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Some group called the Gongola Peoples Forum threw a massive party in Adamawa State to celebrate seven new chiefdoms and emirates that got carved out a year ago. Retired Gen Paul Tarfa showed up as chairman, while the Tol Hoba Dr Alheri Nyako spoke for all the new traditional rulers, and Governor...

Peter Obi jumped on X to talk about the US authorities grabbing a Nigerian supertanker over alleged crude oil theft. The Labour Party guy who ran for president back in 2023 says he's been screaming about this stuff for years. Obi went off about how the country bleeds billions every year because...

Wizkid told Asake he wants him performing at his wedding whenever that actually happens, and he specifically requested the track Remember for the ceremony. The Starboy artist praised Asake during their joint appearance on Apple Music radio with DJ Tunez, calling him one of the most gifted...

Ayra Starr posted about feeling isolated after moving from Lagos to New York City following her Roc Nation signing. The Afrobeats artist described her nearly bare apartment and the freezing weather that kills her drive to work, and she admitted regretting the relocation sometimes, while her...

Don Jazzy admitted that Afrobeats still operates like a developing genre when stacked against older international music scenes, and everybody working in the space keeps figuring things out as trends shift constantly. The Mavin Records founder pointed out how video production budgets exploded...

Ruger dropped a take on social media claiming that women who get butt enhancement surgery automatically come with terrible personalities. The singer posted his theory in pidgin, saying the cosmetic work apparently packages some built-in attitude problems alongside the physical changes. His...

The Actors Guild dropped a statement explaining that their freshly elected president, Abubakar Yakubu, had a brake failure right before his car killed a kid and injured the mother in Surulere. The outgoing guild boss, Emeka Rollas, confirmed that mechanical problems caused the whole situation...

Judy Austin went off on Instagram, calling out some mystery person she accused of sending spiritual attacks against her and her kids. The actress, who married Yul Edochie as his second wife, posted multiple warnings about witchcraft and manipulation while claiming someone keeps targeting her...

Klint Da Drunk ditched his music dreams after watching 2Face perform at their college in Enugu and realizing he couldn't compete with that level of talent. The comedian was studying at the Institute of Management Technology when the future star got admitted, and one campus show completely...

Ckay just hit a massive streaming milestone as the first Nigerian artist to crack one billion plays on Spotify with a solo track. His 2019 song Love Nwantiti finally crossed the threshold, and he became the first solo male African artist to pull off this kind of number on the platform. The...

YouTube dropped its Nigeria stats for this year, and gospel artist Gaise Baba completely dominated the music video rankings with his track featuring Lawrence Oyor, which pulled over 41 million views in half a year. Filmmaker Omoni Oboli topped the creator charts while other heavy hitters like...

Nigerian filmmaker Stanley Ontop got out of lockup after actress Queeneth Hilbeth filed defamation charges that landed him at the Delta State Criminal Investigation Department facility in Asaba. The activist spent one night behind bars before walking free, and his detention triggered backlash...

Israel DMW went public with his new girlfriend while posting shots from some retired general's 88th birthday party on Instagram. The logistics manager works for Davido and apparently decided Wednesday was the perfect time to soft-launch his relationship status to followers. This whole thing...

ASRock dropped fresh BIOS updates for their AM5 motherboards running the new AGESA Combo AM5 1.2.7.1 firmware, and the support pages mention compatibility with processors that AMD hasn't even announced yet. The company skipped version 1.2.7.0 entirely and jumped straight to this release, which...

Audioblast dropped DrumBlaster, a drum sampler plugin loaded with over 4000 sounds and 200 ready-made kits spanning house, techno, hardcore, drum and bass, breakbeat, trap, dub, and disco funk from the eighties. The company plans to release extra sample packs down the line, and users can throw...

Devicemeister pushed out version 1.6 of Stepic, their sequencer plugin that works on both Mac and Windows systems. The upgrade hits VST3, Audio Unit, and Max for Live formats without charging current owners anything extra. The patch brings independent timing controls for different sequence...

Universal Music Group dropped its counter-proposal to European regulators after getting hit with objections about its planned purchase of Downtown Music Holdings for around three-quarters of a billion dollars. The company claims its fix tackles the main worry about getting access to competitor...

Funke Akindele dropped a plea asking people to stop recording her new movie, Behind The Scenes, when they catch it at theaters. The filmmaker stressed that even posting short clips counts as piracy and could tank the project she worked hard on with her cast, like Tobi Bakre and Iyabo Ojo. She...

Adekunle Gold says his daughter Adejare hyping him up backstage before his London concert pushed him to go harder than ever on stage. The five-year-old introduced her dad to the crowd, and hearing her talk about him with that much pride apparently hit different for the singer. He dropped a post...

Don Jazzy had to jump online and defend some woman named Itohan after people started calling her greedy for accepting his donation. She posted about wanting to clear debts and start a foundation for kidney patients since her brother died from kidney disease, and the music producer asked what she...