STAR ACTRESS GENEVIEVE NNAJI SET TO ACT ALONGSIDE ANGELINA JOLIE

Genevieve Nnaji has turned out to be the best that the Nigerian movie industry known as Nollywood can boast of in the international market at the moment going by her exploit in the make believe business. Aside being the most-sought after by the producers, the very pretty lady has been able to register her presence in the international market that top producers now consider her for top movie jobs. The mother of one would have emerged the new Bond Girl but she lost it by the whiskers to another Hollywood star. As her career seems to be flying north, we sourced that the mother of one has been penciled down by yet another producer to star alongside American super star Angelina Jolie in another block buster movie. We shall keep you posted as event unfold.

..Nollywood’s ‘A’ List Actresses

... Who is an ‘A’ list actress? An entertainment celebrity who frequents the red carpet or the one who constantly adorns the cover of magazines? The controversial and trouble-shooting or the one who is rich and popular but lacking in charisma? The one who, despite his talents and riches, has a mind driven by charity, conscious of her environment and is always available to those in need? Do we have any in Nigeria? Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and Genevieve Nnaji The duo are bankable Nollywood stars, and if both star in a movie (like they did in ‘Ije’, Nigeria’s highest-selling movie of all time), the probabilities of the producer reaping bountifully are very high. They are famous within and beyond the borders of the country. Lately, both actresses have made strong impacts beyond Nigeria; Omotola was in Germany to shoot ‘Ties that bind’, where she hob-nobbed with United Nations bigwigs, due to her charitable work. Genevieve, on the other hand, not quite long ago, featured on the Oprah Winfrey Show, and was interviewed twice on CNN International. She has also endorsed MUD cosmetics’ products. Omotola has been in the industry for 15 years while Genevieve has put in over a decade. Stella Damasus Immensely popular, and though she is reputed to be among the industry’s top earners, not much has come her way from corporate endorsements. Stella’s face on a film jacket is a huge plus any day. She started her acting career in 1992 with ‘Abused’ and has not looked back ever since. She has gone on to carve a remarkable niche for herself with the debut of her charity-based show, Changing Lives On The Stella Damasus Show, albeit she has not been a constant feature in movies, lately. Uche Jombo what this actress, director, producer, script-writer and brand ambassador lacks in movie roles, she makes up for in corporate endorsements. Her 12-year stint has made her so comfortable that she had to jettison ‘Asaba movies’ for what she called "quality works". In her new capacity as a producer, Uche has to her credit works like ‘Holding Hope’, ‘Damaged’ and ‘Nollywood Hustlers’ in her kitty. The first movie she acted in was ‘Visa to Hell’ in 1999. She also acted in ‘Adure’, an Igbo movie sub-titled in English. She is also conversant with the Yoruba movie genre. Her newest work and socially-conscious movie, ‘Damaged’ is a bold proclamation of her versatility. Kate Henshaw-Nuttal some call her "the ageless Kate", not because of her vivacity, but simply because she’s been there, she’s still there and will likely be there for some time. Also a Glo ambassador, she kicked off her acting career in 1993 with ‘Sunset’ and followed it up with ‘Domitilla’. She’s the face of Onga seasoning, a product of Promasidor and also a spokesperson for the Lagos State government. Scarcely associated with scandals, she has distinguished herself from others. Recently, she starred in Nigeria’s first all-asha oke movie, Saheed Balogun’s Eti Keta was a real plus for her. Rita Dominic Rita Dominic Nwaturocha became popular in the late ‘90s for her numerous romantic roles, most notably in the 1998 flick ‘time to kill’. One of Nigeria’s popular actresses yet, she has several endorsement contracts from Multichoice and Globacom. A stickler for quality, according to her managers, Rita is an embodiment of finesse, a fact which she proved by floating her own production company, Audreysilva. Stephanie Okereke After her ill-fated marriage to footballer Chikelue Illoanusi and surviving an accident that nearly took her life, Stephanie Okereke took control of the reins of her life and has since moved on. Her movie ‘Through the Glass’, was an instant hit, as it grossed N10m at the Box Office. It also set the tone for quality of Nollywood movies at the cinema. The graduate of English and literary studies from the University of Calabar, who ventured into the industry in 1997 with ‘Compromise’ and ‘Waterloo’, became a power broker of sorts, after she joined President Goodluck Jonathan’s campaign team. Ini Edo Ini ventured into acting in 2004 with ‘World Apart’ and and ever since, she has consolidated her A-list status. A graduate of English from the University of Calabar, the corporate ambassador for beverage-makers, the House of Chi and Globacom is seen as another Genevieve in many circles, but has claimed that she lives under no one’s shadow. She has upped the ante for herself by co-producing ‘Memories of My Heart’ with Emem Isong. Mercy Johnson Talented, popular and controversial, Kogi State-born Mercy is popular for direct intrepretation of roles and for ruling the tabloids for some weeks now, no thanks to her protracted wedding plans that has seen different turns and twists. She has had her share of bad press, but has managed to keep her head above and concentrate on her job.

