By Mbabie Anastasia, Student Staff Report Information roving the internet since yesterday has it that the popular Nigerian Gospel singer and Evangelist, Chinedu Nwadike is dead. The 39-year-old reportedly died in Abuja on Sunday afternoon. He had recovered from kidney disease and was to be transferred to India to treat his blood cancer. He died of blood cancer (leukemia) after recovering from kidney failure. According to reports “He lost his life battling blood cancer a few...
Popular Nigerian singer, Timi Dakolo, has faced backlash on social media after he performed at former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar’s political rally. Atiku, on Wednesday, officially declared his interest to contest for the office of the President in 2023. The former VP took to Twitter to share a video of Timi Dakolo performing his popular song, Unity Song at his rally. The video caused quite a buzz online. It infuriated numerous social media users, who interpreted his...
LAGOS — Nigerian street singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has bagged an endorsement worth N50 million deal with socialite, Obi Iyiegbu, popularly known as Obi Cubana. Portable who shared videos of the endorsement on his Instagram handle was in the company of Obi Cubana wearing shirts of the brand he will be representing. The Zazu Zeh crooner will be endorsing a new herbal drink recently launched by Obi Cubana. Announcing the endorsement on...
YBNL artist, Adedamola Adefolahan, known professionally as Fireboy DML, has achieved another milestone with his smash tune Peru in the United Kingdom. The Afro-fusion tune, which features British Grammy award-winning singer, Ed Sheeran has been hitting milestones and topping charts since its release, with the latest being Brit UK Gold certification. The feat will be Fireboy’s second since the release of the Peru remix in December 2021. Peru was first certified silver in January, barely a month after it...
LAGOS — Nigerian rapper and activist Folarin Falana, also known as Falz has premiered his very first musical project for the year 2022, titled ‘Ice Cream’. Sharing a sensual video of the soon-to-go-viral new song on his Instagram page on Wednesday, March 16, the rapper announced that the official video of the song, featuring Nigerian sensation, BNXN (formerly known as Buju) will be out on Friday, March 18. In the video, Falz came through with...
ILE-IFE — Nigerian music icon, Innocent Idibia, popularly known as 2Baba, has donated a music studio to the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ife. The singer was present at the inauguration of the studio, which took place on Tuesday, March 15, and photos and videos of the ceremony were shared on the official Instagram page of Hypertek Digital, the singer’s music label. In informing his followers on Instagram of the development, 2baba also revealed plans to...
LAGOS — Nigerian music producer, Pheelz’s latest single, Finesse featuring Buju, now known as BNXN has become the most Shazamed song in the world. The song hit number one on the global Shazam charts on March 8, 2022. Shazam is an application that can identify music, movies, advertising, and television shows, based on a short sample played and using the microphone on the device. Ranking number one on Shazam global chart means the song, Finesse...
Nigerian singer, Peter Okoye, popularly known as Mr. P, has boasted that the iconic singing duo, PSquare, made up of himself and his twin brother, Paul, would sell out O2 Arena in London during their concert. Following Davido’s successful sold-out musical concert where he reportedly ‘shut down’ the O2 arena, Mr. P has hinted at the possibility of PSquare hosting a concert at the Arena, claiming that they would ‘close down’ the 20,000-capacity arena, with...
LAGOS — Fans of award-winning Nigerian artiste, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, known professionally as Wizkid, feel there is nothing to celebrate in Davido’s 02 Arena Concert. David Adedeji Adeleke, popularly known as Davido returned to London’s O2 Arena with a brand new show on March 5, 2022, after his first appearance in 2019 at the 20-000 capacity venue. According to the management of the Arena, the tickets to the much-anticipated We Rise By Lifting Others (WRBLO) concert...
LAGOS — Social media platform, Twitter has released automatic GOAT emoji additions for the hashtags of select icons in the sports and entertainment industry. The microblogging app introduced it on Wednesday, February 23, 2022, and a number of celebrities get to have this associated with them. GOAT, an acronym of “Greatest Of All Time” which is commonly used in sports when referring to players who are widely considered the most talented, praises not just exceptional...
