The Media Blog

Joey Akan

Joey Akan is giving the international reviewer thing a second try at The Fader

Since Joey Akan left his very controversial position as the head music reviewer at Pulse.NG, everyone’s been speculating where he would pop up next. Using the power and position of Ringer, Pulse’s parent company, and the access that the popular music analysis podcast Loose talk provided, Joey built a network of industry relationships that saw... Read More

Joey Akan, The Media Blog

Mina Okafor

Meet Dr. Mina Okafor, the Nigerian surgeon on the Fox medical drama “The Resident”

It’s been three days since the season finale of The Resident aired, and I can’t stop thinking about the many ways it was pulse-pounding. The finale levelled out an uneven freshman season, strengthened its characters and introduced more stakes. And the show gave us Dr. Mina Okafor, whose name is lazily Americanised as Horrkefer by... Read More

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Falz

Falz to the World, but are we ready to see the rapper play a dramatic role in “Church”?

What makes Falz’s artistry so accessible is the way it’s plugged into an offhand, lowbrow humour. His comical shtick hasn’t remained in the Jenifa’s Diary Universe, and making his Nollywood debut in the 2016 romantic comedy Couple of Days and the repackaging of his 2017 concert for cinema, he is one of the few artists... Read More

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Lala Akindoju and Titilope Sonuga team up for ‘Naked’

NAKED is a one woman show that takes us on an intimate journey — down memory lane, of a young woman’s life experiences, using the thoughts that are usually never shared. It is a raw, honest and open look behind the human mask. This show stars multiple award winning thespian Kemi “Lala” Akindoju known for... Read More

Kevin Uphopho, Lala Akindoju, The Media Blog, Titilope Sonuga

“People should quit complaining about the accents of radio presenters” | OAPs speak at #SMWLagos2018

Radio, since its genesis, has had a relatively substantial impact on popular culture. We cannot even think and/or talk of modern popular culture without talking about the influence of radio. Entire genres of music owe their popularity and even existence to radio programs that publicised them. Radio has the potential to reach almost everyone. Neither... Read More

#SMWLagos, Pop-Culture, Radio, SMWLagos2018, The Media Blog

We are Nigerian Creatives

February 28, 2018

[The Media Blog] #WeAreNigerianCreatives is the stereotype-busting hashtag we need right now

When Olaloye Bunmi made Origami-esque paper art of animals and figures and posted pictures of them on Nairaland in November, 2016, the reaction on the forum was quite positive. “Will be posting more of my creations here,” he said on the platform, an immediate response to a user called “Jujunaty” who had advised him to... Read More

Olaloye Bunmi, The Media Blog, We are Nigerian Creatives

August Meeting

February 26, 2018

[The Media Blog] August Meeting is coming to the Lagos Theatre Festival

In case you were out of the loop, the annual British Council supported Lagos Theatre Festival, now in its sixth year, is holding its annual showcase from the 27th of February till the 4th of March 2018 and as part of the festivities, a number of new plays and new playwrights are debuting at this... Read More

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Joy podcast

February 22, 2018

Chude Jideonwo and Ayobami Adebayo talk about her debut novel on the Joy Podcast

The podcast network is finally starting to come into its own in Nigeria. There are a whole constellation of podcasts dedicated to the Nigerian millennial experience, a couple of humour podcasts and a number of LGBT, tech and romance podcasts. As more podcasts come into the space, they expand our expectations of what on-demand radio... Read More

Chude Jideonwo, Joy Inc, podcast, The Media Blog

February 20, 2018

[The Media Blog] BBC launches Igbo and Yoruba services in Nigeria

Two new language services have been launched by the BBC World Service for Igbo and Yoruba speakers in Nigeria and West and Central Africa. The new services are part of the media company’s biggest expansion since the 1940’s, following a government-funding boost announced in 2016. This expansion in Nigeria – Africa’s most populous country where... Read More

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linda Ikeji

February 1, 2018

[The Media Blog] A First Look at “Annabel: My Life As A Former Stripper” on Linda Ikeji TV

Is there anything that Linda Ikeji TV hasn’t done? At the moment, I’m losing track of its soon-to-be-aired content and that’s necessarily not a bad thing. We are getting prepared. Annabel: My Life As A Former Stripper, the latest reality television in LITV’s expanding library, is hewed towards titillation and based on the life of... Read More

