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Geoffrey to launch MTN Project Fame Season 8

In less than a year since he won the Season 7 of MTN Project Fame, Geoffrey has risen to significant heights in the Nigerian music industry. He has steadyily been at work recording music and shooting videos with the latest one, Monalisa, released a few days ago to positive reception, the same way his debut single, Bursting My Brain, was well received. On Saturday, August 1st, he will return to the Project Fame Academy to kick off the 8th Season of MTN Project Fame, alongside other previous winners, and he'll perform his most recent release, Monalisa. And nostalgically, he reintroduces Everyday Is A Chance, a song he composed and recorded while he was in the Project Fame Academy as a contestant last year. Everyday Is A Chance is a song of enlightenment and encouragement, motivating listeners to pursue their dreams and keep striving. Check it out now.

Lexyflow, Yemi Rush pose with new song, Denge Pose

Fast-rising London-based Nigerian producer and musician, Lexyflow, is back with his first official single of 2015, Denge Pose, following the massive success and critical acclaim of his debut single, Gboriwole, which was supported and championed by leading afrobeats publications and tastemakers. Produced by Lexyflow himself, and featuring leading UK afrobeats artist, Yemi Rush, and mixed and mastered by OY Productions who has worked with Olamide, Ice Prince and Iyanya previously, Denge Pose is crafted around trademark African talking drums, with heavy synths, infectious melodies and a heavy bassline complementing the track to great effect. Working closely with Rush’s Irawo label, Lexyflow is working on his debut EP, The Genesis, which will have Denge Pose on it and his previously released Gboriwole.

Nike tells the story of Blessing Okagbare, Africa's fastest woman

To herald the #AfricaSoFast Campaign, NIKE shares the inspirational story of Africa’s fastest woman, Blessing Okagbare, with the world. Blessing, the 26-year-old world class sprinter and long jumper, is already the fastest woman in Africa — her best of 10.79 seconds is the continent’s 100-meter record — but the Nigerian athlete is less concerned with maintaining her ranking than she is about beating herself. “It’s all about setting goals and keeping your mind set on those goals. Don’t ever give up on yourself,” she declared. In a no-holds-barred conversation on her loves and likes, showcasing her arduous journey to the top of her game, Blessing shares her love of gospel music, almonds and her favourite Nike training shoes. With her sight set on the upcoming World Track and Field Championships in Beijing, Blessing shares her inspirational journey on Nike.com. And if you wanna read it, you definitely can do so at http://news.nike.com/news/nike-women-presents-blessing-okagbare

CRBAN-Ayetoro Lagos drags Eko Electricity to court

The Coalition of Residents and Businesses Association of Nigeria (CRBAN), Ayetoro Chapter, has decided to drag the Eko Electricity Distribution Company PLC to court over EKEDP’s unsatisfactory service. In a letter signed by Otunba Frank Omaboe, Franci Iyonmana and Jide Akinboyede, addressed to the CEO, EKEDP, and made available to Sunday Mirror, CRBAN-Ayetoro told EKEDP that “we have decided to take you to court following your company’s failure to meet our demands or respond to our several letters of complaints.” Speaking with Sunday Mirror, CRBAN said “we are tired of EKEDP’s terrible provision of electricity to us residents and businesses in the Ayetoro, idowu Randle, Humuani, Ramlat Timson, Martins, Victor Olaiya, Idahosa, Babalola, Basiyi, Adeomo-Olubiyi, Shittu Oridota and environs of Aguda, Surulere, Lagos. “So we wrote them on April 16th to complaint about their poor service but they never replied. We then sent follow-up letters on April 23rd and June 3rd and still got no respon

Obesere, Taye Turaya, Oodua Cultural Troupe dazzle at Okota Festival

The sleepy town of Arigidi–Akoko in Ondo State came alive penultimate Tuesday/ Wednesday when thousands of indigenes, residents of the ancient town and their well-wishers were treated to fun by fuji music icon, Alhaji Abass Obesere, Taye Turaya as well as Oodua cultural Troupe during this year’s Okota Festival. The two-day festival which was kicked off with a beauty pageant is an annual event put together by the Olokun Festival Foundation. This year’s edition drew people from various walks of lives and was full of fun. The winner of the beauty pageant which held on the eve of the grand finale of the festival and was contested by over thirteen beautiful girls was won by Akinrinmade Abidemi Opemipo, a medical student from the Babacock University, Ilisan-Remo, Ogun State, who also went away with a star prize of a saloon car. Speaking on the significance of Okota Festival, the traditional ruler of the town, the Zaki of Arigidi Akoko, Oba Yisa Olanipekun explained that Okota Festival is

Why you must not compare Nollywood to Hollywood -Akin-Tijani Balogun

Akin-Tijani Balogun is one of Nollywood’s respected director-producers. He’s presently in the midst of a very ambitious project, and he told OSEYIZA OOGBODO BLOG about it. What’s the latest about you? I just produced a movie, Police Report, in conjunction with a friend, under a new concept we’re trying out now, which is to produce a movie every month. A movie a month? A full length movie or a short film? A full length feature movie. Producing a full length movie every month? Won’t such a movie be an hasty job? It’s not an hasty job. It depends on how you handle it. Sometimes, some movies are shot in five, six months, and some are shot in longer time than that or lesser time that that. It all depends on your planning. And being a veteran, we know the pros and cons, we know how to manage the schedule. What we’re going to do now, we’ve already planned ahead, so we’ve cut down a lot of loopholes that normally make jobs to drag. Like what we’re going to do this August has already been plan

