Seven months of public speculation, a breakup nobody announced, and a denial of cheating that arrives with a detail about jewellery. Bella has called him a liar. Neither of them owed anyone this conversation.

Seyi Vibez posted on 14 August. Olaniwun Ajayi LP wrote on 15 August citing defamation and the Cybercrimes Act, with a three-day deadline. The posts are gone. That sequence is the whole story.

The censors board named her Nollywood's box office champion. Her next film, The Four, arrives in cinemas worldwide on 11 December.

King Kosoko: The Battle for Lagos premieres on 28 August. It sits in a month of releases that suggests the industry has found a genre it can build on.

EbonyLife Place London lands on Wandsworth Road in October: a 180-seat cinema, a restaurant, a gallery and a retail floor, built as the UK's first venue dedicated to African and Black film.

Patience Ozokwor has addressed the question that follows her everywhere: why the wicked mother-in-law, why the witch, why always her. The answer says as much about Nollywood's economics as about her.

Big Brother Naija's twenty-four-hour feed has produced an entire secondary industry of commentary channels, clip accounts and reaction creators. For a large part of the audience, that layer is the main event.

Miss Lagos Damilola Bolarinde won the Face of Hope 2026 pageant and with it the right to represent Nigeria at Miss International 2026 in Tokyo in November.

'Call of My Life' leads 2026, but the films behind it span period drama, romance and character study. A varied top ten is a better sign for the industry than a single blockbuster.

A mid-year ranking of Nigeria's highest-grossing screen actors offers a rare look at where box office power really sits, and it is more concentrated than the industry likes to admit.

Season 11 launched with 24 housemates introduced across two nights, the largest opening cast the format has fielded. The size is a format decision with consequences.

The entertainer called off his birthday celebration citing security concerns, and the public reaction was unusually warm. It says something about the mood in Nigeria right now.

FilmOne confirmed it as the biggest Nigerian release of all time. Months later, no 2026 title has come close, and the film has generated a currency controversy along the way.

A romantic comedy set partly in a call centre has crossed ₦855 million at the Nigerian box office, making it the highest-grossing Nollywood release of the year and one of the top ten of all time.

The Show Ya Sef house lost another housemate on 16 August. The eviction pattern this season has been unusually hard to predict.

Season 11 is offering ₦100 million in cash plus an SUV, a record for the eleven-season run. The prize has grown faster than almost anything else in Nigerian television.

Moses Inwang has released the trailer for 'Ordinary People,' his eight-episode Netflix series shot across three cities, six years after he first conceived it. It premieres globally on September 4.

Chocolate City Group has opened applications for its Founders Fund Africa accelerator, offering $20,000 to $50,000 to ten early-stage creative businesses across music, film, design and creative technology, with the window closing August 28.

Comedian Brain Jotter says suspected area boys blocked his car on a Lagos road and demanded money before letting him pass, reviving concerns about street-tout extortion targeting entertainers and everyday motorists alike.

'Alahun: The Weaver' lands in Nigerian cinemas on August 21, led by Odunlade Adekola in a Yoruba fantasy about a young man mocked for his craft who is pulled into a mystical fight for his kingdom's fate.