Twitter CEO, Jack Dorsey Visits NigeriaWeekly Entertainment News Bulletin As Jack Dorsey Visits Nigeria

Hey Guys,

Welcome to another episode of our Weekly Entertainment News Bulletin.

Our weekly column tagged ” Weekly Entertainment News Bulletin ” where we share with you all the juiciest ‘gist’ of what’s has been going on in the Nigeria entertainment industry & Nigeria at Large, especially some reports we missed to cover to you during the week. That is the ‘news’ news and the ‘not-so-news’ news.

In the school of life, preparation and action meet opportunity, that’s the case of one Nigeria, who goes with the name Dara Oladosu on Thursday in Lagos. Here’s a rundown of what went during the week tagged #WorkFlow.

What Have Your Favorite Celebrities Been Up To? Find Out For This Week #WorkFlow — Your Weekly Entertainment News Bulletin

Did You Know?

Over the week, Nigerian technology media website Tech Point, hosted CEO and co-founder of micro-blogging social media platform Twitter and CEO of mobile payments company, Square, Jack Dorsey, alongside with others Twitter executives such as Kayvon Beykpour, Product Lead and co-founder of Periscope; Parag Agrawal, Chief Technology Officer (CTO); and Mike Montano, Engineering Team Lead for their town hall meeting in Lagos, Nigeria.

Jack Dorsey, had the opportunity to meet some key stakeholders in Nigeria’s growing technology sector, from making a surprise visit to the CC-Hub to Andela and the University of Lagos. Though, Highlight of Jack‘s presence in Nigeria was about Dara Oladosu.

Weekly Entertainment News Bulletin
What Have Your Favorite Celebrities Been Up To? Find Out For This Week #WorkFlow — Your Weekly Entertainment News Bulletin

Who’s Dara Oladosu?

For a clearer understanding, Dara Oladosu is a young Nigerian that created Quoted Replies, the viral Twitter-based bot that helps you find quoted replies of tweets without having to go through the hassle of copying, pasting, and searching. According to Dara, he said the organizer of the event called him 15minutes before Jack arrival into Nigeria, he quickly picked the nearest available Okada rider that took him down to the venue, and at the end of the event, he got a job offer at Twitter.

A Nigerian Man Got Job Offer At Twitter. 

Oscar’s Disqualification of Genevieve Nnaji ‘s ” Lionheart ” Nomination for the” Best International Features” category

Over the week, news broke out that Nollywood screen diva Genevieve Nnaji‘s first directorial movie  ” Lionheart ” and Nigeria’s first-ever Oscar submission for best international feature film has been disqualified by Oscar’s jury committee. The disqualification of ” Lionheart ” sparked criticism from its director, because films in this category, formerly best foreign-language film, must have “a predominantly non-English dialogue track”.

Ava DuVernay, director of Selma and A Wrinkle in Time, questioned the decision on Twitter, pointing out that English is Nigeria’s official language.

Burna Boy Dominates Reigns Continues

Nigeria Afro-fusion singer Burna Boy dominate reigns in the Africa music market continues as he emerged winner of the Best Africa Act award at the 2019 MTV EMA’s ahead of fellow Nigerian Teni the Entertainer, South Africa’s Prince Kaybee and Nasty C, Harmonize from Tanzania and Togo’s duo TooFan, as he took home the prestigious award at a star-studded event held in Seville, Spain on Sunday.

On Another Note

Yes, you heard me right, the likes of Nigerian artistes such as Ycee, Peruzzi, Joeboy, Sarz & Wurld released a new project on the same date.

By gistyinka

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