Fireboy DML’s ZUKO! lands Friday with Masicka, Lojay and Thukuthela on 13 tracks
Fireboy DML's fifth album arrives on Friday, 16 October, through YBNL Nation and EMPIRE, with dancehall and South African guests on a 13-track list.
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10 new songs this week, from FOLA’s 9 to Rybeena and Niniola
FOLA's 14-track second album, with Davido and Ayra Starr on it, tops GistMatrix's Music Countdown for Friday, 9 October 2026. The countdown's Nigerian and African picks were checked on Apple Music Nigeria on Friday morning, and seven of the ten came out that day.
FOLA's second album arrives on New Music Friday with Davido, Ayra Starr and BNXN on the guest list, and it leads GistMatrix's countdown of new songs this week for Friday, 9 October 2026. GistMatrix checked each Nigerian and African pick on Apple Music Nigeria at about 8:40am WAT on Friday: the release date, the label and the track count. Seven…
- Adekunle Gold told BBC Radio 1Xtra that a sickle cell crisis on a flight to Tanzania left him unable to walk; the clip was posted on 29 September 2026.
- The singer said he left the plane in Ethiopia in a wheelchair for the first time and a doctor told him to drink more water whenever he flies.
- His foundation launched 5 Star Care, free health insurance for 1,000 people with sickle cell in Lagos, on 19 June 2025.
Adekunle Gold: sickle cell crisis on a flight put him in a wheelchair
The singer told BBC Radio 1Xtra that the pain started as cramps on the way to Tanzania and got so bad the crew nearly landed early. A doctor in Ethiopia gave him one simple rule for flying.
Adekunle Gold thought it was bad airport food. It was a sickle cell crisis, and by the time his plane reached Ethiopia he could not walk. The singer, born Adekunle Kosoko, described the episode in an interview with Eddie Kadi on BBC Radio 1Xtra. The station posted a clip on Instagram on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, and Nigerian outlets including…
- Actor Andrew Garfield told the YouTube music show Track Star, in an episode released on 2 September 2026, that Fela Kuti's music shaped his Spider-Man.
- Garfield said the way he moved in the Spider-Man suit drew on Fela, and that Fela's revolutionary politics gave Peter Parker a justice-seeking streak.
- A clip of the interview spread on Nigerian social media on Tuesday, 29 September 2026; the full episode is free to watch on YouTube in Nigeria.
Andrew Garfield credits Fela Kuti for how his Spider-Man moved
The Oscar-nominated actor says a Fela playlist shaped his body language and sense of justice as Peter Parker. He said it on Track Star in early September; the clip hit Nigerian timelines on Tuesday.
Andrew Garfield has credited Fela Kuti for the way his Spider-Man moved. The British-American actor told the music show Track Star that he made a playlist for the role and that Nigeria's Afrobeat pioneer ended up at the centre of it. Garfield said he started listening to Fela when he first got the part. "There was something about the sound…
VMAs 2026: Madonna wins artist of the year as Taylor Swift makes history
Madonna won artist of the year and best collaboration on her VMAs return, Taylor Swift became the show's most-awarded artist, and Afrobeats had no category of its own this year.
The 2026 MTV Video Music Awards took over the Peacock Theater in Los Angeles on Sunday 27 September, with Snoop Dogg as host, and the night belonged to two pop giants from different generations. Madonna opened the show with her first VMAs performance in 23 years, joined by Sabrina Carpenter on their single 'Bring Your Love'. The pair later picked…
- Afro Nation Portugal runs 9–11 June 2027 at Praia da Rocha, Portimão
- Davido, Rema and Fally Ipupa top the bill; Omah Lay and Victony also confirmed
- The festival moves from its recent July slot to June for 2027
Davido, Rema and Fally Ipupa to headline Afro Nation Portugal 2027
The Algarve beach festival moves to earlier June dates for its seventh edition, with Omah Lay and Victony also on the first lineup.
Afro Nation Portugal has named the first headliners for its 2027 edition, and Nigeria is front and centre again. Davido and Rema will top the bill with Congolese star Fally Ipupa when the festival returns to Praia da Rocha beach in Portimão, on Portugal's Algarve coast, from 9 to 11 June 2027. The lineup was announced on Wednesday, 23 September.…
- Burna Boy plays halftime at Steelers v Saints, Stade de France, 25 October
- It is the first NFL regular-season game ever staged in France
- In 2025 he became the first African artist to headline Stade de France
Burna Boy to headline halftime at the NFL’s first game in Paris
The Grammy winner returns to Stade de France on 25 October for Steelers v Saints, the first regular-season NFL game ever played in France.
Burna Boy is heading back to Stade de France, this time with American football as the backdrop. The NFL has named the Nigerian star as the halftime headliner for its first regular-season game in France, when the Pittsburgh Steelers take on the New Orleans Saints in Paris on Sunday, 25 October 2026. The announcement, made on 17 September, carries a…