Organisers of Nigeria’s longest running football awards, The Pitch Awards, on Monday said that the much-awaited grand ceremony would now hold on Dec. 22. President of the awards, Shina Phillips, in a statement in Lagos, stated that the 7th edition of the event would be held at Ibis Hotel Ikeja, Lagos. The 7th Award Ceremony, earlier scheduled for March, was postponed and rescheduled following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic which also led to the...
The Anambra State Football Association (AnSFA) has dismissed an appeal by Chikelue Iloenyosi, a Chairmanship Candidate in the Oct. 30 board election, on the ground that it was not validly filed. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) recalls that Iloenyosi, who ran as a sole candidate, was not returned as winner. He was adjudged not to have polled the simple majority of votes cast at the election as stipulated in the electoral guideline. Dissatisfied with...
The Presidential Task Force on COVID-19 says the 2020 National Sports Festival scheduled to hold in Edo has been postponed to 2021. At a briefing on Monday in Abuja, PTF Chairman and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr Boss Mustapha, said the postponement was to allow proper measures to be put in place. Mustapha said that with more than 12,000 participants expected at the event, there was a need for the...
Bayelsa state, ‘The Glory of all Lands’, has bagged the overall first position at the National Festival of Arts and Culture (NAFEST) competitive events. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the competitive events were on traditional cuisines, arts and crafts, essay writing, quiz, traditional board game, indigenous fabrics and fashion parade, indigenous music, archery and coral competitions. Ekiti state and Rivers states emerged in the 2nd overall position, Plateau state bagged 3rd position,...
Nigerian Female music icon, Tiwa Savage’s “CELIA” has been selected among the top ten kn2020 album by Time Magazine. Describing the album, Time Magazine says “the latest album from Savage, a Nigerian singer-songwriter who many call the “Queen of Afrobeats,” is characterised by an infectious buoyancy”. “A veteran of the American, British and Nigerian music industries, Savage has an innate understanding of how various strains of music from the Black diaspora fit together, so R&B,...
Nigerian singer, Cheque, has released a new video for his song, ‘Loco’ The song is a mix of sex, love and ‘lamba’, which drive home the Afro-pop undertone of the song. The video is second from his EP, “Razor”. The first video was his hit, ‘Zoom.’ See the details of the video: Artist: Cheque Song Title: Loco Genre: Afro-pop Album: Razor Date of release: November 16, 2020 Label: Penthauze Producer: Tempoe Video Director: TG Omori
Davido’s single, ‘FEM’, has topped the Nigeria music TurnTable headlining charts, TurnTable 50 this week. Wizkid’s ‘Ginger’, where he featured Burna Boy, topped the chart last week, becoming the first No. 1 to top the TurnTable 50. However, this week, ‘FEM’ by Davido moved to the top on the chart from No. 2 where it was last week to No. 1 this week. Turntable 50 blends all-genre freemium streaming, radio airplay and TV airplay in...
Nigerian superstar, Davido, has announced that his recently released album, “A Better Time” has hit 100 million streams across all streaming platforms. The announcement is coming three days after the musician released the project. He made this known through his Instagram page. The project which was released on November 13, 2020 was Davido’s third studio album and second work in the year 2020. His song, ‘Holy Ground’, where he featured Nicki Minaj debuted at No....
The Recording Academy will announce the nominations for the 2021 Grammy Awards this November 2020. The 2021 edition of the global music awards will be the 61st ceremony to celebrate music in all forms. Nigerian superstars, such as Burna Boy, Davido, Fireboy, Skales, Adekunle Gold are optimistic of being nominated. By association or direct work, 11 Nigerians were nominated in the last edition of the Grammy Awards. Burna Boy’s “African Giant” grabbed the biggest headline...
Nigerian Afro-fusion and street-hop artist, Lil Kesh, is set to drop a new EP, titled, “Ecstasy.” The new EP is led by the single, ‘All The Way’ and it sees great contributions from Naira Marley, Fireboy DML, Young Jonn, and Shaybo. Productions in the new work were done by Princeton, Young Jonn, Type A, and Smyley. The project is set to be released on Thursday, November 19, 2020. This will be Kesh’s first work on...
