Goldbador Stephen, who has his stage name as Edge  is emerging as the new prodigy on the musical scene in Nigeria. The Bayelsa  born Edge who put up a stellar performance  at the recently concluded African Movie Academy Awards, both at the nomination party in Ghana and the main event at Yenogoa, has been described […]

The Knight House (Best Rap single, Best Collabo) Our nomination for the award is a big deal.. We’re grateful for the very big honour. Even if we don’t win, it’s still going to be a very big honour. We didn’t expect the nomination. This is our first nomination for the Hip-Hop Award. We’re sure that […]

Provision is made to accommodate and recognise younger artistes in the Fuji, Juju, Afro, Hip Hop and Gospel genres of music by giving out awards for an ‘Artistes of the Year’ in each genre. Apart from songs which will be rendered in tribute by the A-list new school artistes to amuse and celebrate the older ones, special appearance will be made by international songbird, Yvonne Chaka Chaka.

By Lolade Sowoolu and OpeOluwani Akintayo It’s two weeks to  D-day and nominees are intensifying their campaign for votes on popular social networking sites:  Facebook and Twitter. Organisers of the urbane music award in Nigeria, Smooth Productions, have disclosed that this year’s nominees party will take place in three cities across the country.

Some are even getting sponsorship from Ghanaian executive producers and marketers. I think we must blame our producers and directors who, in my view, have sold their birthrights to the Ghanaian marketers. Otherwise, there shouldn’t have been any basis for comparison between our actors and the Ghanaians’.

I will say women and children are my major fans. Any musician that doesn’t have women or children by his side is not a good musician – His music is not accepted. Children come around me a lot. I like women very well because my mother is a woman. But in terms of sleeping with women, I don’t indulge that much. I’m married and I have a kid. So I want the best for my family.

‘Move on, we must’, that’s the slogan that drives Yoruba rapper, Lord of Ajasa, at the moment. After suffering a deal gone sour with the marketer of his sophomore album, Tjoe, the rapper has refused to be deterred from releasing commercial music as he last week released 3rd Avenue- his third body of works.

He, in the presence of the police PRO, Supt Frank Mba, agreed upon negotiation to pay the sum of N 1,174, 000 for expenses and losses incurred by the botched show organisers. On the spot, he paid the N100, 000, he had brought along and gave his word to pay up the balance.

All roads lead to the nation’s number one celebrity hang out on Sunday, May 9 when Nigeria’s fast rising Yoruba music goddess, Oluyinka Ayanda, attempts to fulfill her life long dream of carving a niche for herself in the music hall of fame, as she formally launches her debut album, titled Teni N Teni

‘Sex and the City 2’, produced by Warners’ New Line unit, is coming to Lagos.
Starring Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda, the Fabulous Four, as the ladies are better known, takes another bite out of the Big Apple in the sequel to ‘Sex and the City’, the 2008 blockbuster.

The minister, flanked by her Minister of State, Mr. Labaran Maku, told guests and dignitaries at the event that the occasion offered a “golden opportunity to draw global attention to the efforts stakeholders in the Nigerian project are making to sustain a globally acceptable image.”

Nollywood producer, Charles Uche Ayika had longed for the day he would produce his own film. For this reason, he immersed himself into the background of Nollywood, learning the ropes. When he felt he had matured, he gathered top class actors including Jim Iyke, Monalisa Chinda, Alex Osifo Remi Ohajianya and a host of others to produce Arrows of Love directed by Uzee Madubuogwu which was released in two parts.

The head honcho of O.J Productions Limited, one of the leading film making and marketing outfits in Nollywood, Mr. Ojiofor Ezeanyaeche, has warned pirates to desist from feeding fat on his numerous works.

THE Actors Guild of Nigeria has raised an alarm over the influx of foreign actors into the country’s film industry, especially the Ghanaian actors, calling on Nigerian film makers and marketers alike to be cautious of this ugly development.

What I learnt in the film school, coupled with the experience I have acquired over the years, gave me that edge over every other film maker in Nigeria and Africa at large. But we can’t rule out the fact that being a son of Adeyemi Afolayan played a vital role in what I am today.