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Social Media has Become Nigeria’s Shadow Opposition. The Government Is Not Amused.

As traditional opposition parties have weakened, the internet has increasingly assumed one of their most important functions

Naomi Ezenwa

2 months ago

The Olodo Uprising is Deeper and More Fatal than You Think

Did you see Egungun of Lagos’s interview with ishowspeed during his foray to Nigeria earlier this year? The hilarious, yet embarrassing 30-second struggle of an exchange flooded the internet with memes, reactions, and epistles on how unintellectual the Lagos-based socialite, who earns his coins from interviewing beautiful black women ready to turn against the camera […]

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

2 months ago

NBA Africa And Future Concerns Nigeria Limited Announce Multi-Year Collaboration To Launch NBA REC In Nigeria

Nigeria’s basketball ecosystem is set to expand with the arrival of NBA REC, the NBA’s recreational basketball platform for players aged 18 and above, following a new multi-year collaboration between NBA Africa and Future Concerns Nigeria Limited, a leading Nigerian health, safety, environmental and engineering services company. The partnership brings the first NBA REC programme […]

Anjola Akinmade

2 months ago

Behold, Zuko!

Even as we wait on other announced albums, we will listen to Remember off Apollo, reinterpreting the lyrics in recollection of Fireboy’s talent.

John Eriomala

2 months ago

Canal+ Partners With Anakle’s Flying Whale on 10-Film Slate

Canal+ has commissioned 10 made-for-television films from Flying Whale, the newly launched production label under Nigerian studio Anakle Films, marking another major investment in Africa’s growing film and television industry. The agreement, which already has four completed productions, underscores the French media giant’s continued expansion across the continent as it strengthens its original African programming […]

Anjola Akinmade

2 months ago

“Go North” Signals a New Era for Nigerian Indie Games

For years, conversations about Nigeria’s creative economy have centred on music, film and fashion. Yet another creative industry has been quietly building momentum. Independent game developers are increasingly creating original titles capable of reaching global audiences, demonstrating that compelling interactive storytelling can emerge from the continent just as confidently as its other cultural exports. Among […]

Anjola Akinmade

2 months ago

Inside Café Riche: The Revolutionary Salon Where Egypt’s History Unfolded Over Turkish Coffee

Whether the soul of a place where Egypt’s revolutions were planned can survive as a hotel lobby remains an open question.

Culture Custodian Editorial Team

2 months ago

Adé Sultan Sangodoyin’s “We Must Begin Again, Together” Set for World Premiere at Afrika Film Festival Köln

Adé Sultan Sangodoyin’s debut narrative short film, We Must Begin Again, Together, will have its world premiere at the 23rd edition of the Afrika Film Festival Köln, taking place from September 17 to 27, 2026, in Cologne, Germany. The screening marks the filmmaker’s directorial debut after previously serving as co-producer on the award-winning 2015 film […]

Anjola Akinmade

2 months ago

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Social Media has Become Nigeria’s Shadow Opposition. The Government Is Not Amused.

The Olodo Uprising is Deeper and More Fatal than You Think

NBA Africa And Future Concerns Nigeria Limited Announce Multi-Year Collaboration To Launch NBA REC In Nigeria

Behold, Zuko!

Canal+ Partners With Anakle’s Flying Whale on 10-Film Slate

“Go North” Signals a New Era for Nigerian Indie Games

Inside Café Riche: The Revolutionary Salon Where Egypt’s History Unfolded Over Turkish Coffee

Adé Sultan Sangodoyin’s “We Must Begin Again, Together” Set for World Premiere at Afrika Film Festival Köln

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