Amazing grace How sweet the sound That saved a wretch like me I once was lost, but now I’m found Was blind, but now I see ………………………… …………………………. My God, my Saviour has ransomed me [ransomed me] And like a flood [like a flood] His mercy rains [mercy rains]. That is the favourite song of…
Baba Suwe, Ace Comedian is Dead
Babatunde Omidinna, the ace comedian whose stage name was Baba Suwe is dead. He died Monday afternoon after a brief illness. His demise was announced in an Instagram post by one of his children, Sola Omidina.The late Omidinna hailed from Igbogbo, in Ikorodu area of Lagos State. He was born on August 2, 1958. He…
Wizkid Wins Another First in the US with “Essence”
Nigeria’s popular singer, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, better known with his stage name WizKid, has won another first in the United States of America. The new feat comes amidst breaking records like appearing on the billboard charts and reaching number one on U.S urban radio with his song, as the first Nigerian song ever. Wizkid currently…
‘Guitar Boy’ Victor Uwaifo, Dies at 80
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
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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…