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Don Jay: Nigeria’s fast rising music boss, set to take industry by storm

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Nigerian born Jerry Obidike (Don Jay), CEO of Exucia Records, a subsidiary of Exucia Global Services is setting the pace for the next generation of Nigeria musical greats, with a list of 7 strong musical talents currently burning the candles fat various top studios across the globe for what is expected to be explosive musical outputs, this young man with great eyes for exceptional talents, has developed a platform  that is serving as the  breeding ground for occupiers of tomorrow’s music space.

Don Jay is an upwardly mobile astute business icon from the South Eastern part of Nigeria, a thorough bred, multi skilled philanthropist who had demonstrated quite impressive level of success in various business development and management activities in and outside the shores of Nigeria.


He established Exucia Records out of passion and love for music and entertainment , Exucia Records was established as a subsidiary company with the aim of creating awareness of self  consciousness, while  discovering  and  grooming talents in music, arts and entertainment as a foothold for a successful career.


In a recent chat with our correspondent, the youthful music boss has this to say about the journey so far with Exucia “We set out with  Exucia Records in the year 2020 and so far we have worked with some artistes within and outside the shores of Nigeria,  the likes of;


1: Obdyk with album title So long,Way and Stay produced by Ibrahood.


2: Single by ARKNITE, titled African Boy.


3: Single by Exucia (by me), titled I am somebody produced by Ibrahood .


4: Single by Black Aubine, titled Cherie trover produced by Ibrahood”


This graduate of Entrepreneurial Studies from the University of Johannesburg, South Africa , shared a sneak peep into his educational background and his vision for the entertainment industry with Exucia .


 “My educational background is quite interesting, being that I  was opportuned to attend  schools in virtually all the states with major tribes in Nigeria, hence I can call my self a Wazobian.


I also enrolled in professional courses on business development, management  and also went through practical business apprenticeship. And  am currently an international student. 


Our vision for Exucia Records , is to engage and aid more youths in discovering their purpose and expressing their musical talents across the globes and for us to be recognized in the local and international industry.


We also ensure that we don’t only encourage their talent development and promotions but we also breed a responsible generation of youths that must affect society positively (music or not), this is aimed at ensuring that when they attain stardom through their expected hit tracks, as role models, they will become great positive influences to the mass of Nigerian youths who will look up to them.


For his role models in the industry, he has this to say.


” I have enormous respect for Jay Z, I admire Don Jazzy, Banky W, DMW and some other great managers and talents holding it down in Nigeria for, big ups for them all, we are coming.God willing, we shall succeed”

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KCCN deepen Efforts To Impact More Nigerians Through Cooking

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By Joel Ajayi


Empowerment and training of human beings, no doubt, remain the backbone of any development in the world.

Selected members of the Association of Professional Chefs in Nigeria (APCN at the KCCN, Korean Cultural Centre Nigeria during the Chuseok cooking class, On Tuesday in Abuja.


This is the story of the Korean Cultural Centre Nigeria, KCCN, which over the years, increased efforts to ensure that many Nigerians are empowered through different endeavours in life.
The Centre has given thousands of Nigerians leverage in arts, culture, entertainment, language education, creativity, and sports, and recently added another sector, which is cooking class.


AljazirahNigeria reports that KCCN was established in 2010 in Nigeria’s Capital Territory, Abuja, to enhance friendship, bilateral relations, and understanding between Korea and Nigeria through cultural and educational programs, and today, the Centre is making thoughtful progress.


On Tuesday in the FCT, another batch of selected members of the Association of Professional Chefs in Nigeria, APCN, were on the ground to learn more about Korean cuisine, and how to prepare two of the country’s most popular dishes.


Indeed, it was another great experience for Nigerian chefs who chose cooking as their career, as they had more knowledge about continental dishes – the Korean food that is believed will go a long way to promote and advance them in the inter-continental dishes know-how.
Two of the first dishes they cooked were Spicy Braised Chicken and Com Cheese.


In his remarks, shortly after the demonstration of the Chuseok cooking class, the representative of the Director of KCCN, Manager of Cultural Content, Bae Sung Jin, said the essence of the cooking class is to sensitize many Nigerian people about Korean food and to give opportunity to some who want to choose Korean food.


“We are doing a lot of classes in Nigeria, not only cooking classes, but we also have K-POP Dance, Taekwondo, and language classes, among others.


“There is no Korean restaurant in Abuja, and Abuja is technically the capital of Africa, people want to try Korean food. That is what gave birth to this cooking class, to introduce our foods to the Nigerian people as well as empower them.


“We are trying to reach out to many Nigerians, which is why we choose members of the Association of Professional Chefs in Nigeria, and without a doubt, I do believe it will have an impact on their lives,” he said.


A staff of KCCN, Sharon Pwavi-Babale, said that it is the continuation of the effort of the Centre to expose Nigerians to Korean foods.


“The reason, if noticed, Asian food which is popular in Nigeria is Chinese food and KCCN saw it as an opportunity, being the fact that a large number of people watch Korean movies, many Nigerians see Korean food through movies and desire to eat it.


“So, we ensure the cooking class is put in place as a means of introducing Nigerians to Korean dishes’ method of cooking and its richness,” she said.


However, Chuseok translates to autumn eve and is, at its core, a harvest moon festival nodding back to Korea’s traditional agrarian roots where traditional foods make their way onto every family’s table, and the infamous bumper-to-bumper traffic that plagues the country’s major roads in the lead-up to the long holiday, as people make the pilgrimage back to their hometowns to honour familiar ancestors.

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