Couple of months back, the news of Bunmi Akinleye who was diagnosed with Cancer of the Bone Marrow broke as there were series of campaign from friends asking people to rally round her for financial support.

Okoro Uwale a.k.a Essence started her singing career at a very tender age, but went professional at age 18. The Itsekiri, Delta State-born singer, graduated from Delta State University (DELSU), Abraka, where she studied Theatre Arts. After secondary school education, Essence joined her Church choir. Before she released her debut album, she had backed up artistes such as Kingsley Ike, Paul Play Dairo, Kenny St Brown and others.

Afro Beat, the genre of music that Fela Anukulapo-Kuti invented and promoted to international renown, has enjoyed increasing global acceptance even after the demise of Fela in recent times.

Chief Kessington Adebutu is a social face that not only add panache to the guest list at social events he is actually a formidable persona that could raise the standard of any event to that very A-list classification.

After sharing laurels as joint winners at the Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) for Best
Actress Award with Jackie Appiah and Naa Ashorkor Doku, last year, controversy trailed
the award back in Ghana.

Winner of the first season of the Nigerian Idol Yeka Onka and the first runner-up Naomi Mac begin their journey into celebrity lifestyle in a grand way as Pepsi, the official beverage of the just concluded Nigerian Idol reality TV show has ensured that the by sponsoring them to an all expense paid weekend trip to the rainbow country of South Africa.

Baby face actor Desmond Elliot is currently adorning the silver screen across the continent, as part of a DStv campaign strategy to promote the pay-television’s latest High Definition PVR decoder.

Wondering where the G.Pikin Project crooner has been ‘hiding’ lately? Don’t wonder far as Showtime investigation reveals that the fast-growing pot bellied comedian/ musician is in far away United States of America on a comedy tour.

Nigerian born Hollywood actor,Hakeem Kae-Kazim who played the lead character in the controversial film, “Black Gold: Struggle For The Niger Delta” produced by Jeta Amata and also “Inale”, a debut production of the music maestro Bongos Ikwue is not pleased with the way and manner some aggrieved groups in the Niger Delta are going about the production of the movie.

Top Yoruba actors,producers and marketers under the aegis of the Yoruba Film and Video Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria, YFVPMAN, recently invaded the den of the kingpin of video piracy in Lagos, carting away millions of pirated copies of released and yet to be released Yoruba Movies.

M-Net recently revealed the eye and name of it’s yet to be launched season of its popular Big Brother reality show.

Top Yoruba actors, producers and marketers under the aegis of the Yoruba Film and Video Producers and Marketers Association of Nigeria, YFVPMAN, recently invaded the den of the kingpin of video piracy in Lagos, carting away millions of pirated copies of released and yet to be released Yoruba Movies.

The award-winning Stella Damasus, Omoni Oboli and Desmond Elliot will on Thursday ,April 14, 2011, be putting their cinematic strength to test as ‘Bent Arrows’ the much publicized movie they co- starred premieres at the Silverbird Galleria in Lagos.

Nigerian born Hollywood actor, Hakeem Kae-Kazim who played the lead character in the controversial film, “Black Gold: Struggle For The Niger Delta” produced by Jeta Amata and also “Inale”, a debut production of the music maestro Bongos Ikwue is not pleased with the way and manner some aggrieved groups in the Niger Delta are going about the production of the movie.

The audience were electrified after Timi Dakolo performed Heaven Please, a track off his soon-to-be-released debut album titled Beautiful Noise – his much anticipated debut.