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Nigerian production company Anakle Films has announced her new signing with 3Point0 Labs, the dynamic talent management house under the leadership of Marquel Martin, former CAA agent and manager of UFC heavyweight champion and boxer Francis Ngannou, and Andrew Cutrow, former CAA agent and Chief Business Officer. The partnership, which comes on the heels of […]
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Last week, Universal Music Group announced that it had acquired a majority stake in Mavin Records, subject to regulatory approval in a deal to be finalized by Q3 of 2024. Financial details were not included in the statement, and neither was a breakdown of the company’s new ownership structure that would reveal just how much stake […]
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Anakle Films, the production company led by Editi Effiong and responsible for the making of one-million-dollar-budget Nollywood blockbuster The Black Book, has announced Mimi Bartels and Ashley Opusunju as Co-Founder and General Manager respectively. This announcement follows the success of the Netflix action thriller production last year and the addition of Nollywood veteran Richard Mofe-Damijo […]
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Nollywood’s unofficial Queen of romcoms, Biodun Stephen, who is known for her simple, moderate-budget narratives, takes on the genre of murder mystery in Hotel Labamba. Like regular stories of this genre, the film is titivated with suspense, detective work, red herrings. But then, in projecting this narrative, Biodun Stephen’s signature ingredients of humor and romance […]
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Nigerian music star, Innocent Idibia has announced the dissolution of his management agreement with Efe Omorogbe of Now Muzik after two decades. “Two of Nigeria’s most iconic contemporary music brands, the revered pop giant Innocent ‘2Baba’ Idibia, and respected management label, Now Muzik, announced today the end of their partnership of over two decades. The […]
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Film festivals are events usually organized in specific regions to screen and highlight films and filmmakers for a live audience made up of enthusiasts and industry stakeholders. They showcase the best of cinema as specific to the regions and cities they represent or cover. The most celebrated film festivals in the world bestow prestigious honors […]
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Nigerian investigative journalist, and founder of the Foundation For Investigative Journalism, Fisayo Soyombo in his latest report, Undercover as a Smuggler has uncovered a smuggling ring in Ilaro, a small town about 50 km from Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital by smuggling 100 bags of rice into the country through one of Nigeria’s border with […]
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Phendu Kuta, bird story agency When Chido Dzinotyiwei moved to South Africa from Zimbabwe as a child, language became both an obstacle and an opportunity for change. Her primary concern as an adult was children struggling with their mother tongue in new environments, facing challenges in pronouncing names, and finding it difficult to connect […]
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