Author: Abdulrazaq Abdulmuizz Opeyemi

Speaking in the latest episode of the Afrobeats Podcast, Nigerian comedian Oghenekowhoyan Onaibe Desmond, popularly known as Destalker, has opened up about his battle with depression and how it made him suicidal, something he had attempted three times before. Alluding to the extremely low job market opportunities in Nigeria, he said after graduating from the university he could not get a job so he became a commercial motorcyclist for a while. The comedian said his inability to secure a lucrative job or have a career headway coupled with frustrations from family members drove him into depression but grateful to God…

Wunmi Aloba, the spouse of the deceased musician Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has officially issued a pre-action notice to her father-in-law, Joseph Aloba for defamation and derogatory remarks and comments about her person. Part of the notice alluding to this goes thus: “…through newspaper campaign of calumny, character assassination, name-calling, defamation of characters against her and use of reckless language to portray her image and personality to gain cheap attention and sympathy from unsuspecting members of the public”. In the pre-action notice served by her legal representatives, Wunmi Aloba equally demands an apology from Joseph Aloba for his…

Popular Nigerian rapper Odumodublvck in a recent post stirred reactions online as he described controversial singer Portable as someone very close to God. Odumodublvck, the “Declan Rice” hitmaker while responding to a negative tweet about Portable took time out to share a shocking revelation about the singer. It all started on the controversial social media platform, X where a random user listed out some negative things about Portable and by extension wondered how God keeps blessing in him given his recent successful collaboration with the famous rapper, Skepta on their hit single dubbed “Tony Montana” which currently sits on the…

Funke Akindele’s ‘A Tribe Called Judah’ has left Nigerian cinemas after a record-breaking run that culminated in a total gross of ₦1.4 billion which is a feat that has never been seen before in Nigerian Cinematic history. A Tribe Called Judah’s final gross, before falling out of the weekly top 20 list, was recorded as ₦1,404,207,541, with 374,552 ticket admissions. Released on December 15, 2023, the movie became the first ever Nollywood project to gross over ₦1 billion in cinemas in early January 2024, after also grossing a record-breaking ₦113 million in its opening weekend. In correlation with the data…

Recently coming into light is the surprising news shared by the social media handle of Now Muzik which is Efe Omorogbe’s management company on whose books 2Baba has been signed since 2004 after he left Plaintainshun Boiz and signed to Kennis Music, a move that turned out to be the right one. Announcing that the famous superstar has parted ways with him, Efe Omorogbe posted on his social media handle where he praised 2Baba and proclaimed him one of the greatest Nigerian artists of our time, he said and we quote; “I am grateful to 2baba for the trust, and…

In recent Nigerian entertainment development, and one making a loud buzz online, is the news of Nigeria’s hottest artists Odumodublvck and Shallipopi who are setting to embark on a first-of-its-kind joint tour in Afrobeats, one of historic relevance. The tour put together by Live Nation in partnership with the labels of both artists marks an unprecedented feat in Nigerian music. According to reports, the rappers will be sharing the stage across 9 cities in the United States in the joint tour set to kick off on April 27 at Uptown Theater in Minneapolis. The duo will make stops in Houston,…

Since breaking into the mainstream with her self-titled EP, Ayra Starr has soared to commercial success and popularity and achievement considerable feats, and adding to the list of these feats recently, the Grammy-nominated singer is set to accompany Chris Brown as a special guest on his “11:11” tour of the United States which has a expectation to meet up with as fans are thrilled about the performances to come. Revealing more about this development, Ayra Starr will be joined by R&B star Muni Long as Chris Brown will be performing in 26 cities across the United States and Canada. Ayra…

Launching the first ever producHER series is the Audio Girl Africa, a development which has been hailed by many, the recording and writing boot camp series aims to foster collaboration amongst female creatives across the music industry sector to create a music project together (a single/EP) each session will showcase the contribution of the selected female creatives working behind the scenes. This series has been manifested through the generous support of Warner Music Group and the Blavatnik Family Foundation Social Justice Fund’s SJF Repertoire and the bootcamp aims to bring together female recording artists, songwriters, producers, mixing engineers, music executives,…

Speaking in the latest episode of the Secrets Behind the Scenes podcast, Singer Waje has warned that she dislikes being tagged an “underrated artist” as she does not see herself as one and won’t be defined by others perception of Success. The singer’s fans, especially on social media, although in a bid to support their favourite, have been tagging the singer as “underrated,” arguing that given her talent and contribution to the music industry, she deserves more accolades than she gets. Waje, however said she prefers not to be referred to as an underrated artist, explaining further that “underrated” is…

Popular media personality and dancer, Janemena has welcomed her second child with her husband Andre Plies which has garnered a lot of buzz on social media space and has led to the couple being congratulated by fans and fellow celebrities as well. The mother of 2 shared a heartwarming video on her Instagram page, stating that she gave birth to her newborn baby on February 16. In the video, she flaunted her beautiful family of 4 as she stated that her home is complete, praying hard for divine’s safety on her household. Fans and followers flooded her comment section with…