Victory Gbakara wins Nigerian Idol Season 8        

Victory Gbakara has emerged as the winner of season eight of the Nigerian Idol. Gbakara was crowned winner of this year’s edition of the talent hunt reality television show on Sunday night. He defeated another contestant, Precious Mac to clinch the N100 million grand prize, part of which is N35 million in cash and a brand-new car. The prize also includes a music record deal, a video shoot and a Tecno-sponsored all-expense paid trip to...

Afrobeats: Nigeria’s biggest export to the world

Over the past few years, Afrobeats has recorded tremendous international success – thanks to Nigeria’s talented artists who are breaking barriers and making their mark on the international music scene. The genre has grown to the extent that it now competes with foreign songs in clubs in the diaspora. Nigeria is the home of Afrobeats – the modern variant of Afrobeat popularised by Fela Anikulapo Kuti in the 1970s – producing most of the artists...

Big Brother Naija Season 8 to premiere July 23

The eighth edition of the Big Brother Naija, BBNaija, reality TV show will premiere on July 23 as an “All-Star” show, with housemates from the seven previous editions. In a press briefing in Lagos on Friday, the organisers announced a cash prize of N120 million for this year’s winner. Busola Tejumola, executive head of content and West Africa channels for MultiChoice Nigeria said, “We have done seven seasons, and for the eighth edition, we feel...

Popular Artists Dominate Nominees for the 16th Headies Awards

One of Nigeria’s most prestigious music awards, the Headies announced the nominees for the 16th edition of the show on Wednesday, July 12. Established in 2006, the Headies Awards recognise outstanding achievements in the Nigerian music industry. “The global awards for Afrobeats music,” its Twitter bio reads. For the 2023 edition, the eligibility period covers songs and projects released from January 2022 to March 2023. See the full list of the nominees for the various...

Nollywood Actress Cynthia Okereke Is Dead

The Nollywood industry has yet suffered another great loss as one of its members, veteran actress Cynthia Okereke died on Tuesday night. The demise of the actress was announced by her colleague in the entertainment industry J. C Okechukwu, a filmmaker and Media Consultant on social media; “REST IN PEACE, Nwanyi oma. I’m shattered beyond words. The fact that I was about to pay for your flight ticket to come to finish what we started...

Nollywood, Nigeria’s movie industry Mourns Actress, Cynthia Okereke

Cynthia Okereke, the ace Nollywood actress, has died, leaving Nigeria’s movie industry and her fans in deep sorrow. Filmmaker Joseph Okechukwu was the first to break the news of her death via a post on his Instagram page on Wednesday. Okechukwu said she died on Tuesday night, expressing his shock and sadness over the death of “such an amazing, decent and lovely soul.” “Rest in peace, Nwanyi oma. I’m shattered beyond words,” he wrote. “The...

BET Awards 2023: Burna Boy wins Best International Act for the fourth time

Burna Boy clinched the ‘Best International Act’ award at the 23rd edition of the Black Entertainment Television, BET, Awards held at the Microsoft Theatre in Los Angeles, California on Sunday night. The annual award show celebrates the achievement of black entertainers, as well as other minorities, from the worlds of music, film, sports, television and philanthropy in particular. Taking to Twitter to congratulate Burna Boy on winning the ‘Best International Act’ award, BET said, “Huge...

Nigerians celebrate Burna Boy as he hits 1bn Audiomack streams

Damini Ogulu, the Nigerian singer known professionally as Burna Boy, has become the first African artiste to hit one billion music streams on Audiomack. Audiomack took to their social media platforms on Thursday to make the big announcement, congratulating the artist on the remarkable feat. CONGRATULATIONS #BURNABOY ON BECOMING THE FIRST AFRICAN ARTIST TO HIT 1 BILLION AUDIOMACK STREAMS! 🏆🔶🌍 pic.twitter.com/vvUaIGxAY6 — Audiomack (@audiomack) June 22, 2023 Expectedly, fans of the singer flooded the comment...

Nollywood mourns Brymo Uchegbu, Afeez Oladimeji

The Nigerian movie industry, Nollywood has been hit by the painful losses of Brymo Uchegbu and Afeez Agoro Oladimeji. Uchegbu, popularly known as Don Brymo, reportedly died on Wednesday night while asleep. Oladimeji, widely acclaimed as the tallest man in Nigeria, died on Wednesday evening at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH. Some reports attribute his death to chronic hip arthritis he had been battling for months. The news of the actors’ demise has gone...

Bayegun Oluwatoyin, the comedian and actor better known as Woli Arole, has joined the ongoing trend of breaking a Guinness World Record motivated by Chef Hilda Baci’s record-breaking cooking marathon last month. On Monday, the comedian-turned-clergyman announced on his social media pages that he plans to break the Guinness World Record for the longest prayer session. “Pray-a-thon, 5,000 hours. It is doable. Anticipate”, Arole captioned a flier of the proposed pray-a-thon, tagging the Guinness World...

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