Category: ENTERTAINMENT
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In today’s Nigeria, the dream has changed. Once, stability meant a corporate job, a neat résumé, and a life built on predictability. Now, that dream is fading. The new ambition glows in studio lights, behind phone cameras, and on digital stages. For many young Nigerians, creativity has become both a calling and an escape a…
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Afrobeats has grown from a regional sound into a global force shaping playlists, fashion, and cultural conversations from Lagos to London, from Accra to Atlanta. But as the genre expands, so does the tension around who leads it. Artists compete for the biggest streaming numbers, the flashiest co-signs, and the loudest headlines. Yet behind the…
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Every time a musician tweets about elections or injustice, the internet splits in two. One side screams, “Stick to music!” while the other says, “Use your platform!” The truth? There’s no easy answer but pretending art and politics live in separate worlds is the biggest lie the industry keeps selling. Music has always been political,…
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Some debates shake nations. Others feed them.And then there’s this one: Ghanaian Jollof vs. Nigerian Jollof a culinary rivalry so old, it might outlive both countries. It’s not politics. It’s not football. It’s rice but it’s not just rice. It’s identity, pride, and generational shade, all simmered in one pot. The Origin Story: One Pot, Two…
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For years, December in Nigeria especially in Lagos has been more than a month. It’s a season, an attitude, and a reunion of sorts. “Detty December” became a global term, a cultural calendar that turned Nigeria’s nightlife into a homecoming pilgrimage for the diaspora and a celebration for locals who made it through another chaotic…
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In Lagos, the city where the sun rises tired and the clubs never sleep, one nightspot just found itself trending for all the wrong reasons. The Proxy Night Club raid the now-infamous sweep in Victoria Island that ended a wild weekend wasn’t just another party gone wrong; it was a wake-up call for the entire…
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When the legendary R&B singer Toni Braxton and hip-hop mogul Birdman quietly tied the knot on August 8, 2024, the headlines might’ve been missed by many but the script that followed read like a soap opera. Two days later, according to court filings, their marriage was already listed as over. What happened in that short…
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North West has done it again another set of photos, another internet meltdown. The daughter of Kanye West and Kim Kardashian has long been a pop-culture fixture, but her latest images pushed her even deeper into the spotlight. The pictures, posted across fan pages and major outlets, showed North dressed in full star energy: bold…
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Lewis Hamilton, Chelsea, and the High-Stakes Battle Over Gambling Ads In a week when most sports headlines revolve around performance and transfers, a quieter but far more consequential story emerged from the United Kingdom. The country’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned two gambling ads, one featuring Formula 1 champion Lewis Hamilton, another displaying Chelsea…
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For the French luxury house Hermès, the appointment of Grace Wales Bonner as Creative Director of Men’s Ready-to-Wear is more than a high-profile hire. It signals a deliberate strategic shift, a recalibration of heritage, craft and global relevance. Here’s my take on what this move says about Hermès’s direction, its long-term strategy and what it means for…