The documentary on MKO Abiola premieres in Lagos tonight and opens in cinemas tomorrow. Ose Oyamendan was working on a film set in Israel when his phone rang. He told Arise News he knew he had to answer, because his phone never rings on set. It was his son, then nine,…

A 19th-century trader who refused to let the British Empire dictate his terms is getting a new king on Friday. Opobo has been here before. Opobo Kingdom crowns its sixth Amanyanabo, Charles Douglas Mac-Pepple Jaja, on September 26, according to reporting on…

BellaNaija turns 20 this year. In a Nigerian media landscape where plenty of platforms don’t survive a change in ownership, let alone two decades, that’s its own kind of story. Founded by Uche Pedro in 2006, BellaNaija built itself into one of Nigeria’s best-known…

Davido’s album 5ive won Album of the Year at the AFRIMMA Awards in Dallas. No handover, no dilution, no fine print. Just the thing itself, won outright. Davido entered the ceremony as the most-nominated artist of the night, with five nods,…

The Television Academy’s official juried-awards record confirms Uzoma Dunkwu as a winner in Outstanding Individual Achievement in Animation, for character design on Eyes of Wakanda. Uzoma Dunkwu is a Lagos-based animation director and character designer. The…

Onitsha’s monarchy has outlasted every government Nigeria has had. This October, it marks 500 years unbroken. The Ofala Steering Committee unveiled its 2026 festival logo and theme on Monday. The theme is “Igba mbo, iga n’iru,” Strive and Advance. The festival itself…

A public secondary school in Abuja put together a robotics team that finished fourth in the world and first in Africa at a global competition. It happened at a government school, and that’s the detail that lingers. Government Secondary School, Gwarinpa, is a public…