Actor Desmond Elliot and family escape fire outbreak

Actor Desmond Elliot and family escape fire outbreak

Actor Desmond Elliot and his family narrowly escaped a fire outbreak that started in the early hours of Saturday August 26th at his Ajah residence in Lagos, Nigeria. And in tune with keeping his fans updated about the situation and their current condition, he tweeted the following message:

Thank God wit me- my family delivered frm fire outbreak ..he’s stil God.
Been putting out fire since 3am

It surely comes as good news that Desmond escaped the outbreak considering the spate of unfortunate incidence that have occurred in recent times including vehicular accidents to both Uche Jumbo and Adaora Ukoh.

P-SQUARE NEW MANSION IN PROGRES

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ben louis swiss | 8/29/2011 1:21:17 AM when ever peace and God is in front,and in any familly and in friendship every thing is a blessing,,,
congrats my wonderful igbo twins,,,you both are blessed,,i thanks God for you guys,, Reply this thread

ben louis swiss | 8/29/2011 1:21:18 AM when ever peace and God is in front,and in any familly and in friendship every thing is a blessing,,,
congrats my wonderful igbo twins,,,you both are blessed,,i thanks God for you guys,, Reply this thread

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Norwegian woman, Ingrid Midtgaard, among 18 killed in UN bomb attack

On 26 August, the government of Norway reported that a Norwegian woman was among the 18 people killed in a suicide bomb attack on the office complex of the United Nations (UN) in Abuja, Nigeria.

In a first statement in the Norwegian capital, Oslo, the country’s Foreign Minister, Jonas Gahr Stoere, had said “a Norwegian woman employed by the UN was among the dead”, but did not identity the victim.

The Norwegian government subsequently named the victim as Ingrid Midtgaard, a 30-year-old lawyer.

Ingrid joined the UN Country Office Nigeria in November 2010 as an Associate Expert on the Nigeria Country Team of the UN Office of Drugs and Crime (UNODC).

Information on a UNODC source in Abuja said “she was assisting in backstopping in the anti-corruption related portfolio”. Her work also involved “supporting future programming in the areas of drugs and crime, anti-corruption and Justice Sector Reform”.

The First Lady of Nigeria, Dame Patience Jonathan you to fine oooo

Two Nigerian nationals arrested in New Delhi

New Delhi, Jun 16 (PTI) With the arrest of two Nigerian nationals police today claimed to have busted a gang which had allegedly cheated several people in the name of fake lottery.

Igbinovia Osayando Jeffery (32) and Ejezie Arinze (33) were arrested from a house in Mehrauli area after receiving secret information that some Nigerians involved in fake lottery scam were operating from the area, said Chhaya Sharma, DCP South.

A team, formed following recent incidents of innocent people being cheated in the pretext of fake lottery, raided the house. They found two Nigerians standing outside the house who rushed inside after seeing the police party.

Police then asked them to produce their passports.

It came to fore that Jeffery and Arinze were not having valid passport and visa and both were booked under Foreigners Act.

