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10 new songs this week, from FOLA’s 9 to Rybeena and Niniola

FOLA's 14-track second album, with Davido and Ayra Starr on it, tops GistMatrix's Music Countdown for Friday, 9 October 2026. The countdown's Nigerian and African picks were checked on Apple Music Nigeria on Friday morning, and seven of the ten came out that day.

FOLA's second album arrives on New Music Friday with Davido, Ayra Starr and BNXN on the guest list, and it leads GistMatrix's countdown of new songs this week for Friday, 9 October 2026. GistMatrix checked each Nigerian and African pick on Apple Music Nigeria at about 8:40am WAT on Friday: the release date, the label and the track count. Seven…

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  1. Content creators Habeeb Hamzat, known as Peller, and Amadou Elizabeth Aminata, known as Jarvis, announced on Instagram on Thursday, 8 October 2026 that they are expecting their first child.
  2. The announcement came about ten weeks after the couple's civil wedding in Lagos on 29 July 2026 and their white wedding on 1 August 2026.
  3. After the wedding, the couple brushed off pregnancy talk and blamed Jarvis's weight gain on late-night meals, Pulse Nigeria reported.
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Celebrity · 4 min read

Peller and Jarvis expecting first child, two months after wedding

The TikTok couple shared maternity photos on Instagram on Thursday, 8 October, weeks after brushing off pregnancy talk as weight gain. A slip on a livestream had already given fans a hint.

Two months after their Lagos wedding, Peller and Jarvis have confirmed what fans had guessed for weeks. The Peller and Jarvis pregnancy is official: the TikTok couple are expecting their first child, they said in a joint Instagram post on Thursday, 8 October 2026. The post was built around a maternity shoot, with Jarvis showing her bump. In the caption,…

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  1. Rapper Zlatan Ibile and his partner Davita announced on Instagram on Thursday, 8 October 2026 that their wedding will take place on Saturday, 24 October 2026.
  2. The save-the-date reel, narrated by one of the couple's two sons, had 271,172 likes when GistMatrix checked it at about 10:30am WAT on Friday, 9 October 2026.
  3. Pulse Nigeria reported that Zlatan and Davita held a private civil wedding in December 2025, which became public through a decorator's posts in May 2026.
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Celebrity · 4 min read

Zlatan sets 24 October wedding date with Davita in son-voiced video

Nine months after Zlatan said Davita was the mother of his children, not his wife, the couple have fixed their wedding day in an Instagram video narrated by one of their sons.

Rapper Zlatan Ibile has named the day. In a save-the-date video posted on Instagram at about 10:20pm WAT on Thursday, 8 October 2026, the singer and his partner Davita revealed that the Zlatan wedding will take place on Saturday, 24 October 2026. The caption was just the date, "24 October 2026", a ring emoji and the hashtag #DTTheUnion. The voice…

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Reality TV · Video

Temi Nkem wins BBNaija Season 11, two weeks after a veto saved her

The 21-year-old London-born student beat Aikou and Sheba on Sunday night, 4 October, to take a ₦160m package that includes ₦90m in cash, two weeks after she sat on the eviction list.

Temi Nkem has won BBNaija Season 11. The 21-year-old, whose real name is Temitope Chigbue, was crowned by host Ebuka Obi-Uchendu on Sunday night, 4 October 2026, after 70 days in Biggie's house, Channels TV and Pulse Nigeria reported. Aikou finished as first runner-up and Sheba came third. The grand prize package is worth ₦160m, and ThisDay says it includes…

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Nollywood · Video

Agbara Nla box office hits ₦170.6m, Nollywood’s best outside December

The remake of Mike Bamiloye's 1993 Christian classic opened behind only two Funke Akindele December hits, and its Sunday takings were more than three times Friday's.

The Agbara Nla box office run has started with ₦170.6m in four days. Agbara Nla: The Return, which opened nationwide on Friday, 2 October, is now the biggest Nollywood opening ever recorded outside December, Nairametrics reported on Monday, 5 October, citing FilmX data. Only two Nollywood films have opened bigger, and both are Funke Akindele December releases: Everybody Loves Jenifa…

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TV & Streaming · Video

10 movies to watch in Nigeria this week, from Agbara Nla to Verity

A Mount Zion remake chasing Jenifa's record, Hollywood's new No 1 and a Tom Cruise flop share Nigerian screens, while Netflix adds Ben Affleck's Animals and a new K-drama on Friday, 9 October.

Nigerian cinemas have rarely had a week like this. A Mount Zion remake is chasing Jenifa's opening record, Hollywood's new No 1 is on the same screens, and Tom Cruise's weakest opening in 19 years, by Deadline's count, is two doors down. These are the new movies to watch this week in Nigeria, ranked by GistMatrix. This is an editorial…

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TV & Streaming · Video

Ben Affleck says he used AI for ‘lots of things’ in Netflix’s Animals

The Oscar winner told a Bloomberg audience the tech helped make his kidnap thriller but refused to say where. The film lands on Netflix on 9 October, and Netflix now owns the AI company he founded.

