Category: News
MAVIN GLOBAL. LABEL SECURES MULTI-MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT
Don Jazzy‘s Mavin Records has secured an equity investment from Kupanda Holdings. Punch report. The label intends to scale its operations to meet the global demand for African sounds and has unveiled its Mavin Global platform. Chief Operating Officer of Mavin Global; Tega Oghenedoro said: With the resources and operational capacity Kupanda Capital brings along with its investment, Mavin is…
2ND SLAM TITLE SIGNALS; NAOMI OSAKA HAS THE POWER TO RULE TENNIS
US Open winner Naomi Osaka has added another Grand Slam to her belt by beating Petra Kvitova to win the Australian Open. Osaka took the game in three sets of 7-6(7-2), 5-7, 6-4, missing three championship sets in the second set. Osaka was characteristically tongue tied at the trophy presentation, revealing that she forgot all that she planned to…
MIKEL OBI JOINS ENGLISH CLUB MIDDLESBROUGH
31-year-old former Chelsea player Mikel Obi has joined the English club Middlesbrough. The Super Eagles World Cup captain agreed on terms with the club after leaving Tianjin Teda in China by mutual consent. Mikel had spent 11 seasons in Chelsea before moving on to China and leaving as a free agent. Middlesbrough, who are currently 5th place in England’s 2nd…
LAGOS NAMES AS THE 4TH WEALTHIEST CITY IN AFRICA VALUED AT $108BN- REPORT
In a new report by Africa Property News, Lagos has been ranked the 4th wealthiest city in Africa, coming behind Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Cairo. Lagos was valued at $108 billion, while the other Nigerian city on the list – Abuja – was valued at $13 billion. The overview of the continent’s wealthiest cities is based…
R. KELLY DROPPED BY SONY MUSIC
Sony Music, R. Kelly‘s record label of 30 years, have parted ways with him. Billboard reports that the sources confirm that the singer has been dumped by his record label and has been removed from the RCA website. The move follows the airing of the documentary “Surviving R. Kelly” and protests against the singer outside the Sony…
MUHAMMAD ALI TO GET AIRPORT NAMED AFTER HIM
Legendary boxer Muhammad Ali will, three years after he passed, get an airport named after him. His hometown, Louisville, will be naming the Louisville International Airport after Ali. CNN reports that the decision was made after a vote on a recommendation by a working group that’s been studying the renaming for over a year. The airport will be known…
TECNO HOSTS SMARTPHONE PHOTOGRAPHY MASTER CLASS AT LAGOS PHOTO FESTIVAL
Imagine this: you want to take a picture of a beautiful image or person, what an incredible sight right? You start to visualize how the picture will come out. You pick up your phone and voila! You take the picture. I bet you were not satisfied with that one picture, so you kept taking different…
D’BANJ MEETS WITH GHANAIAN PRESIDENT NANA AKUFO-ADDO
D’Banj is making moves to take the creative industry to the next level. The entertainment entrepreneur shares photos of himself meeting with the President of Ghana, Nana Akufo-Addo. After the meeting, Dbanj said, ‘It was an amazing meeting with the president of Ghana can’t wait to share with you all what’s coming. “Content is the New Crude”….
SEUN KUTI GETS NOMINATED FOR 2019 GRAMMY AWARDS [SEE FULL LIST]
Seun Kuti’s “Black Times” album has been nominated for the 2019 Grammys. Following news of Seun Kuti submitting his recent album, “Black Times” for consideration by the Grammy Awards panel in October, we can now confirm that the Afrobeats acts has officially been nominated for the 61st edition of the Grammy Awards. The nominees were announced…
OLAMIDE ANNOUNCES NEW RELEASE DATE FOR YBNL MAFIA FAMILY ALBUM
It was earlier reported that the YBNL all stars debut album was scheduled to be release on Friday, December 7, 2018. The release date has now been postponed as Olamide posted on his Instagram page stating the reason as a need to ”give rich and quality sound” shifting the blame on ace sound engineer, Zeeno Foster. The announcement when…