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This year’s edition of the annual Osun Osogbo Festival took place penultimate Friday with a lot of pomp and pageantry. Despite the harsh economic situation in the country and particularly in Osun State where civil servants are owed months of salaries, the ancient town of Osogbo, the Osun State capital came alive with the festival. From the eve of the festival, several people including Nigerians living in the country and those in the Diaspora as well as nationalities of other countries started trooping into the ancient town. Last year’s celebration of the festival was low-key and was only marked by those residing in Osun State as the state government prevented people from other parts of the country and abroad entry into the state because of the fear of the Ebola virus which was noted in some states in the country then. By early Friday, the town was agog as people started trooping to the Osun Sacred Grove where the worship of Osun goddess took place. Dedicated to Osun, the Yoruba goddes...

The recent faking of his own death by music artist, Skiibi, has only proven one point: many of our artists are shallow. Though many of them cannot claim to be close friends with Skiibi, they immediately started posting condolence messages on social media about his death. So when it was found out that he wasn’t dead, many of them were embarrassed. Let’s address Wizkid for example. He was also very quick to post about Skiibi’s death on social media. This is the same Wiz who was paid N1.5m by Saeon to feature on her song, Boogie Down, and when she requested him to tweet the son’s link, he flatly refused to do so. Now, it’s time to really consider if we can blame Skiibi for faking his own death. The obvious answer is no. Everyone has his own life to live, and they can do what they like with it, as long as they don’t physically harm others with it. Skiibi has hurt no one like that, and not even his colleagues, because they only saw his death as a way to raise their own popularity ratings. ...

234Radio started transmission in Nigeria and across the world two years ago with a promise to be a one-stop shop for entertainment. The online radio has since then grown in leaps and bounds. With transmission points in Nigeria, United Kingdom (UK), United States of America (USA) and Jamaica, the radio is no doubt living the dreams of its promoters. 234Radio has successfully reinvented online radio, thereby making the unfamiliar terrain the toast of many. 234Radio redefines radio broadcasting with a mix of DJs’ touch and quality radio programming, bringing unparalleled entertainment on the go, beyond geographical barrier. Speaking on the success of the radio in its two years of operations, the General Manager of the radio, Kayode Olowoyeye popularly referred to as DJ O’kay Megamixer said that 234Radio is a product of several years of in-depth research in online radio programming, hard work and dedication. “234Radio is blessed with a dedicated and hardworking team that toils day and n...

Even as Mercy Aigbe has adviced her celebrity colleagues on making their marriages work, there are persistent indications that the marriage of popular actress, Toyin Aimakhu, to actor Adeniyi Johnson, might just not work. Since the marriage held just over a couple of years ago, it has been dogged with crises, and this week, things really got to a head with Aimakhu reportedly deleting Johnson’s pictures and name from her social accounts. Then another report surfaced that Johnson admitted that Aimakhu caught himflirting. One thing is certain. This is one celebrity marriage that certainly has its issues and is currently following the progression of other celebrity marriages that crashed, whereby problems keep occurring until the marriages finally crashed. We can only hope Aimakhu’s marriage will not end up crashing.

Rukky Sanda is definitely one of Nollywood’s biggest personalities. When she’s off the scene, she makes the news for her absence, and when she’s on it, she makes the news for her exploits. And the latest about her can be tagged a double prong return. Oh yeah, she’s been off the scene for some time on vacation and now she’s back in a two-fold manner. She celebrated her birthday last Sunday and premiered her latest movie, Dark, written, produced and directed by her, yesterday.

One actress who’s not taking the issue of motherhood lightly is Mercy Johnson. She’s presently trending with the news that she’s already expecting her third child and that she will put to bed in December. With this news, it just shows that you can’t really judge a book by its cover. MJ is one of the actresses who was believed to be loose and all that, but she has turned out to be someone who believes in the ideals of marriage and motherhood. Even though the announcement of her wedding to Prince Odianosen Okojie was trailed by some controversy, because a lady surfaced that claimed she was Okojie’s wife, and some women planned to march in protest against the wedding and disrupt it, the wedding held in 2012 and is still going strong. Already, it has produced two children, Purity and Henry. Congrats, MJ.

