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Bollywood actor Saif Ali Khan was stabbed in the early hours of Thursday in his Mumbai home by a yet to be identified intruder. According to reports, the 54-year-old movie star suffered six injuries, two of which are deep and one close to his spine. He was immediately rushed to a nearby hospital where he underwent surgery and is now …

A federal court in Lagos State has ordered the arrest of gospel singer Mercy Chinwo‘s former manager, Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu, over a $345k fraud. On Thursday, January 16, 2025, the presiding judge granted the order after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed an ex parte motion for his arrest. Bilikisu Buhari, representing the EFCC in court, cited legal provisions …

Global music streaming platform Apple Music has shared its list of emerging African musical acts to watch out for in 2025. Among the acts shortlisted are Nigerian rising sensations Fola and Kaestyle who are among the new acts carving a niche for themselves in Nigerian music. Since 2020, Apple Music’s artist development programme Africa Rising has showcased the best and …

Adura Aloba, brother of late Nigerian singer Mohbad, has refuted the claims made by actor Yomi Fabuyi that he offered  ₦3 million in exchange for an incriminating video of his brother fighting his wife Wunmi. Speaking at the recent World Press Conference held to demand justice for Mohbad, the bereaved brother debunked the actor’s claim, stressing that he would never …

Nigerian media personality Shade Ladipo has weighed in on the ongoing dispute between singer Spyro and music executive Pauloo. On January 16, 2035, Ladipo took to Spyro’s defense via her Instagram stories, stating that he had told no lies about the music industry. She wrote, “PaulO na my Oga but Spyro did not tell i single lie. There are teeeww …

MultiChoice Nigeria has opened auditions for the highly anticipated 10th season of Nigerian Idol. Starting on Friday, 17 January 2025, talented Nigerians are invited to audition for a chance to showcase their talent on one of Africa’s biggest music stages. Submissions will close on Sunday, 2 February 2025. This season, themed “Your Voice, Your Victory,” encourages young Nigerians aged 16 …

“Abuja stand up” is OdumoduBlvck’s rousing call to his home city which first embraced him before the rest of Nigerian and the world caught up with his music. Nigeria’s hip-hop leading protagonist, OdumoduBlvck decidedly ensures everyone knows a big part of the glory for his success belongs to Abuja whose role in his rise he documents in his songs like …

“Abuja stand up” is OdumoduBlvck’s rousing call to his home city which first embraced him before the rest of Nigerian and the world caught up with his music. Nigeria’s hip-hop leading protagonist, OdumoduBlvck decidedly ensures everyone knows a big part of the glory for his success belongs to Abuja whose role in his rise he documents in his songs like …

Late Mohbad’s mother, Abosede engaged in a verbal altercation with Yomi Fabiyi, the Nollywood actor, during a press conference on Wednesday.  Fabiyi, under the umbrella of his Break the Silence foundation, organized a ‘World Press Conference’ tagged “Justice for Mohbad 2025”.  During the presser, Fabiyi claimed that Mohbad’s junior brother Adura demanded Three Million naira (N3,000,000) for information pertaining to …

After disclosing his weekly earnings from content creation, Nigerian food critic Opeyemi Famakin has now revealed that he was billed a whopping ₦80 million by the Lagos Internal Revenue Service (LIRS). Famakin humorously narrated the story during his recent interview on the With Chude podcast when speaking on his career as a food critic. He noted that merely two days after …