Entertainment

Grammy award-winning Nigerian music star, Ayodeji Balogun, aka Wizkid, on Friday night made history as the first African musician to headline the United Kingdom, UK’s biggest music festival, Glastonbury. The ‘Ojuelegba’ crooner headlined the “Other Side Stage” of the festival which was held in Somerset, England. The festival had over 210,000 attendees. Wizkid performed a … Read more

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Kaduna Zonal Command, has secured the conviction of TikTok music celebrity, Crown Uzama, and five others before Justice A. A. Isiaka on a separate one-count charge bordering on criminal impersonation. According to the commission, the offence was contrary to Sections 142 (1), 57 and 308 of the Kaduna … Read more

Nigerian singer, Joseph Akinfenwa Donus, popularly known as Joeboy, has revealed that he made a lot of money from being featured on the remix of his colleague, CKay’s global smash, ‘Love Nwantiti’. DAILY POST recalls that CKay remixed his hit song ‘Love Nwantiti’ with Joeboy and Ghanaian singer, Kwame Eugene in 2019. Speaking on the … Read more

Big Brother Naija Season 5 winner Olamilekan Agbeleshe, popularly known as Laycon, has revealed why he took a break from music. The rapper said he took a sabbatical because music was “no longer fun.” Laycon disclosed this in a recent interview with popular media personality J. Malone. The ‘Fierce’ crooner said he started doing music … Read more

Ghanaian-American singer Ama Serwah Genfi, better known as Amaarae, has berated the Recording Academy, organisers of the Grammy Awards, for jam-packing all African music genres under one category at the award show. DAILY POST recalls that the Grammys recently created a category for ‘Best African Music Performance.’ The award organisers said the category is open … Read more

Big Brother Naija reality star, Hermes Iyele, has said Season 7 winner, Josephine Otabor, popularly known as Phyna, lied that Chichi abandoned her husband and children. Hermes, who made this known in a video also apologized for laughing while Phyna and Chichi were involved in a heated exchange. Recall that Phyna had, during the reunion … Read more

Veteran Nigerian actress, Omotola Jalade Ekeinde, popularly known as Omosexy has said Nollywood introduced the Nigerian Entertainment industry to the world way before Afrobeats. Omotola made the revelation in a post on her Instagram page on Thursday while reminiscing her impact on Nollywood and the world before the emergence of social media. She also shared … Read more

Former Big Brother Naija, BBNaija season 7 housemate, Chizzy Francis has called for the postponement of the ongoing reunion of the reality show. DAILY POST reports that controversies have continued to trail the BBNaija Season 7 reunion show with the housemates constantly attacking themselves. The latest controversy has the famous “Edo sisters” Phyna and Chichi … Read more

Big Brother Naija, BBNaija reality show star, Deji Morafa has tendered public apology to his fellow housemate and ex-lover, Chichi. Deji, in a tweet tendered an apology to Chichi for not being genuine about his relationship with her during the show. He tweeted: “In the light of the recent episode of the reunion, I realized … Read more

Reggae and dancehall were among the dominant musical genres in Nigeria at the turn of the century. But right now, afrobeat has effectively taken over the music industry. Because of how popular afrobeat has become, some music fans worry that other subgenres may soon go extinct. At its height, reggae was the mainstay of Nigerian … Read more