It’s a new friday, and as usual there’s new exciting music. On the album front, Chance the Rapper drops Star Line, his first new album in six years. A$AP Rocky returns with a pair of new tracks, “Trunks” and “Both Eyes Closed,” featured on the soundtrack to the new Spike Lee film Highest 2 Lowest. […]
As a teenage girl with voracious literary appetites, there was something irreversible that these lines, “Ibadan / running splash of rust and gold / flung and scattered / among seven hills / like broken china in the sun,” did to me. It was the collapse of an entire city into a single burst of colour […]
Since Victony’s debut, he has shown a clear intent to expand his range within Afrobeats. His collaborations have often been deliberate, pairing him with artists who can bring out different sides of his sound. “Tanko,” featuring Terry G, is one of those records. A house-driven club track, “Tanko” takes its title from a street football […]
Big Brother, who oversees the Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) house, has disciplined three housemates in the “10/10” house for various infractions. The punishments were announced today, Tuesday afternoon. Bright Morgan received the heaviest sanction — two strikes — under Section 15, Sub-section 1 of the rule book, which states that any housemate who becomes […]
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The year 2024 is arguably one of Afrobeats’ more forgettable years. For all the endless releases, projects, and local and cross-cultural collaborations, it was mostly a blip that paled in comparison to the highs of past years. The year struggled to produce defining hits—save for a few—or usher in a new generation of breakout stars, […]
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Sabrina, one of the housemates in Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) Season 10, has left the 10/10 house. In a statement released today, Monday, the show’s organisers stated that Sabrina exited on medical grounds. She had experienced a medical emergency earlier today and left the house shortly after consulting with Big Brother and the on-site […]
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“That’s where all the energy of mine is going; pushing Afrobeats to that level where it deserves to be. In years to come, when they mention names of people responsible for taking Afrobeats to where it is now, my name will definitely be a part of history,” Fireboy DML, New Musical Express, 2022. There’s […]
Grammy-nominated Afrobeats star David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, and his wife, Chioma Rowland, have renewed their vows at a lavish white wedding ceremony in Miami, Florida, United States. Dubbed CHIVIDO 2025, the event saw Davido and his groomsmen clad in sharp brown suits, and featured Chioma in a stunning lacy white gown. […]
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The Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) experience came to an end for housemates Daniel Olatunji, better known as Danboskid, and Ibifubara Davies, as they became the first contestants to be evicted from the “10/10” season. Their evictions were announced by long-time host Ebuka Obi-Uchendu during the Sunday live eviction show on Sunday, August 10, 2025. […]
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China’s health authorities have reported a major surge in patients suffering from chikungunya fever, a mosquito-borne viral disease, in the country’s southern Guangdong province. The outbreak has rekindled global anxiety over widespread infections, five years after COVID-19 first emerged in China and disrupted lives and businesses in Nigeria and across the world. Between […]
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The 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP), Peter Obi, triggered a political storm last Sunday after publicly declaring his intention to serve only one term in office if elected Nigeria’s president in 2027. My One-Term, Four-Year Vow Is Sacrosanct One of the greatest American Presidents, Abraham Lincoln, served only four years, yet […]
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This week is unusually dense with major drops across genres and continents. Ghanaian-American singer Amaarae follows up her critically acclaimed album Fountain Baby with the new album Black Star, which features collaborations with PinkPantheress, Charlie Wilson, and Naomi Campbell. South Africa’s Shekhinah follows with Less Trouble, her first project in four years. Atlanta rapper […]
