Nigerian artists slammed for shunning local awards, submitting entries for foreign ones

The laminitis of The Headies Awards, Ayo Animashaun, has slammed Nigerian artists for submitting entries to overseas grant bodies portion snubbing section awards.

He lamented that immoderate Nigerian artists taxable entries to overseas grant bodies that doesn’t attraction astir them and station proudly astir it but won’t taxable their entries to section grant bodies.

He said immoderate of the artists adjacent kick astir being nominated for section awards similar The Headies contempt refusing to taxable their entries.

Animashaun wrote via Instagram story, “Tom, Dick and Harry volition taxable entries to overseas grant bodies that don’t adjacent attraction astir them and proudly station astir it. But these aforesaid radical won’t taxable their entries to the Headies, yet they’ll kick astir not being nominated. Funny..”

DAILY POST reports that respective Nigerian artists including Davido, Ayra Starr, Tems, Asake, Burna Boy, Rema, Victony, and galore others, made aggregate submissions for information for nominations successful the 2027 Grammys.

Meanwhile, organisers of The Headies Awards precocious postponed the 18th variation of the ceremonial to April 10 and 11, 2027, successful Toronto, Canada.

The lawsuit was primitively scheduled for October 23, 2026.

According to the organisers, the extensio...