Funmi Iyanda returns to take her crown as the queen of talk

We are in truly uncertain times and looking for the familiar and the comforting to help us make sense of the way the world has changed in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. Is there anyone more familiar and more comforting that the undisputed queen of talk in Nigeria, Funmi Iyanda? After years away from... Read More

The Media Blog

Funmi Iyanda, Public Eye

April 28, 2020

#COVID19: A curfew is not the end of the world

Anyone who actively follows the conversation around the government’s response on the Coronavirus pandemic must have been very confused by the events of yesterday. After weeks of arm chair analysis about the limitations and ineffectiveness of the government pronounced lock down on Abuja, Lagos and Ogun states, the original states to record Coronavirus cases, the... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

April 27, 2020

Did Akwa Ibom state really sack its epidemiologist for refusing to doctor figures?

Nigeria is struggling in its attempts to contain the COVID19 pandemic. It is important we acknowledge this truth before we continue with this article. We have been struggling since we first closed our borders, months after we should have and have struggled since to test enough people, contain enough people and provide palliative measures for... Read More

Akwa Ibom, Aniekeme Uwam, CDC, epidemiologist

April 27, 2020

Bolanle Austen Peters is bringing her best plays to YouTube

Yesterday, several thousand Nigerians gathered on the Bolanle Austen Peters Youtube channel to relive, Moremi the Musical, shown for the first time outside of the Terra Kulture theatre. Excellently edited to cut out all the stage changes, Moremi the Musical suprisingly held up to scrutiny with stand out performances from Femi Branch, Lala Akindoju and... Read More

The Media Blog

Bolanle Austen-Peters, Moremi The Musical, TerraKulture

April 24, 2020

Governor Ortom, fasting & prayer is no substitute for good governance

We must have done something terrible as Nigerians to deserve the kind of leadership we have been subjected to over the last 21 years. There is no other logical explanation why we have leaders who are caught stealing millions of dollars from their own states and are still voted back into office for a second... Read More

benue state, Governor Ortom, herdsmen

April 23, 2020

A national lock down is finally coming, just as we predicted

A few weeks ago, we predicted that unless Nigerians started taking the Coronavirus seriously, especially privileged Nigerians with social mobility, the cases of the virus in the country would continue to rise, necessitating extended lock downs. Our predictions were confirmed when the presidency extended an original lock down on the FCT and Lagos and Ogun... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Fayemi, Lock down, state governors

April 23, 2020

Davido & Tems bring Naija star power to Khalid’s ‘Know Your Worth’

Is there any Nigerian pop star as on the money as Davido? Even during a global pandemic that actually personally affected him and his family, Davido is still making moves, keeping his name on the global radar and churning out hits. His roster of collaborations were stellar and his song with Chris Brown broke barriers... Read More

The Music Blog

Davido, disclosure, Khalid, Know Your Worth, Tems

April 22, 2020

Mobile Payments App PalmPay launches free money transfers and N100m+ COVID-19 Support Fund

PalmPay, one of Nigeria’s fastest-growing mobile payments companies, today announced the creation of a N100,000,000 fund to support Nigerians in the fight against the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. The money will be used to support relief organizations working to address the outbreak of the novel coronavirus in the country, as well as to fund the provision... Read More

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Palm Pay

April 22, 2020

The Set Up is finally coming to Netflix

2019 was a very strong year for Nollywood, and especially for Niyi Akinmolayan of Anthill Studios, the producer who released films like Elevator Baby and the critically acclaimed The Set Up. The latter film was a proper game changer, for its superior cinematography, its plot driven story telling and the reinvention of Kehinde Bankole as... Read More

April 21, 2020

#1MillionBoys are a reminder that we must reform SARS

Gone were the days when all Lagosians had to deal with were the occasional burglar, driven by desperation to steal from houses. In this new post COVID19 Lagos, armed robbery has become an organized crime, with protocols, advance warning and mobilized mobs who terrorize citizens. The #1MillionBoys is the principal group terrorizing Lagos during the... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

#1MillionBoys, 1 Million Boys, Bariga, SARS

April 20, 2020

Oga Bolaji should be on your #QuarantineWatch playlist

Our job this quarantine, among other things is figuring what are the best things to watch on the internet and how you can get a piece of them. Filmmakers have been extra resourceful this period, going as far as making their older work available on streaming platforms and mostly on Youtube where they reach the... Read More

The Media Blog

Kayode Kasum, Oga Bolaji, Sugar Rush, youtube

April 20, 2020

The NCDC dropped the ball yesterday, should we all be worried?