During interrogation, they said that they had come to India on three months visa but didn''t went back even after expiry of the visa.

"While staying in the country, they pretended to be merchants dealing in readymade garments and other house hold articles. But actually they cheat people by offering them huge rewards or lotteries through e-mails or SMSes and induced them to get some amount deposited in the bank account on the pretext of getting the clearance of amount from various government agencies," Sharma said. (More) PTI SMJ

NOLLYWOOD THROUGH PIETER HUGO’S LENS

Dirk Bogarde was quoted to have said that the camera can photograph thought. Therefore if the collection of pictures, the South African photographer named Pieter Hugo has been exhibiting over the world as a reflection of Nollywood is his thought about the Nigerian film industry, then this thought is not only unapprised but unschooled. Those images alone made my skin crawl.

The level of interest and/or contempt Nollywood has generated is such that emergency critics have been made of people who have never seen a Nollywood movie. Some have turned their apathy towards Nollywood into status symbol. In the main, Mr. Hugo’s collection of photographs about Nollywood, evidence a conclusion based on a stereotype. It is an intelligent effort to creatively manage ignorance.

The photographer assembled a team of ‘actors’ and assistants in Enugu and Delta States to recreate scenes fresh from his nightmares and name them Nollywood verisimilitude. From February 25 – April 10 2010, these weird pictures were on exhibition at Yossi Milo Gallery, New York, USA. The same exhibitions have been held in Rome and California to critical acclaim from an elite tribe of the uninformed.

Grotesque images

In one of his images we see a cutlass through the heart of a woman, the bodice ripped wide and the loose breasts roll. A female gang of three wielding rifles, a lady wielding a rod, eyes rolled in semi-consciousness and hands protruding from her mouth. There is another of a vampire-like creature wielding a rifle with children gaping at the background. And another of a burnt corpse emerging from the wreck of a vehicle… Pray how does this lunacy reflect Nollywood?

The props used in the re-enactment of Pieter’s nightmares range from machetes, screw bars, hammers and firearms. They often look extraneous to the setting. The images lack balance; it creates a subjectivity of only the dark kind.

The characters, in the main, didn’t need the efforts of a Make-up artiste to look hideous; their parents made that easy. And that perhaps seemed to be the only redeeming thing in the horrid collection. Mr. Hugo’s ability to assemble a cast of characters that seemed to have crawled out of slime is indeed remarkable with their faces like a stretch of unpaved road. Perhaps, he should google Genevieve Nnaji or Mercy Johnson, or Ramsey Nouah… these are sights for sore eyes and they are all Nollywood acts. There are many more too numerous to mention in a single breath.

The settings of the collection are dreary, bland or outright creepy. For emotion, there is dread and an uncanny melancholy. They seem to choke you as they gasp for air to breath. The subjects fly out at your face, you lock eyes with them and you will be the first to avert a gaze. In Nollywood films, we see palatial mansions, choice cars and pleasing sights. Nollywood destroyed the myth that Africans still lived on trees.

When images this grotesque are collected as part of a continuum, they tell a story powerful enough to influence thoughts and colour judgment. It is even worrisome when they seemed to have been formed upon the canvass of a lie. They feed on the imagery that Nollywood is only digitally enhanced voodoo. Even if this is the intent, they miss an important link. There is a curious disconnect between voodoo as seen in Nollywood and their relation to reality. Worse still, they ignore completely the place and purpose of rituals in African thought.

Through the aid of 3D and superior technical expertise, Hollywood monsters appear cooler than those of Nollywood. Yet, to judge Nollywood’s rendition upon the standards set by Hollywood is to judge a Miss World pageant with a condition that all the contestants must be white. The monsters created in Nollywood do not just help the story along, their intent is both creative and didactic and often with spiritual connotation. Pieter Hugo’s images share no such similitude. They are the stuff of nightmares.

