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As Nigeria celebrates her 56th Independence Day anniversary on October 1, 2016, Out of Nigeria (OON), an adventure and social good organization, has launched a campaign tagged Heroes and Helmets, to inspire a strong sense of patriotism amongst citizens both home and abroad. The campaign was launched against the background...

Big Daddy, the 2011 short film on rape, by acclaimed Nigerian filmmaker Chris Ihidero, has now been seen over 500,000 times on video sharing website YouTube, according to data released today by digital agency ID Africa. In almost four years since being released to widespread acclaim, the film has received...

It doesn't look out of place today, in 2016, to see people introduce themselves as stand up comedians, musicians, or actors. Not a lot of parents would scold their kids if they suggested studying creative arts in the university. But in 1996, when Babatunde Adewale or Tee-A as he is...

VIMN Africa and MTV Base (DStv channel 322) have revealed that Diamond, Emtee, Kwesta and Patoranking are to join the glittering ranks of performers at the MTV Africa Music Awards Johannesburg 2016. Diamond, Emtee, Kwesta and Patoranking join previously announced performers Alikiba, Babes Wodumo, Cassper Nyovest, Nasty C, Ycee and Yemi Alade on the...

Winner of the MTV VJ Search 2016, Olayinka Oladiran After a nail-biting two month nationwide search, 23 year old Olayinka Oladiran from Abeokuta was finally revealed as the winner of the 2016 MTV Base VJ Search – Nigeria on MTV Base (DStv channel 322) on Friday 23 September. Four finalists from all over...

Leading African bank, Guaranty Trust Bank plc, has announced the debut of the GTBank Fashion Weekend which will hold in Lagos on the12th and 13th of November 2016. The two-day consumer focused event is themed “Promoting Enterprise” and is set to create an ultimate fashion experience, where the most promising...

Nick Imudia, Regional Director, Nigeria and Central Africa at Alcatel The Internet of Things - an ecosystem of smart, connected devices and sensors that talk to each other and take independent, automated action - is here already and will become a part of our everyday lives within the next two...

New radio station, Lagos Talks has recently been launched by Megalectrics Limited, owners of Beat FM, Naija FM and Classic FM in the past weeks. The station, which operates a talk format, focuses on contemporary issues, like from politics, current affairs to Sports, News, Business, Leadership and Entrepreneurship, Parenting, Relationships,...

Wizkid, Cassper Nyovest, AKA and Sauti Sol lead the pack in the first round of nominations for the forthcoming MTV Africa Music Awards Johannesburg 2016 (MAMA), with an impressive nine nominations between them. Fifty MAMA nominees including artists and achievers from 18 countries were revealed in 9 key music and lifestyle award categories...

... As Lagos Talks launches and joins Beat FM, Naija FM and Classic FM on the Megalectrics train. New radio station, Lagos Talks has recently been launched by Megalectrics Limited, owners of Beat FM, Naija FM and Classic FM in the past weeks. The station, which operates a talk format,...