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Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, Nigerian disc jockey professionally known as DJ Cuppy, has partnered with British Airways to bring exclusive afrobeat playlist to flyers on the airline’s long-haul route, starting November 1. Calum Laming, the Chief Customer Officer of British Airways, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, announcing the launch of the airline’s new route…
Nigerian Maverick singer, Ọlawale Ọlọfọrọ, stage named as Brymo, has raised pointing fingers at Grammy-winning musician, Burna Boy of stealing his intellectual property. The popular ‘Ara’ crooner alleged that Burna Boy’s ‘City Boys’ and ‘I Told Them’ sampled the album title track of his upcoming album, ‘Macabre.’ He said what Burna Boy did was a…
Nigerian music superstars Davido, Rema and Burna Boy were among the top winners at the 2023 Trace Awards held in Kigali, Rwanda on Saturday. Rema and Davido emerged as the top winners, each taking home two awards. Rema won song of the Year award for his global hit track, “Calm Down,” and shared the Best…
Emerging popular singer, Sarah Aderibigbe, popularly known as Ayra Starr, has revealed that she once sold vegetables and fruits with her grandmother. The ‘Rush’ crooner who disclosed this via her Instagram story recently, said she was grateful for her progress. She said she would often sing for customers who patronise her business. She wrote, “[I]…
An American actress Piper Laurie – best known for her roles in The Hustler and Carrie films – has died aged 91. Laurie’s career manager, Marion Rosenberg told the Associated Press that the three-time Oscar nominee passed away in her Los Angeles home. She described the actress as “a superb talent and a wonderful human…
Current Big Brother Naija All Stars Champion, Ilebaye Odiniya, Popularly ascribed as Baye, has said people who ignored helping her in the past are trying to reach out and message her since she won the reality show. While conversing in a media interview with media personality, Hero Daniels, Ilebaye talked on how a friend evicted…
In the world of Nollywood, captivating stories have always been a powerful tool for teaching valuable life lessons. Apart from teaching captivating stories, these stories imitate and reflect the past to teach moral lessons. One such story is told by Kunle Afolayan, weaving around the adventures of four young individuals who stumble upon a trove…
Big Brother Naija All Stars winner, Ilebaye Odiniya has revealed that she would change her mobile phone number due to her new status. She said she doesn’t keep friends because of her experience with friendship betrayals. The Kogi-born model, however, said she has people she talks to but haven’t had time to communicate with them…
Nigerian Afrobeat Star singer, David Adedeji Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has awesomely welcomed twins with his wife, Chioma Rowland, in the United States on Tuesday, 9th October, 2023. The news was unofficially announced by the couples but Evangelist Gospel Agochukwu made public the news on Tuesday morning, 10th October 2023, when he uploaded his chat…
Nollywood actress, Ronke Ojo, has exposed that she and her former husband dated for about a decade before deciding to marry. Ronke Ojo retorted that despite their 10 year courtship, their marriage didn’t last up to a year. While in an interview with Biola Bayo, Ojo said her ex-husband was “a nice person but he…
A legal Practitioner to singer Abdulazeez Afolabi aka Naira Marley, has downplayed claims of Sam Larry bullying late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba also known as Mohbad during a video shoot. Naira Marley said the viral video of Sam Larry bullying Mohbad during a music video shoot was not a reflection of what happened. He said Larry,…
David Adeleke, Popularly known as Davido, an Afrobeats musician, has come under serious tags from Amaju Pinnick, a former head of the Nigerian Football Federation, for ignoring the show at the 19th edition of Warri Again. The ‘Unavailable’ cronner reportedly earned $94,600 for his appearance at the event in Delta State, according to the FIFA…
Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Funke Akindele has expressed how she was deprived how playing major roles during her days as a struggling thespian because people tagged her as “not fine.” According to the young actress, while relating her mindset in the latest episode of the TokeMoments podcast, hosted by Toke Makinwa, Akindele said she lost…
South West based Controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola, popularly known as Portable, has vowed to retrieve cars bought for his artists if they leave his record label, Zeh Nation, claiming the cars are the record label’s properties. The ‘Zazu’ crooner also pointed out that his artists have not made more than N70,000 since joining his record…
Former Big Brother Naija All Stars housemate Pere has revolted knowing his fellow contestant, Alex Unusual. Previously Pere who during the just concluded reality show, had an altercation with a female housemate, Doyin, in which he expressed his anger by punching through a wall. Also, Pere fought Alex Unusual over a bed space and flipped…
