Nigeria: Does Censoring or Banning a Movie Really Work?
[This Day] The media reports recently in Nigeria that the government through the National Film and Video Censors Board (NFVCB), issued a directive to censor and ban certain categories of creative content and expressions of cinematographic works made in…
Nigeria: Nigeria’s Cultural Icon, Femi Esho, Dies At 77
[This Day] Cultural Icon and Chairman of Evergreen Musical Company, Chief Femi Esho, has died at 77.
Nigeria: Legendary Music Promoter, Femi Esho, Is Dead
[Premium Times] The music promoter would have been 78 in October, but death beckoned earlier.
Nigeria: Rita Dominic Is ‘Lekki Wives – the Reunion’s Latest Cast Member
[Premium Times] The new season premieres on 30 June.
South Africa: Mother City – a Tough, Passionate Film About the Battle for Affordable Housing in Cape Town
[The Conversation Africa] A third of the way into Mother City there’s a scene that characterises this tough, passionate film about Cape Town and its paradoxes of beauty and hardship, wealth and poverty, and the way it excludes the working poor.
Nigeria: Davido Ripped Me Off, Used Me to Trend – Portable
[Daily Trust] Hip Hop singer, Habeeb Okikiola aka Portable, has tackled David Adeleke, his colleague better known as Davido.
Nigeria: Family Rejects Mohbad’s Autopsy Result, Demands Independent Post-Mortem
[Premium Times] Mohbad died on 12 September under controversial circumstances, leading to the police exhuming his remains and conducting an autopsy on 21 September to ascertain the cause of his death.
Nigeria: Abuja – AGN Holds Candlelight Vigil for Ibu, Monagor, Adigwe
[Vanguard] The Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN) held a solemn candlelight vigil to honor the lives and contributions of three iconic Nollywood actors: John Okafor (popularly known as Mr. Ibu), Amechi Monagor, and Zulu Adigwe.
Nigeria: Davido’s ‘Champion Sound’ Is Most-Streamed Amapiano Song in Last Decade – Spotify
[Premium Times] Champion Sound” by Davido featuring Focalistic was released in 2021.
Nigeria: Mohbad’s Toxicology Result – Family Calls for Review, Transparency
[Vanguard] … calls on IGP to intervene, bring killers to book