Exceptionally brilliant TV personality Funmi Iyanda says there's
no television industry in Nigeria. In an interview with Encomium
mag at her Children's Day Celebration party organized by her
"Change a Life Foundation", she spoke about her current engagements...
She also talked about how she ventured into film making since her background is not in films"I run two media companies. One in Lagos, the second in London. I don't do television in Nigeria again because we don't have a television industry and I don't want to do patronage media otherwise known as brown envelope media. That's why I have shifted that to London and me and my partners are working on films that can be seen by anybody anywhere in the world. Back in Nigeria, I do corporate projects. I have people on the ground and we choose what we work on. So I run my business as a professional. I run Change-A-Life as a founder because it has a board and staff that keep things going. I am glad that it has taken a life beyond me" she said. Continue...
"I don't need to know anything about film-making but I am a great manager of people and a very intelligent person. One of the challenges here is that we put people in boxes. So often times, they put me in boxes. What you saw me doing on NTA was what I could do, because I was censored into the format that I did on NTA. That's not the kind of journalist I could be. I was operating at 20% capacity. I don't want to die without operating at 100% capacity. So this is me moving towards my full capacity. I said I run the company, I didn't say I make the films. I have with me scriptwriters, directors. What I love about film-making is that you coordinate and organize talents so that you bring forth what's good. One of the things I do in London is to produce stories that showcase Nigerian cultures" she said
Funmi Iyanda is very brilliant. I watched her programmes while she was with NTA. Whatever happened to that though! Keep soaring Funmi.
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ReplyDeleteAll the best Funmi. I hope it all works out well for you in london, so you have operate on your 100% capacity.
ReplyDeleteCoolDiva speaks!
Nice one ma..linda I'm coming home dis wkend..scared of flying..I wish I can walk frm Uk to Naija........................#KingOfKings
ReplyDeleteThat man behind Funmi Iyanda. Was he not the one that was supporting Sen. Yerima in the #childnotbride campaign on Al-Jazeera with Stella Damasus
ReplyDeleteWatch our local tv stations and die of boredom.....
ReplyDeleteFunmi everybody have his/her taste.
ReplyDeleteVIA TECNO B3
a.k.a EDWIN CHINEDU AZUBUKO said...
ReplyDeleteFunny iyanda i dont like yu in the past but nw i love yu like crazy bcos yu are the kinder lady any man will love having by his side, yu are so passionate about ur work and yu are independent. Keep doing what yu do best you rock....
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You can say that again dear. If not for BBC and CNN many,people would have thought Chibok is not in Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteAsides Super Story by 8pm every Thursday,I don't see any why one would want to watch NTA.
Information is power,but half truth dangerous. Our Television industry exists to serve the interest of the people in power and those that can afford their charges.
I feel for those that depend on our local Channels for their news.
~BONARIO~says so via NOKIA LUMIA
Ok o, Funmi, we haff hear. Lolol.
ReplyDelete#just passing#
ReplyDelete#correct. Just like what is happening to "half of a yellow sun" at present.
ReplyDeletewe heard you grandma
ReplyDeleteThe "grandma" thing is supposed to be an insult abi? U will remain bootylicious for d rest of your life abi? Idiot!
Deletemanaging da pple.....
ReplyDeletegood to know dat funmi
Oohk..
ReplyDeleteWe don't want homosexuals in Nigeria.
ReplyDeleteLinda post dis!! #BringBackOurGrandmothers#.shettima God will expose u, when we asked why waec dnt produce a pictute ID of d missing gals they dnt do that,instead u gave CAN lie lie names to publish,but now u are showing us pictures of girls that escaped,if its dat easy for dem to b escaping,why is nigerian army unable to bring dem back? U want to know y? They are in ur house shettima. Since northerners feel its their birthright to rule nigeria. U are a bokoharam sponsor, that is why u used dem to kidnap or kill dos emirs,since they are ur enemies,what shall it profit u to do all these and still die lik d ppl u have killed? Is it not funny that u have houses in borno state nd u stay in d govt house and boko haram has not gone to bomb u shettima? Dnt tel mi they love u dat is y they would leave where u stay and bomb other places..U can decieve ppl lik bonario who bcos he hates GEJ wil not open his eyes to see wat is happenin but u can't decieve me..continue..this blood u are sharing up nd down..God go arrest u one day
ReplyDeleteNoted Iyanda..
ReplyDeleteSharrapthere #DoroIdiot no be thru Nigerian TV you take hit fame?
ReplyDeleteNow it's that TV industry no dey Naija again
Hmmmmmmmmn...
DeleteShe's absolutely right to say that we don't have a TV industry in Nigeria... You won't believe how much of the news we hear come on air as a result of brown envelopes! I expected that at if NTA served as the government's puppet, at least our private TV stations should have control over their productions, since they're independent- but this is far from the reality on ground. If any official commits a crime, you won't hear nothing about it as long as brown envelopes have exchanged hands; likewise, there are hundreds of well meaning Nigerians that have been brought down and painted as villains, simply because they refused to cooperate and offer bribes to these heavily corrupt media houses! How can we ever move forward as a country if the media houses- TVs and Nigerian Dailies that are supposed to expose the evil in our society are also perpetrators of evil??
