Niyola

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In a relationship with: No one

Hometown: Ilesa, Osun State

Fun fact: she is a shoe addict just like her role model Mariah Carey

best quote of Niyola

I always tell people that sexiness is not something that can be bought; you either are sexy or not. God created every woman as eye candies to the men

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Biography of Niyola

Born Eniola Akinbo is a Nigerian artist and song writer. She was born into a large family of 13 children and is the last child. Niyola studied Journalism at the Independent Journalism Center owned by PM News, and went on to study English Language at the University of Lagos while also taking some courses in Travel & Tourism

Niyola's interest in music was awakened as early as when she was 8 years old, she frequently honed her singing skills by singing in her church choir.

Niyola’s rise to musical stardom started way back in 2000 when she took part in the AMEN starlet competition and emerged first runner up. She later joined Trybe records but only briefly. She released her first singles Me n U (in da club) No more and Dem say .Niyola got signed to Westside Music and released her debut album containing the smash hits Bring it on and Call my name that earned her two nominations that year at the Hip hop world awards .

After the release of the singles, Niyola gained recognition in the music industry and performed at major events like the Akon concert in Lagos, Calabar festival in Cross Rivers, Y'hello Festival alongside Sasha, and toured with CELTEL (now Airtel) in 2008. She also took part in the first girl power Tetmosol project amongst many others. In 2009, she took part in the OVATION RED CAROL theme song.

Best Known For

Niyola is popularly referred to as the first lady of Empire Mates Entertainment (EME) . She got signed on the label in 2012 and has since then sky rocketed to fame.

Niyola was worked with several artists such as Sasha P, Sound Sultan, Paul Play, Lynxxx to name a few. Besides writing songs and shooting top rated videos Niyola also does soundtracks for movies in her dialect Yoruba .In 2007 she wrote the theme song for 2FACE IDIBIA’s 2nd album concert and also did jingles for Coca Cola and a few other international brands

Personal life of Niyola

She was speculated to be in a romantic relationship with Banky W but debunked the rumours and announced she is single.