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3 days ago
If this year proved something, it’s the fact that the Nigerian music industry still has a lot to offer. With the rise and fall of trends over the last few years due to the inability of artists to morph into more, pushing their sounds and giving their audience something refreshing a huge gap was created […]
5 years ago
by Emmanuel Esomnofu With a warm touch arrived the announcement of Simi’s partnership with the London-based Platoon, Apple’s artist-development subsidiary which “offers advances, distribution, and support to African artists”. The artist follows the continent’s pop stars making artistic and economic efforts to appeal to a broader audience. Restless II, however, isn’t pandering as Simi’s artistry has been […]
5 years ago
The SARS (Special Anti Robbery Squad) was founded 28 years ago after a series of armed robbery attacks that brought the country to its knees. In 1992, Nigeria was a jungle with armed robbery and kidnapping attacks increasing as each new day dawned. Former IGP Mike Okiro, the then Commissioner of Police in Lagos, and […]
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Tony O. Elumelu, one of Nigeria’s most beloved businessmen makes a debut in 2020’s TIME100- the annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world following in the path of former Nigerians like Peter Akinola and Oby Ezekwesili amongst others who have previously appeared on the list. Currently, in its seventeenth year, TIME uses […]
5 years ago
The very first few cases of COVID-19 recorded in Nigeria necessitated a lockdown of the country, a lockdown more stringently enforced in the nation’s commercial capital Lagos, and hub of the country’s film industry, Nollywood. The lockdown impacted on the industry: Cinemas were shut down and film release dates were indefinitely pushed back; film productions […]
5 years ago
by Michael Kolawole If you love films that make ‘sense’, Abba T Makama’s dazzling sophomore The Lost Okoroshi is not meant for you. You need to immerse and wallow yourself in the film for you to grasp its sense. And don’t be disappointed if you don’t grasp the meaning. Just enjoy it, because ‘understanding is […]
5 years ago
Following the release of her Celia album, Tiwa Savage and The Alternative Sound Band just delivered the most soothing performance of her singles “Dangerous Love” “Attention” “Like” & “Koroba” at her Tiny Desk (Home) concert. “As much as I would have loved to have performed at Bob’s desk,” she wrote in an email to NPR […]
5 years ago
There is a paucity of credible film schools in Nigeria and it has translated to the quality of motion pictures made in the country. The current crop of up-and-coming young filmmakers and actors endeavor to dissociate themselves from the mediocrity—histrionic acting, watery stories, shoddy films—that’s become Nollywood’s trademark. Those who desire an education in film, […]
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