Africa is set to enjoy another twist to entertainment in the
form of a new comic series, “New Born” which is authored by a Nigerian. The
comic features such characters as Iruna, Mbuze, Araali, Aguala, Yejida,
Chayoma, Oin, Zama, Maharge, and Soto.
The comic series is about an ancient great evil that sort to engulf the motherland and with it life itself. The ancients came together and created a solution to this celestial uprising, and they created the New Born spirits. Pure in heart and noble in the cause of regaining balance in the realms of existence, and they vanquished the evil threat and banished it to eternal darkness. Millenniums have passed and cursed Eons is set in motion to unleash terror once more.
Visuals from Robin Thirdfloor's single 'Starfish (Get'N
Faded) ' featuring Titen the Moor.The song is taken from Robin Thirdfloor's EP
Sounds Empty Pockets Make
The Durban based hip hop artiste Simphiwe
Nyawose stage named Robin Thirdfloor was bred in Umlazi. Starting music at a tender age of 13, he
describes his music as “retro
funk”. He has since worked with the likes of DJ Bux, Joe Da MC, Nick Pro
Flow and Black Moses, and has an EP to his credit. He was nominated for 5
Original Material Awards and his songs Confessions and Fly Away features on the
SABC 1 youth Drama Mutual Friends Which airs at 20:30 every Wednesday.
In the spirit of glitz and fun that Christmas ushers in before the close of the year, Kcee, the Limpopo crooner turned santa Kcee to wish fans a merry xmas .See video below.
Nollywood actress, script writer and producer, Funke Akindele has released a video for the soundtrack to her popular comedy series, Jenifa's Diary.
The video features Kaffy, Sound Sultan and K-Lite. It comes with some hilarious scenes we all know the character Jenifa for. The video was directed by JJCSkillz and produced by Fliptyce. Feel It!
Award winning Chiwetel Ejiofor stars in a new movie "Triple 9", directed by John Hillcoat and written by Matt Cook. When a crew of dirty cops is blackmailed by the Russian mob to execute a virtually impossible heist, they realize the only way to pull it off is to manufacture a 999, police code for "officer down". The chaos that ensues when a police officer is shot in the line of duty is just the diversion they’ll need to do the job, but whether they have the will to kill one of their own is an entirely different matter, triggering a breakneck, action packed finale tangled with double-crosses, greed and revenge. Starring are Chiwetel Ejiofor, Casey Affleck, Kate Winslet, Woody Harrelson, Aaron Paul, Gal Gadot, Anthony Mackie, and Norman Reedus. To be released on February 26, 2016.
Reality TV stars Karen Igho Rakos being a joint Winner at
the Big Brother Africa 2011 edition and the first female Nigerian to win was
interviewed on the Conversation, a BBC World Service show. Karen went into the
Reality show taking a friend’s advice on being a bubbling, nice and down to
earth person, though with the discouraging long queue, Karen rocked up all
confident in track suit with flip flop and even talked confidence. In the house
were 24 housemate, and she emerged a joint winner.
Chai! Almost all our pretty Nigerian female celebrities have been taken. From Osas to Lillian Usoro, to Toolz, Tosyn Bucknor and now Liz, all in 2015.
Media Personality, Liz Awoliyi had a funfilled and colourful bridal
shower yesterday. The shower which was organised by Ayoleyi of Perfect
Events by Leyi was themed Liz and the City. It was a fun-filled and
colourful event which left Liz appreciating her friend for celebrating
her ahead of her journey as a wife to Tosin Osho. Traditional wedding
holds 17th December while the white wedding will be holding on the 23rd
of April, 2016. To those looking to hook up with other female celebrities, hurry while stocks last! See pictures below
Oba Enitan Adeyeye Ogunwusi's emerged Ile Ife's 51st king after a keen competition for the throne. His profile wowed Ife natives, Nigeria and the world by storm when he was selected as the new Ooni to succeed Oba Okunade Sijuwade. Asides being young, he is a very principled king who though modern embraces the preservation of tradition and culture. Below are things you never knew about the new Ooni.
