Music legend, Olanrewaju Ganiu Fasasi AKA Sound Sultan, has been laid to rest in the US. According to Muslim rites, Sound Sultan was buried today, July 11, amidst tears. The burial was attended by his family. May he rest in peace. Below are pictures from the funeral.
Popular singer Olanrewaju Ganiu Fasasi, also known as Sound Sultan, is dead. According to a statement released by his brother, Dr Kayode Fasasi, the veteran singer passed away on Sunday July 11, 2021, after a long battle with Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. He was 44 and is survived by his wife, 3 children and siblings. Sound Read More…
THE NEO-COLONIAL TRAJECTORY of almost all African states, the neo-liberal policies they pursue and their anti-people programmes, lead in virtually all cases, to constant conflicts between African political leaders and workers. So it is rare for workers to eulogise their political elite. So, for them at the continental level to collectively eulogise and honour a particular African president is Read More…
THE CIVIC SPACE IS shrinking by the day as my countrymen and women contend for the soul of the nation. Nigeria is pregnant. Veteran political midwives predict a long and painful labour. But they do not foresee a stillbirth as happened in 1993 under the watchful eyes of one former student of the redoubtable Eme Read More…
1st major title in 28 yrs RIO DE JANEIRO, July 10 (Reuters) – Argentina won their first major title in 28 years on Saturday and Lionel Messi finally won his first medal in a blue-and-white shirt when an Angel Di Maria goal gave them a 1-0 win over Brazil and a record-equalling 15th Copa America. Read More…
The Nigerian men’s basketball team, D’Tigers are not playing! Seriously, they mean business. On Saturday night, Nigeria pulled off an international shocker against the Team USA basketball squad 90-87 with a roster primarily filled of little-known NBA players that found a way to beat a group of All-NBA, All-Star and max-contract performers. “I thought that Read More…
About 150 students are missing after armed men raided a boarding school in Nigeria’s Kaduna state, a parent and an administrator said on Monday, and police said they were in hot pursuit alongside military personnel. The attack on the Bethel Baptist High School is the 10th mass school kidnapping since December in northwest Nigeria, which Read More…
INEC HAS COMMENCED voter registration for the 2023 elections beginning 28 June 2021 until August. It comes against the backdrop of some confusion in the South-East concerning its political future given recent events. INEC planned the voters’ roll initially for February 2021, and this column noted that it would play a critical role towards 2023. Read More…
By Chiamaka Nsude Behind every successful man there is a formidable support system and for Burna Boy, that support system is his mother Bose Ogulu A.K.A. ‘Mama Burna’. She had taken over the official management of her son’s musical career in 2017 when it became obvious that Burna needed an overhaul that would help project Read More…
By Nkanu Egbe Take a walk into a clothing shop in the United States, check the labels on their garments and you will see “Made in Turkey”, “Made in China”, “Made in Nigeria” … Made in Nigeria? Yes! Unknown to many, Nigeria exports first-grade textiles and garments to Europe and the United States. The numbers Read More…