Annabel Oji, Linda Ikeji, stripper, The Media Blog

Tobi Bakre

January 30, 2018

[The Media Blog] Big Brother Naija: Controversy is already brewing around Tobi Bakre

Amidst the media coverage of a rather bloodless Grammy Awards, the third season of Big Brother Naija made quite an impression with its opening live show. The twenty housemates were unveiled during mini-interviews, which offered glimpses into the neat symmetry of their lives. Some of them were like avatars of contestants from the show’s previous... Read More

Big Brother Nigeria, The Media Blog, Tobi Bakre

Tonto Dikeh

January 18, 2018

[The Media Blog] Why we may never see an episode of Tonto Dikeh’s upcoming reality show ‘King Tonto’

Anyone who has been closely following Nollywood actress Tonto Dikeh since 2017 would know that her life has been fraught with the kind of tabloid-worthy problems plugged into larger cultural conversations. From being a victim of domestic violence in her marriage to ex-husband Olakunle Churchill to being reported to have been a perpetrator, we have... Read More

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David, Oyelowo

January 15, 2018

[The Media Blog] David Oyelowo to star in Les Misérables miniseries

David Oyelowo will star in BBC One’s upcoming six-part miniseries of Victor Hugo’s Les Misérables, along with Golden Globe nominee and theatre veteran Dominic West. Andrew Davies’ non-musical adaptation of Hugo’s novel will feature West as Jean Valjean with Oyelowo as Javert. Tom Shankland will direct the multi-part event that will begin shooting in February... Read More

David Oyelowo, Les Miserables, The Media Blog

Wizkid

January 12, 2018

[The Media Blog] Boiler Room’s “Wizkid: Lagos To London” is the Celebrity Documentary we don’t need

In 2009, Wizkid was performing at the Future Awards nominees ball at a Terra Kulture hall in Lagos. The crowd had descended into a rapturous frenzy singing the chorus of Holla at Your boy, Wizkid‘s audacious, bling-cut single off his debut album Superstar. But it wasn’t just about the song, as I recall; it was... Read More

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Nathan

January 5, 2018

[The Media Blog] Once again, the Temitayo Nathan rape allegation proves that the Internet never forgets

Welcome to 2018, and as much as we’d like to press forward in the brand-new year and leave behind all that Harvey Weinstein-induced toxicity, we can’t overstate the usefulness of social media in the cultural discourse of rape and sexual misconduct. More importantly also, how social media has been weaponized to take back power from... Read More

T.I. Nathan, Temitayo Nathan, The Media Blog

TwitterNG

December 19, 2017

[The Media Blog] Turn Up: Nigerian Twitter is having its first TwitterNG party and you are invited

Since Twitter became a thing in Nigeria, there have always been online groups who have tried to take their clout and followership offline. Who could forget the epic parties of 2010- 2012 and the @TheNakedConvos events of 2012 – 2016. It feels like the biggest gamble, replicate the community and camaraderie online, offline. Currently, the... Read More

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Nigerian Web Series

December 18, 2017

[The Media Blog] The diversity problem of Nigerian Web Series

Long before the explosion of web-based content in the form of scripted dramas, television series were produced, packaged and aired as time-scheduled programming on television stations. Despite the obvious limitations of this terrestrial model, in terms of not having the luxury to rewatch an episode or binge an entire show, the ’90s and early ’00s... Read More

Abimbola Craig, SGIT, Skinny Girl in Transit, The Media Blog

Linda Ikeji

December 14, 2017

[The Media Blog] Linda Ikeji is gambling big with Linda Ikeji TV

Linda Ikeji is back in the game! It certainly took her long enough after the hit and miss Linda Ikeji social, but with the success of Rok TV’s Lagos House Husbands and Mary Remmy-Njoku coming out of nowhere and trying to snatch Linda’s crown as the queen of Media, Linda knew she had to come... Read More

BETTY IRABOR, Linda Ikeji, Linda Ikeji TV, The Media Blog

RADR

December 4, 2017

[The Media Blog] RADR Online is joining the race to crack podcasting with its new online show

After the first wave of podcasting shows in 2016, we experienced a bit of a lull. There were no great shows and the few ones that had already found themselves audiences (Submarine and a Roach, We Just Got Back and Now’O’ Clock’ had all fallen into gluts of cyclical, unimaginative content. However in 2017, we’ve... Read More

r, RADR, The Media Blog

November 10, 2017

The Media Blog: Media hosts are always quick to bring up Bobrisky, but can’t hide their disgust for him

