Entertainment

StarTimes Launches Premium Nollywood Channel

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5 years ago

October 16, 2020

In line with its commitment to offer premium content, Star Times, has collaborated with notable Nollywood production company, Big Idea Media Works to launch PBO TV,a 24-hour entertainment channel dedicated to top rated Nollywood movies, series, sitcoms, music and late night comedy shows.
PBO TV is on basic bouquet on Channel 184 and smart bouquet on Channel 017,the same bouquets housing recently launched Hollywood movie channel, TNT Africa. PBO TV went on air on October 1, 2020. The channel promises to be explosive with top rated Nollywood stars on display.
Among the movies showing this October are June, featuring Uche Jumbo, Vector Tha Viper, Chinyere Wilfred,Empress Njama; Mad About You, featuring: Blossom Chukwujekwu,Linda Osifo and Annie Macaulay Idibia, Being Annabel, featuring Oma Amadi,Ken Erics and Desmond Elliott and Drama series including Tough Love, featuring Nkem Owoh, Sola Sobowale, Damini Egbuson and Sharon Ooja, Life Of A Single Mom,a series featuring Mofe Duncan, Gregory Ojefua and Mercy Macjoe,among others.
PBO TV celebrates the rich diversity of African culture with original and exclusive content, Gabriel Nworah, CEO of the Big Idea Media Works Limited, said. According to Tunde Aina ,CEO, Star Times, in July, when we commenced the adjustment of our bouquet prices due to persistent Naira fall, we assured our subscribers that as a business, we would continue to make it a priority to broaden our content offerings to meet the variety of our interests without compromising affordability.
“ Since then, we have continued to delight our subscribers with more value at the best price in the pay TV market. At first, we launched top Hollywood animation channel, Dream Works, followed by Spanish Football league, La Liga,the FA Community Shield, the exclusive broadcasting rights for Bob Arum’s top rank boxing events whose current stable of champions include Tyson Fury,Vasily Lomachenko,Terence Crawford, Oscar Valdez, Gilberto Ramirez, Hollywood movie channel, TNT Africa, the recent season of popular sitcom, Jenifer’s Dairy and the latest edition of PBO TV, a channel dedicated to premium entertainment, more is coming’,he said.

Entertainment

NGO hails Tinubu’s climate awareness tour

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2 days ago

March 9, 2026

The Tide

Jewel Environmental Initiative (JEI), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has commended President Bola Tinubu for inaugurating the Renewed Hope Climate Change Awareness Tour, urging Nigerians and stakeholders to support the initiative nationwide.

Mr Ismail Bima, Chief Executive Officer of JEI, said in a statement in Gombe yesterday that the tour would significantly strengthen public understanding of climate change and encourage collective environmental responsibility.

Bima described the initiative as a clear affirmation of the Federal Government’s commitment to pursuing practical solution driven strategies that addressed climate challenges and safeguarded livelihoods, ecosystems, and national development efforts.

He noted that the programme would achieve its objectives if government institutions, private organisations, civil society groups, and citizens actively played their respective roles in promoting awareness, resilience, and sustainable practices.

According to him, the inauguration marks an important step toward building a nationwide movement capable of delivering measurable progress in Nigeria’s broader efforts to secure a climate resilient future for generations.

He said JEI fully aligned with the Renewed Hope Climate Change Awareness Tour, noting that the initiative could inspire innovation, strengthen environmental education, and promote sustainable development across communities nationwide.

Bima also commended the Minister of Environment and urged federal, state, and local stakeholders to support the initiative, stressing that climate change impacts affected all citizens regardless of region or status.

He emphasised that growing climate pressures on agriculture, livelihoods, and ecosystems made the awareness tour timely, adding that stronger information sharing and partnerships were necessary to confront environmental risks nationwide.

He urged authorities to implement the initiative with sustained commitment, extend activities to grassroots communities, and collaborate with state and local governments to ensure wider participation and maximum impact nationwide effectively.

The Tide source reports that President Tinubu inaugurated the Renewed Hope Climate Change Awareness Tour in Abuja on Tuesday to promote climate resilience and sustainable development nationwide initiatives.

Entertainment

They Booed, Threw Bottles At Me – Tems Recounts

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2 weeks ago

February 27, 2026

The Tide

R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.

Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.

“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.

“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.

Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.

The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.

The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.

Entertainment

Primeboy Pleads For Mohbad’s Burial

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2 weeks ago

February 27, 2026

The Tide

A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.

According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.

The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”

It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.