Shen Ken Shu

☞︎ A Tiv Man walks into a Bar:

A Tiv man called Hashim, who just moved to Lagos from Benue, walks into a bar and orders four glasses of Whiskey.

He sits at his table, drinking a sip from each glass one after the other.

When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders four more.

The bartender approaches and tells Hashim:

"You know, a glass of whiskey is less chill and poignant after I pour it.

It would taste better if you bought one at a time."

Hashim replies:

"Well, you see, I have three brothers.

One is in Imo State, one is in Calabar and the other is in Kaduna.

When we all left our home in Benue, we promised that we will drink this way to remember the days when we drank together.

So I'm drinking one glass for each of my brothers and one for myself."

The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves the matter there.

Hashim becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way.

He orders four glasses and drinks by sipping them each in turn.

One day, he comes in and only orders three glasses.

All the regulars in the bar take notice of this and the entire bar falls silent.

When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says:

"I don't want to intrude on your grief, but we all wanted to offer our condolences on your loss."

Hashim looked very surprised for a moment, then realizes what the bartender meant and he laughs and says:

"Oh, no, everybody is doing fine," and he explains:

"It's just that my wife and I joined the Baptist Church and I had to quit drinking."

“It hasn't affected my three brothers though"

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Someone should please inform the people sharing this as a real photo that those bottles are not empty and Coke is N350.

No use Saminaka play

Our merch is ready.

Nigerian Proverb
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"No matter how hard a hippopotamus can chew, it can never chew the head of a crocodile"

"Snake in the Monkey's Shadow, Kano"

(Wuya a Kabuga, sport center, BUK old site)

with Master Shen Ken Shu in the back.

Superman of Ungwar Yelwa is going back to Krypton.

(Japaring from Sapa)

Pink Panther after signing for Marlian records.

I regenerated the cover of "An African Night's Entertainment"

The 1962 folktale novel by Nigerian author Cyprian Ekwensi, was very successful.

However, its author Cyprian Ekwensi was accused of plagiarising "Jiki Magayi" a 1934 novel by Rupert East and Tafida Zaria written in Hausa.

Spotlight on Kaduna's Youth

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☞︎ Buzze O:

Born on 24th December 1990 in Kaduna Nigeria. Abubakar Oshogwemoh popularly known as Buzze O, is a successful Entrepreneur and Master of performative arts. He is one of the most successful Forex traders and coaches in Kaduna.

Abubakar acquired his primary school certificate from Essence International School Kaduna, his secondary school certificate from Zamani College and then graduated from the University of Abuja.

Abubakar was raised in Barnawa Kaduna, 'Kadacity' as he says, is the most beautiful place to grow with love peace and unity despite the later ethno-religious conflicts.

As part of the youth, Abubakar continually trains numerous apprentices, providing them with the required skill to build a successful career as Forex traders in Kaduna.

He is a bonafide member of his community, where they collectively keep watch and support security, unity, and growth in Barnawa.

He started performing at the age of 7 and recorded his first song professionally in 2004 titled "His name is Buzze O, which was a massive success and fan favorite at the time.

Focusing on hip hop, his versatile style has been unrivaled. Abubakar adulates the likes of Tupac, Fela, Oumou Sangare etc. He has worked with local Kaduna artists like Praiz, Skales, Buzu Kaduna, A.T and so on.

At around 2012 Abubakar went on a hiatus from performative arts to concentrate on his business and personal life.

He reemerged in February 2024 with the song "where were you"

The "Where were you" song was delivered in a simple and succinct style. It chronicles the choices people make and the future consequences of those choices, especially pertaining career, work, and family.

The song was also designed to be a response to inherent questions about his sudden disappearance and then reemergence into the world of performative arts.

He is a fan of Manchester United, an avid reader, and is very skilled in Judo/Jujitsu.

Abubakar is among Kaduna's best stage performers, a member of numerous poetry and drama societies, where he often delivers spoken word and sublime theatrical performances.

