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OJB Celebrated music producer, OJB Jezreel, who made a lot of news two years ago over his kidney failure issue, is presently trending for starring in a movie, Anjola , alongside established actors that include Muyiwa Ademola, Kelvin Ikeduba and Bukky Wright.

One on-air personality that’s always having issues and making them really public Freeze of Cool FM. Though he doesn’t look like a troublemaker, his comments on most issues get him in trouble. At the conclusion of the 2015 presidential election, he remarked that Sammie Okposo had wrongfully supported Goodluck Jonathan and Okposo replied him pointblank that a matured person doesn’t speak anyhow and that a matured person can also support whomever he likes. And regarding his marriage problems, he’s been making many compromising online disclosures but he’s since deleted them. A case of cold feet? Go carefully, Freezy.

Celebrities love to make the news, and Emeka Ike is making is making it in a very hot manner right now with an issue that generates a real lot of noise: relationship problems. And Ike is not in just any relationship problem, but the most sacred of them all, that of a married couple. Last week, a report broke out that his wife had filed for divorce and the court proceedings on it had been adjourned. So, last week, it was all about his wife. This week, however, the report has it that Ike has denied knowledge of the divorce suit. That’s not surprising however as celebrities are one set of people that can deny an issue until it becomes patently obvious to the whole world. A like example that readily comes to mind regarding this is that of Ike’s colleague, Funke Akindele. When her marriage was reported as being in crisis, she denied it until it got to the stage that she couldn’t anymore. Likewise Juliet Ibrahim. The actress-singer too denied that her marriage had hit the rocks when it was f...

Beat FM on-air personality, Olisa Adibua, and his Rhythm FM counterpart and celebrity vlogger, Toke Makinwa, have been confirmed as the hosts of the Lagos Chambers of Commerce and Industry (LCCI) Awards 2015. The awards ceremony is slated to hold on Saturday August 8th at Shell Hall, MUSON Centre, Lagos and will recognize the most impactful companies/organizations with awards for being trailblazers in their industries. A total of eighteen awards will be given out to companies in banking, insurance, pension management, E-payment, education, telecoms, professional services, healthcare, oil and gas, manufacturing, trade/retail Trade, building and construction and SMEs. One of the main performers for the night will be Geoffrey, winner of Project Fame West Africa 2014 who has been making strides in the Nigerian music industry this year with his Bursting My Brain debut single airing on major radio and TV stations. Cultural dance troupe, Atunda Entertainment, will also perform their highly r...

Bolatito Ladoja Idakula is the daughter of the billionaire ex-Governor of Oyo State whom is married to popular singer, Bez Idakula. Taking a bold step, she has now disclosed to the world that her first child has died just 24 hours after birth and she writes about the pain of it. It is so odd, writing about the loss of a child, you fear that the words can never fully express the pain and the gravity of the situation. But I don't mean to just express my pain and loss. I mean to show God's power and love even in the darkest days. I come from a culture of silence, where speaking about certain issues is almost taboo. One of the most-kept secrets is when a woman loses a child, no one talks about it and it is almost like it never happened. People only speak about it when the woman has another child or they find out that you have lost a child. I fall in the category of the latter. I gave birth to my beautiful daughter on the 2nd of March 2015 and she passed away on the 3rd of March 2...

Shay Seyi Shay , one of Nigeria’s biggest female music stars, chats with OSEYIZA OOGBODO BLOG about her ever evolving music career and discloses that though she already has a lot, but like Oliver Twist, she wants much, much more.

Owners of the popular Havana Carnival, SIGMA Club of the University of Ibadan and an event company, G'ENNIE Leisure Inc in Lagos, have embarked on a sponsorship drive for the activation of the 60th edition of the biggest music show on any Nigerian campus. King Sunny Ade performed at a special edition of Havana last year tagged Havana Classic which had the Governor of Oyo State, Senator Isiaka Ajimobi, among other dignitaries in attendance A brewing company, which partly supported the event last year, has already begun discussion with the event stakeholders, just as a bottling company has also concluded terms with the event agency on a non-exclusive deal for now. The Corporate Affairs Manager of G'ENNIE, Onokemi Onojobi, is confident of a successful show later this year following the promises made by corporate and private organisations to be part of a landmark anniversary event this year. This week, the organisers plan to enter into media partnership with both print and electron...

