Zenith Bank’s next growth opportunity lies beyond Nigeria’s borders. Founded by Jim Ovia, the Nigerian financial group has completed its acquisition of Paramount Bank Kenya and is now engaging the Kenyan government over its plans for the market. The discussions signal a new phase in the bank’s international expansion, with Kenya offering a potential base for reaching businesses and […]
Lagos has seen international stars arrive with spectacular production, elaborate stagecraft and promises of unforgettable nights. But when Dave brought his The Boy Who Played the Harp tour to the Wole Soyinka Centre for Culture and Creative Arts on 16 and 17 October, the significance ran deeper than another name on the concert calendar. These were the British-Nigerian rapper’s […]
Nigeria is back in the Oscar conversation, and this time the film carrying the country’s hopes is a quiet family drama rather than a spectacle built for easy headlines. Damilola Orimogunje’s Dear Ajayi has been selected as Nigeria’s official submission for the Best International Feature Film category at the 99th Academy Awards, putting the Nigeria-Germany co-production on the road […]
Taiwo Awoniyi has added another qualification to a football career that is still being written on the pitch. The Nigeria and Coventry City striker has graduated from the PFA Business School with a Postgraduate Diploma in Global Football Sport Directorship, earning the qualification with Merit. Awoniyi announced the achievement on Tuesday, sharing his graduation as a significant moment away […]
Some actors appear in films. Others become part of the memory of the people watching them. Olu Jacobs belonged to the second group. For generations of Nigerians and African audiences, his face could signal authority before he had said a word, his voice could turn an ordinary line into something weightier, and his presence could change the temperature of […]
Thirty years after Reasonable Doubt introduced Shawn Carter to the world as Jay-Z, the rapper stood beneath the lights of the Stade de France with something few artists can convincingly claim: a catalogue that has become part of the architecture of popular culture. On September 10, 2026, Jay-Z brought his JAŸ-Z 30 celebration to Paris for a two-hour performance […]
A Nigerian-born legal scholar is taking the helm of one of Canada’s established law schools. Dr. Ibironke Odumosu-Ayanu has been appointed dean of the College of Law at the University of Saskatchewan, beginning a five-year term on October 1, 2026. She succeeds Martin Phillipson, who completed two five-year terms as dean. For Odumosu-Ayanu, the appointment represents the latest step […]
At 16, Belusochim Ugochukwu is already working at Apple on machine learning, computer vision and robotics research. For a Nigerian teenager to arrive at one of the world’s most influential technology companies at an age when most of his peers are still making decisions about their first degree is remarkable. But Ugochukwu’s story becomes more compelling when the achievement […]
Ayo Maff has added another remarkable milestone to his fast-rising career, becoming the first African artist to be featured as a character in PUBG Mobile, one of the world’s most influential mobile gaming franchises. The collaboration places the Nigerian singer and songwriter inside a digital universe with a global audience, marking an unusual but increasingly important intersection between African […]
For more than four decades, Angélique Kidjo has carried the sounds of Benin into rooms, stages and audiences far beyond the continent. On 18 August 2026, that journey found a permanent address on Hollywood Boulevard as the five-time Grammy winner became the first African musician, and the first Black African artist, to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk […]