Events Happening In Lagos This Weekend

Niniola pledges faithful love in visuals for ‘Ryde’

Off her RnB EP 6th Heaven released back in March this year, Niniola has released the visuals for the track Ryde. It’s the second video from the project following Promise, which invoked RnB imagery of the 2000’s (Niniola singing in the rain reinforces the video’s RnB chops). In the video for Ryde directed by in-demand... Read More

6th Heaven EP, Niniola, Niniola Ryde, Sesan

June 1, 2021

DJ Oskido teams up with Niniola for amapiano-tinged single ‘Banky Banky’

Niniola is continuing her collaborative streak with South African artistes, sharing their sonic appetites over electro-techno-house beats or more commonly referred to as amapiano. In her latest effort, she’s enlisted by Oskido, a South African veteran DJ and producer whose career spans over two decades and has been influential in shaping the country’s music and... Read More

Back to the Future, Banky Banky, DJ Oskido, Niniola

March 4, 2021

Niniola details love and heartbreak in new visuals for RnB single ‘Promise’

Gearing towards the release of her strictly RnB EP titled 6th Heaven, Afrohouse star Niniola has released the video for Promise, a single headlining the project. Niniola might be big on house music, tweaking it with African drums and other percussions to create a distinctly resonant genre, but RnB has always been her first love.... Read More

6th Heaven, Niniola, Promise video

February 18, 2021

Niniola has released the tracklist for her upcoming RnB EP ‘6th Heaven’

RnB has always been Niniola’s first love, as far back as her stint with reality show Project Fame in 2013 where she belted out RnB songs. Afrohouse became a beautiful departure which produced an abundance of singles and well-received albums in This Is Me (2017) and Colour and Sounds (2020). This Is Me, her debut,... Read More

6th Heaven, Afrohouse, Niniola, RnB EP

February 5, 2021

Teni, Niniola, Blaqbonez, Johnny Drille – these artistes are dropping albums in 2021

If 2020 taught us anything, it is that a pandemic can’t stop the release of albums. Everyone and their grandmother dropped music projects last year, from mainstream artistes to indie folks. And with 2021 since underway, having EmPawa star act Joeboy out with his debut album Somewhere Between Beauty and Magic on Thursday, there’s even... Read More

Blaqbonez, Johnny Drille, Niniola, Teni

February 4, 2021

Niniola makes observations about the church and faith in video for Innocent (Fagbo)

Off her sophomore album Colours and Sounds released last October, Niniola has just delivered the Adasa Cookey-directed visuals for Innocent (Fagbo),. Along with her well-established sound of Afrohouse, Niniola makes casual observations about the church and faith, of sinners and their vices for which she confesses to be an exception from them. A modest use... Read More

Colours and Sounds, innocent, Niniola

December 4, 2020

Flavour’s new album and all the new songs for your weekend playlist

The business end of the week is here and for many people, it’s a deserved break from work and similar routines after some probably long and demanding work days. One sure way of spicing up the weekend while trying to catch some fun and rest is music. And this particular weekend comes with a serious... Read More

Next Rated, The Music Blog

Davido, falz the bahd guy, flavour nabania, new music, Niniola

December 4, 2020

Songs of the Week: Falz’s Squander, Rema’s Peace of Mind, Mayorkun’s Your Body and more

Flavour has just released his seventh project Flavour of Africa today, a 16-track album featuring Beenie Man, Phyno, Tekno, Fally Ipupa and more, and also available on all streaming platforms. Davido might have shut down the internet yesterday with a clip from his video for Jowo, featuring a cameo from BBNaija star Nengi. This week... Read More

Next Rated

falz, Niniola, Rema, Squander Falz, Tekno

November 30, 2020

Colours and Sounds, Niniola

YouTube’s Africa Creators Week has ended, but we can’t forget Niniola’s soulful performance

Last week, YouTube held its first virtual Africa Creators Week to engage, inspire and educate African creators to grow on the platform. It ended with a 2-hour livestream spotlighting artistes from the continent like Sauti Sol, Reekado Bankz, Sho Madjozi, and others. Nigeria’s afrohouse dynamite Niniola, riding on the wave of her sophomore album Colours... Read More

Next Rated

October 7, 2020

Album Review: Niniola delivers on ‘Colours and Sounds’ but it may be time to evolve

From MTN Project Fame, to showing ‘Maradona’ stuff on ‘This is Me’ album and getting a Grammy nomination for her contribution to Beyoncé’s ‘The Lion Gift: The King,’ Niniola Apata, popularly known as Niniola, is one artiste who has patiently crafted her way to become one of the highly rated feminine force in the Nigerian music... Read More

