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Eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 reportes in Nigeria

Eighty-six new cases of #COVID19 have been reported; 70 in Lagos 7 in FCT 3 in Katsina 3 in Akwa Ibom 1 in Jigawa 1 in Bauchi 1 in Borno As at 11:50 pm 19th April there are 627 confirmed cases of #COVID19 reported in Nigeria. Discharged: 170 Deaths: 21

Many Hip-Hop Artists Are Lazy and Seeking Easy Money -Fatai Rolling Dollar

Fatai talking to AFP   Highlife Maestro , Fatai rolling dollar is still kicking it hard at 85 . He recently sat down with French news Agency,AFP outside his modest Lagos Apartment .    We are reviving and reforming highlife, " he told AFP . " Highlife makes people happy ."    Fatai is unimpressed at the surging popularity of hip-hop in Nigeria and questions the musical credentials of the genre's artists.     "Hip-hop... has its own time, when this time will pass, everything will close up, but highlife will be there, because highlife is the root of the music that we have in Nigeria today, " he said.    " If you want to know a good musician, a good musician should know how to play any instrument," betraying a slight irritation with hip-hop artists he accused of sometimes being "lazy" and simply seeking "easy money ."     Sitting in the shade of an acacia tree, he talked about his love of music, life... and women.   " I

Fatai rolling dollar performs in New York today

fatai rolling dollar and faaji agba collective            Octogenarian musician, Fatai Rolling Dollar and nine other versatile musicians are taking their brand of Faaji music to New York, United States, with a scheduled gig on Friday 22 July.