Education
He graduated in 2006 from the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, where he studied physics and majored in electronics.
He graduated in 2006 from the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, where he studied physics and majored in electronics.
He was nominated for Best Gospel Acting consecutively at the 2012 and 2013 editions of the (MOBO) Music of Black Origin Awards. He released "That Manitoba from Galilee" in the first quarter of 2013, which debuted at no 49 on the iTunes United Kingdom Chart for Gospel and had over a million hits on YouTube in its first 6 months. On 30 September 2012, he was featured in the Sunday Mail.
He was born in Nigeria and educated at the Nigerian Military School in Zaria, Kaduna State.
In 2010, he obtained a masters degree in information-systems development from the Edinburgh Napier University. In 2001, El Mafrex started a boy band, Ministry Of Defense (Men of Destiny), and was the lead vocalist of the five-man group.
The band toured and played shows in Nigeria, especially in its south-south region before later expanding from a boy band to a family project The family project gave birth to the Destiny Kids and Ministry of Defence dancers.
While in the University of Uyo, he formed another boy band, Da Grooves, made up of Louis and GeePee.
Together they played gigs on campus and its environs. At the end of 2004, he left the band to start his own solo career, which he called the "el MAFREX" project He was voted Artiste of the year in 2005 by the SUG of University of Uyo, and his songs "Rhythm in the Air" and "Esio Mkpo" were played on radio and television stations in Nigeria.
On the 21st of December 2013, el Mafrex headlined the Sixth edition of the Akwa Ibom State Government Christmas Carol (9999 Carol SIngers) night with other International gospel Artistes like Israel Houghton, SouthAfrican Gospel Legend - Lionel Peterson and Nigerian Gospel acts like Frank Edwards, Aity Dennis, Freke" and Nathaniel Bassey.
He led a Reggae praise session in the Guinness book of world records listed event at the Uyo Township Stadium. STV interview In November 2012, he was interviewed by Scottish television news STV, where he talked about his music and recent MOBO Awards nomination.
Business interest El Mafrex has other interests besides music as he prepares to launch his own line of designers eyeglasses. He told The Scotsman that he had his own personal sunglasses customized specially for himself and has since received compliments from many people who are interested in acquiring them, which has propelled him towards the direction of having a line for his sunglasses.
The name of the line would be 3:16 derived from the Bible verse, John 3:16.
Awards and nominations.