Burna Boy broke the Nigerian music record at the 63rd Grammy Awards yesterday by winning a Grammy award for his album Twice As Tall. He is the first Nigerian to win a Grammy in his second attempt. Burna Boy’s win was announced at the award ceremony, which was hosted by TV show host, Trevor Noah. Twice […]
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Nigerian Music Stars Wizkid and Burna Boy emerged winners at the 2021 Grammy Awards. While Burna Boy’s ‘Twice As Tall’, his last year’s project, fetched him the ‘Best Global Music Album’ Category, Wizkid won his first-ever Grammy award for his role in ‘Brown Skin Girl’, a 2019 song by Beyonce. ‘Brown Skin Girl’ was nominated for the […]
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Veteran actresses, Mrs Idowu Philips aka Iya Rainbow and Mrs Lanre Hassan Adesina aka Iya Awero have been honoured in commemoration of the 2021 International Women’s Day. The super stars were honoured by International Breweries in a green carpet event that was held in Lagos. The event had a band of poets, drummers, and dancers […]
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Nollywood actor Victor Decker, who is known for his role as the Galadima of the Kowa Emirate council, in the “Sons of the Caliphate” series, has passed on. He was 72. He was found dead in his apartment yesterday by his neighbours at about 5 pm. According to Jesse Nazareth, the Mayor of the Actors […]
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Afro Juju music superstar, Sir Shina Peters, has been ordained a bishop of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church. He was ordained at a ceremony in a Cherubim and Seraphim Church in the Iju area of Lagos on Saturday. He shared a video and photo of his ordination on his Instagram handle on Sunday with the […]
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By Tunde Odesola Birth, breath and death; three seeds cohabiting in the same pod. Birth-breath-death: Sikiru Ayinde Balogun’s earthly journey in a winged chariot driven by fate, fuelled by freewill. Fatefully, Ayinde was born by a butcher father and a pepper-seller mother. Utterly, he had no say over the spermatic fluid that shot him […]
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Mrs. Akindele-Bello and Mrs. Abraham Nollywood stars Funke Akindele-Bello and Toyin Abraham currently stand as the two producers with the highest-grossing films with over N300 million in 2020. Mrs. Akindele-Bello’s ‘Omo Ghetto: The Saga’ and Mrs. Abraham’s ‘Fate of Alakada,’ each grossed over N100 million in cinemas after the Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria released […]
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By Tunde Odesola Barrister wasn’t a stark illiterate. He wasn’t an academic either. But he created Fuji, a music brand that has swallowed various pre-existing Yoruba music such as Sakara, Apala, Awurebe, and paralysed erstwhile top-of-the-chart music, Juju. However, there are many ‘ifs and buts’ that could have changed the success story of Fuji since […]
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Wasiu Ayinde dedicates music to truth By Banji Ayoola Fond memories of late Fuji music legend, Dr Sikiru Ololade Ayinde Balogun, MFR, popularly called Sikiru Ayinde Barrister, were evoked strongly recently among his circle of friends, fans and admirers nationwide at the maiden edition of Fuji A: Opera where he was conferred posthumously with a […]
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Nigerian music superstar, singer songwriter and record producer, Davido’s recently released album ‘A Better Time’ has surpassed a cumulative 100 million streams across all digital music platforms. This feat has been reached barely three days since the album was released, making it the fastest project by an Afrobeat singer to hit such a mark. The […]
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