Nigerian highlife and party-rocking sensation Segun Johnson delivered a sold-out performance in Montreal, transforming the Gala Garden Event Center into a vibrant “Owambe Experience” on June 13, 2025 at Gala Garden Event Centre. The event was described as a “full-blown Nigerian party like no other,” attracting a massive and diverse crowd for a night of high-energy music,…
Grammy winning award Nigeria singer Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has received the Spotify’s Billion plaque as her collaborative hit with Future and Drake ‘Wait For U’ surpassed 1 billion streams on the platform. She now joins Wizkid, Rema, and Tyla as the Afrobeats artists with Spotify’s Billion plaque. ‘Wait For U’ gave Tems…
Burna Boy’s eight album, No Sign of Weakness is a genre-shifting, thematically uneven yet sonically impressive feast of life, love and lust with ample helpings of rage, anger and braggadocio. Let’s focus on the bragging for a minute. Why does one of the biggest African musical artistes of the past decade feel the compelling need to assert…
Rapper CDQ has claimed that Afrobeats star Davido once offered him a recording deal following the success of his breakthrough songs, ”Indomie’ and Nowo E Soke’. However, he said the deal ultimately fell through due to a disagreement over the terms of the agreement. Speaking in an interview on Echoo Room, CDQ said Davido reached…
Singer David Adeleke, popularly known as Davido, has paid tribute to his late son, Ifeanyi Adeleke, describing him as a “legend” in a short post that stirred strong reactions from fans and colleagues. The emotional message was posted via his official X account on Monday, July 22, 2025, at exactly 9:39pm. Davido wrote, “Ifeanyi David…
Social media activist, Vincent Otse Martins, popularly known as Verydarkman has reacted to a recent interview granted by Adura Aloba, brother of the late singer Mohbad. In the interview, Adura Aloba recounted disturbing details about the day Mohbad died, including hearing screams from Mohbad’s room and finding him lying on the floor. Reacting to the…
In a major breakthrough in the ongoing crackdown on armed banditry across North-Central Nigeria, the Nigeria Police Force has dismantled a notorious arms trafficking network supplying deadly weapons to criminal gangs responsible for killings in Benue State and neighboring regions. According to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, operatives of…
President Donald Trump says the US has agreed to a “massive” trade deal with Japan, one of the country’s largest trading partners. Japan has agreed to invest $550bn (£407bn) in the US while its goods sold to America would be taxed at 15% when they reach the country – below the 25% tariff Trump had…
Music stars, fans and former bandmates have paid tribute to Ozzy Osbourne, the frontman of pioneering heavy metal band Black Sabbath, who has died at the age of 76. Black Sabbath have “lost our brother”, said the band’s co-founder Tony Iommi, while bassist Geezer Butler remembered their final gig and drummer Bill Ward shared an…
Rock music icon Ozzy Osbourne has died. On Tuesday evening, a representative for the Osbourne family announced that the Black Sabbath frontman had passed away at the age of 76. “It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning,”…
