Recently, comedy in Nigeria witnessed an extraordinary flux facilitated by the restrictions that attended the COVID-19 pandemic. Before now, shows like the Nite of a Thousand Laughs created by veteran showbiz entrepreneur, Opa Williams defined the Nigerian comedy space. That era was dominated by the likes of Ali Baba, Okey […]
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Popular comedian, Atunyota Akpobome, better known as Ali Baba, has narrated how he discovered he was positive to COVID-19. Eelive.ng had reported that Ali Baba recovered from COVID-19, as he slammed those doubting the second wave of the infectious disease. In a live interview on TVC News, the humour merchant revealed that […]
Music executive, Jude Okoye, has recovered from COVID-19. Jude who didn’t disclose when he contracted the viral disease took his fans by surprise when he gave his health update. He described his battle with the disease as “hell”. In a terse post, he wrote on Instagram: “Been through hell. Face […]
Popular comedian and actor, Atunyota Akpobome, better known as Ali Baba, has recovered from the dreaded COVID-19 disease. The veteran humour merchant made this disclosure in a post on his Instagram page on Monday, January 4, 2021. In the post, Ali Baba said he contracted the virus unaware to many […]
For comedians and lovers of comedy in Nigeria, the celebration of Easter usually comes with heavy doses of laughter. This is because of the several comedy shows that normally hit major cities across the country that weekend. Amongst the many shows, are AY-LIVE Easter Sunday show and Gbenga Adeyinka’s LAFFMATAZZ; […]
Sometime in April, Chairman of Wale Adenuga Productions and one of the most enduring entrepreneurs in Nigeria’s film/television industry, Mr. Wale Adenuga spoke about the level of disunity in Nollywood. eelive.ng’s SEUNMANUEL FALEYE writes that Adenuga told reporters that this was one of the reasons many practitioners are unable to […]
Comedian, Atunyota Akpobome, popularly known as Ali Baba and his wife, Mary Akpobome, on Wednesday, celebrated their 14th wedding anniversary. The 54-year-old marked the day by sharing several pictures of the two of them on Instagram. He captioned all of them, “Happy Anniversary.” Check out the posts below: View this […]
Veteran comedian Ali Baba elaborates on the positive things that the coronavirus pandemic will bring. In an interview with Channels TV Entertainment, Atunyota Alleluya Akpobome popularly called Ali Baba spoke on how Nigerians will be after the COVID-19 pandemic passes. In the interview, he said that people would know the […]
Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. co-founder Jack Ma has joined Twitter. In his first tweet, Jack Ma posted photos of a China Eastern Airlines plane with boxes of coronavirus test kits and face masks pending shipping to the U.S. from Shanghai. “All the best to our friends in America,” he wrote; […]
Veteran ace comedian, Ali Baba has expressed his concern about entertainers who use their craft to support crime. He asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, not to spare any entertainer who uses his or her work of art to encourage internet fraud popularly known as yahoo-yahoo. Alibaba made […]