ENTERTAINMENT

Lagos, Nigeria | THE INDPENDENT | Laycon, real name Olamilekan Agbelesebioba, has emerged winner of the fifth season of Big Brother Naija after polling 60 per cent of the votes in the final week. The 26-year-old rapper was announced winner at the season’s grand finale on Sunday, September 27. He …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Government of Uganda through the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development has partnered with the European Union (EU) and UNESCO in a joint project aimed at supporting the development of the local film industry. The project will create measures to provide a tax …

  London, UK | BBC  |  Singer-songwriter Michael Kiwanuka has won the 2020 Mercury Prize for his soul-searching third record, Kiwanuka. A lush, immersive album of politicised soul, it sees the star exploring themes of self-doubt, faith and civil rights. Released last November, Kiwanuka beat best-sellers like Dua Lipa’s Future …

Nairobi, Kenya | THE INDEPENDENT | Dubai-based Ghanaian actor and movie producer Frederick Naumah has set Instagram alight, with a romantic birthday note for Zari Hassan who turned 40 yesterday. “Just when I thought of giving up to the fate that true love doesn’t exist, you came and showed me the best …

   Ten Thousand Stories and more from Africa’s most loved storyteller – MultiChoice Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT |  MultiChoice Uganda today hosted its first ever fully online Media Showcase as it celebrated its drive to bring its audiences ‘African stories told by Africans’. The event streamed live from Kampala, …

    Chicago, US | THE INDEPENDENT |  “Trust me … I WON’T STOP” said Kanye West as he shared a video on Twitter showing someone urinating on a Grammy award. This was minutes after he launched a barrage of messages criticising the record industry and vowing to battle their unfairness. !ALL …

Kampala, Uganda | Julius Businge | MultiChoice Group and Televisa Networks have teamed up to announce the launch of a new channel, tlnovelas, a Sept.14 statement from MulitChoice reads in part. The statement said the DStv channel will be available from September 14 until August 2021 on DStv Channel 133. Tlnovelas …

  Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Chadwick Boseman, who played Black American icons Jackie Robinson and James Brown with searing intensity before inspiring audiences worldwide as the regal Black Panther in Marvel’s blockbuster movie franchise, died Friday of cancer. He was 43. Boseman died at his home in the Los …

    Washington, US | THE INDEPENDENT |  The Daily Show on Thursday took out full-page adverts in The New York Times, The Washington Post, and The Los Angeles Times Thursday, mocking US President Donald Trump hours before his Republican National Convention speech. The Ugandan influence on the show, where David kibuka …

Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Prasidia Nagasha, a female activist has petitioned the High Court Civil Division to ban a song titled ‘Property’ by local music artist Fik Fameica. The other respondents to the suit are Martin Musoke alias Artin Pro, the producer of the song and Uganda Communications …