The luxury perfume shop Seinde Signatures is throwing a massive party across three Nigerian cities because their UK partner Electimuss London just hit 10 years in business. The boss, Olufemi Olusola, said Lagos gets the first event with a high-end cocktail thing at SORA in Victoria Island, then Port Harcourt hosts the middle stop, and Abuja wraps it up at their new perfume bar inside Jabi Lake Mall.
That Abuja location spans 145 square meters and bills itself as the country's first dedicated fragrance bar where people can sample top-shelf scents in a bougie setting. Seinde Signatures has been operating for four years and already opened shops in multiple cities while working with brands like Clive Christian and Panadora Sweden. The...
Producer Puffybeatz has been stacking credits across multiple genres by blending Afrobeats with R&B, trap, amapiano, and drill sounds for artists spanning different continents. His tag shows up on tracks like Tony Montana with Skepta and Portable, plus he handled three songs on the Praiz album that got a Headies nod for Best R&B.
The guy worked on the Recess EP for Joshua Baraka, which hit number one in Nigeria and Uganda right out the gate. His roster includes collabs with M.I. Abaga, Asake, Oxlade, Sarkodie, and a bunch of other names from Africa and beyond who needed someone to layer soul melodies over heavy percussion patterns.
He refuses to lock into one style and keeps mixing different sounds, like throwing trap drums into...
The Rock is getting the Entertainment Icon Award at the American Black Film Festival honors ceremony coming up in Beverly Hills. The event happens at the SLS hotel, and Nice Crowd is running the whole thing as a private dinner without cameras for festival partners and the people getting trophies.
Jennifer Hudson scored the Renaissance Award for her talk show work, while Salli Richardson-Whitfield landed the Evolution Award for directing and producing stuff. Damson Idris grabbed the Horizon Award, and the Sinners movie team, led by Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan, is getting a special shoutout. KevOnStage is hosting the night.
Festival founders Jeff and Nicole Friday said the wrestler-turned-actor represents everything about...
2Face brought his kid Nino onstage during an Abuja event celebrating 25 years in the game, and the legendary artist told everyone his son wants zero part of the music business despite being solid on the saxophone. The teenager has his sights set on medical school instead of following his dad into entertainment.
Nino came into the world back in 2006 through 2Face and his ex, Sumbo Adeoye, and the kid currently does modeling work plus influencer stuff on social media. This stands out because plenty of Nigerian music offspring are jumping straight into their parents' careers, like how Wizkid's 14-year-old just dropped a whole EP under the name Champz.
Tems jumped into a Q&A session on X and spilled what she digs most about Wizkid when somebody asked her to pick one thing. She said his kindness stands out, along with how hard he grinds on his music career.
The two artists linked up back when Essence dropped on the Made in Lagos album, and that track turned into a massive global hit with nominations piling up afterward. They have shared stages around the world multiple times since then, making them one of the biggest duos in the Afrobeats scene.
Burna Boy just had his Minneapolis show at The Armory pulled after nobody bought tickets, and Ticketmaster posted the cancellation notice on their site. A Chicago date got axed as well, and this whole mess came right after he publicly roasted a couple for dozing off during his Colorado set.
The walkout incident blew up online, and the singer doubled down during an Instagram livestream by saying he only wants people who actually pay for seats instead of random fans. Turns out the woman he called out was dealing with some heavy personal grief at the time, which made the backlash even worse for him.
SpenAgro boss Ebuka Mbachu says his company is gearing up to become a major cocoa exporter while international buyers keep demanding more beans from West Africa. Global prices jumped 3-5 percent because supply keeps getting tighter, and European processors are ramping up production while dark chocolate trends in America and Asia keep quality bean demand steady.
The agricultural firm is doubling down on quality standards, sustainability programs, and farmer support networks to stand out in the export game. Mbachu mentioned they added new partners and expanded their shipping capacity over the last month, and industry people think his focus on strengthening farmer connections and processing systems is what sets the operation apart from...
A new microfinance bank called Bank78 just dropped in Lagos, claiming it can fix all the trust issues and hidden fees people hate about Nigerian banking. The founders say they built a fully digital setup that lets customers do everything from opening accounts to getting loans without ever walking into a branch, and they stuck an AI assistant named Ruby into the app for 24-hour support.
The bank is going after small businesses that usually get ignored by traditional lenders, offering advisory services and training programs to help them actually grow instead of just parking their money somewhere. Chairman Bright Ajaegbu and the other directors say the whole thing runs on transparency, showing customers exactly where their cash is sitting...
Sahara Group Foundation dropped over $130,000 on 20 African entrepreneurs through their Impact Fund and MADAA programs after completely redesigning how they help people bridge the gap between having an idea and actually selling stuff. The foundation built out a whole pipeline with business training, financial advice, and governance help instead of just handing out money and calling it a day.
They pulled over 2,000 applications from across the continent, and around 300 people made it through to intensive workshops run by Sahara experts. Foundation directors told the winners to focus on resilience and innovation while building solutions that can scale across African markets and eventually compete globally.
