In the first quarter of 2022, the Nigerian music industry has seen album releases from Adekunle Gold, Rema, BOJ, Santi, Obong Jayar, Victony, amongst many others. These projects enjoyed varying degrees of reception and success and while the artists aren’t done pushing their projects just yet, there colleagues who are …
Read More »Tom Cruise says his ‘Top Gun: Maverick’ won’t be going to streaming services
The famed actor made the revelation on Wednesday, at the Cannes premiere of the film “That’s not going to happen. Ever,” Cruise reportedly said during a session about his work at the festival. “I’ve spent a lot of time with theater owners. The people that serve the popcorn, the ones …
Read More »Top Taliban leader makes more promises on women’s rights but quips ‘naughty women’ should stay home
Sirajuddin Haqqani, Afghanistan’s acting interior minister and the Taliban’s co-deputy leader since 2016, made the comments in an exclusive, first on-camera interview showing his face with CNN’s Christiane Amanpour in Kabul. In March after many promises that girls would be able to attend secondary school, the Taliban reversed their decision, …
Read More »Zadok, Progress emerge Top 2 Nigerian Idol finalists
Although she is out of the competition, the Warri born singer can look forward to a studio session with D’banj, as the Kokomaster said. Before the night’s competition started, the host, IK Osakioduwa, shared that this season received over 175 million votes with 34 million recorded for the new week. …
Read More »Burna Boy Mocks Davido As New Single Floors ‘Stand Strong’ In Top Music Charts (Photo)
Nigerian Grammy award-wining singer Damini Ogulu popularly known as Burna Boy has mocked his colleague Davido after his new song dubbed “Last Last” topped Davido’s first single of the year ‘Stand Strong’ on Apple Music Chart. Naija News earlier reports that Davido and Burna Boy in recent posts shared on …
Read More »Nigerian Idol Season 7: Top three idols emerge as Jordan exits the competition
The top three contestants were required to perform two songs each, one from the year they were born and another from songs made ‘special’ by contestants who didn’t go beyond the live auditions. Opening the stage for the first round of songs was Banty, who performed a cover of Beyoncé’s …
Read More »‘Blood Sisters’ hits new milestone, makes Netflix’s top 10 list of TV shows
Confirming the series latest milestone, Executive Producer Mo Abudu wrote on Instagram: “BLOOD SISTERS has made the NETFLIX TOP TEN GLOBAL LIST OF TV SHOWS, WITH ELEVEN MILLION HOURS VIEWED IN THE LAST FIVE DAYS in our FIRST WEEK OF LAUNCH.This is our time, A TV SHOW MADE IN NIGERIA …
Read More »Black Sherif’s “Kwaku The Traveller” spends fifth week at No. 1, Young Jonn’s “Dada” with Davido enters Top Ten at No. 7
Additionally, it equals the 5-week reign of Ladipoe & BNXN’s “Feeling” as the longest Hip-Hop/Rap No. 1. Fireboy DML’s “Playboy” holds at its No. 2 peak for a second week by tallying 51 million in radio reach (No. 1 on radio, up 4.5%) and 2.43 million equivalent streams (No. 3 …
Read More »Sallah: Top 5 Muslim films to binge-watch this holiday
Authors: Precious ‘Mamazeus’ Nwogu Holidays are for family time and what’s one without movies? With the holy month of Ramadan over, it’s a great time to catch up on some screen-time with entertaining and soulful Islam-themed films. Streaming platforms are a gem when in search of a variety of content …
Read More »Biden seeks to lure Russia’s top scientists to the U.S.
WASHINGTON — President Biden wants Congress to expedite visas for Russian scientists eager to leave their country in the midst of Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, an effort to accelerate a brain drain already underway and further deprive President Vladimir V. Putin of some of Russia’s top talent. An administration proposal …
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