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Actress Iyabo Ojo says the old shame around single motherhood is totally dead now. She declared herself the President General of the Single Mothers Association in a recent video, arguing that single moms are flourishing and their kids are achieving great things. Her point is that men are now...

Nollywood actress Nancy Isime celebrated turning thirty-four by building a playground for students at Methodist Primary School in Ikorodu, Lagos. She visited the school on her birthday, emphasizing her belief in getting kids away from screens and into outdoor creative play. In an Instagram...

Funke Akindele just hit a major career anniversary, marking twenty seven years working in Nollywood. She posted about it on Instagram, thanking a higher power for favor and her fans for their constant support. She pointed to her own hard work and commitment as the reason for her lasting...

The late Afrobeat creator Fela Anikulapo Kuti will get a lifetime achievement award from the Recording Academy next year. They called him the architect of the genre, noting his mix of funk, jazz, and traditional Nigerian sounds that started in the sixties. The special merit ceremony happens at...

The content creator known as Miss Demz, whose real name is Oluwademilade Abimbola, discussed her move from London to Lagos and her career in a recent interview. She runs a hair brand and produces lifestyle videos, deciding to relocate after a fun visit to Nigeria showed her the fast-paced...

Nigerian actor Muka Ray talked about his very early start in film, beginning as one of the country's first recognizable child actors in old celluloid movies. He played roles like the son of a character named Adelove in a film called Taxi Driver, also appearing in productions titled Kadara and...

Fuji music icons and other cultural figures gathered at the late legend Sikiru Ayinde Barrister's home in Isolo, Lagos, to mark fifteen years since his passing. Two major stars, Saheed Osupa and Wasiu Alabi Pasuma, became a focal point at the remembrance. Observers noted the pair chatting and...

The wellness brand Dr. Teal's Nigeria just threw its first big Owambe party at The Monarch Event Centre in Lekki over the weekend. Guests showed up in full aso ebi glam, filling the place with color and Lagos energy to a soundtrack from a DJ and live band. The Strategy Director, Vivian Odofin...

There's a musician from the Efik tradition, Effiom Trombone Bassey, who is carrying the classic highlife sound forward. In a scene dominated by modern Afrobeats and digital production, he stands out by focusing on live instrumentation, specifically his masterful trombone work. His playing echoes...

Rapper Naeto C just explained his long absence from the music scene. He basically said he needed a different life outside the industry's grind. His priorities shifted hard after getting married and having his first kid. He realized focusing on music wouldn't give him the future he envisioned for...

DJ Jimmy Jatt and Yaw Naija TV are throwing a nostalgia concert called the Rewind Flashback at Lagos's Eko Hotel and Suites near the end of the year. The theme is about legends returning, focusing on artists who ruled the Nigerian airwaves in the late nineties and early two thousands. Big names...

The Nigerian fashion label Ajida Cruz Apparel is the brainchild of designer Ilo Okeke Chukwunonyelum, a fine arts grad from the University of Nigeria at Nsukka. He basically treats clothing as wearable art, mixing cultural themes with modern tailoring. The brand's whole thing is turning fabric...

Nollywood's Mosunmula Adeleye has a new movie called Orisa Oko dropping in early January. The film features a stacked cast with names like Mr. Latin, Taiwo Hassan, Niyi Johnson, Jumoke George, and Owolabi Ajasa. Adeleye says this project aims to shake up standard Nollywood storytelling with...

The TheatreMania Africa Festival wrapped up for 2025 with its big awards night at the Radisson Blu in Ikeja. This two-day event, starting at Shodex Gardens in Ilupeju, cements itself as a major continental theater thing. They threw a bunch of lifetime achievement awards, putting three huge names...

Comedian Bharti Singh just had her second kid, a boy, and she posted a pretty raw vlog about the chaotic morning it all went down. The video, uploaded to her own YouTube channel, shows her right before heading to the hospital on the nineteenth of December. She explains how her water broke...

The Liberty Stadium in Ibadan got absolutely rocked by Zusk2dbeng over the weekend. He was the main act for DJ Snidzy's Nightlife Experience 6.0, playing for a hyped crowd of more than three thousand people who knew all the words. The Afrobeat artist called Ibadan the place that gave him his...

The Eko Drive car show just wrapped up its fourth run in Lagos, and it's basically the main event for petrolheads and vibes now. They held it at the Alliance Française spot in Ikoyi, pulling in a crowd of gearheads, luxury car owners, bikers, and general lifestyle people. The founder, Ademide...

Man, the memory game is wild right now. Samsung somehow clawed its way back in the HBM race after a rough start to the year, actually beating out Micron's market share last quarter. We're talking about their High Bandwidth Memory stuff, the chips that feed data-hungry AI processors. They finally...

NVIDIA might kill off the 16 GB version of the RTX 5060 Ti. New rumors say production could stop entirely because of skyrocketing memory prices. The company would supposedly keep making the cheaper eight-gig model instead. This move would free up GDDR7 memory supplies for more important cards...

That rumored Apple foldable phone might not be as crease-free as once hoped. A tipster says they are still testing different grades of ultra-thin flexible glass for the inner screen, trying to balance durability with a clean look. The technical challenges mean they have not perfected it yet...