As the singer aims to shoot mid next month the video to ‘Lagos party’; another single already on radio from his coming album, the release of his much awaited sophomore album may be nearer than we envisage.

China, as he more fondly called by friends and fans, in a phone call, told this writer that although he was prepared for the news, he was actually surprised that, “My wife, who had gone for a mere ante-natal check up, was confined to bed by the doctor who insisted her time was due.”

When I arrived from Kaduna in a military uniform and immediately I started singing, people were happy and decided that I wouldn’t go back to the army.

He noted that “his works are felt in every nook and cranny of the world, Nigeria inclusive; and he has a large following in Nigeria, which is why we are planning to gather his fans and lovers of his music across Nigeria, so that we can celebrate him together”.

We need to show to the world that in this country copyright administration is a very important sector of the economy that will continue to yield good money for the nation

From this point, it was on to the launch of the TuFace Idibia Reach-Out Foundation , and Mr. John Ochigbo Elanu, co-ordinator of the Foundation, threw more light on the activities of the foundation, after which a beneficiary of the foundation Mr. Odey Adimanye, who has been confined to the use of a wheel-chair, after an auto accident a couple of years back lauded the foundation for taking care of his treatment thus far.

He said “ I am not just delving into event organizing. I have been organising shows as far back as 2004 when I did a show tagged Naija Representing at the (now defunct) Do It All Night Club. It had a number of Naija acts including the JJC and 419 Squad who came in from UK.

Olu Maintain has dropped a new single from his forth coming album, ‘With all due respect, press play’. The single, titled ‘What a man can do’ features Kentro World (Remember Karmakazee?).

Armed with a formal study of Classic music from the Musical Society of Nigeria (MUSON), Pascal Ejikeme is more than your average artiste.

BOTY ‘09 competition began with regional finals in Benin, Jos and Lagos several weeks ago. Nine groups made it through and joined last year’s winners ‘All Stars’, to slug it out for this year’s national finals. After the Show rounds, four made it to the semi final knock out stage.