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02/10/2023

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As we celebrate Nigeria at 63, let's reflect on these possibilities if petroleum were no more.Did you know?

01/10/2023

Nigerian Books of Record Research Centre inducts Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin as a Fellow.

It is an established fact that a people or society without a sense of history has no future. It is against this background that the Nigerian Book of Records led by a patriotic Nigerian, Prof. David David to lead the attitudinal change of Nigerians in a bid to make her a country to be proud of.

Like the Guinness Book of Record, the primary focus of Nigerian Books of Record is to recognize and immortalize Nigerians who have made remarkable achievements in their chosen professional callings, to break the gap between history and achievers in Nigeria.

Hardworking, zealous, industrious and selfless minds in Nigerian societies are celebrated as ethical exemplars and that such individuals in Nigerian Books of Record are elevated and positively positioned as role models for future generations to emulate and accentuate the value system of Nigerian society.

While being inducted as a Fellow into the Nigerian Book of Records, Dr Joe Okei-Odumakin commended the Research Institute for deeming her fit for such accolade, noting that every human being is always inspired to do evil or good before its actualisation. "We must deliberately put in place, measures and role models of positive inspiration on our youths. Youth are the trustees of prosperity of a nation"

Others inducted with her are ace talking drummer, Aralola Olamuyiwa and Dr Raphael James of Centre for Research Information Management Media & Documentation, CRIMMD.

01/10/2023

ARA: The first female African talking drummer during her Induction into Nigerian Books of Record

01/10/2023

Three great Nigerian Veterans Inducted into the prestigious Nigerian Books of Record same day.

Congratulation.

Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin
VETERAN OF AFFIRMATIVE MARCHES AND BEACON OF COURAGE.

Aralola Olamuyiwa.
First Female Talking Drummer in Africa.

Dr. Raphael James.
Veteran Historian and Custodian of Nigeria's Archives.

01/10/2023

In celebration of the Independence Anniversary Nigerian Books of Record is pleased to announce the recent NBR Inductions of Ten Nigerian Veterans from different professional callings of life into the prestigious NBR Hall of Fame.

Congratulations

Rev. Dr. Chris Oyakhilome.
A GLOBAL SPIRITUAL BEACON.

Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin
VETERAN OF AFFIRMATIVE MARCHES AND BEACON OF COURAGE.

Her Supreme Majesty Amb. Dr. Yeyelara Fashola
CUSTODIAN AND PROMOTER OF YORUBA CULTURE AND TRADITION.

Professor John Abiola Adewoyin.
EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY & CURRICULUM DEVELOPMENT PROFESSOR AT BRITISH AMERICAN UNIVERSITY.

Aralola Olamuyiwa
First Female Talking Drummer in Africa.

Dr. Daysman Oyakhilome
AFRICA'S YOUTHFUL LUMINARY with accolades from over 50 African nations.

Dr. Raphael James.
Veteran Historian and Custodian of Nigeria's Archives.

Professor Jobhib Ediae
FOUNDER AND CEO OF GYMHA (GLOBAL YOUTH MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS) IN AUSTRALIA.

Tam Seth Eyedoude Jp
President at Institute for bibilical Leadership and The Redeemed Glory Family Inc.

Bishop Ken Esekhaigbe.
A Youth Development Crusader and a Change Agent.

May your labour attain loftier heights to build a nation where peace and justice shall reign.

27/07/2023

The Nigerians are the most smartest people in the world - Akon

If you think Akon was wrong, just check out Nigerian Books of Record Online Platform and visit
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NBR new looks at the comments

27/07/2023

Today is the official launch of the new NBR online platform @
www.nigerianbooksofrecordofficial.com

Visit the site for our mega bonus offer as we flag off a VISA free participation in our UK Conference holding in London.

The UK Nigerian Books of Record induction of deserving into the NBR Hall of Fame has begun. It's a count down to NBR "I'm Proudly Nigerian" Conference in London, where we will be showcasing our true selves to the world as a people and a country

Highlights
Featuring of NBR inducted legends
Nigerian music, cinema, and art exhibition Symposium lectures
NBR Awards

If you have a true Nigerian success story to share on our platform to inspire others to be proud of their Nigerian Identity, send your story to [email protected]
If your tale is accepted, you will receive a special invitation to speak on the main stage at our event in London.

