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BBNaija 2021: Toke Makinwa set to host new Showmax talk show ‘BBN S6: The Buzz’

July 29, 2021 by Inem Udodiong

It’s official. Toke Makinwa is the host of Showmax’s new Big Brother Naija exclusive talk show BBN S6: The Buzz. Viewers of the talk show will get to see the

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King of Boys to Return As 7 Part Series

July 26, 2021 by Oluwamayowa Idowu

Three years after the release of King of Boys the highly-awaited sequel to one of the highest-grossing Nollywood movies of all time is coming to Netflix, but this time as

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Big Brother Naija Season 6 to stream in the UK on Showmax

July 19, 2021 by Tobi Idowu

Good times are here for fans of Big Brother Naija in the United Kingdom as BBNaija Season 6 will be available for live streaming on Showmax. For its sixth season,

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Review: Devil in Agbada is Charlie’s Angels with Less Fun

July 19, 2021 by Culture Custodian

by Franklin Ugobude In 2018, Olivia Pope from Scandal met Annalise Keating from How To Get Away With Murder in Allow Me To Reintroduce Myself, an exciting crossover episode where

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Review: My Village People is a Decent Attempt at Comedy- Horror

July 15, 2021 by Culture Custodian

by Franklin Ugobude It’s very common to see social media posts where someone blames their life challenges on the evil scheming of their ‘village people’, referring to dead ancestors or

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Devilsdorp: Showmax’s First True-Crime Docuseries Proves Truth is Stranger than Fiction

July 14, 2021 by Inem Udodiong

Showmax has released the trailer for Devilsdorp, its first true-crime docuseries. The series is based on the shocking real-life Krugersdorp Killings, also known as the Appointment Murders and the Satanic

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Film Review: 5 reasons why Ayinla is one of the best Nollywood films of 2021 (So Far)

June 30, 2021 by Inem Udodiong

I walked into the cinema with some knowledge of Ayinla Omowura, the legendary Apala artist with a notorious temper who ruled the airwaves in the late 1980s. I was curious

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Tunde Kelani’s Ayinla is A Worthy History Lesson

June 26, 2021 by Culture Custodian

by Ayodele Ibiyemi Critiquing a movie directed by Tunde Kelani is not easy because he is a perfect blend of experience and excellence. Movie after movie, the veteran filmmaker

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My Life in Nollywood: Debo Johnson

June 23, 2021 by Wale Oloworekende

Every week, Culture Custodian grants you an all-access backstage pass into the lives of Nollywood rockstars. You get to hear their fascinating background, behind the scenes stories and more. We

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Netflix’s first African reality TV series is coming soon

June 22, 2021 by Inem Udodiong

Netflix has been on a roll since it announced plans to finally start investing in original content from Arica. Making the announcement in 2018, the company’s vice president of international

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Ayinla Omowura: Meet the Iconic Nigerian Singer You Have Never Heard Of

June 21, 2021 by Arafat Tijani

If you don’t know the name Ayinla Omowura, that is probably because of his untimely but predicted death and the fact that his genre of music was inspired by his

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Ibejii Teases His Forthcoming Movie in the Video for Gonto

June 18, 2021 by Adedamola Onabanjo

Mysterious, eclectic, and enigmatic, Ibejii, the storyteller, uses folklore, metaphor, and vernacular to deliver tales of love and loss with a keen sensitivity. Solidly rooted in the old values of

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Danai Gurira: From Zimbabwe to ‘Wakanda’ to ‘The Walking Dead’

June 9, 2021 by Arafat Tijani

You may know her as Okoye, general of the Dora Milaje in Black Panther and Avengers: Infinity War and Endgame – three of the highest-grossing films of all time. But for millions of fans,

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Three Nigerian Films To Watch This Weekend

June 5, 2021 by Inem Udodiong

After a long week at work, all you want to do is relax and be taken care of. That’s why we have decided to make things easy for you by

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Ojukokoro Showcases Greed and the Nigerian Dream Perfectly

May 31, 2021 by Culture Custodian

by Chukwudi Ukonne Andrew is living the illusion of the ‘millennial middle class Nigerian’. He has a ‘good job’ drives a car and lives in a decent albeit sparsely furnished apartment