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Little Drops Of Happy
Little Drops of Happy is a 2017 Nigerian therapeutical movie facilitated by Pinnacle Medicals Speakout initiative in conjunction with Derwin productions with support from the American Embassy. The movie creates awareness about mental health, depression, suicide and how they can be tackled. The movie is written, directed and produced by Grace Edwin-Okon and Executive producer is Dr. Maymunah Kadiri it stars Ngozi Nwosu, Mercy Aigbe, Osas Ighodaro, Ayoola Ayoola and others. Synopsis The movie revolves around a woman who had to deal with domestic violence and unfaithfulness of her husband. She was mentally depressed to the Sathe of being called a mad woman. Eventually, she was able to save herself and her promiscuous husband. Premiere The movie first premiered at Genesis Deluxe Cinema, Lekki, Lagos on November 18, 2017. It was also premiered at Silverbird Galleria, Victoria Island, Lagos State and nationwide. Cast Ayoola Ayoola, Ngozi Nwosu, Seun Kentebe, Ijeoma O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Diplomatic Missions Of The United States
The United States has the second most diplomatic missions of any country in the world after Mainland China, including 166 of the 193 member countries of the United Nations, as well as observer state Vatican City and non-member countries Kosovo and Taiwan. It maintains "interest sections" (in other states' embassies) in member states Afghanistan, Iran and Syria. History In December 1777, Morocco became the first nation to seek diplomatic relations with the United States and together they maintain the United States' longest unbroken treaty. Benjamin Franklin established the first overseas mission of the United States in Paris in 1779. On April 19, 1782, John Adams was received by the States-General and the Dutch Republic as they were the first country, together with Morocco and France, to recognize the United States as an independent government. John Adams then became the first U.S. ambassador to the Netherlands and the house that he had purchased there, at Fluwelen Burgwal 18 in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maymunah Kadiri
Maymunah Yusuf Kadiri is a Nigerian mental health advocate, Psychiatrist and psychotherapist. She advocates for mental health speaking at events, television shows and as a columnist at the Guardian Newspapers. She produced Little Drops Of Happy in 2017 to create awareness about mental health in Nigeria. She is the founder of Pinnacle Medical Services Limited. Education Maymunah trained at Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital, Yaba till 2012. She is a graduate of the China European International Business School. She is also a trained rational emotive and cognitive behavioural therapist from Albert Ellis Institute, New York, USA. She is a Goldman Sachs Goldman Sachs () is an American multinational investment bank and financial services company. Founded in 1869, Goldman Sachs is headquartered at 200 West Street in Lower Manhattan, with regional headquarters in London, Warsaw, Bangalore, H ... scholar in Entrepreneurial management and Fellow of the National Post-Graduat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ngozi Nwosu
Ngozi Nwosu (born 1 August 1963) is a veteran Nigerian actress and producer. She began her acting career in Yoruba-language films, before making her home-video debut in ''Living in Bondage'', an Igbo-language film considered to begin the video film era of Cinema of Nigeria. Personal life A native of Arochukwu in Abia State, Southeastern Nigeria, Nwosu was born 1 August 1963. She grew up in Lagos. Her father, a Biafran veteran was killed during the Nigeria Civil War. Nwosu is fluent in Igbo, Yoruba and English languages. She had her primary education at St. Paul Anglican School, Idi Oro. She then proceeded to Maryland Comprehensive High School, Ikeja, and concluded her high school at East Rosary High School. Her professional acting training under the leadership of Reverend Fabian Oko was done at Royal Theatre Art Club School. In 2012, she took ill, which affected her career. The diagnosis was reported to be related to a kidney disease. She eventually got treatment abroad t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mercy Aigbe
Mercy Aigbe Hajiya Meena (born 1 January 1978) is a Nigerian actress, director, fashionista and businesswoman. She is best known for her Yoruba indigenous movies. Early life Mercy Aigbe was born on 1 January 1978 in Edo State. to Pa Aigbe and Mrs. Abisola Grace Owodunni She hails from Benin city which is the capital of Edo State. She is the second child in a family of five. She had her primary education at St. Francis primary school and attended Maryland Comprehensive Secondary School Ikeja, Lagos. She is also an alumnus of The Polytechnic, Ibadan, Oyo State, where she received her OND in Financial Studies. In 2001, Mercy Aigbe graduated from University of Lagos with a degree in Theater Arts. Career Mercy Aigbe kicked off her acting career by starring in some soap operas, including the popular TV drama series "Papa Ajasco." Professionally, Mercy joined the Nollywood industry fully in 2006 and acted in the movie that brought her into the limelight 'Ara,' a movie produced by R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Osas Ighodaro
Osas Ighodaro (Osariemen Martha Elizabeth Ighodaro; born 26 October) is a Nigerian American actress, producer, host and humanitarian. She won the Miss Black USA Pageant in 2010, and founded the Joyful Joy Foundation, an initiative that raises funds to fight malaria. She co-hosted the 2014 Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, and played Adanna (Danni) on the soap opera ''Tinsel''. Moreover, she won Best TV Actress of the Year at the 2014 ELOY Awards. Osas emerged as the highest-grossing Nollywood actress of 2018, and was awarded Best Actress in a Drama at the 2022 AMVCA for her role in '' Rattlesnake: The Ahanna Story''. Biography Osas Ighodaro was born in Bronx, New York, United States, to Nigerian parents from Edo State. She obtained her first degree in broadcasting journalism with dual minors in entrepreneurship and theater from Pennsylvania State University. She further obtained a master's degree in fine arts from the Actors Studio Drama School at Pace University. She mov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ayoola Ayolola
