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Kizz Daniel Arrested Over Missing His Concert in Tanzania

9Aug

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Music, Tanzania

Kizz Daniel Arrested Over Missing His Concert in Tanzania

The Tanzanian police have arrested Nigerian Singer, Kizz Daniel after failing to show up at a concert he was scheduled to perform in the country. The “Buga” hit-singer was scheduled for a live performance at the Warehouse, Old Nextdoor Area in Tanzania on Sunday but failed to be in attendance on his show, the fans who were enraged by this act began to destroy properties in the arena as captured in a viral video. See Also: Davido Gifts a Lucky Female Fan N2 Million and His Sneakers (Video) In another video circulating on the internet, the 28-year-old was arrested and taken into a truck by the Tanzanian police. In the video, an angry fan was heard saying: “Kizz Daniel, you’ll go in for it. He’ll cause damage to this country. He must go in for it.” Source: The Nation ...

Cater Efe hits no.1 spot on Apple Music with debut Single

31Jul

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Music, Nigeria

Cater Efe hits no.1 spot on Apple Music with debut Single

Popular skit maker Cater Efe has hit the no.1 spot on the Apple Music Nigeria charts with his recently released debut single “Machala” The skit maker, who is a diehard Wizkid fan, released the hit track on Friday which topped the charts within two days of its release. See Also: I Studied At Four Universities Before Graduating – Mr Macaroni The member of the proclaimed fanbase of Wizkid known as Wizkid FC also bragged on his Instagram page about being the first skit maker and comedian to pull off the feat. He wrote on his Instagram page: “First comedian to top music chart in Nigeria, if e easy do am.” Source: The Nation

Offset Hints at Possible Collaboration with Burna Boy

31Jul

By Osaretin BalogbanNo Comments

Music

Offset Hints at Possible Collaboration with Burna Boy

Offset, an American rapper and member of rap trio the Migos hinted at the possibility of collaborating on a song with Nigerian music superstar, Burna Boy. A few weeks ago, the 30-year-old rapper commented on the comment section of an Instagram post by Burna Boy asking him to check his DM. See Also: Burna Boy: Afrofusion and Afrobeat are Not the Same The “Walk It Talk Talk” rapper gave the hint on his Instagram page of a possible collaboration with Burna boy when he replied a fan with “cooking it up” when the fan asked if he has a song with Burna boy. The rapper was in attendance at the listening party for Burna Boy's latest album “ Love Damini” which recently took place in the United States. Source: The Nation

Reactions as Asa performs “Fire on The Mountain” at The Unveiling of NNPC LTD

21Jul

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Music, Nigeria

Reactions as Asa performs “Fire on The Mountain” at The Unveiling of NNPC LTD

Nigerian singer, Asa, performed her once popular hit song “Fire on the Mountain” at the transitioning of the Nation National Petroleum Corporation to the Nigerian National Petroleum Limited Company, (NNPC LTD) exhibition. The performance of the singer’s 2007 hit track aroused reactions online, with the majority noting that the song refers to the leaders showing no concern about the welfare and development of the country. What drew the public attention was that President Muhammadu Buhari and other prominent leaders were present when Asa performed her song. See Also: NNPC To Nigerians: Avoid Panic Buying, We Have 1.7bn Litres Of Petrol In Stock Social media users praised the singer for her bravery in using the opportunity to address the leaders with the meaningful lyrics of ...

Davido Expresses Delight as Voters Refuse to Sell Their Votes

17Jul

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Africa, Elections, Music, Nigeria

Davido Expresses Delight as Voters Refuse to Sell Their Votes

Award-winning Nigerian singer, David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido expresses delight over voters' comportment during the Osun governorship election. The “Stand Strong” hit singer applauds the voters for rejecting pecuniary offers from vote buyers to sell their votes. See Also: Osun Elections: EFCC Deploy Operatives To Checkmate Vote Buying Davido described the action of the voters as hope for a better Nigeria. He made this statement known via a tweet on Twitter. Davido tweeted “People rejecting money being offered to them left n right of the state today … GREAT TO SEE … there is still hope for Nigeria,” Source: The Nation

