Category: Entertainment – Music
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Innocent Idibia; Popular Nigerian musician. Born September 8, 1975 in Jos into a middle-class family in which he is second of four boys, Innocent Idibia had a modest upbringing, Michael Idibia, his father, was a career civil servant who retired as an assistant director in the Benue State Ministry of Agriculture. Rose Idibia, his mother…
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Majek Fashek; real name, Maekodunmi Fasheke was the Nigerian Reggae musician and rastafarian who rode the musical scene in early 1990s. Majek Fashek, born in Benin City in 1963 took motivation from the legendary Aswad and Jimmy Cliff . He was drawn to reggae in the 1980s at a point when highlife and juju were…
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Mike Aremu; front runner of Nigerian world-class Saxophone players, a distinguished in his ability to draw from traditional Nigerian sounds to create a sound that represents both creative-passion and his culture. Aremu is famous for gospel Jazz songs like Unveiled, Oluwaseun, Dance of Joy, and Ose. Growing up in the state of Niger, his musical interest started from…
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Timi Dakolo; R&B singer. Born on 20 January 1981 to a Nigerian father and a Ghanaian mother, Dakolo was raised by his grandmother, who died while he was in Lagos for Idols West Africa. He started singing in church at the age of 12. In 2003, he joined the singing group, Purple Love as a founding member. The group dominated the Port Harcourt music scene,…
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Christian Essien igbokwe, popularly called Nigeria’s Lady of Songs. Some of her tracks include Give Me a Chance, 1980; Ever liked my person 1981; Taking My Time, 1986; Hear The Call, 1990; and Mysteries of Life, 1994. Christian Essien is credited with the formation of Performing Musicians Employers Association of Nigeria (PMAN) in 1982, the…