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Whenever President Buhari returns home, he should just do the needful and give Congolese legend Awilo Longomba honourary Nigerian citizenship. And while he's at it, a national honour won't be a bad idea too. Has there been any other African artiste that have enraptured Nigerians as much as Awilo has? Not likely. By the year 2000, his second album Coupe Bibamba was the rage all over the country. It didn't matter if it was actually released in 1998 (no be when person wake him day dey begin?). It even mattered less to all of us that we neither spoke French nor Lingala that the man sang in; once the beat came on, Nigerians automatically jumped up, stretched out their arms, bent their knees and wiggled away. It didn't hurt either that the man himself had a deep rooted love for Nigeria. He said in later interviews that he was inspired by the music of Fela. His Lagos concert in 2000 has not been replicated by any artiste: he filled up the 40,000 capacity N...

Check out performance photos of 2face, Tekno, Shina Peters and more at the Eargasm concert The 2017 Eargasm concert, which was hosted by comedian, Bovi , held on Saturday, February 11 at Eko Hotels in Victoria Island, Lagos. It saw a number of Nigerian music stars perform, including 2face Idibia , Shina Peters , Tekno , Niyola , Adekunle Gold , Styl-Plus , Yinka Davies and more. Pop group, Styl-Plus made a surprise appearance at about 1am and then performed their hit songs including ‘Run Away’, ‘Imagine That’, ‘Call My Name’, and ‘Olufunmi’. EME first lady, Niyola stepped out with her female band while Sir Shina Peters and his band delivered an energetic performance on the night. Adekunle Gold on his part made it look like a Valentine’s Day show with the performance of ‘Sade’, ‘Orente’ and more of his popular tracks. Meanwhile,  Tekno who thrilled athletes at the Lagos Marathon on Sunday also came on stage with a ...

The 2016 African artiste of the year was nominated in the Album of the Year category for Drake's 'Views'. Wizkid missed the Grammys to show love for Runtown at his London concert. Credit: IG Nigerian musician, Wizkid lost out on his first Grammy award following the ceremony which held on Sunday, February 12 at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. The 2016 African Artiste of the Year was nominated in the Album of the Year category as a featured artiste and producer on Drake ’s fourth studio album,  Views . Grammys 2017: Drake wins ‘Best Rap Song’ and ‘Best Rap Performance’ But Adele – who took home five gongs from the awards night – triumphed in the category thanks to 25 , beating Justin Bieber ‘s  Purpose ,  Sturgill Simpson ‘s  A Sailor’s Guide To Earth , and  Beyonce ‘s  Lemonade . ‘I can’t possibly accept this award, and I’m very humbled, I’m very grateful but the artiste of my life is Beyonce,’ she said while receiving her...