Next Rated

‘Colours and Sounds’, ‘Omo rapala’, Angelique Kidjo, Boda Sodiq, Designer, fela, Innoncent fagbo, Maradona, Mtn Project Fame, Niniola, Niniola Apata, Nonso Amadi, Sauti Sol, This is Me

December 7, 2019

Cool FM hosts Cardi B in first ever live radio interview in Nigeria

Queen of HipHop, Cardi B sat with Cool FM 96.9, Nigeria’s No.1 Hit Music Station’s duo of N6 (@n6oflife) and Taymi B (@taymib) for a lengthy conversation during her short stay in Lagos ahead of her first headline concert in Africa since her inspiring breakout in 2017 with “Bodak Yellow.” “She really has changed me,”... Read More

Extra

Burna boy, Cardi B, Cool FM 96.9, Do2dtun, Fireboy DML, Livespot X Festival, N6, Niniola, offset, Reekado Banks. Seyi Shay, Taymi B, tiwa savage

July 16, 2019

Abuja aglow as World leaders and celebrities get set for Africa’s biggest event #theUBAMarketplace2019

… 120 SMEs to display goods and services during Event …..Wizkid, Niniola, Dj Cuppy, Dj Neptune perform as Cynthia Nassardine, RMD, Tunde Kelani speak. …..Over 20,000 visitors expected at the 2-Day event Pan African financial institution, United Bank for Africa (UBA) Plc. is set to host over 20,000 visitors, 100 small and medium enterprises and... Read More

This Week In Music: Lady Donli’s ”Suffer Suffer,” Niniola’s ”Boda Sodiq,” Tiwa Savage and Zlatan’s ”Shotan” and more

Because he has nothing better to do with his time, every Saturday, Bernard Dayo brings you the most awe-inspiring, confounding, addictive or otherwise hilarious moments from the week in music. This week: Lady Donli is here to enjoy on ”Suffer Suffer” Lady Donli stars as ”Cash Mummy” in the video for her new single Suffer... Read More

Culture, Featured, The Music Blog

Chris Brown, Davido, Lady Donli, Niniola, tiwa savage, Zlatan

July 6, 2019

This Week In Music: Odunsi’s ”Star Signs,” Phyno’s ”The Bag,” Niniola’s ”Boda Sodiq” and more

Because he has nothing better to do with his time, every Saturday, Bernard Dayo brings you the most awe-inspiring, confounding, addictive, or otherwise hilarious moments from the week in music. This week: The best of both worlds on Odunsi’s ”Star Signs” The world Odunsi The Engine builds in the video for Star Signs, off his... Read More

Culture, The Music Blog

Mr Eazi, Niniola, Odunsi the Engine, Phyni, Star Signs, Supernova, The Bag, This Week In Music, Timaya

June 30, 2019

This Week In Music: Timaya’s ”2 Stoopid,” Niniola’s ”Boda Sodiq,” Mr Eazi’s ”Supernova,” and more

Because he has nothing better to do with his time, each Sunday, Bernard Dayo brings you the most awe-inspiring, confounding, addictive, or otherwise hilarious moments from the week in music. This week: Naira Marley’s ”Soapy” is about male masturbation…well most of it Three things: First, Soapy is Naira Marley’s first single out from prison and... Read More

Culture, The Music Blog

2 Stoopid, Boda Sodiq, Mr Eazi, Naira Marley, Niniola, Sarz, Soapy, Soapy dance, This Week In Music, Timaya

December 30, 2018

#YNaija2018Review: Burna Boy, Patoranking, Seyi Shay… Look who else made the 10 Best Videos of the Year

Visuals interpret a song, bringing it to life in ways that the audio experience alone cannot quite manage. We present to you 10 of the most striking we saw this year. From bottom to top. Aza- Davido Music Worldwide ft. Davido, Duncan Mighty, Peruzzi The video for this surprise collaboration between Davido, Duncan Mighty and... Read More

Featured, The Music Blog, Thinking Through

Davido, Niniola, Patoranking, Seyi Shay, wizkid

December 13, 2018

British Council hosts The Future Awards Africa 2018 nominees…

The British Council on Wednesday hosted The Future Awards Africa 2018 nominees to a reception in Lagos with young change-makers including Niniola, Zainab Balogun, Emmanuel Oyeleke, Ink Eze, Folu Storms, Fisayo Fosudo and others receiving their certificates of nomination. With 20 categories and 100 nominees selected this year, The Future Awards Africa seeks to acknowledge... Read More

Niniola’s Human Radio Concert is something you should not have missed (PHOTOS)

