My first challenge when I came into the industry was finance. I also had problem getting a good producer and director because they go a long way to affect your job. Perhaps my greatest challenge is how to be the best at what I do because we already have so many females in the industry.

Speaking on this year’s Democracy Day concert, Love Idoko, the CEO of Dream Pointers said, “We are doing our best in making sure that this year’s concert is a success story. Last year’s concert was great with an overwhelming crowd and star performances by A’ list artistes like Tu face, 9ice, Nkem Owoh, Desmond Eliot, Ramsey Nouah, Kefee; so, nothing lesser should be expected this year.”

As the remaining four celebrities continue to sharpen their arsenals in their bid to emerge the Ultimate  Celebrity in the maiden edition of the on_going Gulder Ultimate Search Celebrity Showdown, John Odafe Asiemo a.k.a Daddy Showkey says all odds are in his favour to emerge the winner.

After an impressive outing at this year’s inaugural edition of the Gulder Ultimate Search Celebrity showdown, Afro singer, Muma Gee, has immediately returned to her musical career.

Goldbador Stephen, who has his stage name as Edge  is emerging as the new prodigy on the musical scene in Nigeria. The Bayelsa  born Edge who put up a stellar performance  at the recently concluded African Movie Academy Awards, both at the nomination party in Ghana and the main event at Yenogoa, has been described […]

The Knight House (Best Rap single, Best Collabo) Our nomination for the award is a big deal.. We’re grateful for the very big honour. Even if we don’t win, it’s still going to be a very big honour. We didn’t expect the nomination. This is our first nomination for the Hip-Hop Award. We’re sure that […]

Provision is made to accommodate and recognise younger artistes in the Fuji, Juju, Afro, Hip Hop and Gospel genres of music by giving out awards for an ‘Artistes of the Year’ in each genre. Apart from songs which will be rendered in tribute by the A-list new school artistes to amuse and celebrate the older ones, special appearance will be made by international songbird, Yvonne Chaka Chaka.

By Lolade Sowoolu and OpeOluwani Akintayo It’s two weeks to  D-day and nominees are intensifying their campaign for votes on popular social networking sites:  Facebook and Twitter. Organisers of the urbane music award in Nigeria, Smooth Productions, have disclosed that this year’s nominees party will take place in three cities across the country.

Some are even getting sponsorship from Ghanaian executive producers and marketers. I think we must blame our producers and directors who, in my view, have sold their birthrights to the Ghanaian marketers. Otherwise, there shouldn’t have been any basis for comparison between our actors and the Ghanaians’.

I will say women and children are my major fans. Any musician that doesn’t have women or children by his side is not a good musician – His music is not accepted. Children come around me a lot. I like women very well because my mother is a woman. But in terms of sleeping with women, I don’t indulge that much. I’m married and I have a kid. So I want the best for my family.

‘Move on, we must’, that’s the slogan that drives Yoruba rapper, Lord of Ajasa, at the moment. After suffering a deal gone sour with the marketer of his sophomore album, Tjoe, the rapper has refused to be deterred from releasing commercial music as he last week released 3rd Avenue- his third body of works.

He, in the presence of the police PRO, Supt Frank Mba, agreed upon negotiation to pay the sum of N 1,174, 000 for expenses and losses incurred by the botched show organisers. On the spot, he paid the N100, 000, he had brought along and gave his word to pay up the balance.

All roads lead to the nation’s number one celebrity hang out on Sunday, May 9 when Nigeria’s fast rising Yoruba music goddess, Oluyinka Ayanda, attempts to fulfill her life long dream of carving a niche for herself in the music hall of fame, as she formally launches her debut album, titled Teni N Teni

‘Sex and the City 2’, produced by Warners’ New Line unit, is coming to Lagos.
Starring Carrie, Samantha, Charlotte and Miranda, the Fabulous Four, as the ladies are better known, takes another bite out of the Big Apple in the sequel to ‘Sex and the City’, the 2008 blockbuster.

The minister, flanked by her Minister of State, Mr. Labaran Maku, told guests and dignitaries at the event that the occasion offered a “golden opportunity to draw global attention to the efforts stakeholders in the Nigerian project are making to sustain a globally acceptable image.”