Editor's PickMusicSpolight SPOTLIGHT: Meet Asher Yelo, David Oyelowo’s son who started producing songs at 11 Leave a comment November 14, 2021 “There are some things in life we don’t know we are destined for until things start clicking,” said Asher Oyelowo, a British-Nigerian artiste,…
Editor's PickSpolightTHE ARTS INTERVIEW: ART X Lagos created to help Nigerians reconnect with their identity, says Tokini Peterside Leave a comment November 5, 2021 Ideation is pedestrian, execution is divine. When Tokini Peterside was brainstorming the idea that would eventually be developed into ART X Lagos, she…
Editor's PickSpolight SPOTLIGHT: MC Freedom, the unusual skit maker who risks his life for comedy Leave a comment July 17, 2021 Last month, Adeniyi Abiodun Oluwakuusibe, the Nigerian skit maker better known as MC Freedom, made the news after he was mobbed in Ibadan…
Editor's PickSpolight SPOTLIGHT: How boy with cerebral palsy became chess champion in a Lagos slum Leave a comment May 21, 2021 Tough times, they say, don’t last; only tough people do. It’s a realisation that Fredinard has come to terms with even as a…
Editor's PickSpolight SPOTLIGHT: Sabinus, the PH funnyman redefining online comedy with micro-skits Leave a comment April 25, 2021 A protruded belly juts out of his too-frequently-donned blue longsleeved shirt matched with black joggers and a Nike-branded pair of sneakers in a…
Lecturer bluesSpolight INTERVIEW: I don’t support journalism without media degree, says UNILORIN’s first Mass Comms prof Leave a comment March 14, 2021 Professor Lukman Adesina Azeez. That’s what he is now called. None who values the achievements he has stacked up would utter his name…
MusicSpolight SPOTLIGHT: Tori Tunmishay, the sonorous voice gunning for Davido’s record deal 12 Comments March 14, 2021 At the punch of the first piano key, the subtle magic of Tori Tunmishay’s signature tune begins to unravel itself. Soft guitar strikes…