Nigerian singer 2Baba and his wife, Natasha Osawaru, got caught fighting on an Instagram live stream hosted by Daddy Freeze, and the whole thing turned into a mess. His old managers, Kaka Igbokwe and Lori Tosan, went on the broadcast claiming Natasha wanted total power over everything in his life, and they brought up past blowups at airports and a domestic situation that almost needed cops.
2Baba jumped into the stream, telling his former team to shut up about his business, but then you could hear him and Natasha going at it off camera before someone killed the feed. The couple got married after he split from Annie Macaulay Idibia earlier this year, and even though his mom Rose initially had problems with the relationship, she...
Jorja Smith's label FAMM is going after royalties from a track called I Run that blew up on TikTok before getting yanked off streaming platforms. Producer Harrison Walker apparently fed his voice through an AI tool called Suno to make it sound like the British singer, and the whole thing confused people into thinking Smith actually performed on it. The song got pulled after multiple takedown notices, but Walker's team then tried to get Smith on an official remix to legitimize the viral hit after the fact.
FAMM says they turned down a backroom payment deal and want compensation for what they're calling straight-up impersonation. The track got rereleased with a different vocalist named Kaitlin Aragon and actually charted in the UK, but...
Warner Music just hit PacSun with a massive lawsuit over the clothing chain ripping off nearly 300 songs from artists like Dua Lipa, Bruno Mars, and Cardi B in their TikTok and Instagram promo videos. The fashion retailer apparently ignored a cease-and-desist letter sent back in February and kept posting new content with unauthorized music anyway. Warner wants up to $150,000 per track, which could stack up to over $43 million if they win.
PacSun makes hundreds of millions annually and runs around 350 stores across America, targeting teens and young adults. The company blew up on social media by getting influencers to push their stuff, and one viral TikTok post alone moved 200,000 pairs of jeans for $20 million in revenue. Warner argues...
A new Grade-A logistics facility called TY Logistics Park just opened inside the Lekki Free Trade Zone, and CEO Arno van der Merwe thinks it might actually fix Nigeria's absolutely busted supply chain system that bleeds around $1.7 billion every year. The park sits close to both the airport and the Lekki Deep Seaport, and it bundles five separate logistics functions under one roof while letting companies store stuff in the free zone without paying duties until they actually move goods into the market.
Van der Merwe pointed out that clearance times hit three weeks, and companies are spending as much on moving products as they do buying them in the first place. The facility covers 100,000 square meters with high-spec warehouses, and it...
FCMB teamed up with FMO and HeaveVentures to wrap up their 2025 AgriTech Hackathon in Nigeria, and seven startups pitched tech solutions for farming problems. Qiqi Farms took first place, while Farm Monitor and Tuplant grabbed second and third. The other four companies each walked away with 1 million naira for showing up with decent ideas.
Kudzai Gumunyu from FCMB said the bank wants to push innovation and hook up young agritech founders with cash and connections. Abiodun Lawal from HeaveVentures talked about how banks and tech people working together can actually solve real issues around food production and sustainability. The whole thing is part of FCMB trying to make Nigeria's agriculture sector more digital and competitive on a...
SMECore just rolled out as the first all-in-one ERP platform built specifically for small and medium businesses across Africa. The company showed off its tech at a major business conference in Nigeria, where Tony Elumelu and government officials talked about how most Nigerian companies struggle because they lack proper systems and support. Senator John Enoh pointed out that these smaller enterprises make up 95 percent of Nigerian businesses and provide over 85 percent of jobs.
The platform aims to fix what Amu Ogbeide from Sapphital called the missing piece for African businesses trying to go digital. SMECore offers an affordable system that helps companies stay transparent, follow regulations, and actually build something that lasts...
A Lagos summit threw industry players and government types together to figure out why small businesses keep getting wrecked instead of actually growing into real competitors. The SMEDAN manager for Lagos said shoppers voting with their wallets for foreign stuff basically murders any chance the currency has at staying stable, and central bank moves alone do nothing without people buying what gets made locally.
Panels covered how heritage products could scale up without losing their vibe and why logistics plus energy costs keep choking out manufacturers. Winners walked away with a million naira prize for running the only fully integrated garment operation in the country. Everybody agreed producers have the creative juice to compete...
The leasing watchdog gave Azman Air props after the airline said it would register all its rented gear under a 2015 law that most operators ignore. Donald Wokoma runs the registration authority and used the airline's finance chief dropping by his office as a chance to remind everyone that signing up for the equipment registry actually helps carriers lock down better financing deals and keeps foreign lessors from getting spooked.
Wokoma broke down how the setup covers everything from planes and engines to ground equipment and IT stuff, which protects both sides when disputes pop up, or someone goes belly up. The airline's money guy called the framework solid for governance and stability, then promised to build an internal team to stay...
A UK energy watchdog threw some praise at Nigeria's oil regulator after they dropped a new licensing portal that lets companies bid on 50 different blocks spread across offshore zones and frontier areas. The group said Gbenga Komolafe, running the upstream commission, basically cracked open the whole process by putting everything online at br2025.nuprc.gov.ng, where people can see exactly how bids get judged and who wins what.
The transparency outfit from London pointed out that full digitization cuts down on shady backroom deals that used to mess with investor confidence. They called the move a blueprint for other African countries trying to pull serious money into their oil sectors, and they want the commission to keep publishing...
