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The International Committee of All Africa Music Awards AFRIMA says it has received a total of 9,076 entries submitted for consideration for the 2022 edition. The 2022 entry sets a record for the highest entries since the award was created in 2014 to celebrate African music. The record-breaking entries was received from creatives across all Five regions on the continent as well as Europe and North America. The entries submission […]

Trap music star Fetty Wap has been jailed after being accused of threatening to kill a man during a FaceTime call.

Nollywood actor Olanrewaju Omiyinka, popularly known as Baba Ijesha was yesterday sentenced to sixteen years in prison by Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja domestic violence and sexual offences court.   Delivering the judgement, Justice Taiwo said that the prosecution failed to prove beyond reasonable doubt that the defendant is guilty of all the charges against him, however, she found the defendant guilty of two of the six counts against […]

The recording academy has announced that the Grammys will return to Los Angeles in 2023. The academy also revealed that the 65th annual grammy awards will take place in its usual month of february, which is on febuary 5, after the pandemic pushed it to march 2021 and april 2022. Los angeles’ crypto.com arena, formerly the staples center, will once again host music’s biggest night, which returns to the site for the first time in […]

Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court has sentenced Nollywood actor and comedian, Olanrewaju James, popularly known as Baba Ijesha, to 16 years imprisonment over sexual assault.

The actor who passed on in august 2020 after battling colon cancer, was nominated for voicing his fan-favourite marvel cinematic universe mcu superhero black panther on the series' what if… t’challa became a star-lord? Episode. Late boseman's nomination was announced on tuesday alongside other outstanding names in television. Hbo's hit series' succession recorded the highest nominee of the year after picking up 25 nominations including outstanding drama series and lead actor. The show had previously won […]

Falz has released an exciting new teaser for a short film knee down, made for his hit song of same title. The short film shot by clarence peters stars falz, osas ighodaro and chike and is expected to premiere exclusively on the rapper’s youtube channel today. The teaser features a gripping dialogue between osas and falz, hinting that the shorts will follow a plot inspired by the song off falz’s newly launched […]

Home box office hbo max, cartoon network and lion forge animation have accepted a 2d adaptation of iyanu: child of wonder, the 2017 novel created by roye okupe and illustrator godwin akpan. The content giants recently announced the series development which would be financed and produced by lion forge animation. Set in a magical yoruba kingdom, iyanu follows a teenage orphan girl who spends her days studying the history and ancient arts of […]

Veteran nollywood actress funke akindele has officially been named as the running mate of the peoples democratic party pdp lagos state governorship candidate, olajide adediran, popularly called jandor. The movie star who made the announcement known via her instagram page yesterday said she decided to accept the mandate to help women and improve the wellbeing of youths and the girl child. The jenifa star said she'll be putting her brilliant […]