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By honoring new generations of game changers and sharing their authentic stories, we aim to break boundaries, entertain, inspire, and inform the world.

Books of Record will always strive to encourage, find, and share the uniqueness in every achiever that has distinguished themselves through hard work in every professional calling of life.

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Musical Legends One Of The Most Successful British Female Artists In History That Influenced Contemporary Music Helen Folasade Adu CBE, known professionally as Sade Adu is a Nigerian-born British singer, known as the lead singer of her eponymous band. One of the most successful British female artist...

16/07/2023

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15/07/2023

In the eyes of the world, our beloved country is nearly universally seen negatively. In some cases...

A two-day Global Image Revolution conference with the theme "I'm Proudly Nigerian" will be held by NBR Research Centre in an effort to evaluate Nigeria's success in the fight against its negative international perception and to create a plan for the future.

15/07/2023

Seun Osewa is the brain behind Nairaland. He enrolled into the University of Ile ife to study to Electrical Engineering in 1998 but dropped out to pursue his dream in ICT business.

He started his career after going into web hosting but several months down the line, he was forced to close down. Although there was pressure from members of his family to go back to school get a certificate, he stuck to his achieving his dream in the ICT world.

Seun Osewa is the brain behind Nairaland. He enrolled into the University of Ile ife to study to Electrical Engineering in 1998 but dropped out to pursue his dream in ICT business. He started his [...]

14/07/2023

It's been two years today... Sound Sultan, you were the best of your kind, a patriotic , a hit maker, a talented musician and songwriter. Your patriotic sounds still plays on the radio.'Motherland' can never go out of fashion. You're .

BACKGROUND

Sound Sultan (born Olanrewaju Abdul-Ganiu Fasasi; November 27, 1976 – July 11, 2021) was a Nigerian rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, comedian, and recording artist. He was regarded as one of the pacesetters modern hip hop music in Nigeria. He was notable for using his music to speak against poverty, corruption, bad governance and societal ills in Nigeria.

In 1991, he took interest in music and miming at school parties and writing his own lyrics. He attributed his early influence to his elder brother Baba Dee who studied theatre arts, and received most of his early stage experience through Baba Dee. He started learning how to play the guitar after his secondary school education and was in a band by 1999.

Sound Sultan's career in show business started in the 1990s, when he hosted shows to raise money for studio sessions.

By 1999, he had won numerous local talent-hunt shows. He released his first single - Mathematics "Jagbajantis" in 2000, which was a hit in Nigeria. After independently releasing other singles and featuring in hit songs of other artists, he was signed by Kennis Music.

Under Kennis Music, he released four albums. By 2007, his contract with the label expired and he partnered with Baba Dee to start Naija Ninjas, a parent organization for a record label, production outfit and clothing line. After starting as a rapper, he worked in different musical genres from R&B to Afrobeat, soul and Nigerian Fuji music. He said that artists shouldn't be judged on the genre in which they performed, that the important thing is the message conveyed in the music.

Under Naija Ninjas, he released Back From The Future (2011) and signed artists such as Karma Da Rapper, Young GreyC, Shawn (Sean Tizzle) and Blacka.

Naija Ninjas released their debut EP titled The Rebirth in 2012 and it featured the hit single Aropin which was produced by music producer Prodizzle featuring Sound Sultan, Karma & Sean Tizzle.

Sound Sultan began a working relationship with Wyclef Jean when he featured alongside 2face Idibia and Faze on "Proud to be African" from Wyclef's Welcome to Haiti: Creole 101 album. They collaborated on two other projects: "King of My Country" (2009) and "People Bad" (2012).

In 2012, it was announced that Sound Sultan was made a UN Ambassador for Peace for his exemplary lifestyle and career.

In 2015, Sound Sultan released the rap single "Remember" after a long absence from the music scene.

After the fallout of the African Basketball League, Sound Sultan joined forces with the organizers of the Continental Basketball League to become a team owner of Lagos City Stars (the 2017 champions) and a facilitator of the league entertainment.

