Co-written with the Garden City's finest music team The Music Militants, the brand new single “Go Hard” from fast-rising Nigerian singer and songwriter UFOMA was recorded in June 2011 with ace producers Nyenwe 'Xuzia' Sam-Woruka and Bralou! This is a song of resolve and resilience, calling out to its listeners not to give up on their dreams and to win against all odds. The power in Ufoma’s vocals and the richness of the lyrical content is just what you need to get you up and going in your life! This song is NOW available for FREE download so PRESS PLAY and get ready to GO HARD!!!
The song itself – a great showcase of Ufoma’s vocal dexterities and songwriting abilities – is beautifully laced with catchy keyboard arrangements, heavy guitar strings and lush drum kicks which give the song a very distinct Pop-Rock feel upon which Ufoma shines brilliantly. Fans and listeners of good music
GREY - is made up of Joke Ladoja and Obi Obioha a duo who combine their love for classic wearable designs with a passion for vibrant invigorating colors. Rukky Ladoja has been designing for over 5 years. She has attended fashion courses at a number of design schools in the UK.The team decided to start Grey as they saw an absence in the provision of quality, yet affordable womenswear made and retailed in Nigeria. They design Ready To Wear clothing for work, weekends, and a small offering for formal events.
SUNNY ROSE
SUNNYROSE - Maureen Okogwu Ikokwu’s accessory brand Sunny Rose has consistently produced handbags delicately crafted from top of the range luxury materials since the brand’s launch in 2006. Maureen discovered her passion for accessories as a child while rummaging through her mother’s wardrobe
Her sex-tape was longer than her Marriage.. The date of separation is listed as today, Oct. 31, 2011. Kim wants Kris to foot his own lawyers' fees and she'll pay hers. And, she wants the court to reject any move by Kris to get spousal support. Its sad she's filing for a divorce The couple was married on August 20 in a lavish ceremony in Montecito, CA. It was reported that the wedding cost as much as $10 million
Kelechi Odu - is a Nigerian designer and an Architect. He was inspired by his mother, he started his fashion house in 2001. Here are some of his collections:
African born rap artist Dampte last night opened the official MTV EMA week kicking off the events leading up to the MTV EMA award ceremonies on November 6th , 2011 Performing with Dampte was Cold Juice (CJ). Both artists are signed to Bugatti Music Group. The event was held at the Oh Yeah Music Centre in with a live audience.
Dampte has also been listed to perform at the MTV EMA party on November 4th 2011 at Scratch Night Club and the MTV EMA after-party at the Box (Belfast) Odyssey arena, venue of the Awards Ceremony, hosted by Tim Westwood, the UK’s most sought after DJ/Presenter.
The2011 Zulu African Film Academy Awards took place on the 21st of October, 2011 in London. The big winners for the night were Olu Jacobs, Emem Isong, Ini Edo, Femi Fadeyi, Kenneth Okonkwo, Genevieve Nnaji and others. Here is the winners list
According to the Guiness Book of World Records. The Pulp Fiction star's earnings is believed to hit astonishing $7.42 billion. Last year alone, the Hollywood actor filmed six movies, four in 2011 and is already cast for three movies due out in 2012. He has starred in over 100 movies.
Adedeji Layade also known as X-TEE just released his new single 'Mo re ke' featuring Ex-O which describes a scenario of where someone is waiting to blow up people's mind with music and style. X-tee is currently under NASH Entertainment. Listen to his new single here and Enjoy it!!! Mo re ke
After extensively touring as a member of the award winning contemporary gospel collective GK REAL, LánreBritish singer/songwriter of Nigerian heritage embarks on her own personal musical journey with her acoustic guitar.
Lánre has spent the past eighteen months playing her songs in cafés, bars and various charity events all over London. She was one of the eleven UK singers and songwriters selected to be part of the Prezzo live tour; performing at various UK restaurants of the Italian chain. Her music can be best described as acoustic soul with influences from her Nigerian heritage of storytelling and folk music along with her background in gospel music.
Lánre has taken her Singing for Change acoustic tour to various venues and events like the Greenbelt Festival, Edinburgh Fringe Festival on the Royal Mile and Toronto Canada.
It was another dramatic eviction on Sunday 30th October, Oni was eliminated, leaving just four contestants standing for the Glo Naija Sings ultimate prize.
