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FIRSTBANK DECEMBERISSAVYBE: TOP 11 EVENTS ROCKING DECEMBER

<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>FIRSTBANK DECEMBERISSAVYBE<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a> presents FirstBank top 11 events rocking December as written by Bolaji Israel<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>Whenever the conversation is on financial inclusion in Nigeria&comma; FirstBank leads the pack&period; With over 150&comma;000 banking agents&comma; a full digital banking centre and other innovative solutions&comma; the nation’s premier bank is surely doing a great job connecting Nigerians with access to convenient banking products and services&period;<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>But that’s not all&period; FirstBank is also enabling Nigerians to have the best of the<a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;"> yuletide<&sol;a> and holiday season year in year out&period; The bank is aiding its customers to create exciting memories and enjoy fun time with family and friends through their participation in glamorous musical shows&comma; comedy&comma; dance&comma; drama and other entertainment from A-list superstars and performers&period;<&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>This is being coordinated via the FirstBank DecemberIssavybe initiative as it bankrolls top entertainment events for maximum pleasure throughout the month of December&period; <&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>To enjoy the premium concerts&comma; stage plays&comma; fashion and food events&semi; lucky customers and followers of the Bank’s social media pages – Facebook&colon; First Bank of Nigeria Limited&comma; Instagram&colon; &commat;firstbanknigeria should look out for posts on how to participate in the ticket giveaways&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Here are top 11 events that FirstBank is powering to rock your December&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>BURNA BOY LAGOS CONCERT<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>Nigerian Grammy Award winning superstar&comma; Burna Boy will at the Eko Convention Centre on Monday December 27 lead other top singers to thrill music fans with many monster hit songs like Kilometre&comma; Questions&comma; Ye&comma; Want It All and others&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>DAVIDO 10TH YEAR ANNIVERSARY CONCERT<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>Davido aka OBO will on Friday December 24&comma; shut Lagos down at his 10th year anniversary concert at the glamorous Eko Convention Centre&period; David has been in the news for his extreme generosity which has got his fans loving up on him&period; The show will feature many other superstars&period; <&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>MAMMA MIA&comma; THE SMASH HIT MUSICAL<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>A 65 member &lpar;All Nigerian&rpar; cast and crew licensed adaptation of the global show live in Lagos showing between December 29&comma; 2021 and Jan 2&comma; 2022&period; It’s a show for the whole family&semi; not just as the Only jukebox musical in Lagos this Christmas&semi; it’s absolutely THE most &&num;8220&semi;Ridiculously enjoyable&&num;8221&semi; show to watch this holiday&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>An adaptation of the original musical created in 1998 by British theatre producer Judith Cramer&comma; who engaged British playwright Catherine Johnson&comma; to write a story woven around the multiple hit songs of Swedish pop group ABBA&comma; composed by Bjorn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson&period; The original story was carefully and skillfully adapted with a Nigerian nuance by seasoned theatre director Najite Dede&period; The Nigerian production is woven with shades of cultural colours&comma; which are visible not just in the language and gesture but also in the costume&comma; choreography and characteristics&comma; while the original soundtracks remains the same&comma; this production infuses Abba’s music with local drums and percussions to deliver a distinctive Nigerian edition&comma; resulting in an ecstatic euphoria from the Audience&excl;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>A TRUE CHRISTMAS STORY BY LIVE THEATRE<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>Live Theatre Lagos presents a musical stage play titled &OpenCurlyQuote;A TrueChristmas Story’ which is an adaptation of the popular nativity story&period; This musical speculates how Joseph met Mary and the events leading to the birth of Jesus situating the story in our contemporary African milieu&period; The romantic comedy explores the themes of love&comma; commitment&comma; devotion and communality&period; Christmas is a globally enjoyed holiday that traverses religion&comma; gender and age&comma; and the play&comma; A True Christmas Story captures the essence of the holiday which is love and sharing&period; This free-to- attend play provides fun for the audience and empowerment for the Cast and Crew&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>&num;ATXS would feature brilliant thespians like Hafiz Oyetoro &lpar;Saka&rpar;&comma; Akah