Renowned highlife musician and folklorist Mike Ejeagha has died at the age of 95. He reportedly passed away on Friday evening at the 32 Garrison Hospital in Enugu after a prolonged illness. His son, Emma Ejeagha, confirmed the death, saying his father had battled health challenges for years. Born on April 4, 1930, in Imezi…
The Minister of Art, Culture, Tourism and Creative Economy, Barrister Hannatu Musa Musawa, has paid tribute to renowned highlife musician and folklorist, Mike Ejeagha, who passed away on Friday, June 6, 2025, at the age of 95. Musawa, in a statement released in Abuja on Saturday lauded Ejeagha’s contributions to Nigerian music and cultural preservation….
Mike Ejeagha is a folk musician popular among South-Easterners for his unique storytelling through music. Ejeagha has woven the cultural essence of the Igbo people into each of his songs. However, his music had long been relegated to the archives of Nigerian history, until an unexpected event changed the course as comedian Brain Jotter sampled…
Forty years after he introduced the world to his genre of music, highlife folklore, legendary highlife singer Mike Ejeagha, whose 1983 hit recently went viral thanks to skit maker Brain Jotter, is bountifully reaping the fruits of his labour. The Enugu State Government has inaugurated four newly constructed and reconstructed roads in Abakpa Nike, including…
