Category: Entertainment

Gospel singer, Victory Gbakara, on Sunday night, emerged winner of Nigerian Idol Season 8. He defeated Precious Mac to clinch the N100 million grand prize, part of which is N35 million in cash and a brand new car. The prize also includes a music record deal and a video shoot. Speaking shortly after emerging victorious, Victory thanked his fans for… Read More

Grammy award-winning Nigerian singer, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, aka Wizkid, has reckoned that he has more than enough musical catalogue to retire. The singer, who turned 33 on Sunday, July 16, 2023, had an interview with Capital Extra’s Manny Norte. The interviewer had said the last time they met, the Starboy honcho told him that he “got enough music to retire.”… Read More

When we talk about the Nigerian Afrobeats scene, we can’t ignore the pioneers who paved the way for its global acclaim. We’re talking about the legends, the ones who laid the foundations before “Afrobeats” became the buzzword of the 2000s. Artists like Fela Kuti and King Sunny Ade deserve a shoutout for their invaluable contributions, but for now, let’s focus… Read More

Victory Gbakara, winner of the Nigerian Idol Season 8, said on Sunday that going forward after the show, he would continue to make music. Gbakara, who said this during an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the sidelines of the grand finale ceremony in Lagos, added that for him, it felt great to be the winner of… Read More

…The right to be informed “…..If I had to choose between a government without newspapers or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter…..” We start this intervention by joining those celebrating the life of Raymond Anthony Aleogho Dokpesi (1951–2023) who joined his ancestors on the 29th of May, 2023. This was really a… Read More

Talented singer and lawyer, Victory Gbakara, has emerged winner of Nigerian Idol Season 8. The Lawyer won the eighth edition of Nigeria’s favourite reality television music talent show on Sunday night. Gbakara was announced winner at the season finale having secured more votes from viewers than runner-up, Precious Mac. For winning the show, which ran for 16 weeks, Gbakara won… Read More

Jessica Dennehy, Bestselling Author & CEO, A DotCom Magazine Exclusive Interview – Music Industry Today – EIN Presswire Trusted News Since 1995 A service for music industry professionals · Monday, July 17, 2023 · 644,773,627 Articles · 3+ Million Readers News Monitoring and Press Release Distribution Tools News Topics Newsletters Press Releases Events & Conferences RSS Feeds Other Services Questions?… Read More

By some prodigious coincidence, this year 2023 makes one full decade of the publication of a compendium on groundbreaking constitutional litigations filed by former Vice President Atiku Abubakar. Titled: Landmark Constitutional Law Cases in Nigeria: 2004 – 2007: The Atiku Abubakar Cases, the book was authored by Maxwell Michael Gidado, PhD, SAN and Chudi Nelson Nwosu. It was released in… Read More

By Taiye Olayemi Victory Gbakara, one of the contestants for the Nigerian idol, season 8 edition, has emerged winner of the show, walking away with N100m grand prize. This was announced by Ikponmwosa Osakioduwa, popularly known as IK, the host of the show, during the grand finale held in Lagos on Sunday. Gbakara, 25, is walking away with N35m cash prize with a… Read More

ANigerian Act, Eruanga Jeffrey Osamoje aka Jay Gold has stated that African music is dominating the global scene rapidly.The Business entrepreneur made this known in an Interview yesterday in Lagos. The native of Owan east LGA Edo State said Afrobeat has been able to distinguish Nigerian artistes and placed them before kings and not mere men. Also called The Golden… Read More