{"id":15017,"date":"2024-11-07T14:38:47","date_gmt":"2024-11-07T14:38:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.news.naijatraffic.ng\/?p=15017"},"modified":"2024-11-07T14:38:47","modified_gmt":"2024-11-07T14:38:47","slug":"fiokee-biography-age-family-education-and-career","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/fiokee-biography-age-family-education-and-career\/","title":{"rendered":"Fiokee Biography: Age, Family, Education and Career"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Ifiok Effanga, better known as Fiokee, is a talented Nigerian guitarist renowned for his highlife guitar melodies and distinctive trebly solos.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>FACTS ABOUT FIOKEE<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>FULL NAME:<\/strong> Ifiok Effanga<\/li>\n<li><strong>DATE OF BIRTH:<\/strong> January 10, 1982<\/li>\n<li><strong>STATE OF ORIGIN:<\/strong> Akwa Ibom, Nigeria<\/li>\n<li><strong>NATIONALITY:<\/strong> Nigerian<\/li>\n<li><strong>OCCUPATIONS:<\/strong> Guitarist, Singer<\/li>\n<li><strong>LABELS:<\/strong> Fiokee Records<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<blockquote><p>EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Born on January 10, 1982, he has worked with prominent Nigerian musicians such as Tiwa Savage, Yemi Alade, and Patoranking.<\/p>\n<p>Fiokee studied at the Petroleum Training Institute in Effurun, Delta State.<\/p>\n<p>Hailing from Akwa Ibom State, he is the fourth of six siblings and discovered his passion for music early on while singing in a church choir, where he learned solfa notation.<\/p>\n<p>Despite facing financial difficulties, he began learning the guitar from a taxi driver.<\/p>\n<p>In 2003, he enrolled in Delta State to study mechanical engineering while honing his guitar skills through church performances.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>CAREER<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>In 2008, Fiokee gained recognition after winning a music competition called Star Quest with his group, Diamonds, which prompted his move to Lagos State.<\/p>\n<p>This victory led to collaborations on popular tracks like Simi&#8217;s &#8216;Simisola,&#8217; Flavour&#8217;s &#8216;Thankful,&#8217; and Patoranking&#8217;s &#8216;God Over Everything.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>In 2016, he founded his own record label, Fiokee Records, and released his debut album, &#8220;MAN,&#8221; on January 14, 2022, featuring various Nigerian artists.<\/p>\n<p>Since then, he has also collaborated with international musicians like Jean &amp; Alex.<\/p>\n<p>His latest single, &#8220;Fine Girl Today,&#8221; was released on August 9, 2024, further establishing his presence in the music industry.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>PERSONAL LIFE<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Fiokee is known for maintaining a private personal life, with little public information available about it.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ifiok Effanga, better known as Fiokee, is a talented Nigerian guitarist renowned for his highlife guitar melodies and distinctive trebly solos. FACTS ABOUT FIOKEE FULL NAME: Ifiok Effanga DATE OF BIRTH: January 10, 1982 STATE OF ORIGIN: Akwa Ibom, Nigeria NATIONALITY: Nigerian OCCUPATIONS: Guitarist, Singer LABELS: Fiokee Records EARLY LIFE AND EDUCATION Born on January [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":15019,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-15017","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-profiles-biographies"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15017","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=15017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/15017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/15019"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=15017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=15017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.naijatraffic.ng\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=15017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}