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Bob Marley Plays Forty Years Onto Eternity, By Uzor Maxim Uzoatu

Global UpfrontMay 11, 2021May 11, 20210

It is difficult to believe that forty years had swept by since the death of the legendary master, Bob Marley. Yes, Robert Nesta Marley, universally

Nigerian icon Fela is long overdue for the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame

Global UpfrontApr 13, 2021April 13, 20210

By Sanya Osha, The Conversation, April 12, 2021 Scrolling through the comments made on YouTube on Fela Anikulapo-Kuti’s music, one comes across remarks such as:

How Lagos, Nigeria, Became An International Music Hotspot

Global UpfrontApr 8, 2021April 8, 20210

Wale Oloworekende, Wednesday April 7, 2021 Wizkid In August 2019, a 23-year-old musician named Stanley Omah Didia moved to Lagos from Port Harcourt after signing

FG congratulates Burna Boy, Whizkid over Grammy award wins

Global UpfrontMar 15, 2021March 15, 20210

Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, on Monday congratulated music stars Burna Boy and Whizkid over their Grammy Award victories. In a statement

Music, Social Commentary And Generational Gaps: Appreciating Sonny Okosun And Chimaobi Owoh, By Gerald Eze

Global UpfrontFeb 23, 2021February 23, 20210

Everyone even the consumers of the biggest heap of pounded cassava were proved wrong by the Indomie-Generation in the events of October, 2020 in Nigeria

Veteran musician and producer, Pa Chris Ajilo, dies at 91

Global UpfrontFeb 20, 2021February 20, 20210

Veteran musician and producer, Pa Chris Ajilo has dead. Pa Christopher Ajilore hails from Ijebu-Ijesa and died at the age of 91. The musician died

Mary Wilson, co-founder of America’s highest-charting female vocal group, Supremes, dead at 76

Global UpfrontFeb 9, 2021February 9, 20210

Mary Wilson, the only member of the Supremes to appear in every lineup of the group, has died at the age of 76, her publicist confirmed.

2020: A great year for Nigerian Afrobeats?

Global UpfrontJan 20, 2021January 21, 20210

By Dami Ajayi, theafricareport, Wednesday, 20 January 2021 The year 2020 will not be forgotten in a hurry. A leap year ushering in the Covid-19

Basketmouth and Oxlade team up for a comedic masterpiece

Global UpfrontJan 19, 2021January 19, 20210

Comedian Basketmouth has linked up with fast rising afropop sensation Oxlade and rap aficionados Show Dem Camp for the release of the jam titled “Myself”.

EndSARS Protesters’ Shooting: Urgently reform “security sector and its civilian oversight,” UN tasks Nigeria

Global UpfrontOct 22, 2020October 22, 20200

The United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights, Ms Michelle Bachelet, has called on the Nigerian government to urgently reform “the entire security sector