His birth day and time was predicted before he was born at 1P.M on the 17th of October, 1974
He was left unattended by his mum for 11 days from birth
The name, Enitan was given to him by his father and late mother
The name, Adeyeye was given to him by his grandfather
The ruling families of Ogunwusi and Sojiopa jointly named him Babatunde
He is a student of history
He was born He believes in faith
He had his first child at 19
He is a tourism expert
He is a student of history
He built Inagbe Grand Resort in Lagos and he has recruited over 3000 youths from Ile Ife to build Africa's biggest resort in Africa in Ife
He dedicated the throne on his coronation day to the youths because the youths are
the bridge of any society
His mantra is : Power of imagination, turning
impossibilities to possibilities
His life long tenure's slogan is like Obama's slogan – O ti se se (Yes, we can)
He has a three point agenda for his tenure with the acronym SET
S -Social development by embracing modernity to the tradition that has
been there for millions of years and exposing Ife to the world through its
heritage and cultural background E- Economic development for Ife and the yoruba community byencouraging local production and empowering youths
T - Traditional development through the preservation of the tradition as a monument for Nigerians and the world at large
Look out for a face lift in Ife as the New Ife City is underway. The new city will have old street names and the old Ife city will be preserved as a monument
Nike Imoru is a British casting director, acting
coach, actress and director with an array of credits in the entertainment
industry covering twenty five years and twenty one countries. For the
last decade Nike has worked in the Northwest casting commercials,
industrial videos, documentaries, theatre and, in the last six years, twenty
full-length feature films. She has worked alongside a plethora of actors
and directors including Wayne Wang, John Carpenter,
Tony Krantz, Samuel Jackson, Ray Liotta, Wei Tang, Antonio Banderas, Amber
Heard, Jimmy Simpson, Vera Farmiga, Tom Skerrit. She is passionate
about the process of casting and demonstrates an intelligent and
intuitive ability to “understand the actor, any actor, from any culture”.
Her first love is the actor.
Alongside her work as a casting director, Nike is also a
Master acting coach. She partners with actors to develop and create unique
content specific to their emotional and psychological needs. She is
unswerving and committed to developing a rich source of diverse
and skilled talent for the Northwest entertainment industries.
Nike is a classically-trained, award-winning
actress,with a stack of national and international
acting credits ranging from BBC Radio 4 to Public Radio; from The Royal
National Theatre Studios in London, to The Getty Museum in LA; from her
seminal one-woman performance of Medea in Delphi, Greece; to her
critically-acclaimed portrayal of Shakespeare’s most villainous male
antagonist, Aaron the Moor, inTitus Andronicus (2012)for which she was awardedOutstanding Classical Actress,
(Footlight Award, Seattle Times)Best Featured Actress(Critics ChoiceAward,Broadway World) andExcellence in Performance(Gypsy Rose Lee Award). In academe she has taught
hundreds of student-actors globally. She has collaborated and shared the stage
with some of the most illustrious figures in theatre and performance history,
including Nobel Laureate Wole Soyinka. She gained her PhD from the University
of Warwick, UK and was overjoyed to have her doctoral thesis added to the
British Museum Library in 2012. Nike is a member of Actors Equity Association,
SAG-AFTRA and the Casting Society of America.
These are some of the buzzing videos released in the week (6th December - 13th December, 2015)which one of them is your personal chart topper?
Wizkid - Final (Baba Nla)
He needs no introduction, Wizzy of life in Final Baba Nla (The great father)
Eva Alordiah - Kanayo ft Phymo & Reminisce (Video Mash)
JR ft Anatii - Deny
Deny is the first single off of JR’s 4th upcoming studio album released under Feel Good Music. This collaborative project consisted of JR and Anatii who are both leading talents in the industry.
Diamond Platnumz - Utanipenda
The word UTANIPENDA means WOULD YOU LOVE ME.... This is an
inspirational song talks about the real life of Diamond Platnumz it's
like a Question he ask to his girlfriend... what if he loose everything
that he has right now, the fame and all the things that he own would
she still love him??.... The Song was written and Sang by Diamond
Platnumz and produced and get Mastered by Tuddy Tomas all from
Tanzania...The Video was shot in Dar es salaam Tanzania and Johannesburg
South Africa under Godfather Production
It's the season of giving! In a spontaneous move in the spirit of the
yuletide season, former first lady of Lagos State and wife of Honourable
minister of Power, works and housing , Abimbola Fashola called on Don
Jazzy of Mavin Records to team with her as she gave gifts to women on
the streets of Lagos. As the gifts were being given out, she pleaded
with the recipients to pray for Nigeria.
Trust the goons on the street, as they spotted Don Jazzy they chanted ......
The Eastern Cape boy born in uMthatha, today blessed the crowd with a touching performance at the BET Experience. Nathi is known for his meaningful, honest and heartfelt reality ballads. He started music and drawing in school and has lived for just this as he considers it a calling.
His debut album was Buyelekhaya, which was a double
platinum. Today the crowd present at his performance sang along overwhelmingly
to his heartfelt songs.
Zaziwa host and producer, Pearl Modiade is engaged! The pretty and private Pearl today shared the news of her engagement to her boyfriend Nkululeko. who sure knows how to treat a woman right. Don't ask how we got to know, let Pearl's pictures do the explanation.
The relationship has been nothing short of exciting as Pearl shares lovely pictures of their vacation and the romantic proposal that got her crying..
