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An Ode to Fela Anikulapo Kuti – 19 years on, we still hear you in our hearts!

Sayo — Tue, 02 Aug 2016 12:48:02 +0000

#NowPlaying: Fela – Gentleman On this day 19 years ago, this irreplaceable one, transfigured into glory. This great one. Death didn’t take him. Death was in his pouch, so, he took death when he desired. Now, he lives on in the hearts of the discerning as a transfigured truth. He wasn’t vocal, no, he was […]

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P-Square are back together again. Wait, did you hear they’d split up?

Rachel — Mon, 25 Jul 2016 16:31:47 +0000

I don’t know what I am doing with my life, I really don’t. Nothing I know in this life wey I come. P-Square are back together? Okay, wait. I know there was some brouhaha. Something something…Jude wanted something…Usher (Peter Okoye) wasn’t feeling it…Bob Marley (Paul Okoye) was Team “The Family That Sings Together Stays Together”, […]

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Banky W asks aproko people “Is it your single?” as he launches single ‘Gidi Love’

Rachel — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 11:00:10 +0000

I think we have already mentioned once today that we are Team Banky W, but just in case we didn’t say it loudly enough, here we go again. Banky W is some kind of awesome. His new single Gidi Love and his Instagram post on being single has renewed our love yet again! It is […]

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#MCM alert! 10 reasons why we love Banky W!

Rachel — Mon, 11 Jul 2016 06:00:51 +0000

See, let me tell you ehn, I always had Banky W down as just a flashy Lagos Boy. Fine, fine! I’ll say it! I had him completely pegged as a #YorubaDemon. He has the full armour, after all. But it is so great to be able to come out and admit that we fancy the […]

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Surpise! Chimamanda and Mavin’s Di’Ja reveal arrival of their babies

Sayo — Fri, 01 Jul 2016 12:49:12 +0000

I don’t know oh, but, I belive I just like celebs who keep it mute until it’s cute. Honestly, my first reaction to Di’ja’s baby announcement was funny. I was like, “so, Di’ja was already 3 months pregnant while she was jumping jantamantaly to Don Jazzy‘s response to Olamide at the Headies awards held on […]

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Jesse Williams brought #BlackManMagic to the BET Awards! [Full speech transcript]

Rachel — Tue, 28 Jun 2016 01:05:49 +0000

You may just know Jesse Williams as the hawt like fiyah Dr Jackson Avery in the hit series Grey’s Anatomy, but what you probably did not know about him until a few hours ago was that he is not just an actor, but a humanitarian, an activist, a loving husband and father, and the kind […]

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Our girl Jill Scott marries long-term boyfriend Mike Dobson

Rachel — Mon, 27 Jun 2016 21:01:11 +0000

Do you ever sync with someone so well that you feel like your best friends, even if it’s just in your mind? Well, that’s how we feel about Jill Scott. I’ve been loving Jilly from Philly all the way from “Gettin’ In The Way” and always live for her achievements and happiness. So imagine my […]

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No More Searching: OJB Jezreel loses battle with Kidney complications

Sayo — Tue, 14 Jun 2016 11:40:25 +0000

An end has come to his searching, and now, he enjoys his Jah’s light. Babatunde Jezreel Okungbowa, popular musical artiste and producer better known as OJB Jezreel, has died. He would have been 50 this July. According to a family source, OJB, whose notable works include Jah Is My Light, Bretete and Still Searching died on […]

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Funke Akindele wows on the red carpet in London, with iROKO World

Rachel — Sun, 12 Jun 2016 16:03:21 +0000

Last night saw a red carpet extravaganza at an event hosted by iROKO World and Lebara Play, at the Greenwich ODEON in London, in honour of superstar Funke Akindele, who is iROKO World’s Global Brand Ambassador. Celebrating Funke’s renowned Nollywood character, ‘Jenifa’, the event saw hundreds of Funke fans descend for a screening of episodes […]

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Woolwich Goes Wild for Funke Akindele

Rachel — Fri, 10 Jun 2016 15:59:30 +0000

Nollywood actress and iROKO World’s Global Brand Ambassador, Funke Akindele, aka ‘Jenifa’, has been on tour in London since she touched down at Heathrow airport on Monday. The tour will conclude tonight with a red-carpet event which takes place at Odeon Greenwich, London – There are still some tickets left. When her Jeni-fans spotted her […]

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