Category: Culture
Kemi Adetiba wants to know if you’d watch a Nollywood horror movie in the cinema
The first thing that came to my mind after seeing Kemi Adetiba’s King of Boys is how beautiful it would ...
Do you miss ”OGA! Pastor”? Here’s how we think NdaniTV can bring the show back
In June, NdaniTV premiered OGA! Pastor, a show that brought out my negative bias as another bourgeoisie, Nollywood-adjacent spectacle even without ...
Uche Jombo called out Bleacher Report for stealing a Nollywood movie clip and we just had to stan
With erstwhile comedic duo Aki and Pawpaw re-entering the culture as memes, their new-found appeal has left the world starstruck. ...
This Week In Music: Odunsi’s ”Star Signs,” Phyno’s ”The Bag,” Niniola’s ”Boda Sodiq” and more
Because he has nothing better to do with his time, every Saturday, Bernard Dayo brings you the most awe-inspiring, confounding, ...
”The Set Up” is one of the most anticipated movies of 2019, and now we have a trailer
The Set Up is Niyi Akinmolayan’s followup to the bombastic comedy Chief Daddy, a movie that I still remember for ...
Nigerians are trolling Rema for saying his song ”Spiderman” is about saving the youth
In just a short time, Mavin Global artiste Rema has risen to be a Gen Z sweetheart. The 18-yr-old burgeoning ...
#MoreThanKinksAndLocs: Loctitude’s Ade Balogun tells her story
The fourth episode of #MORETHANINKANDLOCS features Ade Balogun. Ade Balogun is a loctician, an architect and a hustler. 10 years ...
This Week In Music: Timaya’s ”2 Stoopid,” Niniola’s ”Boda Sodiq,” Mr Eazi’s ”Supernova,” and more
Because he has nothing better to do with his time, each Sunday, Bernard Dayo brings you the most awe-inspiring, confounding, ...
Asa’s latest single ”Good Thing” is all you need to hear today
While we eagerly wait for Asa to release her fourth studio album, which has trickled in with last month’s single ...
EbonyLife Films has released the teaser-trailer for ‘Òlòtūré’ and there’s a lot of intrigue
I may be wrong, but the upcoming Oloture from EbonyLife Films is a complex departure from the studio’s brand of ...
Chiwetel Ejiofor has joined the cast for upcoming Netflix movie ”The Old Guard”
It’s always a delight to see Chiwetel Ejiofor in movies, whether he is in a Marvel flick (Doctor Strange) or ...
This Week In Music: Adekunle Gold’s ”Kelegbe Megbe,” Kizz Daniel’s ”Eko,” Simi’s ”Jericho” and more
Because he has nothing better to do with his time, each Saturday, Bernard Dayo brings you the most awe-inspiring, confounding, ...
Simi’s video for ”Jericho” featuring Patoranking is the dancehall bop of the summer
Simi has just released the video for Jericho, the dancehall earworm off her third studio album Omo Charlie Champagne Vol. ...
The trailer for D’banj’s reality talk show ”The Adventures of the Koko Master” promises an adventure
Not that anyone is surprised that D’banj is veering into reality television with the announcement of his new series The ...
Tiwa Savage didn’t see many dark-skinned women while growing up, and now she wants to be the much-needed representation
Tiwa Savage posted a picture of herself online recently, using the words ”brown skin” and how she didn’t see black ...
Rema is a promising, colossal trap king on new EP, ‘Rema Freestyle’
Before midnight on Wednesday, Rema surprise-released his second EP of the year suitably titled Rema Freestyle, a four-track project comprising ...
Mo Abudu has been announced as Chair of the 47th International Emmy Awards Gala
We reported back in February that EbonyLife TV founder and CEO Mo Abudu had been given a gold membership directors’ ...
Nigerian design gets a global boost as FourthCanvas heads to Cannes
Nigeria to the world once again as #WeGoVote, a civic engagement project of fast-rising design agency, FourthCanvas, has been selected ...
Stop what you are doing and watch the trailer for Ifeoma Chukwuogo’s crime-drama series ”Under”
Ifeoma Chukwuogo’s splendid and incredibly moving short film Bariga Sugar, released in 2017, pegged her as an exciting director to ...
This Week In Music: Maleek Berry’s ”Flashy,” Burna Boy’s ”Anybody,” Black Magic’s ”Anything For Love,” and more
Because he has nothing better to do with his time, each Saturday, Bernard Dayo brings you the most awe-inspiring, confounding, ...
Kemi Adetiba helped raised funds for teenagers to pursue their filmmaking ambitions and we just have to stan
When Kemi Adetiba isn’t making blockbusters, she is, as you’d soon learn, helping teenagers pursue their filmmaking ambitions. According to ...
TIERs Releases Results from 2019 Social Perception Survey on LGBT+ Rights in Nigeria
The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs) has announced the results of the fourth biennial Social Perception Survey on Lesbian, Gay, ...
#MoreThanKinksAndLocs: The Funfere Koroye story
The third episode of #MORETHANINKANDLOCS features Funfere Koroye. Funfere Koroye is an Industrial Designer and Product Developer with years of ...
#MoreThanKinksAndLocs: The Bankole Oluwafemi story
For this episode, we reached out to Bankole Oluwafemi, the Editor-In-Chief of Tech Cabal and co-founder of Big Cabal Media. ...
#MoreThanKinksandLocs: The Amanda Iheme story
The second episode of #MORETHANINKANDLOCS features Amanda Iheme. Amanda is a psychotherapist at Ndidi Health and an architectural photographer. Stepping ...
Here are the latest African shows you can binge on Netflix
The thing about Netflix deciding to expand their African content is that they have been quite consistent. At the 2019 ...
Twitter had much to say about Perruzi allegedly assaulting Twitter influencer Pamilerin Adegoke
Twitter has been frothing with reactions from Twitter influencer Pamilerin Adegoke accusing Peruzzi of assaulting him recently in Bayelsa. Pamilerin ...
Beyoncé’s voice teased as Nala in The Lion King, Jessica Jones, Ad Astra – Here’s your movie trailer roundup
Apropos of nothing, we are constantly inundated with the new movie trailers. OK, this is personal. At the moment, I ...
Dorcas Shola Fapson’s adaptation of ”I Got Flowers Today” will move you, but it doesn’t hold men accountable for domestic violence
Dorcas Shola Fapson will probably won’t make it in the list of in-demand actresses. And, admit it, many of you ...
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