LAGOS — Nigerian ace singer, songwriter, and performer, Teniola Apata, popularly known as Teni, has bagged an endorsement deal with global electronics company, Samsung as an ambassador for its A-series range of mobile phones in Nigeria. The 29-year-old singer, who has been endorsed by different brands like Budweiser, TomTom, Pepsi, and a host of others, just joined Samsung as the new A-Series brand ambassador. The deal was made public on Tuesday in a social media...

LAGOS — First Bank Nigeria said it has determined to give full support to Nigerian musical talents to advance the growth of the entertainment industry in line with the Federal Government’s diversification policy. Ms. Folake Ani-Mumuney, the Group Head, Marketing & Corporate Communications, First Bank of Nigeria Limited, gave the disclosure during the official inaugution of the Season 4 of the musical contest on Friday at Ebony Life Plaza Victoria Island Lagos. Ani-Mumuney represented by...

LAGOS — Fireboy DML, born Adedamola Adefolahan has been presented with an achievement plaque from Audiomack after reaching a milestone of over 350 million streams on the music platform. The singer and songwriter, signed to YBNL Nation/Empire, was recognized for releasing two outstanding albums that have performed exceptionally well. The ‘Peru’ crooner made remarkable progress following the release of his breakthrough single ‘Jealous’ off the YBNL MaFia Family compilation album in 2018. This was followed...

Ezinwanne Onwuka, Staff Writer LAGOS — Last December, a video of Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, known professionally as Wizkid, and Omoniyi Temidayo Raphael, known professionally as Zlatan Ibile snubbing each other during Buju’s concert at Balmoral Convention Center, Victoria Island Lagos got tongues wagging. In the video,  BigWiz was seen exchanging warm pleasantries with other music stars he met at the place while Zlatan stood in close proximity. The Zanku crooner did not make any attempt...

Tiwa Savage for another award Nigerian music stars, Wizkid, Fireboy, Tiwa Savage, Kidi, and Omah Lay were on Tuesday night nominated for the NAACP Image Awards in Outstanding International Song category, organised by the National Association for Advancement of Coloured People (NAACP). Wizkid was nominated for his “Essence”, featuring Tems and Justin Bieber, while Fireboy DML got the nomination from his hit song, “Peru”. Tiwa Savage’s “Somebody’s Son”, featuring Brandy, gained her nomination, while Kidi...

Nigerian music legends, Tuface and Bongos Ikwue, have joined vocal forces in a new song titled, ‘Searching’, to delight their fans. Popularly known as 2Baba, the music star took to his verified Instagram page to share part of the music video as he expressed his excitement for collaborating with the veteran musician. “I had the absolute honour to record with the legend Bongos Ikwue @officialbongosikwue,” part of his message read in the caption section. Moreso,...