Sound Sultan featured on Honorebel's 2019 single "Bridal" with Joe El.

In 2009, Sound Sultan married his long-term girlfriend Chichi Morah, now known as Farida Fasasi. They had three children.

On May 12, 2021, it was reported that Sound Sultan was somewhere in the USA receiving chemotherapy as he was reportedly diagnosed with Angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma. He died on July 11, 2021, at the age of 44 as a result of complications from the illness.

Sound Sultan was the younger brother of Nigerian musical artiste, Baba Dee.

12/07/2023

The UK Nigerian Books of Record induction of deserving into the NBR Hall of Fame has begun. It's a count down to NBR "I'm Proudly Nigerian" Conference in London, where we will be showcasing our true selves to the world as a people and a country

Highlights
Featuring of NBR inducted legends
Nigerian music, cinema, and art exhibition Symposium lectures
NBR Awards

If you have a true Nigerians success story to share on our platform to inspire others to be proud of their Nigerian Identity, send your story to [email protected]
If your tale is accepted, you will receive a special invitation to speak on the main stage at our event in London.

08/07/2023

Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, this is Cynthia Onwuchuruba, a Mathematician who teaches dropout kids Mathematics in Igbo language and Pidgin English.

She makes sure that every kid get education no matter their background. Cynthia is a first-class mathematics graduate from UniZik.

Let's celebrate her!

BACKGROUND

Cynthia Chinule nee Onwuchuruba is a Mathematician who teaches dropout kids Mathematics in Igbo language and Pidgin English.

Confiance News gathered from the official Twitter handle of IGBO History and Facts on Tuesday.

“She makes sure that every kid gets education no matter their background. Cynthia is a first-class mathematics graduate from Nnamdi Azikiwe University (UniZik),” it disclosed in a tweet.

Cynthia has been able to achieve all these things through her Productive Education and Effective Leadership (PEEL) Initiative.

Confiance News further learnt that PEEL is a non-profit organisation interested in providing quality education (especially in Maths) and develop leaders.

The mathematics guru is based in Port Harcourt.

Sophie Amaka, a tweep said,”This is beautiful to behold! Thank you Cynthia Onwuchuruba for contributing to humanity.”

For Holst Alien, another tweep, his advice is that she should begin a writen project n mathematics.

“Someone who know her should tell to start a project in writing mathematics in Igbo,” he tweeted.

Replying, she said,”Hello sir. Currently working on it. Thank you so much.
According Obinnaaaaaaa, she is a beneficiary of multiple awards.

“She’s a recipient of the Chris Oyakhilome foundation FUTURE AFRICAN LEADERS AWARD $5,000. And Rivers state governor’s award and Airtel education prize,” he disclosed.

Lauding her work, popular actor and comedian, Nkem Owoh said:”This is great and unprecedented.”

Reacting to the comments she said,”Da’alu. Chukwu gozie gi.
Thank you for celebrating the work I do. Really appreciate. God bless.”

Please join us and invite people from contact to join.

08/07/2023

Distinguished leadies and gentlemen, we present to you a real life super hero, Yakubu Fanami. He died saving others. The NBR Supreme Council recently conclude plans to celebrate his memories in the Nigerian Books of Record Hall of Fame. (Anyone with a vital information on how to reach his mother should let us know)

FLASHBACK: Yakubu, The Brave Borno Student Who Died For Others To Live.

On the 25th of Jan 2017, Yakubu Fanami, an SS1 student sacrificed his life by restraining a female su***de bomber from gaining access to a Mosque at Kaleri, Borno State. He and the su***de bomber exploded. His heroic act saved hundreds of lives that day.

BACKGROUND

Yakubu Fanami was a young mosque guard in Borno State. He prevented a female Boko Haram su***de bomber from killing hundreds of worshipers. Brazenly, he paid the price so others could live.

The su***de bomber was heading toward the congregation on that fateful day, January 25, 2017. But the young Yakubu stopped her from gaining access to the mosque. The su***de bomber, however, detonated the explosive and bombed herself up with Yakubu. But other worshippers were saved.

At that time, the deceased was an SS1 student in a secondary school at Kalare, Borno.

