Deep Dive

Eurovision

September 26, 2026

Why Doesn’t West Africa Have Its Own Eurovision?

A Nigerian song can become popular in Accra before it has had a week to breathe in Lagos. A Ghanaian record can land on TikTok and turn up in dance videos across Abidjan, while a hit from Côte d’Ivoire can move through West African feeds without waiting for a television network to put it on... Read More

Apple TV+

September 22, 2026

7 Apple TV Shows Nigerians Should Be Watching Now That It Has Finally Arrived

For years, Nigerians who wanted Apple’s original shows often had to rely on foreign accounts or find clips on social media. That changed this September. Apple has officially brought Apple TV to Nigeria, bundling access with iCloud+ at no extra charge. The 50GB plan starts at ₦1,300 a month, and the same subscription includes Apple... Read More

Apple TV+

September 21, 2026

At ₦1,300 a Month, Is Apple TV Nigeria’s Most Aggressive Streaming Play?

Apple activated Apple TV access for Nigerian accounts by bundling the streaming service directly into its entry-level iCloud+ tier at ₦1,300 per month. Local subscribers do not have to sign up for a separate video platform with an independent billing cycle. Apple folded its entire catalog of original films and television series into cloud storage... Read More

YouTube

September 19, 2026

Has YouTube Become Nollywood’s Biggest Cinema?

For years, Nollywood’s biggest question has been where Nigerians want to watch their films. Cinema offered the big-screen experience, television offered reach, and Netflix and Prime Video offered global streaming audiences. YouTube has now complicated that picture. Ibrahim Yekini’s Koleoso is the clearest example. According to figures announced by Yekini and reported by Voice of... Read More

September 18, 2026

7 Evergreen Films Starring the Legendary Olu Jacobs

Olu Jacobs built the kind of career that makes a seven-film list feel almost unfair. He worked in British theatre and television, appeared in international productions, then became one of the defining actors of Nollywood. He died on September 16, 2026, at 84, closing a career that stretched across more than five decades. His family... Read More

Dangote IPO

September 17, 2026

Can the Dangote IPO Create Nigeria’s Next Generation of Retail Investors?

For many Nigerians, buying shares has long sounded like something other people do. The language can feel technical, the process unfamiliar and the idea of losing money is enough to keep first-time investors away. The Dangote Refinery IPO is changing that conversation by putting share ownership in front of people who may never have considered... Read More

September 16, 2026

Has Investing Become the New Way Nigerians Show They’re Doing Well?

For years, Nigerians have had familiar ways of announcing that life is going well. A new iPhone, a car, a holiday in Dubai, a designer bag or a table at the right Lagos restaurant can all become proof that someone has moved up. Now there is another object that can carry that message: shares in... Read More

September 15, 2026

When Your Favourite Creator Tells You to Buy Dangote Shares, Who Is Responsible?

For years, Nigerians have trusted creators to tell them what to wear, where to eat, which phone to buy and which relationship mistake to avoid. Now that trust is moving into a more expensive area: the stock market. The Dangote Refinery public offer opened on September 14, giving social media creators a new subject to... Read More

September 14, 2026

Why Nigerians May Spend More to Play GTA 6 Than They Expect

GTA 6 is being sold as a game, but for many Nigerians, playing it at launch will be a much bigger purchase. Rockstar has set the Standard Edition at $79.99, and the game is coming to PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X|S on November 19, 2026. Anyone who already owns a current-generation console only has... Read More

GTA 6

September 12, 2026

What Can Nigerian Creators Learn From GTA 6’s Marketing Machine?

Every few months, Nigerian creators are told to post again. Another skit, another teaser, another livestream, another behind-the-scenes clip. Disappear from the timeline for too long and someone else can take your audience. Grand Theft Auto VI has built its anticipation around almost the opposite instinct. Rockstar Games releases limited bursts of official material, then... Read More

iphone 18 pro

September 11, 2026

Do Nigerian Creators Really Need the iPhone 18 Pro?

