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N50 Billion In Punchlines: Who Really Pays Nigeria's Skit Stars
Aug 15

Aug 15 N50 Billion In Punchlines: Who Really Pays Nigeria's Skit Stars

sukky dawodu
Entertainment

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.

They Killed A Director Who Isn't Dead: Funke Akindele, A Fake Grief Video And The Engagement Farmers
Aug 15

Aug 15 They Killed A Director Who Isn't Dead: Funke Akindele, A Fake Grief Video And The Engagement Farmers

sukky dawodu
Entertainment

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.

After The Originals Era: Colours Of Fire, Kava, NolliStream And The Quiet Rewiring Of Nollywood Streaming
Aug 15

Aug 15 After The Originals Era: Colours Of Fire, Kava, NolliStream And The Quiet Rewiring Of Nollywood Streaming

sukky dawodu
Entertainment

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.

N103 Million Grossed, N22 Million Kept: Omotola Opens Nollywood's Books And Gives It All Away
Aug 15

Aug 15 N103 Million Grossed, N22 Million Kept: Omotola Opens Nollywood's Books And Gives It All Away

sukky dawodu
Entertainment

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.

Burgundy, Bundles Of Cash And Three Boys: The Thanksgiving That Gathered Yoruba Nollywood In Lekki
Aug 15

Aug 15 Burgundy, Bundles Of Cash And Three Boys: The Thanksgiving That Gathered Yoruba Nollywood In Lekki

sukky dawodu
Entertainment

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.

Candles At LTV, An Empty Front Row: Nollywood's Uneven Goodbye To Tope Osoba
Aug 14

Aug 14 Candles At LTV, An Empty Front Row: Nollywood's Uneven Goodbye To Tope Osoba

sukky dawodu
Entertainment

Colleagues gathered at LTV 8 with candles, songs and prayers for Tope Osoba. But a thin front row of A-listers, and a burial postponed days later, tell an uneven story of goodbye.

'I Don Go Look For Trouble': A Nightclub Scene, An Unfollow, And The Public Unravelling Of 2Baba's Marriage To Natasha
Aug 14

Aug 14 'I Don Go Look For Trouble': A Nightclub Scene, An Unfollow, And The Public Unravelling Of 2Baba's Marriage To Natasha

sukky dawodu
Entertainment

A nightclub confrontation, an eyewitness account and a stage confession delivered in pidgin: inside the weekend that turned 2Baba's marriage to Edo lawmaker Natasha Osawaru into very public, unmistakable trouble.

A Mansion For A Camry: The Sweet, Strategic Economics Of The Peller-Ochacho Friendship
Aug 14

Aug 14 A Mansion For A Camry: The Sweet, Strategic Economics Of The Peller-Ochacho Friendship

sukky dawodu
Entertainment

A N400 million mansion. A N38 million Camry for a toddler godson. Peller and King Ochacho's gift exchange looks like generosity — but the economics underneath look a lot like advertising.

Writs And Podcasts: May Wants N1.5 Billion, Judy Wants N1 Billion, And The Edochie War Finds New Judges
Aug 14

Aug 14 Writs And Podcasts: May Wants N1.5 Billion, Judy Wants N1 Billion, And The Edochie War Finds New Judges

sukky dawodu
Entertainment

May Yul-Edochie is suing for N1.5 billion over alleged online harassment, Judy Austin wants N1 billion from her ex-husband and Rita Edochie, and Rita has already picked a side: "Queen May."

Sixteen On The Block, One Veto: Neche's Power Play Sets Up BBNaija Season 11's Biggest Eviction Night Yet
Aug 14

Aug 14 Sixteen On The Block, One Veto: Neche's Power Play Sets Up BBNaija Season 11's Biggest Eviction Night Yet

sukky dawodu
Entertainment

Head of House Neche vetoed the housemates' own pick to save Gerard, leaving sixteen nominees for Sunday's live eviction. As backlash builds over the season's "Gambit" twist, BBNaija Season 11 heads into its biggest vote yet.

One Altar, Billions of Streams: The Gospel Wave Running Parallel to Afrobeats' Big Summer
Aug 14

Aug 14 One Altar, Billions of Streams: The Gospel Wave Running Parallel to Afrobeats' Big Summer

sukky dawodu
Music

While Afrobeats fights over August release dates, Nigerian gospel has quietly built its own stadium-scale economy this year — free mega-concerts, Spotify Africa top-ten spots and TikTok dance challenges all its own.

