The nominees list for Nigeria Music Video Awards (NMVA) 2010 was released earlier this week and it shows a fair distribution of nominations spread across 24 categories.

It began with a cocktail-mixing contest between renown bartenders . In 2008, it evolved to a battle among some of the country’s finest DJs, and in 2009, it advanced to a live music contest between five of Nigeria’s fastest rising urban music artistes.

Ibiyemi Ajakaiye is a hearty Soul singer and songwriter who hails from Umorkpa in Kogi state. She discovered her singing talent at a young age but was so shy she insisted on singing backstage in her early years. From joining the church choir and then a band, her confidence built. Today, she’s a recording and performing Soul artiste, writes Lolade Sowoolu.

In what observers dubbed ‘baby food wahala’, Pero Adeniyi, the celebrated mother to three of the children born to Nigeria’s musical ambassador and multiple awards wining act Tu Face when she reportedly threw caution to the wind and physically attacked and implicated Nigeria’s brand ambassador.

It’s October and the last quarter albums are rolling in fast. It’s the debutantes versus the old timers.
Goldie set the ball rolling last Wednesday in Ikeja, Lagos when she officially debuted with her 15-track collection including the super hit- ‘You know it’ which is famous for the ‘mo le gbo ko lowo e’ hook