BET (DStv Premium, channel 129) is boosting its historical drama slate this August with the premiere of critically acclaimed mini-series The Book of Negroes. Directed by Clement Virgo, and starring Oscar winners Cuba Gooding Jr. and Louis Gosset Jr., The Book of Negroes is a powerful re-telling of Lawrence Hill’s 2007 award-winning novel of the same […]
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The 2015 Star Music Trek is back for the second time this year and it’s bringing the country’s largest and most popular annual music festival to the city of Makurdi.
Natural Premium drink, Fayrouz from the stable of Nigerian Breweries PLC has for the second year in a row, scored big with the L’Original competition; a platform with which the brand seeks to advocate for originality and reward creativity.
31st of July 2015 is set to see Quilox re-open its doors in style and glamour with an event that is definitely going to be the talk of the town as it begins the club’s 3rd season. The first purpose built nightclub to be set up in Nigeria, Quilox has an exceptional and unique location, […]
Miley Cyrus has revealed on Instagram that she is to host the 2015 “MTV Video Music Awards” (VMAs). The awards, taking place at the Microsoft Theater, LA, is set to air LIVE on Monday August 31, 2015 on MTV (DStv Channel 130) at 1:00AM (primetime premiere at 8:00PM on MTV/MTV Base).
Interswitch transnational Africa’s integrated payments and transaction switching giant announced today that it has joined the PCI Security Standards Council on the improvement of data security globally. As a participating organization, Interswitch will work with the Council to achieve and improve payment data security worldwide through the ongoing development of the PCI Security Standards, including the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS), PIN Transaction Security (PTS) […]
The stage is now set for teams Meddlelane and Hai, finalists of the ongoing Fayrouz L’Original competition, to battle it out at the finale and win the grand prize of N4m as well as bragging rights as L’Original of the year. The finale billed to hold at Oriental Hotel on Saturday, July 26, 2015 will have them […]
Graduatepro has unveiled an audacious audiobook project aimed at addressing unemployment among Africa’s youth population. Titled “I’m A Graduate, Now What? The book will feature 55 exemplary Nigerians selected from a wide range of industries across Nigeria. These Nigerians will serve as narrators on the project, giving life to the scripts under the supervision of […]
Actor, producer, comedic genius and all-round funny man, Anthony Anderson has been announced as host of the fifth edition of MTV Africa Music Awards KwaZulu-Natal 2015 (MAMA) ‘I look forward to my first trip to Durban and KwaZulu-Natal and i feel honoured to be hosting MAMA 2015 on Nelson Mandela’s birthday – it’s going to […]
It has been 13 fun filled weeks on Nigeria’s most recognisable football platform, Star Football Superfans. There have been penalty shootouts, 4-0 thrashings, bum-wiggling performances, a stunning end-of-season EPL party, boisterous crowds and of course, lots and lots of passionate football fans. Star Lager has taken the concept of fan engagement to another level over […]