Writing about the images, Stacy Hardy wrote “Pieter’s monsters confront us on their own terms; head on, they stare us down. Instead of lurking in the shadows or hiding under the bed of our eternal subconscious nightmare, the figures are starkly light. Their bodies undo sight. Monsters from a nation’s Id suddenly demanding equal time as thinking and dreaming and sexual citizens. They face us without even the faintest glimmer of a possible absence, in the state of radical disillusion; Baudrillard’s “obscene transparency” of “pure presence.”

Nollywood is not all voodoo

Pieter Hugo’s collection is hardly what Nollywood represent. Nollywood is an extension of African story-telling culture. The images created in these stories find relevance in their power to reprimand and teach object lessons. To achieve this objective, fictional characters are given human personae though inanimate or non-human. The subjects in Pieter’s images do not satisfy this need.

And this really is the power of the phenomenon called Nollywood. It is the spirit of a people to re-create their world first for themselves and
invite others to share in their reality. It is the power to laugh at our own idiocy without the embarrassing stench of self-deprecation. It is the ability to define our world without the burden of borrowed and often skewed lenses. Ansel Adams said that “A photograph is usually looked at - seldom looked into”.

I have looked into Pieter Hugo’s images of Nollywood and I can smell the stench from a mile away.

KOKO CONCERT LONDON TOMORROW AUGUST 29TH. #DONTDULL BE THERE!!

Dapo Daniel Oyebanjo popularly known as Dbanj is showing that hard work does pay with the announcement of Kokoconcert Series 3 on Monday the 29^th of August 2011 at the Hammersmith Apollo – London

Dbanj has won several music awards including the awards for Best African Act at the MTV Europe Music Awards 2007 and Artist of the Year at the MTV Africa Music Awards 2009.

This concert is brought to you from the team who brought you hits like:

Fall in Love,  Gbono Feli Feli, Suddenly, Maje, Booty call, Tongolo, Ololufe, Kiss your hand, Why me, Mr Endowed, Bumper to Bumper, Mr Endowed Remix with Snoop Dogg, You bad, Igwe, Close to you, Give it to me, Ten Ten, Kiss your hand, Who born the maga, Over the moon, Pop Something, Pere, Scape Goat, Give it to me, Omoba – And the list goes on!!!!!!!!!!!

Dbanj has recently appeared on BET in an exclusive interview. He has won several MTV awards, and has won best African Act at the Mobo’s 2 years in a row.

He has been nominated for a MOBO award in 2011 yet again!!! With the Endowed remix with Snoop dog done and dusted; he can currently be found tweeting and receiving tweets from Kanye West.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WBCKwlgHT8

How Nollywood producer was nabbed for sexual harassment

The age-long buzz that sexual harassment thrives in Nollywood came alive again last week when a popular producer (names withheld) and prominent member of the Association of Movie Producers (AMP) was arrested by the police in Lagos.
He was detained with some of his aides at the Soloki Police Station, Aguda, Surulere, for allegedly stripping some young actresses naked during the audition for his new movie.

Aspiring actresses at an audition venue advertisement

The ugly incident allegedly took place, last Thursday, at a residence opposite the popular Nollywood rendezvous at Winnis Hotel, Surulere, Lagos.
The young actresses were said to have gathered at the venue for the audition because the producer, popularly known as Locomotive Productions, had announced that only young and aspiring actresses needed apply for the movie roles.
Locomotive was said to have ordered the desperate actresses to strip at the audition ground, an order which some of them obeyed without hesitation and thereafter, he and his cohorts proceeded to demand for sex as a pre-condition for getting roles in the new movie.
Another version of the story said one of the actresses, (names withheld) who refused to comply with the order, escaped and alerted the male actors who rushed into the house and caught the popular producer and two other men pants down.
The actors’ screams however caught the attention of the landlady who raised an alarm. Thereafter, the matter was reported to the Chairman, Lagos State Chapter of Actors Guild of Nigeria, Emeka Rising, who invited the police.
Confirming the incident, the AGN, Lagos State boss described the incident as "dirty and shameful" warning that the guild would no longer tolerate such act from any producer and that it would go the extra mile to bring such culprits to book.
“This is not the kind of image we want to project in Nollywood. Some of the actresses are not registered members of AGN, and more so, many of them are old women desperately looking for movie roles,”he narrated.
AGN, he said, was forced to drop prosecuting the matter because the abused actresses were not willing to pursue the matter.
“They refused to show up or write a formal statement to the police,” Emeka told HVP.

