Soul Muzik signee, Zainab Agoro, popularly called Zaina, has revealed that she wrote and recorded her first song at the age of 14; adding that it was dedicated to her mother. The Chicago born Nigerian singer made this known during an exclusive interview on Channels Television’s breakfast programme, Sunrise. Zaina, who relocated to Nigeria in 2010 after studying and working in the United States of America sa ...

An upcoming act, Miss Reo has just released a new single titled "Get away." The singer, who was born in Plateau state, Nigeria shows off her song-writing skills in the new single, an up tempo R&B song. The high energy level provided by its instrumentation makes the song catchy. Lyrically, "Get away" is a vulnerable song that talks about letting go of a relationship. Listen here: ...

Toronto Mayor Rob Ford on Friday denied allegations that he smoked crack cocaine. "Absolutely not true... It's ridiculous," Ford told reporters gathered outside his west Toronto house, before driving off in his SUV. Reporters for the Toronto Star newspaper and Gawker Media said late Thursday they had watched a cellphone video that appears to show Ford smoking crack. The video is allegedly being shopped arou ...

Candice Glover, a soul singer from rural South Carolina, was named "American Idol" on Thursday, becoming the first female singer to win the television singing competition since 2007. Glover, 23, defeated country singer Kree Harrison in the popular vote with her powerful voice in what judges deemed a close contest to take the title on season 12 of the Fox network show. "You are officially our American idol," ...

Award winning actor and movie director, Kunle Afolayan, has led the way for African cinema into Japan as he takes his latest blockbuster; Phone Swap to Tokyo, on the invitation of Cinema Africa. The movie will be screened during film festival that will also have Afolayan leading series of discussions on Nigeria's movie industry. Cinema Africa is a non-profit organization established in 2006 to develop under ...

Four Nigerian authors have made the shortlist for the 2013 Caine Prize for African Writing, out of five stories chosen and announced on Wednesday. The Chair of judges for the prize, art historian and broadcaster, Gus Casely-Hayford said: “The shortlist was selected from 96 entries from 16 African countries. They are all outstanding African stories that were drawn from an extraordinary body of high quality s ...

After a four-year hiatus, Emmy-winning television thriller, 24, will return in the summer 2014 with lead star, Kiefer Sutherland. Fox network has made the announcement that 24: Live Another Day will bring back Sutherland as counter-terrorism agent Jack Bauer. The new 12-episode mini-series will represent 24 hours in Bauer's life, following the same real-time format that became the series' trademark. 'The re ...

2Face Idibia and HyperTek team mates have released the video for their collaboration, “Omo No Dulling” featuring Dammy Krane and Rock Steady. The HyperTek crew are currently on tour with 2face for his Campus Connect tour which is taking round a number of tertiary institutions in the country. ...

The nominees for BET Awards 2013 have been revealed and, as usual, Nigerian artists are in the frame. 2face Idibia and Ice Prince return to this year’s list while R2Bees will be repping Ghana. View the list of all the superstars nominated in the Best International Act (Africa) category below. Best International Act: Africa 2Face Idibia (Nigeria) Toya Delazy (South Africa) Donald (South Africa) Ice Prince (N ...

The VOX custom-built electric guitar played by John Lennon and George Harrison at the peak of Beatles' fame is expected to fetch between $200,000 and $300,000 U.S. dollars at a New York auction which will take place May the 18th. The electric guitar which is the centrepiece of Auctions' annual "Music Icons" sale was used by Harrison to practice the 1967 song "I Am the Walrus", while Lennon played the guitar ...