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Blood & Water
June 16, 2020
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Netflix is about to go all in with a second season of ‘Blood & Water’

Its official, Netflix is finally convinced that original African content, featuring African talent, scripted and produced by African talent will not only find an audience on the continent, but will also draw global interest. They have recently announced they are commissioning a second season of the progressive YA surburban youth drama ‘Blood & Water‘, which... Read More
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Queercity
January 7, 2020
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Will Queercity be the podcast to finally break through for queer representation in Nigerian media?

Over the last 10 years, we have had a handful of queer-focused Nigerian-run media experiments. The longest-running and most successful iteration of this has been the often divisive but generally accepted Kito Diaries, started in 2014, in response to the Same-Sex Prohibition Bill to provide valuable information for queer persons on how to stay safe... Read More
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Ruth Nkwenti
July 2, 2018
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Here’s where you can watch Ruth Nkweti’s upcoming sitcom “Hook Line & Sinker”

For those who don’t know Ruth Nkweti, she is an award-winning Cameroonian actress, producer and writer who has managed to infiltrate the Nigerian film space. Although she doesn’t have a weighty catalogue, she did a feature film in 2011 called Obsession produced by Binam Studios, which got three nominations at the Ecranes Noires film festival... Read More
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Linda Ikeji
June 20, 2018
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Linda Ikeji is here to take our data with LiTV, and she’s already thinking about the future

Soon after the launch of the much-talked-about streaming service Linda Ikeji TV, it was reported that the platform gained 10,000 subscribers in the first three days. I could have been part of that number, if not for the undesirable stream of negative reviews I came across on my Android app store, ranging from technical glitches... Read More
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June 29, 2017
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The Media Blog: If you are a young woman looking for a female mentor, all you need is Kemi Adetiba’s King Women

We know there is a mentorship movement these days, everyone looking for a magic mentor – most likely famous – that will solve all their problems and answer all their questions. Well, Kemi Adetiba has solved that problem for you. The series King Women had its finale for season one on Monday with the interview... Read More
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May 24, 2017
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The Media Blog: Kemi Adetiba continues to wow with King Women [WATCH]

We thought we would be tired by now. She kicked off exactly right with Taiwo Ajao-Lovett, wound it up a notch with Tara Fela-Durotoye, two of the others were a bit of downers, but still gripping. And by the time she had a non-celebrity, we thought we’d be tired. News flash: We are not. This... Read More
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May 4, 2017
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The Media Blog: Everything about this Newsroom.ng headline on Banky W is terrible, terrible, terrible

Look, we are sympathetic. Everyone is in the traffic race, of some sort, even those who pretend not to be. What’s the point of journalism if enough people are not reading? But this one takes the cake. The Banky W/Adesua Etomi news was everywhere yesterday, and it was a boon for website traffic. Everyone got... Read More
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February 16, 2017
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The Media Blog: Our Best Friend’s Wedding has us asking questions

What does it mean when people are watching a show but don’t appear to be talking about it? That’s what Our Best Friend’s Wedding has us asking. The show is racking up the views considerably, with the first, second and third episodes getting roughly 150,000, 120,000 and 70,000 views till date. Pretty huge numbers, given... Read More
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January 11, 2017
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The Media Blog: Abeg, Bola Tinubu should go and find several seats

Every now and again, people – including questionable characters who have not satisfactorily answered corruption allegations – mount a bully pulpit to accuse ‘the social media’ (a ridiculous term that speaks to a type or illiteracy) of being the cause of all the problems in the world. It is an easy target, because with hundreds... Read More
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January 5, 2017
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The Media Blog: Evan Williams letter captures the BIG PROBLEM with premium platforms

From the guy that brought you Twitter, a hugely influential platform – that makes no money, and refuses to grow. He also brought you, amongst one more, Medium. Also hugely influential, makes no money, and refuses to grow. There is a reason Mass Media and Mass Communication was the popular term of choice. And it’s... Read More
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November 14, 2016
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The rapid growth of Linda Ikeji Social and everything else on Uncensored this week

While Chude Jideonwo and Isime Esene were away this week, Ifeoma Areh of Wildflower PR & Company hosted Uncensored this week. She is joined by Lekan Olanrewaju, Roqeebah Olaoniye and Dami Adebayo. They talk about the incredible speed with which the Linda Ikeji Social subscriber-base is growing, the cynicism of the Nigerian techies and of-course,... Read More
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