When Kehinde hung himself *And the shocking revelations from his suicide note

When the news of suicide committed by an undergraduate,Kehinde Akintunde, broke on Sunday last week, many people who heard it found it shocking, not because suicide was a strange occurrence but the circumstances which surrounded Kehinde's act, as well as the note he left behind, were incomprehensible, especially to his family members who never believed such could happen in their family, not to talk of their smiling, easy-going, brilliant child taking such a non-reversible step. It was suicide extraordinaire.

Kehinde's body dangling from the ceiling with his trousers wet with urine. Inset is the close shot of the hook to which he tied the rope. advertisement

Kehinde, a 400 level student of Civil Engineering at the Federal University of Technology, Akure was in Lagos State where he was undergoing industrial training, which was part of his course requirements. With a twin brother who was also doing his youth service, Kehinde found it convenient staying in their sister's house in Lagos. He had left the house in the morning of Friday, August 19, 2011 as usual, bidding farewell as he stepped out, giving everyone the impression that he was going to the place where he was doing his industrial training.

Not too long afterwards, he received a call from his twin brother who wanted to know where he was. "I am about boarding a bus to Yaba", Kehinde was reported to have replied. Unknown however to any soul, except himself, Kehinde had other plans that would forever put a demarcation between him and his loved ones forever.

He boarded a vehicle to Ibadan and went to Apata area where he walked into an hotel around 12noon and checked in. He was with a back pack and held a bottle of water. He made enquiries about the cost of the rooms and paid for one. As he spoke with the receptionist who booked him in, he was full of smiles and did not betray any emotion or reveal what his intention would soon be. After he had been handed the key to Room 13, he climbed the stairs and made for the room.

Around 11.30a.m. on Saturday, August 20, the receptionist who was on duty noticed that the key to Room 13 was not among other keys and when the receptionist on duty the previous day resumed duty later in the afternoon, she pointed her attention to this. The duo quickly reported to the hotel manager who told them to hold on as it was possible that the guest forgot to drop the key or still had the intention of spending one more night.
When the situation was still same a couple of hours later, the manager decided to inform the Director of the hotel, in whose possession the spare keys of the

hotel rooms were. The director reportedly ordered that the spare key should be used in opening the room but all their efforts yielded no result as none of the keys used in testing the door made it give way.

At about 6.30p.m. the owner of the hotel directed that a carpenter be brought in to break the door open so that another guest could be lodged in. However, as the carpenter went about his job, he was said to have noticed that the door was bolted from behind. A suspicion arose in him and he called the attention of the manager to this. Since they had no choice than to break the door open, the manager told him to continue.

Even if they were expecting something serious to have happened, the sight they beheld was beyond their comprehension. They found the body of their guest, Kehinde, hanging from the hook of a ceiling fan. Stifling the scream that wanted to escape from their throats, the hotel management quickly put a call across to the police at Apata Division. Detectives from the station were sent to the hotel and when they searched the room, they found some belongings of the deceased including a modem, a wallet containing N5, 245, three handsets, a bag, a school identification card, a voter card, some textbooks and a comprehensive suicide note which was written on seven pages of a small jotter.

Scrolling through his phone, the police were able to get Kehinde's sister's number and as a way of prompting their steps quickly without raising suspicion, she was told to come to Ibadan as her brother, Kehinde, had been arrested for robbery. Very sure that her brother could never be involved in such, she called her uncle who resides in Ibadan, intimating him of what she learnt. Also convinced that his nephew's arrest could have been a case of mistaken identity, the uncle went to the police station at Apata that very night but was told to report back in the morning.

Next morning, Sunday August 21, the uncle and policemen went to the hotel and it was there that the news of Kehinde's death was broken to him. The uncle, shocked with disbelief, went limp. It was as if he was dreaming. After regaining some composure, he was invited to come and see the body but the uncle shivered, saying he would not be able to stand seeing the dead body of a boy he was so close to right from childhood.

