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Alingo, Ihe Neme nominated for Song of the Year

Tochi — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 12:29:10 +0000

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The City People Media Group has released nominees in different categories for the award ceremony. The glamorous event is billed to hold on Sunday July 14 2013 at the Haven Event centre, Ikeja Lagos .The City People Entertainment Awards has been the biggest showbiz event in Nigeria since its inception.

2013 CITY PEOPLE ENTERTAINMENT AWARDS

Ajemina releases new video ‘Felele’ featuring Iyanya

Dayo — Tue, 18 Jun 2013 10:18:09 +0000

By Citizens Platform

AJEMINA, Nigerian Afro-Pop rising star and Slick Mo Entertainment recording artist has unveiled the brand new music video for “Felele”, her debut single in which she featured Pop/R&B star Iyanya.

The video was shot and directed by Don P Films and Sixx for 135Sixx Filmworkx, and producd byDJ Klem with apperances from Orezi, 2Sec Twins, Chuddy K.

Watch the video

Music legend Fatai Rolling Dollar dies

Anu_Editor — Wed, 12 Jun 2013 13:44:55 +0000

By Citizens platform

Veteran musician Pa. Fatai Olayiwola Olagunju, popularly known as Fatai Rolling Dollar is dead.

The 86 year old musician passed away at a hospital in Lagos. He had reportedly suffered a lung infection few weeks ago.

Born July 22, 1926, to the family of late Chief Olagunju in Ede, Osun State, he started his musical career in 1953 and trained many professional musicians, including Evangelist Ebenezer Obey, late Dr. Orlando Owoh, and Bob Aladeniyi.

The ‘Won Kere Si Number Wa’ crooner was one of the pioneers of Juju music genre in Nigeria.

Omawumi, Genevieve, others nominated for the Nigerian Entertianment Awards

Dayo — Mon, 10 Jun 2013 10:58:40 +0000

by Citizens Platform

The Nigeria Entertainment Awards, NEA has released it nomination list for the 2013 edition of the annual awards.

Some of the artists, actors, media personalities who made it on the 33 category nomination list include Wizkid, Jaywon, Frank Edwards, Omawumi and Flavour, comedian Bovi, Uti Nwachukwu, Denrele, actor OC Ukeje, Genevieve Nnaji, amongst others.

Fans are encouraged to begin voting online from June 28th. The 8th edition of the Awards will take place 1st September 2013 in New York City, US.

Nickelodeon organizes short film competition for Nigerian kids

helvetica — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 13:58:46 +0000

By Citizens Platform

Nickelodeon, one of the world’s leading recognized entertainment brands for kids and families, has announced the first-ever global SpongeBob SquarePants-inspired short film competition, SpongeBob SquareShorts: Original Fan Tributes. SpongeBob fans and filmmakers of all ages in Nigeria and other parts of the world will create original, SpongeBob-inspired short films for a chance to win a cash prize and trip for four people to a screening event in Hollywood, California. The call for entries will run until Friday 28 June. Entries can be submitted in two categories (under 18 years of age, and 18 and over) to www.SpongeBobSquareShorts.com.

“SpongeBob is a global icon and beloved by people of all ages,” said Pam Kaufman, Chief Marketing Officer, Nickelodeon Group. “We’re excited to launch a competition that lets fans around the world create compelling short films that showcase the positivity and optimism that SpongeBob brings to audiences everywhere.”

Films submitted to the competition should be themed around SpongeBob, his world and/or his friends, while celebrating his endearing attributes: humour, overflowing happiness and persistent positivity. The short films can be live-action, animation, stop-motion, etc. and should run no longer than three (3) minutes. Videos will be judged on originality & creativity, incorporation of SpongeBob’s attributes, and overall appeal.

Following the entry period, a panel of judges will select finalists and the top 10 in each of the two categories will be announced on Thursday 18 July as finalists. From 18 July until 2 August, fans will have the chance to vote for their favourite of the finalists at www.SpongeBobSquareShorts.com. The winner from each category will be announced in August 2013. For additional details on the submission process and official rules, please visit www.SpongeBobSquareShorts.com.

To view the official SpongeBob Squarepants Shorts competition promo, please click here.

Durella confirms plan to move to D’banj’s label

Tochi — Thu, 06 Jun 2013 11:21:38 +0000

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Damilare Okulaja, popularly known as Durella, has dismissed reports that he has signed onto D’banj’s DB Records. However, the ‘King of the Zanga’ revealed that although he is still with Iconic Music, a move to DB Reocrds was imminent.

“I am still signed to Iconic Music but there’s a quest to move to DB Records. I want to pitch my tent in the international scene, that’s why we gave DB Records some consideration.

Speaking about why he has decided to make the switch, the artiste said: “I think it’s a platform for international advancement. I want Sony Records to take over the management of my music career.

“I also want international distribution for my works. D’banj is my friend; I am presently living in his house. We have not signed an official contract, but very soon, it will come to pass.”

The Most Beautiful Woman in the World 2013! Omowunmi Akinnifesi is STUNNING on the new cover of Y! Magazine.

