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June 5, 2021

#TheVoiceNigeria vs #NigerianIdol: Which of these shows has the most exciting team week?

If you are one of the many who watch talent shows religiously, you no doubt have both the Voice Nigeria and the Nigerian Idols at the top of your watch list. Both shows are Nigeria’s top singing talent shows, and both have garnered massive followership over the years to make them listed as highest rating... Read More
Reality TV, The Music Blog
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Tems
June 4, 2021

Tems delivers soulful cover of John Legend’s ‘Ordinary People’

Tems’ presence in the Nigerian music industry has been that of a whirlwind, especially after the release of her rapturous single Try Me in 2019. She’s got the markings of rising star, attempting to break into other African music markets and international borders with collaborations like last year’s feature with Khalid and Disclosure on Know... Read More
Blogs, The Music Blog
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June 3, 2021

United African Republic: Origin of ‘Alkebulan’ and 15 countries that once had a name change

Following the commencement of zonal public hearings by both houses of the National Assembly as part of preparations for a 5th alteration of the 1999 Constitution, Nigerians have continued to express themselves on key areas of the document they want amended. There have been recommendations on thorny issues like state creation, diaspora voting, inclusion of... Read More
Blogs, Specials
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My Village People
June 2, 2021

Can horror comedies in Nollywood explode with ‘My Village People’?

It has since been established that Nollywood isn’t actively in the business of making horror films. 90’s Nollywood horror nostalgia is all we have, thanks to YouTube. Only just once, or maybe twice, did Nollywood experience two mainstream horror films – the sequel of Living in Bondage (2019) and the reboot of Nneka the Pretty... Read More
The Media Blog
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June 2, 2021

Nigerians are showing solidarity to Igbos with #IAmIgboToo. What does this say about us?

Adressing Nigeria’s mounting security crisis last night, President Buhari sent out a blizzard of tweets committing to combat the issue. In there was also a bit of reassurance, but all was ruined with one particular incendiary statement. The tweet now deleted by Twitter, the president turned squarely towards the unrest in the Southeast and the... Read More
Counter Culture Blog
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June 1, 2021

Opinion: The death of Ahmed Gulak

The cold-blooded murder of Hon. Ahmed Gulak, former Speaker of the Adamawa House of Assembly, former Special Adviser on Political Affairs to President Goodluck Jonathan, former National Co-ordinator of the Goodluck Support Group (GSG) and former Governorship aspirant under the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) is yet another tragic indication of the crisis... Read More
Blogs, Opinion
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Banky Banky
June 1, 2021

DJ Oskido teams up with Niniola for amapiano-tinged single ‘Banky Banky’

Niniola is continuing her collaborative streak with South African artistes, sharing their sonic appetites over electro-techno-house beats or more commonly referred to as amapiano. In her latest effort, she’s enlisted by Oskido, a South African veteran DJ and producer whose career spans over two decades and has been influential in shaping the country’s music and... Read More
Blogs, The Music Blog
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May 31, 2021

Film Review: Is ‘Seven’ RMD’s big Liam Neeson moment?

Hollywood star, Liam Neeson enjoyed a lucrative career resurgence in 2008 when Taken, a pulpy B-list actioner in which he played an avenging Dad slash retired CIA operative became a major box office sensation. With a worldwide gross of over $200 million Taken made Neeson, then 56, a global action star and put him on... Read More
Blogs, The Cutting Floor
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Charles Okpaleke
May 31, 2021

Charles Okpaleke is making a film based on the 1993 Nigerian airplane hijack

So far, Charles Okpaleke‘s footprint in Nollywood has shown that Nigeria is a grapevine of stories and he’s committed to telling them. In his latest creative pursuit via his production outfit Play Network Studios, the filmmaker is looking to make a film based on the plane hijack incident of October 25, 1993, where four teenage... Read More
The Media Blog
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Music Messiah
May 28, 2021

DJ Neptune and Wande Coal show off star power in new single ‘Music Messiah’

While Nigeria’s new acts get a lot promotion and momentum in the musical landscape these days, older acts are showing that the scene is big enough to play in. Enter DJ Neptune’s Music Messiah featuring Wande Coal. Both are industry heavyweights: DJ Neptune a successful disc jockey who has contributed to the propagation of Afrobeats... Read More
The Music Blog
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Justine Skye
May 28, 2021

Justine Skye delivers mesmerizing visuals for ‘Twisted Fantasy’ feat. Rema

Justine Skye has just shared the visuals for Twisted Fantasy, off her forthcoming Timbaland-produced album Space & Time due out June 25. Twisted Fantasy was released as a headlining single in April and features Afro-rave artist Rema, The Alex Nazari-directed video beings like a movie sequence: Justine struts in a vast field approaching a beaming... Read More
The Music Blog
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Releasethe21
May 24, 2021

