Dipo Aka-Bashorun, son of Alao Aka-Bashorun, has said that his father lost his memory after he saw the bullet-ridden body of Kudirat Abiola, the wife of late Chief M.K.O Abiola, the widely acclaimed winner of June 12, 1993 Presidential elections. He said this in a statement he made while reacting to the June 12, 2024…
Popular talking drummer and the cultural ambassador of the Ooni of Ife, Aralola Olamuyiwa, also known as Ara, has recalled her journey to playing the talking drum. Ara, who is Africa’s first female talking drummer, recounted how she was told that playing the talking drum might prevent her from having children. She said this on…
Renowned American musician and songwriter Stevie Wonder has officially been granted Ghanaian citizenship. The ceremony took place at the Jubilee House in Accra, where President Akufo-Addo presided over the proceedings. President Akufo-Addo praised Stevie Wonder’s outstanding contributions to music and unrelenting commitment to the African diaspora. He emphasised that Stevie Wonder’s music has been a…
Celestine Ukwu was a renowned Igbo Highlife musician during the 1960s and 1970s. The “Ije Enu and Uso Ndu” crooner hailed from Abor in Udi LGA of Enugu state. He died in an auto-crash in Ogidi on May 7, 1976, aged 36. Celestine Ukwu (1940 – May 7, 1977) was an Igbo highlife musician during…
Earnest Olatunde Thomas (10 December 1922 – 1981), popularly known as Tunde Nightingale or The Western Nightingale, was a Nigerian singer and guitarist, best known for his unique jùjú music style, following in the tradition of Tunde King. Born in Ibadan, he attended school in Lagos, served in the army, and worked for a railway…
There are many things Africa has given the world which is why it’s such a wonderful place to live. Having two presidents in a country at a time is extraordinary, but the motherland has also had the only woman to have become the First Lady of two different countries – Mozambique and South Africa. Meet…
Chief Lere Paimo , MFR is a Nigerian film actor, film maker, producer and director. Chief Lere Paimo, MFR was born on November 19, 1939, in Ile Ikoyi Odan, Osupa, Ogbomosho, a city in Oyo State southwestern Nigeria. His father was a tobacco and yam farmer, the leader of the local farmers’ organization. His mother was a…
Oba Owolabi Olakulehin, is the current Balogun of Ibadanland, head of the military line of the Olubadan system. He is set to become the next Olubadan of Ibadan following the death of Oba Moshood Olalekan Balogun, the late Olubadan of Ibadan. Owolabi Olakulehin hails from the Ibadan Northeast Local Government Area (LGA) of Oyo State….
Every December, many Nigerians remember her, as her evergreen song gets played everywhere across Nigeria, especially in the South-West. By nature, Mama Deborah Adebola Fasoyin is a very quiet and easy-going woman of God. She is deeply religious and you can’t get to hear about her, except when it comes to her work. She is…
Taiwo Ajai-Lycett, OON (born 3 February 1941) is a Nigerian actress, journalist, television presenter, and cosmetologist. Lycett is a feminist and was the first editor of Africa Woman magazine in the 1970s. Taiwo Ajai was born as the first of a set of twin girls on 3rd February 1941 in Lagos, Western Region of Colonial Nigeria, her father was of Awori heritage. She was educated at Mt Carmel Convent…
