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BREAKING: Nigeria’s music Maestro, Mike Ejeagha dies at 95

Renowned highlife musician and folklorist, Mike Ejeagha, has passed on at the age of 95.
It was gathered that Ejeagha died late Friday night at the 32 Garrison Hospital in Enugu, following a prolonged illness.
His death was confirmed by his eldest son, Emma Ejeagha, during a telephone conversation.
Mike Ejeagha was celebrated for his mastery in transforming Igbo folklore and proverbs into captivating musical narratives that educated and entertained generations.
His unique style of storytelling through music dominated Nigerian airwaves in the 1980s and earned him a revered place in the country’s cultural history.
One of his most iconic tracks, “Gwogwogwo,” gained renewed attention last year after popular stand-up comedian and skitmaker Brian Potter remixed the song, introducing it to a younger audience and sparking a resurgence of interest in Ejeagha’s work.
With a career spanning several decades, Ejeagha’s contributions to the preservation and promotion of Igbo language and culture through highlife music remain unmatched.
Tributes have begun pouring in from across the country, as fans, cultural institutions, and fellow musicians remember his profound impact on traditional music and his legacy as a custodian of oral tradition.
Funeral arrangements are expected to be announced by the family in the coming days.
Entertainment
GoodGirl LA: No man is good enough to marry me
GoodGirl LA asserted, “I’m never getting married because no man walking this earth deserves a goddess like me, now what?”

Singer Euphemia Ekumah, popularly known as GoodGirl LA, has declared that she’ll never get married, stating that no man on earth deserves her.
The singer’s statement came in response to a fan’s comment questioning who would marry a woman who doesn’t know how to cook, after she revealed she’s never cooked in her kitchen.
GoodGirl LA asserted, “I’m never getting married because no man walking this earth deserves a goddess like me, now what?”
( The Nation)
Entertainment
Canal+ acquires MultiChoice Group for $3bn
The acquisition, which gives Canal+ the remaining 55% stake it did not previously own, was approved by South Africa’s Competition Tribunal on Wednesday, July 23.

South Africa’s Competition Tribunal has approved Canal+’s takeover of of MultiChoice Group. Canalplus calls it a “hugely positive step forward.”
Multichoice Group, the parent company of DStv and GOtv, was bought at $3 billion (approx. 55 billion rand) deal by Canalplus.
The acquisition, which gives Canal+ the remaining 55% stake it did not previously own, was approved by South Africa’s Competition Tribunal on Wednesday, July 23.
The approval comes after months of intense negotiations and regulatory reviews, and paves the way for the deal to be finalized by October 8, 2025.
While the Tribunal gave the green light, it imposed several public interest conditions to protect local content and maintain South Africa’s media sovereignty.
For Canal+, the deal represents a major strategic expansion into Africa’s booming media and entertainment market.
Already operating in 25 African countries with over eight million subscribers, Canal+ is now positioned to significantly scale up its presence, targeting 50 to 100 million subscribers across the continent in the coming years.
Entertainment
Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Cosby Show Star, Dead at 54
Warner was just 14 when The Cosby Show premiered in 1984, with the actor starring as Bill Cosby’s only on-screen son until the show wrapped in 1992.

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Malcolm-Jamal Warner, best known for playing Theodore “Theo” Huxtable on The Cosby Show, has died.
He was 54.TMZ first broke the news, reporting his death occurred in Costa Rica and was an apparent drowning.
Per AP, Costa Rican officials said he was swimming at Playa Cocles in Limon when the current pulled him deeper into the ocean.
“He was rescued by people on the beach,” officials said in a report, but he was without vital signs when first responders arrived.
Notoriously private about his personal life, Warner is survived by his wife and daughter, the latter who was born in 2017.
While he has shared photos of them both on social media, their identities have remained private.
Warner was just 14 when The Cosby Show premiered in 1984, with the actor starring as Bill Cosby’s only on-screen son until the show wrapped in 1992.
In that time, he also hosted Saturday Night Live, appeared on Sesame Street and played his Cosby character on spinoff A Different World for a couple episodes.
He also voiced The Producer from 1994-1997 on The Magic School Bus, before costarring on Malcolm & Eddie opposite Eddie Griffin from 1996-2000.
Later work included Jeremiah on Showtime, Sherri Shepherd’s sitcom Sherri, BET’s Reed between the Lines, and, most recently, The Resident and 9-1-1.Warner was also a Grammy winner, picking up the Best Traditional R&B Performance trophy alongside Robert Glasper Experiment featuring Lala Hathaway for the song Jesus Children in 2015.
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