I grew up in a very small town in the South-Eastern part of Nigeria. Growing up, my family was one of the very few on our street who had a television set and a VCR. What this meant was that every Sunday, our living room was filled to the brim with neighbours and their children […]
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To commemorate Workers’ Day this year, Leading Ladies Africa just published its annual list of 50 Leading Ladies in Corporate Nigeria, and on the list this year, along with 49 other phenomenal women from different industries, is Anita Aiyudu-Adesiyan, the Country Manager for MTV Staying Alive Foundation. The list, according to the publication, serves two […]
The MTV Staying Alive Foundation, in partnership with the United Nations’ Every Woman Every Child Partnership and Unitaid: supporting innovation for global health, Viacom CBS Africa, and MTV International have announced a 60-part mini-series of MTV Shuga to raise awareness in the global fight to flatten the COVID-19 curve. Produced remotely, the self-shot series will […]
Pre-register to gain fast-track access at the Public Auditions! The award-winning drama series returns to Nigeria and seeks fresh talent for the new season. Following the recent premiere of the new season of MTV Shuga Down South in South Africa and the announcement of upcoming campaigns in Cote D’Ivoire and India, MTV Shuga continues to […]
Beat FM OAP, Fade Ogunro, 2013 MTN Project Fame winner, Ayoola and Nigeria’s rep at the 2014 BBA, Lilien Afegbai on Saturday, March 21, 2015 joined over 700 aspiring talents at MTV Shuga auditions held at the Protea Hotel, Maryland, Lagos.
The duo of MTV VJ, Ehiz and actress, Sharon Ezeamaka will host three exciting editions of ‘On Tour With Shuga’ festivals in Lagos, Abuja and Calabar on May 2, May 9 and May 16 respectively. The tour, a new outreach campaign for MTV Shuga to further motivate young people on the need to know their status, is sponsored by MTV Base, MTV […]
Emmanuel Ikubese, Sharon Ezeamaka, Chris Attoh, Timini Egbuson and Olumide Oworu have been revealed to return to the long-awaited TV series, Shuga. Mr Nigeria, Ikubese returns in the role of unlucky-in-love music promoter, Femi after failing to find happiness with long-time crush Foye, which was played by OAP, Maria Okanrende in series 3. Femi, who […]
MTV Base and the MTV Staying Alive Foundation have joined forces to give hit series Shuga a new life as radio drama ShugaRadioNaija, with new characters and plotlines complementary to the TV hit. Set in the fictional rural location of “Chikota”, Nigeria, ShugaRadioNaija uses Shuga’s “edutainment” philosophy to tell the interlinked stories of a group of young students, their friends and families, as […]
The MTV Staying Alive Foundation and MTV Base (Africa) have won the prestigious Gold Award in Edutainment at the World Media Festival for Shuga, the sex and relationships drama series filmed in Lagos, Nigeria. This is the second time that Shuga has won the award; after series 1 of Shuga achieved success in 2010, winning […]