Author: Bernard Dayo
Love Island South Africa recap: Durang booted out, Tania and Thiala teased as new Islanders
Love Island South Africa has, somehow, gone past the ripple from the show’s overwhelmingly white cast unveiled two weeks ago. ...
Brum3h on forthcoming second EP ‘Typewriter Vol 1,’ and finding therapy in music
Abuja-based singer Brumeh Dennis Oghenekaro, better known as Brum3h, was in his final year at the University of Ilorin studying ...
What we know about the latest school abduction in Kaduna
Banditry and kidnap is on the fast rise and the Federal College of Forestry in Kaduna is the latest site, ...
Ice Prince taps Oxlade for lovestruck single ‘Kolo’
On Thursday, fast-rising singer Oxlade posted a tweet about miming Ice Prince‘s 2011 monster hit single Oleku back in secondary ...
Kunle Afolayan is making three original titles for Netflix
Last year’s Netflix campaign about telling African stories featured renowned actors and filmmakers from across the continent in an inspiring ...
What the #ENDSARS movement can learn from protests in Myanmar and its LGBTQ inclusion
Last year’s protests against police brutality, under the banner of the #ENDSARS movement, pushed against several injustices and human rights ...
Netflix’s top 10 in Nigeria today: ‘Fate of Alakada’ debuts at number 1
Premiering on Netflix February 5, Kayode Kadum’s comedy Fate of Alakada: The Party Planner debuted at number 1 on Netflix’s ...
Crówn is spreading the gospel of unity on Afrobeats single ‘Africa Unite’
Conscious music, especially with relations to Africa, has always been a mainstay in the music industry. More and more new ...
Here’s a Netflix movie watch list for International Women’s Day 2021
As the world reflects on women and girls this month of March, we are throwing a spotlight on their many ...
Netflix is celebrating women with #ChooseToChallenge moments in film history for International Women’s Day
Nothing brings more joy than an unsung hero, finally receiving the glory she deserves. With international women’s day coming up, ...
Love Island South Africa recap, week 1: whitewashing, technical issues, and new Islanders
This time last week, South Africa’s version of popular reality TV franchise Love Island premiered. Significantly, Love Island South Africa ...
Mistress of all Trade: Idia Aisien is just getting started with Nollywood
At the start of 2020, news broke that Charles Okpaleke had acquired the rights to remake Zeb Ejiro’s 1992 femme ...
Merry-Lynn on love, her debut EP ‘Petrichor,’ getting into music and her upcoming EP ‘Runaway’
”I’m obsessed with guitars, bass, electric, it doesn’t matter. Most of my songs have that as well,” soul singer-songwriter Merry-Lynn ...
Adekunle Gold teams up with DJ El Mukuka again for dance track ‘Lost’
Adekunle Gold has been on a recent wave of features, from his collaboration with rapper Reminisce on Toxic released last ...
Darkoo is in a relationship with herself in the new visuals for ‘Pick Up’
London-based Nigerian singer-songwriter Darkoo rose to fame with her viral and anthemic single Gansta in 2019, her sound rooted in ...
Niniola details love and heartbreak in new visuals for RnB single ‘Promise’
Gearing towards the release of her strictly RnB EP titled 6th Heaven, Afrohouse star Niniola has released the video for ...
Nude women from stills of Bella Shmurda’s ‘Rush’ video isn’t body positivity
Bella Shmurda, one of the industry’s fast-rising musical acts, has been at the center of the internet’s latest talking point. ...
‘Glamour Girls’ remake will be written, directed and produced by women. Here’s why it matters
Prolific producer Charles Okpaleke has been about Nollywood dominion. After the well-received sequel of occult horror Living in Bondage in ...
Oil spillage is still a thing in the Niger Delta and why environmental justice is needed
Just last week, we reported on the resurfacing of Niger Delta freedom fighters stating the injustices their region grapple with ...
Living in Bondage star, Jidekene Achufusi doesn’t think all movies should be in cinemas
Living in Bondage: Breaking Free star Jidekene Achufusi was the latest celebrity guest on YNaija’s flagship show, Rubbin’ Minds, talking ...
Fate of Alakada, Catch.er, Three Thieves – Nollywood movies coming to Netflix this March
There are only three things constant in life – rain, tax, and Netflix expanding its Nollywood content library. This March, ...
Bryann’s debut official single ‘Longé’ is made for the dancefloor
22-year-old Bryann describes his sound as percussion music, he tells Breakroom Africa in a recent interview. Simply put, the Festac-born ...
La Femme Anjola, Eagle Wings, The Razz Guy, The Therapist – Nollywood movies out in cinemas this March
The King of Boys sequel is out this year as a Netflix original, and Kemi Adetiba just recently released a ...
Fasina’s sophomore EP ‘Love and Grief’ shows an artiste evolving
Inspired by loss, love and balance, Fasina’s Love and Grief EP out since early February takes sonic cues from his ...
Nova teams up with Fasina on feel-good single ‘Can’t Complain’
Toronto-based Nigerian singer Nova has just released Can’t Complain, his second single of the year and collaboration with Nigerian-British artiste ...
Maybe it’s time to finally address the injustices faced by the Niger Delta
In a viral video posted by AIT on Twitter, a militia group from the Niger Delta known as the Supreme ...
The attack on LGBTQ people in Ghana is an attack on us all
In the past days, LGBTQ people living in Ghana have been facing heightened homophobia from the Ghanaian government, human rights ...
Nigerian TV stations directed to have sign language in their news is what disability inclusion looks like
About 30 million people are living with various forms of disability in Nigeria and considering the ways ableism manifests individually, ...
Watch PsychoYP and Azanti in the neon-lit video for ‘Ji Masun’
Off their joint eponymously titled EP YP & Azanti, Vol. 1 released late 2020, PsychoYP and Azanti have released the ...
Bovi took the #ENDSARS protest to the Headies as a reminder of the Lekki shootings
As celebrities turned for the cameras, Bovi's outfit was more than just a fashion statement
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