headies – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com Breaking News, Nigeria News and Top Stories Tue, 02 Dec 2025 21:33:11 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.1 https://www.theinfostride.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/cropped-The-InfoStride-Favicon-150x150.png headies – InfoStride News https://www.theinfostride.com 32 32 I Was Asked To Step Off Headies Red Carpet Because Of Omotola Jalade – M.I Abaga https://www.theinfostride.com/i-was-asked-to-step-off-headies-red-carpet-because-of-omotola-jalade-m-i-abaga/ https://www.theinfostride.com/i-was-asked-to-step-off-headies-red-carpet-because-of-omotola-jalade-m-i-abaga/#respond Tue, 02 Dec 2025 23:40:14 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=472775 Popular rapper M.I Abaga has recounted how he was chased off the red carpet at the 2008 Headies Awards. He recently revealed that he was asked to leave the red carpet so Nollywood actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde could take photos. Speaking during an interview with Vbyz TV Cartel, MI said that the incident happened when he [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/i-was-asked-to-step-off-headies-red-carpet-because-of-omotola-jalade-m-i-abaga/feed/ 0 The Headies Next Rated Award Means OdumoduBlvck Is Set For A Successful Career – Davido https://www.theinfostride.com/the-headies-next-rated-award-means-odumodublvck-is-set-for-a-successful-career-davido/ https://www.theinfostride.com/the-headies-next-rated-award-means-odumodublvck-is-set-for-a-successful-career-davido/#respond Tue, 29 Apr 2025 19:00:07 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=409428 Popular singer, Davido has come out to tell OdumoduBlvck about the importance of winning the Headies Next Rated award. Recall that OdumoduBlvck recently won the Next Rated prize after securing more votes than other nominees Shallipopi, Qing Madi, Ayo Maff, and Nasboi. In a viral clip circulating online, Davido talked about how some of Afrobeats’ [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/the-headies-next-rated-award-means-odumodublvck-is-set-for-a-successful-career-davido/feed/ 0 I Thank Headies Organizers For Putting My Mic Back On So I Can Spread The Gospel – Odumodublvck https://www.theinfostride.com/i-thank-headies-organizers-for-putting-my-mic-back-on-so-i-can-spread-the-gospel-odumodublvck/ https://www.theinfostride.com/i-thank-headies-organizers-for-putting-my-mic-back-on-so-i-can-spread-the-gospel-odumodublvck/#respond Tue, 29 Apr 2025 18:00:53 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=409403 Popular rapper, Odumodublvck has come out to speak up about the moment his microphone was turned off during his acceptance speech at the 2025 Headies. He recently had his say via his social media page, and fans have been reacting. According to him, even if he harbours no resentment towards the award show, he is [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/i-thank-headies-organizers-for-putting-my-mic-back-on-so-i-can-spread-the-gospel-odumodublvck/feed/ 0 Headies Shouldn’t Be Hosted Abroad Back-To-Back – Tacha https://www.theinfostride.com/headies-shouldnt-be-hosted-abroad-back-to-back-tacha/ https://www.theinfostride.com/headies-shouldnt-be-hosted-abroad-back-to-back-tacha/#respond Mon, 04 Sep 2023 21:31:30 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=354091 Ex BBNaija housemate, Tacha has come out to slam the organizers of Headies for hosting the award ceremony in United States back-to-back. She recently had her say via a viral clip, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to her, even if it was understandable that the Headies was held in the United States last year [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/headies-shouldnt-be-hosted-abroad-back-to-back-tacha/feed/ 0 Shame On The Big Artists Who Failed To Acknowledge Their Headies Wins – Shade Lapido https://www.theinfostride.com/shame-on-the-big-artists-who-failed-to-acknowledge-their-headies-wins-shade-lapido/ https://www.theinfostride.com/shame-on-the-big-artists-who-failed-to-acknowledge-their-headies-wins-shade-lapido/#respond Mon, 12 Sep 2022 15:05:37 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=332325 Popular media personality, Shade Lapido has come out to blast three big artists who failed to acknowledge their wins at the recently held Headies awards. She recently had her say via her social media page, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to her, she is very ashamed of their actions because if these artists won [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/shame-on-the-big-artists-who-failed-to-acknowledge-their-headies-wins-shade-lapido/feed/ 0 Not Getting Recognized Won’t Force Me To Give Up Making Music – MasterKraft https://www.theinfostride.com/not-getting-recognized-wont-force-me-to-give-up-making-music-masterkraft/ https://www.theinfostride.com/not-getting-recognized-wont-force-me-to-give-up-making-music-masterkraft/#respond Mon, 05 Sep 2022 19:00:29 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=331894 Popular singer, MasterKraft has jumped on Twitter to say that he has contributed so much to the Nigerian music industry but the organisers of the Headies awards have chosen not to recognise him. He recently had his say via his social media page, and Nigerians have been reacting. According to him, he doesn’t understand how [...]

