Seun Kuti, Grammy‑nominated musician and son of the late Afrobeat pioneer Fela Anikulapo‑Kuti, has condemned comparisons between Afrobeats star Wizkid and his father, describing such claims as disrespectful to Fela’s legacy. Speaking during a recent Instagram livestream, Kuti warned fans of the Ojuelegba crooner—popularly known as Wizkid FC—to stop referring to the singer as the […]
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Mrs Rose Idibia, mother of Nigerian music icon, Innocent Idibia, known by his stage name, 2Face, has appealed to Nigerians to beg Natasha Osawuru, a member of the Edo State House of Assembly to leave her son alone. In a video that made rounds on the internet Thursday night, the mother, who claimed that her […]
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The 67th edition of the Grammy Awards held at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles United States on Sunday. Beyoncé’s genre-blending smash “Cowboy Carter” won the Grammy Award for album of the year. The popular singer now holds the record as the most nominated artist in the history of the Recording academy. She has been nominated […]
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The nominees for the highly anticipated 67th Academy Grammy Awards were on Friday unveiled, with several Nigerian artistes making the list. Yemi Alade, Asake, Wizkid, Davido, Lojay, Burna Boy and Tems are nominated in the ‘Best African Music Performance’ category dominated by Nigerians. Tems was also nominated in the ‘Best R&B Song’ category alongside Ronald Banful for […]
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Veteran Nigerian singer and actress, Onyeka Onwenu has died at the age of 72, according to sources. She was said to have died on Tuesday night at the Reddington Hospital in Lagos after slumping at the birthday party of Mrs Stella Okoli. TheNiche reported that an eyewitness who was at the party confirmed the news. […]
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Junior Odonwodo, the Nollywood actor, popularly known as Junior Pope has been confirmed to be alive — a few hours after he was reported dead. The movie star was earlier said to have fallen into the River Niger in Asaba, Delta state on his way to a movie location. It was gathered he was in […]
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Nigerian singers Davido (David Adeleke) and Burna Boy (Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu), have failed to win any of their categories at the 2024 Grammy Awards. Davido, who is a first-time Grammy nominee, was nominated in three categories — including ‘Best Global Album’ for his latest album, ‘Timeless’. Others are ‘Best African Performance’ for his song ‘Unavailable’ […]
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Feisty Nollywood actress, Tonto Dikeh, has lambasted blogger Tunde Ednut for seemingly mocking her following social media critic, VeryDarkMan’s release from police custody. Recall that VeryDarkMan was dragged to the police by Dikeh over his claim that the actress and her colleague, Iyabo Ojo’s interests in late singer Mohbad’s case weren’t genuine. Tunde Ednut shared […]
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Singer and Marlian Record label boss, Abdulazeez Fashola, better known as Naira Marley, and Lagos socialite, Samson Eletu, known as Sam Larry, have filed a fundamental rights suit to challenge their continued detention over the death of 27-year-old singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, alias Mohbad. Joined as defendants in the suit filed before the Federal High Court […]
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Ace Nigerian comedian, Bright Okpocha, better known as Basketmouth, seems ready to bury the hatchet with people he has offended, including AY (Ayo Makun). In a video posted on his Instagram account on Monday, October 2, 2023, Basketmouth apologised to people he offended in one way or the other over the years. He then specifically […]
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