A GRIEVING MOTHER WHOSE TEARS HAVEN’T DRIED

The Scoop Storytelling Initiative visited Yakubu’s mother, Altine Musa and she sobbed as she recollects the nice memories she had had with her son.

“He went to pray at the Friday mosque that fateful day,” she recalled. We were at home when we heard a deafening sound of a detonated bomb.”

“I rushed outside, telling people that my Yakubu is there at the mosque and those people held me back, saying I can’t go further.

“Later, I was told of his demise and they had to ask me if I was ready to see his co**se and I said yes,” Altine added.

She described her son as one of the most generous people she had ever known, saying his willingness to help people around him always awed her.

‘WE NEVER IMAGINED HIM GIVING OUT HIS LIFE…’

The chief Imam at the Friday mosque where the incident happened, Mallam Muhammad Musa, said no one had ever imagined a mosque guard like Yakubu could die for others.

“We never imagined him giving out his life to protect them,” said the chief Imam. “That was a boundary everybody was shocked he could cross.”

“Having died in this course, he has died a martyr and Allah will surely reward him,” the Imam added.

He, however, accused the government of neglecting them. Musa said there was no intervention by the government to help the victims of the bombing.

NOT ONLY HIS MOTHER MOURNS HIM

“We were all outside when the girl su***de bomber appeared wearing a long hijab (veil) . She was asked by one of the elderly guards to lift her hijab and reveal what she was holding but she refused,” Umar Ali, a survivor and victim of the attack, recounts.

“Yakubu then carried a stick and attempted to hit her with it which scared her and they both exploded,” he added. “The elderly guard has now lost an eye from the attack. The explosion threw us in different directions but Yakubu died there instantly.”

Explosives Planted by Boko Haram Bombmaker Explode, Tear Him Apart

Saleh Amin, Director of Darrusalam Academy, where the deceased was once a student, described him as a “regular and cooperative student.”

He said the news of his death was a shock to the whole school.

“It’s exceptional for you to sacrifice your life for others. Nobody expected him to go to that extent,” Amin said.

Fatima Sulaiman, one of the teachers at the school, said Yakubu carried her eight-month-old baby a day before he died.

“I and nannies remember him carrying my eight-month-old baby boy that time. When we received news of his death, we couldn’t teach, even the students were crying,” she said.

Yakubu’s friend Abduljabbar Abba said he wasn’t at school at the time. “Someone came to inform me of his demise and I still remember how shocked I was by his sudden death,” he said.

By Hafsah Muhammed Ibrahim - Wiki Times

08/07/2023

Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, we present to you the new Nigerian Books of Record Woman of the Moment, a Super Falcon veteran, Onome Ebi. This woman has given blood, sweat and tears to the Nigeria Women's National Team over the years.

Ebi has already made history as the first male or female African football player to compete in five World Cup competitions (2003, 2007, 2011, 2015 and 2019).

It is soon to be six as she is currently on the verge of creating second FIFA World Cup history as Australia and New Zealand co-host the ninth edition of the FIFA Women’s World Cup which is scheduled to take place from July 20th to August 20th where she will play her sixth match.

The Recordbreaker is on track to surpass Christie Pearce, the former captain of the United States Women’s National Team, as the oldest participant in the history of the FIFA Women’s World Cup.

Nigeria will take on The Les Rouges of Canada in their opening game on July 21st, 2023, and Ebi would be 40 years and 73 days by that time, thus surpassing Pearce’s eight-year record.

Ebi will play her sixth Women’s World Cup, making her the first African to reach the milestone. Guiness World Records should be preparing a plaque for the Super Falcons Captain, Onome Ebi.

She's set to become the first player ever to feature in six different FIFA World Cup Tournaments.

She made her Super Falcons debut in 2003, and since then, the defender has played more than 100 matches and won four WAFCON championships.

Here's her appearances aggregate:
1st World Cup Appearance at Age 20
2003 United states
2007 China
2011 Germany
2015 Canada
2019 France
2023 New Zealand/ Australia.

Big congratulations to the 40-year-old Defense Commander. Let's celebrate her!

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At Nigerian Books of Record, we keep track of record breakers, impact makers, and change agents. We aim at documenting, celebrating, and honoring the remarkable achievements and excellent records of people.

