Craft and Grit

28/10/2021

It’s time for hiring managers to refresh their skills.

06/10/2021

28/09/2021

Play Network Africa is binging back Aki and PawPaw to the big screen and we can’t wait for it. You can expect to see Osita Iheme and Chinedu Ikedieze back at their mischievous best or maybe not- as we haven’t seen the script. However, know that other characters are lurking to tickle your funny b...

28/09/2021

EbonyLife Studios and Sony Pictures Television has created Alo, a writers’ initiative which means “once upon a time” in the Yoruba language. To bring more African stories to live and celebrate African culture on the big screen, Alo will encourage African writers to submit their stories and scr...

07/09/2021

Wizkid’s “Essence” featuring Tems, has emerged as the “most Shazamed” song in the United States, another feather to its cap since it was released in October last year. The music-search platform announced the Top 200 most Shazamed Songs in the US.

04/09/2021

An exhibition of 2D and 3D artworks opened in Zimbabwe at the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare, and visual artists turned up with impressive artworks on the theme, “Masked”.

04/09/2021

Nigeria’s Amplifihub has partnered with America’s Airbit, to enable African music producers monetize their works locally and globally.

31/08/2021

The South Africa Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) is looking to launch its own video streaming service in 2022. Scheduled for the end of the first quarter of next year, The SABC over-the-top (OTT) service will enable content monetization, as more channels will be acquired, providing a variety of plat...

31/08/2021

Sadiya Haruna, a Kannywood actress and social media personality, has been apprehended by the Kano State Hisbar Board and sentenced by the Sharia court for uploading sexually explicit content on her social media handles.

28/08/2021

Nigeria’s Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed revealed to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Washington DC that the agreement that would be signed in Nigeria soon, would improve cultural exchange between the two countries. He said the agreement would check and prevent illegal...

28/08/2021

The Africa Channel, the popular Africa-oriented cable channel known for distributing Pan-African contents, has just signed a distribution and licensing deal with THEMA TV. THEMA TV is affiliated with the French media conglomerate, Canal+, and serves as its content distribution arm. As Canal+ has acq...

16/08/2021

A comprehensive list of pasta-making equipment for pasta obsessives everywhere.

16/08/2021

After spending a mind-numbing amount of time browsing the internet for the latest in beauty, it can be difficult to keep up with all the trends on your explore

09/08/2021

Here's the visualizer for Fireboy DML's latest hit single "Peru," produced by Shizzi. Watch the video below: - BN TV. August 9, 2021

09/08/2021

The Japanese electronics and entertainment giant saw profits increase to $20.5 billion, a gain of 15%, during first-quarter 2021

06/08/2021

“Lost in Riddim”, a new Afrobeat Music Festival is set to premiere in early October, this year. To be headlined by Burna Boy and Wizkid, the events will also host Mr. Eazi, Rotimi, Rema, Tiwa Savage, Koffee, Fireboy DML, Tems, and many more.

06/08/2021

After putting fans in anticipation for a long time, Kemi Adetiba has finally announced a release date for the sequel to her 2018 blockbuster, “King of Boys”.

05/08/2021

Black Panther is returning for a sequel in 2022, four years after the first installation. While Chadwick Boseman will be missed as the show’s eponym cast, the second part will bring in Michaela Coel as a new cast member. Details of her character are still hidden, however, the “I May Destroy You....

05/08/2021

MTN Y’ello Star is launching in Liberia as young talents in the country can now showcase their gifts and compete in the Lonestar Cell MTN’s first nationwide music competition. The contest is open to youths aged 16 to 34 and will run through three stages for five weeks.

05/08/2021

Writer Mohammed Ismael from Sudan has won the Katara First Prize for Short Story. Based in Qatar, the Arabic literary prize was founded in 2014 by the Katara Cultural Village, and has UNESCO as one of its sponsors. The short story prize is a new addition to the contest’s first establishment as a p...

27/07/2021

Uzo Aduba is gradually claiming the “Queen of Series”, as she has another project up her sleeves. She is playing a lead role in Netflix’s upcoming limited drama series, Painkiller, alongside Matthew Broderick. The series is based on pharmaceutical company, Purdue Pharma’s role in the scourge of the opioid crisis. Inferences are also drawn from Patrick Radden Keefe’s The Family That Built an Empire of Pain, published in The New Yorker, and the book, Pain Killer: An Empire of Deceit and the Origin of America’s Opioid Epidemic by Barry Meier, while both writers serve as consultants for the show.

26/07/2021

Mean what you say, and say what you mean. Words are important.

21/07/2021

Eleven books have emerged for the shortlist of this year’s Nigeria Prize for Literature. Drawn across four literary genres; prose fiction, poetry, drama, and children literature, Premium Times presented the list alphabetically;

20/07/2021

It’s a double win for South Africa’s Master KG, as he finally gets a long-overdue recognition at home and a laudable feat abroad. On one hand, he has received the International Achievement Award at the South African Music Awards, with the hit song, Jerusalema. The SAMAs, in a statement, said tha...

19/07/2021

14/07/2021

The recent ban of mannequin use in Kano State, Nigeria, comes overtly absurd, yet not far-fetched from what already obtains in the area. Kano, an Islamic state operating under strict Sharia laws, has had to adapt to a series of changes aimed at conforming to Islamic precepts. However, what makes the...

13/07/2021

EbonyLife Media CEO, Mo Abudu, has been invited alongside two other Nigerians to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, known as The Oscars. While Mo Abudu comes in as the only African woman to be the latest Academy member in the producer category, actor Ramsey Noah also comes in the....

13/07/2021

Wizkid’s 2020 solo album, Made in Lagos, will be touring North America with an opening show on the 10th of September. The multiple award-winning artist announced that he will begin in Boston and continue through major cities in the US till the 12th of October in Atlanta. In January 2022, he will h...

12/07/2021

A cold war is brewing between Governor Godwin Obaseki and Oba of Benin, Ewuare II.