Nineteen Number Ones for One of Them, a First for the Other: How Chanel Rewrote Nigerian Rap's Ceiling
Aug 14

Aug 14 Nineteen Number Ones for One of Them, a First for the Other: How Chanel Rewrote Nigerian Rap's Ceiling

sukky dawodu
Music

"Chanel" gave Blaqbonez his first Nigerian No. 1 and Asake his nineteenth. Months later, the numbers behind that single make the case that Nigerian rap just had its most commercially serious year yet.

Lagos Meets Kingston: CLAAT! Fires the First Shot of Fireboy DML's Zuko Era
Aug 14

Aug 14 Lagos Meets Kingston: CLAAT! Fires the First Shot of Fireboy DML's Zuko Era

sukky dawodu
Music

Fireboy DML teamed with Jamaican dancehall star Masicka on "CLAAT!," the lead single from his upcoming fifth album "Zuko" — a black, white and red statement that Lagos and Kingston are talking again.

From Worship to M$NEY: Asake's Fourth Album Bets on DJ Snake, Kabza and the Arena Circuit
Aug 14

Aug 14 From Worship to M$NEY: Asake's Fourth Album Bets on DJ Snake, Kabza and the Arena Circuit

sukky dawodu
Music

Asake's fourth album "M$NEY" landed August 7 with DJ Snake and Kabza De Small on the credits and a 13-date arena tour already booked — a bet that street-pop's spiritual core travels.

Tea Is Served: Rema Opens His Third Album Era With Mustard on the Boards
Aug 14

Aug 14 Tea Is Served: Rema Opens His Third Album Era With Mustard on the Boards

sukky dawodu
Music

Rema's "Tea" landed a week ago as his first solo single of 2026 — produced by Mustard, arriving hot off a Hot 100 feature and a World Cup stage, and pointed straight at album three.

The Davido Dozen: What Twelve Oriadé Songs on One Billboard Chart Actually Says
Aug 14

Aug 14 The Davido Dozen: What Twelve Oriadé Songs on One Billboard Chart Actually Says

sukky dawodu
Music

Twelve songs from Davido's Oriadé landed on Billboard's U.S. Afrobeats Songs chart at once — a career-best haul that reveals what fifteen years in music can do, and where its limits still show.

The Letter, the Freeze and the Ballot: Davido's Highest-Stakes Weekend Isn't on a Stage
Aug 14

Aug 14 The Letter, the Freeze and the Ballot: Davido's Highest-Stakes Weekend Isn't on a Stage

sukky dawodu
Music

Davido wrote to Donald Trump asking him to watch Saturday's Osun election, days after the EFCC froze the state's accounts. An opinion on what a pop star's global platform can and can't do.

Jude Shot the Video: How P-Square's Michael Jackson Moment Became Ammunition in a Family War
Aug 14

Aug 14 Jude Shot the Video: How P-Square's Michael Jackson Moment Became Ammunition in a Family War

sukky dawodu
Music

Peter Okoye's royalty allegations against brothers Jude and Paul have pulled a 2013 Michael Jackson tribute video, shot by Jude himself, back into the story of who controls P-Square's catalogue.

Two Naira a Stream: The Brutal Math Underneath Nigerian Music's Busiest August Ever
Aug 14

Aug 14 Two Naira a Stream: The Brutal Math Underneath Nigerian Music's Busiest August Ever

sukky dawodu
Music

Nigerian artists earned over ₦60 billion in Spotify royalties in 2025 — about ₦2 per stream. As five A-list albums drop in one August window, that brutal payout math decides who actually wins the season.

Sixteen Tracks and a Second Wind: Starrgirl Arrives, and Ayra Starr Has a Point to Prove
Aug 14

Aug 14 Sixteen Tracks and a Second Wind: Starrgirl Arrives, and Ayra Starr Has a Point to Prove

sukky dawodu
Music

Ayra Starr's third album, Starrgirl, is out today — sixteen tracks featuring Wizkid, Rema and ZAYN, released while she recovered from surgery and her mother worked Lagos streets to promote it in her place.

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