Author: Bernard Dayo
Get to know Ogranya, the Afro-soul singer releasing a song every week
Many songs on Ogranya’s SoundCloud catalogue feels like a slow-alt-pop-jazz universe. The 29-year-old singer-songwriter from Rivers edges around soul but ...
The military patrol in Orlu is an abuse of power
In the last 72 hours, reports emerged about the Nigerian army descending on Orlu, Imo, in an operation believed to ...
Johnny Drille’s new single ‘Bad Dancer’ is a declaration of love
Johnny Drille’s debut album, whose title we don’t know yet, is already picking up momentum with the release of yet ...
Lupita Nyong’o’s children book ‘Sulwe’ is coming to Netflix as an animated musical
Released in 2019, Lupita Nyong’o’s children’s Sulwe was well-received and broadened her creative streak from being an actress. A #1 ...
Niniola has released the tracklist for her upcoming RnB EP ‘6th Heaven’
RnB has always been Niniola’s first love, as far back as her stint with reality show Project Fame in 2013 ...
NBC regulations may stop this South African gay romcom from showing on Showmax Nigeria
Although it’s past Valentine, Showmax still has something up its sleeves: South African romantic comedy No Hiding Here arrives on ...
The #BeLikeNgoziChallenge has been weaponised to hold women to a standard of appearance
Yesterday’s announcement of Dr. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala as the Director-General of the World Trade Organisation was a huge feat for the ...
What’s next after the #OccupyLekkiTollGate protests?
Saturday’s turn of events on the #OccupyLekkiTollGate protests confirmed what we already know: that the government would mount a resistance. ...
Afrobeats’ best Rema and Tiwa Savage tapped for Stefflon Don’s ‘Can’t Let You Go’ remix
Stefflon Don has enlisted Tiwa Savage and Rema, two of Afrobeats’ homegrown mascots, for the remix of her single Can’t ...
Here’s what we know about the violent ethnic clash in Oyo
The state of Oyo has been seized by violent clashes between Hausa and Yoruba residents in Shasha area of Ibadan, ...
Ictooicy is making cool, minimalist music. Enter her world
From the churning landscape of SoundCloud where music genres hardly stick to a definite shape emerges Ictooicy, the 19-year-old singer-rapper ...
Going for the #OccupyLekkiTollGate protests? | Here’s what you should bring along
As Nigerians peacefully protest the reopening of the Lekki Toll Gate tomorrow with #OccupyLekkiTollGate, it is important we take lessons ...
Ayra Starr’s future collaboration with Rema and other takeaways from her interview with Toolz
Mavin’s latest signee Ayra Starr dropped like a bombshell two weeks ago, bewitching the internet with a montage-teaser label owner ...
Blaqbonez recruits Tiwa Savage for the remix of sex-tinged single ‘BBC’
Blaqblonez has given new life to his salacious single BBC by teaming up with Tiwa Savage for the remix. Released ...
Nigeria’s ‘The Milkmaid’ loses out on Oscars 2021 Best International Feature
Desmond Ovbiagele’s insurgency thriller The Milkmaid was easily the best Nollywood film of 2020, having scaled through the Oscars eligibility ...
Adesuwa Omon’s short film ‘Grapes’ takes a look at rape culture and victim blaming
Tackling rape via the media can never be exhausting. Women – and men – are using the medium to address ...
4 Nigerians reveal why they are quitting Clubhouse
No social media platform is currently buzzing right now like Clubhouse, the voice-chatting, invite-only app that has gained huge popularity ...
The trailer for crime thriller ‘La Femme Anjola’ is finally here
Mildred Okwo’s hotly anticipated crime thriller La Femme Anjola has been in limbo for a long time, thanks to the ...
#OccupyLekkiTollGate is proof that the government can’t be trusted to deliver justice
In response to the decision to reopen the Lekki Toll Gate by the Judicial Panel of Inquiry set up by ...
Kirukaah’s debut EP ‘Sanguine’ is a jazz triumph and this is why you should know her
Out since the beginning of February, Kirukaah’s debut EP Sanguine whips out a jazz-funk-soul sound in the midst of other ...
Nigerians are resisting the CBN’s crypto ban with #WeWantOurCryptoBack hashtag
Nigerians on social media are expressing their displeasure in what they perceive is an attack on their financial autonomy by ...
Teni, Niniola, Blaqbonez, Johnny Drille – these artistes are dropping albums in 2021
If 2020 taught us anything, it is that a pandemic can’t stop the release of albums. Everyone and their grandmother ...
How women from IDP camps are getting back their livelihoods
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) are persons who have been displaced by natural disaster or conflicts from their homes, and with ...
Niniola makes observations about the church and faith in video for Innocent (Fagbo)
Off her sophomore album Colours and Sounds released last October, Niniola has just delivered the Adasa Cookey-directed visuals for Innocent ...
Tems goes to space in the video for ‘The Key’
Tems released her debut EP For Broken Ears last September, an impressive outing that cemented her nascent status as an ...
The Nigerian police has launched a crime-reporting app, but tech illiteracy is the problem
The Nigerian police has just launched a crime-reporting mobile application called NPF Rescue Me, which will also provide intervention for ...
Joeboy has released the tracklist for debut album ‘Somewhere Between Beauty and Magic’
On February 4, Joeboy will release his much-anticipated debut album Somewhere Between Beauty and Magic, following the impressive outing of ...
Namaste Wahala, Fine Wine – the Nollywood films coming this February
We have survived the first month of 2021, and RIP to all the movies released in January because no one ...
Short film ‘Lizard’ is Nigeria’s only submission at the 2021 Sundance Film Festival
The 2021 Sundance Film Festival is currently underway in the US, scheduled for January 28th all through to Febuary 3rd. ...
Yazzavelli is the rap newcomer subverting the genre, one verse at a time
The cover design for Yazzavelli’s debut 5-track EP Velli, released around the early coronavirus lockdowns of last year, was already ...
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