The Central Bank of Nigeria has opened a second sandbox cohort for crypto and fintech firms, weeks after President Tinubu's executive order on virtual assets — as Chainalysis data puts Nigeria's crypto trade at $92.1 billion in a single year.

Four big-cast historical epics, from 'King Kosoko: The Battle for Lagos' to 'Ikenga: The Last Festival,' are landing in Nigerian cinemas within weeks of each other this August, alongside 'Apaara' and 'Blood Debt.'

Comedian Josh2Funny defends Nigeria's 'Olodo Uprising' content creators after rapper YCee's brain-rot jab, arguing comedy was never meant to be intelligent — and that it built the Nollywood industry we all still watch.

Daniel Oriahi's 'The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives,' produced by Mo Abudu's EbonyLife Films, will have its world premiere in the Centrepiece programme at the 2026 Toronto International Film Festival.

Pete Edochie and Nkem Owoh headline an all-star Nollywood ensemble, including Patience Ozokwor and Regina Daniels, in 'Ikenga: The Last Festival,' opening in Nigerian cinemas nationwide on August 21, 2026.

Sixteen Big Brother Naija housemates learn their fate tonight as Season 11's biggest nomination pool faces eviction, with Ebuka Obi-Uchendu hosting the 7pm WAT live show for a N160 million grand prize.

Uche Ogbodo posted a glossy facial transformation reveal on Thursday. By Friday, she was showing the swelling and admitting she wasn't happy yet, a rare bit of honesty from an industry built on filtered reveals.

Alexx Ekubo's final film, Sweet 16, opened in Nigerian cinemas this week, even as relatives say they were shut out of decisions around his death and burial and are now demanding answers.

Davido staked $1 million cash on his own catalogue during a livestream, daring anyone to prove they have more hits. Portable answered first — but Afrobeats' biggest names have stayed conspicuously quiet.

VeryDarkMan built his brand on being Nigeria's self-appointed online enforcer. Taking Jude Okoye's side against Peter in the P-Square feud cost him roughly 13,000 followers — and taught him a hard lesson about picking fights inside other people's families.

Mr P's tell-all video series has moved from family grievance to financial-crime allegations, claiming bank statements show millions diverted from P-Square's shared accounts — even as his solo career hits new streaming milestones.

No campaign, no rollout plan — just 88% of Nigerian adults using AI tools in the past year, the highest rate measured anywhere. An opinion on what that number really says about Nigeria.

Brand-new laptops now start near ₦350,000 and UK-used ThinkPads from ₦280,000 — TalkTalkNigeria checks the 2026 price lists against what shoppers are actually finding on the ground in Computer Village, Ikeja.

Starlink's 2026 Nigeria price list is out — ₦669,000 for the kit, from ₦57,000 a month after — landing in a country still smarting from MTN's data price hikes and record-breaking NCC broadband numbers.

A new ₦50 stamp duty now follows every transfer of ₦10,000 or more in Nigeria — and it was OPay, PalmPay and Moniepoint's in-app alerts, not the banks, that broke the news to millions of users.

From Peller's N400 million wedding gift to Broda Shaggi's per-show fees, brand deals — not AdSense — now drive Nigeria's skit economy, an industry BusinessDay values collectively at more than N50 billion.

A fake claim that The Four's director had died, paired with an old crying clip of Funke Akindele, went viral this week — until she called out the account chasing engagement.

As Colours of Fire lands on Netflix after a cinema run, Nigeria's streaming map is quietly redrawn — licensing over originals, and new local platforms like Kava and NolliStream stepping into the gap.

Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde revealed she kept just N22 million of the N103 million A Mother's Love grossed in cinemas — then gave every naira of it to the Slum to School NGO.

Lateef Adedimeji and Mo Bimpe marked their triplet sons' arrival with a burgundy-themed thanksgiving in Lekki, where K1 De Ultimate handed over bundles of cash onstage and much of Yoruba Nollywood's A-list turned out in style.