By: Oluwaseun Lawal He speaks. The city listens. A ₦36m tax bill lands on TikTok creator Peller, and timelines go wild. Lagos answers, not with clapback, but with statute. Abdulkabir Ogungbo, special adviser to Governor Babajide Sanwo‑Olu on Tax and Revenue, says this isn’t a witch‑hunt. It’s about everyone who earn legitimately in Lagos. Section…
By: Akinde S. Oluwaseun Imagine this. Brymo, that bold, no-nonsense singer who’s always marching to his own beat, he’s had enough. He’s calling out the big shots—Burna Boy, Davido, and the rest of those A-list stars. Stop jumping on every hot track for a remix, he says. Especially when it’s from some fresh-faced newcomer blowing…
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 It happened on a hot, dusty afternoon in Auchi. No warning. One minute the fresh graduate was laughing with friends, the next—screech, crash, silence. A hulking truck, said to fly the Dangote badge, tore through the lane. Driver bolted. People yelled. A lecturer in a beat-up Corolla chased him down, got…
By: Akinde s. Oluwaseun ‘Losing my son changed everything,’ Davido told ABC News in a recent chat. The Afrobeats star — real name David Adeleke — is still grappling with the pain. His three-year-old son, Ifeanyi, died in 2022 after drowning in a pool at their home in Lagos, Nigeria. Daily Post reported the tragedy…
