The Duke!🇳🇬

Father & Husband | Head Of Programs/News/Production @HitFMCalabar | Radio & TV Presenter | Voice Artiste & Editor | 📩 [email protected] 📲 [phone]

[The Duke!🇳🇬 @DukeOfLife]

Live Forever in our Hearts,
Michael @naijareview 🙏 🕊️

[The Duke!🇳🇬 @DukeOfLife]

@OneJoblessBoy Love Damini, Not a difficult decision to make at the end of the day.

[The Duke!🇳🇬 @DukeOfLife]

@AOT2 You guys should read to comprehend na.
The writer said "I THINK"
It's his opinion, there's no place here where he states it as a FACT.
Na him OPINION and everyone is allowed to have one.
I personally think AG & TAT are both classic albums.
LIFE is a good project however.
#MyTake

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The AGABA romantic Chan oh.

[Burna's Archive. @Burna_Archive]

What version of Wizard Chan has been your best so far?

[The Duke!🇳🇬 @DukeOfLife]

Meetings can be frustrating...
The bottlenecks!
The bureaucracy!!
It's crazy Bro...

[Kiing Lu (Militant) @RealKiingLu]

One of the main reasons I left a global record label years ago was the endless meetings around simple ideas that needed quick execution—yet somehow never got executed. Too many meetings drain me; they slow things down and kill momentum.

After I left, I got offers from other labels, but I turned them down. I needed the freedom to move fast and bring my ideas to life. The first project I tested that approach on was ILGWT (Wurld & Sarz), and it worked. From there, I applied the same execution style to subsequent projects.

Maybe someday I’ll return to working with a label—but only in a leadership position that allows me to execute ideas effectively.

#Musicindustry #Militant

[The Duke!🇳🇬 @DukeOfLife]

With Excellence...

[Pheelz🐘🤟🏾 @Pheelz]

Church doesn’t get enough credit for raising top tier musicians

[The Duke!🇳🇬 @DukeOfLife]

Every time I remember this thing eh...

Nigeria is a WILD place...

Industry BAN...

Don't forget that another ban came oh, the one that drove them into music ---> Nkem Owoh, Jim Iyke, Genevieve Nnaji, Omotola Jade all have a music album.
That one was from the marketers.

[Media Boyfriend @MediaBoyfriend]

In 2005, the Actors Guild of Nigeria did something extraordinary.

They banned five of the biggest names in Nollywood.

Genevieve Nnaji. Richard Mofe-Damijo. Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde. Ramsey Nouah. Pete Edochie.

The reason?

They were charging too much money.

Their fees had risen to the point where producers complained they couldn't afford the stars that audiences actually wanted to watch.

The Guild's solution: ban them from working until they agreed to lower their rates.

Think about what this means.

The most talented, most sought-after, most bankable actors in Nigerian cinema, told by their own professional association to accept less money because the market had decided they were worth too much.

The ban did not last.

But it was a preview of the structural tension that has always run through Nollywood: between the craftspeople who create the value, and the system that doesn't want to pay them for it.

Some things in the industry have not changed.

[The Duke!🇳🇬 @DukeOfLife]

God bless Mr Umanah!

Good stories like this for a perfect Monday Morning!!

[Joey Akan @JoeyAkan]

When I was a kid practicing my writing, I had one older friend in chruch who gave me the most encouragement. His name was Mr Umanah, and for many years, he was my only audience.

See, the world had beaten me heavily. Dead parents, poverty, always on the move, living with strangers, serving my way to an education.

Mr Umanah liked to read, and seeing this orphan boy in church who was not only a reader, but also trying out writing, he was interested. He critiqued everything I wrote, always told me to abandon my 'big' words and use simpler sentences. He was my first editor.

And that encouraged me. Every week, I would write the craziest stories and poems, waiting for Sunday, impatient to rush to Mr Umanah as I arrived church, and proudly hand him my scraps of paper.

And he read them during service and sought me out after service. Mr Umanah also gave me my first gift of books, and when I got into secondary school — after the passing of my 'educational guardian' — he assumed that role, ensuring my scholarship was in good stead.

Mr Umanah is late now. God bless his soul. But that brand of selflessness to help an orphan boy hone his writing skills, and get an education was foundational to everything I've become. He'll be chuffed that I grew up to write for the New York Times, a paper he liked to reference.

I just thought about him this morning and said a prayer. God bless him. His kindness set me up for a better life. ❤️🥺

[The Duke!🇳🇬 @DukeOfLife]

Best Radio Show (English) at The Nigeria Broadcasting Awards.

Now this one feels different… because it’s coming from the Broadcasting Organizations of Nigeria BON, from professionals who understand the craft & the responsibility that comes with sitting behind that mic everyday.

[The Duke!🇳🇬 @DukeOfLife]

Winner for Best Radio Show (English) in Nigeria at the recently held Broadcasting Organisations of Nigeria Awards (BON) for the #HitNaijaTopTenCountdownWithDuke.

A win for all of us.

We keep going.

All glory to God.

[The Duke!🇳🇬 @DukeOfLife]

Una don start again

[Solá: The Energy @soladaloris]

Can Mavo shut down 02 Arena?

[The Duke!🇳🇬 @DukeOfLife]

@OneJoblessBoy Eldee Tha Don

Naeto C

Mocheddah

[The Duke!🇳🇬 @DukeOfLife]

@OneJoblessBoy Boy Alone - Omah Lay

Apollo - Fireboy DML

African Giant - Burna Boy

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@dangbanamanager Rgfc

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@Itzsolowiz @HitFMCalabar My man Solo! 🫡

[HIT 95.9Fm Calabar @HitFMCalabar]

They call it throwback thursday #tbt

Tag those you recognise in the comment section.

Tip: One is a digital expert and the other one is a disc jockey.

[The Duke!🇳🇬 @DukeOfLife]

So the Algerian team finished a whole game without a goal attempt on target?

These Stats are not friendly at all.

Morocco 🇲🇦, Are you ready for us?

We dey come oh!

#AFCON2025

[The Duke!🇳🇬 @DukeOfLife]

Bright Osayi x Calvin Bassey!

This Defense is MAD!!

Go Super Eagles!!!

#AFCON2025

[The Duke!🇳🇬 @DukeOfLife]

It’s very hard to not notice @victorosimhen9 ‘s work rate!

The man is completely a beast!!!

#AFCON2025

[The Duke!🇳🇬 @DukeOfLife]

Can we now agree that this is the best Super eagles team we’ve seen in almost two decades?
Algeria 0 - 2 Nigeria