₦airaland Forum

NaijaRoyalty:
Which corrupt Tinubu are you talking about ?

Tinubu deserves no chance because he's corrupt , old and been sick for years now. Affliction will not rise a second time, Never! We've rejected Tinubu even before he told the president his evil intentions to contest .

goshen26:
Music of Yoruba origin should be studied as a course in Nigeria’s ivory towers, because it has the capacity to not only rapidly change Nigeria’s negative international image, but also to take our economy out of the doldrums by attracting music loving tourists to our nation, the way Rihanna has done in Barbados, and even in death, Bob Marley is doing for Jamaica.

For every decade of Nigeria’s existence as an independent nation, music of Yoruba origin has dominated our nation, and now it is dominating the world.

* Bobby Benson dominated the 60s
* Abami Fela Kuti over dominated the 70s
* King Sunny Ade and Chief Commander Ebenezer Obey dominated the 80s
* Sir Shina Peters and King Wasiu Ayinde Marshall dominated the 90s.
* Paul Play Dario shared dominance with a non Yoruba artist (Tuface Idibia) in the 2000s
* D’Banj the Koko Master shared dominance with non Yoruba artistes (PSquare) in the 2010s
* Davido, Wizkid and Burna Boy (non Yoruba) are dominating in the here and now.

Their female artistes are not left out. Tiwa Savage, Yemi Alade, Asa, Simi, Teni, Seyi Shay, dominate locally and internationally with their girl power!

How do they do it, that even where they sing wholly or partly in Yoruba, their music is able to crossover locally and internationally?

Christy Essien Igbokwe was quoted as saying she would not have made a breakthrough in the music industry without her anthem Seun rere, which was performed entirely in Yoruba.

Throughout the Black world, no other ethnic group has been able to CONSISTENTLY breakthrough in the music industry internationally while singing wholly or partially in their native tongue. I am not saying that some others do not sing in their native tongues. What I am saying is that they have not been able to crossover internationally, while singing in their native language.

Caribbean reggae artistes sing in English or patois. African American R’nB, Jazz, Soul and rap artistes sing in English. Black Brazilians crossover with Portuguese. Francophone artistes (with the exception of Manu Dibango), crossed over with French. South African artistes crossed over with English (with the exception of Brenda Fassie and Mariam Makeba).

Even the world’s top Francophone female artiste (Angelique Kidjo), did not crossover internationally, until she sang in Yoruba.

There is something about that language and the musical genres that the Yoruba have introduced that can permanently put Nigeria on the world map for good.

And it is not just in music. Also in theatre (theatre is stage plays, not movies), the first Nigerian theatre company to have broken into the global theatre scene, as far back as the 60s, was Herbert Ogunde’s theatre company. The only other Nigerian theatre company to have broken through internationally is Wole Soyinka’s theatrical company.

Nigeria needs to rebrand quickly from our unfortunate and undeserved international reputation for corruption and scams. And the best way to rebrand a country or a corporation, is by projecting positive things about that entity that are ALREADY happening. Sadly, our government’s rebranding efforts focuses on things that they hope will happen.

So, again, I call on universities, and research institutes, to do thorough researches into this phenomena, with the aim of identifying what makes that sub sector of the music industry so successful, so that already established acts can use that knowledge to further crossover, and young upcoming acts can act on it to make inroads into the music industry globally.

The globally, music is a $5 trillion industry. Let us use what we have to corner at least 10% of that bottomline.

Reno Omokri

Gospeller. Deep Thinker. #1 Bestselling author of Facts Versus Fiction: The True Story of the Jonathan Years. Avid traveller. Hollywood Magazine Film Festival Humanitarian of the Year, 2019.

envoymedia:
Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu took to his Instagram handle to celebrate his wife, Dr. Ibijoke Claudiana Sanwoolu, on her birthday today, IgbereTV reports.

He shared loved-up photo of himself and his wife, with the caption; https://www.instagram.com/p/CYdzy-UDSGn/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link

slimfit1:
The North has stockpiled weapons of mass destruction for when the time comes the South will

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be caug

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ht unaware as they are always never prepared for any battle. That's the reason why all the heads of security agencies are

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Hausa Fulani and Muslims. Let it be known that if any Christian was to assume presidency we will insist he does the same. The Muslims

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are not complaining now that they are in that position but will complain if it was a Christian doing that now. What i think is Buhari has hit

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a brick wall now that he and the rest of the Fulani people know that you can't let a Christian get to the position of power at the moment.

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The Fulani can fool the Yoruba politicians but they can't fool us. We are aware of their mission down South. The year 2023 will surely tell

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us if the country Nigeria will exist or end.

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The UN will surely have their planes booked up, they pretend as if they are not seeing what is happening but in 2023 let nations prepare

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for millions of Nigerians claiming asylum. These people are determined to take lands from Southern people, that's why you hear guns

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missing in police supervision how is that feasible. I know that nothing is impossible in Nigeria, but be prepared. If you are a Christian, may

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God protect you. Have a good year.

iwaeda:
Your base is Tapa Street?

ebufa:
aboki go and sniff glue or soak away pit, your greedy fathers completely destroyed this nation...shameless illiterates!

They’re calling all animals with horns, snails dey show face. Who born you, vagabond? Cannibalist Biafranistic Ipobian. . May thunder fire your parents who allowed your poverty- stricken sperm to become human. What is your parents contributions to his village, Alaigbo and Nigeria? ZERO BLLB family.