Shortly after, Kehinde's parents who had left Lagos for Ibadan after being told the story of robbery, were brought to the hotel where the news was also broken to them. The mother who had all the while suspected that something terrible must have happened to her beloved son, with the way everyone went hush hush, let out an exclamation immediately the news was broken to her by some clergymen who were invited by the uncle. Crying, the woman who should be close to 60 years lamented how she had suffered over the deceased, asking God rhetorically, "My God, why did you allow this to happen to me?"

Of all that happened, what baffled the family members, police and journalists who were present was the content of the suicide note left behind by Kehinde, which gave no cogent reason for his action, except a portion of it which implied that he might have suffered depression. He had asked his brother who is medical doctor not to bother to research on the causes of depression while also saying in another portion of the note that for those who might think he was depressed, and should have been placed on medication, the medication would have only added to his problem.

In the suicide note, Kehinde addressed all his family members and gave each a parting message. He also expressed his philosophical views on some issues.
Finding the contents of the note unbelieveable, the uncle said Kehinde had no reason to do what he did. "This boy was a genius. He cleared his WASCE result at one sitting with nine distinctions. He gained admission thereafter and his CGP in school placed him on Second Class Upper. Even his doctor brother used to consult him on some areas in his field of medicine. I could recollect that about age 10, Kehinde's father bought about six books and brought them home, telling the children to go and read and narrate the contents to him. Kehinde had immediately answered his dad that he had read all the books and went ahead to narrate the stories therein.

"At a young age too, whenever he played computer game with his sibling and they became stuck at a point, he would wake up in the night and continued where they stopped. He would eventually solve the problem and call my attention to it so that I could be his witness in the morning when he would relate his feat to others. He was always smiling and I was close to all of them, or so I thought. I can't just comprehend what has happened".

Kehinde's mother while lamenting the loss of her son wondered aloud how she would cope with his loss. "Whenever I had problems that I could not solve with my patients, it was Kehinde that I would call to give me a clue. My God, why did you allow this to happen to me, with the way I serve you? From day one, I had been suffering over this child. As a baby, he had diarrhoea and was very weak. I had to fix an infusion set into his vein while I was also driving. Anyway, I will not deny you (God)but you must avenge the enemies who did this", she wailed. Her husband who was also weeping profusely tried to console his wife saying "Please my wife, God will comfort us. This does not mean that God has forsaken us".

While many were saying that the young man must have suffered depression without it being noticed by family and friends, others believed that those who would too much on the quiet side could be going through things that would be hidden from others while they are be seen as being 'gentle' or 'easy-going'.

Speaking on the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer in Oyo State, ASP Femi Akinlawon told Sunday Tribune that the remains of the deceased had been deposited in the mortuary at State Hospital, Ring Road for autopsy after which it would be released to the family for burial. However , Sunday Tribune learnt that the deceased had been buried on Wednesday, August 24.

Boko Haram gives reason for UN House bombing

Yusifiyya Movement, also known as Boko Haram, yesterday, said it attacked the United Nations (UN) building in Abuja because United States  (US) and the UN  are supporting the Federal Government to  persecute Muslims in  Nigeria.

One Abu Kakah, who claimed to be speaking  on behalf of the group, made the statement. He spoke to journalists on phone in  Maiduguri, Borno State capital, just as the US embassy said Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) had arrived  Nigeria following the suicide  attack.

Kakah said the  sect considered the US, the UN and the Nigerian government as common enemies and  would continue to attack them because they are infringing on the rights of the Muslims.

The UN House, Abuja

He accused the Federal Government of insincerity in dialoguing with Boko Haram, saying the only condition they would accept to talk  with government was unconditional release of all their members whom, he said, are in prisons all over the country.

When asked why they carried out attacks in the month of Ramadan, the spokesman said those  condemning the sect  are ignorant of Islam. He pointed out that Ramadan did not forbid them to fight “a just cause.”

