Meta-owned platforms Facebook and Instagram have suspended the accounts of Nigerian rapper and activist Eedris Abdulkareem, days after he released a track titled “Open Letter to Donald Trump.” Checks on Sunday night showed that the musician’s pages on both platforms were no longer accessible, though Meta has not issued an explanation for the suspension. Abdulkareem’s…
Nigerian singer and rapper Eedris Abdulkareem says he didn’t attack Seyi Tinubu with his new song, stressing that he only replied to a statement made by the entrepreneur that his father, President Bola Tinubu, is Nigeria’s best-ever president. The younger Tinubu made the statement in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, in March 2025. The rapper…
Nobel Laureate Professor Wole Soyinka blasted the National Broadcasting Commission for banning Eedris Abdulkareem’s song against President Bola Tinubu’s government. Soyinka describes the development as a return to the culture of censorship and a threat to the right to free expression. In a statement released on Sunday, the literati highlighted past attempts to stifle artistic…
Veteran Nigerian rapper, Eedris Abdulkareem, has criticised the National Broadcasting Commission following its decision to ban his new single, ‘Tell Your Papa’, from airplay across broadcast stations, labeling the move as an attempt to silence truth and suppress constructive criticism. The NBC, in a memo dated April 9, 2025, announced the banning of the song,…
GISTSMATE MEDIA reports that the Nigerian government has banned singer Eedris Abdulkareem’s new protest song, ‘Tell Your Papa.’ Announcing the ban on Thursday evening, the Federal Government, through the National Broadcasting Commission, NBC, stated that the song is inappropriate and offensive. In a memo signed by the Coordinating Director of Broadcast Monitoring, Susan Obi, NBC…
Veteran Nigerian musician Eedris Abdulkareem has released a new song directed at Seyi Tinubu, son of President Bola Tinubu, urging him to speak to his father about the worsening state of the country. In the track titled “Tell Your Papa,” which was shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday, Abdulkareem delivers a blunt message, painting…