Grind by Roberta Orioma Returns with s Second Season

‘Grind’ Nominated for Best Series at 2025 Septimius Awards, Season Three Confirmed

The Clan Production Studios’ ‘Grind’ has been nominated for Best Series at the 2025 Septimius Awards, to be held in Amsterdam, Netherlands; a milestone moment for the Prime Video drama that debuted in January 2023.

“This nomination is a huge win for independent African storytelling, and we are incredibly proud to see Nigerian creatives recognised for their craft, passion, and resilience,” the studio said in a statement.

Creator and showrunner Roberta Orioma also confirmed that season three is in development, continuing the journey she first described to Nollywire as “a story about the people we don’t look at twice — the ones working in the shadows, yet carrying whole worlds on their backs.”

When ‘Grind’ premiered, Orioma said her goal was to “strip away the glamour and show the cost of survival in a city that rarely forgives.” The Lagos nightlife-set drama follows Tarela, who takes a job in a nightclub to provide for her family, charting the compromises and consequences of trying to get ahead.

Its second season in 2025 expanded the show’s world and doubled down on its morally complex characters. Orioma told us then that ‘Grind’ was “never meant to be a safe story but a story that questioned biases and life as we know it.”

The Septimius Awards, founded in 2019 by the New Vision International Film Festival (NVIFF) Foundation, celebrate excellence in film, television, and screenwriting across acting, directing, cinematography, and more. This year’s ceremony will also feature appearances from Meagan Good, Jonathan Majors, Kevin Spacey, and Cuba Gooding Jr.

For Orioma and her team, the nomination marks not just international recognition but proof that Grind’s unflinching look at Lagos has resonated far beyond home.

You can watch both seasons of ‘Grind’ on Prime Video.

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