By: Akinde Oluwaseun Picture this. Nigerian star Gabriel Oche Amanyi—you know him as Terry G, the guy behind those crazy energetic tracks— he’s fuming right now. Billboard, that big American music mag, just put out their Top 50 Best Afrobeats Songs of All Time. And guess what. Terry G’s hits? Nowhere to be seen. Snubbed…
By: Akinde S. Oluwaseun Sad news today. Another light in Nollywood has gone out. Chief Kanran, the veteran actor we all knew, is gone. He was 70. It was movie producer Seun Oloketuyi who confirmed it. Posted it on Instagram Friday morning. Just said that the popular actor, whose real name was Olusegun Akinremi, had…
By: Akinde S. Oluwaseun Two new airplanes for the Cross River government. Sounds impressive. But Dr. Effiong Nyong, he’s not impressed. Not at all. He’s furious. Nyong, who used to run for governor under the ADC, was talking to some reporters Friday in Calabar. He called the whole thing a “terrible misplacement of priorities.” A…
By: Akinde S. Oluwaseun It all went down in a Lagos courtroom Friday. Remember that big EFCC raid at the hotel right there on the old Obasanjo Presidential Library grounds? Well, this was the fallout. Justice Dehinde Dipeolu was on the bench, and the story unfolded. Three of the guys busted that day admitted to…
By: Akinde S. Oluwaseun Morning presser at Kirkby. Coffee bitter, mics squeal. Arne Slot strolls in, jacket half-zipped. First question lands: “Who scares you most this season? Arsenal again?” He barely blinks. “Chelsea,” he mutters. One word, drops like a brick. Reporters trade looks. Weren’t the Blues only fourth last May? Yep. Slot shrugs. “I…
By: Akinde S. Oluwaseun She walked through the tunnel, duffel slung low. Boom—doors swing. A sea of blue and white shirts, plus the odd Nigerian flag, wave like it’s carnival. Applause? Yep, loud. Somebody even tries the talking-drum rhythm; tempo’s messy, hearts in the right place. Nnadozie should have touched down weeks ago, but Morocco…
