Oja is a food delivery service founded by Miriam Jimoh, which seeks to make ethnic foods readily available by connecting local multi-cultural stores. Well, according to the brand. Oja, if you didn’t know, is the Yoruba word for ‘market’ and in the wake of Oja being among the three recipients of a free cash injection prize of... Read More

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African and Caribbean foods, Conna Walker, House of CB, Mariam Jimoh, Oja, Oja Express

April 9, 2019

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Burna Boy had a sold out show at NYC’s Apollo Theater, and we have got photos!

Over the weekend, Burna Boy got to perform at the prestigious and historic Apollo Theater in New York City, a sold out show that will herald his entry into his upcoming Coachella set. The mood was atmospheric and energetic, Burna running through a medley of his songs from the opener Heaven’s Gate, a 2018 collaboration... Read More

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April 7, 2019

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Entertainment Roundup: Warner Bros releases tragic first trailer for Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘Joker’; Issa Rae engaged to longtime boyfriend Louis Diame | Other stories

Here are the biggest stories you may have missed in entertainment during the week and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing today. Warner Bros releases tragic first trailer for Joaquin Phoenix’s Joker It’s been long since DC announced that Joaquin Phoenix will play the Joker in a standalone film. And... Read More

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Bobrisky, Bobrisky in Love, Entertainment Roundup, Issa Rae, joker, Warner Bros.

April 5, 2019

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What in the hell is this generic African accent by Trevor Noah on Nigerians importing pizza from the U.K?

Trevor Noah‘s The Daily Show has satirized topical Nigerian news in the past, quite recently the Jussie Smollett saga involving two Nigerian brothers. We have moved since then, but here we are again on Noah’s latest act, mined from the incredulous statement by Agriculture minister Audu Ogbeh last month, when he appeared before the Senate.... Read More

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Nigerians importing pizza from London, The Daily Show, trevor noah

April 4, 2019

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Funke Akindele’s new YouTube channel is already the best thing on the internet

Funke Akindele doesn’t need any introduction. Like most celebrities in the entertainment industry, social media has given them the opportunity to connect with their fans and vice versa. That said, I have only just stumbled on Akindele’s new YouTube channel, which has a few entries so far and its comical tone is what you’d expect... Read More

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Funke Akindele, second chance, YouTube Channel

April 3, 2019

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9/11 terrorist attacks stopped Chigurl’s dreams from being on Broadway

Chigurl‘s meteoric rise in Nigerian popular entertainment might appear to have happened overnight, until I saw the four-part Netflix series Larry Charles’ Dangerous World of Comedy, wherein she spoke about how she started doing comedy in a male-dominated space and of course, her ability to mimic accents. From having her time slot in comedy shows,... Read More

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Chigurl, Pulse

March 30, 2019

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Viola Davis taps Nnedi Okorafor, Wanuri Kahiu to adapt Octavia Butler’s ‘Wild Seed’ for Amazon!

It’s the biggest news this week in black popular culture: Viola Davis will help to adapt the first of Octavia Butler’s Afrofuturist patternist books Wild Seed for Amazon, a television series that has on board Nnedi Okorafor to write the script and Wanuri Kahiu to direct. This is a strong, beautiful line up of creative minds... Read More

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March 27, 2019

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‘MTV Shuga: Down South’ has never shied away from LGBTQ representation. ‘MTV Shuga Naija,’ what are you still waiting for???

MTV Shuga: Down South is in its second season, and the fifth episode will go down as one of its loveliest offerings on LGBTQ representation. In short, here’s a hot and steaming visual display of what went down: You have the permission to stare at the picture for as long as possible, but stay with... Read More

Culture, Featured

Chris Ihidero, LGBTQ representation, MTV Shuga Naija, MTV Shuga: Down South, Tope Oshin

March 25, 2019

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Waje says she’s going to quit music, blames lousy, hypocritical Nigerians for not buying ‘Red Velvet’

In a clip that began to circulate on social media on Sunday, R&B powerhouse Waje was granting an interview wherein she lamented how her music career is taking the bulk of her funds, and also the fact that she isn’t as recognized and appreciated as she should. Her career that took flight after rendering her... Read More

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March 18, 2019

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The 2019 GTBank Food and Drink Festival is here again!

Get Ready For a ‘Four Times Bigger’ Event: April 28th – May 1st 2019. Mark the dates! Africa’s biggest culinary experience, the GTBank Food and Drink Festival is set to hold from Sunday, 28th April, to Wednesday 1st May 2019 at the GTCentre, Plot 1, Water Corporation Drive, Oniru, Lagos. After three explosive editions of... Read More

The new Budweiser ad wants you to unfollow the norm, but what was missing was Bobrisky

Budweiser, a beer brand from International Breweries, launched in Nigeria in 2018 and is slowly disrupting the two-horse race between Heineken and Guinness. To further emphasize why the Budweiser is regarded as the ”King of Beers” (in America, that is), the brand released a new ad tagged King Stitch, which preached nonconformity, the validity of... Read More

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Bobrisky, Budweiser, King Stitch, Teni, Uche Uba

March 12, 2019

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It’s 2019 and Nigerian men still shame single women with Shiloh? Weird flex

Brethren, it’s the Year of Our Lord 2019 and Nigerian men have made me question yet again why I share the same gender with them. Shaming women for being autonomous with their bodies is so commonplace on Nigerian Misogyny Twitter, right down to women still unmarried and hence the usual sexist joke of saying ”Shiloh”... Read More

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Nigerian men, Shiloh, single women, weird flex

It looks like Mariam Jimoh’s delivery app Oja is a fraud, and Twitter has all the receipts

Burna Boy had a sold out show at NYC’s Apollo Theater, and we have got photos!

Entertainment Roundup: Warner Bros releases tragic first trailer for Joaquin Phoenix’s ‘Joker’; Issa Rae engaged to longtime boyfriend Louis Diame | Other stories

What in the hell is this generic African accent by Trevor Noah on Nigerians importing pizza from the U.K?

Funke Akindele’s new YouTube channel is already the best thing on the internet

9/11 terrorist attacks stopped Chigurl’s dreams from being on Broadway

Viola Davis taps Nnedi Okorafor, Wanuri Kahiu to adapt Octavia Butler’s ‘Wild Seed’ for Amazon!

‘MTV Shuga: Down South’ has never shied away from LGBTQ representation. ‘MTV Shuga Naija,’ what are you still waiting for???

Waje says she’s going to quit music, blames lousy, hypocritical Nigerians for not buying ‘Red Velvet’

The 2019 GTBank Food and Drink Festival is here again!

The new Budweiser ad wants you to unfollow the norm, but what was missing was Bobrisky

It’s 2019 and Nigerian men still shame single women with Shiloh? Weird flex

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