Ebonylife TV, Africa’s first global black entertainment & lifestyle TV network recently provided its network free for the broadcast of public service information aimed at combating the spread of COVID-19. Announcing the initiative, Mo Abudu, CEO, EbonyLife Media, said, “We…
Mo Abudu chairs 47th International Emmy Awards Gala
Mo Abudu, CEO of EbonyLife Media, chaired the 47th International Emmy Awards Gala, which held on Monday, 25 November in New York City. She is the first African, male or female, to land the coveted role. Following her appointment as…
EbonyLife releases trailer for new movie, ‘Your Excellency’
EbonyLife Films, producer of Fifty, The Wedding Party movies and Chief Daddy has just released a very funny trailer for its latest feature film, the social-media-driven political satire, Your Excellency. As usual, Funke Akindele-Bello, is in fine comedic form, as…
Akindele, Mo Abudu, Makinwa condemn xenophobia attacks in South Africa (Punch)
Popular Nigerian celebrities, including Toke Makinwa, Funke Akindele, Mo Abudu, amongst others, have condemned the attacks on Nigerians and other Africans in South Africa. The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the recurring attacks on Nigerians are part of wider xenophobic attacks…
Mo Abudu elected to Emmy Awards board
Nigerian television executive and entrepreneur, Mo Abudu, has been appointed a director of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, the organisation responsible for staging the world famous International Emmy Awards. The development follows the continued progress made by…
Ondo impeachment saga: our signatures were forged— lawmakers (Vanguard) * Troops arrest female suicide bomber in Borno (Punch)
Ondo impeachment saga: our signatures were forged — lawmakers (Vanguard) Two of the 18 members of the Ondo State House of Assembly, who signed the impeachment notice served on the embattled Speaker, Bamidele Oleyelogun and his Deputy Ogundeji Iroju, yesterday,…
Mo Abudu awarded honorary doctorate by University of Westminster (Guardian)
The University of Westminster awarded Mo Abudu, founder and chief executive of EbonyLife Media, an honorary degree of Doctor of Arts, in recognition of her services to broadcasting and enterprise in Nigeria. The presentation was made during the university’s graduation…
Oskar Ibru’s son weds Ibiyinka in traditional ceremony
Olorogun Oskar Ibru’s son, Christopher on Saturday, August 4 got married to Ibiyinka Akinola in a well-attended traditional ceremony in Lagos. The wedding of the childhood friends drew people from society’s highest rungs including Femi Otedola, Olusegunn Osoba, Mo Abudu,…
Me, Linda Ikeji and this OUR pregnancy – Toni Kan
The biggest news in the Nigerian blogosphere is Linda Ikeji’s pregnancy. Everybody and their mother is talking about it – how big her tummy is, how she managed to hide it, the Bentley-with-a-surname she just ordered and who the father…
