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September 19, 2018

Ramsey Nouah is searching for an actor to play Andy Okeke in the ‘Living In Bondage’ sequel

If you didn’t know, there will be a sequel to Living In Bondage, the 1992 horror classic that brought forth the canon of occultic movies, blood money movies, and whatever movie there is with grown men or women in a coven doing witchy things. It is such a unique horror sub-genre that Nollywood became known... Read More
The Film Blog
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September 18, 2018

It’s a battle of the forwards as Liverpool face PSG in the Champions League

Are you a football fan? Then grab yourself a cold one, for Tuesday’s night delight at Anfield, as Liverpool FC takes on Paris Saint Germain in their first group match of the UEFA Champions League. And Liverpool would hope to feed off the energy of the home crowd, pressuring PSG into mistakes. This is simply... Read More
Featured, The Sports Blog
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September 17, 2018

Kemi Adeosun is a reflection of Buhari’s shattered integrity

Kemi Adeosun has returned to her country of phonetic origin as a disgraced former Minister of Finance who was caught with a fake National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) exemption certificate. She grudgingly relinquished her position on Friday, September 14, 2018, more than two months after the Premium Times exposé. Kemi Adeosun maintained unholy silence since... Read More
Counter Culture Blog
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Denola Grey
September 17, 2018

Denola Grey’s first feature film is a screenplay by award-winning director Jade Osiberu

Roughly four months to the end of the year and Denola Grey has dominated headlines for lots of reasons. The make up controversy aside, the media personality and fashion influencer recently took to Twitter to talk about his effeminacy and journey towards self-acceptance. All these, it seems, is clustering from longstanding speculations about his sexuality... Read More
Featured, The Film Blog
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September 17, 2018

MTV Base VJ Folu Storms has launched a current affairs podcast and you should give it a listen

I’m usually sceptical about Nigerian podcast shows. It’s a healthy scepticism if you factor in data consumption and the niggling “What if it turns out to be trash?” question. Like all the things that have come with the internet, the medium of podcast has gained traction as a variety in our digital diet. My favourite... Read More
Featured, The Media Blog
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September 16, 2018

A parody video about the 57 arrested gay suspects has hit the internet. And it’s atrocious

The incident where 57 gay suspects unjustly arrested by the police happened last month, and if you have been on the internet lately, you must have come across a clip of one of the suspects being interviewed and defensively saying “They didn’t caught me.” The clip went viral of course, by virtue of that grammatically incorrect... Read More
Featured, The Media Blog
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September 16, 2018

TY Bello’s ‘Spontaneous Worship’ is the gift that keeps on giving

There is a new sound rising in the body of Christ today: pure, unadulterated, straight from the womb of heaven. It’s the sound of David – of a people baked in the backside of the desert, in love with the Father, intimate in the knowledge of the ways of the Spirit and trained to do... Read More
Church Culture, Featured
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NEA
September 14, 2018

Davido, Olamide, Wizkid, others nominated for 2018 Nigerian Entertainment Awards

The Nigerian Entertainment Awards (NEA), is a prestigious award show that celebrates the diverse forms of art in the Nigeria and all across Africa. There are slots in this award show, for various forms of artists contributing to the growth of the entertainment industry in the country and beyond. Nominations for comedians, TV stars, movie... Read More
The Music Blog
Chief Daddy
September 14, 2018

Nkem Owoh & Patience Ozokwor continue their comeback in Ebony Life’s ‘Chief Daddy’

Contrary to popular convention, their Golden age of  Nollywood (circa 1999 – 2012) never really faded into obscurity. Long before the new Gen-Z obsession with that era of Nollywood began thanks to the tireless curation of the people behind Twitter profile YungNollywood and Instagram profile ‘Nolly.Babes‘, we’ve always turned to the actors who personified that... Read More
The Film Blog
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Itene
September 14, 2018

Hollywood and African Prestigious Awards appoints ‘Tinsel’ actress Oghenekaro Itene as ambassador

Tinsel actress Oghenekaro Itene isn’t stepping on the brakes, as she has just been appointed to represent Africans in the diaspora as an ambassador in the United States. It’s for the purpose of the Hollywood and African Prestigious Awards and she has also been scheduled to present an award at the ceremony. READ MORE: Opinion;... Read More
The Film Blog
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Genevieve
September 13, 2018

Genevieve Nnaji was interviewed on CNN about Netflix acquiring ‘Lionheart,’ and here are some takeaways

