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• Veteran Yoruba actor, Elegbeje Ado dies at 66

  30-06-2026 16:27 via vanguardngr.com
  
  By Ayo OnikoyiThe Yoruba movie industry has lost one of its respected veterans following the death of actor and cleric Taiwo Adeshina, popularly known by his screen name, Elegbeje Ado.Adeshina reportedly passed away on Monday, June 29, 2026, after a brief illness. He was 66.News of his demise was confirmed by filmmaker Seun Oloketuyi, sparking an outpouring of tributes from colleagues, fans and admirers who remembered his immense contribution to Yoruba-language cinema.Widely admired for his com
  
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• Report: 36% of Nigerian creatives avoid using AI due to the high cost of subscriptions

  30-06-2026 16:20 via thenet.ng
  
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  The biggest barrier to artificial intelligence adoption among Nigeria’s creative professionals is not a lack of skills or unreliable internet, but the cost of the tools themselves, according to The State of Nigeria’s Creative Economy 2026, produced in partnership with Frontyard Group, an innovation and investment engine powering Africa’s creative f
  
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• Power and internet services emerge as the biggest daily obstacles for Nigerian creatives — Report

  30-06-2026 16:14 via thenet.ng
  
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  Power outages and poor internet services are the single most disruptive daily obstacles facing Nigeria’s creative professionals. These obstacles rank above funding delays, regulatory red tape, and even intellectual property theft, according to The State of Nigeria’s Creative Economy 2026, produced in partnership with Frontyard Group, an innovation and in
  
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• 5 things Nigeria must do now to unlock its creative economy

  30-06-2026 16:13 via thenet.ng
  
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  The Nigerian Entertainment Conference has released The State of Nigeria’s Creative Economy 2026. The data-backed report, produced in partnership with Frontyard Group, an innovation and investment engine powering Africa’s creative frontier, surveyed 377 Nigerian creatives, providing an avenue for them to air the challenges they face in their daily work an
  
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• Nigeria’s creative sector has a mid-tier talent shortage and no marketplace to fix it

  30-06-2026 16:12 via thenet.ng
  
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  Nigeria’s creative industry is struggling to find skilled mid-tier technical talent, including video editors, sound engineers, and technicians. The State of Nigeria’s Creative Economy 2026, produced in partnership with Frontyard Group, asked Nigerian creative experts to rate the availability and accessibility of mid-level professionals, and the mean scor
  
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• Nigeria’s culture is global, but less than 20% of its creatives earn mainly from international markets

  30-06-2026 16:00 via thenet.ng
  
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  Despite Nigeria’s outsized global cultural influence, less than 20% of its creative professionals report international markets as their primary source of income, The State of Nigeria’s Creative Economy 2026 has revealed. This figure, the report says, resurfaces critically in its analysis of export barriers.The report, produced by the Nigerian Entertainme
  
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• Briefing failures, payment disputes: Nigeria’s creative sector has a trust problem within its ranks

  30-06-2026 15:55 via thenet.ng
  
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  Nigeria’s creative industry is grappling with a systemic trust deficit, with poor communication and payment disputes emerging as the two dominant sources of friction in creative collaborations, according to The State of Nigeria’s Creative Economy 2026, produced in partnership with Frontyard Group.The report surveyed 377 creatives in Nigeria, revealing so
  
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• Funding is the top structural gap for Nigerian creatives — Report

  30-06-2026 15:49 via thenet.ng
  
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  Access to affordable funding is the single biggest structural barrier facing Nigeria’s creative economy, ranking ahead of distribution networks, skills training, infrastructure, and IP protection tools. This finding is according to The State of Nigeria’s Creative Economy 2026, produced in partnership with Frontyard Group, an innovation and investment eng
  
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• REPORT: Nigeria’s creative exports are blocked by a payment gap, not a quality gap

  30-06-2026 15:45 via thenet.ng
  
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  Nigeria’s creative exporters are being held back not by the quality of their work but by the “poor plumbing” of international commerce, according to The State of Nigeria’s Creative Economy 2026, produced in partnership with Frontyard Group, an innovation and investment engine powering Africa’s creative frontier.The report, which surveye
  
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• 83% of Nigerian creatives lose over 10% of their week to administrative tasks. 20% lose half

  30-06-2026 15:42 via thenet.ng
  
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  Nigeria’s creative professionals are losing significant portions of their productive time to non-creative work, according to The State of Nigeria’s Creative Economy 2026.The data-led report, produced by the Nigerian Entertainment Conference in partnership with Frontyard Group, surveyed 377 Nigerian creatives and found that 83% lose more than 10% of their
  
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• NECLive, Frontyard Group map barriers holding creatives back in The State of Nigeria’s Creative Economy 2026

  30-06-2026 15:34 via thenet.ng
  
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  The Nigerian Entertainment Conference (NECLive) has released The State of Nigeria’s Creative Economy 2026, a data-led diagnostic report produced in partnership with Frontyard Group, an innovation and investment engine powering Africa’s creative frontier.The report captures the lived working experience of 377 creative professionals across eight sectors, a
  
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• Veteran Nollywood actor Elegbeje Ado is dead

  30-06-2026 14:37 via thesun.ng
  
  Veteran Yoruba Nollywood actor Taiwo Adeshina, popularly known as Elegbeje Ado, has died.
  His death was confirmed on Tuesday by fellow actor Kunle Afod, who announced the sad news in a tribute posted on his Instagram page.
  “We regret to announce the passing of one of the legends of the Yoruba Nollywood industry, Baba Elegbeje Ado.
  “Your immense contribution to the growth of Yoruba cinema, your talent, and the joy you brought to countless lives will never be forgotten.
  “Thank yo
  
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• Carter Efe reacts after Babcock disputes his alleged first-class certificate

  30-06-2026 14:26 via vanguardngr.com
  
  Nigerian skit maker-turned-streamer Carter Efe, real name Odahohwo Joseph Efe, has finally responded to claims by Babcock University disputing a certificate purportedly showing he graduated from the institution with a first-class degree.The document, which surfaced online and quickly went viral, had fuelled speculation after Efe previously claimed to have bagged the impressive academic feat from the university.In a video circulating online, the father of one appeared alongside members of his te
  
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• Why I wanted to become a Catholic Priest as a child – Cubana Chief Priest

  30-06-2026 08:41 via thesun.ng
  
  Nigerian businessman and socialite Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, has opened up about his childhood ambition of becoming a Catholic priest.
  He shared a throwback photograph from his days as a junior seminarian on his Instagram page, recalling his early desire to join the Catholic priesthood.
  In the accompanying post, Cubana Chief Priest reflected on his mother’s wish for him to become a priest.
  He also paid tribute to her influence on his upbringing, saying the v
  
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• US director sentenced to 30 months for defrauding Netflix

  30-06-2026 01:39 via vanguardngr.com
  
  American director Carl Rinsch, known for the 2013 film “47 Ronin,” was sentenced Monday to 30 months in prison for defrauding Netflix of millions of dollars, prosecutors in New York announced.Rinsch was convicted last year of misspending $11 million paid to him by the the streaming platform in 2020 to create a science fiction series called “White Horse.”“Instead of using the money to make the show, Rinsch made risky bets on highly speculative stock options and cryp
  
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