Yesterday, many watched with sobriety the fleeing of the Afghanistan president, Ashraf Ghani, and the takeover of The Taliban in major cities, including Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul....
The recent cases of abduction and insurgency in many states, including Lagos, Kaduna, Imo, Nassarawa, and others, have been heartbreaking for Nigerians. In the last few...
Following the release of his first official single titled “Alone“, fast-rising Afro-fusion artist, Mikenoris enlists South Africa’s Afro-House prince, Focalistic on the remix to his smash hit...
In La Femme Anjola, the director, Mildred Okwo, inserts Nigerian elements into the noir genre – or maybe it’s the other way round: she inserts noir elements...
Around 2 AM yesterday, festival director, Tabitha Jackson, and other members of the Sundance Film Festival, the biggest independent film festival in the United States, kicked...
For some time, it’s been difficult to get up to 10 films worthy of inclusion into any serious list about good movies from Nigerian cinema. So...
There is a subtle shift in modern Nollywood romantic comedy from family to work. Well, maybe it’s not a shift but an expansion. For many years,...
Often, I think about a line from a piece by the Nigerian author, Tola Rotimi: “Families are everybody’s first war.” Recently, I had cause to remember that...
This year, the new Rattlesnake falls into the same type of trap as last year’s Living in Bondage did: the filmmakers think of cinematic storytelling, in...
Can women be friends? Old Nollywood would say no. It had an interesting definition for women: witches, husband snatchers, and devious creatures operating in opposition to one...
The last time I wrote about Kunle Afolayan’s movies, I lamented his decline from the heady days of The Figurine to the rather piss-poor Tribunal. I...
Sensational singer, Mikenoris wraps up the year with this impressive song dubbed “Siko“. The beautifully crafted afro-house record serves as a follow up to his previous...
Afro-fusion artist Mikenoris has released the visuals for his latest song “Alone“. Born in the beautiful city of Enugu where he started singing at the age...
I cringed along with everyone else who saw Ozo again and again pledge love and devotion to Nengi during the 2020 Big Brother Naija reality TV...
A reality TV show aiming to name a king at the end is supposed to be suspenseful. But there was no suspense at the BBN 2020 Finale,...
Bella Shmurda comes through with a brand new single titled “Dangbana Orisa,” produced by serial hitmaker, Rexxie. The new record serves as a follow up to...
Under 40 CEOs brings us the story of a young South African lady who runs a creative communications agency. Rorisang Setlogelo is an entrepreneur who runs what...
While health authorities are working to stop the spread of coronavirus, social media giants are facing a contagion of their own: conspiracy theories. And in a...
When next we read the news of insurgency in Nigeria, let us put a name and a face to the lives lost. Let people know that...
U.K. Prime Minister, Boris Johnson was admitted to a hospital Sunday night after having “persistent symptoms”, 10 days after testing positive for COVID-19, a spokesperson said....
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