Save Eedris Abdul Kareem Now-MI Abaga Pleads

7Jul

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Africa, Music, Nigeria

Save Eedris Abdul Kareem Now-MI Abaga Pleads

Famous rapper Jude Lemfani Abaga popularly known by his stage name M.I is seeking help on Twitter to Save Eedris Abdul Kareem, his colleague, who is ill. The management of Eedris Abdul Kareem revealed on the singer’s Instagram page that he is suffering from kidney failure, and they need the prayers and well wishes from his fans. The management also disclosed that the “Jaga Jaga” crooner has been scheduled for an urgent surgical operation later this month. see also: Keyamo blasts Eedris Abdulkareem over ‘Jagajaga Reloaded’ M.I informed the public that he received the sad news about his colleague's predicament on Tuesday. The rapper also urged that the public help save Abudul's life by making monetary donations to his account. “I received the sad news yesterday that Niger...

Burna Boy: Afrofusion and Afrobeat are Not the Same

5Jul

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Africa, Interview, Music, Nigeria, Youths

Burna Boy: Afrofusion and Afrobeat are Not the Same

Nigerian singer, Damini Ebunoluwa Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy has discerned his style of music from the popular Nigerian music genre called Afrobeat. The Grammy award winner said this on a podcast, The Million Dollaz Worth of Game show, hosted by King Gille and Wallace Peeples. see also: Burna Boy’s Police Escorts Shoot Married Man After Singer Made Pass At Wife The singer explained that African music consists of different genres and they are all wrongly categorized as Afrobeats by the general populace.He further stated that the already deceased afrobeat legend, Fela Kuti, represents afrobeat itself but then the letter ‘s’ was wrongly added to it, then all other African music genres were now added to it and were all termed Afrobeats. “Afrobeat is a legend called Fe...

Davido Gifts a Lucky Female Fan N2 Million and His Sneakers (Video)

4Jul

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Music, Nigeria, Videos, Youths

Davido Gifts a Lucky Female Fan N2 Million and His Sneakers (Video)

Nigerian singer, Davido, surprised a lucky female fan during his performance at an event last night, July 3. See Also: Davido Is Wiser Than All Those Who Gave Him Money – Reno Omokri https://youtu.be/lioF9zCtxI8 Davido had invited the female fan on stage to perform his song “Stand Strong” with him. After the performance, he gave his Nike sneakers to the young lady and asked one of his aides to give her N2Million.

Burna Boy’s Police Escorts Shoot Married Man After Singer Made Pass At Wife

12Jun

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Music, News, Nigeria

Burna Boy’s Police Escorts Shoot Married Man After Singer Made Pass At Wife

The Lagos State Police Commissioner’s Special Squad has detained five policemen attached to singer, Damini Ogulu, aka Burna Boy, for attempted murder after they shot two fun seekers— Irebami Lawrence and another identified simply as Tolu— at Club Cubana on Victoria Island, Lagos, on Wednesday. According to a preliminary report by the Bar Beach Police Division, trouble started when the singer and five police escorts visited the nightclub around 4am on June 8. About four policemen waited outside while one of the policemen, identified as Inspector Ibrahim, who was in mufti, accompanied the Grammy-Award-winning artiste into the club. According to multiple witness statements, the singer was in the VIP section with three women when he spotted another woman. He was reported to ha...

Headies: Portable Apologises, Insists On Getting Awards

28May

By Obiajulu Joel NwoluNo Comments

Music, News, Nigeria

Headies: Portable Apologises, Insists On Getting Awards

Nigerian rising artiste, Habeeb Okikola, popularly known as Portable has apologised to Smooth Productions organisers of popular Nigerian music awards, The Headies, who condemned his outburst concerning the nominations. In a statement on Friday, the organisers condemned the controversial artiste for threatening the lives of fellow nominees. The fast-rising artiste is contending for the Best Street-Hop Artiste and Rookie of the Year awards according to the nomination list released on Tuesday. “Those are my awards, anybody else who wins I will ask for them to be killed. I will ask them to kill the person. If the organisers give my award to someone else, they will die,” he said in Yoruba. “No go give my award to another person, he go die o,” Portable had threatened on Wednesda...