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Popular Nollywood actor, director, and producer Natty Bruce Idigbogu is dead. Natty Bruce passed away on November 6, according to Shaibu Husseini, a movie journalist and member of the African Movie Academy Awards jury, who announced the filmmaker’s death on his official Facebook page. He wrote: “I have just been reliably informed that light has…

Renowned Nigerian musician Ajibola Danladi, aka Danny Young, has claimed that he paved the way for singers Seyi Vibez and Asake. Singer Danny Young made the claim in a viral video on social media while reviewing Asake’s recent achievements with his friends. He stated that he was the one who started the style of music…

Popular Nigerian award-winning singer, Ayodeji Balogun, popularly known as Wizkid, has announced a break from music and likely thinking about pursuing a career in sports. Wizkid, reacting to a comment by a fan pressuring him for a new release, made the remark on a post on his Instagram page. His response was “Una papa dey…

Nigerian Popular singer and make-up artist, Elohor Eva Alordiah, has outlined and revealed reasons she quit the music industry. The young Eva Alordiah in a post on her official X on Saturday, stated that she went into depression during her stay in the industry. While she was narrating the outplay of event, she wrote: “A…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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…

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,…

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…

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…

The management of popular radio station, Fresh FM 106.9, in Ekiti State, has banned the airplay of all songs under the banner of the Marlian Records label. Fresh FM’s Head of Production and Music Content, Oluwaseunfunmi Williams, made the announcement in a statement made available on Tuesday. “Following the public outcry from the general public…

Stunning happening rocked Big Brother Naija All Stars as housemate, Ilebaye, has emerged as the Head of House (HoH) for this week. The housemate, Ilebaye beat Angel to win the endurance game on Monday during the arena games. As Head of House for this week, she has qualified for the finale of the reality show….