#ReleaseThe21 is the movement calling for the release of arrested LGBTQ persons in Ghana

In another turn of hostility towards the Ghanaian LGBTQ community, 21 queer persons were arrested last week in the city of Ho for holding a community empowerment activity, now charged and remanded for “unlawful assembly.” This is according to the Volta Regional Command of the Ghana Police Service. Stating the obvious, the police have been... Read More
Counter Culture Blog
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JIVA
May 24, 2021

Here’s the first teaser of South Africa’s street-dance show ‘JIVA!’ coming to Netflix

The highly anticipated South African original, JIVA! is set to arrive on Netflix on June 24th 2021. The show follows Ntombi (Noxolo Dlamini), an ambitious, but frustrated young dancer from Umlazi, Durban who wants to ditch her dead-end job, fetch her nice life, and get out of her rut and into the spotlight. On her journey... Read More
The Media Blog
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May 24, 2021

Profile: The avenging advocacy of Iyabo Ojo

It may be her greatest performance yet. But it had nothing to do with fiction. There was drama though. Plenty of it. Early May, Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo went live on Instagram spitting fire, brimstone and then some venom. The target of her rage? One Mr. Yomi Fabiyi. It would be easy enough to call... Read More
Counter Culture Blog, Non-binary Blog
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I Am Laycon
May 23, 2021

‘I Am Laycon’ reveals Laycon’s life after BBNaija + BBNaija Reunion show update

Organizers of the biggest reality TV show, BBNaija, have unveiled plans to host another edition of the BBNaija Reunion show in June 2021 featuring the 20 housemates from the Lockdown edition. The Lockdown Geng will meet once again and get the opportunity to clear the air and express their real feelings towards each other, with... Read More
Blogs, The Media Blog
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This Week in Nollywood
May 15, 2021

This week in Nollywood: Aki na Ukwa remake, Indian remake of Elevator Baby and more

This is Nollywood’s second year in the devastating coronavirus pandemic, and although things aren’t as bleak as they once were, there’s no denying that it has changed the landscape. We are still monitoring Netflix’s footprint in the industry. Last month saw lots of Nollywood titles acquired by the streamer, from Ojukokoro, God Calling, Oloibiri to... Read More
The Media Blog
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The Mystic River
May 12, 2021

Rogers Ofime’s supernatural horror series ‘The Mystic River’ is coming to Netflix

Despite Netflix’s Nollywood programming bloating with new additions and titles, the horror genre has been ignored. It’s a reflection of the state of Nollywood itself, skewed towards churning comedies which has mostly been a formula for winning at the box office. Over a year since Netflix arrived in the Nigerian market and the streamer can... Read More
The Media Blog
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Chinua Achebe
May 11, 2021

These books by Chinua Achebe are being adapted for television

Last year saw Netflix inking a deal with Mo Abudu to adapt the literary works of Lola Shonenyin’s The Secret Lives of Baba Segi’s Wives, and also Wole Soyinka’s 1975 play Death and the King’s Horseman. Nigeria has produced a churn of great literary products that can serve as source materials for television and film. In... Read More
The Media Blog
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Bishop Oyedepo
May 10, 2021

Is religion standing in the way of how we combat coronavirus?

In unsurprising fashion, the General Overseer of Living Faith Church Worldwide (Winners Chapel), David Oyedepo, recently told his congregation that no one can force them to take the coronavirus vaccine if they don’t want to. ”I’m telling you that no mortal man has the right to force you to take a vaccination.” the cleric said.... Read More
Counter Culture Blog, More
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Greenfield University
May 4, 2021

Nigerians on Twitter are rallying for the rescue of abducted students of #GreenfieldUniversity

Nigeria’s security challenges have been mounting over the past month, and with more reports on kidnaps, banditry, and Islamic militancy comes a weariness and anxiety amongst Nigerians. Despite these draining emotions, Nigerians have been rallying around on Twitter for the rescue of students of Kaduna’s Greenfield University. Reportedly some of the students held hostage will... Read More
Counter Culture Blog
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Tonongo
May 4, 2021

Lojay and Sarz link up in the sleek, hypnotic visuals for ‘Tonongo’

Emerging singer-songwriter and producer Lojay has linked up with fellow Lagos native and prolific, internationally renowned, super-producer Sarz on their brand-new single Tonongo (released via Sony Music Entertainment and Metallic Music). Tonongo showcases Lojay’s sublime vocals alongside Sarz’s slick production which blends contemporary Afrobeats with urgent hip-Hop and sensual R&B sounds, further establishing him as the go-to producer for heavyweight acts... Read More
The Music Blog
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