Dayo — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 14:00:35 +0000

She’s back! And already, she is taking no prisoners. Omowunmi Akinnifesi, who was Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 2005, has just returned from a 2-year public break, armed with a Master’s degree from King’s College, London and already busy working on policy for the Lagos government.
And with beauty, and smarts, and the will to boot, the Y! magazine editors have presented her as their proud alternative to the international People magazine choice for World’s Most Beautiful Woman 2013, Iron Man actress Gwyneth Paltrow!
“The global pop-culture shock at the decision coupled with an already seething defensiveness about the audacity of deciding on the world’s most beautiful female from the comfort of the United Kingdom inspired us to take the challenge – who would we choose as the World’s Most Beautiful Woman?” the editor, Chude Jideonwo, said. “Omowunmi Akinnifesi who, incidentally took the Nigerian version of the title eight years ago, came into the country just right in time.”
The shoot is photographed by Kelechi Amadi-Obi, directed by managing editor Adebola Williams, styled by Ebun Aboderin, with the profile by Wilfried Okiche.
The magazine also includes incisive op-eds on life and country by some of the country’s best, the Y! list of the Most Influential in business and politics, and an exclusive sit-down with the Ekiti governor, Dr. Kayode Fayemi.
This is rounded up with the best in the culture – music, movies, television, places, literature, radio, and some stunning fashion. “With 30 pages of fashion, and entertainment, go ahead and call it a bouquet,” Jideonwo said.
Y! is available in stores and from vendors across the country. It is also available at all House of Tara Stores in Lagos, Abuja, Ilorin, Port-Harcourt, Benin, Kano, Ibadan and Kaduna and Y! campus representatives in 19 states. You can also pay for the magazine with your mobile phone and have it delivered to you at no extra charge.
Details and more information are available on www.ynaija.com/magazine or via Twitter on @YNaijaMagazine.

Obama eulogizes Achebe, describes him as a cultural ambassador

helvetica — Tue, 04 Jun 2013 06:28:59 +0000

By Citizens Platform

Late Nigerian literary icon, Prof. Chinua Achebe has been eulogized by United States President, Barack Obama and First Lady, Michelle Obama who described him as a “revolutionary author, educator, and cultural ambassador.”

This was contained in a letter addressed to the Achebe family by the couple and read by Dr. Joe Leonard Jr., Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights, US Department of Agriculture, at the Celebration of Life event for Chinua Achebe, last Sunday night, at the Andrew Mellon Auditorium, Washington, DC 20240.

According to the letter, the Obamas said: “Achebe shattered the conventions of literature and shaped the collective identity of Nigerians throughout the world. With a dream of taking on misperceptions of his homeland, he gave voice to perspectives that cultivated understanding and drew our world closer together. His legacy will endure in the hearts of all whose lives he touched with the everlasting power of his art.”

The event also featured an arts exhibition and tributes from public and private friends and dignitaries, cultural dance troupes, music, masquerades and tributes.

In addition, there was a theatrical production of a scene from Achebe’s Things Fall Apart, by a theatre group led by Professor Chuck Mike, who was previously based in Nigeria.

Sources say Mike reportedly had the audience laughing with his rendition of his experiences in Nigeria and the idiosyncratic tendency of Nigerians to respond with the phrase “we thank God” when asked a variety of questions in various scenarios.

Speakers at the event included the host, Johnnetta Cole, President Emeritus of Spelman and Bennet Colleges and now director of the Smithonian Museum of African Art; Ruth Simmons, former president of Brown University, Poets Sonia Sanchez, Micere Mugo and Simon Gikandi, Scott Moyers, president of Penguin, and Jules Chametzky, Professor Emeriti of Umass Amherst, where the late Achebe spent time in the 1970s and 80s.

Mavin Records Singer, Tiwa Savage drops Olorun Mi Video

Perkins — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 20:30:03 +0000

Music Video by Tiwa Savage “Olorun mi”
Directed by George Guise for Visionaire Pictures

Watch the video below:

Ketchup gets NEA nomination; set to release new single with Banky W

helvetica — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 13:58:32 +0000

By Citizens Platform

Fast rising Nigerian dancehall act, Ketchup was last week announced as one of the nominees for the 2013 Nigerian Entertainment Awards. The entertainer was nominated in the Best New act category alongside Burna Boy, Sean Tizzle, Seyi Shay, AjeButter 22 and Dammy Krane.

“I am excited about the nomination, it just means that all the work we have been putting in since I came back to Nigeria in 2011 isn’t in vain”, he says.

Last year, Ketchup hit the music industry with “Show me yuh Rozay”, the hit single that rapidly shot him to limelight. With one single rocking radio land, the streets, clubs, bars and TV, Ketchup says he’s grabbing 2013 with both arms, putting his best foot forward to make sure he records a spectacular outing this year. And already, he has two new materials on the way!

It is a few days to the release of the hugely anticipated singles, and there is no doubt that Ketchup is ready for the next step in his career “I’ve practically been living in the studios for months now’, says Ketchup, who is signed to Lagos-based label PoshHills Entertainment. ‘It’s been a period of mixed blessings–I’m glad I’m getting such amazing support for my career, and I’m humbled by the growth I’ve recorded since the release of “Show Me Yuh Rozay”

Ketchup’s new singles, Pay As you Go and Coco Banana featuring Banky W will hit the airwaves on Tuesday June 11, 2013