Ben Affleck has admitted he used AI to make Animals, his new Netflix thriller. He just won't tell you which parts. Speaking at Bloomberg's Screentime event on Wednesday, 30 September 2026, the director and star said he used the technology "for lots of things in that movie", according to The Playlist. Asked to name them, he declined. Affleck said he…

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Nollywood · Video

Dear Ajayi lands Nigeria’s Oscars 2027 slot after a year out

The Nigerian Official Selection Committee picked Damilola Orimogunje's 1990s family drama on Sunday, 4 October, a year after it sent no film at all. Now the Academy decides whether it makes a 15-film shortlist on 15 December.

Dear Ajayi, Damilola Orimogunje's drama about two estranged sisters, is Nigeria's entry for Best International Feature Film at the 2027 Oscars. The Nigerian Official Selection Committee (NOSC) announced the pick on Sunday, 4 October, ThisDay and Premium Times reported. It ends a year on the sidelines. Nigeria sent no film to the 98th Oscars after the committee said none of…

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  1. Veteran Nollywood actor Olu Jacobs was honoured at a funeral service at This Present House, Lekki, Lagos, on Friday, 2 October 2026.
  2. Lagos Deputy Governor Obafemi Hamzat, Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu and former Ogun State Governor Ibikunle Amosun attended, TVC News reported on Friday, 2 October 2026.
  3. Olu Jacobs, who died on 16 September 2026 aged 84, was buried at a private cemetery after the Lekki service on Friday, 2 October 2026, ThisDay reported.
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Nollywood · 3 min read

Olu Jacobs funeral: Hamzat, Amosun join Nollywood’s Lekki farewell

Family, friends and Nollywood colleagues gathered at This Present House in Lekki on Friday, 2 October, 16 days after the actor died at 84, as Darey sang a song that featured Olu Jacobs and Joke Silva.

Updated 11:30pm WAT, Monday, 5 October 2026: Olu Jacobs was buried at a private cemetery after the Lekki service on Friday, 2 October, ThisDay reported. Veteran actor Olu Jacobs was honoured at a funeral service at This Present House church in Lekki, Lagos, on Friday, 2 October 2026, 16 days after he died at 84. Family, friends and Nollywood colleagues…

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  1. Inspector-General of Police Olatunji Disu has approved the Aloba family's petition for a fresh investigation into Mohbad's death, family lawyer Oladayo Ogungbe said in a statement dated 29 September 2026.
  2. The family's petition cited inconsistencies in the first investigation and asked for a forensic review; the IGP forwarded it to the Lagos State Police Command and a new team of Special Enquiry Bureau officers is handling it, Ogungbe said on 1 October 2026.
  3. As of 11:20am WAT on Friday, 2 October 2026, the Nigeria Police Force and the Lagos command had not publicly confirmed the new probe; their spokespeople did not respond to Premium Times.
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Celebrity · 5 min read

Mohbad: IGP approves fresh probe into singer’s death, family says

The Aloba family's petition, filed in April, has gone to detectives at the Lagos police Special Enquiry Bureau, their lawyer says. It comes days after a court in Abuja threw out an NGO's bid for the same thing.

Updated 11:30 WAT, 15 October 2026: As of 15 October, the Nigeria Police Force had not publicly confirmed the reinvestigation, and no arrests, new police statement or appeal by Break the Silence Foundation had been reported. Updated 11:20am WAT, Friday, 2 October 2026: the family's petition cited inconsistencies in the first investigation and asked for a forensic review, according to…

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  1. Maria Avila, the housekeeper mauled by a dog at Chris Brown's Los Angeles home in December 2020, accepted a reduced $9.5 million award on Thursday, 1 October 2026.
  2. Judge Huey Cotton called the jury's $12.9 million award "excessive" in a conditional order on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, offering her the lower sum or a retrial on damages.
  3. Brown admitted negligence before the June 2026 trial but disputed her injuries; as of 7:35am WAT on Friday, 2 October, he had not commented on the reduced award.
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Celebrity · 4 min read

Chris Brown dog attack: housekeeper accepts $9.5m to avoid retrial

The singer's former housekeeper gave up $3.4 million of her jury award rather than face a second trial over the 2020 mauling at his Tarzana home. Her own lawyer had urged the judge to cut it only to $11 million.

Updated 11:30 WAT, 15 October 2026: Avila has asked a Los Angeles judge to issue an arrest warrant for Brown, alleging he has failed to provide dates to appear with his bank records so his finances can be examined, according to court documents reported by TMZ on 12 October. Chris Brown's former housekeeper Maria Avila has agreed to take $9.5…

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Nollywood · Video

Issakaba: The Return hits cinemas on 13 November, 25 years on

Lancelot Imasuen has named the date for the sequel he shot in Asaba in 2024. Sam Dede is back as Ebube, and the new cast takes in Regina Daniels, Mark Angel and Phyna.

Ebube is coming back. Director Lancelot Imasuen announced on Thursday, 1 October 2026, that Issakaba: The Return, the sequel to his 2001 vigilante classic, opens in cinemas across Nigeria on Friday, 13 November 2026. Sam Dede returns as Ebube, the leader of the Issakaba boys. The announcement, posted on Imasuen's verified Instagram account at 8:03am WAT, also names Chidi Mokeme,…

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