Nollywood actress Lolo has shared her stance on the number of women publicly embracing sex work, stating that they are devaluing hard work for money.

On the latest episode of the In My Opinion podcast, Lolo expressed her concerns about how openly some women discuss making money through sex work and flaunting their wealth, which she believes sends the wrong message to young people striving to succeed through legitimate means.

If you can blatantly come out and say you are a sex worker, you asked someone for money, and I got it and bought a car… And when you told me she bought a house, she bought this, what do you think every other average person would look at?

She argued that the growing acceptance of sex work is diminishing the importance of hard work and effort.

Sex workers are downplaying the value of hard work. They are downplaying the value of sweating, of growing something, of doing legitimate work. I keep telling women in my circle that your body is not a shop. Maybe, I belong to an extinct or slowly dying generation.

But for somebody to blatantly come out and say this is what I do for money, I’m beginning to rethink many things, okay, society has lost its sense of shame. Then let’s just make it a legitimate thing.

Lolo also noted that as sex work becomes more openly discussed, it may eventually become a fully legitimised profession.

Some of them would even tell you they don’t kill anybody, ‘my body my choice ‘ so if this has become a thing, the time for legitimising it is coming close.

So the same way people can call themselves bankers and oil workers, you can totally say you’re a sex worker. Gone are the days when there was nothing to show for it, now if you see the way these ladies live ehn.

Nigerian hitmaker Mayorkun is asking tough questions in his new single ‘Reason 2 Japa.’

The song released on April 4, 2025 sees the singer examine Nigeria’s socioecomic reality that has continued to force many people to flee the country in the Japa wave.

“Tell me the reason not to japa,” he asks rhetorically on the song punctuated by Amapiano log drums as he questions the challenges of living in a country whose political elites continues to hack down the dreams of young Nigerians.

With his new song, Mayorkun combines the party starting expertise with which he has delivered notable records with sociopolitical commentary that speaks to the conscience of Nigerians.

‘Reason 2 Japa’ is reflective of the times as it tells a story of the mass migration of professional and working-class Nigerians who have left the country in search of greener pastures.

It further captures the pain of starting afresh, families separated by distance, and being withdrawn from one’s culture.

The single comes as the first offering of his upcoming third album, ‘Still The Mayor,’ set for release on May 2, 2025.

For nearly a decade, Mayorkun has made a name for himself as prolific hitmaker whose witty writing and captivating melodies have won him the hearts of listeners.

His upcoming album comes off the back of his 2023 EP ‘Love For Free’ which had the charting songs ‘For Daddy’ and ‘Low Key’.

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Since February 2025, Spotify has been deducting screams from different artists.

In another round of deductions in early April, several Nigerian stars have seen stream subtracted from some of their songs.

Spotify has adjusted all-time streaming numbers for multiple tracks.

– Significant stream deductions were also recorded in February & March.

– Multiple African artists were affected.

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While Spotify hasn’t provided an explanation for the stream subtractions, the global streaming platforms have a policy of removing streams that are deemed fraudulent.

Spotify has removed notable streaming volume from tracks across genres for the third month in a row:

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As provided in the company’s policy, artists are not allowed to use third party services that offers streams in return for money.

“Paid 3rd-party services that guarantee streams aren’t legitimate.

3rd-party promotional services that advertise streams in return for payment violate our terms & conditions, and using them could result in your music being removed from Spotify.

Any service that claims to offer guaranteed placement on playlists on Spotify in exchange for money are in violation of our terms & conditions, and they shouldn’t be used.”

The policy further prescribes the correction of public sreaming numbers, removal from playlists, and some cases takedowns and withoding royalties as consequences for fraudulent.

“When we identify confirmed cases of artificial streaming or stream manipulation, we take actions that may include the withholding of associated royalties, the correction of public streaming numbers, and measures to ensure the artist or song’s popularity is accurately reflected in our charts.

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Depending on the severity of the artificial streaming detected, the song may also be removed from Spotify playlists.”

Streaming manipulation is an issue that continues to confront music streaming globally, especially in Nigeria.

In 2024, Drake accused Universal Music of using bot streams to inflate the popularity of Kendrick Lamar‘s hit song ‘Not Like Us.’

Digital streaming platforms continue to restate their zero tolerance for fraudulent streams, which they describe as a way of gaining undue advantage and cheating other artists out of their due revenues.