Following last week's Afrobeat performances, the votes resulted in Christian and Mattade being sent to the safe seats, closely followed by Tee Songz.
This left the only two girls left in the competition, Vicky and Oni, on stage. Unfortunately for Oni, her time on Glo Naija Sings came to an end and she reverted to being a member of the studio audience. The four remaining in the house are Mattade, Vicky, Teesongz and Christian. Who do you think will win this year's GLO Naija Sings edition?
The 2011 Transformation summit is the annual summit of YGC Africa. This year's summit is themed "DARE TO ASPIRE" and it will feature some of the finest personalities Africa has to offer, people that have gone beyond limitations to become world class people of Impact.
It will feature a Red carpet session, Entertainment, Inspiring Speeches from top rate motivational speakers and Strategic mentoring and networking sessions in ICT, Media & arts and Business with Highly achieving Africans.
Some of the speakers and facilitators at this year’s transformation summit include:
-The Jobberman.com trio
-Lola MASHA (Business Development Manager, Google)
-Deolu AKINYEMI (Managing Director, Avenues to Wealth)
-Ruke AMATA (Celebrity Film producer and director)
-Chude JIDEONWO (Managing Partner, RED Media)
Real names Micah Aruocha also known by his listeners on radio as MC Icewater is now a Father. He and his wife welcomed a beautiful baby girl yesterday. Congratulations Mc Ice...
The season of Project Fame Season recorded its first eviction as the Kaduna fine boy Kamar and Joe became the first evictees of the show. Performance of the night kicked off with contestants on probation in the previous week where the contestants performed the song that put them on probation.
Aziga, Kamar, Joe, Zaliha, Emmanuel and Ethel emerged victims of probation and also in a singing battle to leave escape eviction. They all stepped on stage to re perform the songs that put them on probation. First to perform for the night was Aziga has he performed Marvin Gaye's 'Let's get it on'. His performance for the night was a lot better and the faculty worked on him to bring the best out of him.
As we all know, YQ is the voice behind hits like Dresscode (with Naeto C), I Like Girls, Efimile (with DaGrin), Oyoyo (with 2-Shotz), Duro (with Naeto C), Turn By Turn (with Kel), Area (with M.I) and so many others I can’t list for the sake of brevity.
After putting out his debut album “I Am YQ” over a year ago, and following it up with a series of tours, including a recent tour of the United Kingdom, YQ and his record label 2Koncept Entertainment have decided it’s time to get back on the charts with new releases.
The MTN Lagos Fashion Design Week started on Wednesday 24th October 2011 and over 30 Exhibitors and Fashion Designers participated in this year event. Fashion Designers like I AM ISIGO by BUBU, ORANGE COUTURE by ADEBAYO OKE-LAWAL, VEECEE, VINTAGE, ANITA QUANSHA Jewelery, HOUSE OF TARA, TT DALK DESIGNS, SLEEK STUDIO, NATURES GENTLE TOUCH, MANNA LONDON and many more. Here are pictures from the Day 2 Exhibition ... Enjoy!!!
After successfully kicking off the campaign to commemorate the 25th World Breast Cancer awareness month with the ‘Pink Kitchen’ initiative, PINK Pearl Foundation continued its activities with the Pink Ride; an initiative that involved riding bicycles between two states in just two days, 18th and 19th October.
Pink Ride involved members of the Lifestyle Cycling Club, bringing together over sixty cyclers drawn from all over the country to ride from Asaba in Delta State to Benin City in Edo State. They rode through Isele-Uku and Umunede to Benin and from Benin through Oghara and Sapele to Warri.
Born Francisca Owumi, stage named Cisca is a multi-talented person who's been into TV presenting, writing, supporting NGOs, Fashion Designing and now wants to take her childhood passion of music more seriously.
Her dynamic personality could be from her selection of musicians she models after. Her kind of music is Pop and for her primary audience who are nigerians she wants them to be able to relate to her music. She has two singles now 'Gbadun you' and The Diva ft Little Mist'.
She has come to make a difference in the Nigeria Industry. She is coming out with her own style of music.
She has a lot of Talents that includes Acting, Fashion, TV presenting, Music and she also has a passion for the youth.
Currently she is under no record label and she is working big time to come out with a lot of singles with a number of them already.
She is back with a bang!!!!
