‘Nite of a Thousand Laughs’: Opa Williams steps aside
Adie Vanessa Offiong Showbiz entrepreneur, Opa Williams, has announced that he is stepping aside as producer of popular comedy show, ‘Nite of a Thousand Laughs.’ He is passing the reins on to Kehinde Adegbite aka Mallam Yankee. Twenty years after he debuted the show, Williams who is now fully into film production, with works […]
Adie Vanessa Offiong
Showbiz entrepreneur, Opa Williams, has announced that he is stepping aside as producer of popular comedy show, ‘Nite of a Thousand Laughs.’ He is passing the reins on to Kehinde Adegbite aka Mallam Yankee.
Twenty years after he debuted the show, Williams who is now fully into film production, with works like ‘The Three Wise Men,’ starring Richard Mofe-Damijo, Zack Orji and Victor Olaotan, said he is releasing ‘Nite of a Thousand Laughs’ franchise to Adegbite of Yankee Entertainment who is expected to run the show for an initial 24 months
Williams, while speaking during the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Adegbite in Lagos, according to a release was optimistic that Adegbite would carry on the legacy of the show with the requisite passion.
He said, Adegbite, despite having hosted and managed other successful entertainment events across the country, had through his Yankee Entertainment, produced ‘Nite of a Thousand Laughs’ in the last five years in Abuja, Benin City and Owerri.
Williams, who recently bagged a doctorate degree from the Walden Methodist University, Tennessee, United States, said he is quite enamored of the brand that brought him so much fame, but had to hand over its management and production to a trusted ally so as to have enough time for movies and other audio content productions.
He said, part of the agreement is for Adegbite to expand the scope of the show by hosting the show in more Nigerian cities.
Adegbite is the chairman, The Bank Club Abuja, Illusion Owerri, and Yankee Entertainment. Apart from promoting and staging live shows, he is noted for successful launch of music albums of artistes like 2 Baba and Iyanya as well as Charly Boy’s show.
On the task ahead of him, Adegbite said he has the utmost task of not only sustaining the epic brand but taking it to a higher level.
He said Williams is his mentor. “Among millions of people, he was one of the few that believed in me. And he made me what I am today in the entertainment industry,” he said.