Author: Adekugbe Adedayo

The 2024 Lagos Fashion Week 2024 is officially on. The event began on October 23rd and will end on Sunday, October 27th, garnered several fashion enthusiasts, executives, models, and creatives.

The 2024 Lagos Fashion Week theme is COMMUNE, honouring Africa’s fashion ecosystem’s collaborative spirit by honouring designers and behind-the-scenes creative minds.

Imad Eduso, Maliko, Ajabeng, Born Star Nigeria, NYA, Pettre Taylor, Kente Gentlemen, LFJ, Ajabeng, Oshobor and Ugo Monye blessed the Runway on Day 1.

This year’s highlight will include Lagos Fashion Week’s Green Access program, by Style House Files, an initiative to boost sustainable emerging designers.

Ajabeng collection photographed by @kolaoshalusi @insignaonline, courtesy @sonyalphanigeria

EVENT 1: Lagos Fashion Week x Bicester Collection Roundtable

DATE: Wednesday, October 23rd 2024

TIME: 10:00AM – 12:0PM WAT

LOCATION: External Ballroom, Federal Palace Hotel (FPH)

Cardi B vows to fight the lawsuit against her and her now-divorced husband Offset. In the lawsuit, the property owner of the mansion used in the music video of her hit single “Like What’ claims she and her estranged husband Offset duped them into using their property for the music video “without paying full market value.”

In response, the Grammy winner has vowed to defend herself against the “greedy owners.”“The problem is people wanna find loopholes and get over but IRON YOUR BEST SUIT BITCH, I’ll see you in court!!!” the Grammy-winning rapper wrote on X.

In her statement on X, Cardi B claimed the property owners were paid $10,000 in cash to use the property for 24 hours “We paid those people $10,000 IN CASH to rent the property for a whole 24 hours that same day 6am to 6am the next morning and we went over by ONE hour which we paid overage fees to the realtor for in March.” She also claimed the owners are trying to get more money from there through legal loopholes: “Now they wanna finesse us trying to say we told them it was a TikTok video when that was nowhere in the contract and like they didn’t hear the whole song playing and see how long we was shooting….Why would it take us 24 hours to shoot a TikTok? The problem is people wanna find loopholes and get over…”

To add to her defence Cardi B claims the owners were on set when the shoot was taking place: “There was cameras all over and both the realtors and the owners was there the ENTIRE time… I got pics and videos of them on set!!“

According to the mansion owner’s 11-page complaint, Cardi and Offset had their eyes set on using the property’s highly distinctive design and “devised a plan” to use it “without paying full market value.” The property owner, Bi LLC, alleged the ex-couple reached out through their representatives in late 2023 or early 2024 and booked the house anonymously “under the false pretense” it would be used for a TikTok video. The house was previously home to Justin Bieber.

The lawsuit was filed in Los Angeles County Superior Court, which included still photographs from the video shoot and noted that the music video produced during the shoot, “Like What,” had garnered more than 26 million views on YouTube since its release six months ago.

Peter Sedufia’s upcoming Pan African comedy thriller, One Night Guest, has officially wrapped up filming and principal photography.

The movie is a collaboration between Ghanaian production studio, OldFilm Production, Sozo Films (Nigeria), and South Africa’s Gravel Road Studios.

The movie which began its production in 2022 will be released on Christmas Day.

It stars a diverse cast including; Yvonne Okoro, Majid Michel, Warri Pikin, Roselyn Ngissah, Ini Edo, Chidi Mokeme, James Gardiner, Lasisi Elenu, and Akah Nani.

The film was written and directed by Peter Sedufia and produced by Chris Odeh.

Silverbird has obtained national theatrical rights and Canal Plus for international rights.

Source: Shock

Microsoft recently made an announcement that has affected gamers in a good or bad way (you decide.) Games like Gotham Knights, Valheim, and Paw Patrol: Grand Prix will be leaving Xbox Game Pass.

Starting September 30th, 9 games will be leaving the Game Pass library. On September 15, Microsoft announced it would remove 6 games, bringing the total number of games leaving its Xbox Game Pass library to 15 this September.

All hopes are not lost, as Game Pass subscribers can get these games for a 20% discount before they are gone as part of their membership.

New games are also coming to Game Pass later this month, including Wargroove 2 (September 19), Frostpunk 2 (September 2), and Ara: History Untold (September 24).

