Biography
- Omo Akin
Omo Akin is a very dynamic,diversified and creative individual.A 2:1 graduate in Financial economics from Kingston university and an aspiring qualified accountant.With such background, it would come as a surprise that such an individual could also be...
- Jesse Jags
Jesse Jags also known as Jesse Garba Abaga, was born in 1984, to a preaching father and singing mother, Rev. & Mrs. Chris Abaga. He grew up in a church, where he was first exposed to music.There he learnt how to drum and sing, at age 9. He was a drummer...
- Biography Of Victor Uwaifo
Victor Efosa Uwaifo was born on March 1, 1941 in Benin City, Nigeria. Between 1957 and 1961, Victor attended Western Boys High School Benin City and St. Gregory?s College, Lagos. He later proceeded to Yaba College of Technology, where he studied Graphics...
- Biography Of Oliver De Coque
Chief Dr. Oliver Sunday Akanite, Popularly referred to as Oliver De Coque was born on April 14, 1947, and died on June 21, 2008. He was a Nigerian highlife musician and guitarist who recorded more than 73 albums in his life time. Oliver was...
- Biography Of Stephen Osita Osadebe
Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe was born in March, 1936 and died on May 11, 2007. He was popularly known as just Osadebe in his life time. Osadebe was an Igbo Nigerian highlife musician. He is a native of Atani in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Nigeria....
Biography
Biography of Sunny Okosun
Sonny Okosun was born on January 1, 1947 in Enugu, Enugu State, Nigeria and died on May 24, 2008 in Washington DC. He was one of the leading Nigerian musician of the late 1970s to the mid 1980s, from Esan in Edo State, in the South-South of Nigeria. He was
from the Esan ethnic group. Sunny Okosun started his first band which he called The Postmen in Enugu in the year 1965. In the year 1969 he decided to join Melody Maestros band of the music icon Victor Uwaifo. In the year 1972, he started another band of his own called Ozzidi with a group known as Paperback Limited. He named his band Ozziddi after a renowned Ijaw river god. From then on, he released several musical albums either with Ozziddi or personal. Sunny?s musical styles includes reggae, highlife, Afro-funk, and gospel, among etc. He made music in a number of languages, including English, Esan, Igbo, Yoruba, Hausa.
In 1977, Sunny Okosun came up with a song titled ?Fire in Soweto?. "Fire in Soweto" became a major international hit. Sunny Okosun was featured in an anti-apartheid album titled Sun City, and his song "Highlife" was one of the soundtracks of the 1986 film Something Wild.
In the 1980s, when Sunny Okosuns?s mainstream success started to fade, he switched his musical career to gospel songs and added the title ?Evangelist? to his name to become Evangelist Sonny Okosun.
Sunny Okoson died when he was 61 years old of colon cancer on May 24, 2008 at Howard University Hospital, Washington DC.
- Omo Akin
Omo Akin is a very dynamic,diversified and creative individual.A 2:1 graduate in Financial economics from Kingston university and an aspiring qualified accountant.With such background, it would come as a surprise that such an individual could also be...
- Jesse Jags
Jesse Jags also known as Jesse Garba Abaga, was born in 1984, to a preaching father and singing mother, Rev. & Mrs. Chris Abaga. He grew up in a church, where he was first exposed to music.There he learnt how to drum and sing, at age 9. He was a drummer...
- Biography Of Victor Uwaifo
Victor Efosa Uwaifo was born on March 1, 1941 in Benin City, Nigeria. Between 1957 and 1961, Victor attended Western Boys High School Benin City and St. Gregory?s College, Lagos. He later proceeded to Yaba College of Technology, where he studied Graphics...
- Biography Of Oliver De Coque
Chief Dr. Oliver Sunday Akanite, Popularly referred to as Oliver De Coque was born on April 14, 1947, and died on June 21, 2008. He was a Nigerian highlife musician and guitarist who recorded more than 73 albums in his life time. Oliver was...
- Biography Of Stephen Osita Osadebe
Chief Stephen Osita Osadebe was born in March, 1936 and died on May 11, 2007. He was popularly known as just Osadebe in his life time. Osadebe was an Igbo Nigerian highlife musician. He is a native of Atani in Ogbaru Local Government Area of Nigeria....