Heavy preparations have begun as regards the maiden African Unity Concert Asia and the central act of the night, Alubarika, Daniella Whine and My Woman My Everything singer, Patoranking, is getting set to storm Asia for the concert proudly organised by De-Jurist Promotions, one of the prominent event companies based in Asia. According to Mr Solomon of De-Jurist, “We are majorly concerned about unity and the only way we can foster our growth and development in Asia is to introduce events like these that can bring people together to link up, have fun, explore cultural values and build links. We are leading as regards events in Asia and we recently staged one of the most successful events of all time for Africans here in Asia when we brought Korede Bello to perform his major hit tracks on stage.” And on why Patoranking was selected as the major act to head the concert, he said, ‘Patoranking is a very talented artist and he’s loved so much by Africans here in Asia. He is a pure and raw t...

When you mention Baba Ijebu, the one name that immediately comes to mind is Chief Kessington Adebutu, the man who was given the name by his teeming admirers on account of his popularity as gaming entrepreneur. Adebutu is believed to make billions from his businesses, but he doesn’t keep those billions to himself. He gives some of them back to society for humanitarian causes and every sector of the economy has benefitted from his good will. And because of his invaluable contributions to the society’s development, the socialite was presented a lifetime achievement award by the Youth Advancement for Qualitative Education founded by Wale Bello, Charles Onwuemene and Lina Okafor. According to Onwuemene: “Chief Adebutu deserves this award because he really encourages and supports Nigeria’s youths in every sector; education, entertainment, sports and so on. And we really want him to support more youths by sponsoring them on vocational courses that are as short as eight weeks and some last up ...

Just when questions were about to start being asked of Tesh Carter’s whereabouts, the promising rapper has released extremely salacious photos to tell the world that she will soon be back on the music scene. She generated a lot of buzz with her In The Air featuring Chidinma and when she got Don Jazzy to jump on the production of her joint, The Bounce, the sky was seen as the limit for her. But she disappeared suddenly, to complete her education, it has now been revealed, so she’s ready again to stake her music claim. Good luck, girl.

If you listen to Timi Dakolo’s Wish Me Well and Darey’s Pray For Me, you’ll realize you don’t need to have the intelligence of a brain surgeon to realize that one song inspired the other, or to put it bluntly, one song copied the other. The two songs are about a guy who decides to leave his village for the big city in search of the Golden Fleece. While Darey has just released his own Pray For Me, Dakolo’s Wish Me Well has been out there for some time now so it’s obvious whom the copycat is here. Though musicians regularly copy themselves, those who copy don’t really do as well as the originators and copying also portends something more ominous: that the copycat is desperate to give his career a needed lift so will throw shame to the winds by copying. Though Darey is a popular brand that has been around for long, and his brand has been further helped by his father who was a respected entertainer, he cannot lay claim to having been as musically successful as small boys like Wizkid, Olam...

Oluwole Benjamin Eweoya, a safety expert and convener of Forwarders Group, a developmental group focused on developing the society, is presently on a safety training tour of schools in Lagos. Speaking during a safety training session at and safety kits presentation to Ewutuntun Grammar School, Oshodi, Lagos, he said the tour became a necessity because people are ignorant of the hazards around them so it’s better to teach children to be safety aware so that it becomes second nature to them when they grow up. Regarding the recent water disasters and constant fire incidents that lead to loss of lives in Lagos and all over the nation, he said, “Basically, the major thing that leads to disasters is ignorance. Many people are unaware of hazards around them. Even though some people may be aware, they take things for granted. So, our consciousness, what we call behavioural safety, needs to be encouraged in this society. As we walk around, as we live our daily lives, we need to be conscious of ...

Primate Ayodele The book, Warnings To The Nations … A Collection Of Divine Signals , is indeed full of warnings and is therefore a worthy read, writes OSEYIZA OOGBODO .