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  • Okey Bakassi debuts new show

    Following the need for comedians to create multiple channels for their craft, Nigerian comedian ,Okey Bakassi has unveiled an uncommon news programme called The Other News.

    The comedian who also doubles as an actor explained on a recent radio show why the programme was created.

     

    In his words:” Sometimes when you are tuned to news channels and listen to the news, it will appear as if all the problems of the country are about to descend on your shoulders. Before you know it, you will be having a headache just by listening to the news. So, we decided to make the business of telling the news softer, since there is always a softer side to everything.

     

    “Underneath the open news that we read out lies humour. What we do is to mime it and bring it out to the audience so that they can also read between the lines. Our goal is basically to entertain, inform and enlighten Nigerians, as well as to inspire the youths to pay attention to the things happening around them.”

     

     

  • Okey Bakassi, Sound Sultan, others reveal how Nigerian entertainers use drugs

    Okey Bakassi, Sound Sultan, others reveal how Nigerian entertainers use drugs

    Actors, musicians, and celebrities within the entertainment industry are pop culture icons. Yet, these people have many of the same desires as average individuals. More importantly, entertainers are not impervious to the effects of alcohol and drugs. Entertainers have high-stress jobs and may turn to drugs as a coping mechanism for the day to day rigours of their profession.

    Okey Bakassi, Sound Sultan and African China on a recent talkshow revealed how Nigerian entertainers use drugs to enhance their performances.

    Okey Bakassi claimed that conservatively, 70% of Nigerian celebrities are on some substance that makes them high. “Now you hear all manner of names. From SK to Kush to Loud. The names come like

    Hear him:“Now you hear all manner of names. From SK to Kush to Loud. The names come like everyday and you’re struggling to keep up with the nomenclature of it.”

    Bakassi admitted that he dabbled into the use of drugs when he was much younger, claiming it enhances creativity in the short term.

    He said: “I did some of it too. Creativity is part of it.”

     

    African China puts it this way: “Thank God for my days,” after which the host said, “when it was just weed.”

    Watch the video below

     

    https://www.instagram.com/p/BWsiGhVhmQ4/?taken-by=thenewsgurung

     

  • Okey Bakassi slams young comedians

    Says:”They don’t work hard enough”

    Okechukwu Mac-Anthony known in the entertainment world as Okey Bakassi has been around in the make-believe world for decades. His rich profile earned him appointment as Senior Special Assistant on Entertainment Affairs to the former Governor Ikedi Ohakim of Imo State.

    In a recent interview on Emmanuel Ugolee’s The Gist, Okey proffered reasons young comedians haven’t been able to retire them.

    According to them: ”Young comedians have not been able to retire us because they are not actually working hard. A lot of them have double the followership that we even have on social media because it’s the medium of their generation and we are playing catch up in that area.”

    He further stated that young comedians need to improve on their content.

    “They need to work on their content . We know who is really working hard when we listen to them.”

    He was interviewed alongside Alibaba. Together, they x-rayed the growth and emergence of the Nigerian comedy industry.