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Watch a video of the "Where were you" song by Buzze O, on our page here on Facebook.

There's a link in the comment section ☟︎

Nigerians in Diaspora (Hollywood)

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Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje ☟︎

Nationality: British-Nigerian
Occupation: Model/Actor
Date of Birth: 22nd August 1967
Place of Birth: Islington, London
Popular work:
☞︎ Game of Thrones
☞︎ Lost
☞︎ The Mummy Returns
☞︎ G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra
☞︎ Thor: Dark World
☞︎ Su***de Squad

Net worth: His estimated net worth is $3 million US Dollars

Personal ☟︎

Adewale is a Nichren Buddhist and a supporter of Arsenal F.C

In 2012, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje stated that he had been developing a film about his life story.

The film is called Farming, in reference to the practise of Nigerian parents "farming out" their children to white UK families.

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Hugo Wallace Weaving ☟︎

Nationality: British-Nigerian
Occupation: Actor
Date of Birth: 4th April 1960
Place of Birth: University of Ibadan Teaching Hospital Ibadan, Nigeria
Popular work:
☞︎ The Matrix Films
☞︎ The Lord of the Rings
☞︎ The Hobbit
☞︎ V for Vendetta
☞︎ Captain America
☞︎ Transformers

Net worth: Weavings net worth is estimated at $25 million US Dollars.

Personal ☟︎

Weaving was diagnosed with epilepsy at the age of 13, as a result he never drives.

When asked in an interview about Nigeria, Weaving replied:

"I've often dreamed about going back to Nigeria, but that's a very romantic notion. It's a hideous country to go to in reality"

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Hakeem Kae-Kazim ☟︎

Nationality: Nigerian-British
Occupation: Actor/Producer
Date of Birth: 1st October 1962
Place of Birth: Lagos, Nigeria (from Abeokuta)
Popular work:
☞︎ Hotel Rwanda
☞︎ 24
☞︎ Black Sails
☞︎ Last Flight to Abuja
☞︎ Half a Yellow Sun
☞︎ Anikulapo

Net worth: Kae-Kazim's net worth is estimated to be around $2 million US Dollars.

Personal ☟︎

Kae-Kazim was born in Lagos to a family from Abeokuta, Ogun State and re-located to South London when he was a baby.

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Folake Olowofoyeku ☟︎

Nationality: Nigerian
Occupation: Actor/Singer/Writer
Date of Birth: 26th October 1983
Place of Birth: Victoria Island, Lagos.
Popular work:
☞︎ Bob Hearts Abishola
☞︎ Death Race
☞︎ How to Get Away with Murder
☞︎ Westworld

Net worth: Her earnings are unknown, however her net worth is estimated to be around $1 million US Dollars.

Personal ☟︎

Olowofoyeku attended Igbinedion Education Centre, a Montessori boarding school in Benin City.

In 2001 at the age of 18, Olowofoyeku emigrated to the United States, where she went to live with her sister.

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There is an abundance of Nigerians more talented than these ones, living near us in poverty or undervalued because they never get the opportunity to showcase their gifts and talents.

"Sweet mother I no go forget you"

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"Sweet Mother" released in 1976 is a highlife song by the Cameroonian and Nigerian singer Prince Nico Mbarga. The song is a celebration of motherhood, sung in Nigerian Pidgin English.

The "Sweet Mother" singer, Nico Mbarga better known as Prince Nico Mbarga was born in Obubra, Cross River State, Nigeria on the 1st of January 1950. He was a highlife musician, born to a Nigerian mother and a Cameroonian father in Abakaliki, Nigeria.

Mbarga played the xylophone, conga, drums, bass guitar and electric guitar. The singer played an important role in the evolution of African popular music

After leaving music, Mbarga turned his attention to managing a four-star hotel that he owned, called: "the Sweet Mother Hotel", located in the town of Ikom in Cross River State Nigeria.

