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…
Read MoreIt'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…
Read MoreWhat 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…
Read MoreNAKED 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…
Read MoreRadio, 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.…
Read MoreWhen 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…
Read MoreIn 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…
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreTwo 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…
Read MoreIs 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.…
Read MoreAmidst 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…
Read MoreAnyone 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…
Read MoreDavid 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…
Read MoreIn 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…
Read MoreWelcome 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…
Read MoreSince 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…
Read MoreLong 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…
Read MoreLinda 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…
Read MoreAfter 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…
Read MoreThis 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…
Read MoreRemember 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…
Read MoreThat'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…
Read MoreIt'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…
Read MoreOn 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…
Read MoreIn 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…
Read MoreWhen 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…
Read MorePlease 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…
Read MoreCrucial 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;…
Read MoreAn 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…
Read MoreSo 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,…
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