Grammy Award-winning Nigerian singer, Damini Ogulu, popularly known as Burna Boy, thrilled music lovers in New York with an electrifying performance on Thursday night at the prestigious Madison Square Garden. The historic concert with the caption ‘One Night In Space’, has made Burna Boy the first Nigerian artiste to perform at the famous Madison Square Read More…
In picture above: The author with Folake and Kongi (Wole Soyinka) Death and the King’s Horseman by Wole Soyinka is an acknowledged classic of world theatre. It has been staged across the continents to wide acclaim. The drama has in the course of time garnered critical and popular plaudits from the literati and the general Read More…
Los Angeles-area natives Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre united for “California Love,” surprise guest 50 Cent hung upside down and rapper Eminem took a knee as superstars of hip-hop performed a high-energy halftime show at Sunday’s Super Bowl. The star-packed lineup, also featuring R&B star Mary J. Blige and rapper Kendrick Lamar, made hip-hop the Read More…
There should be a sequel. At the end of this novel, the cliffhanger of many interesting turns elicited from me a desire for more. It is just as well that The Son Of The House is so riveting and dramatic that it will make the screen. Fittingly so, our Nollywood loves sequels, and films come Read More…
The producers of Nigerian Idol, Multichoice Nigeria and Africa Magic have revealed that they received about 10,000 entries when they opened for auditions for the seventh season. Dr Busola Tejumola, Executive Head, Content and West Africa Channels, Multichoice Nigeria, in a statement on Saturday said that it was the most entries they had ever received Read More…
By Nkanu Egbe purple robes adorn our bodiesas stench from decayinglimbs signal turbulence.we wine and dine in this roomwhere cadavers are laid like logs,pulling the strings of our heart.we do not see cadavers but paintingson the wrong canvas.the land is green, but its dreams are deferredtill her civil war victims are canonized on thealtar of Read More…
Meat Loaf, the flamboyant U.S. rock star who rose to global fame with his debut “Bat Out of Hell” album, has died aged 74. The singer and actor, otherwise known as Michael Lee Aday, had a career spanning six decades, and sold more than 100 million albums worldwide. His hits included the near 10-minute long Read More…
An entertainment outfit in Nigeria, OBlvck Entertainment, has unveiled two upcoming music artists to its record label with a promise to dominate the music industry. According to OBlvck, the artists Stanley Eze aka Soja Kid and Aminu Adebayo aka Slimhoodiehood are a bundle of talents, ready to take over the music scene in the country. Read More…
By Bimbo Esho I was at a meeting somewhere in Surulere this afternoon when a friend called me to ask me if I heard the news of Wonder Dayo Kujore’s death. I was in great shock because I remembered I chatted with this great icon a few weeks ago discussing an event our company Evergreen Read More…
It is D-Day for the Thrillerbandz@Theatre musical concert when 50 live bands will go on stage in one night at the National Theatre, Lagos. Holding from Friday, Dec. 17 to Saturday, Dec. 18, the organisers, Evergreen Music Company, say that “not less than 50 live bands are expected to showcase their musical appeal to thrill, Read More…