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Published 5 May 2021
The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has said his administration is committed to developing the creative industry in order for Lagos to remain the destination for art, music and other talents.
Sanwo-Olu spoke on Monday while receiving the Nigerian online comedy group, ‘Ikorodu Bois’, at the Lagos House, Marina.
“Lagos is proud of the Ikorodu Bois because their creativity has put Ikorodu on the global map of international entertainment platforms,” the governor said.
Ikorodu Bois rose to fame for recreating and mimicking multi-million dollar music videos, Hollywood movie trailers, movie scenes and epic pictures using ordinary household items.
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Streaming video service, Netflix Inc, has reported a gain of 3.98 million in net global streaming subscribers, which was two million short of the firm’s guidance forecast of 210 million paid memberships.
The company announced that it closed out the first quarter of 2021 with 207.4 million paid memberships, adding 3.98 million subscribers, compared to a quarterly record of 15.8 million new paying users in the first three months of 2020.
This missed the company’s own guidance from January for six million new subscribers for the first quarter.
Netflix blamed the subscriber shortfall on its smaller pipeline of originals and expects to open up its wallet this year to attract and retain customers.
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The Ikorodu Bois are a group of brothers and one cousin from Lagos, Nigeria who remake their favorite movie trailers in their free time. Their style is both charming and inimitable – employing a mix of ingenious DIY and childlike whimsy to recreate mega-budget films on a shoestring.
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