Uwaifo, 2face thrill in concert ... as 74-yr-old Uwaifo does 70 pushups on stage

The highly publicised Eargasm lived up to its billings when two legends from different generations came together and delivered what has been described as a once-in-a-lifetime performance. It is the first time ever that the two would grace the stage together. Sir Victor Uwaifo and 2face made history with a sonic duet at the highly successful Eargasm event held on July 26, 2015 at the prestigious ThisDay Dome, Abuja. The import of this event for those who missed it is like that of a comet, they may have to wait a mighty long time for another like it. Also on the bandstand were class acts from the old school: Sunny Neji and Daniel Wilson were some of them; and new school acts: Niyola, Olu Maintain, Yung6ix and others. Neji’s set whipped up fond memories with a smooth performance of Marvin Gaye’s classic from the 70s, Let’s Get It On. Wilson also did not disappoint as he demonstrated why he was called OBB, Original Bad Boy, back in the day. Another performance of note was R&B sensa

AFRIMA magic ... Morocco contemplates hosting Africa's latest music awards for three editions

It was a rousing reception for the All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, in partnership with the African Union Commission, AUC, as the awards project held its AFRIMA 2015 Stakeholders’ Conference for the northern region of Africa in Morocco on Thursday, July 23 at the Sofitel Hotel, Casablanca. On Friday, July 24, the AFRIMA delegation also had extensive and successful deliberations with the government of Kingdom of Morocco in the capital city of Rabat as represented by the Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Cooperation, Mbarka Bouaida; Culture: Mohammed Amine Sbihi; and Director, Strategy and Cooperation, Ministry of Tourism, Tarik Sadik. With the theme, Integration Of Africa Through Music And Culture, the Stakeholders’ Conference, facilitated by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Kingdom of Morocco; 2014 AFRIMA winner for Best Male Artiste Northern Africa, Ahmed Soultan; and the Sofitel Hotel Casablanca; was aimed at communicating the objectives and ideals of AFRIMA to the stakeholders in N

Shooting two videos at once was very difficult for me, confesses gospel artist, Sola Solagabade

Upcoming gospel musician, Sola Solagabade, is really trying her best to become as renowned as more recognised gospel artists like Midnight Crew and Frank Edwards. To this end, she has shot two music videos for her songs, Anu Oluwa and My Year Of Harvest. Speaking about the videos which she'll release on August 1st, Solagbade confessed that it wasn't easy for her to achieve the feat. "Shooting the two was capital intensive, but I'm sure that God who started His work will finish it." She added that "the videos are part of my plans to give my career a much-needed facelift and I had to make the sacrifice of shooting them because it's necessary to approach my career with all the seriousness it deserves. And shooting new videos is therefore mandatory for me at this time. Also, the Holy Spirit has given us the direction to follow and we remain committed to the calling."

You cannot kill my star, Tundey fa Tundey blasts Vector

Upcoming singer, Tundey fa Tundey, one of Ibadan's promising artists, has spoken out on Vector's refusal to appear in the video of Igboro, the song on which he featured Vector who's currently one of Nigeria's most recognised rappers. "My career is on point," he declared. "I was disappointed that Vector refused to appear in my Igboro video, despite providing all he requested for. But I have moved on and despite his absence in the video, my fans have been commending the video. That, to me, is a blessing." And in obvious dig at Vector, he added that "no one can stop me from getting to the big stage." You hear that, Vector?

Oritsefemi, Olamide in jealousy palaver over Sossi

Weeks after the release of Sossi's Sebee Remix, which has two of Nigeria's currently popular artists, Olamide and Oritsefemi, on it, there's a report spreading fast that the collaboration with Sossi is causing problems between Olamide and Oritsefemi. According to the report, Oritsefemi is angry that he was paid just N500,000 for his appearance on the remix while Olamide was paid N1.5m. The report further alleges that Olamide too is angry with Oritsefemi for not featuring him on one of his songs. So are these guys really jealous of each other or is this just a publicity stunt by Sossi to make his brand more visible? Let us know what you think.

AFRIMA extends 2015 call for entry to July 31

The International Committee of All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, in partnership with the African Union Commission, AUC, has yielded to appeals from the music industry of Africa for an extension of the call for entries for the 2015 awards to Friday, July 31, 2015. Rising out of a meeting in Casablanca, Morocco on July 23, the International Committee arrived at this decision to offer an opportunity for a more inclusive participation for music professionals. Guidelines for submission, eligibility and the entry form are available on www.afrima.org (English) and www.afrima.org/fr (French).

DJ Neptune drops Not Your Usual Mix Vol 2

After the release of his most-talked-about 2015 reggae-dancehall mix that has taken over the people's playlist, mixtape king and international DJ, Neptune, has delivered another incredible mix, Not Your Usual Mix Vol 2. The Not Your Usual Mix Vol 2 is spiced up with recent hip-hop and R&B tracks gaining massive airplay on all radio/TV stations and night/strip clubs all across the world.

I don't care, Aramide blasts haters, doubters

Fresh from being nominated as female artist of the year at this year’s Nigerian Entertainment Awards, and on the back of the success of her last single, Iwo Nikan, Nigerian afro soul and jazz singer, songwriter and musician, Aramide is proud to present her brand new song, I Don’t Care. Released via Baseline Music and produced by Sizzle Pro, I Don’t Care is a jazz fusion ballad with excellent piano arrangements complimented by commanding drum patterns, horn sections and glorious vocal melodies. The record sees Aramide flexing her songwriting dexterity, as she waxes lyrical about losing yourself in your passion. In Aramide’s own words, I Don’t Care is “about being passionate about something or someone so much that you lose yourself in it. That thing might be love, friendship, career, although expressed from the love angle. And people feel you are wasting your time or don't see any good in what you believe in." Already working on her debut album which is to be released in 2