Mr. Rights Blog

10 years ago, after Tuface Idibia had blessed the world with African Queen, two (2) Nigerian Music legends, Ruggedman and 9ice released a popular joint that would change the history of African music in the world forever. The smashing hit song, titled ‘’Ruggedy Baba’’ was the turning point for afrobeats music, not only in Nigeria, but in Africa as a whole. As you may have known, Nigeria is the heart of Africa and where ever Nigeria goes, the rest of Africa follows. Ruggedy Baba was a song that espoused, bolstered and propagandized the concept of mother tongue in hip hop music, transposing the myth of rappers who often claimed that only those who rap in English like Americans are truly hip hop heads. The boastful ‘’Ruggedy Baba’’synthesized hip hop music with traditional tune that was not very popular at the time and produce a masterpiece of Afrobeats music that would go on to inspire confidence in the younger generation of African artists and embolden them to confidently incorpo...

Few days ago, I stumbled upon a publication talking about racial injustice at the World Bank and I thought it wise to dig a little deeper to understand the crux of the matter. However, what I found was beyond believe. It was heart breaking and out rightly demoralizing and i am forced to ask, is this how endemic racial injustice takes place at the World Bank? President of Hosea Initiative, Terry Beatley wrote an open letter to the new Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, calling on the youngest African leader to use his good office to seek African Union (AU) intervention in the case of one Dr. Yonas Biru an Ethiopian citizen, racially violated beyond human comprehension at the World Bank. In the letter, Terry brought together all relevant facts and evidences to back up the need for action at Africa’s continental highest body. ABOUT THE VICTIM Dr. Biru was the former Deputy Global Manager of the World Bank’s International Comparison Programme (ICP). According to the World Ban...

By Abdulrazaq O Hamzat Abiy Ahmed, Ethopia prime Minister Ethopia’s new Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed (42), who took office in April as Africa’s youngest ruler is currently leading the world with love. He often preach, “Love wins” even when he was attacked with grenade by hostile enemies and narrowly escape death. In June 2018 for example, csmonitor reported that, ‘’after he gave a speech to a large and adoring crowd in the capital, Addis Ababa, someone threw a grenade toward him, killing two people and injuring more than a hundred. However, rather than respond with condemnation of attack as his usually done by most leaders across the world, Abiy simply responded with a love message that says, “Love always wins. Forgiveness will win. Killing others is a defeat.” But this is not the first act of love and forgiveness Abiy has done since coming to office. He has been demonstrating a rare kind of love, similar to the kind of love Kanye West preaches during his recent rant on Twitte...