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VANGUARD, SATURDAY, MARCH 3, 2018 — 43
Urhobo-Enobong tackles marriage,
relationships in new play
Simon Peters Abuh
Shirley Urhobo-Enebong is
a film maker and the
Creative Director of S & S
Creative Media Company. The
creative degree holder in
Architecture from the Ahmadu
Bello University, Zaria and a
Diploma from the New York Film
Academy in this interview
speaks of her new play Still
Single in Gidi and other issues.
Have you produced any
movies yet?
Nothing commercial, some
mini short films and project for
some companies looking for
content to publicize their work.
Are you doing any movies/film
presently?
I am preparing to do a movie
right after the stage play Still
Single in Gidi.
Can you tell us about your
stage play?
Still Single in Gidi is a stage
play created by my partner Sheila
Ojei as a safe space for singles,
dating, married or divorced
living in Lagos to share their
stories and experiences.
For this year, the play is centered
on the lives of nine characters,
their experiences being single
and how it shapes their
perspectives on marriage and
relationships. The show
addresses issues such as body
shaming, skin bleaching, Yoruba
demon/runs girl stereotype and
many more. The monologues are
drawn from true life experiences
and topics discussed on the blog
by contributors. Last year, we
decided to do the play as part of
the Lagos Theatre Festival.
Originally, it was going to be a
small play, but it attracted a lot of
attention and became pretty
successful so it is better that we
Shirley Urhobo-Enebong
do it again this year.
It will be staged at Agip Hall,
Muson Center, Onikan Lagos,
2 nd & 3 rd of March, 2018. Friday
2 nd of March: 7:30pm while we
have two shows: on Saturday
March 3rd, 4:30 & 7:30pm.
Venue Ticket information is
available
on
www.sandscreativemedia.com
Instagram -
@sandscreativemedia
Do you have
sponsors?
Unfortunately, sponsorship is
hard to come by. Like last year it
was supposed to be a small room
like 50 -70 people and out of no
where they called us that Muson
Center was available, so we had
to rally round to fund it.
Is the show free?
Actually, we have advance
discount tickets going on now on
our site @
www.sandscreativemedia.com.
Your view about the movie
industry in Nigeria?
Well, there was a time when a
lot of film makers would hate to
be associated with the industry;
they would say I don’t do
Nollywood films, honestly, now
the movie industry is growing,
there are more creative people,
there are more talents, more
diversity, different stories and
films coming out now, people are
beginning to stretch themselves.
The truth is that the industry is
growing fast and going in the
right direction.
Challenges so far as director
and film maker?
For me, the entire country
challenges you in everything to
be honest. It is a relatively new
industry, people are still
distrustful, you can’t go to a bank
and get a loan to shoot your film,
and you can’t really blame them
because it’s a
developmental
•The cast of the play,
Still Single in Gidi
issue.
We only have few
cinemas in the country so you
can’t justify wanting to spend a
certain amount on making a film
when you don’t even have
enough cinemas to show the film
to make the money back. So
we’re restricted in making films
within a certain price range,
because of the environment we
operate in.
Before becoming a producer
have you been involved in any
movies?
Not directly, movie making as
a career never really crossed my
mind until it literally dropped on
my laps when I went for a
training for graphic design in
New York, and they said the class
was full and they asked me to do
film making that it has a
producing module as well, and
by the time I attended some of
the classes, the story changed. I
wrote a script for the first time,
produced and directed it and it
was good.
I actually studied architecture,
there’s a saying that an architect
can do anything. I started with
graphic design, architecture
wasn’t as fulfilling, so I started
dabbling into branding and other
things, so when I moved back to
Nigeria, after my masters, I got
a job in a branding firm and I
really enjoyed that for a bit. Then
again, I started getting restless,
then they took up a project, they
were trying to produce a
children’s educational program,
that’s literally my first
introduction into producing. I
was assisting the studio
producer, later I went to
film school.
Who is your ideal
director/producer in the
industry now?
Honestly, I try not to
mention names because it
might become problematic.
What advice would you give
to other up and coming
producers/directors?
My advice to them is just do
it and you will always find an
audience, no matter how small,
you may not blow in your first
project, allow yourself to make
those mistakes and ensure you
learn from them.
