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Kingdom wins Nigerian Idol season 6
Kingdom Kroseide has emerged as the winner of the Nigerian Idol season 6. This was announced at the Grand Finale which held at the Africa Magic studios on Sunday. After audition months ago, Nigerian Idol produced 11 finalists – Faith Mac Ebiama, Comfort Alalade, Emmanuel Elijah, Clinton Francis, Beyonce Ajomiwe, Francis Atela, Dotun Deloye, Faith Onyeje, Akunna Okey, Daniel Ikechi, and Kingdom Kroseide. The two finalists to make it to the grand finale, Kingdom and Francis, have battled for the most-coveted title of the Nigerian Idol and Kingdom has emerged victorious. During the finale event, both finalists performed songs by Fela Kuti. While Francis sang ‘Yellow Fever’, Kingdom sang ‘Gentleman’. Artistes like Patoranking, Ayra Starr, and Ice Prince, performed at the final show, as Cobhams...
Veteran Nigerian musician Sound Sultan dies of throat cancer
Death has been announced of veteran Nigerian Olanrewaju Ganiu Fasasi better known as Sound Sultan. It is a sad one as one of Nigeria’s finest musicians, Sound Sultan, has died after battling throat cancer. Some months ago, precisely in May, Nigerians were alerted that Sound Sultan was battling throat cancer and was currently being treated somewhere in America. The news of his ill health drew a lot of attention and sympathy however, his elder brother denied he had any of such ailment. A couple of months later the Nigerian music industry has been thrown into mourning over the demise of the singer. His death was announced this morning after he lost the battle against throat cancer. The musician while yet alive was confident of his return to the music scene but that would not happe...
Primate Ayodele: How Ifeanyi Ubah can emerge Anambra governor
The leader of INRI Evangelical Spiritual Church, Primate Ayodele has prophesied that Ifeanyi Ubah can emerge victorious in the coming Anambra gubernatorial election. The cleric said, Ubah, candidate of Young Progressive Party, YPP should pray that confusion rocks the boat of All Progressives Grand Alliance, APGA. Primate Ayodele said with that, Ubah would emerge the next governor of Anambra State. He made the revelation at the launch of his annual book of Prophecy titled, ‘Warnings to the Nations’, on Saturday. In another statement by his Media Office, Ayodele stated that if APGA continued to have a crisis, it would be a victory for Ubah. “For the Anambra election, the only way Ifeanyi Ubah can win is if APGA has crisis till the election day. “If he wants to win, let him pray for confusion...
How Nnamdi Kanu was arrested in Kenya – brother
The brother to the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Kingsley Kanu, has said Nnamdi Kanu was nabbed while taking a walk in Kenya. While announcing the arrest of the IPOB leader last month, Abubakar Malami, Attorney-General of the Federation, had refused to disclose the location where he was nabbed. But Kingsley had issued a statement in which he said his brother was picked up in Kenya from where he was moved to Abuja. In an interview with UK Guardian, Kingsley said he spoke with his fugitive brother before his arrest. Kanu was standing trial for treason in Nigeria before he jumped bail. “His UK passport remains in Kenya,” The UK Guardian quoted him to have said. “I spoke to him on the phone, he was well, in Nairobi. His associates said he went out, he didn’t take...
Nigeria records 186 new coronavirus cases
The Nigeria Centre for Diseases Control (NCDC) has registered 186 new cases of coronavirus (COVID-19) infections from three states. The NCDC said this on its official website on Saturday morning. Newsmen report that the figure represents an increase from the 146 cases recorded on Thursday and 110 cases posted on Wednesday. It said 186 additional cases were reported from three states as of July 9. The agency noted that Lagos had the highest number of cases, which was 175, while Rivers recorded eight and Gombe had three cases. According to NCDC, compilation of the newly infected cases showed that the country now has a total of 168,442 confirmed cases. The NCDC highlighted that the total of discharged cases stood at 164,323. The agency said it also discharged eight more people from isolation ...
NCDC: Confirmed case of Delta variant of coronavirus detected in Nigeria
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), on Thursday, said it had detected a confirmed case with the SARS-CoV-2 Delta variant, also known as lineage B.1.617.2. The variant was detected in a traveller to Nigeria following the routine travel test required of all international travelers and genomic sequencing at the NCDC National Reference Laboratory, Abuja. The Delta variant is recognised by the World Health Organisation (WHO) as a variant of concern, given its increased transmissibility. Facts indicated that the variant has been detected in over 90 countries and is expected to spread to more countries. The variant has also been linked to a surge in cases in countries where it is the dominant strain in circulation. According to NCDC, “there are ongoing studies to understand the impact ...