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]]> https://www.theinfostride.com/not-getting-recognized-wont-force-me-to-give-up-making-music-masterkraft/feed/ 0 Rema Flaunts His Headies Next Rated Award, Car https://www.theinfostride.com/rema-flaunts-his-headies-next-rated-award-car/ Mon, 21 Oct 2019 18:30:32 +0000 https://www.theinfostride.com/?p=238945 Nigerian singer, Rema recently won the keenly contested Headies Next Rated award and he is not scared to flaunt it. He won ahead of the likes of Zlatan, Lyta, Victor AD, Joe boy and was rewarded with a car for his achievement. During his acceptance speech, Rema said he is the future. See picture, Congratz [...]

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]]> Headies Will Now Hold Every March – Ayo Animashaun https://www.theinfostride.com/headies-will-now-hold-every-march-ayo-animashaun/ Fri, 08 Dec 2017 23:36:28 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=192066 Organizers of The Headies Awards have announced that the next edition will hold next year. The award which is Nigeria’s most authentic awards for pop music and urbane culture, will skip a year for the first time since 2006. Instead, the ceremony will be restructured, and the new version will take place on March 24, [...]

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]]> I Am Still With Eva Alordiah – Caesar https://www.theinfostride.com/i-am-still-with-eva-alordiah-caesar/ Wed, 10 May 2017 17:32:32 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=164128 Nigerian rapper, Eva Alordiah and her fiancé, Caesar Ume-Ezeoke are still together. Following rumours that the couple have parted ways, We reached out to Caesar who works at Cool TV to confirm if the rumours are true. Caesar denied the rumours saying, “We are still together. There is nothing like that.” He told Pulse the [...]

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]]> Should Ice Prince Quit Music? https://www.theinfostride.com/should-ice-prince-quit-music/ Mon, 23 Jan 2017 12:17:11 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=154658 Like they say, all good things must come to an end. For some of these artistes, the end has come for a few years. Because we really like them and we don’t want the good memories we have of them to be tainted, we’ll like to respectfully recommend them for retirement. There’s no shame in [...]

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]]> Eva’s Fiancé Addresses Wizkid’s Headies Snub https://www.theinfostride.com/evas-fiance-addresses-wizkids-headies-snub/ Thu, 12 Jan 2017 00:00:47 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=153784 Last month, December 23, 2016, at the Headies 2016, Wizkid apparently snubbed Eva Alordiah’s fiance, Caesar Ume-Ezeoke. Just when the world got over that snub that was a viral shot for memes and funny videos, the TV personality goes on to react to the viral clip through a rap verse. According to Caesar, “So, it’s [...]

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]]> Lilian Esoro Shares Christmas Picture Of Her Son https://www.theinfostride.com/lilian-esoro-shares-christmas-picture-of-her-son/ Mon, 26 Dec 2016 13:53:53 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=152418 It appears all is still not well in the Ubi Franklin home. Rumours emerged a few weeks ago about the collapse of the marriage between the MMMG boss and his wife Lilian Esoro. With both parties refusing to comment on the issue, what is really happening between them is a matter of conjecture. Only a [...]

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]]> Ubi Franklin And Lilian Esoro Prove They Are No Longer A Couple https://www.theinfostride.com/ubi-franklin-and-lilian-esoro-prove-they-are-no-longer-a-couple/ Sat, 24 Dec 2016 07:55:11 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=152231 Ubi Franklin and Lilian Esoro have inadvertently added more fuel to the rumours of their estrangement as they arrived and left the Headies separately. And all through the duration of the awards ceremony at the Eko Convention Centre, Ubi and Lilian were not spotted together at any point in time. This comes after a series [...]

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]]> Tekno Refused To Participate In Our Promotional Activities – Headies https://www.theinfostride.com/tekno-refused-to-participate-in-our-promotional-activities-headies/ Thu, 22 Dec 2016 12:36:33 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=152048 Nigerian pop star Tekno is no longer in contention for the Headies Award. According to reliable information obtained by Thenetng, the jury took the decision to withdraw his nomination because he failed to participate in all of the required activities by organisers leading up to the event. Official e-mails between the organisers and the singer’s [...]

