A record-breaking 60-plus entries just crashed into Botswana's biggest women's sports awards, and the competition looks wild this year.
4th Vunani Awards hit peak entries
Kesego Kebelaele-Okie runs BW Women's Sports operations.
Her adjudication crew is sorting 60-plus submissions.
Seventeen categories exist, with four CEO-specific ones.
Kebelaele-Okie credits stakeholder teamwork for the surge.
Botswana's 60th Independence ties it together
The ceremony lands on March 27, 2026.
Organizers picked a women-in-sport legacy theme.
Botswana's diamond anniversary adds extra weight here.
Female athletes get linked to nation-building narratives.
Nominee pool looks stacked across disciplines
Submissions span varied sports and administrative...
Losing a mother at five and surviving a suicide attempt didn't stop one Edo State native from becoming a Nollywood household name.
Nancy Isime's rough start in life
Isime was born in 1991 in Edo State.
Her mother's death at age five wrecked the family finances.
Teenage years meant ushering gigs and sleeping on chairs.
Depression and a suicide attempt marked that painful chapter.
From the University of Lagos to the spotlight
Isime studied Social Work, which gave her real direction.
Modeling and TV hosting kicked off her entertainment career.
Acting became the actual breakthrough that changed everything.
The Nancy Isime Show cemented her as a major name.
Africa's biggest homegrown streaming platform is getting axed after Canal+ decided Showmax doesn't fit their cost-cutting playbook.
Canal+ pulls the plug on Showmax
MultiChoice's new parent company greenlit the shutdown.
Canal+ grabbed control of MultiChoice back in September 2025.
Roughly €400m in savings by 2030 is their target.
A full operational review triggered the whole decision.
Subscribers get reassurance for the time being
Current streaming access stays uninterrupted right now.
Showmax promised advance notice on all transition timelines.
No immediate action is required from existing users.
Canal+ claims streaming still sits at their strategy's core.
Career politicians clinging to godfathers got called out as Nigeria's core political problem by a former Lagos assembly candidate.
Olumide Oworu redefines what politics should be
Oworu argued service and systems matter, not enrichment.
Educated, well-traveled people should be running things.
His Clarity Zone podcast appearance laid this all out.
Politics was never meant to be anyone's career path.
Godfatherism gets a direct callout
Career politicians lack a plan B, per Oworu.
Desperation for the office breeds godfather dependency every time.
Value brought to governance barely registers for most.
Capacity should replace connections as the real qualifier.
Traditional drums like omele, gangan, and bata got fused into modern Afrobeat by a musician dead set on reviving African roots.
Omileeyan's musical DNA runs deep
Anthony Babajide Omileyan Ojomo draws from three legends.
Fela Kuti taught him fearlessness and political awareness.
Orlando Owoh brought discipline and cultural sophistication.
Ayinde Barrister modeled innovation and social accountability.
Yoruba roots shape his whole creative identity
Omileeyan's Ondo heritage fuels his rhythmic storytelling approach.
Growing up in Lagos among the Awori diversified his sound.
Oral traditions and tonal language anchor his compositions.
Folklore and bush-centric jazz define his signature style.
Standing apart in the Afrobeat landscape...
A censors board award just landed in the lap of one of Nigeria's biggest filmmakers after years of grinding behind the camera.
Funke Akindele talks about her come-up on X
Akindele credited prayer, hard work, and constant pivoting.
Behind The Scenes became her latest proof of commitment.
Her post shouted out Patrick Lee by name.
FANmily loyalty got a personal thank-you from her.
NFVCB honors Akindele's track record
Nigeria's film censors board recognized her record-breaking run.
She dedicated the whole award to determined creatives.
African storytelling stays central to her mission statement.
Years of re-strategizing got framed as her secret formula.
A viral TikTok prayer trend got one Nigerian actress heated over what she calls disrespectful captions about the Holy Spirit.
Juliana Olayode drags the trend online
Olayode called out body-related captions as irrelevant.
Her Instagram post urged Christians to show more respect.
Joking with sacred figures crossed a line for her.
Other religions would never play like that, she argued.
TikTok's Holy Spirit trend goes mainstream
Users depict the Holy Spirit as a bird carrying them.
Funke Akindele and Mercy Johnson both joined in.
Captions frequently reference weight and physical features.
Olayode insists that fun and reverence can coexist easily.
A breakout single about Niger Delta struggles turned a former plantain hawker into one of Nigeria's most enduring music voices.
Timaya's early grind in Port Harcourt
Inetimi Alfred Odon hustled plantains to survive.
University of Port Harcourt ended with him dropping out.
Small gigs barely paid while he chased recognition.
Eedris Abdulkareem's backup crew gave him industry exposure.
Dem Mama changed the game in 2005
Timaya tackled Niger Delta political issues head-on.
His raw storytelling resonated way beyond the region.
Mainstream artists rarely touched that kind of subject matter.
Bayelsa State's realities became his signature content.
True Story drops and cements his name
His 2007 debut album packed eleven tracks total...
Some tobacco bales went for a laughable US$0.35 per kilo right after Zimbabwe's 2026 selling season kicked off, and farmers were furious.
Zimbabwe's tobacco season opens rough
TIMB's first bale sold at US$4.60 per kilo.
Last year's opener clocked in at US$4.65.
Rock-bottom prices had growers questioning production costs.
Global oversupply got most of the blame.
TIMB tries to calm growers down
Early floor openings and low buyer turnout tanked prices.
Contract floors opening brought some price stability back.
Northern Tobacco's floor reportedly logged zero complaints.
TIMB vowed to crack down on anti-competitive behavior.
