February 26, 2026

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Funke Akindele’s ‘Behind The Scenes’ hits ₦2.4 billion at Nigerian box office

Funke Akindele’s Behind The Scenes has climbed to ₦2.4 billion at the Nigerian box office, strengthening its position as the country’s biggest cinema film this season.  The distributor, FilmOne Entertainment, said the figure makes the film the highest-grossing release of the year and the top-grossing film of the weekend. The update follows an earlier milestone.

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‘Oversabi Aunty’ by Toyin Abraham crosses ₦1bn at the box office

Toyin Abraham’s comedy Oversabi Aunty has crossed ₦1 billion in Nigerian box-office revenue, according to an update shared by its West African distributor, FilmOne Entertainment, on X. The distributor’s update also positions the film as the first Nollywood directorial debut to hit the ₦1 billion mark and as the fourth-highest-grossing Nollywood title of all time.

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Top 10 most-viewed Nollywood movies on YouTube in 2025

Nollywood’s biggest audience fight in 2025 wasn’t only at the box office or on streaming apps, it was on YouTube, where actor-led channels are now acting like mini-studios with their own release calendars, fan bases, and ad-driven revenue models.  Blknow’s ranking of the most-viewed Nollywood films on YouTube in 2025 shows the “YouTube-first” play is.

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BON Awards 2025 and the business reality of Nollywood

On the surface, the 17th Best of Nollywood (BON) Awards 2025 was about trophies, red carpets, and spectacle. Look closer, however, and the ceremony offered something more consequential, a snapshot of an industry at a critical inflection point, that’s balancing rising creative ambition with unresolved structural constraints. Nollywood’s biggest night of rewarding artistic excellence held.

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Spyro is officially off the market: How love found him in Lagos

Nigerian musician Oludipe Oluwasanmi David—better known as Spyro has officially announced his engagement to Janet Atom, a makeup artist. The “Who’s Your Guy?” hitmaker revealed on September 19, 2025, that he’s preparing to marry Janet, in what has become one of the most heartfelt moments making the rounds in Nigerian pop culture. He says their.

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BBNaija S10: Meet Kaybobo, the American footballer ‘trapped’ inside biggie’s house

The BBNaija Season 10 house has been anything but boring. From messy entanglements to surprise nominations, one housemate has been quietly stealing hearts without the chaos: Kayode ‘Kaybobo’ Oladele, the soft-spoken hunk with a smile like sunrise and the kind of résumé that makes you sit up straight. But before Kaybobo’s face became a regular.

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Nigeria’s foreign minister drops his top 10 rap songs – but Nigerians aren’t having it

Nigeria’s Foreign Affairs Minister, Yusuf Maitama Tuggar, has sparked controversy on social media after releasing his top 10 rap songs of all time, and not a single Nigerian artist made the list.  Let’s go back to what led to this controversial list. The minister, who some have described as Nigeria’s coolest minister, was fielding questions.

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Who is threatening Iyabo Ojo’s family over Mohbad’s death?

Nollywood actress and activist Iyabo Ojo says her fight for justice in the mysterious death of singer Mohbad has come at a terrifying personal cost, including death threats against her and her children. Ojo made the revelation on Instagram after a disturbing video surfaced showing a man identified as Saheed Jamiu cursing her out and.

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Nigeria still misses Sound Sultan’s voice of reason, 4 years later

Today marks four years since Nigeria lost one of its most beloved and socially conscious artists, Olanrewaju Fasasi, better known as Sound Sultan. The music icon passed away on July 11, 2021, at the age of 44 after a quiet battle with Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, a rare form of cancer. But his legacy continues to.

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Leno Adesanya: Meet Asa Asika’s billionaire father-in-law, the man who sued the Nigerian govt.

Today, May 17, the Nigerian social media has been buzzing over the wedding between Leona Adesanya and Asa Asika, popular music executive and Davido’s longtime manager. Many eyes are on the couple, Davido and other celebrities at the wedding, but the father of the bride, billionaire Leno Adesanya, is barely mentioned. Yet, he’s perhaps the.

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