Prince Nico Mbarga was killed in a motorcycle accident on the 23rd of June 1997 in Calabar while trying to buy spare parts for his car along the ever busy Mayne Avenue Road.

Although he only recorded one significant hit: "Sweet Mother," in 1976, the song sold more than 13 million copies, and It became one of the top sellers in the history of Nigerian music.

His "Sweet Mother" song went on to be recognized as Africa's anthem, and was voted Africa's favourite song by BBC readers and listeners in 2004.

The song won ahead of Brenda Fassie's "Vuli Ndlela", Fela Kuti's "Lady", Franco's "Mario" and Miriam Makeba's version of "Malaika," which is a South African classic, sung by Dorothy Masuka in the fifties.

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You can listen to "Sweet Mother" on YouTube.

Markus Bitrus Bala Zuckerberg.

It's the 21st Century

There's a glitch in the Matrix and northern Nigeria is completely overrun by Aliens (Bandits).

The fate of Arewa rests on the shoulders of an ambidextrous young man called: Philemon Aka 'Mr. No Dulling'

Will he succeed as he fights to fix the Matrix?

Follow Kaduna belongs to us to find out 😅

Dan Maraya Jos vs. Saadou Bori

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Saadou Bori:

Saadou Abdullahi, born in 1966 in Niger Republic was best known as Saadou Bori, after his best selling solo album, Bori, released on tape in Nigeria in 1990.

After the death of Bala Miller in February 2003, Saadou indeed represented the last breed of truly innovative Hausa musicians and composers with a focus on using real instruments to present their craft.

His Bori Album turned out to be the biggest selling tape-album of 1990 in Kano and other parts of Hausa northern Nigeria.

It came at a time when there was simply no Hausa modern music. And the traditional music was relegated to the background of Palaces.

The Bori Album redefined Hausa dance music and provided a shift in the evolution of modern Hausa music. Not only did it provide a dance floor series, it also neatly mixed the modern with traditional in its lyrical forms.

The Bori Album had eight tracks, and of these eight tracks, two became Saadou Bori’s defining masterpiece and ultimately signature tune.

These were Yelleru, and Hadiza.

Yelleru offered a new perspective to Hausa fusion music because it contained lyrics in pulaa (Fulfulde language). Simple and catchy, it tells the story of a how the economic hardships befell the Fulbe who may have to give up their cattle and nomadic lifestyles for a settled farm life.

Hadiza hit the spot more directly with Hausa women. It tells the story of a new bride (amarya) in a two-wife household. The song extols the virtues of the amarya.

In 1994 Saadou teamed up with Moussa Poussy and released an extended version of Bori as Niamey Twice.

Niamey Twice became an international sensation. the two popular musicians with no domestic music industry to turn to, joined forces and travelled to Abidjan to record Niger Republic's first international album.

Saadou was an innovative songwriter, arranger and vocalist. He remained the last of the great composers of Hausa modern music on a World Music level.

Towards the end, Saadou Bori had made Nigeria virtually his second home, performing at weddings and other engagements.

He died in a car accident on the road to Maiduguri, on Thursday 26th June 2008 and was buried the next day at his home town of Maradi in Niger Republic.

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Ɗan Maraya Jos:

Born Adamu Wayya in 1946 at Bukuru in Plateau State was a Nigerian Hausa griot, poet, philosopher, philanthropist and recording artist known for playing the kontigi.

Popularly known as Ɗan Maraya Jos, meaning "The Orphan of Jos", because his father died shortly after his birth and his mother died while he was still an infant.

Dan Maraya's father had been a court musician for the Sarkin Hausawa of Bukuru. After his parent's death, the Emir (or Sarkin Hausawa) took Dan Maraya under his care.

Dan Maraya chose the griot profession when he was seven-years old, having been told that his decreased father was a royal drummer.
During a trip to Maiduguri while he was still a pre-teen, he was impressed by musicians some playing with the Kuntigi instrument, upon his return to Jos, he made a kuntigi, with which he would accompany himself till death.

