Sports & Entertainment

The Camerounian comedy industry is probably at its infancy at this time in comparison to the immense growth the sector has seen across the globe, especially in Europe and America. This slow-paced growth has seen some rapid nudging in recent times following the tremendous progress that has graced the industry in other African countries such as Nigeria and South...

For the third time since 2019, Burna Boy has won an award detailing the quality of his act on the international scene with his latest achievement at the BET AWARDS 2021 coming after his Grammy-award win for World Best Music Album in March. Otherwise known as Damini Ebunoluwa, Burna Boy bagged the Best International Act award at the event to...

As a way of encouraging the stay home policy, Disney just announced At Home with Olaf, a new series of Frozen spin-off shorts created by Hyrum Osmond and starring Josh Gad, both working from home. What is perhaps most impressive is that the series is not some long-in-development, but rather something which Disney has only put together recently with the...

Pink has never "prayed" so much.  Whilst she and her young son Jameson battled coronavirus symptoms, she "cried and prayed" like never before. The 40-year-old singer and her three-year-old son - whom she has with husband Carey Hart - are "feeling better" now but had been "really, really sick", with her little boy suffering the most. And the 'Beautiful Trauma' hitmaker...

Kelly Rowland has released a new single and music video for the track, ‘Coffee’. The new track is synonymous to Rowland’s 2019 single ‘Crown’, an anti-bullying song with the aim of empowering young girls to rock their hair with confidence. Speaking about Coffee, Rowland tells ESSENCE, “To me, ‘Coffee’ is about embracing your individuality, sexuality, or imperfections. Not comparing yourself to...

One of Nigeria’s favourite veteran actress recently took to social media to announce she was restarting her music career that has been put on hold for years. Omotola Jalade sounded very determined about getting back into music, reminded her fans about when she revealed she was going to do all she wanted to do after the pandemic. The post reads: “Yasss!...

Universal Music France (UMF), a company of Universal Music Group (UMG), the world leader in music-based entertainment, discloses a recently signed partnership with The Aristokrat Group, a prominent African entertainment company known for discovering & developing one of the biggest acts in the African Music industry today – Burna Boy. With over a decade of experience in developing young...

The Head of Angola's Contemporary Dance Company (CDCA), Ana Clara Guerra Marques, has announced the launch of promotion on an upgrading dance course as part of the Organization's diversity program. Marques explained that the course is directed to dancers, choreographers and dance teachers to improve the technical, interpretive, and creative dance skills of professionals in Angola. The course is scheduled to...

Africa’s much-loved reality show, Big Brother Naija (BBNaija), is about to hit the screen again for its fifth season. According to the organisers of the show, Multichoice, the show will premiere in July 2020. In a statement by Multichoice, the Chief Executive Officer of MultiChoice Nigeria, John Ugbe said, “Big Brother Naija has been widely regarded as one of Africa’s biggest entertainment exports,...

Earlier in the day, the news of popular Nigerian actress, Funke Akindele Bello hosting a birthday party for her husband, JJC Skillz, despite the government’s ban on social gatherings, went viral. https://twitter.com/sisimiaa/status/1246689222284718080 Video source: bbc.co.uk In a bid to defend her actions, the actress took to social media to explain why she hosted a party amidst the lockdown. According to Funke, a.k.a Jenifa,...