Author: Bernard Dayo
The teaser for Michael Oke’s “Foreign Love” teases itself into another romcom we don’t need
The opening shots in the trailer for Michael Oke’s Foreign Love begins with an admiration of cleavage. Jason, played by ...
Grab some tissues and watch the trailer of the second season of Stephanie Linus’ “Make Me Fabulous”
They say with great power comes great responsibility, and Stephanie Linus, bless her generous heart, is going about using her ...
You guys, the trailer for Kemi Adetiba’s “King of Boys” is here and it will make your heart race
First of all, take a bow, Kemi Adetiba. The official trailer for her sophomore film project King of Boys has ...
Here’s why you should attend the Write with Style masterclass with award-winning journalist Oris Aigbokhaevbolo
Words run the world: On the internet, and in novels, magazines, films, songs, and even love letters. How do you ...
From Paris to Bueno Aires: CJ Obasi’s “Hello, Rain” is enjoying a film festival renaissance
Some great movies first cut their teeth at film festivals, captivating audiences and critics alike. In 2015, Todd Haynes’ tender, ...
Tiannah’s Empire S2, Ep 2: Toyin Lawani isn’t bleaching, the shade at Nigerian designers and other takeaways
Thirty minutes into the second episode of Tiannah’s Empire‘s sophomore season, I messaged a friend asking what he thought about ...
From today, Omoni Oboli’s box office hit “Wives on Strike” will be available for streaming on iROKOtv
In a bid to expand its library on Nollywood content, iROKOtv will introduce Omoni Oboli’s Wives on Strike to its ...
“Seven and a Half Dates” reportedly makes 10 million naira in three days, but when will Nollywood stop lying?
I didn’t see Seven and a Half Dates when it was released in cinemas last week Friday, partly because of ...
Organisers of the MultiChoice Talent Factory say they received over 3,100 entries for the debut edition
Back in June, Africa’s leading video entertainment company MultiChoice called on aspiring young film and television creative minds and aspiring ...
Upcoming romantic fantasy movie “Sylvia” finally gets a September 21 release date
After making its round in the film festival circuit, Daniel Oriahi’s Sylvia now has a September 21 cinema release date. ...
“A Rose for Freddy” is a modern colour film set in Lagos and here’s the trailer
This Friday, Chike Nwoffiah’s A Rose for Freddy will be released in select cinemas and the first thing you would ...
Sorry, Black Panther! We are loving this BBC Africa docu-series episode on the Dahomey Warriors
Imagine Black Panther without the Dora Milaje, the all-female army heavily inspired by the Dahomey warriors of the present-day Republic ...
Here’s what Mofe Duncan said to a troll on Instagram who called him fat
In another celebrity-troll engagement on Instagram, Mofe Duncan descended on a troll who recently body-shamed him soon after he posted ...
Here’s a Twitter user’s thread of sugar daddy/mummy sites for sugar babies
“Are you young, agile and ready to be killed with sweetness?” begins the intro of a concise Twitter thread that ...
Pleased to inform you that CJ Obasi’s “Mami Wata” has been selected into the Ouaga Film Lab
Mami Wata, the black-and-white, supernatural thriller coming from genre director CJ Obasi, is inching towards becoming a fully-realised program. Still ...
Bryan Okwara’s clapback at this troll on his sexuality will leave you rooting for him
I live on celebrity clapbacks on social media. More often than not, they show a side to celebrities that reminds ...
You won’t be able to forward content to more than 20 people, thanks to new restrictions from WhatsApp
Creating new rules or enforcing old ones have become a familiar act by social media platforms. Facebook, Instagram, and even ...
Rick Famuyiwa is making Disney’s first African princess movie “Sadé” and we are here for it
Disney’s catalogue of properties, especially its princess-y fairytales marketed towards children, have a heavy stroke of white characters as leads. ...
BB Sasore is looking for a second unit director for his upcoming movie and it could be you
The next time you’ll hear about director and writer BB Sasore, on a big scale that is, it will be ...
Nigerian Twitter is rallying to have the account of Yomi Shogunle banned and this could happen
Following yesterday’s crackdown on accounts belonging to Nigerian digital influencers, Nigerian Twitter has pivoted towards the Assistant Commissioner of Police ...
Omoni Oboli wants to change the narrative of women hating each other with her new film “Moms at War”
Omoni Oboli is currently enjoying a cultural renaissance. In mid-2017, she pivoted away from Nollywood to launch her clothing line ...
Malika in “Malika: Warrior Queen” is the animated, fearless heroine we need right now
Nigerian animation was once regarded as a fringe art form but, over the years, it has gained mainstream attention as ...
Here’s how Nigerian Twitter is reacting to the suspension of accounts belonging to digital influencers
So today, Twitter came for Nigerian Twitter and suspended some accounts. This is almost in the vein of Twitter’s recent ...
A woman found this video of AY Makun telling homophobic jokes, and wrote an open letter to him
I’m strongly of the opinion that the Nigerian comedy industry is just as woefully unimaginative as Nollywood. But, unlike movies, ...
How fashion and music saved “Lara and the Beat”
As Lara and her sister Dara are removed from their mansion following the allegation of tax fraud levelled against their ...
Stephanie Linus’ “Make Me Fabulous” is returning for a second season, and with more fabulousness
My belated observation of Stephanie Linus’ Make Me Fabulous is that the title sounds like some Disney show where loquacious, ...
Yung Nollywood is reintroducing vintage Nollywood to the millennial generation
Memes have become such an enriching element in our cultural conversations today, an evidence of the social media zeitgeist. Drawing ...
Here are the Nollywood movies featuring at this year’s Africa Film Trinidad & Tobago
The AFTT is here again, and opens with a night of film, fashion and festivity at The Central Bank Auditorium ...
Nollywood actors want you to know that they get turned on on set
A lot of things happen on the typical movie set, actors fumbling their lines, someone in the crew making jokes, ...
“From Lagos With Love” is Dami Elebe’s upcoming debut movie, and it could make or mar her
Dami Elebe knows how to write a good TV script, and this is from keenly knowing her audience. In a ...
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