Nnani&comma; NeduWazobiaFM&period; This epic theatre is interspersed with dance and spectacular music renditions ranging from Ballet to Soul&comma; Acapella&comma; Fuji&comma; High Life&comma; Funk&comma; Galala&comma; Shaku-Shaku and Hip-Hop&period; It held between 16th and 18th December&comma; 2021&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>AFRICA FASHION WEEK<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>Africa Fashion Week Initiative of Nigeria is a catwalk&comma; exhibition and learning platform designed for the promotion of fresh and emerging designers&period; Africa Fashion Week Nigeria aims to revive the decline of local textile industries in Nigeria by the opening of the Adire Oodua Textile Hub in Ile-Ife&comma; Osun State Nigeria&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>The Adire Hub which was opened in March 2021&comma; facilitates the production of natural dyes&comma; locally sourced materials&comma; old ancient methods&comma; new technology to create Adire pieces&period; The Hub provides training to low-income women and youth in Ile-Ife and its environs&period; The Hub enables us to promote circular economies &&num;8211&semi; from farm to fabric to fashion&comma; to financing SMEs&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>CULTURATI 2021 – THE AFRICA ENTERTAINMENT FESTIVAL<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em><strong>CULTURATI&comma;<&sol;strong> is a high-status fusion of cultural event&comma; exhibition and award brand – cleverly tailored toward recognizing the tireless contributions of art luminaries in different creative endeavours&period; The 2021 edition held on 3 December at the Balmoral Centre&comma; Federal Palace Hotel&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>FIRST VIOLA &&num;8211&semi; BLACK TIE CHRISTMAS<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>The Black Tie Christmas Concert is a charitable event convened to raise funds for the music education of the underprivileged children in orphanages that are of primary and secondary school age&period; The event was held on 19th December at the Agip Recital Hall&comma; Muson Centre&comma; Lagos&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>THE LIVESPOT X-FESTIVAL XPERIENCE<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>TheLivespotX Festival is a multi-day hybrid convergence of everything X-tra ordinary&comma; X-citing and X-clusive&comma; that celebrates urban pop culture&period;We’re bringing dynamics-eperience that is fully compliant with the current pandemic era we live in and targeted at a diverse audience with each concert day tailor-made to suit each group of attendees&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em>The festival includes a string of hybrid events &lpar;physical &amp&semi; virtual&rpar; that feature headline acts performing live&comma; pristine sound&comma; world-class lighting&comma; immersive experiences&comma; exotic cuisine and much more&period; It is designed to meet and exceed the entertainment cravings of Nigerians especially during DettyDecember<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>MAINLAND LAUGHS<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>In a very crowded entertainment market&comma; Mainland laffs offers a refreshing approach to family entertainment&period; With this second edition&comma; ML is establishing its number 1 position as the only comedy show in the country that is safe for parents and their wards&period; Tagged Family Comedy Show&comma; it enables the entire family will enjoy an evening of fun&comma; laughter and entertainment with a variety of children virtuoso and comedic performances&comma; stage plays&comma; comic interludes and much more…&period; Mainland laffs is a vision of the Trevent Company&comma; and it is one of the fastest growing family entertainment events in Nigeria&period; The event took place on 5 December at D’Podium International Event Centre&comma; off Adeniyi Jones&comma; Lagos<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>FUJI OPERA<&sol;strong> <&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>Fuji&colon; A Opera explores the music genre and its sub-culture through archive footage&comma; costume&comma; memorabilia&comma; and imagery&period; Fuji music takes centre stage at the maiden edition of Fuji&colon; A Opera&comma; which kicks off on Monday at the Alliance Francaise de Lagos&sol;The Mike Adenuga Centre&comma; Ikoyi&comma; Lagos&period; Pioneering Fuji founders such as General Ayinla Kollington&comma; K1 De Ultimate&comma; King Wasiu Ayinde Marshall&comma; and other icons add colour at the commencement of the week-long event&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>KOFFI THE GURU&comma; I STAND CORRECTED &lpar;ISC&rpar;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><br &sol;>&NewLine;<em>I Stand to Be Corrected is a stand-up comedy special targeted at the urban audience&period; Koffi Idowu-Nuel does a solo routine on subjects that relate on family&comma; love&comma; politics&comma; education etc&period; The event held on the 11th of December at The Terra Kulture in Victoria Island&period;<&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;

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