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Seun Kuti thinks prayer is a childish scam. The Afrobeat star stated plainly in an Instagram video that he has never prayed, calling the act pointless eye service. He argued that a person's life and actions are their only real prayer, not words spoken to a god. Kuti dismissed the common concept...

Nollywood heavyweights are calling out cinemas for sabotage. Producers Toyin Abraham, Niyi Akinmolayan, and Ini Edo allege that theaters are deliberately hurting their films with bad screening practices. Abraham, whose movie is Oversabi Aunty, claims cinemas give her terrible timeslots like 10...

2Baba says his baby-making days are over. The music icon publicly declared he has stopped impregnating women, a confession made during a show in Benin City. He addressed years of scrutiny over having children with multiple partners outside his marriage. The singer, who has seven kids with five...

Safdie's new ping pong movie drops with a stacked soundtrack. The film Marty Supreme, directed by Josh Safdie and starring Timothée Chalamet, was released today alongside its score by Daniel Lopatin. The composer, also known as Oneohtrix Point Never, created the music to reflect the mercurial...

Morrissey finally got a label, but it's for the wrong album. The singer announced Sire Records will distribute his new work, yet the upcoming release is You're Right, It's Time, not the long-delayed Bonfire Of Teenagers. He recorded Bonfire several years ago with producer Andrew Watt, featuring...

The Cure's Perry Bamonte has died. The band announced that the guitarist and keyboardist passed away at his home over Christmas after a brief illness. He was sixty-five years old. Bamonte first joined the group's road crew in 1984 because his brother was the tour manager, and later became a...

PMAN just suspended its own president. The Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria removed National President Pretty Okafor following an emergency council meeting. The National Executive Council cited governance issues, constitutional violations, and abuse of office. FCT Chapter Governor...

Akinmolayan is ready to blast some cinemas online. The filmmaker Niyi Akinmolayan is furious over issues with his new movie, Colors of Fire. He accused theaters of a deliberate scam, saying they list showtimes and sell tickets on their websites only to tell customers the film is not actually...

2Baba says wack artists aren't real. The singer, also known for the track African Queen, argued that all music is designed to make people feel something. He claimed acceptance depends more on promotion and commercial strategy than pure talent. He pointed out that many so-called untalented...

Sinatra Place booked half of Lagos's music scene for December. The Ikeja lounge has a stacked lineup for its Detty December package, locking in artists like Fuji star Adewale Ayuba, inspirational singer Atorise, and the iconic Pasuma. DJs, including DJ Big N, are also on the roster for the...

MultiChoice is funding your film school dreams again. The MultiChoice Talent Factory just opened applications for its 2026 intake, a fully paid training program for African filmmakers. Aspiring directors, producers, and scriptwriters from fourteen countries can apply for the nine-month course...

The AGN president just told CAN to chill about a movie title. Outgoing Actors Guild of Nigeria leader Ejezie Emeka Rollas responded to the Christian Association of Nigeria's criticism of Ini Edo's film, A Very Dirty Christmas. He called for more measured dialogue between faith groups and the...

Music biz heads are meeting in Lagos to figure out how to actually make money off Afrobeats. Stakeholders are gathering for the Africa Music Business Summit ahead of the All Africa Music Awards. The event at the Eko Convention Centre will host artists, executives, and policymakers like Universal...

TIFF just hit fifty with its biggest party ever. The Toronto International Film Festival, called Tiffty for this edition, wrapped up a massive 2025 run. That year's festival, the fiftieth since founders Bill Marshall, Henk Van der Kolk, and Dusty Cohl started it back in 1976, saw over seven...

Afrobeats owns the world now, and the numbers don't lie. Nigerian artists like Wizkid, Burna Boy, and Davido are selling out iconic venues from Madison Square Garden in New York to the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium in London. Rema's song "Calm Down" with Selena Gomez smashed two billion streams on...

A sports marketing firm is going scorched earth on a journalist. Pamodzi Sports Marketing slammed a media report questioning the Nigeria Basketball Federation's partnership efforts. The company called the article myopic and a self-serving hatchet job, blind to basketball's development needs...

That ancient Nigeria versus Tunisia beef gets another chapter. The Super Eagles face the Carthage Eagles in a crucial Africa Cup of Nations group match in Fès, Morocco. Both teams have three points, making this a fight for an early knockout round spot. The rivalry spans sixty four years and...

A Nigerian soccer star is tired of AFCON getting disrespected. Samuel Chukwueze, a forward for Fulham, called for the Africa Cup of Nations to be valued as highly as the World Cup or the European Championship. He made the comments after controversy over the tournament's schedule in Morocco...

Zinedine Zidane's son is playing for Algeria, and his grandad is pumped. Luca Zidane, a goalkeeper for Granada, recently switched his international allegiance from France to Algeria at twenty-seven. His famous father, the French legend who won the 1998 World Cup, supported the choice but told...

AFCON can't fill seats, so they're just letting people walk in free. Organizers at the Africa Cup of Nations in Morocco are opening the gates to fans for no charge about twenty minutes after kickoff in matches with empty stands. A source from the Confederation of African Football confirmed the...