By honoring new generations of game changers and sharing their authentic stories, we aim to break boundaries, entertain, inspire, and inform the world.

Books of Record will always strive to encourage, find, and share the uniqueness in every achiever that has distinguished themselves through hard work in every professional calling of life.

01/07/2023

Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, a great veteran Richard Mofe-Damijo has just been added to Oscars Academy. A rare feat by an African Actor. Congratulations RMD!! Let's celebrate him!!

BACKGROUND

Richard Eyimofe Evans Mofe-Damijo (born 6 July 1961), popularly known as RMD, is a Nigerian actor, writer, producer, lawyer, and former journalist.

He was also a former Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta State in 2009. In 2005, he won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He received a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th Africa Movie Academy Awards in 2016.

Mofe-Damijo was born in Aladja community of Udu Kingdom, Delta State. He attended Midwest College, Warri and Anglican Grammar School and was a member of the Drama Club. He enrolled into the University of Benin to continue his education and studied Theatre Arts. In 1997, Mofe-Damijo returned to the university to study law at the University of Lagos and graduated in 2004.

After graduating from university with a Theatre Arts degree, Mofe-Damijo appeared in the soap opera Ripples as a police inspector, but gained more popularity as villain Segun Kadiri in rival soap Checkmate. Before then, he had a stint as a writer with daily newspaper

The Concord, and magazines Metro and Quality. Out of Bounds was the first film for which he received a writer/producer credit. In 2005, at the maiden edition of the African Movie Academy Awards, Mofe-Damijo won the award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.

On 5 January 2017, he hosted the 2016 GLO-CAF Awards alongside Nigerian journalist Mimi Fawaz. On 8 December 2021, he won an award at Ghana, a Black Star Honor at the Rhymes on Da Runway in Gold coast, Ghana.

Mofe-Damijo was appointed as the Special Adviser of Culture and Tourism to the then Governor Emmanuel Uduaghan in 2008, and later became the commissioner for Culture and Tourism of Delta State, Nigeria in 2009. His tenure ended in 2015.

Mofe-Damijo was married to a journalist/publisher and talk show host May Ellen 'MEE' Ezekiel. After her death in 1996, Mofe-Damijo married TV personality Jumobi Adegbesan, who later left TV presenting for the corporate world. Mofe-Damijo has five children: two with his current wife and three from his previous marriage

29/06/2023

Fela Kuti as nominated by one of our group expert, READS Campaign Africa

Fela Kuti

The great singer and songwriter, Fela Kuti was a legend who received numerous honours during his lifetime. He currently has a record for posthumous honours, including the Channel O Music Video Awards. was recognised as the first Nigerian or African to receive the DSTV award in 2003.

BACKGROUND

Fela Aníkúlápó Kuti also known as Abami Eda, was a Nigerian musician, bandleader, composer, political activist, and Pan-Africanist. He is regarded as the pioneer of Afrobeat, a Nigerian music genre that combines West African music with American funk and jazz.

He was one of the greatest of all times. AllMusic described him as "a musical and sociopolitical voice" of international significance.

Kuti was the son of Nigerian women's rights activist Funmilayo Ransome-Kuti. After early experiences abroad, he and his band Africa 70 (featuring drummer and musical director Tony Allen) shot to stardom in Nigeria during the 1970s, during which he was an outspoken critic and target of Nigeria's military juntas.

In 1970, he founded the Kalakuta Republic commune, which declared itself independent from military rule. The commune was destroyed in a 1978 raid that injured Kuti and his mother.

He was jailed by the government of Muhammadu Buhari in 1984, but released after 20 months. He continued to record and perform through the 1980s and 1990s. Since his death in 1997, reissues of his music have been overseen by his son, Femi Kuti.

Kuti's musical style is called Afrobeat. It is a style he largely created, and is a complex fusion of jazz, funk, highlife, and traditional Nigerian, African chants and rhythms.

It contains elements of psychedelic soul and has similarities to James Brown's music. Afrobeat also borrows heavily from the native "tinker pan". Tony Allen, Kuti's drummer of twenty years, was instrumental in the creation of Afrobeat. Kuti once stated that "there would be no without ".

