Nigerian rap veteran Olamide has dropped a new collaborative single titled 99. The track, which hit streaming platforms on Monday, sees the YBNL boss teaming up with some of the industry’s most magnetic voices: Asake, Seyi Vibez, Young Jonn, and British-Nigerian vocalist Daecolm. 99 is not just another feature-heavy Afrobeats drop. It is a textured sonic experiment that fuses […]
Dr Akinwumi Adesina, the outgoing President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), has been appointed to the Council of Advisors of the prestigious World Food Prize Foundation. The announcement, made by the Foundation’s President, Mashal Husain, reinforces Adesina’s enduring legacy as a global voice in agriculture, food security, and economic transformation. Adesina, a Nigerian economist and internationally respected development […]
Afrobeats heavyweight Rema has flipped the script, not with a chart-topper, but with a gesture of solidarity and quiet power. Rising rapper Odumodublvck has publicly disclosed that Rema personally donated a staggering N40 million to support his new record, Pity This Boy. The revelation came via a candid post on X (formerly Twitter), where Odumodublvck called for the act […]
For Nigerian music powerhouse Tems, the global stage is no longer new territory, but on Sunday, 13 July 2025, she will mark yet another landmark in her meteoric rise. The Grammy-winning singer and songwriter has been officially announced as one of the headline performers at the first-ever FIFA Club World Cup Final halftime show, alongside Latin music giant J […]
For the first time in its 50-year history, Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum is hosting a solo exhibition by an African artist, and it is Nigerian contemporary painter John Madu who is leading this historic shift. His exhibition Paint Your Path, unveiled on Friday, is not only a creative triumph but a bold statement on representation, global influence, and artistic […]
On a clay court drenched in tension and Parisian anticipation, 21-year-old Coco Gauff rose from the fire, rallied from behind, and clinched her first-ever French Open title, toppling Aryna Sabalenka in a fierce three-set final that will echo through tennis history. The scoreboard read 2-6, 6-3, 7-5. But those numbers barely scratched the surface of the emotional grit and […]
Fuji music icon, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal, widely known as K1 De Ultimate, has shared a rare tribute to the woman he says laid the foundation for his legendary career: his late mother, Alhaja Halima Anifowoshe. In a video that surfaced online on Tuesday morning, the revered singer opened a window into his early life, crediting his mother not just […]
Sidi Ould Tah of Mauritania has been elected as the new President of the African Development Bank Group. The announcement was made during the closing sessions of the Bank’s 2025 Annual Meetings held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, on May 30. Tah, a veteran of African economic reform and international finance, will succeed Nigeria’s Dr Akinwumi Adesina, whose decade-long presidency […]
Emirati business executive Shaikha Al Nowais has been elected as the next Secretary-General of the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO). She will officially assume office in January 2026, making history as the first woman to hold the role since the organisation’s inception. Al Nowais’ election signals more than a milestone in gender representation; it sets the tone for […]
Nigeria’s Central Bank Governor, Olayemi Cardoso, was crowned Central Bank Governor of the Year at the prestigious 2025 African Banker Awards held in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire. The honour, bestowed during a high-level gala last Wednesday, was a recognition of Cardoso’s “bold and strategic” reforms that have helped stabilise Nigeria’s financial system in one of its most challenging periods. Award […]
