In mid March 2026, a video clip featuring veteran Nigerian gospel singer Yinka Ayefele participating in a Ramadan themed song ...

Fans of Nigerian artist CKay received a welcome gift in late January: the singer released his latest song, “Badminton.” It’s a high-energy, melodic track with an infectious sound. The song, which has ...

Global Afrobeats star Tiwa Savage, 46, is deepening her investment in the future of African music. She’s launching the Tiwa Savage Music Foundation and partnering with Berklee College of Music to ...

Considered the father of Afrobeat, Kuti used his music in the 1970s to combat colonial values and brutal dictatorship. Podcaster Jad Abumrad tells his story in the series, Fela Kuti: Fear No Man. KUOW ...

UK-based Nigerian-British concert pianist Rebeca Omordia, is repositioning African classical music for the global audiences through the African Concert Series at Wigmore Hall in London. She provides ...

Dipo Faloyin is a journalist and the author of “Africa Is Not a Country,” a book about the continent’s history, diversity and persistent stereotypes. Feb. 5, 2026 Heaving with coordinated chaos, Lagos ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Ifunanya Nwangene, who is known for her appearance on season 3 of “The Voice Nigeria,” has died after a snake bite. Nwangene’ ...

Ifunanya Nwangene, who is known for her appearance on season 3 of “The Voice Nigeria,” has died after a snake bite. Nwangene’ choir director Sam C. Ezugwu confirmed the news in a Facebook post on ...

Asake and Wizkid are making streaming history in Nigeria. Their collaborative single “Jogodo” delivered a record-breaking debut on Spotify Nigeria, earning 1.388 million streams in its first day. The ...

When Jude Nnam wrote his first Mass in 1992, it was under the subconscious influence of a boyhood experience. In the mid-1970s, Nnam and two friends visited an Assemblies of God church in Enugu, the ...

A spokesman for the Nigerian government said the “remaining” students taken from a Catholic school had been freed, but the local diocese said that only a “second batch” had been released. By Ruth ...