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]]> Tekno Disqualified From Headies Next Rated Award https://www.theinfostride.com/tekno-disqualified-from-headies-next-rated-award/ Wed, 21 Dec 2016 16:36:25 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=151981 MMMG act, Tekno has been disqualified from the 2016 Headies ‘Next Rated’ award category. It was the only category the 24-year-old singer was nominated in. As a result, Ycee, Aramide, Humblesmith and Mr. Eazi will now compete for the prize without the ‘Pana’ hitmaker. The award ceremony will take place tomorrow, December 22, at Eko [...]

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]]> Kiss Daniel, 2baba, Seyi Shay To Perform At Headies https://www.theinfostride.com/kiss-daniel-2baba-seyi-shay-to-perform-at-headies/ Mon, 19 Dec 2016 23:21:42 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=151772 Nigerian music stars 2face Idibia, Flavour and Kiss Daniel are all set to perform at this year’s Headies awards. Rapper and comic act, Falz and actress, Adesua Etomi will host the prestigious Nigerian music award ceremony holding at Eko Convention Center in Victoria Island, Lagos on December 22. Other artistes scheduled to perform include Seyi [...]

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]]> Kemi Olunloyo Blasts Toke Makinwa https://www.theinfostride.com/kemi-olunloyo-blasts-toke-makinwa/ Mon, 28 Nov 2016 10:34:03 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=149466 Media personality Toke Makinwa on November 27, 2016, launched her book “On Becoming” in style. The TV host and Vlogger wore a white dress from Style Temple but it seems like controversial media personality, Kemi Olunloyo, is not happy with her choice of outfit. She took to Instagram on November 27, 2016, writing, “Toke Makinwa’s [...]

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]]> Headies Organisers Speak On Controversial Nominees List https://www.theinfostride.com/headies-organisers-speak-on-controversial-nominees-list/ Sun, 13 Nov 2016 14:54:40 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=147919 Further stamping its authority as the biggest and most talked about award ceremony in Nigerian pop culture, organisers of The Headies released its 2016 list of nominees a few days ago and fans, artistes, the media and the industry as a whole have had varying reactions and opinions about it. The list, which comprises 21 [...]

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]]> Tekno Rejects Headies Nomination https://www.theinfostride.com/tekno-rejects-headies-nomination/ Sat, 12 Nov 2016 00:55:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=147793 Earlier this week, organisers of The Headies award released its 2016 list of nominees and one couldn’t help but notice that Tekno was HUGELY missing in the list. All he got instead is a ‘measly’ ‘Next Rated’ category. Many Nigerians disagreed with the singer getting nominated in that category, and the ‘Pana’ hit-maker has now [...]

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]]> Is Tekno Still A ‘Next Rated’? https://www.theinfostride.com/is-tekno-still-a-next-rated/ Wed, 09 Nov 2016 12:22:41 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=147457 About one hour ago, organisers of The Headies award released its 2016 list of nominees and one couldn’t help but notice that Tekno was ‘BIGLY’ missing in the list. All he got instead is a ‘measly’ ‘Next Rated’ category. For starters, this writer is not the biggest fan of Tekno, but he also believes hard [...]

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]]> Davido‘s Artiste Did Not Get Any Headies Nomination https://www.theinfostride.com/davidos-artiste-did-not-get-any-headies-nominationdavidos-artiste-did-not-get-any-headies-nomination/ Tue, 08 Nov 2016 22:28:21 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=147356 So much for Davido‘s plan to pull a Kanye at this year’s Headies if his newly signed act, Mayorkun doesn’t win the NEXT RATED category. News flash! Mayorkun didn’t even get nominated in ANY category. Remember in 2015, Davido advised YBNL’s Lil Kesh to ‘pull a Kanye’ at the Headies if he doesn’t walk home [...]

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]]> Will Headies Ignore Kiss Daniel Again? https://www.theinfostride.com/will-headies-ignore-kiss-daniel-again/ Sun, 16 Oct 2016 22:01:09 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=145764 For some weird reasons I’ve been seeing tweets and anywhere I turn I hear ‘Baba you don hear Kiss Daniel album‘, and I’m like what’s the fuss about the album? So I finally got the album and to say I was pleasantly blown away is an understatement. Truth be told the album is a masterpiece. [...]

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]]> I Was Weak At The Headies – Don Jazzy https://www.theinfostride.com/i-was-weak-at-the-headies-don-jazzy/ Thu, 01 Sep 2016 20:14:49 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=142301 Popular Music producer Don Jazzy has finally addressed his rift with Olamide at the Headies early this year. The businessman told NotJustOk he spoke out of anger as he is very emotional about his kids. “I learnt a lesson about anger, I don’t really get angry like that. At that particular point, I was angry [...]

