Sports & Entertainment

Hollywood giants Disney is partnering with FilmOne Entertainment, a Nigerian movie production & distribution company to market its new releases in West Africa. The deal gives FilmOne Entertainment the sole rights to distribute movies owned by the American entertainment conglomerate in Nigeria, Liberia and Ghana. One of the directors at FilmOne Moses Babatope in a statement said, 'It is a major...

A short teaser trailer of a new visual album, "Black Is King," was unveiled on Saturday night at beyonce.com. The trailer shows the superstar reading a well-worn copy of Robert Farris Thompson's 1971 book “Black Gods and Kings.” In one visual, she smiles and cradles a baby in her arms by the water, while a basket sweeps by on a...

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!...

According to Forbes, Tyler Perry is officially a billionaire. The details of his success are written in a long-form article entitled “From “Poor As Hell” to Billionaire: How Tyler Perry Changed Show Business Forever“. The filmmaker owns the entirety of his creative output, including more than 1,200 episodes of television, 22 feature films and at least two dozen stage plays, as well...

The current pandemic has led to the postponement or cancellation of several festivals and events, for the safety of lives. In the same vein, Afro Nation 2020 has been rescheduled for 2021. A statement was recently posted on the Afro Nation’s Instagram page to that effect. As such, the festival which was slated to hold from 17-19 of July 2020, in...

Didier Drogba drew a large crowd on Saturday eager to watch him submit his candidacy before the deadline for next month’s Ivory Coast Football Federation elections. The 42-year-old former African Footballer of the Year is one of four candidates seeking the presidency of the West African country’s football association. But he is still not certain to be on the ballot for...

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a massive impact on the entire sports industry, causing thousands of competitions and professional leagues to be cancelled or postponed. Despite the efforts of broadcasters, club owners, and sponsors to minimize consequences of cancelled matches and empty stadiums, the coronavirus lockdown is still expected to produce a costly financial hit this year. According to data...

Somalia will resume its domestic football season tomorrow after a three-month break due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The return was announced by the president of Somali Football Federation, Abdiqani Said Arab who said that the federal government had permeated the resumption of all sport in the country. As such the Somali Premier League will be the first sport in the...

The 33rd edition of the biennial tournament due to begin in Cameroon January 9, 2021, has now been pushed forward to January 2022. Due to the impact of the coronavirus pandemic across the continent. This was announced after the recently held Executive Committee meeting. The next edition of the Africa Cup of Nations (Afcon) has been postponed by 12 months while cancelling the African...

A large amount of sports fans surveyed by ESPN said they are in favour of watching televised sports without fans rather than waiting for sports to resume when fans can be in attendance. The ESPN Coronavirus Lockdown Fan Study surveyed 1,004 sports fans aged 18 or older, and 65% were in favour of sports returning even if fans can't be...