Celebrities of different shields who dressed to kill adorned the red carpet, as they posed for shots, hugging and exchanging pleasantries at random. Actress Ini Edo-Ehiagwina was the reason for the gathering last Friday when she premiered her much awaited first movie, “Memories of My Heart’ at a hangout in the highbrow Ikoyi, Lagos

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.

For the first time since their emergence on the music scene, King Sunny Ade and his acclaimed Juju music rival, Evangelist Ebenezer have revealed how they fooled their numerous fans into believing that they were sworn enemies.

When I first came across the mouth to mouth picture, I was sure it had been photoshopped. But seeing the rest of the collection, my indifference turned to concern. Now, I am made to understand that the pictures were purposely conceived and painstakingly achieved in a professional photo shoot that should portray the subjects’ intention. And what would that (the intention) be? Simple, to sell a magazine!