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Nigeria's Oscar selection committee NOSC has maintained its stance on not putting forward a film for the Academy International Feature Film category. In a leaked video recorded on Thursday, October 20, 2022, the committee voted 9-6 in favor of protecting the initial votes of September 3, 2022. Members of the 15-member committee who voted against were Mahmood Ali-Balogun, the committee's Vice Chairperson, Mildred Okwo, Shaibu Husseini, Ego Boyo, Moses Babatope, […]

Fast-rising Nigerian director Orire Nwani has emerged as Best Director at the just concluded New York Tri-State film festival for his Naked Woman short film. The short film which explores the trauma of unwanted pregnancy and single parenthood also premiered at the Smithsonian National Museum for African Art DC and is set to screen at the 11th edition of the African International Film festival Afriff. Naked Woman follows the story […]

Activities in preparation for the burial of Bigbrother Naija star Rico Swavey kicked off yesterday days after his shocking demise. Friends and colleagues of the actor gathered, amid tears, for an evening of tribute. The heavily attended event had in attendance a majority of BBNAIJA stars including co-housemates and housemates from previous seasons. Videos currently making the rounds show attendees including Bam Bam, Alex, And Dorathy Bachor battling with tears […]

MGM studios have released the official trailer for the highly anticipated film Creed III, ahead of its premiere in movie theatres on March 3rd, 2023. Seven years after Creed II, and after dominating the boxing world, Adonis “Donnie” Creed played by Michael B. Jordan has been thriving in both his career and family life when a childhood friend and former boxing prodigy, Damian “Dame” Anderson played by Jonathan Majors, resurfaces after serving a long sentence in […]

Multichoice Talent Factory MTF West Africa has awarded the best graduating student of the 2022 cohort, Adedamola Akapo, an all-expense paid two-month scholarship to the New York Film Academy. Akapo was awarded the prize at the graduation ceremony of the 2022 cohort of the Academy which took place recently at Terra Kulture, Victoria Island, Lagos State. Other prizes awarded included an internship in South Africa with a South African production […]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences has reportedly weighed in on the ongoing NOSC crisis with the offer to reconvene for a revote. A committee member Shaibu Husseini said the Academy had granted NOSC an extension for a final determination by the members following the internal crisis rocking the Nigerian Oscar Selection Committee over its September announcement that no film qualified for the 2023 Oscars International Feature Film […]

American Music Awards have announced the nominees for the 2022 edition with the addition of new categories including favorite rock song, favorite rock album, favorite Afrobeats artist and favorite K-pop artist. The first ever nominees for the maiden category are Grammy winners, Burna Boy and Wizkid alongside Ckay, Tems, and Fireboy. Tems leads the Nigerian nominees with 4 nominations which are Afrobeats artist of the year, collaboration of the year […]

The Lagos state government says it will be investigating the unprofessional conduct of the nurses at a hospital in the state where reality TV star, Patrick Fakoya, aka Rico Swavey, was rushed to shortly after he was involved in a motor accident that later claimed his life. A 30-second video showing some nurses at a hospital in Lagos State being careless with their duties while Rico was in a critical condition has […]

Big Brother Naija level up housemate,  Phyna has emerged the winner of the  reality TV show. She defeated other housemates to clinch the N100 million prize at stake during the final eviction show, making her the second female to clinch the BBNaija top prize, three years after Mercy Eke won it. Bryann emerged as the runner-up while other finalists included Daniella, who was the first to be evicted yesterday, followed […]