In her words, "I saw this big question on the ground during our helicopter ride and after crying for quite a bit, I composed myself and said Yes!!! 05-12-2015"
Newly endorsed Nigeria Police Youth Ambassador and Mavin artiste, Korede Bello has joined the numerous Nigerian artistes who have chosen the month of December for the release of their end of the year songs . Today, he released, "Romantic" a love-colored song which features Tiwa Savage.
Enjoy!
Nigerian long coming Afro-pop music duo, ArtQuake have released visuals to their song, "Adura" which means prayer. "Adura" features Sound Sultan. The video was shot in the United States of America. Enjoy!
Ezinne Asinugo, affectionately known as “Zinny” has been
dancing since the age of 11, and has been dancing to all kinds of genre with no
formal training. Her career kicked off when she was handpicked to start the St
Edwards C of E first dance team.
Her 4 years with the team grew her choreographic skills and
perfected her personal dance style. At 18, Ezinne had taken St Edwards C of E
school an extra-ordinary height in performance by winning local dance
competition, 3 times consecutively, becoming the first student to study Dance
at GCSE with an outstanding A* result and became most talked about dancers in
the University of Brunel’s African
and Caribbean society. Since, Ezzine has maintained a focus in the art of dance
and cheorography for the new and vibrant music genre, known as Afrobeat.
Afrobeat is a popular music genre from West Africa, and
making Ezinne Asinugo an essential asset to have worked with the likes of D,banj,
Tiwa Savage, Wizkid, Moelogo, Shiikane, Awilo Logomba, Dr Sid, Terry G,
Inyanya, Lola Rae, Patorankin, Davido, Alexandra Burke, Lil Kim, and Vince
Kidd.
Zinny has had the honor of performing for millions on
Britain’s Got Talent, World Music Award, and BET Experience. Her versatile and
energetic dance style made her popular, clean and sharp execution, and her
creative movement.
In 2013, Zinny competed alongside her crew, CEO Dancers on
ITV’s Britain’s Got Talent, where the astounded audiences in their audition and
semi-final performance landed them Best Dance Act of the Series. CEO Dancers go
down in history as the first all-female African Dance to ever reach the
Semi-Finals in the show.
It's #ThrowBackThursday and we are super excited to throw this one of its kind celebrity throw back puzzle at you to find out how much you know of your favourite celebrity's humble beginning.
Before the days of slaying and eye brows on fleek, there were days of bushy eyebrows, sweaty faces and bad hairs.
Can you guess who this is? Find out after the jump
After the single has been gaining alot of airplays, YBNL soldier,
Viktoh, has teamed up with Unlimited L.A to drop the visuals to his
hitmaker, Skibi Dat featuring Lil Kesh.
The video is definitely a must watch as it showcases the Esan-born artist, Viktoh, in his element.
People must think twice before making the move to throw shade at a comedian because you don't know what angle he'll be coming from to get back at you. A hating fan today dissed South African comedian, Loyiso in a tweet saying " Loyiso Gola is a dom nai that tries to hard to be funny"
We guess he forgot to use auto correct cause Loyiso fired right back at him with his grammatical or typographical error with a bang saying "#everybodylovesGola who is trying two/too/to hard now?" Comedians really don't care, have you guys forgotten they throw shades for a living?
The Future Awards that held last Sunday was much more than an awards event for the Kokomaster, it was a time of revelation for him. It was a rare opportunity for him to behold the wonders of creation as he saw Gbemi Olateru Olagbeji, Beat 99.9 FM presenter in a different light and couldn't help but testify saying: Gbemi, this your booty ehn... chai. Are you sure you don't want to be a TV presenter? Radio is hiding your full potentials"
We are wondering if the Kokomaster wants to show her the koko!
Newly wedded Nollywood actress and model, Susan Peters shared an interesting marriage tip we thought you could learn a thing or 2 from for your marriage.
Photo Credit: Instagram
Give it a try and remember to share the results with us.
We've read, heard and seen fans get overjoyed and cry when they saw Michael Jackson and other A-list western artists and we've come to accept such display of love as normal; but when it happens here on the African soil, it's judged as being abnormal.
While we're yet to ascertain if this is a publicity stunt or true celebrity crush expression, we thought we should share this video with you; as a fan tagged South African model, actress and brand ambassador, Pearl Thusi in a video he made for her, captioning it "Couldn't hold it any longer, confessing my love for Pearl Thusi.
What are your thoughts guys? crush or publicity stunt? These celebrities are killing people softly.
It's been exactly 6 days since Toyin Aimakhu declared a new beginning in her life. It appears the Nollywood actress has just given her life to Christ or better still re-dedicated her life to Christ, as she has religiously posted a new verse each day on her social media page, encouraging her fans to give their lives to Christ.
