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Punch Newspapers Sections Veteran Nigerian singer, Eedris Abdulkareem, has taken to his verified  Instagram account to reply to the Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo (SAN), who stated that the singer’s new song, Jaga Jaga reloaded, is a poor attempt at blackmail.  According to the minister, Eedris Abdulkareem, who is displaying a stance against the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), once begged to be part of the Buhari Campaign Organisation, which he directed in 2018.  Keyamo showed screenshots of his chats with Eedris Abdulkareem where he begged...

In 2003 single, ‘ Jaga Jaga’ was an empirical analysis of the disorder in the Nigerian society, under the leadership of former President, Chief Olusegun Obasanjo. The song was powerful enough to earn a reported snide comment from the President. Those reports claim that Obasanjo responded to Eedris in Yoruba that, “Ile baba e l’o ma jaga jaga…” In English that means, On his 2005 album, ‘Electoral Reform’ and addressed the profiling of Nigerians from the North on ‘ We Ain’t No Terrorist.’ Between ‘ Jaga Jaga, he released a honest poli...

On February 21, 2021, the 14th edition of Nigeria's premier music award, The Headies was held via virtual and live means due to COVID-19 restrictions. The glitz collided with the glamour; foundation swallowed eyelashes, face masks disrupted identification and the sense of style of new-age Nigerian artists was caught in-between wannabe streetwear of the homeless and taking excessive liberty with athleisure. Y’all should know when to stop; branding starts with simple decisions and a sense of occasion. Also importantly, ‘vibe’ must be sorry that it ever came out of Fresh L’s tweet in Q...

February 21, 2021 It’s nearly a quarter of a century since Fela Kuti passed away. Yet, the influence of his music and pan-Africanist thoughts hasn’t stopped. Fela was notorious for the deployment of his Afrobeat as a critical tool against human rights violations, social injustice and insensitive-cum-inept leadership in Africa. And the conversation as to who best fits the profile of a successor has continued unabated. Many Nigerian artists have gone as far as naming themselves as the reincarnation of Fela. From Dede Mabiaku’s endless references to his closeness to the Abami Eda—the ...

The truth remains that no artist through Nigeria’s postcolonial years has contributed close to what Fela did – and continues to do - for human rights and social justice.