Samsmooth is back again with a bang! We introduced him to you a while back with his freestyle ( Figure 8). Now He goes in on 123 Remix and totally murders this joint with sick lines and crazy metaphors.His official Single ' Gba Ju Mo' is going to be dropping really soon too. Follow him on twitter @Samsmooth
The 2011 nominees list for the Nigeria Music Video Awards NMVA, Nigeria’s first music video awards is finally out. Topping the list this year is Darey and J’odie with four nominations each and followed closely by Goldie and Freestyle with three nominations. Other great contenders are Omawumi, Sammie Okposo, Dipp, T.I.V and Tipsy who all have two nominations .
For the first time since its inception, NMVA has included Best Southern Africa Video and Best Western Africa Video as new categories in this year’s award.
Aside recognizing new artistes who are doing extremely well in their chosen careers, the awards is also recognizing the efforts of incredible new music video directors. Nominated alongside Clarence Peters this year in the Best Cinematography category are Nodash and Tokah for their ingenious directing on No Be Dada and Kuchi Kuchi respectively. They were also nominated alongside Patrick Elis in the Most Promising Video Director category. The NMVA has established that artistes and video directors as well as producers can share
Director, Cinematographer, Editor and Writer Kunle 'Nodash' Adejuyigbe has been crowned the best Editor for 2011 at the recently concluded IN Short International Film festival in Lagos, done in collaboration with Goethe Institute.
He emerged winner at the Best Editing category for the movie THE YOUNG SMOKER directed by MNET's Tinsel director - Tope Oshin Ogun (who also won the audience choice award), written by Tinsel creator -Yinka Ogun, Nodash shot and edited the short movie.
The festival themed 'Good Thinking, Good movies' took place on Saturday, October 15th at the Silverbird Galleria Atrium.Winner of the audience choice prize, Tope Oshin Ogun will go for professional training in Germany sponsored by the Goethe institute. Nodash who, until now, was better known as a music video director, has made a mark in the music industry for his consistently unusual approach to music videos as evidenced by such videos as Sabina's Gidigba, Anis Halloway's 'We nor Wan That' et al.
Palava Injection With Lolo And Igos Of Wazobia Fm will hold on the 6th Of November 2011 @ Golden Tulip Hotel Festac Town from 4pm
Artistes to perform : J-Martins, Ice Prince, Bracket, Tiwa Savage, Sound Sultan, Maheeda,
Solidstar, Olamide, Faze, W4, African China, Harry Song,Kcee,
Vector,Lkt,Dj Xclusive, Lamboginny, Kennis Music All Stars Ans Many More
Comedians: Yaw, Gbenga Adeyinka 1st, Bovi, Koffi, Mc Abbey, Funny Bone,
Emeka Smith, D'lectura, Crazylegs, Seyi Law, Guvnor And Lots More
Jerrilyn Mulbah is distinguished by her diminutive stature, her carriage and her story. Jerrilyn is a girl who has chosen to live above the wreck of the war and is, against all odds, striding towards stardom and a successful music career.
Former West African Idol contestant, Jerrilyn Mulbah is getting ready to release her debut album this year almost four years after her first public appearance in 2007. Her road to fame began with her singing a tribute song to her late mother at the auditions of the first west African Idols competition and her greatest wish is to embody the African woman through her music and honor the memory of her late mum by helping others.
Artistes Chidinma, Goldie, 9ice, Mike, WizKid, Olamide, KSB, D’Prince, Sir Shina Peters and Ayuba were star performers at the MTN’s power of 10 Concert held in Lagos (Harbor Point) and Ibadan (Jogor Centre)
The Power of 10 performance train started in Makurdi on September 9, and has since been to cities like Enugu, Calabar, Abuja, Ilorin, Owerri, Benin and Port Harcourt. The Power of 10 Party is a music celebration of MTN’s achievements and giant strides in the telecommunication sector as well as its impact on millions of Nigerians.
The 61 year old business woman, Mrs Folajogun Adesona is the winner of the Second Edition of the Supermom Reality TV Show. She is the proud owner of a furnished home in Lagos and other prizes. Mrs.Theresa Nwaohu who won a brand new car and Mrs. Bessy Egbonbamwonyi won the cash prize of N500,000 whose stories were very emotional and interesting emerged first and second runners-up.
