{"id":55760,"date":"2025-09-26T16:44:00","date_gmt":"2025-09-26T16:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/nviiri-the-storyteller-arrives-in-kigali-ahead-of-world-champs-night-life\/"},"modified":"2025-09-26T16:41:38","modified_gmt":"2025-09-26T16:41:38","slug":"nviiri-the-storyteller-arrives-in-kigali-ahead-of-world-champs-night-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/nviiri-the-storyteller-arrives-in-kigali-ahead-of-world-champs-night-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Nviiri the Storyteller arrives in Kigali ahead of \u2018World Champs Night Life\u2019 concert"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The celebrated singer arrived in Kigali accompanied by his partner and manager, Maisha Madrugada Wirth.<\/p>\n<p>The couple, who have been in a long-term relationship, are reportedly already planning their wedding, according to reliable sources. Nviiri and Maisha started dating after his split from Elodie Zone, a well-known Kenyan social media personality.<\/p>\n<p>Fans in Kigali are in for a treat as Nviiri prepares to share the stage with fellow Kenyan artist Bensoul, who is expected to arrive on Saturday morning. They will be joined by top Rwandan acts, including Shemi, Kid from Kigali, and Angell Mutoni.<\/p>\n<p>The singer is set to perform a lineup of his biggest hits, including Pombe Sigara, Niko Sawa featuring Bien, Nikita, Kitenge, and other fan favourites.<\/p>\n<p>Before fully committing to music, Nviiri studied mechanical engineering and worked in the field, collaborating with his father, but his passion for music ultimately won out.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"969\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/u2vt37RZdC8\" title=\"NVIIRI THE STORYTELLER - POMBE SIGARA (OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO) SMS [SKIZA 8546482] TO 811\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"969\" height=\"585\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/xHN_G3jdbdA\" title=\"Nviiri the Storyteller - Niko Sawa ft Bien (Official Music Video) SMS [Skiza 5802169] to 811\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-95194 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/whatsapp_image_2025-09-23_at_12.52_02-2-44f96.jpg\" alt=\"Kenyan singer-songwriter Nviiri the Storyteller is in Kigali ahead of the much-anticipated World Champs Night Life concert, scheduled for Saturday, September 27, 2025, at Kigali Universe.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-95193 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/checked_into_kgl___-96497.jpg\" alt=\"A past photo of Nviiri and his partner in Kigali in 2023.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-95192 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/in_preparation_of_our_big_day_we_are_celebrating_others_and_seeing_how_love_always_wins__spe-8b059.jpg\" alt=\"The celebrated singer arrived in Kigali accompanied by his partner and manager, Maisha Madrugada Wirth.\" \/><\/figure>\n<figure class=\"spip-document spip-document-95191 aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/jpg\/sky_scrapers_you__got_to_style_my_love_nviirithestoryteller_in_exclusive_unreleased_pieces-fefce.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kenyan singer-songwriter Nviiri the Storyteller has arrived in Kigali ahead of the much-anticipated World Champs Night Life concert, scheduled for Saturday, September 27, 2025, at Kigali Universe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":131,"featured_media":2000095195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[75],"byline":[170],"hashtag":[],"class_list":["post-55760","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-homenews","byline-igihe"],"bylines":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"contributors":[{"id":170,"name":"IGIHE","slug":"igihe","description":"","image":{"id":0,"url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/?s=96&d=mm&f=y&r=g","alt":"Default avatar","title":"Default avatar","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","sizes":[]},"user_id":8}],"featured_image":{"id":2000095195,"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-26-sep-2025-04-26-pm-8166.jpg","alt":"","caption":"","mime_type":"image\/jpeg","width":0,"height":0,"sizes":{"thumbnail":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-26-sep-2025-04-26-pm-8166.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-26-sep-2025-04-26-pm-8166.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"medium_large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-26-sep-2025-04-26-pm-8166.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"large":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-26-sep-2025-04-26-pm-8166.jpg","width":1,"height":1},"full":{"url":"https:\/\/en-images.igihe.com\/IMG\/logo\/mixcollage-26-sep-2025-04-26-pm-8166.jpg","width":0,"height":0}}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55760","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/131"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=55760"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/55760\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2000095195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=55760"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=55760"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=55760"},{"taxonomy":"byline","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/byline?post=55760"},{"taxonomy":"hashtag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.igihe.com\/english\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/hashtag?post=55760"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}