Big Brother Naija Season 7 Audition Now Open

EntertainmentTV & RadioBig Brother Naija Season 7 Audition Now Open

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 16, 2022

One of the biggest reality TV shows in Africa, Big Brother Naija, is set to hit our TV screens anytime soon. The show, which has rocked the entertainment industry with six engrossing editions, and produced celebrities like Mercy Eke, Laycon, Whitemoney, amongst others has officially begun its audition for season 7. The announcement of the auditioning for this year’s edition of the reality TV show, which commenced on Sunday, May 15, 2022, was done on...

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Full List: All The AMVCA 8 Winners

Arts & CultureFilm & TVNewsFull List: All The AMVCA 8 Winners

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)May 15, 2022

It was a night of glitz, glamour, happy tears, support, and heartfelt speeches from winners at the grand-finale of the 8th edition of the African Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA) held at Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island on Saturday night. Celebrated annually, AMVCA, often referred to as Africa’s most prestigious film award ceremony, is an accolade presented by MultiChoice in recognition and celebration of outstanding achievements in the African film and TV industry. This...

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Google Celebrates Nigerian Playwright, Ola Rotimi On 84th Posthumous Birthday

Arts & CultureAward & RecognitionGoogle Celebrates Nigerian Playwright, Ola Rotimi On 84th Posthumous Birthday

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 13, 2022

Nigeria’s versatile artist, Olawale Gladstone Emmanuel Rotimi, best known as Ola Rotimi, is being celebrated by Google on his 84th posthumous birthday. If you’ve opened your google browser today, there is a high chance you’ve seen the Ola Rotimi’s doodle. Today, Wednesday April 13, 2022, Ola Rotimi should have been 84 and Google has honoured him by displaying a drawing of the playwright on their official logo. The image is that of a bespectacled Black...

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Academy Bans Will Smith For 10 Years Over Slap

Arts & CultureEntertainmentNewsAcademy Bans Will Smith For 10 Years Over Slap

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)April 9, 2022

Hollywood actor, Will Smith has been banned from attending the Oscars for the next 10 years, the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences announced in a statement. This was the Academy’s response to the buzz-killing, shock-inducing scene of Smith, 53, striking comedian Chris Rock, 57, and cursing him live on camera before millions watching the Oscars on Sunday, March 27. The decision was made during a Board of Governors meeting held on Friday in...

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Chimamanda To Receive 16th Honorary Ph.D. From The Catholic University Of Louvain, Belgium

Arts & CultureAward & RecognitionChimamanda To Receive 16th Honorary Ph.D. From The Catholic University Of Louvain, Belgium

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)March 22, 2022

The Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium is to award Chimamanda Adichie with an honorary doctorate degree. The ceremony will take place at the main campus in Louvain-la-Neuve, located 20 kilometers from Brussels on April 28, 2022. Rector of the University, Vincent Blondel, stated that the Academic Council considers Adichie’s work to be “remarkable in many ways and particularly inspiring for our university community.” He also added that Adichie embodies the “values that we wish to...

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WORLD POETRY DAY: INTERVIEW: Iyanu Adebiyi

Arts & CultureFiction & PoetryWORLD POETRY DAY: INTERVIEW: Iyanu Adebiyi

PilotnewsMarch 21, 2022

WAP INTERVIEW   In 1999, UNESCO declared the 21st of March the World Poetry Day with the goal to “give fresh recognition and impetus to the national, regional and international Poetry movement”. Nigeria is one country blessed with creatives who have pitched their tents in the world of poetry and making waves both locally and globally; one of which is Iyanu Adebiyi. Iyanu Adebiyi is an award-winning writer and performance poet; an artiste interrogating and...

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FG Moves to Ban Money Ritual Content In Movies, Sanitise Social Media

Arts & CultureEntertainmentFilmFG Moves to Ban Money Ritual Content In Movies, Sanitise Social Media

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 23, 2022

ABUJA — The Federal Government has directed filmmakers to stop promoting money ritual content in their movies. Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, during a media visit to the headquarters of Media Trust Limited, publishers of ‘Daily Trust’ on Monday, said the Federal Government is worried that most young people are seeking to get rich at all costs. The minister said the confession of some money ritual suspects that they learnt the heinous act...

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Oscars 2022: Full List Of Nominations

Arts & CultureEntertainmentFilmOscars 2022: Full List Of Nominations

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 9, 2022

We are inching closer toward the 94th Academy Awards, and the nominees for this year’s Oscars are finally in! Nominees were unveiled in all 23 categories, from best picture to best director, along with the acting categories and crafts categories including best sound, best production design, best makeup and hairstyling, and best visual effects. Leslie Jordan and Tracee Ellis Ross hosted the announcement. Netflix’s ‘The Power of the Dog’ swept the most nominations with 12...

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Temi Otedola, Ini Edo And Alibaba to Star in Niyi Akinmolayan’s ‘The Man for the Job’

Arts & CultureEntertainmentFilmTemi Otedola, Ini Edo And Alibaba to Star in Niyi Akinmolayan’s ‘The Man for the Job’

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 7, 2022

LAGOS — Ace Nollywood filmmaker, Niyi Akinmolayan has announced the start of production on his next title, ‘The Man for the Job’, a movie that chronicles the adventures of an industrious and bright young man who gets ruffled by the plot of an excessively optimistic startup CEO as he fights to accomplish his family and work-life balance. The cast for the crime drama includes Temi Otedola, Ini Edo, Uzor Arukwe, Ibrahim Sulaiman, Baba Rex, stand-up comedian,...

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WWTBAM Returns, N20m Up for Grabs, Organisers Unveil Frank Edoho as Host

EntertainmentTV & RadioWWTBAM Returns, N20m Up for Grabs, Organisers Unveil Frank Edoho as Host

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)February 7, 2022

LAGOS — Popular Television game show, ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire’ (WWTBAM) has made a comeback. An adaptation of the British version of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”, the Nigerian version was first aired on October 8, 2004, and stopped temporarily on June 25, 2017. Themed “The Rebirth”, the new edition of the show will be hosted by Frank Edoho. Recall that Frank had hosted the show from its inception on October 8,...

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