Afrobeats artists should receive greater respect than they now do, according to Nigerian musician Olabisi Omokolade Oluwatoyin, better known by his stage name TY Buoyant. This is in light of the success that the genre has gained on a global scale. Afrobeats music from other continents deserves the same attention and global recognition, according to Read More…
Tems is stunning, then blocks At the Oscars on Sunday, “Everything Everywhere All at Once” won the coveted best picture award as Hollywood accepted a surreal tale of a Chinese-American family resolving their issues across various dimensions. Seven honours were given to the film altogether, three of which went to the actors Michelle Yeoh, Ke Read More…
The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) said on Tuesday that nationwide movie theatre ticket sales in February totaled N278 million. The National Chairman of CEAN, Mr. Ope Ajayi, who made this disclosure in a Lagos interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), noted that the theatres had 122,295 gross admissions over the course Read More…
Hiring a ghostwriter of the calibre of J.R. Moehringer, on George Clooney’s recommendation, is one of the few wise moves Prince Harry has taken in the last five tumultuous years. Spare is compelling because it captures Harry’s unresolved emotional suffering, his panicked, blinkered determination, his improbably winning rapscallion voice, and his distorted, confused worldview. This Read More…
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday opened the John Randle Centre for Yoruba Culture and History in Lagos. The President, along with the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, and the Governor of Lagos State, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, inspected the entire complex. ”I declare this site open,” the President said. The urban redevelopment at the centre of Read More…
Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, a pioneer in Nigeria’s entertainment sector and the creator of the esteemed AMAA Awards, has passed away. After being in a coma since Saturday, she reportedly passed away at St. Nicolas Hospital in Lagos. While her coworkers and close friends, some of whom visited her in the hospital, refused to believe the news Read More…
Yemi Alade, Nigerian Afro Pop artist, has been named as Spotify’s ‘EQUAL Africa Artiste’ for January. Spotify is an internet streaming service. In a statement released on Monday in Lagos, Phiona Okumu, Spotify’s Head of Music for Sub-Saharan Africa, said this. According to her, the Spotify EQUAL Africa programme aims to give female artists the Read More…
Numerous fun-seekers were enthralled by Nigerian-British rapper Tion Wayne and other performers at the eagerly awaited Beat FM 99.9 Christmas Concert hosted at the Federal Palace Hotel in Lagos. There were visitors from all walks of life present for the celebration, which got underway around nine o’clock on Wednesday night. The evening’s performances by international Read More…
The latest European nation to return cultural artefacts to their African origin is Germany, which, according to German Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock, has sent 20 Benin bronzes from its museums to Nigeria. The handovers are the clearest sign yet that progress is being made toward the return of artefacts looted from Africa by Europeans during Read More…
By Emeka Nkwocha Imagine a girl of the tender age of nine with a pan balanced on her head loaded with an assortment of confectioneries—biscuits, sweets, and meat rolls (gala)—traversing the dusty streets of Benin City in the hot, sweltering afternoon sun. She calls out, “Buy biscuit. Buy Gala. Buy sweet.” Men seated outside their Read More…