Kuti's band was notable for featuring two baritone saxophones when most groups only used one.

This is a common technique in African and African-influenced musical styles and can be seen in funk and hip hop.

His bands sometimes performed with two bassists at the same time both playing interlocking melodies and rhythms. There were always two or more guitarists. The electric West African style guitar in Afrobeat bands is a key part of the sound, and is used to give basic structure, playing a repeating chordal/melodic statement, riff, or groove.

Some elements often present in Kuti's music are the call-and-response within the chorus and figurative but simple lyrics. His songs were also very long, at least 10–15 minutes in length, and many reached 20 or 30 minutes, while some unreleased tracks would last up to 45 minutes when performed live.

Their length was one of many reasons that his music never reached a substantial degree of popularity outside Africa. On some recordings, his songs are divided into two parts: Part 1 being the instrumental, and Part 2 adding in vocals.

Kuti's songs are mostly sung in Nigerian English, although he also performed a few songs in the Yoruba language. His main instruments were the saxophone and the keyboards, but he also played the trumpet, electric guitar, and the occasional drum solo.

The subject of Kuti's songs tended to be very complex. They regularly challenged common received notions in the manner of political commentary through song. Many of his songs also expressed a form of parody and satire. The main theme he conveyed through his music was the search for justice through exploration of political and social topics that affected the common people.

Kuti was known for his showmanship, and his concerts were often outlandish and wild. He referred to his stage act as the "Underground Spiritual Game".

Many expected him to perform shows like those in the Western world, but during the 1980s, he was not interested in putting on a "show". His European performance was a representation of what was relevant at the time and his other inspirations.

Kuti's concerts also regularly involved female singers and dancers, later dubbed as "Queens." The Queens were women who helped influence the popularization of his music.

They were dressed colorfully and wore makeup all over their bodies that expressed their visual creativity.

The singers of the group played a backup role for Kuti, usually echoing his words or humming along, while the dancers would put on a performance.

was part of an Afrocentric consciousness movement that was founded on and delivered through his music.

Kuti is remembered as an influential icon who voiced his opinions on matters that affected the nation through his music.

Since 1998, the festival, an idea pioneered by his daughter Yeni Kuti, is held each year at the New Afrika Shrine to celebrate the life of this music legend and his birthday.

Since Kuti's death in 1997, there has been a revival of his influence in music and popular culture, culminating in another re-release of his catalog controlled by UMG, Broadway, and off-Broadway shows, and new bands, such as Antibalas, who carry the Afrobeat banner to a new generation of listeners.

In 1999, Universal Music France, under Francis Kertekian, remastered the 45 albums that it owned and released them on 26 compact discs.

These titles were licensed globally, except in Nigeria and Japan, where other companies owned Kuti's music.

In 2005, the American operations of UMG licensed all of its world-music titles to the UK-based label Wrasse Records, which repackaged the same 26 discs for distribution in the United States (where they replaced the titles issues by MCA) and the UK.

In 2009, Universal created a new deal for the US and Europe, with Knitting Factory Records and PIAS respectively, which included the release of the Broadway cast recording of the musical Fela! In 2013, FKO Ltd., the entity that owned the rights to all of Kuti's compositions, was acquired by BMG Rights Management.

In 2003, the Black President exhibition debuted at the New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York, and featured concerts, symposia, films, and 39 international artists' works.

American singer Bilal recorded a remake of Kuti's 1977 song "Sorrow Tears and Blood" for his second album, Love for Sale, featuring a guest rap by Common. Bilal cited Kuti's mix of jazz and folk tastes as an influence on his music.

The 2007 film , directed by Thomas McCarthy, depicted a disconnected professor (Richard Jenkins) who wanted to play the djembe; he learns from a young Syrian (Haaz Sleiman) who tells the professor he will never truly understand unless he listens to Fela. The film features clips of Kuti's "Open and Close" and "Je'nwi Temi (Don't Gag Me)".

28/06/2023

2baba Idibia

In 2005, 2Face received the MTV Europe Music Award “Best African act”. He was also the first African to receive the award as the category was introduced that year.

