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Nicki Minaj is proving once again that she can hang with the fellas, she’s now the first female rapper to make the Forbes’ Hip-Hop Cash Kings list. Making her debut at #15, the Barbie Doll rapper pulled in $6.5 million this past year...
There are few people who have attained the height the late Pan-African music king, composer, saxophonist, spiritualist, vocalist, dancer, keyboardist and the grandfather of Afro beat Fela Anikulapo Kuti a.ka Baba 70 or Abami Eda attained during his lif...
BOBOYE ONDUKU reviews Africa’s biggest reality TV show and looks back on the good, the bad and the ugly vibes from ‘BBA 6’. Nobody can lay claim to have had a pre-knowledge of the direction of swing of the pedulum, when the 26 contest...
As the entertainment industry in Nigeria keeps evolving, more than a few of her artistes have risen from grass to grace, thanks to concerts, modelling contracts, voice-overs, endorsements and other avenues. In the light of affluence and fame, PATIENCE ...
Last year it was Uti and Munya, Nigeria and Zimbabwe’s representative that came tops. This year it was an encore for both countries again as Karen and Wendall shared the $400,000 ‘Amplified’ cash writes Boboye Onduku. The evictions of...
Kenny G popularly known as Kenneth Bruce Gorelick was born June 5, 1956 at Seattle, Washington to a Jewish family and grew up in the city’s Seward Park neighborhood, which is a centre of the city’s Jewish community. He’s an adult cont...
Hajara Yusuf is the producer of ‘Ka ya ce’, a new Hausa movie with subtitles in English, speaking RUTH CHOJI after the premier at the Silverbird cinema, the TV producer stated that the movie has a great lesson for everyone, she also stated ...
Leonardo DiCaprio has topped the list of Hollywood's highest paid actors for the first time. He earned £47million from box office hits Inception and Shutter Island, from which he picked up a slice of the profits. The 36-year-old heart-...
She did not become popular through acting.No. She was known as a model for one of Nigeria’s popular medicated soaps. After starring in more than few movies, she went off the radar, but in this interview with RUTH CHOJI who met her at the premier ...
In tragic news, Amy Winehouse was found dead in her London flat Saturday, according to UK reports. While the 27-year-old Back to Black crooner has faced a very public battle with addiction to drugs and alcohol, her cause of death has not yet bee...
From being the first girl to survive three consecutive eviction nominations, Boboye Onduku reveals that Nigeria’s Malvina Longpet has surpassed expectations and has become the first contestant to be assured of a place in the final week of Africa&...
Many know him as ‘Ahanna’ the character he played in ‘Rattlesnake’, many years ago.But Francis Duru has come a long way from then. He is now a Nollywood Ambassador. In this chat with NAOMI ADAMU, he says there is much to be done...
Boboye Onduku examines the chances of seven housemates in their battle with eviction this week ahead of the finale of Big Brother Amplified.Vimbai will be unlucky Vimbai is up against many forces. Viewers from Mozambique, Uganda, Zambia, Nigeria and ev...
You can comb the incredible statistics surrounding Lionel Richie’s amazing career and still miss something. You can factor in the nearly 60 million albums sold, the five Grammy’s, 22 top ten hits, an Oscar for best song, a golden globe, a t...
Tuface Idibia, MTV Africa’s artiste of the year was honoured alongside Kokomaster D’Banj at the 2011 BET Awards recently with the BET Best International Act (Africa) Award. The two walked away with the title having been nominated alongside ...