Nigerian Afrobeats star, Adekunle Gold, has reached a milestone in his music career after officially signing with popular American record label, Def Jam Recordings. Even more, he is set to release a new album under the record label in June, 2023. This announcement came in a statement by the company’s Chief Executive Officer/Chairman, Tunji […]
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YKB is one artist that makes an impression on you — a positive one. Although he’s known mostly as a musician, he’s someone who takes the business of art seriously. He wears, breathes, and speaks about art like the sacred phenomenon it is. Transitioning from design to photography and now music, YKB has internalized the […]
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Many Nollywood films are set in the city of Lagos, which is no surprise, as Lagos is the entertainment capital of Nigeria. A lot of attention is paid to the city, but that is no excuse to have our films limited to that part of the country. Nigeria has thirty six states, which makes one […]
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On March 8th, Ghanaian-American singer, Amaarae, revealed a visual teaser to announce the release of her upcoming album tagged, Fountain Baby. The album will be Amaarae’s second studio album following her debut album, The Angel You Don’t Know (TAYDK), which was released in November 2020. Fountain Baby Coming Soon.I love you 🖤 pic.twitter.com/cKBaQDPHkS — […]
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Some years ago, Nollywood was known to churn out dramas and epics, some of which recently got criticised for teaching youths negative things such as the practice of money ritual. With the success of The Wedding Party in 2016, there was a migration to romance films shortly after, and this has lasted till even […]
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Walter Taylaur’s Jolly Roger, which premiered on 10th March, follows the story of Brume (Daniel Etim-Effiong) and two police officers, Felix Bassey (Frank Donga) and Pius Abayomi (Toyin Oshinaike) who try to exploit him. In the beginning of the film, the officer duo is seen harassing someone in a car before eventually asking the […]
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The 95th annual Academy Awards was hosted at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles and Rihanna took the stage to present a rousing performance of her Oscar-nominated song, “Lift Me Up” from Black Panther: Wakanda Forever, at the awards show. This performance is a follow-up to her exciting Super Bowl Halftime Show where she […]
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Another tragedy hits the South African music industry as 27-year-old artist, Costa Titch, has been reported dead. There are claims that he was performing at the Ultra Music Festival on March 12th, 2023 before suddenly slumping on stage and confirmed dead a few minutes later. However, the actual cause of his death is yet to […]
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Burna Boy breaks record as the first Nigerian artist with two RIAA platinum plaques as a lead artist as his global hit track, “Last Last”, receives RIAA platinum plaque. It reached the sales and streaming equivalent of 1,000,000 units sold in the US and is the fastest Afrobeats song to be certified Gold […]
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Co-written and directed by Tope Oshin, Here Love Lies follows the story of Amanda (Tope Oshin) who has ill-luck finding a good man for herself, but eventually finds “the man of her dreams”. The film opens with teenage Amanda getting disowned by her parents, because she has gotten pregnant. Her father even goes […]
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The electoral cycle in Nigeria for 2023 will soon end, but not before the gubernatorial elections in 28 states have been conducted on the 11th of March, 2023. Elections will not hold in 8 states given that they are off-cycle states. These are states whose elections have been subject of litigations in the past that […]
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On February 25th 2023, Nigeria held a nation-wide election for the position of our incoming president. This new president is expected to be on seat for four years, pending another incoming election.The president elect would be following after a tumultuous eight-year tenure under Buhari, a renowned former dictator. Following the voting for presidency is the […]
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