Why Kunmie Really Need an “Arike” Remix with Simi and Mabel
Arike by Kunmi hit a lot of sweet spots for Nigerian music lovers. There’s a long-standing tradition in Nigerian pop music which is a soft spot for naming songs after…
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Peller, Adekunle Gold, and the impact of academic excellence in Nigeria
It’s not every day that academic excellence trends in the Nigerian social media circle. Yet, twice in as many weeks, we have seen it happen for very different reasons. TikTok…
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A Statement by Ayeni Adekunle, NECLive Convener, on the 2025 edition of the conference
Today, we announce plans for this year’s edition of NECLive, which will hold on November 28, 2025, at the Landmark Event Centre in Lagos, Nigeria, and other venues across the…
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What Peller’s Job Call Reveals About Nigeria’s Systemic Failure
I’ll start this piece by saying: it’s hard to survive in a country where you can do everything right and still feel like you’re not doing enough. And no place…
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The 20 Best Songs of 2025 So Far (Critics Choice)
We’ve officially crossed the mid-way point of 2025, and Nigeria’s music scene continues its relentless delivery of hit songs and its vibrant evolution. The first six months of 2025 have…
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Important lessons for African celebrities from the trial of Sean ‘Diddy’ Combs
Can we talk about Diddy for a minute or two? Or, maybe, let’s forget the hip-hop icon with the larger-than-life influence on popular culture and talk about Sean Combs, the…
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Mind-boggling things I’d change about Nollywood if I had a magic wand -by Omotayo Inakoju
We don’t need a magic wand; we need a change in Nollywood, and that change won’t come except we start speaking up and start taking action. If I had a…
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Nollywood is broken and we are all to blame -by James Abinibi
Nollywood belongs to all of us. No single individual or group of select people can claim ownership of it, no matter the false imagery they project. As long as you…
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From Ayra Starr to Fireboy, younger Afrobeats stars are paying tribute to their heroes and here’s why
Afrobeats has always been about the future. For years, the genre focused on pushing boundaries, growing from a local sound in Nigeria to a global force, played on stages in…
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Obituary: Kayode Peters, the unsung hero who gave many stars their wings
A true luminary of Nigerian film and stage, Kayode Peters, has passed on after a long-term illness. A statement from his family confirmed that the former actor, comedian, director, showrunner,…
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