Entertainment

The fifth Peace Anyiam-Osigwe Nigeria Digital Content Regulatory Conference (NDCRC) ended with a call from stakeholders for Nollywood to transition from volume-driven production to a value-focused industry. The stakeholders said the industry must be one that prioritises audience understanding, quality content, regulatory compliance and digital security. It was reported that...

Tein Jack-Rich, former presidential aspirant and President of Belemaoil Group, has extended warm birthday greetings to former President Goodluck Jonathan, acknowledging his remarkable contributions to Nigeria’s development. “On behalf of myself and the entire Belemaoil Group family, I am delighted to extend my warmest birthday greetings to former President Dr....

Nollywood icon Genevieve Nnaji has reacted to comments made by a social media user advising Igbo men to stop marrying Igbo women and instead seek wives from other African countries. The suggestion, which followed a viral photo of a Rwandan woman reportedly engaged to an Anambra man, implied that Igbo...

Internet users have expressed displeasure over the reported  physical fight onboard a commercial flight between social media influencer, Martins Otse, popularly known as Verydarkman (VDM), and comedian Freedom Atsepoyi, aka as Mr Jollof. A viral video on Monday captured the duo trading blows inside a United Nigeria Airlines flight reportedly...

Malam Denja Abdullahi, Chairman, Local Organising Committee (LOC) of the Africa Tourism and Creative Economy Expo (AFTCREE) says the expo will unveil “Cultourmetre,” a digital tool to monitor the progress African countries are making in tourism and the creative economy. Abdullahi, who disclosed this in a statement signed by Mr...

US actor Tom Cruise has finally received an honorary Oscar, marking a milestone in his illustrious career. The 63-year-old actor, known for his iconic roles in “Mission: Impossible” and “Top Gun,” was honoured at the 16th Governors Awards, held at the Ray Dolby Ballroom in Los Angeles on Sunday evening. In his...

Rapper Olamide has addressed the controversy surrounding his recent comment ranking Wizkid as the top Afrobeats act after Fela Kuti. The Nation reports that the uproar began after Olamide made the remark during a press briefing in Toronto, Canada. The rapper acknowledged differing opinions, saying the industry is wide enough for...

Rapper Olamide has declared Wizkid the greatest Afrobeats artiste of this generation, after Fela Kuti. Speaking at York University, Toronto, Olamide praised Wizkid’s contributions to the genre, citing their collaborations on hits like “Street OT” and “Kana” since 2011. He said: “I’ve had the privilege of working with Wizkid, we’ve...

Tobechi Achionye ,multi-talented autistic savant and runway model, aka  Kind Toby, has taken a campaign on kindness and inclusive empowerment to school for special needs to mark the 2025 World Kindness Day(WKD). It was reported that the event  with the theme “ Kindness  for All Abilities”, held  on  Thursday  at the School  for Special Needs,...

The hip-hop artist, whose real name is Aliaune Thiam, was detained for nearly six hours by Chamblee police operatives, northeast of Atlanta. Senegalese-American music producer and songster Akon was arrested and detained last Friday, following his failure to show up in court, and a subsequent incident involving driving his car...