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Lagos, EbonyLife Academy Partner To Train Youths In Filmmaking

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Lagos, EbonyLife Academy Partner To Train Youths In Filmmaking

The Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture in partnership with EbonyLife Academy has trained no fewer than 119 youths in filmmaking in the state.

Mrs Uzamat Akinbile-Yussuf, the Commissioner for Tourism, Arts and Culture, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Lagos.

Speaking at the graduation ceremony for the filmmakers, Akinbile-Yusuf, congratulated EbonyLife for doing Lagos proud and appreciated it for making good use of available funds for the training of the students.

Akinbile-Yusuf was represented by Ms Toyin Ogunlana, Director Administration and Human Resource Department of the ministry.

She assured the EbonyLife team of the state government’s continuous support, partnership and collaboration to give hope to the youth and engage them in such laudable skills acquisition programmes.

“Lagos State, in partnership with EbonyLife, had trained six sets of intakes who graduated and were deploying the acquired skills to excel in their chosen areas of expertise within the film industry,” she said.

She said this was made possible through the Lagos Creative Initiative (LACI) to fill the skill gaps of professionals in the creative industry in the state.

“The Lagos state government believes in you all and looks forward to seeing your best output in the industry.

“You have all been endowed with unique skills that will enable you to conceive, write and shoot your own movies as you deem fit,” she said.

The Head of the Academy, Mr Theart Korsten,  thanked the state government for its continuous support to the school, saying that Lagos was the only state that contributed so much to the development of the sector.

Korsten enjoined the graduating students to focus on their career paths and acknowledged the tenacity displayed during the 12-week intensive programme.

He said that the third intake for the year comprising 128 students commenced classes on June 28, adding that the 22 films produced so far were available on the Youtube Channel of EbonyLife Creative Academy.

The short films:  “Canvas”, “Father Forgive Me”, “Halimah” and “The Funeral”, written, performed and produced by the graduating students of the Class of June 2022, were watched by the dignitaries and guests present at the ceremony. (NAN)

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BBTitans Update: Jenni O And Mmeli Bid Farewell To Big Brother House

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BBTitans Update: Jenni O And Mmeli Bid Farewell To Big Brother House

Big Brother Titans (BBTitans) housemates Jenni O and Mmeli (Jenne Li) have been evicted from the Ziyakhala Wahala edition of the show.

Following the eviction show that took place today, February 12, the two housemates were told to leave Biggie’s house immediately.

Recall that earlier in the game, Big Brother introduced a twist to the show when he announced that the housemates would be paired up for the rest of the show; hence, if they win, they win together, and if they get evicted, they bid the show goodbye together.

BBTitans housemates up for eviction were:

Jenni O and Mmeli (Jenne Li)

Yemi and Nelisa(Yelisa)

Khosi and Miracle(Khosicle)

Thabang and Nana (Thabana)

Juicy Jay and Olivia( Juivola)

Justin and Yvonne (Juvonne)

Speaking about how she felt about the eviction with co-host Lawrence Maleka, the ex-housemate, Jenni O expressed that she doesn’t have any regrets about how she played the game, she however expressed shock on being nominated by Yaya and Marvin.

“I love Juicy, but he was not worth me looking stupid on TV for”, Jenni O revealed when asked about her relationship with Juicy Jay.

Speaking to the show’s host Ebuka, Mmeli said he had zero regrets on how he played the game. On the role he played as the ‘advocate’, he said he was just bothered about bringing people together. On his multiple situation-ships, he said he’s not ashamed and he was only just trying to discover himself.

” I had a thing with Sandra, Nelissa and Olivia, they are all amazing women, and I enjoyed my time with three of them”

It is sadly the end of the road for this duo, but we are certain we will be hearing from them.

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#BBTitans: Sandra, Theo Evicted From Big Brother House

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#BBTitans: Sandra, Theo Evicted From Big Brother House

Sandra and Theo codenamed ‘Santheo’ have been evicted from the Big Brother Titans (BBTitans) show.

They both became the first evictees for the BBTitans show’s debut season. While Sandra is Nigerian, Theo Traw is a South African.

After the first week of the show, the housemates were paired male and female.

According to Big Brother, the paired housemates were to work together in the house, become Heads of House, and face nominations and evictions together.

Each pair was asked to choose a codename and some pairs coined their group names by merging their individual names.

During the nomination process on Monday, the following pairs were put up for possible eviction: Sandra and Theo Traw (Santheo), Tsatsii and Ebubu (Royals), Justin and Yvonne (Juvone), and Nelisa and Yemi Cregx (Yelisa).

The Heads of House, Blaqboi and Ipeleng (Blaqleng), had an opportunity, through their veto power, to save a pair and replace with another.

Blaqleng saved Royals and replaced them with Juicy Jay and Olivia (Juiovla).

After the veto save twist, the four pairs of nominated housemates were Juvone, Yelisa, Santheo, and Juiovla.

Following the votes from the fans, Santheo got the least votes and were evicted from the show on Sunday.

On his exit, Theo Traw said, “I didn’t get much from them (housemates) in terms trying to have conversations,” while Sandra said, “I was stepping on toes and cracking necks.”

With Sandra and Theo Traw’s eviction, 22 contestants (11 Nigerians and 11 South Africans) are left to compete for the grand prize of $100,000.

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Netflix To Stop Password Sharing By March

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Subscription video on-demand over-the-top streaming service, Netflix, has announced that it will bar users from sharing passwords for free by the end of March, 2023.

The company had announced in October that it would begin charging subscribers who share their accounts but did not give a specific date or information for when the new policy would be enacted.

However, in a letter to shareholders, Netflix said it would implement the paid sharing system across the platform in the latter portion of quarter one.

“Today’s widespread account sharing (100M+ households) undermines our long term ability to invest in and improve Netflix, as well as build our business. While our terms of use limit use of Netflix to a household, we recognize this is a change for members who share their account more broadly.”

So we’ve worked hard to build additional new features that improve the Netflix experience, including the ability for members to review which devices are using their account and to transfer a profile to a new account.”

The company noted that the new policy would likely lead to “near term engagement” being “negatively impacted” as some users stop consuming content on the platform due to the loss of a free account.

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