In July, 2006, John Street, Emeritus Professor in the School of Politics, Philosophy, Language and Communication Studies at the United States’ University of East Anglia, received a call from Wilfred Ngunjiri Nderitu, Chairman of the Kenyan International Commission of Jurists (ICJ). Nderitu wanted Street to be an expert witness in a trial before the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). …

The Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN) has voiced strong objections to the National Broadcasting Commission’s (NBC) ban on rapper Eedris Abdulkareem’s trending song, ‘Tell Your Papa’. In an interview with The PUNCH on Thursday, IPMAN President, Pretty Okafor, emphasised that the ban was likely to backfire, as it only serves to amplify the song’s reach and relevance in light …

In the last 20 years, Afro-pop artiste Eedris Abdulkareem has persistently propagated a false narrative surrounding an unfortunate incident involving himself and the security personnel of American hip-hop/rap star, Curtis James Jackson (popularly known as 50 Cent) inside a commercial airplane at the local wing of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. This regrettable incident marked the turning point …

Talented singer Burna Boy and Eedris Abdulkareem, his colleague, are at odds over a divisive comment that the latter made in an upcoming podcast. In a clip from the most recent episode of The Honest Bunch Podcast, Eedris criticized the Grammy winner for saying that no one in Nigeria assisted him. His words. “You hear someone like Burna Boy say …