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Prime Video debuts Water and Garri featuring Nigerian music star, Tiwa Savage
Beaming with smiles in a dark dress, lead character in the long-awaited movie, Water and Garri, Tiwatope Savage, better known as Tiwa Savage, revealed that despite her musical accomplishments, acting is her first love.
Savage explained that with her debut movie, she wanted to serve as a motivation to people who intend to try their hands at new things, saying interpreting roles had been a dream of hers.
The Nigerian music superstar said fulfilling the dream showed she and her team’s adequacy at exploring other parts of the entertainment industry as well as creating a balance between music and acting for her admirers’ delight.
“It’s been a dream of mine actually. Film and acting were my first love, so I hope to inspire people. I want to be an inspiration to talents out there. You know, to inspire people and let them know that we can wear different hats and execute those hats excellently,” Savage said at the movie’s media briefing held at Livespot Entertainment Centre in Lagos.
She added: “Behind me is a great team. I feel like you know we have been working on balancing things up. Vannessa Amadi-Ogbonna has been working with me to balance things. As you know, even to balance motherhood as well is a lot. For me, having the right people behind me has helped me in making the right decisions. We don’t always have to answer or accept every offer, but we accept the ones that make sense.”
Meanwhile, Water and Garri, which was directed by Meji Alabi, tells the story of Aisha (Savage), an ambitious fashion designer. Aisha, who returns to her native country after a decade’s sojourn in the United States of America due to losing a member of her family, has to find a way to reconnect with her family, old friends and her past love, just as she works out ways to confront the guilt left behind.
Some of the film’s cast and crew include the lead character and music star, Tiwa Savage; Jemima Osunde, Mike Afolarin, Andrew Bunting, a Ghanaian, Lloyd Gyanfosu Junior, among others.
Speaking about the movie at the briefing, Meji Alabi said it was an opportunity to do something different, saying: “We decided to do something different from the visual album we earlier had in mind. We thought about making a film. Considering how many music videos and how much we had already done together, it was the perfect progression of our relationship. For me, it was a nice idea to see how we can take it to the next level.”
On the cast, the movie producer, Jimi Adesanya, hailed them for being supportive of one another during the production phases, saying despite intense shooting sessions that lasted for weeks in Ghana, they brought their scripts to life.
Adesanya stated that Ghana was important to the movie setting, saying: “Cape Coast serves as the door of no return – through which some of our black brothers and sisters were taken away from us to another part of the world many decades ago.”
Also speaking, popular actress, Jemima Osunde, known for starring in prominent movies, including Lion Heart, Isoken, Battle on Buka Street, Quam’s Money, said Water and Garri represents one of her best projects so far.
On her most memorable experience on set, she said: “It is hard to take out just one. It was a very, very beautiful set and I had fun shooting the movie. One such was a scene in which Tiwa and I were in a tricycle shooting. While the tricycle moved on the street, people were going about their daily lives. What I know is that Water and Garri is one of the best movies on which I have worked.”
It is, however, worthy of note that the movie’s premiere was supported by office of the Vice President of Nigeria. Special Assistant to the President on Digital & Creative Economy, Office of the Vice President, Mr Fegho Umunubo, who spoke at the event, said the Federal Government’s support of Water and Garri showed its interest in the creative industry.
“Tiwa Savage has contributed a lot to the creative industry. We saw the need to support her, knowing how much it takes to move from music to film,” Umunubo said.
On his part, Ayo Adeagbo, Special Assistant to the President on Arts, Culture and Digital Economy, added that ensuring the right policies and putting together a task force on piracy were areas among which government was supporting the creative industry.
According to him, to enable the industry to thrive, collaborations were ongoing with the Ministry of Justice to stop the loss of revenue resulting from piracy.
British singer, Natalie Okri has stated that some human hairs are sacrifices to deities and unknown gods.
The singer made this claim while speaking on why she stopped wearing wigs.
According to her, in some parts of Asia, women offer their hair at the temple to purify themselves, to shed bad luck and poverty.
Natalie Okri in a video shared on her Instagram page, explained that some of these human hairs are often sold to big vendors. She noted that black women purchasing them might be wearing someone else’s bad luck unknowingly.
“There are 3 reasons why I stopped wearing wigs and human hairs: some human hairs are sacrifice to demons, deities and other unknown gods.
“A lot of women in some countries like Asia, they go to the temple to sacrifice their hair to their god, believing that their gods will purify and cleanse them. They gave their hair as a form of getting rid of bad luck, poverty and every other thing stressing them and they started life anew.
“Those working in the temple take their hair and sell it off to the European market or to different big vendors like Ali Baba, Ali Express and different brands. And we black women go to those websites to buy these hairs at hundreds of pounds.
“We are wearing someone’s bad luck on our heads. You may not believe in their god but as a Christian, that works against what I believe in, because we see them as demons and deities.”
Natalie Okri is a British singer, who rose to fame in 2009 after performing at Britain’s Got Talent.
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The Ogun State Police Command has declared Habeeb Okikiola Olalomi, popularly known as “Portable”, wanted for his alleged involvement in a violent attack on government officials carrying out their lawful duties.
A statement released by the spokesperson of the command, SP Omolola Odutola, says on February 5, 2025, at about 1000hrs, officials from the Ogun State Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development, Ota Zonal Office named TPL Onabanjo Abidemi, TPL Raymond Lateef and TPL Ridwan Oyero Akinlesi were conducting an enforcement exercise at Oke-Osa, Tigbo Ilu Ota, when 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 dangerous weapons, led a gang of nine thugs in a violent attack on the unarmed officials. 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 (SCID) for further action.
Nine accomplices were arrested, but Portable fled the scene and has since gone into hiding. Multiple formal invitations were sent to him, requesting his presence at the Ogun State Police Command Headquarters, Eleweran, Abeokuta, which he deliberately ignored without cause or legal representation.
Following his repeated evasion, the Ogun State Police Command has obtained a valid court order declaring him wanted”
Odutola mentioned that members of the public are strongly advised to assist the police by providing any valuable information that can lead to his immediate arrest. Anyone found aiding or harbouring the suspect will face legal consequences.
‘’For any relevant information, kindly report to the nearest police station or contact the Ogun State Police Command through its official communication channels or police public relations department.”
Grammy Award-winning Nigerian singer Temilade Openiyi, better known as Tems, has garnered a lot of attention with the release of her most recent music video.
The award-winning singer has released a brand-new song called “BOY O BOY,” along with an eye-catching music video that has attracted a lot of attention because of its fascinating features.
Many viewers were shocked by Tems’ surprising display of strength as she carried a big man with ease in the video, which was posted on her official Instagram account.
Music fans have been reminded of a previous incident in December 2021 when Wizkid struggled to hoist Tems during one of his performances at the O2 Arena.
See some reactions that have trailed the video below
wizkidayomedia: @temsbaby red flag why you go dey carry man like that.
mrlilgaga: That’s why I love her. She sang for boys .
only1peterpan: Hold on, How tf did she carry da nigga.
oluwayn: She carried that nigga?.
jay_onair: Ahhhhh! You carried him????
zoey.warri_: no one’s talking about how strong she is carrying that guy.
masterteamy06, “Na person wey daddy Bolu wan carry be this?
Watch the video here:
Source: www.mynigeria.com
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