SPECIAL REPORT

Artistes, subscribers and telcos have found a mutually beneficial service in ring back tunes... Read More »

A flood of tears and tributes poured in about a year ago, on Thursday, February 14, 2013, when it was announced that Nigerian superstar singer, Goldie, had passed away. We still mourn her, one year later... Read More »

In 2014, how should brands engage their audiences using music and musicians? Marketing is essentially a contest for minds, hearts and eventually wallets. This contest must however build up the utility of all tools it deploys…in essence, if music is to be used in this contest we must not reduce the quality of the music, nor diminish the craft of the musicians. Read More »

You will agree with us that 2013 was definitely an eventful year, with a lot of headline-worthy issues and adrenaline pumping events. As we step into the New Year, we have compiled, for your pleasure, a list of people, places, events and things that will make 2014 an outstanding year. Read More »

For the first time ever, we're altering the theme for our '300 People, Places, Events and Things'. The list shrinks drastically this year, not for lack of names, figures and occasions; not because our editorial board cannot find 200 extra names to populate the list even more. We've narrowed down to a number less that 150 in 2013, because our definition of impact is getting stricter than ever; it takes a lot to shape a year in people's lives.... Read More »

The ban was pronounced on Wednesday, December 4, 2013 in a press release jointly signed by Sonny Adun and Guy Murray-Bruce who are IBAN Chairman and Secretary respectively... Read More »

To cut the long words short, it means Brymo cannot function as an artiste. As told to us by Choc City earlier, Brymo still has an existing contract with the label ending in 2016 and has to release two more albums also. Read More »

They are artistes, actors, thinkers, entrepreneurs, and captains of industry. Their ideas spark dialogue and dissent and sometimes even controversies; their works shape lives, habits and societies; their actions have led to some of the decisions that have stirred the industry in its current direction. These remarkable men and women, with lasting and laudable influence, do not necessarily make the most poplar people in the industry, but their actions carry a lot of weight; with the hope of the future resting on their shoulders... Read More »

Nigerian record labels are facing horrendous times, with the likelihood of most of them packing up, Nigerian Entertainment Today investigations have revealed. If the local business model is not overhauled to accommodate the peculiarities of a chaotic system, at least 10 labels will either close shop or move into other aspects of entertainment, experts told us over the weekend... Read More »

NET investigations reveal that the estranged couple's problems started months ago and got to its peak only a few weeks before the Facebook announcement by Oloyede.. While Funke Akindele was trying to achieve a quiet separation and eventual divorce with little or no public coverage, hubby Oloyede took to social media to broadcast the break-up. Read More »

According to Nathan Foundation 15,000 new cases of kidney failure occurs every year in Nigeria. Statistics have further showed that 30 million Nigerians are suffering from Kidney disease and currently, patients pay as high as N150, 000 for three sessions of dialysis every week and about N5 million annually; costs of transplant varies from hospitals but ranges between N4m and about N8m and a patient needs about N150, 000 monthly to get immuno-suppressive drugs after a successful transplant. Read More »

A few weeks ago, Business Day published an article about how Nigerian companies had invested N500m into the entertainment industry, opening up a N500 million market for music artistes, actors and sportsmen – well, we can tell you that figure is quite modest. According to investigations by Nigerian Entertainment Today, as of June 2013, the revenue from endorsements is close to a billion. Read More »

His close friends may have lied to this newspaper two weeks ago, but NET has since confirmed that music producer, songwriter and artiste, Babatunde Okungbowa popularly known as OJB Jezreel is seriously down with a kidney failure and in dire need of about $100,000 (N16 million) to undergo a transplant... Read More »

Highlife veteran Fatai Olayiwola Olagunju, popularly known as Fatai Rolling Dollar, who passed on Wednesday, June 12, 2013 at the age of 85 will be remembered for a long time... Read More »

Talk Show host and TV Producer Mosunmola Abudu, aka Mo Abudu, popularly known for her talk show 'Moments With Mo' will, at the end of this month, launch a new cable channel that will air across Africa... Read More »

No doubt, the Nigerian entertainment industry is getting bigger and bigger with Nollywood and music leading the way. Gone are the days where some of our top entertainers were only known for being on TV, broke and struggling to pay their house rent. It's 2013; things have changed, if you are a 'big' entertainer, you 'must' be smiling to the bank... Read More »

Aside the whole glitz and glamour of Tinsel reaching its 1000th episode. It also marks a record financial feat: during the four years the soap has aired on TV, costs have exceeded a whooping N4bn, yes you read that right. N4,000,000,000... Read More »

In a stakeholders meeting between the Nollywood and representatives of the Federal Government, distribution has been identified as the area that will gulp the most part of the N3billion largesse made available by President Goodluck Jonathan to the industry... Read More »

On paper, the plan is to add a five-star hotel, and other recreational facilities to the theatre, but some fear the whole edifice may be turned to an hotel or probably privatised, as such undermine the purpose for which it was built. Read More »

Globacom has ceased sponsorship of the television music reality show ‘Naija Sings’, putting its weight, instead, behind the Nigerian version of the international music reality show, X-Factor... Read More »

Check out contributing writer Ayomide Tayo's nostalgic list of top 10 Nigerian rap songs from 1999... Read More »

In search of new markets and determined to build a good base in a country that’s increasingly supporting local talents in music, films and fashion, Nigerian Banks appear ready to put their money where their mouth is... Read More »

Last week, we gave you the full scoop on what went down plus which celebrity stormed the town. This week, we’ll be telling you how the whole ceremony and associated events gulped nearly N130m... Read More »

Nigerian companies are increasingly leveraging the entertainment industry to cast their goods and services in better light and this has opened up a N500 million market for music artistes, actors and sportsmen... Read More »

Contrary to the circumstance widely reported that the musician had just finished writing a test before the attack, NET gathered that the musician was leaving the University’s Sport Centre where he had gone to support his department, Banking & Finance who were in the final of a football competition with the Department of Insurance. Read More »

The singer is said to have slumped today, Thursday, February 14, 2013 a few hours after arriving from Los Angeles, US where she attended the 55th Grammy Awards ceremony... Read More »

So while we still ponder on who next will be abducted by the faceless kidnappers or what grammatical blunder Victor Ikpeba would commit on TV, here’s our list of 300 of people, places, thin. Read More »

We don't want anxiety to overwhelm you - so our editors got together to compile you a list of some of the key people we think will rule the year... Read More »