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For some time now, fans of celebrated on-air personality, Toke Makinwa, have been hoping that they would see her back in her role as the host of Trending, a popular programme on Hip TV which she suddenly stopped being a part of. Those fans will just have to give up that hope, willingly or otherwise, right now as Hip TV has revealed another lady, Nancy Isime, as the new face of Trending. Though Makinwa didn’t do too badly on Trending, Isime, being an ex-beauty queen, is certain to do as well as, if not better, than Makinwa. All in all, fans of Trending are in for a good time as Isime will do her best to surpass Makinwa and will therefore end up giving Trending’s fans a very good time.

Make it Happen Productions, one of the leading production companies in Nigeria is set to thrill its numerous fans to yet another spectacle as it presents the stage play, London Life, Lagos Living. A stage production of Bobo Omotayo’s book, the play brings together a potpourri of A-list actors who will give members of the audience ‘not to forget in a hurry’ performances. They include Kate Henshaw, Funke Akindele, OC Ukeje, Wale Ojo, Chigurl, Kemi Lala Akindoju, Lami Phillips, Patrick Diabuah and Adebola Williams. “We are very excited to bring the production of Bobo Omotayo’s London Life, Lagos Living alive on stage,” said Akindoju, CEO, Make it Happen Productions. “Omotayo’s book captures the experiences of the Nigerian who lived in London and moves back home. The adaptation is hilarious and entertaining, and we are therefore honoured to be producing it this year,” she added. The play will be staged from October 1st – 4th, 2015 at the MUSON Centre, Lagos.

Emmanuel Eyaba, a producer, director and member of the Directors Guild of Nigeria (DGN), is one of Nollywood’s prominent personalities based in Abuja. OSEYIZA OOGBODO BLOG met him recently during a working visit to Lagos and he spoke about his plans and his talent hunt show, Unleash Ur Creativity. What’s the latest about you? As usual, I’ve a lot of irons in the fire, and they’re all searing hot. One of them is Raw Impact which I’m very passionate about because we celebrate raw talents through it. Another is Unleash Ur Creativity, a movie talent hunt which continues to gather steam by the day. And there are still others. How did you get into filmmaking? It’s a very long story dating back to 1997 after I finished secondary school. I wrote and produced my first movie then but it did not see the light of day due to lack of experience. I then gained admission to study theatre arts at the University of Calabar. While in school, we were into a lot of stuff, stage plays, radio drama, church

The prestigious MTN Project Fame music competition kicked off with a Gala Night at Ultima Studios, Lekki on Saturday, August 1st. During the keenly contested event, the final 14 contestants that will step into the Academy were picked. Below is their respective profiles and pictures. 1: Adanoritsewo Gold Tosanwumi is a Sociology graduate of Delta State University. She started singing in secondary school. Being the youngest of seven girls, her sisters have been her greatest critics, pushing her to be the best. Ada admires and looks up to Christina Aguilera. She likes writing, sleeping and talking, and dislikes pretence. As a raw talent, she looks forward to the Academy where she will be groomed into a tangible product. Her aspirations are to win Project Fame and live an impactful life. 2: Emmanuel Amos Anderson: Anderson is 21 years old and currently studying International Relations at IRGIB Africa University, Cotonou. Although, he is not a very outgoing person, he likes travelling an

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Following the raucous reception music legends, Sir Victor Uwaifo and 2face Idibia, received for their duet performance of Tupepe in Abuja, Hypertek Digital/960 Music has announced its release as the second single from Uwaifo’s latest album, Legend Reborn. Tupepe is produced by the super talented and versatile Jay Sleek who’s Midas touch has seen him work with legends from 2face to Uwaifo and recently Orlando Julius. The song marries the essence of rural Edo sound that has been well exported by Uwaifo with contemporary Nigerian pop leading to a song that appeals to all ages. The video for the song, directed by Clarence Peters, is scheduled for release in a matter of days. It promises to be a spectacular visual treat starring both legends. Uwaifo through Hypertek Digital/960 Music Group released Legend Reborn, a double album, in February. Volume 1 consists of throwback classics such as Joromi, Guitar Boy, while the second volume contains fresh songs done in collaboration with some of th

It’s said that birds of the same feather flock together. And it’s reasonable to say that Umbrella singer, Rihanna, and Sanko singer, Timaya, are birds of the same feather because they are both in the same profession and they both have a bad boy-girl image. Rihanna for example proudly refers to herself as bad Girl RiRi. She started music with a good girl image but when she dropped the album, Good Girl Gone Bad, it signified that she was tired of being seen as a good girl and was ready to be seen as a bad girl which she is now. And in order to live her bad girl lifestyle to the fullest, she has told the world that she doesn’t see herself as a role model to the many youths looking up to her. Like Ri, Timaya has courted controversy for most of his career. There have been reports of him fighting with one of his lovers, making a rude comment while accepting an award, and now the latest, a rape allegation which is still trailing him. Anyway, he put aside his rape saga for some time to perform

Celebrated filmmaker, Tunde Kelani, has joined the growing band of online television owners with rich African cultural themed contents for viewers globally. The new online platform, tundekelani.tv billed for launch on Friday is web - based and optimum on all mobile devices. The video channel is designed to offer viewers of all ages a refreshing viewing experience of past and current works of the award winning film director and other cultural themed contents from different owners across Africa and the Diaspora. The tundekelani.tv platform also offers viewers, business owners, private or corporate organisations the opportunity to advertise and promote their brands. "It is an attempt to respond to the yearnings of our teeming fans of rich African themed contents on the go. Distributing films or other contents physically are becoming increasingly difficult, revenues are lost on a daily basis and content owners are at the mercy of the menacing activities of pirates. I think i

The International Committee of All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, in partnership with African Union Commission, AUC, has announced a staggering submission of entries with a total of 2,558 for AFRIMA2015 edition at the close of submission of entries on Friday, July 31st, 2015 at 2400hrs CAT. The entries were received on the AFRIMA website and social media platforms from African artistes, record companies, and music/entertainment journalists from across the continent and the Diaspora whose works were produced between May 31, 2014 and July 31, 2015 in accordance with the stipulated guidelines by the academy of the jury of AFRIMA. But more exciting are the entries from artistes of African origin living abroad and non-African countries which shows the global recognition of AFRIMA, which is in partnership with the African Union Commission, ONE Campaign and Africa 2.0. The entries received for the 2015 edition is progressively higher than the 2014 edition of 2,025 entries with 79.2%. Out of