Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) Season 10 is back on air after a rare five-hour blackout that started around 3pm on Friday, September 5, 2025, and left fans across Nigeria and beyond scrambling for updates on social media. MultiChoice Nigeria, the show’s organisers, announced later Friday evening that the disruption was caused by a power […]
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September is shaping up to be a great month for film lovers, with major releases spanning Nollywood, Hollywood, anime, and international cinema. From high-profile festival premieres to the return of beloved franchises and brand-new original stories, the schedule is packed with variety. Fans of horror will find plenty to anticipate, as several chilling titles are […]
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Nigeria’s Africa International Film Festival (AFRIFF) is set to introduce the AFRIFF Film and Content Market (AFCM), an initiative designed to position Africa alongside the world’s most influential film markets. The event will run from November 2 to 8, 2025 at Twin Waters in Lagos, in partnership with the Nigerian Film and Video Censors Board […]
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It’s a banging Friday for new music, and the releases are coming in hot. Following up his recent dance-floor smash “Kelebu,” Rema drops the new single “Fun,” a calmer but equally good track. After a stellar run of singles and collaborations, FOLA finally delivers his highly anticipated debut album, Catharsis, which he has described […]
Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) Season 10, dubbed “10/10”, entered its second half on Sunday, August 31, 2025, following five weeks of non-stop drama from 29 housemates, now remaining 22. The second half opened with fireworks as Mensan and Ivatar chose chaos during Sunday’s live, eviction-free show, turning Biggie’s house into a verbal boxing ring. […]
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House music is the genre that keeps on giving. Its elastic framework has long allowed for the emergence of new sub-genres that speak to a specific moment or feeling, and in Southern Africa, that moment is now defined by 3-step. A spiritual cousin to Amapiano, 3-step strips back the percussive layers and intricate log drums, […]
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The “personal” album is a curious and durable pop institution. It functions as an apparent tearing-down of celebrity artifice that simultaneously builds a new, more “authentic” persona. It’s a transaction in which the artist offers up what feels like genuine vulnerability, and the audience, in turn, offers a more intimate form of attention. What, then, […]
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Nissi Ogulu has a clear vision and pursues her goals with as much intent and resolve as one can muster. With regards to her multidisciplinary layers, only a few, if any, Nigerians are leaving distinct marks in the worlds of music, animation, and technological innovation the way she is. Far from operating on the margins […]
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Sudan has been plunged into one of the world’s worst crises since April 15, 2023, when full-scale war broke out between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). What began as a power struggle between two generals has devastated the country, destroyed its capital, and triggered mass atrocities in Darfur […]
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When Rooboy, the newly crowned Week 5 Head of House (HoH) in the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) “10/10” House, drew a trinket that nullified all nominations last Monday, viewers braced for a calm, eviction-free live show. But on Sunday, August 31, 2025, any hopes of a quiet evening were shattered when host Ebuka Obi-Uchendu […]
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Tiwa Savage delivers her highly anticipated fourth album, This One Is Personal, a project she has described as her most intimate work to date. Ghanaian star Gyakie also releases her debut album, After Midnight, a deeply personal project. Meanwhile, Nigerian superstar SPINALL drops his new album, Eko Groove, which captures the vibrant sounds of Lagos. […]
In the late 1990s and early 2000s, a new direction for African popular music began to take shape. Artists from Ghana and Nigeria began fusing West African rhythms and melodies with hip-hop, R&B, dancehall and electronic music. The hybrid sound that emerged from that experimentation would later come to be known as Afrobeats, though at […]