Dan Maraya was a phenomenal vocalist, who became a master of 'goge' the Nigerian violin, having learned in training for his profession as a griot.

Like most griot professional musicians, the mainstay of Dan Maraya's repertoire was praise singing, but Dan Maraya singled out his personal heroes rather than the rich and famous.

His repertoire also included "songs about natural phenomena such as death, luck, wealth etc" as well as socially critical songs about "anti-societal acts."

By the end of his life he had toured internationally, performing in the United States, the Netherlands, Germany, Cuba, Trinidad, Jamaica, Guyana, Venezuela, Brazil, and Ethiopia.

As recording artist he had recorded at least 150 LPs and singles and composed 500 songs since 1986.

Dan Maraya died 20 June 2015, at Bukuru his hometown after a protracted illness.

He was a Member of the Order of the Niger (MON), an Officer of the Order of the Niger (OON) and a recipient of the Nigerian Federal Republic Medal.

His most popular performances include: Auren Dole Gulma-Wuya Jawabin Aure Kidan Kashewa, Wakar Keren Mota and many more.

May their souls rest in peace.

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Whose music did you enjoy more?

Share your thoughts with us.

This two African footballers chose their clubs over country ahead of this 2024 African nations cup.

It is sickening if you can remember the Brazilian call up for the previous world cup which was aired live, you could see Brazilian Super Stars jubilating with their families and some even crying when their name was called for them to serve their nation.

Or if you remember that at some point Lionel Messi was paying the salaries of the entire Argentinian FA and he was still never late for training and never missed a match, not even friendlies.

Imagine Ronaldo, Pele, Maradona, Zidane, Christiano etc and their attitude towards international football.

All great footballers are eager to serve their nations and try to do more for their country than for any where else, but this two monkeys clearly don't understand that.

(Excuse my French)

I asked AI to generate a picture of "no gree for anybody" in the Animal kingdom.

An Idiot wrote this and I copied it from his page

My epiphany is brave,
brave like a snake,
shedding it's scales
to cold embrace
of the winds of change.

It is a tale of grace,
as we set sail
to the cadence of whales.

See brains unchained
as water cascade's,
and the days doth fade
to hymns of waves.

Hmm! Hmm! Hmm! Tis!

Seeking thy, the straighter lines?
There is a point to Sea,
where the Ocean meets Sky.

Remembering The Building Blocks of Kannywood

Shehu Jibril (Golobo) vs. Hauwa Ali Dodo (Biba)

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Shehu Jibril (Golobo):

was born in Talatar Mafara town in Zamfara State, he attended primary school in Talatar Mafara, then went to a secondary school in Gusau town, and was sent from there to the Nigerian Culture Study in Zaria.

He started acting when he was in first grade in primary school and rose to become one of the most prominent names in Hausa entertainment.
In an interview with him, he once said:

"In school, every child has a game that he plays. Since I was in the first grade, I didn't have a game that I wanted to play, except drama, then our school created a drama class and we were assigned to play a role in rehearsals, I have been into the performative arts since then"

Some of Golobo's popular movies include the likes of 'Zugum' and 'Hanyar Kano'. He spent more than thirty years in the film industry.

Shehu Jibril got the title of Golobo as a result of a show created by the Nigerian Television (NTA) which aired every week in the mid 80's, he performed in other shows including 'Kwashi-Kwaram', and 'Sauna-Jak'.

Golobo died on 30 January 2014 at the age of 55 after being hospitalized for a week at the Usman Danfodio University Teaching Hospital in Sokoto from an ilness that started while filming in Kano.

He was survived by a wife and 15 children.

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Hauwa Ali Dodo (Biba Problem):

Was an actress considered to have one of the longest acting careers in Kannywood. She was born in the early 70's at Kano and obtained her basic western and Islamic education in her home town before venturing into acting.

