Pelumi Bolawa

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‘Long Live Lagos’, the highly anticipated documentary chronicling the life and career of Grammy-winning Nigerian artiste Wizkid, will premiere at the 2025 Tribeca Film Festival. The Tribeca festival is an annual film festival in New York City showcasing a diverse selection of film, episodic, talks, music, games, art, and immersive programming. Notably, Nigerian actress Stephanie Linus previously served on the festival’s jury in 2023.

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Inih Ebong, an associate professor of theatre arts, who was sacked by the University of Uyo (UniUyo) in 2002, has passed away at 73. Premium Times reports that Ebong died in the early hours of Wednesday. It was said that Uduak, Ebong’s wife, announced the death to the public around 7 am. Uduak recounted that her husband was awake until late into the night, engaging her in conversation while she urged him to rest. She eventually drifted off to sleep, only to awaken and find him unresponsive.

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Bimbo Ademoye, the Nigerian actress, has called out pirates who illegally use her movies and images as clickbait on YouTube.  In a recent Instagram post, Ademoye accused a Ghanaian television station of stealing her movie title and poster. The filmmaker also called out a film company she claimed was one of the channels engaging in piracy. The 34-year-old actress described the act as intellectual property theft, emphasizing the financial and emotional toll it has taken on her.

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Covenant University (CU) and Bells University of Technology topped the 2025 STEMAfrica University Duel. The competition, which comprises two components, included the “smart challenge” and the “quiz competition”. Just Media, a Lagos-based content production firm, organised the STEMAfrica competition. Oladapo Ojo, the founder of TheSTEMAfrica, said it aims to attract young people’s attention to science and technology.

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Melinda Gates, the ex-wife of Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates, has spoken about their divorce in her new book ‘The Next Day’. Bill and Melinda got married in 1994 but announced their divorce in 2021 — after 27 years together. In a recent interview on ABC’s Good Morning America, Melinda revealed that she chose to discuss her divorce openly to be true to herself and acknowledge others who have experienced similar situations.