Following the announcement that Genevieve Nnaji’s directorial debut Lionheart will premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, there’s been this palpable excitement and fever on social media. “Walking into TIFF18 like…” tweeted TIFF via their official account, showing images of Nnaji in lipstick-red pantsuit and making an entrance. READ MORE: Seun Onigbinde took on... Read More
The Media Blog
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NEA
September 13, 2018

Here are the actors nominated for the 2018 Nigerian Entertainment Awards

Every year, the Nigerian Entertainment Awards (NEA) rolls out a nominations list that cuts across music, film, television, comedy, disc jockeying etc, with the sole purpose of celebrating and recognising the numerous contributions of entertainers to the African entertainment industry, while at the same time promoting the image and rich culture of Nigeria. READ MORE:... Read More
The Film Blog
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Nollywood
September 11, 2018

Startimes TV is getting into the reality tv game with ‘Queen of Nollywood’

Morphing from the Queen of Nollywood awards, the Queen of Nollywood reality show is set to premiere on cable service StarTimes. According to the President of the Nollywood Executives and Leadership Awards Frank Ikegwuonu, the show will document unscripted real-life situations with top Nollywood actresses, including unknown cast of individuals who are typically not professionals... Read More
The Media Blog
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Omoni Oboli
September 11, 2018

Omoni Oboli’s new movie ‘Wings of a Dove’ is activism for the Northern girl child

Social commentary in Nollywood movies have a long history. And for filmmaker Omoni Oboli, she returns to this template with her upcoming movie Wings of a Dove, which seemingly revolves around the orbit of the Wives of Strike movies in the context of surplus female characters and girl-child activism. READ MORE: Despite defection rumours, Ambode... Read More
The Film Blog
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Tanzania
September 11, 2018

Tanzania is waging war on ‘slay queens’ by banning artificial nails and eyelashes in its parliament

Africa really is a country, especially when matters of female autonomy and the policing of women’s bodies is involved. Across the continent, there are overt and covert efforts to censor the freedoms of women and vilify the words and  activities women have claimed for themselves. It is often insidious, like the widespread vilification of the... Read More
Counter Culture Blog
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Liyana
September 10, 2018

Thandie Newton’s ‘Liyana’ is the animated documentary about orphaned children in Swaziland

A group of young children in Swaziland use the power of storytelling to work through personal traumas. The result: Liyana, a documentary about a fictional young girl of the same name, told through the children’s voiceovers and a moving painting-style animation. It’s an hybridisation of elements that works. Newton, known for her role as Olanna... Read More
The Film Blog
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Merry Men
September 10, 2018

A heist and other shenanigans in the trailer for ‘Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons’

It was only a matter of time before Nollywood made a movie about the fabled Yoruba Demons, and it seems fitting that comedian and filmmaker AY Makun. Makun’s Merry Men: The Real Yoruba Demons circulated the news circuit early in the year, a departure from his signature schlocky travel comedies. This time, Yoruba Demons as... Read More
The Film Blog
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Lionheart
September 8, 2018

Netflix has acquired worldwide rights to Genevieve Nnaji’s ‘Lionheart’

Genevieve Nnaji’s directorial debut Lionheart will premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival today. No longer news. But according to multiple reports, the family business comedy has been picked up by streaming giant Netflix in a global rights deal. More pointedly, this marks Lionheart as the first Netflix Original from Nigeria. Whoop, whoop. Netflix Originals... Read More
Featured, The Film Blog
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Lady Donli
September 8, 2018

Lady Donli has told everyone on Twitter that she’s a feminist, even if she loses fans

In the era of Nigerian female creatives denouncing feminism (which utterly makes no sense), and social media erupting accordingly, Lady Donli tweeted that she was a feminist yesterday and it was perfect. Donli is easily one of the boldest avatars of the alté movement in Nigeria, a music firmament thriving away from the origins of... Read More
Featured, The Media Blog
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Violence
September 7, 2018

As we approach the 2019 elections, President Buhari must not be made a poster boy for violence and political intolerance

Thursday, September 6, 2018, would have been a bloody day in Nigeria save the timely intervention of the Nigerian Police and other security agencies. Former Vice President and PDP presidential aspirant, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was at the party’s national secretariat with his supporters to submit his nomination form when some group of allegedly hired individuals... Read More
Counter Culture Blog
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