With Victor Olaiya’s death, an important chapter in the history of Nigeria’s popular music was closed. After 60 brilliant years as a bandleader, composer, and performer of highlife music, Olaiya ...

A trumpeter, Olaiya ruled the airwaves in the 1950s and early 1960s with a sound heavily inspired by Ghanaian highlife. As reported by The Nation, it was the legend's record label Evergreen Music ...

Nigerian highlife musician Victor Olaiya has died, the Nigerian newspaper The Punch reports. He passed on February 12 in Lagos, Nigeria. He was 89. Olaiya, aka Dr. Victor Abimbola Olaiya OON, was a ...

News of Victor Olaiya’s death went viral in another day of grief, sending shockwaves throughout the Nigerian music industry, with many entertainers mourning and expressing their condolences. Dr.

On the 12th of February, News broke about the death of Veteran highlife music king, Dr Victor Abimbola Olaiya. Many Nigerians who were familiar with the artist took to several platforms to express the ...

Street vendors sell their wares beneath a mural of musical great Victor Olaiya in Lagos. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images Even at the ripe old age of 89, the recent death of Victor Abimbola ...

Nigerian Music legend, Tuface Idibia has reacted to the death of Veteran musician, Victor Olaiya. DAILY POST reported that Olaiya, who clocked 89 years on December 31, 2019, passed away at the Lagos ...

CONSCIOUS of the need to celebrate legends while alive, NAIJAZZ music, led by ace Jazz promoter Ayoola Sadare is honoring the legendary Highlife Genius Dr. Victor Olaiya whose career has spanned about ...

Nigeria has been mourning music legend Victor Olaiya, who created Nigeria's highlife rhythms and influenced a generation of musicians including Fela Anikulapo-Kuti. Nduka Orjinmo looks back at the ...

Several media outlets ran with the story that they couldn't tell her aged father the truth. Although, while Moji was alive she never disputed it when confronted with their father-daughter relationship ...

It was another day of grief, when the news of the sudden demise of Nigerian Highlife maestro, Dr. Victor Olaiya went viral on social media, sending shockwaves throughout the Nigerian music industry ...