1st Sep 2014 Now, on both our feel good stories and our hero profiles, we have featured quite a few outstanding young people who have been recipients of the Anzisha Prize, a partnership between the African Leadership Academy and The MasterCard Foundation, to celebrate and support young entrepreneurs who are working to build their communities ... Read More
18th Sep 2014 In the Nollywood scene, veteran Nollywood actress Omotola Alade-Ekeinde has been promoting her new movie “Blood in the Lagoon” in Houston, USA, prior to its premiere during the weekend. Omosexy has been spotted in a number of Houston’s media houses including MBC, Channel 11 and 97.9FM The ... Read More
27th Aug 2014 Hi there happy people! Veteran Nollywood actor Segun Arinze and his wife Julie had a bouncing baby girl on Monday in Maryland, USA. Congratulations Segun and Julie! The couple already has two boys together, making the new addition a perfect one. But then the new addition is Segun’s second daughter. Segun had ... Read More
27th Aug 2014 In a chat with Pulse.ng Empire Mates Entertainment’s boss Banky W has opened up about the real reason the record label had to let go of fast-rising “Shake Body” singer Skales, whom EME had discovered and signed up in 2010. Banky W had it that EME had to let Skales go because ... Read More
27th Aug 2014 On to new music and videos, Nigerian afro-pop artist EasyPlus formerly known as Minus 2, formerly known as Omo Eleniyan has released the video to his song “Area”. “Area” is from EasyPlus’ forthcoming debut album “Easy Does It”. The song talks about Lagos street life, which includes Bariga, where EasyPlus grew up. ... Read More
27th Aug 2014 And Chocolate City’s hot Kenyan singer Victoria Kimani has finally released the eagerly-awaited video for her hit song “Prokoto” featuring two top Tanzanian artists Ommy Dimpoz and Diamond. The video, which was shot in Tanzanian and Kenya shows purely East African fashion and dance moves. The word ... Read More
27th Aug 2014 Yet in the Eastern African front, veteran award-winning Kenyan artist Nameless has released a new song and video titled “Butterfly”. The song, which Nameless sang in Luganda, was inspired when a Ugandan fan of Nameless challenged him to learn their language, Luganda. The romantic song ‘Butterfly” is ... Read More
27th Aug 2014 Some more football news with this report that Libya has withdrawn its offer to host the 2017 Africa Cup of Nations. This decision was made following a meeting between CAF and Libyan football officials at the CAF headquarters in Cairo. CAF President Issa Hayatou, on making the announcement, mentioned the current unstable ... Read More
27th Aug 2014 Hmmm…guys, the drama surrounding Nigeria and its coaching team is still on, but at least we have somewhat of a reprieve, with the information that Coach Stephen Keshi and Minister of Sports Tammy Danagogo have come to a temporary agreement that will see oach Keshi take the Nigerian Senior team through their ... Read More
27th Aug 2014 Guys, remember when we shared with you that the Dangote Group is investing $1 billion in rice production in Nigeria? They seem to be on to something. An article in BusinessDay informs us that annual domestic processed rice production in Nigeria has jumped from 2.9 metric tonnes, valued at N580 billion naira, ... Read More