This week has been a very busy week for people in the media. Between Art X and AFRIFF, the GTB Fashion Weekend and AFRIMA, controversies and a back and forth between the presidency and the senate, and the elections in the United States, even the surprise arrests of influential Saudis by the country’s hierarchy; there has... Read More

Amore Nigeria, Bobrisky, Latasha Ngwube, The Media Blog

October 16, 2017

The Media Blog: And GreyRoomNG is trending on Twitter AGAIN

Remember GreyRoomNG, right? the podcast that made very good numbers in its first episode. They are at it again. After eleven hours of uploading its latest episode (Do you think it is right for a man to hit a woman in any scenario?), it’s currently the third most trending topic on Twitter Nigeria. [Read Also]... Read More

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October 9, 2017

The Media Blog: Who’s trying to malign TheCable?

That’s the email you will get from the ‘sender’ trying to impersonate news platform, TheCable. TheCable on Monday said the name of its founder and CEO, Simon Kolawole was being used as the sender of the above mail. The webiste said: This is to inform the general public that there has been a spam attack... Read More

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September 22, 2017

The Media Blog: Hardly any activity on their social media, website… is TStv really ready?

It’s no longer news that TStv will launch on October 1. The entry of the cable network into Nigeria’s media space was one of the top trending topics on Twitter NG yesterday. [#InCaseYouMissedIt] The Media Blog: TStv, the new cable TV that seeks to give Nigerians independence Reactions were on both sides of the divide on... Read More

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September 21, 2017

The Media Blog: TStv, the new cable TV that seeks to give Nigerians independence

On October 1, 2017, the 57th anniversary of Nigeria’s independence, a new cable television platform will launch its services. According to Telcom Satellites Ltd owners of ‘’TStv Africa’’, a full monthly subscription comes at a maximum fee of N3000, while the decoder goes for N5000 only. Do you still find this hard to believe, you can... Read More

cable tv, Per Pay View, The Media Blog, TStv, TStv Africa

August 13, 2017

[The Media Blog] We said this about Dele Olojede last year…

In the wise words of many Nigerians, “as if we knew“. Still, we are disappointed at what finally came in the mail. Subair came with complexity, nuance and humility. Olojede is not familiar with any of the above. This interview is conclusive proof he hasn’t taken responsibility for his mismanagement of a beautiful and important brand.... Read More

Dele Olojede, Feyi Fawehinmi, NEXT, The Media Blog

The Media Blog: The guys at Ripples Nigeria are not playing at all

When a media platform starts advertising aggressively, with Google Ads, of all things, two things are involved. – They are not playing at all. – The pockets behind them are deep. The results are showing, shooting into the top 300 of Nigerian sites in less than a year of active pushing. The product itself? Meh.... Read More

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The Media Blog: This statement from the Sokoto NUJ chairman is nothing but stupidity

Please don’t DM us. Stupidity is as stupidity does. “How can you imagine a 25-year-old person becoming a state governor and expect good positive administration.” The chair of the Sokoto chapter of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Malam Isah Abubakar-Shuni today said the National Assembly made a mistake by passing the #NotTooYoungToRun amendment. According... Read More

Senseless statement, Sokoto NUJ chairman, The Media Blog

The Media Blog: The NYT and WashPo have been doing the Lord’s work, this fantastic report shows

Crucial excerpt: Call it the Last Newspaper War, as two great survivors face off with different strategies and different economic realities but the same audacity; an impressive array of talent; and two highly competitive leaders—Baquet and his counterpart at the Post, Marty Baron (who, says one observer, would “rather beat the Times than eat”). Both... Read More

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The Media Blog: We found a gem called ‘Village Factor’

An essay on colonial architecture in Lagos. An interrogation of JayZ’s 4:44 album. Headlines like ‘Five Black Novels about Afrofuturism’. A deconstruction of Nico Mbarga. Just the kinds of things you find on this cite little online platform we discovered called VillageFactor.com. Describing itself, it says, “Village Factor curates the most compelling stories on ideas,... Read More

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The Media Blog: Denrele Edun’s ‘Everything in between’ is quietly, but majorly, pushing the boundaries

So Denrele Edun’s name in the headline was just to get you to read this because he is not the director or the producer. But he is the lead actor, so we presume we should be able to get away with it. But really it’s amazing how effective The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERS) has... Read More

Denrele Edun, The Media Blog, TIERs

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