Entertainment

Akinola Davies Jr., Wale Davies, and Wunmi Mosaku are the Nigerian names on the 2026 BAFTA nominations list, and their nominations are tied to films that have already garnered serious global attention. The most direct Nigerian-leaning nomination is My Father’s Shadow, nominated for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director…

Nollywood owned the weekend again, and the numbers are not even close. Funke Akindele’s “Behind The Scenes” (BTS) stayed at the top for a sixth straight weekend, pulling in ₦113.1 million between January 16–18 and pushing its total cinema revenue to a record ₦2.29 billion.  In the same window, it…

Wizkid and Asake have set a new Spotify pace record with their collaboration, “Jogodo,” which has reached 10 million streams in under one week now tracked as the fastest African song to hit 10 million Spotify streams. The milestone was flagged by Charts Africa, which cited the song’s unusually rapid…

MultiChoice Nigeria has entered a new era with the appointment of Kemi Omotosho as its new Chief Executive Officer. Effective January 2026, Omotosho takes the lead at one of Africa’s biggest entertainment companies, succeeding John Ugbe, who is retiring after nearly 15 years in the role. This leadership change marks…

Funke Akindele has officially made history. She is now the first filmmaker to rank #1 at the African box office for three years in a row. Between 2023 and 2025, her movies earned a massive ₦5.39 billion in total. Data from industry trackers shows that Akindele is now Africa’s highest-grossing…