The day the EFCC arrested Naira Marley in Lagos; that was actually Naira Marley’s birthday. May 10 2019—that was the day the man clocked 28. As the sun was just about setting out, the financial crimes squad snatched him...

Nigerian music star Naira Marley has released a new single titled “Koleyewon.“ The new record is produced by Niphkeys. Koleyewon is Marley's way of closing the year 2020 and it was released alongside another single "Chi Chi". Koleyewon’ is the one for the street filled with Lambas and lots of relative street slangs, words. Earlier…

On Thursday 26th November, premium entertainment space - LiVE! Lounge hosted renowned Nigerian band; Alternate Sound to it’s highly-anticipated headline session tagged “ALTERNATE SOUND ROOM” at Idejo street in Victoria Island. The experience kicked off with soft sounds from the resident DJ which elevated the mood and warmth of the venue. Decked out in an…

Multiple award-winning Nigerian songstress Tiwa Savage has today released the visual for her politically-charged song “Ole.” The track is off her third studio album CELIA. “Ole” (meaning “thief!” in Yoruba), see’s Tiwa team up with Naira Marley. In the song, the two music stars rely on core Afrobeats highly-energetic sound as they address corruption, broken promises,…

“I can easily sit down and pretend that nothing is wrong and just make money, smile, cheers blah blah, but the thing is, I care too much, if I didn’t give a s**t, I wouldn’t say anything.” The divergence of interests and values is one of the traits that characterise humanity. And nowhere are opposing…

Afropop artiste Naira Marley on Tuesday announced the cancellation of the planned protest against the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police. "We won’t be protesting anymore because there’s a lot of changes being made right now," Naira Marley tweeted. "As a Marlian we will give them a week to see the changes…

Nigeria police on Tuesday said it will be having a live meeting session with Afropop artiste Naira Marley to discuss reforms for the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) of the force. "Today, Tuesday 6th October, 2020, by 11am, the Force PRO- DCP Frank Mba will be having a live instagram chat with Naira Marley to…

Naira Marley's new signee Lyta has been accused of music video plagiarism by South Korean K-pop fans. K-pop fans took to social media to decry the uncanny similarities between Nigerian singer's new video for the song "Hold Me Down" And "Just Right" by South Korean K-pop boy band GOT7. A Twitter fan page of GOT7…

Nigerian singer and songwriter Opeyemi Raimi, known professionally as Lyta, comes through with a new single ‘Hold Me Down.’ This comes a few days after he joined Marlian Music label. This new release has a beautiful visual. “Hold Me Down (Omo Gidi)” was produced by Quebeats while The video was shot and directed by WG…

Nigerian musician Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley has been convicted and fined by a magistrate court in Abuja for violating COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. Naira Marley was arraigned for a four-count charge by Magistrate Idayat Akanni. The charges include violating Presidential ban on interstate travelling, not wearing of face mask contrary to the Presidential…

Naira Marley, real name Azeez Fashola, the popular Afro beat-cum hip-hop artiste has lately run foul of the law again. Mr. Marley may be a successful artiste with a large fan base of young people...

Public redress, testing uncharted waters and breaking out of intellectual theft were the highlights of this week. Indeed, the lessons for the week came as business lessons especially for those in the creative industry. Here is a rundown of the week: Name swap Will marlians still come forward now that their president might be in trouble? Weeks…