Category: NEWS


  • New Class-Action Suit Against Spotify: Alleged Bot Fraud and the Impact on Artists

    A major legal storm just made landfall in the music streaming world. On November 3, 2025, a class-action lawsuit was filed in California federal court by rapper and producer RBX (real name Eric Dwayne Collins) against Spotify. The complaint alleges that the platform turned a blind eye to โ€œmass-scale fraudulent streaming,โ€ allowing certain artists to…

  • Rapper Odumodublvck faces a court summons over alleged criminal intimidation of Chocolate City A&R Tenten, a clash of street credibility and industry power.

    Itโ€™s one thing for rappers to trade bars, but when the beef leaves the booth and enters a courtroom, itโ€™s a whole different story. This week, Abujaโ€™s entertainment scene woke up to a legal headline that felt straight out of a movie Odumodublvck has been summoned by a court over alleged criminal intimidation of Chocolate…

  • Big Sean & Jhenรฉ Aiko: Parsing the Rumours After Nearly a Decade Together

    Rumours have followed Big Sean and Jhenรฉ Aiko through almost a decade of public-facing romance from whispers of cheating and secret proposals to speculation about split-ups and hidden weddings. For a couple whoโ€™ve built part of their identity around vulnerability, spirituality and creative partnership, the speculation around their relationship has become a persistent subplot. The…

  • Halloween Culture in Nigeria: Between Global Influence and Local Identity

    Halloween, once seen as a purely Western celebration, has quietly found a place in Nigeriaโ€™s growing pop-culture landscape. What began as a foreign tradition rooted in superstition and costume play has now evolved into a social event redefined by Nigerian youth, nightlife promoters, and creative communities. As global culture becomes more connected through social media…

  • When Churches Burn: Should the U.S. and the World Intervene in Nigeriaโ€™s Religious Violence?

    Images of burned villages, mass graves, and desperate families are not abstract headlines. They are human emergencies. Nigeriaโ€™s insecurity from Islamist insurgency in the northeast to massacres and raids in central states has produced a mounting humanitarian crisis that affects Christians and Muslims, farmers and herders, and entire communities. The question now being asked in…

  • Public Justice or Public Rage? The DJ Chicken Saga in Sagamu

    The video landed like a warning light. On the busy streets of Sagamu in Ogun State, what began as a minor car crash involving DJ Chicken quickly escalated into a near-mob assault, viral footage capturing an influencer forced to sit at the scene as a crowd rallied around anger and judgment. The incident isnโ€™t just…

  • โ€œMarketing Advance for Afrobeats: A Blessing or a Curse?

    Marketing Advance for Afrobeats: A Blessing or a Curse? The global rise of Afrobeats has been one of the most remarkable cultural movements of the 21st century. What began in Lagos studios and Accra nightclubs has become a worldwide phenomenon, with artists selling out arenas from London to Los Angeles. But behind the hits, the…

  • Hope on a Slip: How Gambling Became the New Hustle for Nigerian Youths

    The Betting Generation: How Gambling Became Nigeriaโ€™s Quiet Youth Epidemic In todayโ€™s Nigeria, a betting slip has become as common as a debit card. From Lagos Street corners to university hostels in Enugu, young Nigerians are staking their last few naira on virtual games, live football matches, and prediction apps that promise a way out…

  • When the Beat Stopped: Inside the Proxy Night Club Raid That Shook Lagos Nightlife

    In Lagos, the city where the sun rises tired and the clubs never sleep, one nightspot just found itself trending for all the wrong reasons. The Proxy Night Club raid the now-infamous sweep in Victoria Island that ended a wild weekend wasnโ€™t just another party gone wrong; it was a wake-up call for the entire…

  • Franceโ€™s Growing Debt Crisis and the Political Step-Down: A Nation at a Fiscal Crossroads

    Franceโ€™s Growing Debt Crisis and the Political Step-Down: A Nation at a Fiscal Crossroads France is once again facing a convergence of fiscal and political tension. On October 19, 2025, Prime Minister Sรฉbastien Lecornu officially resigned after weeks of mounting pressure over budget delays, failed reforms, and deep divisions in Parliament. His departure came amid…