Two Nigerian superstars, Wizkid and Burna boy won big at the Mobo Awards 2020 which was streamed live on YouTube in the early hours of Thursday.
Wizkid was named the Best African Act while Burna Boy was named the Best International Act.
The awards returned after a three-year hiatus on November 24, with the announcement of nominations for the 2020 Music of Black Origin Awards |||READ MORE
Controversy has continued to trail the reported order by the Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, to the National Broadcasting Commission to shut down the Big Brother Naija reality television show.
The Acting Director-General of the NBC, Armstrong Idachaba, had allegedly told senior management members of the commission at a meeting during the week that he had been directed by the minister to shut down the show due to the coronavirus pandemic.
MultiChoice Limited had subsequently replied the NBC stating the measures taken to forestall any violation of the COVID-19 protocols advised by the Presidential Task Force on COVID-19, adding that the Lagos State Safety Commission gave approval for the show |||READ MORE
Jennifer Lopez has offered to play host to a New York nurse at one of her future concerts as a thank you for her hard work during the coronavirus pandemic.
The superstar surprised emergency room medic Cassidy Toben during a video chat for U.S. network NBC's virtual Peacock At-Home Variety Show, for which she was interviewed by Today show anchors Savannah Guthrie and Hoda Kotb about working on the front lines.
In the middle of the chat, the co-hosts noted Toben was a J.Lo superfan and then pretended to give the On the Floor hitmaker a call, before she appeared onscreen, much to the nurse's surprise |||READ MORE
Singer Rihanna has been named as the richest female musician in the UK with an estimated fortune worth N219 billion (£468m).
The singer, who moved to London in 2019, has overtaken Elton John and Mick Jagger to claim third place in the UK musician category.
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Paul McCartney are joint first, with fortunes of N375 billion (£800m) each according to The Sunday Times Rich List |||READ MORE
Katy Perry announced her pregnancy back in March by displaying her baby bump at the end of her “Never Worn White” music video. And now its follow-up video, for the new single “Daisies,” looks like a maternity glamour photo shoot come to life.
The idyllic clip, lensed by filmmaker Liza Voloshin from a “safe social distance,” depicts the radiant pop star and American Idol judge frolicking in nature — at one point even stripping off her gauzy sundress to wade naked under a waterfall. Perry’s profile pose, reclining against a rock wall with her arm draped across her bare chest, is reminiscent of other iconic au naturel maternity shots, like Demi Moore and Serena Williams’s famous Vanity Fair covers or Jessica Simpson’s Elle cover in 2012.
Perry isn’t just baring skin in the “Daisies” video; she’s baring her soul in the song’s lyrics, too. In a press release, Perry described “Daisies,” which has the same ebullient,|||READ MORE
