Category: The Media Blog
MTV Base VJ Folu Storms has launched a current affairs podcast and you should give it a listen
I’m usually sceptical about Nigerian podcast shows. It’s a healthy scepticism if you factor in data consumption and the niggling ...
A parody video about the 57 arrested gay suspects has hit the internet. And it’s atrocious
The incident where 57 gay suspects unjustly arrested by the police happened last month, and if you have been on the ...
Genevieve Nnaji was interviewed on CNN about Netflix acquiring ‘Lionheart,’ and here are some takeaways
Following the announcement that Genevieve Nnaji’s directorial debut Lionheart will premiere at this year’s Toronto International Film Festival, there’s been ...
Startimes TV is getting into the reality tv game with ‘Queen of Nollywood’
Morphing from the Queen of Nollywood awards, the Queen of Nollywood reality show is set to premiere on cable service ...
Lady Donli has told everyone on Twitter that she’s a feminist, even if she loses fans
In the era of Nigerian female creatives denouncing feminism (which utterly makes no sense), and social media erupting accordingly, Lady ...
Yvonne Orji discusses getting career advice from the Holy Spirit on ‘The Late Show With Stephen Colbert’
There’s nothing more Nigerian than hearing someone say they heard the voice of God showing them the way. Which is ...
Former ICT minister Omobola Johnson joins World Wide Web Foundation board of directors
Dr Omobola Johnson has been appointed as the newest member of the World Wide Web Foundation Board of Directors. Announced ...
See Michelle Dede in ‘E.V.E,’ the new legal drama coming to Africa Magic Showcase
We don’t get to see Michelle Dede often on screen. But if you are a fan of the actress like ...
How much health information on social media is safe to consume?
Because social media is free and accessible, everyone’s putting out tips and knowledge on virtually everything. Including your grandma (WhatsApp, ...
Here’s when Adenike Adebayo-Esho’s ‘360 with Abby’ will premiere
360 with Abby is Adenike Adebayo-Esho’s first attempt at television as a filmmaker, and will, frankly, determine if she’s better ...
This is probably why you are addicted to the Africa Magic show ‘Ajoche’
The television shows on Africa Magic, I have noticed, inhabits a world of handsome characters gliding through fancy apartments, a ...
New Netflix documentary ‘City of Joy’ will focus on rape and gender-based violence in Congo
City of Joy is the latest Africa-focused documentary coming to foremost streaming service Netflix, and will highlight the abuse and ...
Emma Nyra is turning her new experience into motherhood with miniseries “Yummy Mummy Diaries”
Nearly two weeks after giving birth to twins, wherein labour was arduously stretched for 36 hours, Emma Nyra has released ...
See how Nigerians reacted on Twitter to the return of TStv
On Monday, TStv was relaunched into the cable market after going AWOL for a rather long time. Purported to be ...
Linda Ikeji’s Twitter suspension marks a change in Twitter’s enforcement of violation policies
Last week, the Twitter account of blogger Linda Ikeji was suspended. At the time of writing this piece, Ikeji’s account ...
How Nigerian celebrities became motivational speakers on social media
Social media, before troll toxicity and the poisonously paranoid atmosphere of fake news, was a fairly decent place. And on ...
Here’s what we know about Adenike Adebayo’s upcoming web series “360 with Abby
Adenike Adebayo is many things, but you are most likely to find her on the YouTube-located vehicle The Screening Room, ...
TRACE is giving young creatives a chance to get their content on TV with “Trace In The City”
Given that TRACE is a youth-leaning music channel and a hub for all things pop culture, it’s no surprise that ...
The trailer for the BBC Two and Netflix thriller “Black Earth Rising” is here, and it’s gripping
I’m still not over the casting of Michaela Coel in the BBC Two and Netflix thriller Black Earth Rising, which ...
Fela Durotoye was homophobic on the premiere of “On The Couch,” but Nigerians will vote for him anyway
Out from the great morass of chat shows, On The Couch looks like it might have a political slant, more ...
Grab some tissues and watch the trailer of the second season of Stephanie Linus’ “Make Me Fabulous”
They say with great power comes great responsibility, and Stephanie Linus, bless her generous heart, is going about using her ...
Here’s why you should attend the Write with Style masterclass with award-winning journalist Oris Aigbokhaevbolo
Words run the world: On the internet, and in novels, magazines, films, songs, and even love letters. How do you ...
Tiannah’s Empire S2, Ep 2: Toyin Lawani isn’t bleaching, the shade at Nigerian designers and other takeaways
Thirty minutes into the second episode of Tiannah’s Empire‘s sophomore season, I messaged a friend asking what he thought about ...
Organisers of the MultiChoice Talent Factory say they received over 3,100 entries for the debut edition
Back in June, Africa’s leading video entertainment company MultiChoice called on aspiring young film and television creative minds and aspiring ...
Sorry, Black Panther! We are loving this BBC Africa docu-series episode on the Dahomey Warriors
Imagine Black Panther without the Dora Milaje, the all-female army heavily inspired by the Dahomey warriors of the present-day Republic ...
Here’s the teaser for #DoYouKnow, the upcoming series from TIERS
While LGBTQ cinema and representation in Nigeria is in the lower percentile, The Initiative for Equal Rights (TIERs) has been ...
TRACE Naija is turning President Macron’s visit to The Shrine into a TV special
Back in June, the president of France Emmanuel Macron (still working on my French on this) paid a visit to ...
Here’s what Mofe Duncan said to a troll on Instagram who called him fat
In another celebrity-troll engagement on Instagram, Mofe Duncan descended on a troll who recently body-shamed him soon after he posted ...
This female presidential aspirant insists she’s not a feminist and we are still not over it
On Wednesday, presidential aspirant Eunice Atuejide and founder of the National Interest Party (NIP) declared on Twitter that she’s not ...
Here’s a Twitter user’s thread of sugar daddy/mummy sites for sugar babies
“Are you young, agile and ready to be killed with sweetness?” begins the intro of a concise Twitter thread that ...
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