Every September, Apple’s new iPhone arrives with the same promise: better cameras, stronger performance and a more professional way to create. In Nigeria, that promise comes with a serious price. The iPhone 18 Pro starts at $1,199 in the United States, while Nigerian retail listings have placed the 256GB model at about ₦2.5 million. For... Read More

Creative Arts Emmys

September 10, 2026

What Can Nollywood Learn from Creative Arts Emmy Night?

On September 5 and 6, the Television Academy handed out Creative Arts Emmys before the main Emmy telecast on September 14. Across those nights, television’s technical and craft workers were recognised in categories covering cinematography, editing, sound, costumes, makeup and lighting. The separation is useful because it gives television’s behind-the-scenes workforce a dedicated stage without... Read More

Kilomene

September 9, 2026

Why Nigerian Creators Feel Entitled to Celebrities

There is a growing habit in Nigerian entertainment where getting close to a celebrity has become part of the content itself. A creator sees an artist at the airport, follows them through the terminal, approaches them again at a club and keeps the camera running until something worth posting happens. The recent attention around Mavo... Read More

Deep Dive, More

Mavo

September 8, 2026

Content Creation or Stalking: Where Does Nigeria Draw the Line?

A phone camera has become one of the easiest ways to turn another person’s life into content. For Nigerian celebrities, that can mean being filmed at an airport, followed into a club, or approached repeatedly by someone determined to capture a reaction. A recent viral clip involving musician Mavo has brought that behaviour into the... Read More

The Gentlemen

September 7, 2026

Why British Crime Dramas Like The Gentlemen Dominate Nigerian Screens

The return of The Gentlemen to Netflix comes with a familiar feeling for Nigerian viewers. Since its second season arrived on September 3, the series has climbed to No. 2 on Netflix’s TV chart in Nigeria. Its first season also reached No. 4 in Nigeria’s weekly Netflix ranking when it premiered in 2024. Around the... Read More

Nigerian Rave

September 5, 2026

What Really Happens to the Nigerian Event Business in September?

By the time Lagos starts looking like one giant entertainment venue in December, many of the biggest decisions have already been made. The audience sees concert posters, ticket links, and artist announcements. Behind them is a much earlier process of securing venues, negotiating fees, closing sponsorships and working out whether an event can survive the... Read More

September 5, 2026

New Trailer For ‘The Secret Lives Of Baba Segi’s Wives’, Isbae_u Teases New Podcast Episode With Pete Edochie, and Others. Here is the Top Content From Today

Fanta De Joker New Video, ‘Home Wey I Left To Feed Cook Ogbono Soup’ Justsiky’s New Video,’If Everybody Was Nonchalant’ New Trailer For ‘The Secret Lives Of Baba Segi’s Wives’ Enzo Meets Davido Before His Afrofest Performance Herodaniels New Video, ‘Public Service Announcement’ Taooma’s New Video, ‘I Am Virgin’ — Isbae_u Teases New Podcast Episode... Read More

Machala

September 4, 2026

Why Every Famous Nigerian Creator Ends Up in the Studio

There is a familiar point in the career of a Nigerian internet celebrity when the skits, livestreams and viral clips stop feeling like enough. The camera is still there, the audience is still growing, but suddenly there is a song. Carter Efe made the move in 2022 with Machala, a Wizkid tribute that became one... Read More

Deep Dive, More

Uber

September 3, 2026

Uber Is Leaving Nigeria. What Does Nigeria’s Mobility Future Look Like?

When Uber launched in Lagos in 2014, ride-hailing felt like one of those changes that could make living in a difficult city slightly easier. You could request a car from your phone, see the driver’s details, and pay without negotiating at the roadside. Abuja followed in 2016, and the model spread. For many people, Uber... Read More

September 2, 2026

Can a Song Sell a Nigerian Movie Before the Trailer Does?

For years, Nollywood has treated music as something that happens after the film is made. A song enters the soundtrack, plays over the credits, or becomes popular because people already love the movie. Funke Akindele’s The Four is testing a different order. Its first major musical push has arrived more than three months before the... Read More

Deep Dive, More

September 1, 2026

Titanic Held the Record for 25 Years. Spider-Man Broke It in a Month. What Changed?

