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Nigerian man, Kunle Adeyanju, biking from London to Lagos has finally arrived in Nigeria. He arrived on Sunday to cheers from the crowd who had gathered in anticipation of his arrival. Kunle, who started the charity journey on April 19, 2022, was treated to a celebrity-like reception right from the Seme border. Mr. Kunle spent 39 days on the road journey to make history as the first African to travel by bike from London to Lagos.

Globally-recognised Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has lamented after a show promoter allegedly duped him in Italy. In an Instagram post late Saturday, the singer noted that after he arrived in Italy for a show, the promoter didn’t keep up with his (promoter’s) part of the agreement. Davido noted that the show promoter sold thousands of tickets but has refused to pay him for the show. The singer detailed the struggles and efforts he made to show up for the event, out for the promoter to take his “craft and hard work for granted.” “We overwork our bodies, blood sweat and tears daily to keep up and deliver these shows for our fans, only for people to take our craft and hard work for granted,” Davido said. The Champion Sound crooner stated that though he travels by private jet most of the time, he had to take three connecting flights to get to Italy due to logistic issues. He added, “I fly private 90 percent of the time but due to logistic issues we couldn’t ge...

Nigerian pop and Afrojazz talent Nissi has teamed up with the internationally revered Amapiano duo, Major League Djz on a sizzling new single ‘Gravity’ accompanied by equally resplendent visuals. Underpinned by a typically infectious, amapiano-infused production that we’ve come to expect from the South African twins, ‘Gravity’ is a sensual jam that pairs Nissi’s majestic vocals with the smoothest percussion in a sound that stays true to the track title with a similarly slick official video that sees Nissi and her crew dancing under the sea and above the clouds. Being  Nissi’s  first release of the year, ‘ Gravity ’ follows closely behind 2021’s ‘Hold’ and ‘Ready Or Not’ — a collaboration with exciting London rapper BackRoad Gee and her 2020 debut EP ‘Ignite’. Nissi explains “ Gravity ” as “ a very natural song for me. From the first batch of beats Major League Djz sent to me, it was the one that stuck out because the instrumental resonated with a fantasy in my head of just bei...

With the world still giddy with captivating performances from Afrobeats, Pop, R&B singer and songwriter, Kizz Daniel as he took over musically on his Afroclassic tour 2022, after widely-acclaimed and sold-out shows in Africa and the United Kingdom, the party, energy and gallantry continues with other countries waiting impatiently to escape into the newly discovered world of Kizz Daniel and his inimitable music. Recently released monster hit song “Buga” featuring Tekno Miles which peaked at #1 in twenty countries around the world, used by over two million people in creating social media content and has now become the most Shazamed song in the world with over 1m Shazams, leading to the #Bugachallenge — an instant a rave on all social media platforms — with over 165m views on TikTok and over 15,000 posts on Instagram. Sifting through a daunting number of entries to pick from with social media audiences as judges, 2yr old Ozim Chionye Elvira emerged the winner of One million naira in t...

Nigerian-Canadian recording artist, Falana, teams up with Studio Sanaa for two NFT installations of “The Rising” series on Nifty Gateway. The projects feature top digital artists Anthony Azekwoh (creator of Homecoming Vol 1) collaborating with Duro, and the NFTs of the original six paintings inspired by Falana’s “Rising” EP. Falana, described by Vogue as ‘Nigeria’s coolest front row artist’, released her critically-acclaimed second EP, “Rising” in October 2021. Her music developed into visual art representations through collaboration with 6 of Nigeria’s top contemporary artists, Uthman Wahaab, Lemi Ghariokwu, Ayanfe Olarinde, Abba T. Makama, Laju Sholola and Elizabeth Ekpetorson, leading to the curation of The Rising Installation concert during Africa’s biggest contemporary art fair, Art X Lagos. The Rising NFT series is the third creative iteration of this project and embodies the central themes of the Rising EP - “emotions and stories that “empower women”, represented from music, to ...

