Biography Intro: Chief Tony Okoroji is Chairman of the COSON Board. NAME:Tony Okoroji CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:At 29 years old, Chief Okoroji was elected National President of Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN). Despite being the youngest president in the history of the association, he went on to transform the hitherto little known body into […]
Biography Intro: Ayoleyi Hanniel Solomonbetter known by his stage nameReekado Banks, is a Nigerian recording artist, singer and songwriter. He is currently signed to Mavin Records. He went by the stage name Spicy prior to his record deal with the aforementioned label. NAME: Ayoleyi Hanniel Solomon DATE OF BIRTH: 6 December 1993 PLACE OF BIRTH: Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria OCCUPATION: Singer, songwriter, performer EDUCATION: Reekado Banks graduated from the University […]
Wing Commander (retired) Isa Mohammed was appointed Military Governor of Gongola State, Nigeria from December 1987 to December 1989 during the military regime of General Ibrahim Babangida As governor, acting on instructions from Babangida’s second in command, Vice Admiral Augustus Aikhomu, he refused to confer the staff of office to the Chief of the Kilba […]
Mohammed Abdu Othman Al-Aseeri, is well-known Saudi singer all across the Middle East.He had been described as “The Artist of Arabs” NAME: Mohammed Abdu Othman Al-Aseeri, DATE OF BIRTH: June 12, 1949 PLACE OF BIRTH: Arab OCCUPATION: Artist CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES: The artist began his music career in the beginning of the sixties. He entered […]
Yakubu Dogara was born to Yakubu Ganawuri and Saratu Yakubu on 26 December 1967. He began his education in 1976 at Gwarangah Primary School in the then Tafawa Balewa Local Government Area of Bauchi State. NAME: Yakubu Dogara DATE OF BIRTH: 26 December 1967 PLACE OF BIRTH: FATHER: Yakubu Ganawuri MOTHER: Saratu Yakubu OCCUPATION: Legislature, Legal Practitioner WEBSITE: http://www.yakubudogara.com.ng EDUCATION: He began […]
Biography Intro: Anthony Allen is a Nigerian drummer, composer and songwriter who currently lives and works in Paris. NAME:Tony Allen DATE OF BIRTH:1940 in PLACE OF BIRTH: Lagos CAREER AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES:As drummer and musical director of fela anikulapo kuti’s band africa 70 from 1968 to 1979, allen was one of the primary co-founders of […]
Biography Intro: Elechi Amadi (12 May 1934 – 29 June 2016) was a former member of the Nigerian Armed Forces. He was an author of plays and novels that are generally about African village life, customs, beliefs, and religious practices prior to contact with the Western world. Amadi is best regarded for his 1966 debut novel, […]