She got her big break into the hausa movie industry after becoming popular with the villain role she played in Ki Yarda Da Ni. She had to her credit three hits out of the highest selling movies in the hausa movie industry, which were Ki Yarda Da Ni, Sangaya and Daskin Da Ridi.

Daskin da Ridi, being one of her most memorable roles was a Hausa adaptation of the Cinderella story in which she played the role of Cinderella and won the hearts of so many.

She went on to appear in the highly recognized Hausa movie Bakan Dabo, a movie of a life story of Ooni of Ife, HRM Okunade Adele Sijuwade Olubuse II and Emir of Kano Alhaji Ado Bayero.

Her spectacular and extra ordinary acting skills won her a number of awards and nominations in both the local and international scenes on several occasions.

Hauwa died January 01 2010 around 11am in an auto crash along Saminaka road in Kaduna State after attending a Polo Tournament in Plateau State.

Some of her most viewed movies till date include:

Gaskiya Dokin Karfe
Kusufi and
Dijangala.

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(May their souls rest in peace)

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A Tiv man called Hashim, who just moved to Lagos from Benue, walks into a bar and orders four glasses of Whiskey.

He sits at his table, drinking a sip from of each glass one after the other.

When he finishes them, he comes back to the bar and orders four more.

The bartender approaches and tells Hashim:

"You know, a glass of whiskey is less chill and poignant after I pour it.

It would taste better if you bought one at a time."

Hashim replies:

"Well, you see, I have three brothers.

One is in Imo State, one is in Calabar and the other is in Kaduna.

When we all left our home in Benue, we promised that we will drink this way to remember the days when we drank together.

So I'm drinking one glass for each of my brothers and one for myself."

The bartender admits that this is a nice custom, and leaves the matter there.

Hashim becomes a regular in the bar, and always drinks the same way.

He orders four glasses and drinks by sipping them each in turn.

One day, he comes in and only orders three glasses.

All the regulars in the bar take notice of this and the entire bar falls silent.

When he comes back to the bar for the second round, the bartender says:

"I don't want to intrude on your grief, but we all wanted to offer our condolences on your loss."

Hashim looked very surprised for a moment, then realizes what the bartender meant and he laughs and says:

"Oh, no, everybody is doing fine," and he explains:

"It's just that my wife and I joined the Baptist Church and I had to quit drinking."

“It hasn't affected my three brothers though" 😁😁😁

I asked AI to generate a picture of Manchester United Goalkeeper Onana in a Post full of goals.

I asked AI to generate a picture of Justin Bieber if he grew up in Agege

Unemployment in Nigeria (Laugh a little 😁)

A Biology graduate from the University of Benin was having difficulty in finding a job. He saw an advert in one of the daily news papers for a job at a zoo.

In the interview, the manager told him that their gorilla, which had been their main tourists attraction died so they needed someone to wear a costume and play the role of a gorilla.
The graduate felt embarrassed, but since the salary was good, he accepted the job.

The first day, he put on the gorilla costume and entered the cage, he jumped up and down, beat his chest and roared like a gorilla and everyone cheered. The next day, he put on the gorilla costume again and started moving around the zoo but mistakenly entered another cage and found himself staring straight at a lion.

The lion roared and rushed towards him. The scared graduate quickly forgot that he was a gorilla and he started shouting like a human being: "Help me! Help me!"

The lion leaped onto him, knocked him to the ground and whispered in his ear:

"Kunle, it's me Lekan, your course mate from the University. Shut up or we'll both lose our jobs here today" 😁

These are the pages I have blocked in the last three days.

WHY?

Because they keep on posting about Christiano Ronaldo and they are just damn biased and senseless, also I just want the Messi/Christiano rivalry to go away, almost 20 years of the same thing. They are both old and I am tired 😥

DID IT WORK?

No! Unfortunately, for everyone one person I block, seems Facebook automatically adds another two to my timeline 😖😭

Fallen Northern Nigerian Officers

(May their souls rest in peace)

Sunset by a lake in Kaoje, Kebbi State, Nigeria