Niniola’s Human Radio Concert promised to be great — fans and music lovers got exactly that on November 9. The concert kicked off with DJ Crowd Kontroller and DJ DIPS warming up the crowd with an impressive mix of old and new school hits. Shody The Turn Up King and Larry Foreman, the hosts of the evening... Read More

Human Radio Concert, Niniola

September 5, 2018

Today’s Noisemakers: DJ Cuppy, Timaya and, Buhari’s supporters’ squabble with PDP stalwart, Demola Olarewaju

Every day on the Nigerian Internet, there are people who keep our eyes glued to our phone screens as we read their rants, opinions, perspectives on political and social issues, etc. Sometimes, they are just downright ridiculous. We make it our job to take down the names of these noisemakers. Here’s our list from today: 1.... Read More

Opinion

Demola Olarewaju, DJ Cuppy, Niniola, Timaya, Today's Noisemakers

April 22, 2018

Niniola and Wizkid are repping Naija at the 2018 SAMAs for Best African Artiste Album

On Thursday night, at a glamorous event held at Birchwood Hotel, Cape Town, the nominees for the 2018 South African Music awards were unveiled. Hot on the heels of Mafikizolo, Mi Casa and Simphiwe Dana with two nominations each are gqom propagators Distruction Boyz; rappers Kwesta, Riky Rick, Rouge and Shane Eagle; DJ Mobi and... Read More

Niniola, SAMA, wizkid

April 13, 2018

The video for Niniola’s “Magun” is here and it’s a joyfully dark ride

Magun, the eleventh song off Niniola’s long-awaited debut album This Is Me, is profoundly built for the current cultural times: a ‘woke’ pop construction that signals the death of male power over women’s bodies and the rise of female sexual autonomy. Riffing on the Yoruba myth of the Thunderbolt but only to subvert it, Magun‘s... Read More

magun, Niniola, Video

January 13, 2018

#SoundcityMVP2017 Review: The music industry is yet to value the ladies

Sheyi Shay, Niniola, Simi, and Yemi Alade all had smashing successes in 2017, but only Tiwa Savage was judged as being valuable enough for any awards at the Soundcity MVP held Friday in Lagos. Tiwa’s award was in the best female MVP category, beating her sisters named above for the sole trophy received by a... Read More

Thinking Through

females, Niniola, Sheyi Shay, Simi, Soundcity MVP, tiwa savage, Yemi Alade

December 15, 2017

#YNaija2017Review: Simisola, The Glory, This Is Me… See our picks for the 10 best albums of the year

Sifting through the loads and loads of music put out during the calendar year, we made use of parameters such as audience acceptance, pop culture effect, quality of recording and lyrical content to assemble our YNaija2017Review’s 10 best albums of 2017. The cut off period is December 01, 2016, to November 30, 2017, and the... Read More

Reviews, The Cutting Floor, The Music Blog

November 28, 2017

Ultimate Party Experience: D’banj, Mr Eazi, Niniola, Ice Prince, Small Doctor & others shutdown Dj Spinall’s album launch with epic perfromancesQ

Sunday night turned out to be an epic unforgettable experience as DJ Spinall shut down Lagos with the launch party for his DREAMS Album. The Grand Ball room of the Oriental hotel was filled beyond capacity as fans trooped in to be a part of history with the launch of DJ Spinall’s 3rd album. The... Read More

Entertainment Roundup: Akon to host 2017 AFRIMA; House of Cards’ production suspended indefinitely | More stories

Catch up on the biggest stories that made the rounds in entertainment yesterday and others that unraveled while you slept – and are still buzzing today. Akon is your host for this year’s AFRIMA Organisers of the All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA) have announced Senegalese-born awardwinning singer, Akon as host of the 2017 edition of... Read More

Featured, Thinking Through

AFRIMA, Akon, album, house of cards, Kevin Spacey, Niniola, Selena Gomez

October 23, 2017

[The Music Blog] Niniola set to release her debut project

Niniola’s first attempt at a music career came via Glo Naija sings, where she dropped out due to personal reasons, after acing the auditions. Less than three years later, she attempted another Globacom funded show, The X-Factor. Surprisingly she couldn’t make it past the M.I. led jury. Later that year, she gave singing on the... Read More

debut album, Niniola, This is Me

September 19, 2017

[The Music Blog] Buzz Review: There is a naughty secret on Niniola’s new single “Sicker”

Through sleeper hits and cheeky Afropop that wouldn’t be so distinct if it was any other singer, Niniola has leveled her brand of Afro-house in the class of unambiguously playlist-worthy pop music. Being the only woman to have pulled off a summer hit for 2017 with “Maradona”, is worthy of mention considering much has been... Read More

Afropop, Music, Niniola, Niniola Sicker, Sarz, Sicker

August 2, 2017