Court rejects bail for army officer arraigned with Evans
By Abdulwahab Abdulah
VICTOR Aduba, an
army officer, who is
one of the suspected
henchmen of billionaire
kidnapper, Chukwudimeme
Onwuamadike,
a.k.a Evans was yesterday
refused bail by an
Ikeja High Court. Aduba,
who is facing trial
alongside Evans before
Justice Hakeem Oshodi
was said to have aided
Evans in his numerous
operations.
In a ruling by the court,
Aduba’ s request for bail
was rejected on the
ground that he was not
residing in Lagos and
did not have sufficient
reasons to warrant bail.
Justice Oshodi said the
court considered the
gravity of the offence allegedly
committed, the
offender’s possibility of
interfering with course of
trial and his antecedents
before arriving at the
decision. He held that
Aduba would constitute
a high risk especially
having admitted in his
statement of defence of
being involved in illegal
operations where he collected
N20,000.
The judge noted that
the offence which the
sixth defendant (Aduba)
was standing trial for was
a very severe one adding
that it would be wise
to hold him in custody
for his own safety and
protection. The judge
further held that Aduba
did not place sufficient
material before the court
to make the court exercise
its discretion in his
favour.
“The bail application is
hereby refused and is
dismissed,” Justice
Oshodi held. Aduba,
Evans and four others
were arraigned before
the judge on August 30,
2017 on two counts
charge bordering on conspiracy
and kidnapping.
The other defendants are
Uche Amadi, Ogechi
Uchechukwu, Okuchukwu
Nwachukwu and
Chilaka Ifeanyi. Proceedings
in case however
could not proceed further
yesterday as Evans’
lawyer, Mr. Olukoya
Ogungbeje, was absent.
While adjourning the
matter till March 16,
2018, following the re-
quest by the Lagos State
Director of Public Prosecutions,
Mrs. Titilayo
Shita-Bey, the judge said
he hoped that the letter
written by Ogungbeje to
seek an adjournment
was not a ploy to frustrate
the case. Earlier, the
judge, in a short ruling,
begun legal processes to
seize from the suspect.
Investigators also found
out that the other firms
used by the Senator to
secure the NDDC contracts-,
Isumabe U.K Global
Ventures with RC No:
2388764 and Edrihide
Company with RC No:
238832, which were registered
on January 29 and
February 2, 2016, both indicate
No. 7, Chief
Michael Metuiwe Street,
Off Okpanam Road, Asaba,
Delta State as their operational
address.
A top EFCC official confirmed
to Saturday Vanguard
that the anti-graft
Southern Senators commend
Northern govs for backing
ranching
SOUTHERN Senators
have commended
northern governors for
supporting the establishment
of ranches in the
country to check the endless
clashes between
herdsmen and farmers
A statement in Abuja
yesterday by the chairman
N3.48b NDDC contract: EFCC closes in on Senator
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925074; Antlers Construction
& Allied Works
Limited with RC No:
925188 and De Towers
Construction & Allied
Services with RC No:
925182 were all registered
on December 3,
2010) and from the same
address given as Plot
3011B, Kuranakh Close,
Maitama, Abuja.
Curiously, the same
company operational
base was used by the embattled
lawmaker as its
operational base for the
controversial Lagos property,
which the EFCC has
agency had gone far into
the investigation of the
contract fraud and that the
details would soon be
made public and declined
further comments
on the matter. It was however
learnt that the antigraft
agency might file
charges against the Senator
before going for his
arrest given its previous
experience with high profiled
suspects on such
matters. “We do not want
to make any statement on
this investigation, which
luckily has already gone
far and Nigerians will
soon hear from us,” the
official said.
of Southern Senators Forum,
Sen, Hope Uzodimma
said the position of the
Northern Governors is a
patriotic stance that is capable
of dousing existing
tension in the land.
Chairman of Northern
Governors Forum and
Governor of Borno State,
Alhaji Kashim Shettima,
had in a press conference
in Kaduna Thursday declared
the support of the
Governors for ranching,
explaining that the measure,
apart from enhancing
security in the land, would
also boost the production
of cattle and dairy products.
In a prompt reaction to
the Northern Governors
Stand which many see as
a major change of position
Uzodimma in the statement
said that the southern
senators were happy to
hear of the position of the
Governors because it is a
positive development and
a signal that the end of the
incessant clashes between
farmers and herdsmen in
different parts of the country
maybe in sight”