Tiwa Savage, El Mafrex, Wizkid snap up MOBO nominations

The MOBO Awards nominations launch held at London, with Ice Prince, Tiwa Savage, Wizkid, Seun Kuti, and El Mafrex snapping up nominations for the highly coveted award. Below is the full list of nominees…

El Mafrex loses out on MOBO Award, thanks supporters

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Nigerian born Scotland based gospeller, El Mafrex over the weekend lost out on the 2012 Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Awards where he was nominated in the category of ‘Best Gospel Act’. The University of Uyo graduate was nominated in the category alongside V9 Collective, Rachel Kerr, Ni-Cola and Ram1. It was Rachel Kerr who scooped the award. However, despite losing out on the award, he didn’t allow that to weigh him down as he has a message of thanks for those who supported him for the MOBO. Check out his message and the full list of winners after the cut….

MOBO Award nominee, El Mafrex hosted on The Connoisseur Show

El Mafrex, the first black man ever to win the Scottish New Music Award and a nominee for the forthcoming Music of Black Origin (MOBO) Award was on Sunday hosted on The Connoisseur Show. As it is the custom of the program, El Mafrex talked about his sojourn into the entertainment industry, his experience in Scotland, family and other interesting issues. The Connoisseur Show, which is a program off the stables of media conglomerate – Connoisseur Communications Nigeria (CCN) owned by Nigeria’s Youngest Editor Ifreke Nseowo airs every Sunday on Uniuyo Fm 100.7Mhz by 6pm. More pictures after the cut. 

El Mafrex: Story of the first black man ever to win a Scottish New Music Award

El Mafrex, popularly known as "da Gospel dancehall GURU" is a multi-talented award winning recording/performing artiste based in Scotland, United Kingdom. He started playing music since age seven, and went professional late 2000. He was born over two and half decades ago in Nigeria. He attended the prestigious Nigerian Military School - Zaria, where he developed further on his music skills by being one of the pioneer members of the School's fellowship praise band. He holds a B.Sc. degree in Physics, and a M.Sc. degree in Information Systems Development from Edinburgh Napier University, United Kingdom.