Entertainment

Davido Wins AFRIMA Artiste Of The Year Award

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8 years ago

October 13, 2017

Omo Baba Olowo Crooner, Davido has won big at the 2017 Africa Muzik Magazine Awards and Music Festival (AFRIMA) as he won the artiste of the year award, while his hit song ‘If’ won the song of the year award.
Davido beat Wizkid to win song of the year while Wizkid won the Best Collaboration.
Other Nigerian artistes who won big at the continental event include: Tiwa Savage Falz, Victoria Kimani, Sheyman, Timaya, Nathaniel Bassey and a host of others.
The award ceremony which was held on Sunday, October 8, at the House of Blues, Dallas, Texas was attended by top Nigerian music stars. Among those that performed at the event were famous dancer, Keffy, Scientific from Liberia, Tzy Panshak from Cameroon and much more.
Bellow is a full list of winners at the event:
– Best Male West Africa: Falz (Nigeria)
– Best Female West Africa: Tiwa Savage (Nigeria)
– Best male East Africa:- Diamond Platnumz (Tanzania)
– Best Female East Africa: Victoria Kimani (Kenya)
– Best Male Central Africa: C4 Pedro (Angola)
– Best Female Central Africa: Nsoki (Angola)
– Best Male Southern Africa: Casspex NyoVest
– Best female Southern Africa:- Babes Wodumo
– Crossing Boundaries With music award: C4 Pedro (Angola)
– Best New Comer: Nsoki (Angola)
– Artiste of the year: Davido (Nigeria)
– Best DJ Africa: DJ Spinall (Nigeria)
– Best African DJ USA: DJ Tunez (Nigeria)
– Video of the year: Fally Ipupa: Eloko Iyo Congo
– Music producer of the year: Julz (Ghana)
– Best African Dancer: Ghetto Triplet kids
– Song of the year ‘IF’- Davido (Nigeria)
– Best Lusophone – C4 Pedro (Angola)
– Best Francophone – Fally Ipupa (Congo)
– Best Sound – Engr Shayman (Nigeria)
– Best Collabo: Wizkid Ft Chris Brown – African Bad Girl (Nigeria, USA)
– Transformational Leadership award; Engr Noah Dallaji
– Best Rap of the year: Timaya (Nigeria)
– Best Video Director- Daps (Nigeria)
– Best Male North Africa-Amr. Diab (Egypt)
– Best Gospel Artiste – Nathaniel Bassey (Nigeria)
– Best Female North Africa – Amani Swiss (Tunisia)

Entertainment

NGO hails Tinubu’s climate awareness tour

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4 days ago

March 9, 2026

The Tide

Jewel Environmental Initiative (JEI), a Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), has commended President Bola Tinubu for inaugurating the Renewed Hope Climate Change Awareness Tour, urging Nigerians and stakeholders to support the initiative nationwide.

Mr Ismail Bima, Chief Executive Officer of JEI, said in a statement in Gombe yesterday that the tour would significantly strengthen public understanding of climate change and encourage collective environmental responsibility.

Bima described the initiative as a clear affirmation of the Federal Government’s commitment to pursuing practical solution driven strategies that addressed climate challenges and safeguarded livelihoods, ecosystems, and national development efforts.

He noted that the programme would achieve its objectives if government institutions, private organisations, civil society groups, and citizens actively played their respective roles in promoting awareness, resilience, and sustainable practices.

According to him, the inauguration marks an important step toward building a nationwide movement capable of delivering measurable progress in Nigeria’s broader efforts to secure a climate resilient future for generations.

He said JEI fully aligned with the Renewed Hope Climate Change Awareness Tour, noting that the initiative could inspire innovation, strengthen environmental education, and promote sustainable development across communities nationwide.

Bima also commended the Minister of Environment and urged federal, state, and local stakeholders to support the initiative, stressing that climate change impacts affected all citizens regardless of region or status.

He emphasised that growing climate pressures on agriculture, livelihoods, and ecosystems made the awareness tour timely, adding that stronger information sharing and partnerships were necessary to confront environmental risks nationwide.

He urged authorities to implement the initiative with sustained commitment, extend activities to grassroots communities, and collaborate with state and local governments to ensure wider participation and maximum impact nationwide effectively.

The Tide source reports that President Tinubu inaugurated the Renewed Hope Climate Change Awareness Tour in Abuja on Tuesday to promote climate resilience and sustainable development nationwide initiatives.

Entertainment

They Booed, Threw Bottles At Me – Tems Recounts

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2 weeks ago

February 27, 2026

The Tide

R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.

Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.

“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.

“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.

Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.

The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.

The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.

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Primeboy Pleads For Mohbad’s Burial

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2 weeks ago

February 27, 2026

The Tide

A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.

According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.

The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”

It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.