P-Square, Wizkid, Basketmouth & Ice Prince “bring the house down” in London! Exclusive Photos from the 2011 Afrobeats Festival P-Square, Wizkid, Basketmouth & Ice Prince “bring the house down” in London! Exclusive Photos from the 2011 Afrobeats Festival

It was the first African event in the UK to sellout a 5,000+ capacity venue with over 3,000 people attempting to get last minute tickets at the venue.
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The 2011 Afrobeats Festival which took place…

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The Game Says 50 Cent is Gay! No way!!!

 

In an interview a few days ago, The Game said there were quite a number of gay men in hip hop and insisted that they come out of the closet. 

Gossip website TMZ picked up the story and accused The Game of being homophobic. The rapper said he isn't homophobic, that in fact he's had a few gay friends...including 50 Cent. 

50 Cent? Nooooooooooo! I don't believe it! The tweet when you continue...

 

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D’Banj, M.I, Naeto C, Wizkid, for MTN Power of 10 Concert

Nigerian music superstars, D’Banj, Naeto C and M.I have are set to take part in MTN’s Power of 10 Concert. MTN Power of 10 Concert is a 10 city concert celebrating MTN’s decade of mobile telecommunication services in Nigeria.

The Power of 10 Concert would last for a month as it moves round the country. The musical celebration starts on September 9^th and will end on October 9^th 2011 in Lagos. The ten cities include; Lagos, Makurdi, Enugu, Calabar, Port- Harcourt, Ilorin, Abuja, Owerri, Benin and Ibadan. 

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Photos from the late Christy Essien Igbokwe's Nite Of Stars tribute

Alariwo, Sunny Neji and Sir Shina Peters

Ras Kimono performing on stage

The event held on Tuesday Sept 6 at Niteshift Colliseum. More pics when you continue...

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Beauty of the day: Chinenye Ezurike - Miss Nigeria USA 2011

  

Miss Chinenye Ezurike, the winner of Miss Nigeria USA 2011 Pageant, will represent Nigeria in the annual Miss Africa USA Pageant, and she’ll compete with 57 representative of other African Countries for the coveted crown and title.

Chinenye plans to create and raise awareness about HIV/AIDS in Africa and USA especially among women and youths. She is a Senior at Eastern Illinois University, where she’s majoring in Family and Consumer Science and minoring in Business Administration.

Agbani Darego tries new look

 

Once a fine girl, always a fine girl!...:-)

LFA styles Funke Akindele in $100,000 worth of diamond jewelery

 

Liam Fashion Agency styles Funke Akindele in $100,000 worth of diamond Jewelry from RAFAELLO&CO (favourite Jewelry company of the Hollywood stars), at the Return Of Jenifa movie premier hosted by NEA in New York city. Total style package, hair/make-up, outfit, shoes and accessories by Liam fashion agency. 

Bracelet-$60,000. Ring-$25,000.Earing-$15,000. More when you continue...

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Femi and Seun Kuti to perform on stage together again?

They've only done it once before, at the Roskilde Festival this year and I hear they are about to do it again. Fela's oldest and youngest sons, Femi and Seun Kuti, (who have never really been close) will most probably be performing alongside each other at a show in October tagged, Dynasty Showdown, in preparation for Felabration, an annual week-long concert held to celebrate the life and times of Fela.


Femi and Seun Kuti on stage together for the first time in Nigeria? You can't miss it!

Help Kemi Survive Cancer

 

The lady in the pic above is Kemi and she's battling colorectal cancer and needs your help to survive.

For the past twenty months, Kemi has been in and out of several hospitals in the U.S. to diagnose and effectively determine the best care for her. She is now scheduled to receive numerous therapeutic regimens from oncologists in Chennai, India. As you know, cancer is emotionally, mentally and physically draining. Moreover, colorectal cancer is very painful and her ailment has been complicated given that the tumor has locally advanced to a regional area. She urgently needs treatment. Kemi and her family have been battling various complications but they have humbly asked for your help.

To read more about her and donate to help her survive, please go here
God bless you all.

CDK Urban Wear 2011 Summer Collection

 

CDK Urban wear est. 22.03.06 is a clothing line that caters for the fashion needs of the style conscious youth. Whether your needs are casual urban or couture oriented this is the brand for you. Above are snippets from its just concluded summer 2011 collection. The tees are fun, free, casual inspired designs, while this years couture is military inspired. The tees come in male and female versions.

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‘EVA’ rebrands, changes Name and brand image

It is with great joy and excitement that Sonorous Singer, Creative Writer, Events Consultant/Manager, soon to be Actress and Public speaker; EVA (D’DIVA) and her team announces to her wonderfully faithful and supportive friends and fans as well as distinguished members of the press and the general public that as a result of personal evolution as well as the maturing state of her multi-faceted brand, she will be dropping the English stage name (EVA) which she has been known for professionally and proudly taking up her native name EVAEZI pronounced ( AY - VAY - ZEE ) meaning ‘A PURE AND HONEST HEART / SOUL’ in the Isoko speaking part of Delta State. 

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Dark Colours Are Back! 2011 MTV VMA Red Carpet + Winners

Black is back! Like it went anywhere before *hiss*. More than half the people who attended the MTV VMAs last night wore dark colours. I'm so loving it...continue to see more red carpet pics and list of winners...

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Beyonce's baby bump reveal breaks Twitter record. 8,900 tweets per second!

After Beyonce revealed at the end of her performance at the MTV Video Music Awards that she was expecting, her news broke twitter record. There were 8,868 tweets per second, a record for the social media service. 

The world loves Beyonce. The world loves good news. #don'thate. Lol.

Mother of 5-months old baby kidnapped in Lagos

I've not been able to verify this, but a lot of people have been sending the info to me via twitter, FB and comments on this blog, so decided to share here.


The lady in the photo is Yanju Kusamotu Thomas. She was allegedly kidnapped on Sunday August 28 in Lagos. Yanju and her husband went to get fuel on that unfortunate day, and kidnappers double-crossed them and took Yanju. The husband managed to escape. Yanju is a 25 year old newly-wed with a 5-months old baby at home. If you have any info please call this number - 08098665589. (I've tried to call this number to get more info, but it's unavailable)

If you know more about this story and the lady in question, please share here. Thanks

MIkel Obi Visits President Jonathan to say thank you

  

Super Eagles and Chelsea player, Mikel Obi, visited President Goodluck Jonathan at the State House on Monday August 29th to thank him for the way the Nigerian police responded and helped rescue his father when he was kidnapped.

Photo credit: PM News