Entertainment

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court has sentenced Nollywood actor and comedian, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, to 16 years imprisonment over sexual assault.

The actor who passed on in august 2020 after battling colon cancer, was nominated for voicing his fan-favourite marvel cinematic universe mcu superhero black panther on the series' what if… t’challa became a star-lord? Episode. Late boseman's nomination was announced on tuesday alongside other outstanding names in television. Hbo's hit series' succession recorded the highest nominee of the year after picking up 25 nominations including outstanding drama series and lead actor. The show had previously won […]

Falz has released an exciting new teaser for a short film knee down, made for his hit song of same title. The short film shot by clarence peters stars falz, osas ighodaro and chike and is expected to premiere exclusively on the rapper’s youtube channel today. The teaser features a gripping dialogue between osas and falz, hinting that the shorts will follow a plot inspired by the song off falz’s newly launched […]

Home box office hbo max, cartoon network and lion forge animation have accepted a 2d adaptation of iyanu: child of wonder, the 2017 novel created by roye okupe and illustrator godwin akpan. The content giants recently announced the series development which would be financed and produced by lion forge animation. Set in a magical yoruba kingdom, iyanu follows a teenage orphan girl who spends her days studying the history and ancient arts of […]

Veteran nollywood actress funke akindele has officially been named as the running mate of the peoples democratic party pdp lagos state governorship candidate, olajide adediran, popularly called jandor. The movie star who made the announcement known via her instagram page yesterday said she decided to accept the mandate to help women and improve the wellbeing of youths and the girl child. The jenifa star said she'll be putting her brilliant […]

The film’s stellar cast included multiple award-winning actor O.C Ukeje, Netflix’s top boy actor Alessandro, Nicolay Shulik, Julia Holden, Natalia Nyudyurbegova, Jelena Borovskaya, Tony Richardson and Emma Fletcher. The film won the Best Film by an African Living Abroad at the 2021 African Movie Academy Awards AMAA in Nigeria and made the official selection for the 2021 edition of the Halifax Black Film Festival in Canada.

An Obi Omelonye's cyber thriller blackmail has been confirmed for an unprecedented simultaneous theatrical release in the United kingdom and Nigeria from August 26, 2022. Written and directed by Emelonye, the feature length film based on real life events follows the gripping tale of Ray Chinda acted by O.C Ukeje, a world-famous action star embroiled in a messy blackmail that could ruin his thriving career and family.

Nigerian music legend, P-square has announced that their upcoming singles will be out in four days. The announcement, made today by Peter Okoye, one-half of the group through his official Twitter page revealed that 2 brand new singles would be expected from the duo. The announcement has excited fans who have been waiting for the duo to release new music since they announced their reunion.

There are indications that the CAF headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, the Executive Committee of the body is already considering the postponement of the Matchday 3 and 4 of the 2023 African Cup of Nations qualifiers. The qualifiers kicked off in June with Matchday 1 and 2 fixtures decided, before the football governing body in Africa officially announced the postponement of the competition from June/July of 2023 to January/February 2024 due […]