See all new titles leaving Game Pass soon:

GAME	PLATFORM	DATE ADDED	DATE LEAVING
Gotham Knights	Cloud, console, and PC	October, 2023	September 30
Let’s Build a Zoo	Cloud, console, and PC	September, 2022	September 30
loop Hero	Cloud, console, and PC	April, 2023	September 30
My Time At Portia	Cloud, console, and PC	July, 2019	September 30
Paw Patrol Grand Pix	Cloud, console, and PC	September, 2022	September 30
Pheonix Wright: Ace Attorney Trilogy	Cloud, console, and PC	September, 2023	September 30
The Walking Dead: The Complete First Season	PC	Unknown	September 30
The Walking Dead Season Two	PC	Unknown	September 30
Valheim	Cloud, console, and PC	September, 2022	September 30

Nollywood actress Oyindamola Sanni has shared the first look at her upcoming film ‘Tiaraoluwa’ in a photo featuring her and actor Okikiola Bakare on her Instagram.

Nollywood greats like Afeez Oyetoro (Saka) Mide Martins, Jumoke Odetola, Afeez Abiodun, and Kiki Bakare are expected to star in the movie, amongst others.

The movie is directed by Afeez Olayiwola Abiodun and produced by Oyindamola Sanni with Honeydee Films Production Ltd acting as executive producers.

Taking to her Instagram Oyindamola wrote: “HAPPY SUNDAY FROM THIS CUTE YET CRAZY COUPLE.
You need to see the movie “TIARAOLUWA” to understand what I’m talking about. My birthday mate and I made magic in the enthralling movie TIARAOLUWA”

In an exclusive interview with Streamdorm, Oyindamola describes the movie as an “amazing movie; the story is everything and more, very emotional, captivating, dramatic, and very relatable.”

The movie will air on YouTube on August 8th via ApataTV YouTube channel, with the trailer dropping on August 4th.

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Consumers of Startimes or MultiChoice’s DSTV and GOTV can watch all the Paris 2024 Olympic games on SportyTV and SuperSport (DStv ch 203 and GOtv ch 61) starting July 26, 6:30 pm. All the action will also be covered on the Olympics’ official Paris 2024 live blog, beginning July 24.

“As part of our commitment to delivering the best sporting action to Nigerians, we will broadcast across SuperSport channels with additional pop-up channels on DStv and GOtv. The Olympics is the largest gathering of athletes competing for honours. We will make the games available to customers on DStv Yanga and GOtv Jolli. offering them the opportunity to watch history unfold and follow our Nigerian athletes at the Games. In the spirit of the Olympics, each of the SuperSport channels will also be renamed as ‘Olympic Channel’ for the duration of the games,” executive Head of Marketing MultiChoice West Africa, Tope Oshunkeye made this announcement.

On Friday 26th, July 2024 Team Nigeria will make its 19th appearance at the Olympics. Representing Nigeria are 82 sportsmen and women in 11 sporting events.

The 2024 Olympics in Paris will officially begin from 24 July to 11 August 2024.

Team Nigeria is expected to compete in the following sports:

1. Athletics
2. Badminton
3. Basketball
4. Boxing
5. Canoeing
6. Cycling
7. Football
8. Table Tennis
9. Taekwondo
10. Weightlifting
11. Wrestling

Yesterday Team Nigeria Super Falcons played with Brazil but unfortunately lost its first game but hopes to recover in the next match. Follow @streamdorm on Twitter or Threads to stay updated on Nigeria’s Olympic progress.

In 2022, Matt Reeves’ The Batman changed the reception of Batman to the big screen. Fans of The DC superhero-verse and Batman were expecting spinoffs to build Matt Reeves’ The Batman Universe. Unfortunately, only ‘The Penguin’ was greenlit as ‘Arkham Asylum’ and ‘Gotham PD’ were cancelled.

Director Matt Reeves called his The Batman Universe, “Batman Epic Crime Saga,’ and it will continue with Collin Farrell starring as Oswald Cobblepot in “The Penguin” limited TV Show which will premiere on September 19th on Max.

Matt Reeves reveals The Penguin show begins weeks after The Batman ends and will connect to The Batman 2.

In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, Matt Reeves spoke about how the cinematic universe for The Batman began: “As we were writing the movie [The Batman], I was like, ‘Hey, you know what? I think there are some cool shows that we could do,” he said. “It was actually why I wanted to make our deal at Warner Bros.”

A character that Reeves was planning to explore was Riddler, unfortunately not all spin-offs were greenlit but the stories found a way to thread into The Penguin.

“They were like, ‘We like what you’re doing, and we want to lean harder into the marquee characters,” Reeves said, “what’s interesting is that, in the movie, the big red herring of the story is it seems like the person they’re looking for, that the Riddler’s pointing to must be the Penguin, some kind of informant. This movie creates a power vacuum, and because Penguin is so underestimated, people don’t really see who he is.”

