Before you hear the song, you know the song." In the UK, Nigerian music has been lumped together with other sounds of Sub-Saharan Africa into a style called Afrobeats.

The music scene in Nigeria has always been vibrant. Even before the country got her independence from Great Britain, it had an active social culture. Buoyed by our multicultural heritage, there ...

LAGOS, Nigeria — Hundreds of fans have held protests and candlelight vigils in various Nigerian cities in the last few days in memory of Mohbad, a beloved 27-year-old Nigerian music star who ...

It seems like there’s nothing Nigerian music star Simi can’t do. A singer, songwriter, and one of the few women mixing and producing their own music, Simi is setting the stage for the future ...

Before Spotify expanded access to most African nations in February, Nigerian mega-musicians Burna Boy, Yemi Alade, Wizkid, Tiwa Savage, Davido, and Mr Eazi collectively earned roughly 25 million ...

LAGOS, Nigeria — Naira Marley, one of the biggest music figures in Africa, is being held in police custody in Lagos, after the death of a rising Nigerian music star previously signed to his ...

Nigeria overtook South Africa as the continent's biggest economy in 2014 - giving it an annual output of around $500 billion - after a GDP rebasing exercise factored in certain sectors such as the ...

William Onyeabor, the Nigerian funk artist who, after self-releasing a wellspring of albums from 1977 to 1985, achieved worldwide acclaim nearly 30 years after he permanently left the music ...

It seems like there’s nothing Nigerian music star Simi can’t do. A singer, songwriter, and one of the few women mixing and producing their own music, Simi is setting the stage for the future ...