Yesterday, the NCDC didn’t release official figures for Coronavirus cases till well after midnight on 20th. Since Nigeria started monitoring the Coronavirus crisis, the NCDC has never missed an update. This anomaly, is cause for worry. Nigerians everywhere have had an eventful weekend. First on Friday, the federal government announced unceremoniously via several of its... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Abba Kyari, Coronavirus, NCDC

April 17, 2020

Internally displaced persons still matter during the Coronavirus lock down

There has been much talk about the effect the Coronavirus pandemic and the eventual lock down of basic services it has necessitated will affect the global economy. Already in the United States of America, 22 million people have applied for unemployment benefits, a number that is more than half the entire population of Canada. Things... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

IDP, Internally Displaced Persons

April 17, 2020

MTV Shuga is connecting its stars across Africa with ‘Alone Together’

We’ve been talking all month about how the global Coronavirus pandemic has disrupted or caused the indefinite postponement of many of our favorite forms of media. Musicians can no longer organize concerts, Red carpet events are basically a thing of the past and film crews can no longer meet film deadlines. But this period is... Read More

The Media Blog

Alone Together, MTV Shuga

April 15, 2020

Iykeresa from #UltimateLoveNG is still going strong two months in

The Coronavirus pandemic did many things to the fans of Ultimate Love NG, the now beloved dating show from Multichoice. For one the season finale for the show was moved forward by one week, fans of the couples from the show were unable to adequately show their appreciation for their favourite couples through a well... Read More

The Media Blog, Ultimate Love

Iykeresa

April 14, 2020

Bankers NGR, Mildred Okwo’s stalled TV series will finally see the small screen

Mildred Okwo, director extraordinaire and head honcho at the Audrey Silva company has been coming through with the hits this year. First she announced ‘La Femme Anjola’, a risque noir film which pits veteran Rita Dominic beside Battle Ground star Nonso Bassey in a steamy tale of infidelity and seduction. The buzz around the film’s... Read More

The Media Blog

bankers ngr, La femme Anjola, Mildred Okwo, rita dominic

April 14, 2020

Nigeria’s lock down has been extended, who will bear the consequences?

At 7pm on Monday, the 14th of April 2020, President Muhammadu Buhari addressed the nation for the second time since the Coronavirus pandemic spread to Nigeria. Both addresses were to announce a preventive measure to slow the spread of the virus within the country. Like other countries across the world, Nigeria has chosen to embrace... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Lock down, Palliative

April 10, 2020

BANTU gets ready to “Disrupt the Programme”

Three years after their critically acclaimed album, international tours and live collaborations that has seen them work with the likes of Burna Boy, Yemi Alade, Seun Kuti and many more, BANTU returns stronger than ever with “Disrupt The Programme” dropping April 10th 2020. Stream “Distrupt The Programme here: https://soundcloud.com/bantucrew/disrupt-the-programme-master-mp3/s-UK8rd?in=bantucrew/sets/everybody-get-agenda-mp3-master/s-eaPsa Over the years the Lagos based 13-piece... Read More

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Adebantu, Afrofunk, Bantu, Disrupt the Programme

April 10, 2020

BANTU schools Fela’s self professed heirs on music activism done right with ‘Disrupt The Programme’

Every Nigerian Afropop musician seems to go through a phase where they declare themselves the next Fela. From Falz, to Wizkid, Davido to Burna Boy, your bonafides as a mega star isn’t quite complete without Fela phase and its accompanying sociopolitical posturings. Rebellion makes good music and sticking it up to the man can earn... Read More

The Music Blog

Adebantu, Afropolitanvibes, Bantu

April 10, 2020

#Covid19: The lock down will be extended if you people dont learn to behave yourselves

If the rumours are true, the presidency, under advice from the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) and the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) is considering extending the mandated lock down in Lagos, Abuja and Ogun states, the three states in the nation with the highest cases of the Coronavirus. Lagos state is on track... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

April 9, 2020

PDP witchhunting Chinese doctors is the kind of idiocy Nigerians have to deal with

Yesterday, a chartered Air Peace flight made a 14 hour journey from Beijing to Lagos. Their precious cargo, 15 Chinese doctors who were at the forefront of China’s fight against the Coronavirus. They were brought to Lagos at the invitation of the Federal Ministry of Health (FMOH) and the National Centre For Disease Control (NCDC)... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

China Coronavirus, PDP

April 8, 2020

AY Makun’s ‘Call to Bar’ is our #QuarantineBinge of the day

What do you get when you put AY Makun, The Real Warri Pikin and alcohol in one place? The new scripted comedy series, Call To Bar. Best known for his engaging live comedy specials, and his critically panned and commercially succesful block buster film projects, AY Makun successfully revolutionized the Nigerian film industry, proving over and over... Read More

The Media Blog

ay makun, call to bar, Warri Pikin

April 8, 2020

Atiku has strong words for Buhari’s handling of the Coronavirus pandemic

In case you haven’t heard, former vice president Atiku Abubakar released an open letter to President Buhari last night. This was a letter everyone should have expected, considering Atiku’s own family was one of the first to be affected by the pandemic. There are conflicting reports on how exactly former vice-president Atiku’s son contracted the... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

atiku abubakar, Open Letter, president buhari

April 7, 2020

The Wellbeing Foundation Africa partners with PocketPatientMD to help Nigeria fight the COVID-19 pandemic with a unique e-health check tool

Her Excellency Toyin Saraki, founder of The Wellbeing Foundation Africa has just launched a powerful new e-health check tool in partnership with PocketPatientMD which will make free ‘COVID-19 Health Check’ available to all 200 million Nigerians. The digital e-health tool – soon to be complemented by a mobile application and an offline version – will educate... Read More

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Toyin Saraki, Wellbeing Foundation

April 7, 2020

Extortion at Covid19 checkpoints, is anyone really surprised?

