•Oscar statue A new Oscar for best casting will be added to the Academy Awards from 2026, organisers announced yesterday. It will be the first competitive new golden statuette added to Hollywood’s most important award show in more than two decades, reports AFP. “Casting directors play an essential role in filmmaking, and as the Academy [&helli...
•Burna Boy, Davido, Tems, Ashake, Ayra, Olamide It was a disappointing outing for Nigerian Afrobeats stars at the 66th Grammy Awards last night as Burna Boy, Davido, Tems, Ayra Starr, Olamide and Asake failed to win from 10 nominations across five categories. The Nigerian contingent lost the inaugural ‘Best African Music Performance’ trophy to...
When artists step onto the stage for the Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Sunday, all except one of the nominees for the newly created Best African Music category will be Nigerians. For the country’s creative industry leaders, the dominance of Afrobeats stars like Burna Boy and Ayra Starr at music’s biggest accolade is recognition […]...
•Amputated Mr Ibu The Nigerian Police, through its Force Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (FCID), Alagbon, in Ikoyi, Lagos State, has disclosed the arrest of Oyeabuchi Daniel Okafor and Jasmine Chioma Okekeagwu for conspiring and defrauding Mr John Ikechukwu Okafor, popularly known as Mr. Ibu of the sum of N55 million. The FC...
•Late Frank Farian German music producer, Frank Farian, the man behind kitsch sensations Boney M and Milli Vanilli, has died at the age of 82, his family said today. The hitmaker, who sold more than 800 million records over several decades working with different artistes, passed away at his home in Miami. Born Franz Reuther, […]
•Burna Boy, Luke Combs and Travis Scott Grammy Awards have added Burna Boy, Travis Scott and Luke Combs to the lineup of performers for the 66th annual Grammy Awards. This is coming after the recording academy released the first batch of performers comprising Billie Eilish, Olivia Rodrigo and Dua Lipa. Additional acts will be announced [&helli...
•Moses and Marie Popular Nigerian gospel singer, Moses Bliss has announced his engagement to his partner. The singer made the announcement on his Instagram account today. Sharing a series of photos, he captioned it, “The Lord makes all things beautiful in his time. She said yes.” The photos showed Moses Bliss holding the hand of […]...
•Jide Kosoko The Isale Eko Descendants Union (IDU) has congratulated iconic Nigerian actor, Prince Jide Kosoko, as he celebrates his 70th birthday. The union, in a statement signed by its chairman, Adeniji Kazeem (SAN), said the milestone is a testament to Kosoko’s incredible contributions to the Nigerian entertainment industry and his unwaver...
•Screenshots from the video showing the skit maker when he made the jump and after he fell A Nigerian skit maker identified as Churchill has reportedly died while filming a stunt for his video content. A viral video of the incident shared online today captures the moment when Churchill jumped in an attempt to touch […]
Policemen from the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID) Alagbon Lagos have busted a syndicate of pirates, who pirated two popular recently — released movies, A Tribe Called Judah by Funke Akindele and “Malaika” by Toyin Abraham. The arrested suspects included a member of staff of a new generation bank, Kehinde Iyanda, a woman and he...
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