Nigeria: Burna Boy Ranked Billboard Afrobeats Artist for 2023 Ahead of Wizkid, Davido
[Vanguard] Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, has been ranked No. 1 on the Billboard Year-End U.S. Afrobeats Artists Chart.
Nigeria: Brazil, Turkey, South Africa, Egypt to Participate in 2023 Calabar Carnival
[Premium Times] Cross River suspended the Calabar Carnival in 2021 because of the outbreak of COVID-19 pandemic.
Nigeria: Nigeria’s Entertainment Industry, Critical Segment of Global Economy – Govt
[Vanguard] The Federal Government on Tuesday said that the President Bola Tinubu-led administration acknowledges the nation’s entertainment industry as a critical segment of the global economy.
Nigeria: Mohbad’s Mother Raises Alarm, Says Father Preventing Son’s Burial
[Vanguard] Mrs. Olumiyi, the mother of the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as MohBad, has accused the deceased’s father of preventing him from getting a befitting burial after the completion of an autopsy on his body.
Nigeria: FIRS Gives Foreign Shipping Firms Lifting Crude Oil 31 Dec Deadline to Regularise Tax Books
[Premium Times] Chairman of the Federal Inland Revenue Service (FIRS), Zacch Adedeji says foreign shipping companies lifting crude oil from Nigeria must comply with the country’s tax laws
Nigeria: Nigeria’s Jekwu Anyaegbuna Wins UK Top Poetry Prize
[Vanguard] The Nigerian fiction writer and poet, Jekwu Anyaegbuna, has won this year’s “Poetry London” Prize, a top poetry prize in the United Kingdom. His entry “Unusual Inmates” was announced in October 2023, by the organisers at a ceremony that held…
Nigeria: Why I Want to Become an Actor – Wizkid Reveals
[Vanguard] Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, aka Wizkid has revealed the reasons he wants to become an actor.
Nigeria: Burna Boy, Rema Win Inaugural Afrobeats Awards
[Leadership] The duo of Burna Boy and Rema have won the inaugural Afrobeat categories at the 2023 Billboard Music Awards held on Sunday, November 19, 2023.
South Africa: Movie Review – Magenta Coal: Promising Series Crashlands At Tail End
[Premium Times] In the quest to present an unravelable mystery, the plot twists into a knot so tight it is hard to follow.
Nigeria: Mohbad’s Father Rejects Fresh Moves for Son’s Burial, Insists On DNA
[Daily Trust] Joseph Aloba, father of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has warned against his son being buried without his approval.