Veteran Nigerian musician Eedris Abdulkareem has responded to the federal government’s ban on his controversial new song by launching an online challenge aimed at amplifying public dissent. The move comes just days after the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) prohibited airplay of Abdulkareem’s anti-Tinubu track, Tell Your Papa, across all radio and television stations. In a…
Veteran Nigerian rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem, has clarified that his recently released track, Tell Your Papa, was not an attack on Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu, but a response to a public statement made by him. Speaking on Rubbin’ Minds, a Channels Television programme aired on Sunday, Abdulkareem explained that the song was inspired…
Social media activist VeryDarkMan has offered to sponsor a new music video for Nigerian rapper Eedris Abdulkareem’s protest track Tell Your Papa, which was recently banned by the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC). The controversial track, which criticises the government and calls out President Bola Tinubu’s son, Seyi Tinubu, was prohibited from being aired on radio…
The National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) has placed a broadcast ban on Eedris Abdulkareem’s latest song, Tell Your Papa, describing its content as inappropriate and in violation of broadcasting standards. In a directive issued Thursday and signed by NBC’s Coordinating Director of Broadcast Monitoring, Susan Obi, the regulatory body instructed all radio and television stations across…
Veteran Nigerian musician Eedris Abdulkareem has called on Seyi Tinubu, the son of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to speak to his father about the ongoing hardships facing Nigerians. The outspoken artist delivered the message in a newly released song titled Tell Your Papa, which appears to respond directly to Seyi Tinubu’s recent public remarks praising…
Nigerian singer and former member of the duo P-Square, Paul Okoye, professionally known as Rudeboy, has entered the discourse surrounding the recent clash between veteran musician Eedris Abdulkareem and Afrobeat sensation Burna Boy. The feud erupted when Abdulkareem publicly criticized Burna Boy, accusing him of lacking humility and disrespecting music legends like Fela Kuti. Burna…
Veteran rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem (born Eedris Turayo Abdulkareem Ajenifuja), has penned a special note of appreciation to his wife, Yetunde for donating her kidney to him. Recall that on August 22, the rapper’s management had announced the success of his Kidney transplant surgery. In an appreciation post on Instagram, August 24, Eedris specifically thanked his…
Nigerian rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem’s record label, Lakreem Entertainment Inc has revealed that the singer has successfully undergone kidney transplant surgery. It would be recalled that Eedris was recently diagnosed with kidney failure and had been undergoing dialysis. His management, in a statement issued on Monday by Hon. Myke Pam, thanked the followers of the famous…
Nigerian hip-hop act, Eedris Abdulkareem has revealed that his wife, Yetunde, is his kidney donor. The rapper, who went public with his kidney ailment in July made the revelation at Freedom Vibes 6.0, a colloquium organised in his honour at Freedom Park in Lagos. Eedris, 48, said, “I am shouting to my wife. I’m talking…
