Tag Archives: Opinion

One feat about the awards night was the glitz and glamour that resonated from the moment you stepped into the red carpet. Nigerian celebrities spent their hard-earned money to look the best and sometimes even tried as much as possible to outshine themselves. From the makeup, shoes, dresses, suits and …

The caption on said snippet reads, “For the first time I want to bring you into the other part of my world. The part where every day is a battle but I have no option but to STAND STRONG. I present to you, the first single off my next album.” …

On May 5, 2022, Netflix debuted ‘Blood Sisters’, a series with a few firsts for the streamer. The Ebonylife Studio’s face-saver is the streamer’s first Nigerian original series and definitely, its first worthwhile local production. Between Netflix’s latest subscriber slump and EbonyLife’s catastrophic ‘Chief Daddy 2’, the Biyi Bandele and …

Even if most Filipinos alive today don’t remember what those days were like — half of the country’s population was under 8 years old when the Marcos parents were ousted — I certainly do. They were days of wine and roses and an all but unprecedented kleptocracy — many of …

During the quarantine, Reelgood, a U.S. movie and TV search engine collected data from 2 million-plus monthly active users to discover which streaming platform’s reality shows have consumers devoured the most and Netflix emerged top with its ‘Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness’. Netflix’s foray into reality show production have …

Before said show, he has sold out Nigeria’s first arena show of this era at Hollywood Bowl, where he sold out 17,000 tickets. After that, he performed different arena shows in Switzerland, France, Netherlands, Ireland and more. The days when Burna Boy grinded hard at club shows and theaters, while …

Apple’s year got off to a great start but the same cannot be said for Netflix as the streamer announced a major loss of 200,000 subscribers in the first quarter of 2022 and an expected loss of a further two million by Q2. In 2020, Netflix announced an accelerated growth …

Africa is now at the epicenter of the global economy. Her music, movies, and culture have captured the world’s attention, and technology has emerged as the leading evangelist. An estimated 60% of the world’s population is now online according to Statista. The internet controls a large portion of the global …

Even though this writer praises Boy Spyce and the EP’s producers for the chord progression, songwriting, breath control, and overall music production, it is the emotions that emerge when listening to these songs that are most important. To this writer, music is about how it makes you feel rather than …

After decades of demurring, Finland appears ready to find shelter under NATO’s expansive defense umbrella. Prime Minister Sanna Marin, who met with her Swedish counterpart Magdalena Andersson on Wednesday, underscored the shift in thinking that many of us here have been feeling. “We have to be prepared for all kinds …