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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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“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.…
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[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…
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[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…
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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…
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[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…
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[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.…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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[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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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[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…
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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…
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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…
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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;…
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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…
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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,…
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