Ayoola Ayolola (born January 12, 1987) is a Nigerian musician, singer, and actor. He won the 5th Project Fame West Africa on September 29, 2012. Early life and education Ayolola was born in Kano, northern Nigeria. He is the oldest of five children. He attended Covenant University, Ota, Ogun State where he studied biochemistry. Career Project Fame West Africa Ayolola won the 5th edition of the Project Fame West Africa, where he was gifted a car, 2.5 million naira cash price and a year recording deal. He previously participated in another singing contest Nigerian Idol where he got evicted in the first round after making the final 12. Acting career Ayolola suspended his music career for acting in 2015, he featured as ''Mide'' in the YouTube series Skinny Girl in Transit afterwards. He also featured in movies such as Isoken. Filmography TV shows Films Exit from ''The Men's Club'' Tola Odunsi, the director of ''The Men's Club'' announced that Ayolola will no longer be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Silverbird Galleria
Silverbird Galleria is a shopping mall and entertainment centre in Victoria Island, Lagos. History Silverbird Galleria was established in 2004 by Silverbird Group, a media and real estate company founded by Ben Murray-Bruce in the 1980s. The movie theatre, ''Silverbird Cinemas'' which revolutionalized cinema in Nigeria pioneered the first five-screens Cineplex in sub-Saharan Africa. Silverbird Cinemas also possesses the largest cinema chain in West Africa with several locations in Lagos, Abuja, Port Harcourt, Uyo and Accra Accra (; tw, Nkran; dag, Ankara; gaa, Ga or ''Gaga'') is the capital and largest city of Ghana, located on the southern coast at the Gulf of Guinea, which is part of the Atlantic Ocean. As of 2021 census, the Accra Metropolitan District, , ..., Ghana. The Lagos Galleria Silverbird Galleria has a shirts retailer, café and mobile network offices for feasible communication and internet access, all located on the ground floor. Electronic gadgets retail ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Victoria Island, Lagos
Victoria Island (VI) is an affluent area that encompasses a former island of the same name neighbouring Lagos Island, Ikoyi and the Lekki Peninsula by the Lagos Lagoon. It is the main business and financial centre of Lagos State, Nigeria. Victoria Island is one of the most exclusive and expensive areas to reside in Lagos. The town and island lie within the boundaries of the Eti-Osa Local Government Area (LGA). History A large part of the Island was originally part of jurisdiction of the Oniru chieftaincy family of Lagos with tenants inhabiting the land. In 1948, the Lagos Executive Development Board paid 250,000 pounds as compensation for the land acquired from the Oniru family and an additional 150,000 pounds as compensation for the inhabitants and shrines destroyed. The inhabitants were later resettled at Maroko village. Victoria Island was originally surrounded entirely by water. It was bordered by the Atlantic Ocean on the south, the mouth of the Lagos Lagoon on the Wes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lagos State
Lagos State ( yo, Ìpínlẹ̀ Èkó) is a States of Nigeria, state in South West (Nigeria), southwestern Nigeria. Of the 36 States of Nigeria, states, it is both the List of Nigerian states by population, most populous and List of Nigerian states by area, smallest in area. Bounded to the south by the Bight of Benin and to the west by the Benin–Nigeria border, international border with Benin Republic, Lagos State borders Ogun State to the east and north making it the only Nigerian state to border only one other state. Named for the city of Lagos—the List of urban areas in Africa by population, most populous city in Africa—the state was formed from the Western Region, Nigeria, Western Region and the former Federal Capital Territory on 27 May 1967. Geographically, Lagos State is dominated by bodies of water with nearly a quarter of the state's area being lagoons, creeks, and rivers. The largest of these bodies are the Lagos Lagoon, Lagos and Lekki Lagoon, Lekki lagoons in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lisa Omorodion
Lisa Omorodio professionally credited as Lisa Omorodion is a Nigerian actress, film producer, and entrepreneur. She is best known for her lead role in the 2013 movie, ''First Cut'', alongside Joseph Benjamin and Monalisa Chinda. She is also known for her plus-sized figure. Early life Omorodion was born in London. Her father, who is of Edo descent is an Engineer and the founder of Hensmor Oil and Gas and her mother is a lawyer. She is the fifth of six children. Omorodion attended Corona Primary School in Lagos, Nigeria. While in Primary school, she joined the school's drama club, where her passion for the arts was ignited. Thereafter, she attended Command Secondary School for three years and then Atlantic hall, Poka Epe Secondary School for her senior secondary school years where she was also a part of the drama club; she then attended the University of Lagos, where she obtained a Bachelor's degree in Economics. Career Omorodion produced and starred in her debut feature fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emem Inwang
Emem Inwang is a Nigerian actress and model. She was formerly Emem Udonquak. On October 18, 2014 she won the 2014 Nollywood Movies Awards (3rd edition) for Best Actress in a Supporting Role in the movie ''Itoro''. The event was held at the Intercontinental Hotel, Lagos. Biography Emen Inwang is a Nigerian actress and model from Awka Ibom state. She celebrates her birthday on September 8. On April 5, 2014 Emem married Moses Inwang, a Nigerian movie director and producer. They had their first child in 2015. Career Emem is a model and became prominent when she was crowned the 2011/2012 Calabar Carnival Queen on Friday December 23, 2011. The Pageant was sponsored by First Bank of Nigeria. In the same year, she signed an ambassadorial deal and was officially the Calabar’s Tourism Ambassador and spokesperson for Mothers Against Child Abandonment (An initiative of the Wife of the former Governor of Cross River State, Obioma Liyel-Imoke). However, she delved into acting and has feat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2017 Films
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