Top Yoruba Nollywood actress, Mercy Aigbe, has spoken out on one of the thorniest issues in the entertainment industry: the high rate of celebrity marriages failure. Aigbe, who is married to Lanre Gentry, and has also had her own fair share of drama when it comes to relationships, is definitely in a position to speak on why celebrity marriages fail, since she’s a successfully married celebrity, and she didn’t mince words when speaking about the subject with respected media outfit, E-Rave. According to her: “Divorce is not only in the entertainment industry. It happens everywhere and is not peculiar to Nollywood actresses only. The rate of divorce in the industry is way more than what we witnessed five or ten year ago. Some marriages fail because some people are not ready to stay married or they are wrongly advised.” Explaining further, she said, “Some people get married for the wrong reasons. When they get into it, they find out that the main reason they got married in the first place...

Hardcore fans of A-list comedian and MC, Lepacious Bose, would have known by now that she’s shedding some of the weight which made her stand out and helped her break into the entertainment sector. Without a doubt, Lepacious is one of the biggest women (in size) in the entertainment industry. She’s so big, or fat, whichever one you prefer to use for her, that she chose a name which is the polar opposite of her size, just to capture people’s interest. That was her first gimmick to sell herself: being introduced as Lepacious, which means very slim, and then people discovering that she’s actually very fat (or big). Her second gimmick was to be very brazen about her size. She never shied away from speaking about it on stage and claiming that she was very proud of it and that she was more beautiful and better off than women who were slim. And when this reporter interviewed her, she admitted that she used to be insecure about her size, to the extent that if she entered a public bus, she would...

Da Emperor’s latest song, Firewood, is heating up the airwaves. He featured Double Wahala singer, Oritsefemi, on it, and now he tells OSEYIZA OOGBODO BLOG that Firewood is just one of the many hit songs he’s scheduled to release. What's the latest about you? Hmmm, the latest about the boy is a book full of surprises, permit me to use that tag. I've got loads of new songs expressing my versatility and creativity in each of these masterpieces. I’ve got a new song, I Am A Sinner. I dropped its snippet recently after I dropped Firewood, my collaboration with Oritsefemi. I’ve also got another masterpiece in the mix process with Indomix. It’s titled Shilekun. And there are still many other songs. So once the spirit says go, we keep hitting them hard with these HITS. Also, preparations are being put in place for the video for the smash hit, Firewood, which has caused lots of stares and appreciation and acceptance from the clubs, streets and social media platforms in general. Why are...

It was an emotional night last Sunday as three contestants (Richie, Ruby, Tejiri) were eliminated from the ongoing Project Fame West Africa show. To forge ahead in the competition, the remaining eleven contestants then got set to dish out Naija hits for everyone’s listening pleasure. The entertainment started with Biko (4) who opened the night with No Stars by Dare Art Alade. Next up was Oluchi (19) who delivered an impressive performance of JAMB Question by Simi. Kumi (14) also took her turn to sing Eyo by Asa, and Pearl (16) serenaded the audience as she sang Awww by Di’ja. Just as everyone was settling into the vibes of the night, Arewa (3) got the audience roaring with excitement as she performed Ojuelegba by Wizkid. Chike (5) charmingly came up right after to deliver Mr Oreo by Iyanya (winner of season one). In the spirit of fun and entertainment, Ada (1) stepped up the stage and gave a beautiful delivery of Seyi Shay’s Ragga Ragga. Up next was Jeff (11) as he did the popula...

Ijekuje, by King Oogbodo, CEO and lead artist of Blood Entertainment, is one song that's best listened to, than be told about, because of its salacious message and style. Listen now: https://soundcloud.com/kingoogbodo/ijekuje, http://www.audiomack.com/song/king-oogbodo/ijekuje, https://www.hulkshare.com/kingoogbodo/ijekuje