At this rate Habeeb Okikiola, whom the streets and Internet know as Portable, may have to rely on a mnemonic trick to keep track of his controversies. He enjoyed his
I thought about the Lagos flood, then it recalled Davido’s 2019 single Assurance. In the song a love-addled Davido swears romantic fealty to his then-lover Chioma, praying to die by
Sometimes they agree, sometimes they disagree, but music and politics are never far apart. In the past few weeks, Nigerians have seen how well music can serve politics. A singing
Brighton-born British rapper ArrDee — Riley Davies — has released a new single Hello Mate, in which he features his compatriot Kyla Reid. It is Arrdee’s first single since his
When it was time to name him, his parents settled for a sweet alliteration: Charles Chibueze Chukwu. He added another C when he elected to become a musician: Crayon. It
Burna Boy’s sixth album, Love, Damini, is as bulky as a doctoral thesis. Comprising nineteen songs, by the time you reach the last track, the Shackleton Ice Shelf would have
If you threw a boomerang in the Nigerian Twitter community, chances are it would strike a Shola disciple. They are everywhere, these men, all of them united in suspicion of
At least thirty-eight Nigerians will arrive in Lagos today, newly deported from the United Kingdom by the Home Office, the United Kingdom’s government agency that handles many matters including immigration.
The first and only time I saw Segun Awosanya, commonly called Segalink, was in May 2019. He had come to speak at the Lagos State University, at a TEDx Talks
Afro-pop Nigerian musicians Kida Kudz and Mr Dutch have released a joint extended play (EP) titled “World citizens”. The four-track EP is Kida’s first project since his Top Member album
Sha Sha and Kamo Mphela have released the music video for their single “iPiano”, in which they feature co-South African Fe Lo Tee. Fans of the Amapiano artists can watch
It’s taken as fact that the average Nigerian youth scarcely troubles himself with matters of governance. He has a Rain Man aptitude for pop culture trivia and can parrot, impressively
Classical music has just about every quality that disqualifies it from wide Nigerian acceptance. It’s thin on percussion and its rhythms are often slow-moving and reflective, traits that make it
Every profession has its stereotypes, some true, some spurious bullshit. Doctors have an illegible longhand—true. Engineers, made uptight by logic, are incapable of spontaneous fun—bullshit. And entertainers—Afrobeats songbirds, dancers, comedians—read
Atiku Abubakar, the presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party in the 2023 elections, has finally announced Ifeanyi Okowa as his running mate on Thursday June 16, confirming media rumours