LAGOS, Nigeria — October 1, 2026: Nigerian singer BNXN has released his new EP, Still In Charge, a six-track project featuring Asake and FOLA. Apple Music lists the project as a 16-minute Afrobeats release dated October 1 and issued through T.Y.E. / EMPIRE, confirming that the rollout announced earlier in the week has now moved from pre-release to a completed release.
The EP extends a busy 2026 for BNXN, who has already released collaborative and solo material while continuing to build on the catalogue that made him one of Nigeria's most recognisable Afro-fusion voices.
What is BNXN's Still In Charge EP? Still In Charge is BNXN's six-song EP released on October 1, 2026. The project runs for about 16 minutes, includes guest appearances from Asake and FOLA, and follows earlier 2026 releases including “Eja Meja,” “Online” and his collaborative EP with Sarz.
Still In Charge is now officially released
Apple Music lists Still In Charge as BNXN's latest release, dated October 1, 2026. The service identifies it as a six-song, 16-minute Afrobeats EP released under T.Y.E. / EMPIRE.
The release closes a short rollout that became clearer in the final days of September. NotJustOk reported on September 29 that BNXN had confirmed the project's title and October 1 release date, with Asake and FOLA named as the featured artists.
DancehallMag also reported that the project was scheduled for Nigeria's Independence Day and highlighted the contrast between Asake's established Afrobeats profile and FOLA's newer momentum in the Nigerian music scene.
The release date is also reflected on EMPIRE's Apple Music label page, where Still In Charge appears among the label's October 1 releases.
Asake and FOLA connect two sides of BNXN's recent run
The guest list ties the project directly to BNXN's recent collaborations. Asake appears after working with BNXN on “Eja Meja,” which Apple Music lists among BNXN's 2026 releases and also shows with an official visualizer. FOLA's appearance continues a connection already familiar to XTRAfrica readers through BNXN and FOLA's “Very Soon”.
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Oct 1, 2026
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LAGOS, Nigeria — October 1, 2026: Nigerian singer BNXN has released his new EP, Still In Charge, a six-track project featuring Asake and FOLA. Apple Music lists the project as a 16-minute Afrobeats release dated October 1 and issued through T.Y.E. / EMPIRE, confirming that the rollout announced earlier in the week has now moved from pre-release to a completed release.
The EP extends a busy 2026 for BNXN, who has already released collaborative and solo material while continuing to build on the catalogue that made him one of Nigeria's most recognisable Afro-fusion voices.
What is BNXN's Still In Charge EP? Still In Charge is BNXN's six-song EP released on October 1, 2026. The project runs for about 16 minutes, includes guest appearances from Asake and FOLA, and follows earlier 2026 releases including “Eja Meja,” “Online” and his collaborative EP with Sarz.
Still In Charge is now officially released
Apple Music lists Still In Charge as BNXN's latest release, dated October 1, 2026. The service identifies it as a six-song, 16-minute Afrobeats EP released under T.Y.E. / EMPIRE.
The release closes a short rollout that became clearer in the final days of September. NotJustOk reported on September 29 that BNXN had confirmed the project's title and October 1 release date, with Asake and FOLA named as the featured artists.
DancehallMag also reported that the project was scheduled for Nigeria's Independence Day and highlighted the contrast between Asake's established Afrobeats profile and FOLA's newer momentum in the Nigerian music scene.
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The release date is also reflected on EMPIRE's Apple Music label page, where Still In Charge appears among the label's October 1 releases.
Asake and FOLA connect two sides of BNXN's recent run
The guest list ties the project directly to BNXN's recent collaborations. Asake appears after working with BNXN on “Eja Meja,” which Apple Music lists among BNXN's 2026 releases and also shows with an official visualizer. FOLA's appearance continues a connection already familiar to XTRAfrica readers through BNXN and FOLA's “Very Soon”.
For BNXN, the pairing makes Still In Charge more than a standalone EP announcement. It connects his latest project to two different parts of Nigeria's current Afrobeats conversation: Asake as a major international name and FOLA as a younger artist whose profile has continued to grow.
That collaborative balance also fits BNXN's recent catalogue. Earlier in 2026, he worked with producer Sarz on The Game Needs Us, while XTRAfrica has also covered their track “Back Outside”. The new EP brings the focus back to BNXN as the lead artist while keeping collaboration central to the project.
The title continues BNXN's “Captain” idea
Still In Charge follows BNXN's 2025 album CAPTAIN, a title he previously described to Apple Music in terms of leadership and his place in Nigerian music. The new EP's name continues that self-assured framing without requiring a reinvention of his sound or public identity.
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For readers catching up with the artist, XTRAfrica's BNXN biography traces his career from his earlier Buju name through his rise as BNXN, while the BNXN music tag collects related songs and releases.
That biography had previously listed Still In Charge as forthcoming. The October 1 release now turns the project into part of BNXN's completed 2026 discography and gives the profile a clear update point.
Release-day attention builds around BNXN and the EP title
The project is also generating visible public attention on release day. A Nigeria trends tracker listed both BNXN and Still In Charge among the topics appearing on X/Twitter early on October 1. That signal does not establish streaming totals or chart performance, but it shows that the release was being discussed publicly as it arrived.
Apple Music's Nigeria album chart also showed Still In Charge among ranked albums in its latest available snapshot. Because chart positions can change quickly, the early placement is best treated as a release-day indicator rather than a settled measure of the EP's commercial performance.
The more durable test will come after the first wave of release-day conversation: whether songs from the EP begin separating themselves through streaming, video activity, playlists and wider African chart movement.
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What comes next for Still In Charge
The EP arrives at a point when BNXN has several active strands in his catalogue: solo records, collaborations with established names, work with producers such as Sarz, and recurring partnerships with younger Nigerian artists.
For Still In Charge, the next verifiable developments will be the performance of individual songs, official videos or visualizers, playlist growth and any chart movement recorded after the full project has had time to circulate.
The release itself, however, is no longer a future announcement. As of October 1, Still In Charge is officially part of BNXN's discography, with Asake and FOLA joining him on the six-track project.
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