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William Onyeabor, music legend who gave up stardom for Jesus, dies at 70
Elusive Nigerian music legend, William Onyeabor, who pioneered a stuttering style of electronic funk during the '70s and '80s before retreating from music to...
Everyday na the same thing
First Gentleman with Wilson Orhiunu
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In the song ‘Suffering and Smiling’, the late Fela Anikulapo Kuti sang “everyday na the same thing”.
This...
The threat of a new political party, by Reuben Abati
When aggrieved politicians within the People’s Democratic Party (PDP) decided to join forces with members of the Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), the Congress...
Coup movie, 76, wins AFRIFF top awards
With four laurels, including best feature film, best screenplay, best director and best actor in a lead role, Izu Ojukwu’s critically acclaimed 76 bested...
Medical student turned singer, Miebim Dappa, talks Afrobeat, women and drugs
Since going into music professionally in 2013, Miebim Dappa, a medical student at CATS College, Canterbury, United Kingdom, has not looked back.
The 17 year-old...
Who is the thief? by Babafemi Ojudu
It's on days like this that I miss the magnetic personality of Fela Anikulapo Kuti. I can see him now, pounding the piano with...
Lest we should be the last, by Femi Adesina
If my memory serves me right, the above title is taken from a poem I had studied for secondary school leaving examination 36 years...
Former presidential candidate, Tunji Braithwaite, dies at 82
Founder of the Nigerian Advance Party (NAP) Dr. Tunji Braithwaite, has died at the age of 82.
The elder statesman passed on at St. Nicholas...
Nigerian military commutes death sentence of 66 soldiers to 10 years
The military announced a reprieve Saturday for 66 soldiers sentenced to death by firing squad for mutiny and trying to kill their commanding officer...
I don’t get awards because the powers that be don’t really like me –...
A week after pop singer, Wizkid, was featured in UK magazine, Fader, dancehall act, Burna Boy talks to the same publication about the politics...