As many Nigerians predicted, the mounted check points deployed by the Nigerian Police Force as a primary measure to ensure Nigerians in Lagos and Abuja adhere to the Covid19 checkpoints have been converted to extortion centres. This is the reality of being Nigerian, having nothing but for fear and disdain for law enforcement agents who... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

April 6, 2020

#Covid19: Pastor Chris Oyakhilome & the gospel of conspiracy theories

Last weekend, a video surfaced on social media of a sermon Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, the general overseer of Nigerian mega church Believers Love World, preaching a sermon about the Coronavirus. However, his sermon wasn’t an exhortation of his congregation or an admonition about social distancing can help flatten the curve and protect the elderly and... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

5G, Chris Oyakhilome, conspiracy theories, Coronavirus

April 3, 2020

Stella Damasus & Daniel Ademinokan adopt the direct-to-Youtube model for ‘@BetweenTheMovie’

Earlier this year, Plan B, the Nigerian/Kenyan collaboration helmed by two female film makers Lola Adelek of LowlaDee studios Sara Hassan of Kenyan production company Alfajiri Productions, was nominated for and won best East African film at the 2020 African Magic Viewers Choice Awards. This win was unprecedented, because Lowladee productions premiered Plan B as an exclusive... Read More

The Media Blog

between, daniel ademinokan, nollywood, Stella Damasus, Streaming, youtube

April 2, 2020

#Covid19: Wild animal consumption was just banned in China, should Nigeria follow suit?

Yesterday, the Chinese city of Shenzen became the first in the People’s Republic to ban wild animal consumption. China is notorious for its consumption of wild animals as part of an exotic cuisine. Like Nigeria, much of this exotic cuisine was introduced into Chinese culture thanks to years of extreme famine and government oppression that... Read More

Counter Culture Blog

Bushmeat, nigeria, Shenzen, wild animals

April 2, 2020

Diane Russet is showing she won’t be pigeonholed with ‘Bayi’

One of the side effects of finding fame through reality television is that you are tainted by its artifice. Reality television requires a level of exaggerated drama for it to be enjoyed, that once the show is done and the winners crowned, it becomes difficult to offer anything else. This is especially true of the... Read More

The Media Blog

Amapsalmist, Bayi, Diane Russet, Kannywood, Shortfilm

Funmi Iyanda returns to take her crown as the queen of talk

#COVID19: A curfew is not the end of the world

Did Akwa Ibom state really sack its epidemiologist for refusing to doctor figures?

Bolanle Austen Peters is bringing her best plays to YouTube

Governor Ortom, fasting & prayer is no substitute for good governance

A national lock down is finally coming, just as we predicted

Davido & Tems bring Naija star power to Khalid’s ‘Know Your Worth’

Mobile Payments App PalmPay launches free money transfers and N100m+ COVID-19 Support Fund

The Set Up is finally coming to Netflix

#1MillionBoys are a reminder that we must reform SARS

Oga Bolaji should be on your #QuarantineWatch playlist

The NCDC dropped the ball yesterday, should we all be worried?

Internally displaced persons still matter during the Coronavirus lock down

MTV Shuga is connecting its stars across Africa with ‘Alone Together’

Iykeresa from #UltimateLoveNG is still going strong two months in

Bankers NGR, Mildred Okwo’s stalled TV series will finally see the small screen

Nigeria’s lock down has been extended, who will bear the consequences?

BANTU gets ready to “Disrupt the Programme”

BANTU schools Fela’s self professed heirs on music activism done right with ‘Disrupt The Programme’

#Covid19: The lock down will be extended if you people dont learn to behave yourselves

PDP witchhunting Chinese doctors is the kind of idiocy Nigerians have to deal with

AY Makun’s ‘Call to Bar’ is our #QuarantineBinge of the day

Atiku has strong words for Buhari’s handling of the Coronavirus pandemic

The Wellbeing Foundation Africa partners with PocketPatientMD to help Nigeria fight the COVID-19 pandemic with a unique e-health check tool

Extortion at Covid19 checkpoints, is anyone really surprised?

Social media will cost a lot of Nigerian celebrities their careers

#Covid19: Pastor Chris Oyakhilome & the gospel of conspiracy theories

Stella Damasus & Daniel Ademinokan adopt the direct-to-Youtube model for ‘@BetweenTheMovie’

#Covid19: Wild animal consumption was just banned in China, should Nigeria follow suit?

Diane Russet is showing she won’t be pigeonholed with ‘Bayi’

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