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Nigerian-British actress, Wunmi Mosaku, won Outstanding Actress at the 2022 Black Reel Awards for her role as Nicole Steele in a Limited Series, We Own This City, which is now available to binge on Showmax. The HBO crime drama was also nominated for Outstanding Limited Series, Directing (Reinaldo Marcus Green of King Richard fame), Writing (for D. Watkins), […]
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If you are curious about Afrobeats sound, Journey Of The Beats is probably the best piece of material for you. The documentary focuses on the African musical story narrated by Africans, especially the pioneers of the sound. The 10-part docu-series returns to the beginning, several years before slavery and brings it back to present day. A […]
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Hot on the heels of becoming the first African ambassador for international cosmetics brand, M·A·C, Afrobeats heavyweight, Tiwa Savage launched her signature lippy at The Art Hotel Lagos on the 9th of September. A couple days to the reveal party, the M·A·C Maker announced that she has been working on the collaboration for over two years […]
3 years ago
One of the many economic challenges Nigeria has to manage is creating jobs fast and large enough to match the country’s exploding population growth. In the first quarter of 2021, a report published by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) on its website noted that Nigeria’s Unemployment Rate had risen from 27.1 percent in the […]
3 years ago
by Michael Aromolaran and Thelma Ideozu A meme is worth more than a thousand words. Or at least it saves you from using a thousand words. In a space like Twitter where a thousand words are impossible, sometimes you need a shorthand form of getting to the point: a meme. Ubiquitous as they are, hardly […]
3 years ago
Before Asake there was Small Doctor, Qdot, Zlatan, Lil Kesh, Barry Jhay, and Naira Marley, the last of which was recently compared to Asake by online fans of both artistes. These are the kind of artistes likely to score the Headies’s Street-Hop Artiste category. You may add the infamous Portable to that list. Binding these […]
3 years ago
Sam Sun is a singer-songwriter and producer, recognized for making relatable music combining carefully curated melodies with gripping emotional lyrics as well as his unique creativity in making mash-ups of various hit songs. Sam Sun began making music in 2017 having his first production, save me nominated at the ‘top Naija music awards’ for the […]
3 years ago
As the dates for the 2023 Nigeria general elections draw ever closer — the presidential and National Assembly poll is set for February 25 and governorship and other subnational elections are scheduled for March 11 — there is a palpable hint of excitement and anxiety in the air as the citizens prepare to cast their […]
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