Nollywood Diva and Onga Seasoning Ambassador, Kate Henshaw-Nuttal who announced the winners
All is now set for the final leg of Hennessy Artistry 2011 VIP Night holding at Rehab Night Club in Lagos this weekend.The initiative which has been talk of the town for several weeks now has planted itself firmly in the hearts of millions of music fans and entertainment enthusiasts across the country.
With a combination of different genres and styles, the globally celebrated musical platform pushes the envelope as far as experimental collaborations are concerned. Hennessy Artistry combines contemporary, hip and inspirational music from around the world presenting a platform for consumers to enjoy this fine art of blending while savoring the best possible cognac experience in the world.
Artistes Chidinma, Goldie, 9ice, Mike, WizKid, Olamide, KSB, D’Prince, Sir Shina Peters and Ayuba were star performers at the MTN’s power of 10 Concert held in Lagos (Harbor Point) and Ibadan (Jogor Centre)
The Power of 10 performance train started in Makurdi on September 9, and has since been to cities like Enugu, Calabar, Abuja, Ilorin, Owerri, Benin and Port Harcourt. The Power of 10 Party is a music celebration of MTN’s achievements and giant strides in the telecommunication sector as well as its impact on millions of Nigerians.
Ugochukwu Nwaokobia Oluwadamilare popularly known as UGO hails from Delta State. He is a professional guitarist and was formerly a back up singer for some top Nigerian artist like Ego, Djinee,MI and others.
He also worked as an Online Publicist for MI in 2010 and moved on to work on Waje's management team as her PA. UGO recently put all that aside to focus on his career and he featured Ice Prince on his first official single 'Walankolombo" Amazing Music you say.. It was produced by Tobi Ojeniyi 'Liciouscrackitt'
Where do I start from? He has so many profiles but I decided to put this up so you will understand who I'm talking about. Mr. Simdul Shagaya is the Founder/CEO of DealDey Nigeria and E-Motion Advertising Limited. He has over 11 years experience in New Media and Investment Banking and he has also worked with leaders such as MicroStrategy, Lucent Technologies and Real Networks.
He has also served as the Africa lead for the search and internet advertising leader – Google Inc. He was the West African Principal for Rand Merchant Bank. Mr. Simdul Shagaya is a graduate of George Washington University, Dartmouth College and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Having this short interview with him was a big privilege and I decided to you know, take up the courage to do this and I'm glad I did it. Everything you need to know about DealDey Services is in this interview. Enjoy reading this... Tell us what DEALDEY is all about?
Dealdey is a Nigeria Lifestyle website for people to know what to buy like a pair of shoe, a fragrance or a dinner at a restaurant. In that sense, its not a website but a daily lifestyle website for Nigerians to shop online It's almost like Vogue or G Q Market so everyday we are offering you something different.
MTN Lagos Fashion and Design Week (LFDW) will be holding on October 26 2011 in Lagos, Nigeria. The 4-day event will see the Eko Hotel Expo Centre transformed into a hub for the brightest stars in Nigerian fashion and design, through to October 29 2011. The MTN LFDW is a bold advance for the Nigerian fashion industry in its strive for global recognition. By providing a world-class platform for designers to showcase their work to their target audience, the MTN LFDW aims to promote the business of fashion in Nigeria and to nurture emerging talent.
Factory78tv was live on the red carpet for the just concluded 2011 annual Beffta awards ceremony held at The LightHouse centre Camberwell London. The glamorous affair was attended by some of the UK's most celebrated Afro-Caribbean personalities in the entertainment ( music, film, fashion and art) industry. Watch Factory78tv's highlights of the red carpet coverage right here.
UNAIDS will use crowdsourcing technologies and social media platforms to engage young people in developing AIDS policy.
GENEVA, 25 October 2011—The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is launching CrowdOutAIDS.org, an online collaborative project to crowdsource its new strategy on youth and HIV—a first in the UN system.
Crowdsourcing is a technique used to rapidly engage large numbers of interested people to develop strategies, solve problems or propose relevant and fresh ideas. With around 3000 young people aged 15-24 becoming infected with HIV daily, leveraging new modes of communication and online collaboration with young people is essential for an effective response to HIV.
TEAMMASTERS SPELLING BEE presents her first Trans – National Spelling Bee Competition
tagged “SHARE THE LIGHT”.
The competition is designed for students between the age of 7 and 17 (primary pupils, junior
and senior secondary students) from Nigeria, Benin Republic and Ghana, dedicated to support
the education of blind children in Nigeria.
