IN MEMORY OF OLAITAN OLADAPO aka DAGRIN (IF I DIE - DAGRIN - EXCLUSIVE UNRELEASED TRACK)

Posted on 23. Apr, 2010 by The Muse.

I would like to start off this article with a song I heard recently heard on the underground by Dagrin. I am not sure when this track was recorded but I believe it sets the right tone for this piece.
If I Die - Dagrin

The first I heard of Dagrin was listening to his [...]

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Liz Yemoja Interviews M.I

Posted on 09. Apr, 2010 by The Muse.

Liz Yemoja Interviews M.I from NJO on Vimeo.

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Liz Yemoja interviews Banky W

Posted on 09. Apr, 2010 by The Muse.

Shout out to Liz Yemoja for this very insightful interview into Mr. Capable, The ‘W’ Experience and much more. Enjoy and share your thoughts

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SEE NO EVIL, HEAR NO EVIL…VIEWER DISCRETION IS ADVISED!!!

Posted on 05. Apr, 2010 by The Muse.

Dear Reader,
In the last couple of weeks, I have battled to decide whether or not to subject you to what the you are about to see. We are living in a world where bad things only happen to other people, never to us, always to them. But we couldn’t be further from the truth [...]

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SLAVES TO FOOTBALL

Posted on 26. Mar, 2010 by The Muse.

With the world cup fever becoming increasingly frenetic with each day that passes and many fans of the sport eagerly awaiting the first ever tournament to be hosted on the African continent (South Africa, just in case you don’t know), I thought I would share this insightful piece on the state of the game [...]

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NIGERIA’S PRESIDENTIAL VACUUM IN REAL TIME (FEB 2010)

Posted on 17. Mar, 2010 by The Muse.

FEBRUARY 4, 2010: Minister of Information and Communications, Professor Dora Akunyili, may have resubmitted her memo calling for the invocation of Section 145 of the 1999 Constitution to declare President Umaru Yar’Adua medically unfit to govern for deliberation at next Federal Executive Council (FEC) meeting.
FEBRUARY 9, 2010: Acceptance Speech by His Excellency, Dr Goodluck Ebele [...]

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NIGERIA’S PRESIDENTIAL VACUUM IN REAL TIME (JAN 2010)

Posted on 17. Mar, 2010 by The Muse.

JANUARY 1, 2010: The US blacklist Nigeria, this meant the introduction of more stringent criteria for visa applications, more intensive searches and extra security checks on its air passengers. In the weeks to follow (in the absence of a President), various members of the government including the national assembly makes public speeches appealing Nigeria’s inclusion [...]

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NNEKA: A STAR THAT SHINES THROUGH

Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 by The Muse.

Nneka is really climbing up. She landed this live performance on the David Letterman show and performed the song that made us fall n love with her. Her international album Concrete Jungle is being promoted heavily with a “single of the week” on iTunes. This is one artist that as a Nigerian and as an [...]

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TRAFALGAR SQ. RECEIVES A NIGERIAN MAKEOVER

Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 by The Muse.

Yinka Shonibare (MBE) is a 2004 Turner Prize nominee. He is a Nigerian contemporary artist living in Britain and he will be unveiling his ‘Nelson’s Ship in a Bottle’ on London’s Fourth Plinth on Monday 24th May. Please watch the video to find out more.

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NIGERIA’S PRESIDENTIAL VACUUM IN REAL TIME (NOV - DEC 2009)

Posted on 16. Mar, 2010 by The Muse.

NOVEMBER 22, 2009: President Umaru Yar’Adua leaves Nigeria for the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for medical check-up.
NOVEMBER 26, 2009: President Umaru Yar’Adua is still absent and is therefore unable to read his budget proposal to the national assembly. It was the first time since the commencement of the Fourth Republic [...]

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Chimamanda Adichie: The danger of a single story

Posted on 09. Oct, 2009 by The Muse.

Chimamanda N. Adichie
Born: September 15, 1977 (age 32)
State: Enugu,
Country of Origin: Nigeria
Nationality: Nigerian
Ethnicity: Igbo
Writing period: 2003-present
Notable work(s): Purple Hibiscus, Half of a Yellow Sun
She is charming, soft/well spoken and a rising African icon. I can not help but take a bow.

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THOUGHT I THINK

Posted on 09. Oct, 2009 by The Muse.

Dear Reader,
As one of the many sleepless nights - insomnia-, I often find myself awake while the rest of the world is sound asleep. Have you ever wondered what insomniacs do when others are in rest mode. I don’t know about the million others out there but I tend to do one of three [...]

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AFRICA’S MOST WANTED

Posted on 25. May, 2009 by The Muse.

Dear Reader,
Over the last couple of weeks, the expenditures of MPs in the British House of Parliament have been put in the public domain by The Telegraph and the excesses of MPs have been greeted with public outcry which has led to refunds and resignations. As an onlooker watching this all play out, I [...]

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UNSUNG HERO: REMEMBER! REMEMBER! THE 10TH OF NOVEMBER

Posted on 24. Apr, 2009 by The Muse.

“Whether I live or die is immaterial. It is enough to know that there are people who commit time, money and energy to fight this one evil among so many others predominating worldwide. If they do not succeed today, they will succeed tomorrow. We must keep on striving to make the world a better place [...]

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ARE YOU AFRICAN?

Posted on 23. Mar, 2009 by The Muse.

January 20, 2009 will be remembered in history for a million and one reasons (for those who are bad with dates like I am, it was the day President Barack Obama was inaugurated). A monumental date in black history but honestly, I will forever remember it for one reason and one reason alone. It was [...]

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