Sir Victor Uwaifo, Edo-born music legend and exponent of popular highlife music, “Joromi” has died at the age of 80. Uwaifo, until his death on Saturday, was a professor of Visual Arts at the University of Benin, UNIBEN. One of his sons, Uwaifo Peter de Rock who broke the news on his Facebook page Saturday…
Music, Not Drugs, Makes me High – Victor Uwaifo
..How I sold kerosene, Uwaifo sold kolanuts in Benin – Igbinedion Legendary entertainer and octogenarian music maestro, Sir Victor Uwaifo, aka Guitar Boy, Saturday night declared that he has never smoked or taken drugs, but rather, music makes him high. “I have never smoked in my life; I don’t drink. It’s now that I started…
Sound Sultan Dies at 44
Olanrewaju Fasasi, multi-talented Nigerian musician, popularly called Sound Sultan is dead. He was said to have died of the Cancer known as Angioimmunoblastic T-Cell Lymphoma. Sound Sultan had fought against the ailment for a very long time, before he finally succumb at the age of 44 years. A statement by the family, which was made…
Fans Surprise Fela’s Daughter, Gift Car at 60th Birthday
The first child of late Fela Anikulapo Kuti, the Afrobeat legend, Yeni Kuti turned 60 years old on Monday. Popularly known as YK, Yeni has been a household name in Nigeria and beyond. The car gift was presented by her fans on Your View, a discussion programme on Television Continental, TVC, anchored by Morayo Afolabi-Brown.…
Effects of COVID-19 on Nigerian Music Industry
From Miracle Oyedeji [responsivevoice buttonposition=”after”] One great lesson we all learned from the 2020 coronavirus-induced lockdown is that no country, lifestyle, or industry is impervious as far as the global pandemic is concerned. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed the propinquity between global health and Adam Smith’s Wealth of Nations (aka world economy). The heat…
Excitement as Okunbo Receives Forbes’ Best of Africa Award
When the polls will open at 8 am on Saturday, September 19, 2020, 14 political parties and their candidates would be slugging it out for the governorship of Edo State for another four-year tenure beginning from November 12. Idahosa Wells Okunbo would not be one of them. But paradoxically, in spite of not being one…
Dr. Indimi’s Quiet 73 Birthday
from Liman Sandabe There are very few influential and rich businessman like Alhaji Dr. Muhammadu Indimi who will decide to mark his birthday as quietly as he did recently. The day was observed with prayers and reflections as well as thanks to Almighty Allah. Despite his prominent position in the society the elderly business icon’s…
Oba of Benin Greets Akpata, NBA President-Elect
The Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolo, Oba Ewuare II has congratulated the newly elected President of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Olumide Akpata, on his emergence. Oba Ewuare 11 described Akpata’s emergence as president-elect as a huge success and prayed for him for divine direction in piloting the affairs of the association.…
Adekunle Gold and Simi Welcome Baby
Celebrated musician-couple, Adekunle Gold and wife, Simi, has been blessed with a baby girl. Simi delivered the child on Friday at a yet to be confirmed hospital in Lagos. While breaking the news on her Instagram page on Sunday, Simi also disclosed that the child is named Adejare. The two musicians had a private wedding…
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