April 29, 2015 On a sad note, legendary juju singer King Sunny Ade has lost his managing director Juju singer Sunday Abayomi aka Sunny Wonder. 54 year old Sunny Wonder was reported to have collapsed to his death upon having a heart attack after taking a bath in his Lagos home on Thursday night. King ... Read More
April 29, 2015 And in memory of celebrated late Nigerian Yoruba rapper Dagrin, fellow indigenous rapper and singer YQ drops a new video titled “Hero’s Smile”. Featured in the video is Dagrin’s father, Olamide, Jaywon, CDQ, Osam, VJ Adams, Ketchup, Sosick and Sensei Uche who all honoured Dagrin on his ... Read More
April 29, 2015 Nigeria’s political landscape continues to generate attention, and one of the figures coming very conspicuously to the spotlight is former Lagos State Governor and political heavyweight Bola Tinubu. The support of this opposition alliance leader for General Muhammadu Buhari was seen as a key factor in the latter’s win against President Goodluck ... Read More
April 29, 2015 Leaders from Africa and Asia have met and agreed to find more means to cooperate in fully fighting extremism, including its financing. At the conclusion of the summit in Indonesia, the leaders released a joint statement outlining some of their cooperative efforts. These efforts will include countering the appeal of terrorism and ... Read More
April 29, 2015 And in Egypt, both culture and religion were celebrated by the performance of one of Egypt’s oldest plays — puppet show El Leila El Kibeera, or ‘The Big Night’. The play was performed to mark International Heritage Day and held in Moez Street, in the heart of Old Cairo. Director Yasser Abdel ... Read More
April 29, 2015 Africa took the lead at the London Marathon this year in a big way. It was a sweeping win with Eliud Kipchoge from Kenya winning the marathon in a time of two hours, four minutes and 41 seconds, while defending London Marathon champion Wilson Kipsang from the same country came second as ... Read More
LAGOS, NIGERIA — April 28, 2015 Fun, fever and excitement reigned supreme as EbonyLife TV, Africa’s first Global Black Entertainment and Lifestyle network held its much anticipated premiere and private screening of Desperate Housewives Africa, the local adaptation of the multiple award-winning ABC television drama hit series, at the Agip Recital ... Read More
28th April 2015 Howdy guys! Yoruba rapper Reminisce shocked his fans when he put up a picture of himself and a lady on twitter with the caption “Happy Birthday to my wife/baby momma/my surest G for the last 13 years #IyaHafusa”, on Friday. Who knew the trending rapper even had a wife not to say ... Read More
28th April 2015 Finally fast-rising Nigerian singer and comedian MC Galaxy drops his much anticipated debut album titled “Break Through”, which is now available in Nigerian stores nationwide. However, the “Sekem” singer will be officially launching the album in his hometown Uyo in Akwa Ibom State on May 2. The launch tagged “Breakthrough Album” is ... Read More
28th April 2015 And afro-pop and dancehall star Timaya drops the video of his 2014 hit track titled “Gbagam” where he features ace Igbo rapper Phyno and Deettii. The track, which is off his latest album “Epiphany”, has this Clarence Peters-directed video of night scenes and bonfire-dancing.
