Entertainment & Society

June 16, (THEWILL) — The organisers of The Headies have announced that the 18th edition of Nigeria’s music awards will take place in Toronto, Canada, in October 2026. The exact date has not yet been disclosed. The announcement was made on...

June 16, (THEWILL) — Welsh singer, Bonnie Tyler, has woken up from an induced coma after emergency surgery in Portugal. She is still in intensive care and remains “very unwell”. The 75-year-old singer was taken to hospital in Faro in...

June 15, (THEWILL) — Legendary South African jazz pianist and composer, Abdullah Ibrahim, has died at the age of 91. His family confirmed that he passed away peacefully in Germany on Monday, June 15, after a short illness, surrounded by...

June 16, (THEWILL) — Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka, better known as Baba Ijesha, has welcomed a baby boy with his wife, Abike Ade. The actor announced the birth on Instagram on Monday, June 15, sharing maternity photos of himself and...

June 15, (THEWILL) — James Barker, an executive producer of “Love Island USA,” has died at the age of 40 after suffering an unexpected medical emergency while filming in Fiji. The incident happened last week during production of season 8...

June 15, (THEWILL) — Veteran British investigative journalist Roger Cook has died at the age of 83 after a short illness. His family confirmed he died peacefully on Saturday, June 13, from a tumor at the base of his spine....

June 15, (THEWILL) — U.S. President Donald Trump celebrated his 80th birthday by hosting an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) fight night on the White House lawn. The event, called “UFC Freedom 250”, took place on Sunday, June 14, and marked...

June 15, (THEWILL) — Marius Borg Høiby, the 29-year-old son of Norway’s Crown Princess, Mette-Marit, has been found guilty of two counts of rape and sentenced to four years in prison. The Oslo District Court in Norway delivered the verdict...

June 15, (THEWILL) — American supermodel, Tyra Banks, has filed a defamation lawsuit against Netflix over its docuseries about her reality show “America’s Next Top Model”. The lawsuit, filed on June 13 in Los Angeles federal court, claims the series...

June 15, (THEWILL) — Oliver Tree, the California-born singer-songwriter and internet personality, known for hits including “Life Goes On”, “Miss You”, and “When I’m Down”, has died following a helicopter collision in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. He was 32. Brazilian...