What’s Trending: Mavo Apologises, Isbae U’s Big Interview & Sabinus Calls Out Lagos Agberos

Tafawa Balewa Square is about to become one of the biggest stages Nollywood has seen this year.

The film Black Market is scheduled to premiere at TBS on September 26, with organisers targeting 50,000 people for a single screening as part of an attempt to break the Guinness World Records benchmark for the largest audience at a film screening in one location. The current benchmark is 43,624 attendees.

The event is being planned as more than a movie premiere. There will be entertainment, food, games and other activities around the screening, giving the day more of a festival feel than a conventional cinema launch.

The film, directed by Fatimah Binta Gimsay, features Lateef Adedimeji, Linda Ejiofor, Ibrahim Yekini, Scarlet Gomez, Omowunmi Dada, Susan Pwajok and other Nigerian actors. It was shot in Abeokuta but will make its biggest public appearance in Lagos.

If the 50,000 target is reached and verified, Black Market could give Nollywood another unusual entry into global entertainment records.

Singer Mavo has apologised after old social media posts resurfaced and triggered criticism online.

The tweets included past comments about several Nigerian entertainers, including Davido and Ayra Starr. Mavo acknowledged that he was highly critical of other artists during his university years and said his outlook changed after he stopped focusing on criticism and concentrated on his own music.

He said some of his past criticism had unintentionally hurt people and apologised to those affected.

Mavo also said that meeting some of the people he had previously criticised changed his view of them, describing some of his earlier judgments as mistakes.

The episode is another reminder of the strange afterlife of social media posts. A tweet that seemed insignificant years ago can suddenly become part of a completely different conversation once an artist becomes more visible.

The unlikely pairing of Isbae U and Olusegun Obasanjo has been one of the internet's biggest entertainment conversations this week.

Now, Charly Boy has revealed that he helped make the connection happen.

The veteran entertainer said he introduced Obasanjo to Isbae U because he believed in the young people behind Curiosity Made Me Ask and wanted to create an opportunity for the younger generation to engage with someone from an older generation.

Obasanjo's appearance became a viral moment because he fully embraced the show's unusual style. Isbae U joked about being Obasanjo's former employer, while the former president played along and answered questions about contemporary Nigerian pop culture.

For Charly Boy, the bigger point was access. He argued that older Nigerians should do more than tell young people to succeed. They should open doors, make introductions and give them opportunities to prove themselves.

Sabinus has joined the growing conversation around touting and street harassment in Lagos after a video showing men surrounding a Tesla Cybertruck went viral.

The comedian described what he called an “agbero pandemic” and questioned the growing presence of touts in public spaces.

The video reportedly showed a group of men surrounding the vehicle around the Onikan Stadium area and allegedly preventing it from leaving. Claims about money demanded during the incident have circulated online, but those specific claims have not been independently verified.

Sabinus' reaction has tapped into a much wider frustration among Lagos residents and motorists who complain about unofficial charges, intimidation and harassment around public spaces.

His comments have now pushed the issue back into the entertainment conversation, but the problem itself goes well beyond social media.