This is the part where Peter Okoye revealed that he received royalties worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, which he had never received before 😂
This is the $800k he was talking about.
Don’t let anyone manipulate you!!!
Peter’s story has never changed!!!
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PETE EDOCHIE: THE LONGEST ACTING CAREER? MY PERSPECTIVE
Pa Pete Edochie is a name too large for my modest vocabulary to contain; an entity so towering that my finest sentence will still fall short of his true worth; an institution so monumental that he has earned, by sheer weight of years and craft, the right to stand before anyone and declare, "I am indeed whom I claim to be."
And YES, I agree with him, in terms of aura and gravitas, there are very few living Nigerian actor that can match his intimidating presence. Pa Pete is naturally endowed with a stature that can conveniently bully almost anyone placed in his frame, and without trying, simply by being there. He is that blessed.
And in interpretation of roles, no true lover of this craft can deny Pa Pete his flowers. The prestige, the splendor, the sheer command with which he breathes life into elder statesmen on screen, wedded to an impeccable grasp of the English tongue and an elegant, unshaken pride in his Igbo heritage - I have not seen his equal among the living. That much must be acknowledged.
I also handsomely understand and appreciate his reasons for engaging in self-adulation. In the past decade, every tom, dick and harry goes on TV to claim their seniority over the much revered thespian, even where and when it is absolutely unnecessary.
First it was KOK, who shrank the entire history of Nigerian theatre into the frame of Living in Bondage and crowned himself above Pa Pete. Then came Mr. Yemi Solade, dragging Pa Pete's name into conversations even when he was nowhere near the object of discourse. Entirely needless.
So, lest his colleagues begin to confuse his silence for admission of surbodinateship, he felt the justifiable urge to set the records straight. And in setting straight those records, he established that the Nigerian theatre's history stretches long before the era of home video, for there would be no Nollywood at all if the stage and the traveling theatre had not first laid its foundation.
And it is precisely in this record-setting that I must, with respect, say the elder has erred.
Shall I Begin?
Pa Pete tells us he first appeared on stage in 1965, a boy of fifteen, and on this basis alone lays claim to seniority over every actor yet drawing breath. I say, with the deepest respect an elder is owed, that he is mistaken - and I believe honestly so.
First of all, as a 15 year old boy, he clearly didn't acquire a degree in theater arts at that young age and it doesn't appear as though he learnt through apprenticeship.
Whatever Pa Pete recalls as his "first stage appearance" was, in all likelihood, no more than a child's play - the kind many young boys performed acting the devil in a church drama, not the disciplined craft of a trained thespian.
A boy summoned to stand among extras does not thereby become a professional, except he can produce the certificate or name the theatre group under whose tutelage he trained.
Conversely, Pa Lere Paimo - Baba Eda Onile Ola, joined the Oyin Adejobi theatre group in 1960, learning the very rudiments of this profession, and by 1961 had already risen to become one of the most significant figures in the Duro Ladipo Theatre group, touring stages across the nation and beyond our borders.
And then comes Alhaji Kareem Adepoju, Baba Wande, whose professional career began in 1962. Then Oga Bello, in 1964. And the list continues - names whose professional record predates Pa Pete's, even if we generously accept his inaccurate account of 1965 as fact.
But yes - we must still concede him this: he carries a stature none can deny, and he remains, without contest, one of my personal all-time greats. And among actors of Igbo extraction, there is indeed none whose professional record predates his.
But the Yoruba must not be added to that reckoning - for we are the pioneers of this craft. And no matter how early a child arrives at the farm, he will meet the stump already standing there.
Good Evening Severally...
Trending: Nigerian Police officers in Korope allegedly chased 3 guys with cutlasses after they left a cinema, labelled them cultists, and demanded ₦5 million for their release in Festac.
After leaving the cinema around 10pm for a Spider-man viewing. They noticed people running over a police raid, the trio too decided to run back to the Mall for safety, as the police men chased them with machetes and guns.
Upon safe arrival at the mall, the officers went in, yanked them out, and first accused them of being armed robbers who had discarded their guns, daggers and weapons during the chase.
The trio explained they were just coming from Genesis cinema, tendered their tickets showing the time, date and seat for the movie.
Then, the police switched, this time insisted they were cultists who discarded their pistols during the chase and will be charged to court accordingly.
Even though nothing incriminating was found on them, the korope untagged men in black, took them to the station around 1:30a.m. Asked them to write statements and pay ₦5,000,000.00 for their bail.
After searching their phones and seeing their account balance, they settled for ₦100,000 and released them on a Brand New Day around 5:30 a.m.
According to @ayo4pf_ police said they were arrested for loitering in a cultist zone.
A traumatic Far From Home experience for the Spidey fans.
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Court order DNA of Mohbad and e son
Three people suppose run the DNA independently and they go provide three hospitals abroad.
One from Mohbad papa
Another one from the wife
The last one from the court
After investigation it was discovered that the hospitals provided by the wife and court does not offer such services 💔
-VDM INVESTIGATIONS
Yesterday I ordered for comfort on bolt and to my greatest shock one old Honda City with questionable engine and a manual gear came to pick me. None of the glass windows could even wind down. The only thing that surprised me at that moment was that the AC actually worked even if it made some weird funny sounds like a ghost was in it. 😂
I jokingly asked him if this is what comfort gets me what will bolt basic be like? He went quiet... I could see was desperately trying to hold back the tears and said “hmm sir you won't understand but I'm sorry about the condition of my car, please bear with me”.
That response stayed with me. When he dropped me I asked for his account number, I sent him 500K and told him to please fix his car. He broke down in tears like mad, telling me I don't know what I have done for him. His wife is heavily pregnant and his car has been giving him one issue or the other but just managing it to raise enough to complete the money for C.S. Even those close to him haven't been be able to come through but a complete stranger like me does this. He thank me repeatedly and prayed for me for minutes.
You never really know what someone is going through behind a smile or behind the things you casually complain about. For me it was just an uncomfortable ride but for him that old Honda was probably his livelihood, his only means of feeding his family. I received a text from him thanking me again later that night yesterday. Be humble and grateful.