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Ayra Starr maps out a 20-date Starrgirl World Tour after her London halftime show
It runs from Cologne to San Francisco. There are no African dates yet, but she has told fans on the continent to expect her in December.
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FOLA brings Davido, Ayra Starr, BNXN and more into 14-track ‘9’
The singer’s second album pairs a heavyweight guest list with tributes to Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie and 2Baba. Here is what ‘9’ is, what its chart-topping predecessor set up, and what it now has to prove.
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MTN One TV is betting on African creators to make its streaming comeback work
The telecom group’s video service is rolling out market by market, with Ghana among four priority markets for new productions. Here is what it offers creators, what went wrong the last time MTN tried streaming, and what could still get in the way.
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Akor Adams rescues Super Eagles in six-goal Russia draw
Nigeria fell 3–1 behind in Nizhny Novgorod, then rescued the friendly with a stoppage-time equaliser. Here is what a side with nine debutants showed after a bruising qualifying defeat.
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YouTube is giving original Shorts more room to win
The platform says channels built mainly on low-effort reuploads can expect less distribution — while commentary, storytelling and substantive edits still have room.
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BNXN keeps ‘Still In Charge’ tight with Asake and FOLA
The six-track EP arrives as a compact Afrobeats release, with two guest features and a runtime built for a quick front-to-back listen.
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Femi Adebayo disputes ₦40bn valuation rumor around new media hub
The studio is real. The viral ₦40bn price tag is not something Adebayo has endorsed — and his public response made that distinction unusually easy to verify.
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Celebrity boxing is turning Nigerian internet beef into live entertainment
Carter Efe's win over Speed Darlington and the challenge that followed show how Chaos in the Ring is turning online feuds into a recurring, televised fight series.
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Lagos Life went from browser game to internet event
The Nigerian-made life simulator was reported to pass two million players in its first week. Here is why a browser game spread so fast, and what it has to get right as it grows.
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Going live is becoming a profession in Nigeria, not just a feature
The livestream is changing what a Nigerian creator can sell: not only a finished video, but presence, participation and a relationship with the audience in real time.
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Nigeria's creator economy has plenty of content. Attention is the bottleneck.
As making content gets easier, a second business is growing around creators: helping good work get discovered, paid for and remembered. Here is what the numbers say, and who is building it.