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How did Falz become so iconic? 

Was it inevitable that the son of the great Femi Falana would bring help bring the Nigerian government to its knees years ago? 

And how has he managed to do that while still maintain his place as a singer actor and a mover of the culture? 

We go deep in this conversation.

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Vector says he has paid a very steep price for insisting on being himself in a country like Nigeria - he has been shadow banned, he says. 

But he insists on being himself, making his art, and speaking his mind, telling me he has no fear of any man who owns a mic. 

From studying witchcraft at the University of Lagos to teaching his daughters how to box and defend themselves, this ‘song of a gun’ tells me about growing up amidst the violence of Lagos Island, being detached without being inhuman, how his wife and daughters have helped him understand tenderness and why he didn’t cry when his father passed. 

We speak about regrets he may have about the epic scuffle with MI, why exactly that was a battle he had to fight and recent misunderstandings in the media of what he said about Burna Boy, Nigeria - and that time Portable heard Vector rap about ‘Zazu’ (Lion King’) and thought he was being attacked.

Then I ask him if he is happy with where his career is today. 

Everything about this episode is fire.

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When Rico Swavey - #BBNaija contestant and singer - died in a motor accident in October 2022, the nation was in shock. He was well loved.

His mother, Halima Hassan watched him die in her own arms in a Lekki hospital - asking the doctors to leave her with his corpse as she begged him to come back to her. 

Months after, as friends and family watched her walk the streets aimlessly, unable to cope with the loss of her son, she had to check into a mental facility.

He was the second son of hers to die while she was alive.

In this exclusive interview, on the second anniversary of Rico’s passions, she joins me to talk about the premonition she had of his death, his last days and his last moments - and how behind the scenes, her son struggled to get his colleagues to support his music.

She also talks about how she survived the loss and found her way back to mental and emotional recovery.

Then, she shares with me Rico’s unfinished business - and the solemn promise she made to him as she cradled him in her arms for the last time. 

This episode will move you. 

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in February, we re-launched #ChudesBookClub with Jay Shetty’s incredible book ‘The 8 rules of love’ which, literally, changed my life.

It upended everything I thought I knew about the practical matters of intimacy and relationships - and helped me rebuild the foundations of how I approach love, attraction and relationships. 

After seeing how it transformed so many of the participants long after the event, we decided to make it into a 3-part special that you can access.

If you’ve been struggling with love and relationships and have a sneaky feeling you’ve been doing this all wrong, I can’t recommend this book enough. 

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In February, we re-launched #ChudesBookClub with Jay Shetty’s incredible book ‘The 8 rules of love’ which, literally, changed my life.

It upended everything I thought I knew about the practical matters of intimacy and relationships - and helped me rebuild the foundations of how I approach love, attraction and relationships. 

After seeing how it transformed so many of the participants long after the event, we decided to make it into a 3-part special that you can access.

If you’ve been struggling with love and relationships and have a sneaky feeling you’ve been doing this all wrong, I can’t recommend this book enough. 

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In February, we re-launched #ChudesBookClub with Jay Shetty’s incredible book ‘The 8 rules of love’ which, literally, changed my life.

It upended everything I thought I knew about the practical matters of intimacy and relationships - and helped me rebuild the foundations of how I approach love, attraction and relationships. 

After seeing how it transformed so many of the participants long after the event, we decided to make it into a 3-part special that you can access.

If you’ve been struggling with love and relationships and have a sneaky feeling you’ve been doing this all wrong, I can’t recommend this book enough. 

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My Shaffy Bello interview is one of my favourite ever. 

It was light, it was fire; it was everything. 

She shared about taking the time to build her marriage and build her family and then after she felt they were stable, taking the risk to open her wings and fly. 

It was her time and her moment and she seized it. She followed her heart, and it has taken her into the most beautiful places as one of Nigeria’s most iconic stars. 

The conversation made me feel like anything is possible if only you have the courage to believe, and to take action.

This week, as she hits the glorious age of 60, as stunning as ever, I re-present our conversation as a tribute - the full one-hour. 

Happy birthday, aunty mi.

I love you 🩷.

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I’ve had so many A-list guests come on the show to talk very honestly - and often for the first time - about divorce. 

The comments and emails we have seen after these interviews showed me how deeply those truths have resonated. 

So we decide to do a special episode that combines the greatest, deepest, most powerful things my guests have shared about confronting and surviving the end of a marriage over the past four years.

We have Shaffy Bello, Jim Iyke, Tonto Dike, Damilola Adegbite, Stanley Okorie and Olumide Emmanuel amongst others. 

As I listened to this special episode again, I was struck by the great gift these guests gave me and the great service they have done for my audience - speaking so openly, truthfully and realistically. 

If you’re dealing with a difficult marriage, left a marriage and don’t know what to do, find yourself alone or confused in a marriage, or just want to know the truth about marriage, this special episode is for you.

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I’ve had so many A-list guests come on the show to talk very honestly - and often for the first time - about divorce. 

The comments and emails we have seen after these interviews showed me how deeply those truths have resonated. 

So we decide to do a special episode that combines the greatest, deepest, most powerful things my guests have shared about confronting and surviving the end of a marriage over the past four years.

We have Shaffy Bello, Jim Iyke, Tonto Dike, Damilola Adegbite, Stanley Okorie and Olumide Emmanuel amongst others. 

As I listened to this special episode again, I was stuck by the great gift these guests gave me and the great service they have done for my audience - speaking so openly, truthfully and realistically. 

If you’re dealing with a difficult marriage, left a marriage and don’t know what to do, find yourself alone or confused in a marriage, or just want to know the truth about marriage, this special episode is for you.

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How exactly did MKO Abiola die? 

How exactly did former head of state, Sani Abacha die? 

What role did Wole Soyinka, IBB’s late son, Femi Falana, Bola Tinubu, RMD’s late wife MEE, Shehu Sani, Kudirat Abiola and others play in this macabre story?

And why exactly should you be grateful?

I go way back - through my narration, a panel of Nigerians remembering that terrible period Gen Z may be unaware of, and exclusive interviews with Abiola’s son Abdulmumuni, activist Dapo Thomas who fought alongside Abiola, and June 12 historian Abraham Oshoko. 

ABIOLA vs ABACHA

An October 1 Special

The full episode is available tomorrow 7am on @Chude on YouTube and on withChude.com. 

It’s the first of our special series celebrating 25 years of democracy in Nigeria. 

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