Nigeria’s entertainment industry, particularly the music sector, has recently been experiencing significant all-round growth, driven by advanced musical equipment, the influence of social media, and other ongoing technological innovations. These factors have greatly impacted the ever-evolving industry in terms of audience reception and financial returns, against what the reality was several years ago. Years ago, […]
The Osun State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has faulted the lawmaker representing Ede-North/Ede-South, Egbedore and Ejigbo Federal Constituency, Bamidele Salam, over his recent remarks on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the party’s governorship candidate, Bola Oyebamiji, describing his comments as misleading and ill-informed. Recall that, Salam, while featuring on Channels Television, described […]
In the history of Jùjú music in Nigeria, Sabiu Ayinde Bakare Ajikobi is one of the names that contributed to the longevity of the genre for his commitment to making music his way of life, with an unwavering focus on maintaining the quality of the music genre. Ayinde Bakare, who would later earn “Mr Juju” […]
Nigeria, especially the Yoruba tribe, is blessed with talented, visionary, and passionate individuals who did not settle for less in proving their love for art, as well as the preservation and promotion of Yoruba history through drama, plays, and music on the global stage. Durodola Durosomo Duroorike Timothy Adisa Ladipo, better known as Duro Ladipo, […]
Just as Tunde King, J.O Araba, Fatai Rolling Dollar and others contributed immensely to the evolution of Jùjú music previously referred to Palm Wine music, Isaiah Kehinde (I.K) Dairo is nothing less than a devoted artiste who also brought in his uniqueness and innovations to see the Jùjú music become a powerful genre of music […]
At the foundation of today’s Yoruba film industry lies the tireless work of legendary actors and theatre pioneers whose sacrifices shaped what is now known as Yoruba Nollywood. Among these trailblazers was Christopher Akintola Ogungbe, popularly known as Akin Ogungbe, a man whose name became synonymous with creativity, discipline, and the propagation of Yoruba culture […]
In Nigeria, like any other country, entertainment comes in different forms like music, dance, or drama, through which culture is projected and preserved. Just as the Father of Modern Nigerian Theatre, Hubert Ogunde, contributed to the birth and growth of Nigerian folk opera and its advancement, Kola Ogunmola was one of the early dramatists whose […]
The now-talked-about professional movie industry, which some considered a pleasure or at most a career, was once taken as a calling, ministry and tool to address societal menace by the pioneers of Nigerian theatre who laid the foundation for modern dramatic arts in the mid-20th century. Some of the names that cannot skip the lips […]
Ayinla Omowura, in his lifetime, contributed immensely to the growth, innovation and potency of music in society through his social commentaries, teachings, criticism and communication of government policies and other social issues he addressed with his musical prowess. Anigilaje, as he was fondly called, did not confine himself because of his inaccessibility to formal education; […]
Apala music, amongst the powerful music genres loved by all in Yoruba land today, was not all rosy from the get-go of its creation by the Apala king, Haruna Ishola Bello, following its struggles for acceptance and connection among the Yorubas and Nigeria as a whole. Born in 1919 in Igbaire, Oke-Sopin, Ijebu-Igbo, in present-day […]