Niniola Biography: Age, Career, Spouse, Family, Net Worth

Niniola Apata, professionally known as Niniola is a Nigerian musician and singer. She was a part of Project Fame West Africa’s sixth series. Project Fame West Africa in 2013. After her first track “Ibadi”, she was nominated as the Most Promising Artist to watch during the 2015 Nigeria Entertainment Awards.

Profiling Niniola

Biography

The rich history of female music in Nigeria cannot be considered complete without mentioning multi-award-winning Niniola Apata.

Niniola (born 15 December 1986) is affectionately referred to is a singer as well as songwriter, singer as well as a stage actor.

Her talent was spotted during her participation in the MTN Project Fame Music competition Season 6 which was held in 2013.

The prestigious contest in which ended up with her finishing 3rd as second place. She competed alongside Kcee and other top performers like Limpopo maestro, Kcee.

Early Life

Niniola originates in Nigeria’s Western area in Nigeria, Ekiti state precisely.

The actress is Christian and also Yoruba by birth.

The girl has been identified as Simon Apata‘s daughter and a former Brigadier General killed when she was just eight years old.

The younger sibling is a well-known Nigerian artist, Teni and her full name is Teniola Apata.

His father was married to three wives and had numerous children.

With a large family, the Apatas were close. Niniola‘s dad was an avid music lover and would listen to records every day at their home.

Her mother, however, was not supportive of her decision to pursue a career as a musician initially, but she eventually came around to her.

Education

Niniola completed her primary schooling in Apata Memorial School Apata Memorial School, a military-run border school located in Ekiti state, which was founded by her father Simon Apata…

She earned the degree of Bachelor’s in Education in a four-year program from The University of Lagos.

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Age

How old is Niniola? She was born on the 15th of December 1986, she is 35 years old as of October 2022.

Career

Niniola‘s love of music goes way back to her high school time. Her classmates serve as her audience and perform for them at no cost. She was so talented that she was the school’s cultural group in inter-school and state competitions.

After graduating, Niniola continued to pursue her love of music, which eventually resulted in her taking part in MTN Project Fame Season 6. MTN Project Fame Season 6 edition in 2013. The performance she gave week-long recognition with her finishing 3rd place at the event.

Her debut single, Ibadi, composed by Sarz which was released in March 2014 was among the top demanded and popular tracks across Nigeria and Africa in general. She continued to release many more smashes. Gbowode was an instance.

Soke was followed by Start Over, Shaba, J’ete, and Jigi-Jigi, without forgetting Maradona and Sicker These were all smash singles.

Niniola International’s appearance has seen her collaborate together with Ugandan Eddy Kenzo on his hit track titled, Mbilo Mbilo. The song was awarded the prize for best collaboration during the AFRIMA awards in 2016. AFRIMA Award in 2016.

After keeping her fans in high excitement the Nigerian singer dropped her debut album, This Is Me which features 13 tracks, on the 1st of November 2017. The album received an award from Apple Music’s artist of The Month.

Her popularity led her to embark on a concert touring tour of South Africa, and she was then commissioned to play at the world-renowned South Africa Music Carnival held in February 2018.

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Famous African DJ Snake was unable to be satisfied with Niniola‘s track, Maradona, which led her to work with her on a remix, Maradona Riddim which was released on July 22nd, 2018.

Niniola continued to release hits and broke the record for the first female Nigerian artist record of exceeding the 1 million people who listen to music on Spotify.

Niniola set out for her first-ever concert, dubbed “The Human Radio, held at the Landmark Event Center Victoria Island Lagos State. The concert was a major success.

Discography

Niniola‘s biggest song is arguably her single titled, Maradona. However, the singer has other hits songs. Some of them are the ones listed below.

• Ibadi (2014)
• Good (2014)
• Akara Iyabo (2015)
• Soke (2015)
• Start All Over (2016)
• Jigi Jigi (2016)
• Saro (2017)
• Maradona Riddim (2017)
• Magun (2017)
• Bana (2018)
• Designer (2019)
• Fantasy (2020)

Awards

“The Achievement of Niniola was nominated for a variety of award categories and awards. The most notable will be her entry into the 2020 Grammy Awards for her contributions to the Beyonce album, Find Your Way Back, in the album Lion King: The Gift.

In addition, she was also nominated for Africa’s Choice Awards (next rated 2015), Screen Awards (Best Female Artist 2015), Nigerian Oscar (Most Promising Artist of The year 2015.), Ghana Naija ShowBiz Awards (Best Female Acts of 2018) and a myriad of other awards.

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Personal Life

Niniola is a fan of listening to music in her spare time and also attends many parties. She is passionate about cooking and also teaching.

She is a very pleasant and calm person, according to those who know her.

Spouse

She is at present single and not involved in any sort of relationship so from what we have gathered.

In one interview she stated that she was not planning to marry anyone from the entertainment industry.

Her role models include Dolly Parton, Whitney Houston, Madonna, Celine Dion, Beyonce, and the famous Cranberries.

There is a rumor that Niniola is dating a boyfriend who is staying away from the media, however, it’s not confirmed.

There is a routine search to see whether she has a child however, no research confirms this.

She is self-described as the ‘ Queen Of Afro-House.’

Net Worth

Niniola according to reports estimates net worth of $1,000,000-$5,000,000.

She earns her money from her profession as a musician, as well as a music producer.

Niniola Niniola is the very proud owner of a home along with a few vehicles.

Social Media

Niniola also has time for social media; she has over a hundred pictures and videos on Instagram.

She is readily available on Twitter too.

• Instagram@Niniola
• Twitter@Niniola22