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Last week brought the extra into the extraordinary, as the top six contenders in the Nigerian Idols Season Six snoozed their usual performances to deliver a stellar tribute to the legendary Afrobeat founder, Fela Kuti, by belting out special renditions of his classics.    Shortly before the saddening eviction of the sonorous Beyonce Ajomiwe, the tribute was kicked off with a group performance of Fela’s 1975 hit, Water No Get Enemy, by the top seven. Following the group performance, Faith, Akunna, Comfort, Kingdom, Francis and Emmanuel continued the heated run for the star prize with individual, jaw-dropping renditions of Fela’s revered records.    The Nigerian Idol took a wise cue to include a Fela Week within the show, as the Father of Afrobeats, whom most of the Nigerian music genres in massive circulation are modelled from, has become a central figure in Nigeria’s music history and identity. Fela Kuti, who coined the legendary ‘Afrobeat’ genre – a hybrid of Jazz, Highlife, Funk, Fuj

Mr. Olayomi Koiki, the spokesman of Yoruba activist Sunday Igboho shared several videos about his recent travels. At first he was seen in a Nigerian airport, then on a plane and later he shared a video of himself in a foreign airport. In one of the videos he posted, he made the caption, this is a standard airport. Mr. Olayomi Koiki, left Nigeria a day before the important June 12 protest announced by his boss, Sunday Igboho. Koiki has been an important spokesman to Sunday Igboho, he flew into the country to join hands with Sunday Igboho his friend to fight the plight of the Yoruba people and also to seek for an independent Yoruba nation.   He became the spokesman of Sunday Igboho, after several media houses asked to have an interview with Sunday Igboho following his action against Fulani settlers in Igangan community in Ibarapa Local Government Area of Oyo state. The responsibility of taking the interviews of Sunday Igboho was delegated to Olayomi Koiki. Sunday Igboho, suspended Olayom

While protests were going on in several parts of the country yesterday (June 12), Abia state was turned into a battleground after some Unknown gunmen engaged men of the Nigerian Army in Ohafia Local Government Area of the State. This fierce and ceaseless gun battle between these two warring sides led to the marathon race among residents and Indigenes of Elu, Amangwu, Ebem and Amaekpu in Ohafia LGA to scamper for safety and took refuge in their neighbouring villages. In the last few days, Elders of Igbo land have continued to call on President Muhammadu Buhari to de- militarize the Southeast region and embrace dialogue for peace and unity to reign. They also urged the President to order the Military men and other security operatives to stop killing innocent residents and Indigenes of the states all in the name of searching for some unknown gunmen or Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) member. They said that the situation was creating tension and fear among the people who had since couldn

Speaking in an exclusive interview shared by the Veteran Journalist Dele Momodu, is the former Nigerian Political and Military Leader, who served as Nigeria' s Head of State and later as its President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. The former president broke silence on his age- long feud with the renowned Nigerian Playwright, Novelist and Essayist, Wole Soyinka. Obasanjo admitted that he doesn' t see eye to eye with Wole Soyinka, and their feud might not end based on what Wole Soyinka said to him. He added that, " Wole Soyinka and I have been having a running battle and he said, it will not end until one of us leaves this world. If he leaves before and when I get to heaven, I hope he will be there to welcome me, but if I leave before him I' ll welcome him. "   The former head of state acknowledged the academic prowess of the Nobel Prize winner in Literature, despite their age- long feud. Obasanjo further added that, " Wole Soyinka is a gifted man, I always acknowl

Nigeria’s former president Olusegun Matthew Okikiola Aremu Obasanjo has written another open letter to President Muhammadu Buhari. Obasanjo’s letter advises President Buhari to convoke a national confabulation, where disunity among various ethnic groups, scars of marginalisation and sundry issues will be x-rayed and pragmatic solutions proffered. He said, “all hands need to be on deck”. In the letter, OBJ suggested a meeting among former heads of state, presidents, retired service chiefs, top security experts, foremost traditional rulers, political and ethnic leaders and other stakeholders to be held in a bid to finding lasting solutions to the myriad of challenges confronting us as a nation. ———————— Dear President and General Buhari, OPEN LETTER TO PRESIDENT, GENERAL MUHAMMADU BUHARI I am constrained to write to you this open letter. I decided to make it an open letter because the issue is very weighty and must be greatly worrisome to all concerned Nigerians and that means all right-