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By Adenike Fagbemi
Popular TV series on Africa Magic Yoruba entitled Mr. & Mrs. Kogberegbe has announced a new date for its ‘Screen-2-Stage’ event tagged Tunmigbe meaning ‘Remarry Me!’
The event will be coming from the stable of Creative Village production with massive effort to make it now happen for March 26th, 2017 from 3pm with a red carpet session through to the main event at the Blue Roof, LTV 8. Ikeja Lagos.
This update and change in date is solely to accommodate top dignitaries, Traditional chiefs as well as the creme da la creme in the entertainment industry.
Confirmed guests for the event include; the current Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Olayiwola Atanda Adeyemi III, Ogun-born socialite and deep pocketed businessman who doubles as Chairman of IBD IMPEX limited, Chief Ibrahim Egungbohun aka Dende, top notch Artists to be featured also include; Alabi Ajibola Pasuma, Small Doctor, Jimboi, Lateef Adedimeji, Obaro Tiblaze, Kenny Blaq and many others.
In view of the change of date, Creative Village production Executive Director who doubles as the lead actor for the TV series, Adebukola Olakanlu also speaking on behalf of his Co-producer, Dunni Badru otherwise known as Mrs. Kogberegbe noted that, “the change in date is for the best and to give guests, lovers, couples and intending couples a night whose memories will continue to line.
“Knowing that this event will surely be a yearly event just like we now have a registered show for Dallas Texas exclusively for couples – Couples Night Out With Mr. & Mrs. Kogberegbe, We [Mr & Mrs Kogberegbe] don’t want to take any chances at all and we are giving this our best shoot. Family is everything and every family most especial couple deserve to be happy for the family to function well.
“The change is worth it as we would be having notable traditional leaders that the Yoruba culture hold in high esteem. These traditional leaders have taken it as a point of duty to identify with our brand and we are not intending to take this privileged for granted.
“Like I and Dunni [Mrs Kogberegbe] say, we hope to establish Tunmigbe in Nigeria, thus, paving way for Nigerian couples too to travel down to the US to witness the Dallas Editions subsequently.
Tunmigbe seeks to be an evening of comedy, fun and full Drama for entertainment lovers in Nigeria bringing couples together and giving them the comfortable feeling as lovers and married folks in the heart of Lagos.
The show also seeks to empower families in the long run with some capital to start up mini businesses and help reduce the rate of poverty in the average Nigerian homes.
Tickets cost 4,000naira and table for 5 comes for 250,000 [all +Ankara].
Kogberegbe family is a TV programme that brings to life fun moments and family connections addressing most marital issues in an interactive and dramatic act. Its themes cuts across; to finances to morals, endurance, love, tolerance, external influences, commitment, to mention a few showing on African Magic Yoruba.
It is apt to note that ‘Mr. and Mrs. Kogberegbe’ is one of the popular Yoruba drama series on the Nigeria screen whose recent award was the Best Yoruba Sitcom at the Oodua Image Awards organised by Yoruba Youth Corporation, North America last year.
For more information on table bookings, sponsorship, Tickets and Ankara please contact 08022627556, 07014303089, email creative_village@yahoo.com and olakanlulanre@gmail.com tickets are also available at LTV8 and personal delivery is on course.
