The world has been shocked by the tragic and sudden passing of legendary singer, actress and songwriter, Onyeka Onwenu on the 30th of July, 2024. Onyeka had given a captivating and show-stopping performance of one of her best songs –…
Simi on Glo-sponsored African Voices
This week, the incredible talents of Nigerian singer, songwriter and actress Simisola Bolatito Kosoko, better known by her stage name, Simi, will be highlighted on African Voices Changemakers, an interview programme sponsored by Globacom on Cable News Network (CNN). Simi…
Thisislagos mourns Tosyn Bucknor (1981 – 2018)
Thisislagos mourns Tosyn Bucknor, OAP, writer, songwriter, actor, wife and lover of life who passed on yesterday, Monday November 19, 2018 according to news reports. Tosyn, who was born with the debilitating sickle cell anaemia is believed to have been…
I love Lagos for the people, food and energy -Adedeji Adetayo
Adedeji Adetayo, the guitarist, singer and songwriter, took Lagos by storm during his last visit to the city. Adedeji who came in from Athens, Greece, where he is based, started his performance at Ake festival culminating in the Lagos Bool…
I went home last month -Kafayat Quadri
Kafayat Quadri, singer/songwriter, poet, photographer and lawyer is not lost in Lagos. A month prior to this interview, she was home and two months before that as well. Want to know where she come from and where she grew up?…
I’m yet to experience a drop of the energy of Lagos -Kafayat Quadri
Kafayat Quadri, a singer/songwriter, poet, photographer and lawyer loves Lagos for it energy. She says that she has however not experienced even a drop of the said energy. But there is more in the video.
Alex O: The bubbling and shuffling years
Alex O’s ‘Celebrate’ was one of the songs that stood tall in the 1990s when most Nigerians preferred to listen and dance to songs by American artistes. But this mega hit was the darling at most parties and beckoned the…