{"id":11340,"date":"2026-11-06T21:16:00","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T21:16:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/africa-magic-family-bids-viewers-goodbye-after-12-years-businessday-ng\/"},"modified":"2026-11-06T21:16:00","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T21:16:00","slug":"africa-magic-family-bids-viewers-goodbye-after-12-years-businessday-ng","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/06\/africa-magic-family-bids-viewers-goodbye-after-12-years-businessday-ng\/","title":{"rendered":"Africa Magic Family bids viewers goodbye after 12 years &#8211; Businessday NG"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Popular family entertainment channel, Africa Magic Family is bidding viewers goodbye after 12 years, ending a television era filled with familiar faces, household dramas and stories that kept Nigerian families glued to their screen.\n<\/p>\n<p>This was disclosed on Africa Magic\u2019s official Instagram account on Thursday, where the channel announced its closure and introduced Africa Magic+ as its replacement.\n<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOne chapter closes, but the story is far from over. Africa Magic Family is officially closed, there\u2019s so much more coming your way,\u201d the post stated.\n<\/p>\n<p>The channel urged viewers to anticipate its new offering, promising \u201cmore stories, more drama, more variety\u201d on Africa Magic+, which commenced broadcasting on November 5 at 6am West African Time.\n<\/p>\n<p>For viewers, Africa Magic Family was more than just another television channel, having provided a platform for locally produced stories and familiar faces through popular Nigerian productions.<\/p>\n<p>Some of its popular programmes included family dramas and comedy series such as The Johnsons and Hustle, which entertained audiences over the years.\n<\/p>\n<p>However, the introduction of Africa Magic+ signals a change in the channel\u2019s programming direction, with MultiChoice promising a broader mix of African stories, local productions, children\u2019s content and other entertainment.\n<\/p>\n<p>Ishaku Audu, a huge fan of the show, said, \u201cThe introduction of Africa Magic+ marks a new chapter, and we the viewers will be hoping for better content, quality entertainment and value for their subscriptions.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>The development has also sparked conversations among viewers online, particularly around what the replacement means for the familiar programmes and entertainment experience they have come to associate with Africa Magic Family.\n<\/p>\n<p>The change comes amid MultiChoice\u2019s wider restructuring of its DStv channel line-up and subscription packages, which took effect on November 5, 2026<\/p>\n<div class=\"bday-read-also\">\n<h4>Related News<\/h4>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"bday-google-badges\">\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/preferences\/source?q=businessday.ng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Africa-Magic-Family-bids-viewers-goodbye-after-12-years-Businessday-NG.jpg\" alt=\"Add BusinessDay as a preferred source on Google\"\/><br \/>\n\t<\/a><br \/>\n\t<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/publications\/CAAqKQgKIiNDQklTRkFnTWFoQUtEbUoxYzJsdVpYTnpaR0Y1TG01bktBQVAB?hl=en-NG&amp;gl=NG&amp;ceid=NG%3Aen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><br \/>\n\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/11\/Africa-Magic-Family-bids-viewers-goodbye-after-12-years-Businessday-NG-1.jpg\" alt=\"Follow BusinessDay on Google News\"\/><br \/>\n\t<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<p>Source: <\/p>\n<div class=\"nSourse\">Businessday NG<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Popular family entertainment channel, Africa Magic Family is bidding viewers goodbye after 12 years, ending a television era filled with familiar faces, household dramas and stories that kept Nigerian families&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":11341,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-11340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11340\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11341"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnigerianews.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}