has a card at Aro hospital where he usually takes his treatment.
He said, “I fear government. I am a federal government liability. Then I’m a madman; I have medications that I usually take. You can confirm from Aro Hospital. I have a card that certifies me as one of their patients.
“I am from Abeokuta and they are taking care of me there. I am not a thief, I help people around me without even looking at their background.”
Entertainment
MKO June 12 Film Hits Cinemas Oct 2
Directed by award-winning Hollywood-based Nigerian-American filmmaker Ose Oyamendan, MKO reconstructs the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election and examines the political and social upheavals that followed.
A nationwide publicity blitz has begun for MKO, the much-awaited film on the annulled June 12, 1993 presidential election, with giant billboards springing up in strategic locations across Nigeria ahead of its October 1 national premiere.
The massive outdoor campaign signals the final countdown to the Nigerian release of the historical film, which revisits one of the most consequential episodes in the country’s political history and the turbulent events that followed the annulment of the election widely associated with the late Chief MKO Abiola.
In Lagos, MKO is already commanding prominent outdoor spaces, with a sprawling billboard announcing its October 2 cinema release to motorists and commuters.
The film will, however, make its formal Nigerian debut a day earlier at a National Command Premiere at the National Theatre, Lagos, on October 1, Nigeria’s Independence Day.According to the promoters, the premiere will be hosted by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.
Managing Director of Nile Entertainment, distributors of the film, Moses Babatope, said the nationwide publicity drive was intended to take the story to as wide an audience as possible.
“It is a great movie about Nigerian history and life, and we want to make sure everyone has the opportunity to see it,” Babatope said.
Directed by award-winning Hollywood-based Nigerian-American filmmaker Ose Oyamendan, MKO reconstructs the annulment of the June 12, 1993 presidential election and examines the political and social upheavals that followed.
The Nigerian rollout follows the film’s international premiere at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival in the United Kingdom on June 12.
Its choice of June 12 for the international premiere and October 1 for its Nigerian premiere ties the film’s release to two dates with particular significance in Nigeria’s political history — Democracy Day and Independence Day
Entertainment
Madonna and Taylor Swift win big at the MTV VMAs
Madonna performed at the awards show for the first time in more than 20 years, and took home a handful of awards including artist of the year.
Taylor Swift, Madonna, and LISA were among the big winners at the MTV Video Music Awards (VMAs) on Sunday evening in downtown Los Angeles.
Madonna performed at the awards show for the first time in more than 20 years, and took home a handful of awards including artist of the year.
Meanwhile, Taylor Swift was awarded the first-ever Artist Director Honor and also scooped the night’s top award, video of the year.
(BBC)
Entertainment
MultiChoice launches Wethu+ as DStv overhauls packages
Wethu+ combines local drama, movies, telenovelas, reality shows, children’s programmes and educational content in one place, according to MultiChoice.
MultiChoice has launched Wethu+, a new entertainment channel on DStv channel 163.
The channel replaces Mzansi Wethu and pulls together content previously spread across Mzansi Wethu, Mzansi Bioskop and Mzansi Magic Music.
The launch forms part of what the pay-TV operator describes as its biggest package overhaul in nearly two decades, with dedicated Sports and Movies & Series bouquets now on offer.
What Wethu+ will show
Wethu+ combines local drama, movies, telenovelas, reality shows, children’s programmes and educational content in one place, according to MultiChoice.
The line-up also includes international blockbuster movies, dubbed telenovelas and daily news updates.Football is a major part of the offer.
MultiChoice confirmed that Wethu+ will broadcast two Premier Soccer League matches every weekend during the football season.
The company said pairing football with movies, drama and family programming gives subscribers sports and general entertainment on a single channel.
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