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]]> Can Reekado Banks Ever Justify His Headies Win? https://www.theinfostride.com/can-reekado-banks-ever-justify-his-headies-win/ Mon, 08 Aug 2016 11:56:05 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=139171 I am scared for Reekado Banks. Yes, really scared. It is no longer news the ruckus and controversy the Mavin Records singer’s Next Rated win at the 2015 Headies generated. I was one of the few who defiantly rooted for him from the moment the nominees list was revealed – yes, most were willing to [...]

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]]> Olamide Finally Apologise To Headies Organisers https://www.theinfostride.com/olamide-finally-apologise-to-headies-organisers/ Sun, 19 Jun 2016 21:41:04 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=132843 Leader of YBNL, Olamide has finally apologized to the organizers of the Headies Awards, Hiptv and Ayo Animashaun for his ‘conduct’ at the 10th edition of the awards that held on January 1, 2016. It’s been six long months and Olamide’s action on that day still rings a bell in the minds of Nigerians who [...]

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]]> Timi Dakolo Unveiled As Fashion House Ambassador https://www.theinfostride.com/timi-dakolo-unveiled-as-fashion-house-ambassador/ Sun, 28 Feb 2016 17:23:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=121513 Award-winning musician and the Voice Nigeria coach Timi Dakolo was announced yesterday February 25, 2016 as the new brand ambassador by the creative director of OUCH, Uche Nnaji. OUCH made the unveiling at its 2016 collection at the rooftop of BLD By Play in Lekki. Timi recently celebrated his father with loving words as he [...]

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]]> I Would’ve Done Worse Than Olamide – Davido https://www.theinfostride.com/i-wouldve-done-worse-than-olamide-davido/ Wed, 13 Jan 2016 00:46:48 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=118103 Following all the buzz and drama that has trailed the Olamide vs Don Jazzy beef, pop singer, Davido, has insinuated that he would do worse if his new artist is robbed of the Next Rated Artist award at the 2016 Headies. Davido tweeted that he would be pulling off worse than a “Kanye” at the [...]

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]]> Phyno Supports Lil Kesh After Headies Saga https://www.theinfostride.com/phyno-supports-lil-kesh-after-headies-saga/ Mon, 04 Jan 2016 17:11:34 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=117134 Phyno, one of the friends and colleagues of Olamide, has shown his loyalty towards the YBNL boss. Taking to his Twitter account on Saturday, January 2, 2015, Phyno claimed to have been sleeping while the 2015 Headies held and the drama between Don Jazzy and Olamide lasted on Twitte. In all, Phyno threw his weight [...]

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]]> Ycee Diss Vector https://www.theinfostride.com/ycee-diss-vector/ Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:47:55 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=117126 2015 Headies’ Rookie of the year, Ycee has thrown a verbal jab at the Headies’ Lyricist on A Roll, Vector. Ycee threw shots at the award-winning lyricist via Instagram using some of his bars to ridicule him. Ycee wrote, “Yemi Alade was looking for Johnny because walker had to walk.. lmao! WTF is that? Punchline [...]

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]]> Kiss Daniel Thanks Fans For Supporting Him After Headies Snub https://www.theinfostride.com/kiss-daniel-thanks-fans-for-supporting-him-after-headies-snub/ Mon, 04 Jan 2016 16:32:43 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=117122 Fast rising pop singer Kiss Daniel was a strong contender for the Next Rated award at The Headies which took place on January 1 at the Landmark Events Centre. The ‘Laye’ singer lost out to Mavin Records act Reekado Banks. While Olamide and Don Jazzy were briefly embroiled in a clash, Kiss Daniel penned a [...]

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]]> DJ Neptune Disrespected Me – Solidstar https://www.theinfostride.com/dj-neptune-disrespected-me-solidstar/ Thu, 31 Dec 2015 00:29:40 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=116234 Nigerian singer, Solidstar has expressed anger at being disrespected during a performance. The Nigerian singer’s anger is directed at DJ Neptune who he claims disrespected him at the first ever Headies Nominees concert that held on Monday, December 28, 2015 at Landmark Event Center, Oniru – Lagos. Solidstar’s song was allegedly ended before he concluded [...]

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]]> 2015 Rookie Of The Year Headies Award Goes To Who? https://www.theinfostride.com/2015-rookie-of-the-year-headies-award-goes-to-who/ Sun, 27 Dec 2015 19:02:42 +0000 http://www.theinfostride.com/?p=115595 It barely 3 days to the 2015 edition of Nigeria’s most prestigious music awards, the Headies. As the countdown gets in top gear, excitement is in the air over the Rookie of the Year category which seeks to celebrate an outstanding fast rising music act. The lucky winner is chosen via popular votes and gets [...]

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