Any hiphop fan will tell you that some of the very best songs made by a Nigerian in that genre are encased in MI Abaga’s Illegal Music series. The first two deserve to be in some museum of modern art somewhere in Lagos or Jos. Bar-crazy fans cannot forget…

If Hilda Baci’s effort was for something called the Okoko World Records with headquarters in Naija, would we, Nigerians, have celebrated her as much as we have? The easy answer is NO because we haven’t succeeded in building anything that has global resonance and still brings the most value to…

1. When we heard that Davido was about to release a new album, I asked my co-analyst on Smooth FM if it was even possible to say the album sucks if #TimelessAlbum ended up a not very good project. 2. That question was important because of the tragedy that befell…

LP won the presidential elections in my polling unit. That evening, many of the young people in the area stood with the INEC officers till late. These are people nobody ever sees at any time of the day on the street. At the time, it seemed as if the real…

I have known Onyeka since my days in Abuja about 10 years ago and I had known of him even longer. When I was an undergrad in UNIBEN reading the Guardian Nigeria newspaper, I was prone to beefing the amount of attention showered on his doings at the time. The…

A friend and I are about to release the first issue of our literary magazine. It is always a tricky business, especially at a time like this and from a country like ours. And yet: If the literary bug has bitten you, there’s too slim a chance that you’d find…

I was watching the first few episodes of Shanty Town when I realised why Chidi Mokeme has received deserved praise everywhere I turn. He was just as good in the 2016 production ’76 but he didn’t receive the hype this series has brought him. One reason is he was in…

1. I’m beginning to think Arteta is a better coach than late-era Wenger. Man U kept playing the same way to beat Arsenal and Wenger just couldn’t or wouldn’t change. I recall that FA Cup match where Man U played 6 defenders and won comfortably without Arsenal even scoring. The…

Unfortunately, there is no way of looking at the Cristiano Ronaldo move to Saudi Arabia as a victory. It is a capitulation. The man has acknowledged defeat. I made a joke on Twitter about how I would have gotten a selfie with him if he had signed for Saudi Arabia…