“It is music and dancing that makes me at peace with the world and at peace with myself.” These were the confessional words of Nelson Mandela which he made in 1999 after joining South African singer, Johnny Clegg – the “White Zulu”- on stage in France to express his deep love for music.

A singer, Akingbogun Gbemiro Tokunbo, a.k.a GT Da Guitarman is our guest in this edition of Celebrity Tummy Talk. The talented dude and graduate of Economics explains why he prefers amala and gbegiri soup to other delicacies while also advising Nigerians to avoid extravagance during this yuletide.

Hip Pop artiste, Princess Esindu, popularly known as PRYSE, is one of the fast growing rap artistes in the nation’s music industry. The Enugu State born artiste was in Benin City penultimate Sunday for the South South Music Award, as one of the nominees . Though she did not win, she displayed sparkling performance which thrilled the large crowd who came to witness the event. She has produced several albums and in this interview with First Person, she disclosed that her latest album ‘Niger Delta money’ will soon hit the air waves. She talks about her life and the music industry.Excerpts:

Despite being disowned by the family after the death of Sunny Okosun, Ethel Okosun and organisers of Exquisite Face of the Universe World Finals deemed it fit last week to honour the singer with a tribute performance at the grand finale of the pageant.

The busty On-Air- personality and ex-winner of the Big Brother Africa reality TV show, Karen Igho recently took to Twitter to reveal that she has been diagnosed with cancer disease .