This new beginning campaign seems more like a facade than the turn of a new leaf to some of her fans who feel she is only trying to gather sympathy from the public after separation from her hubby. Others who still find it hard to believe arrived at the conclusion that her account must have been hacked. While some have embraced the new Toyin, her fan base is divided on the basis of this sudden turn. Whatever the case may be, Toyin will still be gracing the TV screens in Nollywood movies and that's enough comfort to any disillusioned fan.
The National Basketball Association (NBA) and Ford Motor Company of Southern Africa have teamed up with Viacom International Media Networks (VIMN)
Africa to create the ultimate basketball spectacle at the inaugural BET Experience Africa (TicketPro Dome, 12 December).
Source: Getty Images
The NBA Celebrity Basketball Game Presented by Ford will feature former NBA All-Star and 1992 Slam Dunk Champion Cedric Ceballos and performances by an NBA
Dunk Team. As part of the celebration, the game will also feature several South African artists and entertainers.
Thousands of music, sports and fashion fans are expected to turn out for the inaugural BET Experience Africa – the ultimate lifestyle festival featuring a day-long celebration of music, comedy, fashion, sport, food, and
more. Created by VIMN Africa’s general entertainment channel BET (DStv channel 129), the day will culminate with the BET Experience Africa Concert headlined by
superstar artists and Grammy Award winners Maxwell, Mary J. Blige, Young Thug and Raphael Saadiq, alongside AKA, Flavour, and Diamond
Platnumz. Tickets for BET Experience Africa are on sale now at www.ticketpro.co.za.
In what seems like a "push - to -the- wall" move or an action borne out of frustration, music producer for Dbanj Records, Divine Austin (DeeVeeLee of the Lee temple) has accused YBNL boss, Olamide aka Baddoo of music idea theft.
See his tweet below
He thereafter released the link to Dbanj's original song "Shake It" which he produced and apologized to Dbanj for the release but said he was ready to face the consequence.
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Compare Dbanj's "Shake it" to Olamide's "Don't Stop" Any similarities?.......
The success of AKA's track "Baddest" which featured Khuli Chana, Yanga and Burna Boy spurred him to release a remix with rappers he termed South Africa's best female rappers which include: Cashtime's Moozlie, Fifi Cooper, Rouge and Gigi Lamayne, excluding South Africa's self acclaimed Rap queen, Nadia Nakai. The remix generated a twitter frenzy around Nadai's exemption from the SA best female rap team and in defense of her self acclaimed title of Rap queen, Nadia has released her version of the Baddest remix .
From Ghanaian dance hall trailblazer and producer, Shatta Wale comes this lit up video titled "Shatta story" . Video was shot in the United States of America by Mexx Studio. Hear the shatta story from the horse's mouth below.
When a fan gets so wowed that he says " from Mission Statement video until the last video on your debut album, I salute your craft and respect what you are and becoming #SkandaRepublic #CashTimeTsotsi4life You continue to unwrap your gift from God. " then we've got nothing more to say than watch the video from Ntokozo Mdluli (K.O) of CashTime .
Since hitting the Nigerian music scene with a bang this year, Adekunle Gold has not ceased to blow entertainment fans away as he dishes out hit upon hit. From "Sade" to "Orente" and now "Pick Up" , the YBNL urban high life artist is definitely one Nigerian artist to stay hooked on. His lyrics are deep and enchanting with a mix of contemporary and traditional feel, he is a favourite for all age groups.
As many have asked what inspired his latest single "Pick Up" which is a call on God to elevate his status, he explains saying:
Listen to "Pick Up" here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7tj4dg7hyE
In a first of its kind event yesterday, the Inspector General of Police, Solomon E. Arase conferred Mavin act and "Godwin" crooner, Korede Bello with the title of Nigerian Police Youth ambassador while Moji Olaiya, Nollywood actress and entrepreneur got a recognition award as a good role model to Nigerian youths.
Reekado Banks and Dija were present at the event to cheer their fellow Mavin.
As he shared the news with his fans, Korede said "THIS IS MEGA!!! The Nigerian Police Force has just confered on me the
honour of being the 1st ever Nigerian Police Youth Ambassador; I am extremely
humbled privileged to carry this GREAT responsibility. This initiative by
Inspector General of Police -IGP Solomon E. Arase, is historic. This bridges
the gap between the Police and the people (the Youths) . Security/Safety is OUR
collective responsibility 👮 💪"
Moji Olaiya also expressed her gratitude saying "I will always be
grateful to u Allah. I got another Recognition award as a good role model to
Nigeria youths at force headquarters in Abuja complement of the inspector
General of police Federal republic of Nigeria. Thank u so much. I dedicate my
award to our great future leaders Nigeria youths . To all our youths Say No to
Cultisim, Say No to Kidnapping, Say No Terrorism, Say No to drug abuse. God
bless our Youths and God bless Nigeria.
The IG said he has a firm conviction that in fighting crimes in our system, the youths are
critical elements that must be incorporated.