2Face continues to be a major player in the Nigerian music scene as he won the BET Award, MOBO Award, Channel O Music Video Awards, and more.

In general, 2Baba received the MTV Europe Music Award, One World Music Award, five Headies Awards (Hip-hop award), four Channel O Music Video Awards and one BET award for his musical work, four MTV Africa Music Awards, one MOBO award, one KORA award, 3 Afrima Awards, and numerous additional nominations.

In May 2016, 2Baba received an honorary Master of Arts in Music degree from Igbinedion University, Okada, Edo State, Nigeria.

In March 2019, he was awarded an honorary fellow of the school of music by the Music Department, Obafemi Awolowo University. This made him the pioneer recipient of the award which was presented to him at the first public lecture and fellowship award, held on 20 March 2019.

In August 2019, 2Baba was appointed as the good cause Ambassador for the Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE).

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In summary (local & Int'l Awards)

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Best International Collaboration by
Rainbow ft. T-Pain organized by "Ben
TV Awards 2014"

"Ben TV Awards 2014" - Album of the
year (Ascension)

Best R&B Single - Let Somebody Love
You (2Face ldibia) – "The Headies
2014"

Best R'n'B/ Pop album 2011 Hip-Hop
World Awards - "The Headies"

Artist of the year 2011 Hip-Hop World
Awards - "The Headies"

Most Gifted Video of the Year for "Only
Me" 2011 Channel O Music Video
Awards

Most Gifted African West Video for
"Only Me" 2011 Channel O Music
VideoAwards

Album of the year 2011 Hip-Hop World
Awards - "The Headies"

New Champions For An Enduring
Culture 2011 16th edition of the
Annual THISDAY Awards presented by
former U.S. President Bill Clinton and
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
Best International Act: Africa BET
Awards of 2011

Best Pop Video for "Implication" 2010
SoundCity Awards

Most Gifted West African Video 2010
Channel O Music Video Awards

Artist of the Year MTV Africa Music
Awards 2010

Best Male MTV Africa Music Awards
2010

Best Western 2010 SoundCity Awards
MTV Africa Music Awards Best Male
2009

Best R&B MTV Africa Music Awards
2009 Artist of the Year 2009

Best African Act 2008 Australian
African Awards

Best Rn'B/ Pop album 2008 Hip-Hop
World Awards

Song of the Decade 2007 Nigerian
Music Awards

Best selling Nigerian Artist 2008 World
Music Awards, Monaco, Spain

Best Album of the Year 2007 Nigeria
Entertainment Awards New York

Musician of The Year 2006 The Future
Awards

Best African Act 2007 MOBO Awards
Africa Break Through Artist of the Year

2006 Nigeria Entertainment Awards
New York

Best African Act 2005 MTV Europe
Music Awards

Special Recognition Award 2005 Hip
Hop World Awards

Best African Video of the year 2005
Channel O Music Video Award

Best Song of The Year 2005 G.C.E
International Awards

African Song of The Year (Non-
Ghanaian) 2005 Ghana Music Awards

Best African Act 2005 Kora Awards

Best Male Video 2005 Channel 0
Music Video Awards

The Outstanding Musician of the Year
2005 Black Heritage Awards for
Excellence

Best Musical Artiste 2005 Afro
Nollywood Award

Best Male Vocalist 2002 Afinity
Awards

Nominated Best African Act 2005
MOBO

Best Video 2004 A.M.E.N Awards

Best Male Vocalist 2004 A.M.E.N
Awards

Song of the Year 2004 A.M.E.N Awards

Outstanding Contribution to the
Entertainment Industry 2004 Award for
Excellence

Best New Act Male 2004 A.M.E.N
Awards

Song of the year for "African Queen"
2004 Nigeria Entertainment Awards
New York

Best Album of the year 2004 Nigeria
Entertainment Awards New York

Best Hip-Hop and R&B Artiste 2004
Nigeria Entertainment Awards New
York

Musician of the Year 2004 City People
Awards for Excellence

Best Male Video 2005 ChannelO
Music Video Awards

Best African Act 2005 Channel 0
Music Video Awards

Music of the Year 2004 Excellence
Recognition Awards

Best African Act 2005 Kora Awards