Nigerian gospel music in 2026 is experiencing unprecedented global influence, blending deep-rooted worship traditions with Afrobeats, highlife, and multilingual expression. Streaming platforms, ...

Spotify data reveals a sharp global and domestic rise in Nigerian gospel music featuring chants, with streams up 160% worldwide and 282% in Nigeria year-on-year in early 2024. The trend is driven by a ...

But Africa, too, has an emerging AI ecosystem. Korin AI is a good example. While its website is currently in a holding pattern ahead of its ‘Korin 2.0’ upgrade launch next week, news site OkayAfrica ...

Premier Records Limited, Nigeria’s foremost and pioneering record label, has announced a strategic partnership with Mdundo, a ...

Grammy-winning Nigerian singer, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has opened up about how being an artist changed her. The 31-year-old explained that before she became a professional musician ...

Afrobeats singer, Omah Stanley Didia, popularly known as Omah Lay, has claimed that the Nigerian music industry is divided between loyalists of Davido on one side and Wizkid’s loyalists on the other ...

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 ...

Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has an ambitious vision for the continent’s most populous nation, but hurdles stand in his way. Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, has an ambitious vision for ...

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 ...

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 ...