Titanic spent years as the highest-grossing film in the world, then returned to the top after re-releases. Spider-Man: Brand New Day has taken a very different route to the record books. In just five weekends, Tom Holland’s fourth solo Spider-Man film has moved past Titanic worldwide, reaching roughly $2.33 billion and becoming the fourth-highest-grossing movie... Read More

August 31, 2026

When Music Friends Fall Out: What the Mavo-Davrel Clash Says About Loyalty in Afrobeats

The Mavo-Davrel fallout has quickly become another internet spectacle, complete with leaked chats, livestream accusations and people on X picking sides before the full story has even settled. But beneath the jokes is a question that keeps returning whenever an artist becomes successful: what happens to the friendships built before the money, visibility and access... Read More

August 29, 2026

No Catalog, No Royalties: What Poco Lee’s Case Teaches Non-Music Creators

Poco Lee’s case has brought an uncomfortable question back into focus for Nigeria’s creative economy: what happens to a creator’s income when their entire business is tied to their public image? The Nigerian dancer and hypeman, whose real name is Iweh Pascal Odinaka, is due before Snaresbrook Crown Court in London on September 15 for... Read More

Deep Dive, More

National Theatre

August 28, 2026

Could Nigerian Theatre Become the Next Big Entertainment Industry?

Nigerian theatre is having a strange moment. Lagos can fill a theatre for a weekend, sell out a Christmas production and attract audiences willing to pay serious money for live performances. Then the show ends, the cast goes back to other jobs and the audience waits months for another production. Theatre has an audience. What... Read More

US Visa

August 27, 2026

What Does Trump’s Visa Pause Mean for the Nigerian Creative?

For generations of Nigerians, America has existed somewhere between ambition and insurance policy. It is the country you apply to when you want a better university, a bigger career, a safer future for your children or simply another option when things at home become exhausting. Even people who have never seriously planned to leave often... Read More

August 26, 2026

Nigerians Still Binge 100-Episode Shows. Why Did Nollywood Stop Making Them?

There is a strange contradiction in the way Nigerians watch television today. We complain that local series rarely give us enough episodes to get properly attached, then spend weeks watching Turkish dramas, Korean series and foreign procedurals that stretch across dozens of episodes. We will follow one family, one detective or one love story for... Read More

Deep Dive, More

Tinsel TV Show

August 25, 2026

What Happened to the Nigerian TV Shows We Used to Live For?

There was a time when watching Nigerian television was built into the day. Tinsel had been running for years, The Johnsons became a family favourite, and Jenifa’s Diary gave viewers another reason to sit in front of the television every week. You knew the characters, remembered their arguments and could walk into a conversation about... Read More

Angelique Kidjo

August 21, 2026

What Angélique Kidjo’s Hollywood Walk of Fame Star Means for African Creators

For more than four decades, Angélique Kidjo has built the kind of career that once offered African artists one of the few reliable routes to global recognition: leave home, enter international music circuits, earn the attention of established institutions and keep going long enough for those institutions to eventually acknowledge you. On August 18, the... Read More

Netflix v youtube

August 20, 2026

Could Nigerian Creators Be the Next Big Prize in the Streaming Wars?

YouTube and Netflix are increasingly competing for something neither platform traditionally owned: the creators who built their audiences elsewhere. Reports that YouTube is offering selected top creators multi-million-dollar incentives to keep them from taking exclusive deals with Netflix point to a shift in the creator economy. Platforms are no longer just competing for viewers; they... Read More

MTV VMA

August 19, 2026

What Does MTV Removing Best Afrobeats Mean for Afrobeats?

For three years, the MTV Video Music Awards had a convenient way of acknowledging Afrobeats. Since 2023, some of the biggest names in African music have had a dedicated place on one of America’s most recognisable award stages, beginning with Rema and Selena Gomez winning the inaugural Best Afrobeats award for “Calm Down.” This win... Read More

1 2 … 59 OLDER POSTS

15 49.0138 8.38624 arrow 0 arrow 0 4000 1 0 horizontal https://ynaija.com 300 0 1