The disco light and other special lighting apparatus made the ambience an electrifying sight last Saturday night when the big names in Nigerian music stormed OceanView Water Front Garden at Victoria Island in Lagos for Coca-Cola FWC 2010 VIP celebration concert.

‘A prophet has no honour in his own land’ is perhaps the appropriate quote that summarizes the story of gospel rap queen, Bouqui. Between stepping into the commercial rap game in 2005 with chart topping Mo le jo and discovering gospel or ministry, like she puts it, to be her main stay, the ‘Radical Act of Praise (RAP) progenitor has refused to take a break.

The 2009 edition of the Nigeria Music Video Awards may have come and gone, but it does not seem like fading any time soon. Callivision Network, organizers of the event, and Mnet have concluded plans to broadcast a complete package of the show which is still being talked of as one of the most successful awards in that year.

After taking his brand of comedy to greater heights with his performance at 02 Arena in London, comedian, Basket Mouth was in Ghana and Kenya where he confirmed his rating as one of Nigeria ’s biggest comedy export.

Wazobia Awards, a unique and origina Naija Awards is set to rock the Nigerian entertainment industry come October, 2010.

After surviving a terrible accident involving a truck on Wednesday, which left him unconscious, rapper Da Grin has been hospitalised and operated upon at a Lagos hospital.

The stage is set for the crowning of the next African best actor and actress of the year as the brightest and best in movies across the continent gather in the capital city of Yenagoa, Bayelsa State for this year’s edition of the African Movie Academy Awards(AMAA).

Erstwhile president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN)), Mr. Ejike Asiegbu, last Thursday evening at the celebrity hangout, O’Jez, in Surulere, put up a show that was not only belittling as far as his personality and career was concerned. Movie watchers at the venue said it was a deliberate show of shame to stardom.

Ernest Obi is the current Lagos State Chairman of the Actors Guild of Nigeria. He was the man in the eyes of the storm when the dust was raised about the eligibility of Segun Arinze to contest the presidency of the association.

A seasoned actor cum director, Obi has come a long way. In this interview with Benjamin Njoku and Bridget Amaraegbu, he takes a look at Nollywood and more. Enjoy.

Old school musicians seem ready to take over from the new generation act as Gowee Mozee, who’s last produced worked was released in 1995, returns with a bomb. His last recorded effort titled Solve My Problem was produced under Ivory Music in 1995.

The Nigerian music industry has once again proved to be a major force to reckon with as one of its products, P-Square, emerged African Artiste of The Year at KORA All Africa Music Awards held at Ouagadougou, Burkina-Faso, on Easter Sunday, 4 April, 2010.

What’s happening in AGN?
A lot of things are happening. But one thing is that when we leave what we are supposed to do as professionals and begin to chase shadows, it doesn’t augur well for the guild. All that has happened in the guild in recent times is constant power tussle and crisis. That doesn’t augur well for the guild as well. In this business, if we don’t take ourselves seriously, nobody will take us seriously. Now, when we came into office, our plans were to stablise the guild in spite of all that had happened.

After six years of  standing trial  following a legal action instituted against her by the National Films and Video Censors Board for illegally exhibiting  her films without obtaining a censorship certificate issued by the regulatory body, Apostle Helen Ukpabio has been left off the hook. The multi-talented movie producer, writer and minister of God celebrated […]

When Onyeka Onwenu, the lady Nigerians have come to know musically as the elegant stallion sang, If You Love Me, You Go Wait for. Me, in that musical marriage she had with the legendary juju musician, King Sunny Ade, little did she know she’d end up one day, keeping her fans in limbo.

The world is full of  mysteries. All testifying to the creator’s unfathomable creativity. We have read about the Barmuda Triangle,  a spot around the Caribbean where airplanes which try to fly over a particular area disappear without a trace. Back home in Nigeria, there are mysteries too, and De-Pub Night Club is where you can […]