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Flavour Celebrates 15 Years Of Highlife Album That Changed His Game

03.08.2025

Nigerian highlife maestro, Flavour N’abania , is celebrating the 15th anniversary of his breakthrough sophomore album, Uplifted, which originally dropped on July 20, 2010, to critical and commercial acclaim. LEADERSHIP Sunday recalls that at the time of its release, uplifted was praised for blending traditional Igbo highlife rhythms with modern Afropop production. Tracks like “Nwa Baby (Ashawo...

Housemates Lose First Wager Presentation

02.08.2025

Housemates in the ongoing Big Brother Naija Season 10 have lost their first weekly wager presentation, meaning there will be no food restocking in the house for the upcoming week. The disappointing outcome followed a failed presentation that saw the housemates misinterpret the instructions handed to them by Big Brother earlier in the week. Despite...

Folabi Nuel, Matt Redman Release Powerful Worship Anthem

02.08.2025

UK-based Nigerian gospel artiste, Folabi Nuel (née Afolabi Emmanuel Fagbemi), has teamed up with renowned Integrity Music worship leader Matt Redman for a deeply moving new release titled “There Is Glory On The Other Side of This.” The worship and prayer track, inspired by Psalm 23, offers a fresh and uplifting message of hope. It...

British Council Seeks Nigerian Partner For Film Lab Africa 2.0

02.08.2025

The British Council has announced a call for applications from UK and Nigerian organisations to collaborate on the second edition of Film Lab Africa: Story Lab Edition. This initiative aims to train and support 30 writers and 60 filmmakers, focusing on television writing and production. The programme is designed to strengthen storytelling capacity and boost...

Why Cinema Business Is Not Thriving In Northern Nigeria

02.08.2025

Cinema culture in Nigeria has evolved significantly and continues to do so, driven by technological disruptions and changing audience preferences. While cinemas and exhibition centers in Southern Nigeria have witnessed growth, their Northern counterparts face several challenges. Out of approximately 100 standard cinemas across Nigeria, 95 per cent are located in the southern part of...

PAWA’s New Executive Council Prioritises Marginalised Literature, Intercontinental Literacy, Dialogue

01.08.2025

Pan-African Writers Association (PAWA) newly inaugurated regional executive council said it will priortise Africa’s heretofore marginalised literatures, intercontinental dialogue and the champion Africans reading works by African authors across the continent. The association disclosed this at the inauguration of the newly elected Executive Council, comprising the President, Cameroonian, Professor Bill Ndi, and his six Vice...

Percy Jackson, Olympians Second Season To Premiere December 10

01.08.2025

Fans of the Percy Jackson and the Olympians should tighten their seatbelts as the new trailer for the second season scheduled to premiere December 10 has been released. The second season which adapts Rick Riordan’s second book of same title Percy Jackson and the Olympians: Sea of Monsters, sees Percy played by Walker Scobell, Annabeth...

Nollywood Streaming Platform KAVA To Be Unveiled

01.08.2025

Two big industry players in the Nigerian entertainment, Film One Entertainment and Inkblot Studios have partnered to create Nollywood’s first streaming platform ‘KAVA’ set to unveil this August. The platform will address the challenge of the underrepresentation of the world’s second largest film industry on global streaming platforms, as well as promote authentic and original...

Africa Needs Comprehensive, Integrated Approach To Tackle Copyright Infringement – WIPO

01.08.2025

World Intellectual Property Organisation (WIPO) says Africa requires a comprehensive and integrated approach to tackle copyright infringement challenges exacerbated by advancements in digital publishing. WIPO copyright development senior coordinator Regional and National Development Sector, Sherine Greiss, disclosed this at the inauguration of the Pan African Writers Association (PAWA) newly elected council recently. Currently valued at...

ANA Commends Members Conferred Fellows Of ICPAN

01.08.2025

Association of Nigerian Authors (ANA) has celebrated its members Mallam Denja Abdullahi and Esther Adelana, who were conferred with fellows of the Institute of Corporate and Public Administrators of Nigeria (ICPAN) in Abuja. Abdullahi, a retired director at National Council for Arts and Culture (NCAC), ex-ANA National President and authors of several poetry and dramatic...