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While congratulating Omotola for her National Award honour which she received yesterday, movie producer and opinionated writer Charles Novia compared Omotola and Genevieve’s acting skills, saying Omotola has more depth in acting than Genevieve. Read below and see if you agree with him.

Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde is known to many. Her acting prowess is arguably in a class by itself and her being nominated as one of the world’s 100 most influential persons by TIME magazine a couple of years back must have paved the way for her present national recognition by the Federal Government. Frankly speaking, I personally think she has more depth in acting than her ‘rival’ Genevieve Nnaji. I have worked with both of them in the past and also studied their acting styles. Omotola has the gift of role immersion. She gives everything into her characters. There is an organic style of interpretation she is gifted with. Very few actors have that. She Is not a Method Actor, mind you but she has delivered roles which many method actors would give her a standing ovation for. 

What he says about Genevieve after the cut…

Genevieve Nnaji, on the other hand, is a fantastic actress and a trend – setting one too who was first honoured by Mr President a couple of years ago. But she lacks the intrinsic ability to evolve artistically beyond her present heights in her career. That is my opinion. There is an underlying stereotype in her interpretation of her roles in many of her movies; a linear aloofness and veiled disdain at the thought of being pushed further down the exploratory lane. Of course she has an uncanny screen presence which generally veils her artistic shortcomings when it comes to acting and between her and her rivals, she comes tops on the fan base list. However, with an attitude which seems to say she has nothing more to prove, even the fans would become restless if new artistic exploits are not offered from her to which they can beat their chests. 

And for fans of both actresses, this is a professional review of their acting abilities and not an attempt to rekindle old rivalries. Somehow, this post on the National Honours dove tailed into their artistry. All well and good.

Fuji star, Saheed Osupa reportedly bought a large parcel of land which he gifted to each of his band members who have been with him throughout his sojourn in music. According to City People, the four acre of land which is located in Ota, Ogun state was shared among the members last month. That’s so nice of him

It is not news that many Nigerian acts rely on m*******a for inspiration while some use it to “ginger” their “swagger”. 

One Nigerian act who has been stereotyped with drug abuse is Terry G. 

The artiste has reportedly stopped taking “drugs” and is sober now. 

According to the singer, “I will say that it is not an easy thing to quit such a dangerous habit. 

What I did was to avoid contact with all those who introduced me to the it.” 


The super producer who in the past has accused his close associates of introducing him to the dangerous lifestyle also revealed he has stopped mingling with drug a users especially a particular actress (names withheld) who introduced him to it. 

The father of one further added that nowadays he tries to avoid the actress, adding that they are no longer as close as they used to be in the past.