The 2022 HEADIES organizers have unveiled this year’s nominees. They took to their official Instagram and Twitter accounts to share the nominee’s list. Wizkid bags the most recognition with 9 nominations, Ayra Starr and Tems follows with 8 nominations each. The 15th instalment of the biggest and most prestigious award in Nigerian music is set to hold on 4th September 2022 in Atlanta Georgia. Meet the nominees… See full nominations list below; ROOKIE OF THE YEAR AV FAVE Magixx Portable Ugoccie BEST RECORDING OF THE YEAR “CELEBRATE ME” – Patoranking “ESSENCE” – Wizkid Ft. TEMS “JOY” – Falana “LOVING IS HARDER” – Johnny Drille “MEJI MEJI” – Brymo “SOMEBODY’S SON” – Tiwa Savage Ft. Brandy PRODUCER OF THE YEAR Beats By Jayy- “GOLDEN” (A-Q) Blaise Beatz – “SINNER” (Adekunle Gold ft Lucky Daye) Niphkeys – “FEEL GOOD” (Mohbad) P.Priime – “OZUMBA MBADIWE” (Reekado Banks) Pheelz – “HIGH” (Adekunle Gold ft. Davido) Sarz – “MONALISA” (Lojay & Sarz) BEST R&B SINGLE FAVE – “BABY RIDDIM” Ayra...

Big Brother Naija star, JMK has decried the "ridiculously" high cost of living in Lagos state.  The reality show star in her tweet, added that her anger is the "standard is not even worth the cost".   

  The president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Emeka Rolland has said he is unaware of the medical condition veteran Nollywood actress,  Genevieve Nnaji is allegedly battling. Naija News reports that Genevieve Nnaji trended on social media platforms over the reports of being down due to drug abuse. The veteran actress took to her Instagram story a few hours ago to debunk the report with a video of herself painting. Reacting to the development, the President of the AGN, Emeka Rolland, told NAN that the ace actress and mother of one’s exit from Instagram was new to him too. He, however, promised to reach out to the actress to know if she was safe. Rolland said, “I will have to reach out to her since I am just getting this news from you now. I have not learnt of that. ”I’ll reach out to her to know whether she is safe or not after your call. I cannot just conclude with hearsay or rumour.”

  Veteran Nollywood actress Shan George has thrown a subtle shade at those faulting the reports of Genevieve Nnaji’s mental illness. The report of Genevieve Nnaji’s mental illness did not only come as a shock to many Nigerians but was disappointing considering her status in the Nollywood industry. Although Genevieve Nnaji’s PR debunked the report with a video of her painting and beaming with a smile but some people claimed such a video was one of the mechanisms used at rehab. Meanwhile, many Nigerians have continued to attack the anonymous blog that broke the report of Genevieve’s medical condition. In what is been speculated as a subtle shade, Shan George in a post on her Instagram story said the world is angrier at those exposing evil than they are at the evil itself. She wrote: “The world is more angry at those exposing evil than they are at the evil itself”. The abuse of drugs which could lead to mental illness is bad but instead of people condemning its wrong consumption, they...

  Nigerian Grammy award-wining singer Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy has come under heavy criticism after announcing the release of his new song ‘Breakfast’ on 13th May 2022. The announcement came a few hours after Davido, in a post shared on the microblogging platform Twitter, announced he would be dropping the first single ‘StandStrong’ off his forthcoming album. According to Davido, despite being in the music industry for the past ten years, the new single is special to him because the conception, making and mindset seemed different. However, it came as a surprise to fans of the two singers when Burna Boy announced the release of his song, and many have termed his action as clout chasing. Some claimed that the rivalry between the two singers is not ending anytime soon noting that Burna Boy likes competition. dakuresami wrote: “Burna just like competition. Get he’s waiting for wiz too and he would drop another” @90sSophie wrote: “Burna boy and Davido will drop a single...