Entertainment

Burna Boy, Wizkid and Rema secure Afrobeats nominations as American Music Awards unveil 2026 nominees, with winners decided by global fan voting. Nigeria’s global music influence has once again taken centre stage as three of its biggest stars earned nominations in the Afrobeats category at the 52nd American Music Awards...

A new television series, MAFARKI (Dream), produced by Uzee Usman in collaboration with ROK Studios Nigeria, is set to premiere tonight, April 16.The series will air on ROK 2 on DSTV channel 169 and GOTV channel 10, showing Mondays to Thursdays at 7:30pm. According to the producers, MAFARKI is one...

Rapper Offset performs at Coachella in wheelchair days after Florida casino shooting, marking emotional return to stage. US rapper Offset has returned to live performance at the Coachella music festival just days after surviving a shooting incident in Florida. The former Migos member appeared on stage in a wheelchair for...

FilmOne confirms The Return of Arinzo surpasses ₦224m, dominating cinemas for two consecutive weekends across West Africa. The Return of Arinzo has continued its strong performance at the Nigerian box office, crossing ₦224 million and retaining the number one spot for two consecutive weekends. The film, distributed by FilmOne Entertainment,...

BY ANTHONY ADA ABRAHAM “From mic control to crowd command, the UK Afrobeats scene has been getting a serious energy boost and one name steadily making noise behind the decks (without spinning any) is Olalekan Adeyemo, aka Papichulo.” Since touching down in the UK in 2023, Papichulo has been building...

The President of Belemaoil Group, Tein Jack-Rich, has extended warm birthday wishes to Alhaji Aliko Dangote, one of Africa’s most respected business leaders. In a statement, Jack-Rich described knowing Dangote as a “major motivation” and an “exceptional milestone”. He prayed for greater honour, sound health, and exceptional fulfilment in the...

Paramount pursues $24bn Gulf backing led by Saudi fund to finance massive Warner Bros Discovery merger deal Paramount Skydance is in talks to secure signed equity commitments of almost $24 billion from three sovereign wealth funds led by Saudi Arabia to help back its takeover of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD),...