Joylove2324:
https://thequesttimes.com/osinbajo-did-not-meet-president-buhari-on-2023-presidency-spokesperson-clarifies/

Deborah98:
Highest in borrowing and still among the world's poorest Nations on Earth... Inflation here and there, everything is on the high side yet an average Nigerian can't boast of having two meals per day. #1000 be looking like #10 inside market...

SEO2002:
A lady in Abia State today set her ex boyfriend ablaze because the latter abandoned her for another girl. Today being the day of his traditional marriage, she called him over to her place. When he came she poured fuel on him and set him ablaze. Meanwhile, the guy grabbed her and both of them burnt to third degree. As at the time of writing this report, the duo have been rejected by three hospitals and they are currently on their way to Umuahia. Viewers discretion is advised as the pictures below are graphic.

ezegold4we:
Tinubu is heading to monumental Failure , I taught he is intelligent, Smart And sensitive, even The Powers that be in aso Rock will be laughing at him inside Their bedroom,
Chaiiiiiiiiii, I pity Tinubu in advance

Follygunners:
Mr. Conman forming Pastor, STFU! You've done similar stuff in the past. Stupid fools claiming Pastors instead of getting a job.
Btw... why are these so called 'Pastors' taken seriously in Nigeria? 98% of Nigerians are indeed mentally deranged.

haconjy:
To me,
It's rubbish.

vanbonattel:
When Nigeria finally disintegrates, the people of the NigerDelta region will be richer than the yorubas. The south west is 100% dependent on the resources of the Niger Delta. Imagine what Oyo state will look like without free money from Port Harcourt. There has been a big fight where Lagos has been politicking to take l the headquarters of the oi majors to Lagos so they can be paying IGR in Yorubaland.

Ebubu:
Good

Let SE emerge in both PDP and APC just as two yoruba politicians emerged in PDP and its opposition AD, in 1999.

Holding Nigerians at ransom and forcing all of us to settle down to a yoruba president in 1999.

Obasanjo was declared winner

IbrahimTharwa:
You are irredeemably damaged!
You are seriously sick!!
You are really unfortunate!!!
I'll understand if you're being paid to be this stupid, otherwise, I pray you get the help you are desperately crying for, albeit unknowingly

IbrahimTharwa:
You guys are hopelessly dumb.
I'll just pray for you.

Endoscopy:
the issue here is not apc or PdP what we want is credible candidate who will make Nigeria better than this piece of shit

Frigga13:
Northern politics .. was Ganduje the last time.

I laugh in Tinubu and his 40 million Kano votes.

kettykings:
You people are reducing this country from a banana republic to a country suffering from inferiority complex . Must everything be around igbo. If igbo is your issue then let them be

Newsbeat5050:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8_A5XtwTLck

EcoBrick:
Ohanaeze Secretary To Tinubu: Shelve Your Presidential Bid To Preserve Nigeria’s Corporate Existence https://tribuneonlineng.com/ohanaeze-secretary-to-tinubu-shelve-your-presidential-bid-to-preserve-nigerias-corporate-existence/

THE MOST STUPID REGIONAL GROUP IN NIGERIA. WHAT AUDACITY AND EFFRONTERY THEY HAVE TO ASKED ANOTHER REGION THAT THEY HATED TO SHELVE THIER DREAM AND ASPIRATIONS FOR THEM TO ACHIEVE THEIR OWN GOAL. WHAT A SELFISH PEOPLE THEY SHOULD SAY THAT TO THEIR PARTY, PDP NOT APC WHICH THEY HATED WITH FEW MEMBERS WITH NO STATE.

OHANAEZE IS DRUK AND STUPID AS KANU IPOBIAN. THEY REALLY SAY THAT WITH THAT A SHAME. ALWAYS ASKING FOR FEEDING BOTTLES

Leverage2021:
Yoruba Muslims won't know whether to say amen since buhari has hijacked the party from bullion van and rendered him in pains through Akande expose

Lawly:
Mumu. Stop denying ur pathetic terrorist islamic northern backward tribe and stop claiming that you are Yoruba just to make the yorubas fight ur shit for you. I know you very well. Your false claim to be Yoruba doesn't work with me who knows you

Lawly:
You northerners will always continue to wail over anything concerning the igbos. O yes continue to wail cus the igbos will never allow free landing of your religious criminalities in their region like you do in other regions.
And again you fools can continue claiming online that you are Yoruba like you folks always do cus it works for you on the Yoruba sides to start quarreling with the igbos. But I have always observed the igbos. They are hardly fooled into that rubbish and they know better the snake in green grass are not the yorubas but you criminal northerners always fanning enemity between them and the yorubas who always fall for your deceptive traps. However, the yorubas are getting wiser these days. So, sorry. Nobody will fight ur shit for you

RuudVanNistroyz:
Tinubu Presidency: Is this picture accurate of what will happen to the state treasury and Niger Delta oil blocks?

maybanks:
Chronicles how Osinbajo eventually emerged
*Former gov attacks Adebanjo, Falae, others
Emmanuel Addeh in Abuja
https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2021/12/10/akande-buhari-promised-to-pick-tinubu-as-running-mate-in-2015-then-reneged/

Maxymilliano:
It's just like prisons in Cambodia, Thailand, Vietnam are built for drug-trafficking Nigerians

But which kain name be Cotel Abul ?