Profile of Judges and Pronouncers
Participating schools nationwide
Spelling Challenges
Blind Students participation
Concert/Awards
The entire competition has been designed to accommodate over 25 states across Nigeria. There would be seven (7) sub zones across Nigeria. These zones would consist of different states. A sub zonal final would take place in each seven (7) sub zonal for winners to emerge. These winners would come to Lagos for the National Finals.
On October 14th and 15th 2011, the Muri Okunola Park in Victoria Island, Lagos was all about photography and over 150 large printed photo's of 41 international photographer were exhibited in the open air. The Lagos Photo theme was tagged “What’s Next Africa? -The Hidden Stories” and the aim is to use the power of photography to represent the hidden stories on the continent as opposed to the over represented, sensationalized, dramatic images on Africa popular across the globe. The Photo credits goes to Tope Adeboye
Below the jump are some of the exhibitors at this year's event
The fabulous 17 performed on Sunday to an expectant audience, and it was a grand performance! Several were outstanding and even the judges were on their feet to cheer them.
But some did not escape the probation net of the judges, these contestants include: Aziga (1), Emmanuel (3), Ethel (5), Joe (8), Kamar (9), and Zaliha (17).
Who will you like to save among these contestants?
To keep your favorite contestant(s) in the academy, text their unique number(s) to 306 from an MTN!
Fresh out of the studio, Slick P just Laced-up two singles guaranteed to rock your playlist beyond just another generic formula.'
Jaiye' the remix ft Kiss is a dance song with easy groove and style to it with a unique Lagos and London blend, while International Citizen featuring Ibiyemi which will be released as follow-up soon is a beautiful Chill and Enjoy song oozing class and global appeal. Join him on facebook -
http://www.facebook.com/Slickpmusic
Dineo Moeketsi and Banky W now confirmed to host the 2011 Channel O Music Video awards, brought to you in association with Hyundai, the event has all the makings of a superb night's entertainment.
The South African O-Access presenter and multi award-winning Nigerian artist are set to bring glamour and huge amounts of swagger to the event that is being broadcast LIVE from the Sandton Convention Center on Friday 11 November.
Of all the peaks during my time at Channel O, I never imagined this would come my way. I am honored, humbled, pleasantly surprised and ever so grateful to be hosting this year's Channel O Music Video Awards" says Dineo.
The competition is getting hotter by the hour and the quest to reach the highest height by the contestants is making GLO MNET Naija Sings more interesting. The competition so far has evicted Oluwakemi, Lynn and Vickiola leaving five contestants to battle with the prize.
With their exit, Glo naija sings is becoming more interesting as other contestants upped their performance to gain voters' confidence.
Here's the much-talked about "no budget" video. It's been positively reviewed by entertainment experts and celebs like Obis Asika, Liz Yemoja, DJ Abass,Uti Nwachukwu, Ajibade Gbenro Emmanuel, and FAB News.
Obi Asika commented "James, well done, ingenuity will always overcome and the video is not bad as well"
DJ Abass refereed to it as "inspiring" and encouraged his followers to check it out on Twitter.
Uti Nwachukwu's reaction was " wow" on his official Fan Page.
Who said what's in the past stays in the past. There are some things that can't just be forgotten, no matter how much you try. Sunny Ade's "Igbeyinloju" hit track from the 80s, is one of them.
Bouqui is no stranger to the music scene, dues well paid, foundation well laid, choices well made, she has chosen to inspire and motivate with her gift with two albums to her credit, B.O.U.Q.U.I; the self titled debut and Redefinition 2nd album).
The Headies 2011 formerly known as HipHopWorld award has come and gone but the memories will still linger on in the minds of many and this year edition was different and it was a break from the norm The event was hosted by Nollywood Diva Rita Dominic and Ace producer, songwriter and rapper Lanre Dabiri aka Eldee the Don. The event took place at the prestigious Eko Hotel and Suites on Saturday 22nd October, 2011 in Lagos, Nigeria.
Nigerian Music stars performed and rocked at the 2011 edition of The Headies. Great Performances from Waje and Muna (So Inspired) , MI ( African Rapper Number one), Omawumi (If you ask me) with special appearance by Ace Comedian Gbenga Adeyinka and Tomi of Tinsel, Sound Sultan Ninja Ninja