ReplyDeleteOne of my role models in d media... But she is ryt, n mayb datz y I refused 2 work in a media house!
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ReplyDeleteFunmi of life! Really missed your program" New Dawn" on NTA.You will forever remain one of my best presenter(s) in Nigeria. May God bless your hustle dear....Much love.
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ReplyDeleteCareless Talk.
ReplyDeleteHi, pls can you link me to miss iyanda. I write scipts and stories and would like a platform to display on a world class stage. Pls no need posting this
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ReplyDeleteJust accept that MO Abudu has chased you out of the game you thought you were tops. very intelligent indeed. thats what is killing you. were you censored for talk with Funmi? i think it was your thing, why did it fail? after you brought make-up artists from London, photographers from London, grip from America, leaving the minor jobs to your people, all cos of this your ITK. you don still pack load go meet them for there and telling us about the type of journalism you want to practice, rubbish talk
ReplyDeleteSo what you are saying is that MO does brown envelope journalism abi? na you sabi. At the end of the day, its to impact, give jobs to the youths like MO is doing. Charity begins at home, mr woman. i think the real reason behind your relocating is apart from being gay, your intelligence didn't have anything to offer here. mr know all, you dont need to be trained as a filmmaker before you can make films, yet you are clamouring for professionalism humble yourself and come back and just take the back bench and relearn from the masters of the game, you need to go and stay anywhere to make good films, infact come and go to ROYAL ARTS Academy, let Emem Isong teach you whats up. e be like say all that money wey Tinubu and Alao Akala de give you never finish.
Wow! This person has a porous brain o! Y d painment? For u to know she's gay u must be 1 too. How could some1 be wrighting so much lies about some1 else. Some1 u know nothing about? Imagine Tinubu and Akala? Fear God. Cos all u bear witness to especially if false ll get u punishment from d Almighty. Shikenan.
DeleteLol. Bless up #dope
DeleteWow people can make noise with headlines. You mean funmi is exeptionally brilliant, how i mean how. Funmi is an avarage lady that is just strugling to lend and own a voice simple. So that of her brilliancy being exeptional is what udont know
ReplyDeleteWho is she pls?
ReplyDeleteFunmi long time no see..Mo Abudu just chased you out of talk show..hmmm.
ReplyDeleteFunmi long time no see, Mo Abudu just chased you out of talk show..hmmm..
ReplyDeleteNice one funmi iyanda, nigerian employers put people in box by working on their own career. Well God will save us, but i will suggest to u, to bring such to nigeria by playing ur own role in making nigeria great.
ReplyDeleteThank you aunty Funmi.
ReplyDelete"me and my partners" LMFAO!
ReplyDelete"I run my business as a professional" Who doesn't?
"I am a great manager of people and a very intelligent person" Why don't you leave others to say that about you?
Where are these stories? On BBC, ITV, C4, C5, Sky One? Where exactly?
Does someone sound bitter?yes chikaka,you!
DeleteBitter about someone who can't even speak proper English? Me and my partners? Dunce. Now you anon, shut it.
DeleteShe is on point, what we got as is usual in Nigeria looks like it on the surface but beneath is a totally different thing. Linda I dey pity you wey say you wan get talk show, pray say things don change before then cos them go use bureaucracy cripple you.
ReplyDeleteTrue Talk!!!
ReplyDeleteIs that not the more reason why you should establish one here? why run to a place where your expertise is not needed mrs know all. you never talk wetin de pursue you o
ReplyDeleteIs that so?
ReplyDeleteAre Funmi Iyanda and Mo Abudu not on speaking terms? They are both Yoruba women. Why are Nigerian women warring always?
ReplyDeleteSo is NTA a mortuary??...... By @successralu
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Deleteyes na, be b today
ReplyDeleteBORN TO SHINE!!!
if u like show my comment. In my opinion funmi should pack well. Nigeria continuous celebration of mediocrity.However can Funmi call herself intelligent person. funmi pack well jooor.
ReplyDeleteFunmi,,,u r promoting african culture?we all know why your show was banned..
ReplyDeleteThis woman don bleach...why Aunty Funmi why
ReplyDeletePls what's my business with d Capacity u operate on , Haa-oooh!!! Why are my even commenting on this bla bla
ReplyDeleteExceptional indeed
ReplyDeleteFunmi I will always lov u. Will never forget d days oF new day.
ReplyDeleteExceptionally brilliant my foot. You are nothing but à narcissistic prick and for the records, your show was lousy. Walahi
ReplyDeleteGod will help us .Nigerians are evil.Funmi is professional with brain,she does'nt need men to get to do her thing.Her tv program was tonic and i don't know who watches MO 's program.It is to advertise cross river state.Please not cross river governor owns half of ebony life.
ReplyDeletekeep soaring Funmi.I realy see you as a role model.
ReplyDelete@ ms Iyanda..i wish I'd get the opportunity to thank you for how much impact you've had on my life during you 'new dawn' show on nta. I almost gave up at some point in my life but watching you every morning gave me the confidence I lacked and motivated me to aspire for the best. Today I'm an in-house counsel (lawyer) i a servicing firm..#storyofmylife! Lol
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