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Drumroll Records

A Nigerian record label built around singer Niniola, co-owned with her late manager and husband Michael Ndika.

Based in
Lagos, Nigeria

Drumroll Records is a Nigerian record label built around the singer Niniola. Niniola told City People in a January 2019 interview that she co-owns the label with her manager Michael Ndika, who also owned Naija Review Limited, the company that managed her. Ndika died on 19 May 2026; obituary coverage that week confirmed he had also been Niniola’s husband of 13 years, though none addressed what became of his stake in the label.

The label’s only signed artist is Niniola herself, whose catalogue has carried Drumroll Records’ phonogram credit continuously from her 2014 debut single through her most recent 2026 releases, per Apple Music and Deezer catalogue lookups. It has no standalone company website; its public presence is X and Instagram.

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