In another universe, Prime Video is exploring the early days of Batman in The Caped Crusader an animated show premiering August 1st.

On Friday 26th, July 2024 Team Nigeria will make its 19th appearance at the Olympics. Representing Nigeria are 82 sportsmen and women in 11 sporting events.

The 2024 Olympics in Paris will officially begin from 24 July to 11 August 2024.

Team Nigeria is expected to compete in the following sports:

1. Athletics
2. Badminton
3. Basketball
4. Boxing
5. Canoeing
6. Cycling
7. Football
8. Table Tennis
9. Taekwondo
10. Weightlifting
11. Wrestling

In athletics, Nigeria is expected to compete in 9 events for men, women and mixed categories. For the first time, Nigeria will be represented by 3 women in Women’s Discuss.

Team Nigeria has competed in every Olympics since it debuted in Helsinki in 1952, except for Montreal in 1976 due to a boycott.

During the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Team Nigeria only had two medals and has won 27 medals overall in 19 Olympics appearances. The 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, USA is regarded as Nigeria’s best Olympic performance where the country garnered six medals.

The Paralympics is expected to be held from Aug. 28 to Sept. 8.

Udo Ebaide Joy, a Nigerian motorbiker took on the mantle of solo riding from Mumbasa, Kenya to Lagos Nigeria. After 118 days, Ebaide finally arrived at her destination, Lagos Nigeria.

Why? In a conversation she had with BBC Africa she said her riding journey was inspired by her will to live her life to the fullest, and for her it’s travelling and riding her motorbike.

Ebaide travelled through Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Cameroon and then Nigeria. She describes the eery feeling she got travelling alone in the forest “I was so scared,” but remembers the joyous moments of travelling through those countries.

When she arrived in Lagos, to her surprise she was welcomed with a warm crowd singing and dancing.

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In a post via Instagram, she said completing the cross-border solo ride challenge has positively changed her mindset.

“To every biker who waited to welcome and ride with me to the venue, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

Achieving this has caused a big shift in my mind. Suddenly, I have a myriad of things I want to do and I’m so sure will work, because I have achieved something I once thought was too hard to dare.
I want to PLAN, START and EXECUTE new things.
There is a part of my brain that believes anything I try will succeed, because I have the tenacity and resilience to see it through.

I am NOT the same person.
I have changed in the most positive ways.
I feel so privileged to have achieved this.

I can’t wait for many more exciting challenges I’ll go headlong into.
There has never been a better time to feel this alive!
It feels good to be here.“

Udo Ebaide Joy who began her trip on March 8 will begin another solo trip in August from Nigeria to Morocco. The motorbiker made the trip on a two-wheeler she named “Rory”.

The 2024 BET Awards is live with incredible nominees’ performances and winners. We saw an interesting Taraji P. Henson parody entrance of Kendrick Lamar’s “Not Like Us” as she hosts this year’s show.

Will Smith is performing his new song “You Can Make It” with Kirk Franklin. Leading this year’s nomination is Drake. Tyla and Makhadzi are winning big for South Africa.

Will Smith makes his comeback to rapping with a performance tonight at the BET Awards, doing his new song called "You Can Make It" with Kirk Franklin and Fridayy #BETAwards pic.twitter.com/mgbhC8ZyOV

— SOUND | Victor Baez (@itsavibe) July 1, 2024

Album of the year

Chris Brown, 11:11
Gunna, A Gift & A Curse
21 Savage, American Dream
Usher, Coming Home
Drake, For All the Dogs (Scary Hours Edition)
Victoria Monét, Jaguar II
Killer Mike, Michael – WINNER
Nicki Minaj, Pink Friday 2

Best Female R&B/Pop Artist

Beyoncé
Coco Jones
Doja Cat
H.E.R.
Muni Long
SZA – WINNER
Tyla
Victoria Monét

Best male R&B/pop artist

Brent Faiyaz
Bryson Tiller
Burna Boy
Chris Brown
Drake
Fridayy
October London
Usher – WINNER

Best Group

¥$, Ye, Ty Dolla $ign – WINNER
2 Chainz & Lil Wayne
41
Blxst & Bino Rideaux
City Girls
Flo
Maverick City Music
Wanmor

Best Collaboration

Lil Durk feat. J. Cole, “All My Life” – WINNER
Beyoncé feat. Kendrick Lamar, “America Has a Problem (Remix)”
Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice (With Aqua), “Barbie World”
Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion, “Bongos”
¥$, Ye, Ty Dolla $ign feat. Rich The Kid, Playboi Carti, “Carnival”
Lola Brooke feat. Latto & Yung Miami, “Don’t Play With It (Remix)”
Nicki Minaj feat. Lil Uzi Vert, “Everybody”
Usher, Summer Walker & 21 Savage, “Good Good”
Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA, “Rich Baby Daddy”