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, on Friday gave an update into the ongoing investigation of late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad. CP Owohunwa said openly that the police had identified a total of 26 witnesses. The CP also disclosed this while giving an update on the singer’s death. He also disclosed that…
Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, aka Burna Boy, has expressed his unhappy and unfriendly state with Twitter users saying he doesn’t like users of the microblogging platform, X, formerly known as Twitter because they are “mad.” The ‘Last last’ cronner said he used to think it was just Nigerians on X exhibiting “madness” but…
Owodunni Ibrahim aka Primeboy has claimed that the police lied about inviting him for questioning over the death of singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad. The Lagos State Police Command on Thursday, confirmed that Primeboy had been taken into custody. This came less than 24 hours after he was declared wanted and a N1 million bounty…
The Lagos State Police Command has declared Owodunni Ibrahim aka Primeboy wanted, following his failure to honour police invitation. Primeboy was invited amid investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad. A statement signed by the Lagos Police PRO, Benjamin Hundeyin, read in part: “Ibrahim is approximately 1.64-m tall, male,…
BBNaija All-Stars edition’s runner-up, Mercy Eke, has extended warm words of congratulations to the reality TV show winner Ilebaye. The surprising outcome left many fans and viewers in awe as Ilebaye emerged victorious with 30.08% of the votes, while Mercy Eke secured second place with 23.48% of the votes. Despite initial expectations that Mercy Eke,…
The CEO of Marlian Records and popular Afrobeat start, Naira Marly is now in Police custody. Naira Marley has been accused of being involved in the death of late Afrobeat Star, Mohbad who died in September 2023. Since the death of Mohbad, Nigerians particularly celebrities’ including Iyabo Ojo and Tonto Dike have been calling on…
Former Big Brother Naija reality show winner, Ijeoma Otabor, known as Phyna, has emerged the female celebrity of the year amid a family feud. Phyna won the ‘Celebrity Of The Year’ award at the recently concluded La Mode Green October event. This is coming amid the ongoing feud between the reality star and her family….
Nigerian music stars, Burna Boy and Fireboy DML made NIgerians proud at the BMI London Awards 2023. The duo was among the recipients of the ‘Most Performed Work of the Year’ awards which were presented to over 20 songs. Burna Boy’s ‘Last Last’ and Fireboy’s ‘Peru’ with British singer, Ed Sheeran made the cut. Meanwhile,…
After running for 10 weeks, Africa’s biggest reality show, Big Brother Naija All Stars, closes tonight with a N120 million grand prize at stake. This season is arguably the most entertaining of the Big Brother Naija series and by far the most intriguing with twists and turns. It has also been described as the most…
2023 season BIG Brother Naija All Stars housemate, Cynthia Nwadiora, aka CeeC, has won a brand new car in the reality show. She realized the feat on Friday after winning the Innoson task, which comes with a brand new SUV, the Innoson Ikenga. She triumphed over her closet rival, Pere to the prize. The Brand…
EX Big Brother Naija All Stars housemate, Soma has said his crush in the House, Angel Smith is worth more than the Huge prize of the show. It was previously said that the duo fell in love in the reality show. The lovebirds were evicted from the show on Sunday. While conversing on Pulse’s One…
The Nigerian police have confirmed the detention of music promoter Sam Larry. The law enforcement agency made the announcement on X on Thursday night. The detainment of Sam Larry marks a pivotal moment in the investigation that has gripped the nation’s attention since Mohbad’s demise. The circumstances surrounding the musician’s death have remained shrouded in…
Notable Nollywood actresses and entertainment figure, Iyabo Ojo and Tonto Dikeh, have commenced final preparations for the final burial of the late singer, Ileriouluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad. Mohbad died on Tuesday, September 12th, 2023, in a controversial circumstances and was speedly buried the following day, Wednesday 13 with autopsy. With the keen…
A Cross-section of Lagos Youths on Wednesday took to the streets of Lagos to protest the death of late afrobeat star Mohbad. Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Imole Aloba popularly known as Mohbad died last week Tuesday in questionable circumstances and was buried the next day in the Ikorodu area of Lagos, sparking outrage amongst his fans. Addressing…
Big Brother Naija reality show star, Maria Chike, and her colleague, Ike Onyema, have engaged in a verbal altercation on social media. Maria had taken to the micro-blogging platform X to taunt Ike over Mercy Eke getting to the finale of the ongoing Big Brother Naija All Stars edition. Ike, who was evicted from the…
By Damilola Adeleke Music promoter and talent manager, Paul Okoye, aka. Paul O, has revealed that late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, once told him he needed extra security because of threats to his life. Paul O disclosed this during an Instagram session with renowned on-air personality Daddy Freeze and music legend,…