The group also claimed responsibility for last week’s failed suicide attack on Borno police command headquarters and the attack on banks in Gombi,  Adamawa State which left more than 16 people dead.

According to him, details of  Boko Haram suicide bombings would  be made known at a later date.

Kakah warned that attack on Kano was imminent if the state government and the  city’s emirate council did not stop  what it described as the persecution of their members.

According to him, Boko Haram was  yet to be contacted by Borno State and Federal Government or their representatives for dialogue.

The gate brought down by the suicide bomber before he rammed into the UN House

The spokesman described  the Sultan  as the Seriki of Sokoto and not the leader of the Muslims in the country, accusing him of supporting the Federal Government policies against Islam.

Meanwhile, a US embassy spokesman said yesterday that FBI agents have arrived  Nigeria following the Friday attack at the UN headquarters in Abuja.

“The FBI is on the ground at the request of the Nigerian government,” said Deborah MacLean. She told AFP that she was unsure of the number of the FBI agents now in Nigeria  and could not provide further details.

P-square stole my song – Nollywood actress, Stephnora Okere

A few people have informed us about this story but we didn’t want to publish it because we wanted to verify the information. But we recently got a confirmation from a top industry insider.


“I sent the song over to Jude via email and he listened to it. The next day I called him for his opinion and he said exactly these words ‘Stephnora the song is good but don’t release it like that because it doesn’t meet the standard of the Nigerian market’. I asked him what should be done and he suggested that I return to the studios and brush it up.
“As a brother and colleague, I took his advice and went back to the studio with my producer, Jiff. I also consulted with my manager, and we agreed to improve on the work ahead of the album launch, which I planned for this December. I finally completed the song in May/ June. But to my consternation, two weeks ago my personal assistant called my attention to P Square’s new album, which included a track entitled Jeje.
“What they did was to remix the chorus of my version to a danceable track. That was not all; they also gave their version the same title, Jeje and featured Waje.”

Congratulations to Wiz Kid and his new baby mama!

On the 28th of May 2010 we published a story about Wiz Kid’s Wizkid’s youthful exuberance and generated a huge buzz. We just wanted to congratulate Wiz Kid and his baby mama.
It was reported by NET that Wiz Kid impregnated Sola, an undergraduate studying at the University of Legon, Accra, Ghana.
From NET:
Will Wizkid, whose real names are Ayo Balogun, follow in the footsteps of 2face Idibia (five kids from three women), JJC (three kids from three women), 9ice (three kids from two women, one of whom is still legally married to him), and the likes of Father U Turn, KWAM 1, KSA, and many other musicians who have children from multiple relationships? Or will he settle with his baby’s mother and make a home?
Interestingly, Wizkid’s leader Banky W, himself a bonafide ladies’ man and fun-lover, remains scandal-free; managing to stay away from controversies and making sure he doesn’t toe the line of illegitimacy.


Here is a tweet from Wiz Kid:
From his official Twitter handle (@wizkidayo) ‘Hey All.. Got sumthin to tell yall. In life, there are those times when you wonder about the wrong decisions you’ve made… This is one of those times for me. I realize that I haven’t always lived up to everyone’s expectations from my loved ones to the immense love from my fans. I am sorry. Please continue to pray for me. With the help of my family and my EME big brothers, I am working on becoming a better man, a better artiste, a more responsible person with every one of my actions.‘
Wiz Kid is obviously very talented but he needs directions and good leadership in his life so he doesn’t end up on the wrong path.

More Photos of Mercy Johnson’s wedding ceremony

The wedding was very colorful ably attended by the crème de la crème of the African Movies Industry including Genevieve Nnaji, Emeka Ike, Jim Iyke, Segun Arinze, Keneth Okonkwo, Patience Ozonkwo, Chinedu Ikedieze, Majid Mitchel, Francis Duru, Speaker, Edo State House of Assembly, DJ Jimmy Jatt, Mike Ezunronye.
Others present includes Yvonne Nelson, Empress Njamah, Chika Ike, Queen Nwokoye and a host of stars to grace the event.
Check the photos below:









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