Nollywood actress Sunshine Rosman has revealed that she drew inspiration from Lagos sex workers to embody her character, Amanda Sparkles, in the hit series To Kill A Monkey. Rosman said she immersed herself in the world of “runs girls” to bring authenticity to her performance. “Sparkles was a blend of my experiences and those of…
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) was established 33 years ago with a singular mandate: to regulate, guide, and nurture the broadcasting industry in Nigeria. Over these three decades, we have grown together — from the era of limited analogue transmissions to the present digital age where voices, stories, and innovations find expression across multiple platforms.This…
Veteran journalist, Yakubu Mohammed, says an unexplainable friction between the late Chief MKO Abiola, the publisher of the defunct National Concord, and late Dele Giwa, Ray Ekpu, and himself led to the founding of Nigeria’s first weekly news magazine, Newswatch. Mohammed, who together with Giwa, Ekpu, and Dan Agbese founded Newswatch in 1984, said this…
Igbo Apex Group OhanaEze Nd’Igbo weekend said that no Igbo Man will contest the Presidency in 2027 against the incumbent President, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, saying that the possibility of the South-East producing the President of Nigeria can only be achieved in 2035, not 2027. In a statement in Abakaliki signed by Deputy President General of…
Host of Your View and Managing Director of TVC Entertainment, Morayo Afolabi-Brown, has explained that her resignation after 12 years is to pursue bigger dreams, ideals, and long-nurtured passions.In a video posted on her Instagram page on Friday, Afolabi-Brown confirmed she would step down as host of the daily talk show and also leave her…
The Apetu of Ipetumodu, Oba Joseph Oloyede, has admitted guilt in a U.S. federal court over a $4.2 million COVID-19 relief fraud case, a development that has sparked widespread reactions in both Nigeria and the United States. At a hearing on Tuesday, August 19, 2025, before Judge Christopher Boyko of the Northern District of Ohio,…
The Directorate of Operational Safety and Health, on Tuesday, 19th August 2025, organised a Staff Development and Wellness Talk at the Nigeria Broadcast Institute (NBI). The Director General of the Commission, Mr. Charles Ebuebu, in his remarks, welcomed participants and urged them to pay close attention to the facilitators. He emphasised that the knowledge gained…
The Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Akeem Owoade, on Thursday, declared that the British signed a treaty with Alaafin recognising him as the superior head of the Yoruba Nation. This followed a fresh crisis between the Alaafin and Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi, after the Ooni conferred the title of Okanlomo Oodua on a businessman,…
Billionaire Femi Otedola has recounted how struggling with academics made him drop out of high school and steer him into the world of business.Speaking in the newly released 286-page memoir, ‘Making It Big’, Otedola, 62, revealed how he started his education at the University of Lagos Staff School in 1968. The energy mogul disclosed that…
The United States of America has contradicted Director-General of the World Trade Organisation (WTO), Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala over the state of Nigerian economy, saying that the new minimum wage of N70,000 had been undermined by the continued depreciation of the Naira. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala had, on August 14, commended President Tinubu’s administration’s reforms by restoring stability…
