by Rachel Ogbu

Niyola has a brand new promo photo – and it rocks! She is hardly recognisable from when she first appeared on the Nigerian music scene.

The rising EME recording artiste exhibits star qualities and is far from the fresh-faced shy girl from a couple of years ago. Oh, and she was recently verified by Twitter, apparently the latest status symbol in the Nigerian celeb sphere.

She told ToolzO.net that in five years she hopes to be – “one of the most successful and most sought after female musicians in Africa” and her career path if she decided not to venture into the music industry – “A journalist”.