Nigerian Afropop singer, Yemi Alade, has said Beninese legend Angelique Kidjo’s “Mother Nature” album deserved to win the Best Global Music Album at the 64th Grammy Awards ceremony. The category also had Nigerian artistes namely Femi and Made Kuti with…
*100 suspects nabbed for cultism, violent crimes in Lagos (Guardian) *Trafficking: Nine women intercepted at Lagos airport (Nation)
100 suspects nabbed for cultism, violent crimes in Lagos (Guardian) Operatives of the Lagos State police command have arrested about 100 suspected criminals in the state. Of the number, 86 suspected cult members were nabbed in Ikorodu area of the…
Angelique Kidjo beats Burna Boy to a Grammy
Angelique Kidjo was announced winner for her album Celia at the 62nd Grammy Awards held on Sunday in Los Angeles, US. She beat off competition from a crowded field that included Afro-fusion singer, Burna Boy, Altin Gun, Gece; Bokante & Metropole Orkest conducted…
Burna Boy and the Fela influence – Dami Ajayi
Twenty-two years after Fela‘s death, his accomplished older son, Femi Kuti, is 58 years old, the exact age Fela was when he succumbed to HIV/AIDS. Seun Kuti, his younger son, in whose hands the mantle of leading the Egypt 80…
N5.8bn NEMA scam: Frank asks Osinbajo to resign (Vanguard) * N20bn Paris Club Fund: Ondo workers threaten strike (PremiumTimes)
N5.8bn NEMA scam: Frank asks Osinbajo to resign (Vanguard) Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Comrade Timi Frank, has given the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo SAN, seven (7) days to resign over his flagrant…
Ambode, Macron, others celebrate African culture at the Afrika Shrine in Ikeja
President of France, Emmanuel Macron on Tuesday night made a historic visit to the Afrika Shrine, home of the late Afrobeat legend, Fela Anikulapo Kuti, describing it as an iconic centre for the propagation of African culture, strength and music.…