April 30, 2015 And here comes Nollywood actress cum singer, DB Records’ first lady, Tonto Dikeh playing the role of a mischievous lovesick waitress in the video of her single “Sugar Rush”. Making cameo appearance is DB Records’ boss D’banj as well as fellow DB records artists 2Kriss and DeeVee.
April 30, 2015 2015 is election year for many African countries; one of them is Sudan. Elections held on Monday the 27th of April and saw incumbent President Omar Hassan al-Bashir win a landslide election victory for himself and his ruling party. The National Election Commission announced that Bashir took 94.05 percent of votes in ... Read More
April 30, 2015 With the threat of Ebola considerably abated, Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia are commencing nationawide immunization campaigns for childhood diseases. The routine immuniations were put on hold while health workers and authorities focused on addressing the Ebola crisis. Guinea launched a nationwide measles campaign on April 18 targeting 1.3 million children aged ... Read More
April 30, 2015 In Kenya, telecommunications company Safaricom has its sights set on mobile financial services and Internet access as the next big areas of growth after calls. To this effect, the company’s chief executive has announced that it is building up its 3G and 4G networks. Bob Collymore says “Customers’ needs are changing rapidly, ... Read More
April 30, 2015 Five ladies have been shortlisted for the inaugural BBC Women’s footballer of the year award and Nigeria’s Asisat Oshoala will be repping the continent for the award. She is up against contenders such as Veronica Boquete from Spain, Scotland’s Kim Little, Brazilian forward Marta and Nadine Kessler from Germany. The winner will ... Read More
April 29, 2015 What’s up El Now Fans! So, prestigious Nigerian Entertainment Today newspaper has named the top 15 most powerful women in Nigerian entertainment industry and topping the list is our very own EbonyLife TV CEO Mo Abudu. Also on the list is founder of the prestigious African Movie Academy Award Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, founder ... Read More
April 29, 2015 Over now to the anticipated performance of Nigerian dancehall star Burna Boy and South African rapper A.K.A which never happened at the Di Don Gordon Concert that went down in Accra International Trade Fair Centre, Ghana on Friday. The two top African stars were expected to headline the Di Don Gordon Concert, ... Read More
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
