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Pigeons That Won’t Fly, Bloody Baboon and the Philemon Punishment, By Festus Adedayo 13 min read Whatever Nigerians did to Buhari, he should be persuaded to please forgive us and halt this Philemon wound that his administration is inflicting on us. We apologise for our adultery of going to bed with him in 2015. Fatalists haven’t yet returned from the market square. They had rushed there to parrot what they called the eerie signification of the news of pigeons that won’t fly at the National Arcade on January 14. It was at the annual commemoration of Nigeria’s fallen war...

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‘Look at my life, is this how a celebrity’s home should look like?’ ‘Look at my life, is this how a celebrity’s home should look like?’ •Day Adewole Oniluola wept over his poverty Share Eyin eyan yi, ti nba ti wa ku nko? (You these people, what if I had died?).” That was how celebrated drummer, Alhaji Rahman Adewole, a.k.a. Oniluola – one who drums self into wealth – welcomed my crew and me to his house on May 24, 2019. I met him poor, very poor. Oniluola’s death on Tuesday marked an almost total closure of the legends behind the genre of traditional Yoruba African musi...

Legendary Nigerian filmmaker, Tunde Kelani, is currently shooting an eponymous film based on the life and times of the late Àpàlà musician, Ayinla Yusuf, popularly known as Ayinla Omowura. Ferdinand Ekechukwu reports Filming of ‘Ayinla’, a musical film on the life and times of the late Àpàlà music legend, Ayinla Yusuf, popularly known as Ayinla Omowura, has started in Abeokuta, Ogun State. Announcing the forthcoming biopic, ace filmmaker Tunde Kelani confirmed principal photography has kicked off for ‘Ayinla’ via his official Instagram page. The cinematographer known for his lov...

MUSIC: Ayinla Omowura and Ayinde Barrister Controversy: Two sides of greatness Ayinde Barrister had fully baked his Fuji by 1977, having successfully navigated the challenges of the first half of the 70s. 6 min read There are enough sentiments to throw around over who was the better between Waidi Ayinla Omowura and Sikiru Ayinde Barrister. Tons of emotive writings are being churned out. Many prominent and respected Yoruba intelligentsia, music enthusiasts, and dyed in the wool fans of the two musicians are only stopping short of baying for blood. Fanaticism is the lot of dogma...