Best female hip-hop artist

Cardi B
Doja Cat
GloRilla
Ice Spice
Latto
Megan Thee Stallion
Nicki Minaj – WINNER
Sexyy Red

Best male hip-hop artist

21 Savage
Burna Boy
Drake
Future
Gunna
J. Cole
Kendrick Lamar – WINNER
Lil Wayne

Best new artist

41
4Batz
Ayra Starr
Bossman Dlow
Fridayy
October London
Sexyy Red
Tyla – WINNER

Video of the year

Doja Cat, “Agora Hills”
Lil Durk feat J. Cole, “All My Life”
Nicki Minaj & Ice Spice (With Aqua), “Barbie World”
Cardi B feat. Megan Thee Stallion, “Bongos”
Drake feat. J. Cole, “First Person Shooter”
Usher, Summer Walker & 21 Savage, “Good Good”
Victoria Monét, “On My Mama” – WINNER
Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA, “Rich Baby Daddy”

Video director of the year

Benny Boom
Child.
Cole Bennett – WINNER
Dave Meyers
Janelle Monáe & Alan Ferguson
Offset
Tems
Tyler, The Creator

Dr. Bobby Jones Best Gospel/Inspirational Award

Shirley Caesar, “Award All of the Glory”
Kirk Franklin, “All Things”
Halle Bailey, “Angel”
CeCe Winans, “Come Jesus Come”
Erica Campbell, Do You Believe in Love?”
Maverick City Music, Naomi Raine & Chandler Moore, “God Problems”
Tems, “Me & U” – WINNER
Kirk Franklin, “Try Love”

Viewer’s choice award

Doja Cat, “Agora Hills”
Lil Durk feat. J. Cole, “All My Life”
Gunna, “Fukumean”
Jack Harlow, “Lovin on Me”
Muni Long, “Made for Me”
Victoria Monét, “On My Mama”
Drake feat. Sexyy Red & SZA, “Rich Baby Daddy”
Chris Brown feat. Davido & Lojay, “Sensational”
Beyoncé, “Texas Hold ‘Em” – WINNER
Tyla, “Water”

Best International Act

Asake (Africa)
Aya Nakamura (France)
Ayra Starr (Africa)
Bk’ (Brazil)
Cleo Sol (UK)
Focalistic (Africa)
Karol Conká (Brazil)
Raye (UK)
Tiakola (France)
Tyla (Africa) – WINNER

Viewer’s choice: best new international act

Bellah (UK)
Cristale (UK)
Duquesa (Brazil)
Holly G (France)
Jungeli (France)
Makhadzi (Africa) – Winner
Oruam (Brazil)
Seyi Vibez (Africa)
Tyler Icu (Africa)

BET Her

Beyoncé, “16 Carriages”
Nicki Minaj feat. Tasha Cobbs Leonard, “Blessings”
Ayra Starr, “Commas”
Flo feat. Missy Elliott, “Fly Girl”
Megan Thee Stallion, “Hiss”
Victoria Monét, “On My Mama” – WINNER
SZA, “Saturn”
GloRilla, “Yeah Glo!”

Best movie

American Fiction
Bob Marley: One Love – WINNER
Renaissance: A Film by Beyoncé
Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse
The Book of Clarence
The Color Purple
The Equalizer 3
The Little Mermaid

Best actor

Anthony Mackie
Colman Domingo
Damson Idris
Denzel Washington – WINNER
Donald Glover
Idris Elba
Jeffrey Wright
Lakeith Stanfield

Best Actress

Angela Bassett
Ayo Edebiri
Coco Jones
Danielle Brooks
Fantasia
Halle Bailey
Issa Rae
Regina King – WINNER

YoungStars Award

Akira Akbar
Blue Ivy Carter – WINNER
Demi Singleton
Heiress Diana Harris
Jabria McCullum
Jalyn Hall
Leah Jeffries
Van Van

Sportswoman of the Year Award

A’ja Wilson
Angel Reese – WINNER
Coco Gauff
Flau’jae Johnson
Juju Watkins
Naomi Osaka
Sha’carri Richardson
Simone Biles

BET Lifetime Achievement Award – USher

Sportsman of the Year Award

Anthony Edwards
Gervonta Davis
Jalen Brunson – WINNER
Jalen Hurts
Kyrie Irving
Lebron James
Patrick Mahomes
Stephen Curry