Omah Lay – Understand
Check out this brand new song coming from Omah Lay – “Understand” out now. Keyqaad music star Omah Lay drops a hot new jam titled “Understand” for his teeming fans and all music lovers. It has been several months without a new joint from the singer. Due to popular demand, the Omah Lay dishes out this one. While we feast on this new banging record, the top Nigerian singer would be embarking on his tour of the United States. The tour is tagged “Purple” and would begin from September 2 – 11. Fans of the singer in the US are already psyched about this as ticket sales have begun. Omah Lay is king on the mellow beats and he shares his unfortunate love situation with his girl. Listen, enjoy & share Omah Lay – “Understand” below. [embedded content] You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are l...
The travel that changed me: Vaseem Khan
Award-winning writer Vaseem Khan tells us how India’s ‘city of dreams’ turned him into an author There’s no denying it: Vaseem Khan is an overachiever. Born and raised in Newham (one of the UK’s most deprived areas), Vaseem went on to study at the London School of Economics, one of the best universities in the world. He spent a decade on the subcontinent setting up a chain of high-end hotels before returning to the UK to write The Unexpected Inheritance of Inspector Chopra, the first of a best-selling series of crime novels featuring Ashwin Chopra, a fastidious Mumbai Inspector, and his unlikely sidekick, a one-year-old elephant called Baby Ganesh. In 2020, after five Baby Ganesh novels, Vaseem published Midnight at Malabar House, the first in a new series featuring Persis Wadi...
The Best New Artists of The Year So Far
It is very important to keep a close watch on the new artists and follow the run that each one of them is having to be able to have an accurate and objective opinion on who is the best new artist of the year. The first half of the year has seen Blaqbonez, Ruger, Laycon, Buju, and Ayra Starr do really well for themselves. Blaqbonez first stepped into the limelight as a rapper when he won the Hennessy Artistry competition in 2016. Blaqbonez has since become very popular for his personality on social media and the creative ways in which he promotes his songs. ALSO READ: Soundgasm Samples Rema’s Limitless Creativity, Mind You, This is His Term For Sound & Org*sm This year he released his debut album “S3x Over Love“ which was critically acclaimed and popularly accepted by majority of music ...
PDP: Zamfara governor’s reason for defection confirms APC behind insecurity
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) noted that Zamfara State Governor, Bello Matawalle’s statement that he joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) in order to get the Federal Government to end insecurity in his state is a confirmation that APC and its government are responsible for the banditry, terrorism and kidnapping ravaging that state. According to the National Publicity Secretary of the party, Kola Ologbondiyan, “The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) says the confession by Zamfara State governor, Bello Matawalle, that he joined the All Progressives Congress (APC) in order to get the Federal Government to end insecurity in his state, reinforces public stance that the APC and its government are responsible for the banditry, terrorism and kidnapping ravaging that state.” The party believ...
Professor Gorgewill Owunari emerges new UNIPORT vice chancellor
Professor Gorgewill Owunari has been announced as the new vice chancellor of the University of Port Harcourt. The announcement was made on Friday by the Chairman of the Governing Council of the University of Port Harcourt, Senator Andrew Uchendu. Senator Uchendu said Prof. Owunari, from the department of Pharmacology, emerged from twelve other contenders for the top job at the university. Presenting the new VC to journalists in Port Harcourt, senator Uchendu said “I want to assure all of you that we meticulously complied with the full provisions of the act on the selection of the vice chancellor of the university. “After interviewing about twelve of them we found three of them appoint-able. “For the first time in my life I have received a delegation of the President to act on his behalf an...
Bella Shmurda – Party Next Door
Check out this brand new music coming from Bella Shmurda – “Party Next Door” out now. Raving Nigerian music star Bella Shmurda unleashes a brand new song “Party Next Door“. Some days back we published a snippet of the tune as it was already sounding fire. Last time we heard “So Cold” his previous song with Jamaican singer Popcaan. “Party Next Door” like the name suggests is a party starter and would be on every DJ’s playlist in no time. While we feast on this, we await Bella’s forthcoming extended play “Hyper Tension 2.0“. Listen, enjoy Bella Shmurda – “Party Next Door” below & share. https://www.naijamusic.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Bella_Shmurda_-_Party_Next_Door_NaijaMusic.com.ng.mp3 Download You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagin...
