Police in Nigeria have arrested Peter Nwachukwu, husband of gospel singer Osinachi Nwachukwu, following her sudden death on Friday, local media report. The singer died on Friday in a hospital in the capital, Abuja. A police spokesperson in the city has confirmed the arrest of Mr Nwachukwu to the Daily …
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Many figures in South Africa as well as President Cyril Ramaphosa celebrated Nkosinathi Innocent Sizwe Maphumulo aka DJ Black Coffee after winning a trophy at the 65th Grammy Awards. DJ Black Coffee won the best dance/electronic music album category for his Subconsciously album. On Twitter, President Cyril Ramaphosa thanked him …
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Beninese singer Angélique Kidjo lifts a trophy at the 64th Grammy Awards held Sunday (April 3) at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas. The Singer won the best world music album of the year for her Mother Nature album. It featured Nigerian musicians Burna Boy, Yemi Alade and …
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The 3 Music Awards ceremony took place this year at the Grand Arena of the AICC with its share of surprises. Here are the artists and the trophies they won. The 3 Music Award is Ghanaian music awards ceremony held annually since 2018 to celebrate Ghanaian music. It was established …
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Two Nigerian musicians, afrobeats stars have been arrested after a raid on their homes on Thursday, by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Zinoleesky and Mohbad, two of the country’s afrobeats rising stars are accused of possessing “cannabis and molly” [MDMA], the force said. Its spokesman Femi Babafemi told …
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A Benin-born businessman, Ernest Adjovi has been ordered by a Namibian court to pay back millions in cash paid to him by the government about six years ago to organise a music awards event. The awards founder was to organise the Kora All Africa Music Awards in Namibia in 2016 …
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American rapper Kanye West plans to go to Russia, where he has links with friends of former US president Donald Trump, to give concerts and meet Vladimir Putin, the website Billboard reported, citing his entourage. According to his relatives, the musician is in negotiations to conduct business with the Azerbaijani-Russian …
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Ugandan opposition leader and musician Robert Nyagulanyi, popularly known as Bobi Wine, has just released a song entitled Ogenda, a Luganda word that loosely translates as “You will fall”, the BBC reports. According to the musician, the song is made directly for President Yoweri Museveni’s ears because he has turned …
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A member of the Kenyan afro-pop band Sauti Sol, Chimano, has come out as gay as he explained the idea behind his new song, Friday Feeling, in which he featured members of the LGBT community. Chimano told local media that he was now living his truth and would use his …
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A group of Rwandan activists have called for the cancellation of Congolese musician Koffi Olomidé’s concert scheduled on Saturday in the capital, Kigali. They are evoking the musician’s 2019 conviction by a court in France for statutory rape of one of his former dancers when she was 15, among other …
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