Weekend Beats

Peter Okoye, one half of the P-Square music duo, has kicked-off with Dance Nigeria with Peter, a TV reality show designed to raise the bar. The show is the first dance reality TV show that abrogates the normal humdrum of dance competition seen on TV.

In an effort to remember the former CEO of Misofunyin Entertainment, his cousin, Arewa Oluwatosin Olanipekun aka Tee Blaq and Eldar Records are pulling the stops to celebrate the legacy of the iconic Hip-hop star. The late rapper’s father would join in leading a handful of Nigerian artistes and industry stakeholders that affiliated with DaGrin while he lived to the long hour event.

ON the eve of what would be the birthday of her brother, Michael Anyiam-Osigwe, April 14, Peace Anyiam-Osigwe, former CEO of Africa Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) and TED Fellow, re-issues FlipSide, a song written and produced by MCAO, as Michael was known in the 90s, through PMOGlobal Music, by soul music sensation, Edge.

FOLLOWING the success of The Meeting, the award winning film production and distribution company, The Audrey Silva Company, founded by Mildred Okwo and Rita Dominic, has embarked on a new movie project, titled, Surulere, scheduled for release later in the year.

THE Olu of Warri, His Majesty, Ogiame Atuwatse II, CON, outgoing Governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Eweta Uduaghan, CON and the state’s governor-elect, Senator Ifeanyi Okowa, are among top dignitaries that will converge on Warri on Friday, May 1, to watch a command performance of the stage play, Olu Akengbuwa, produced and directed by award-winning filmmaker, Comrade Alex Eyengho.

THE online hub for business, technology and enterprise, Y! Africa and Today’s Woman (TW) Magazine have partnered to launch new brand, Y! Africa Xtra.

The "elegant collision of charisma" pairing the 28-year-old super star and the 88-year-old industry veteran will set the tone at the 49th edition of the festival on the shores of lake Geneva, the festival team said in a statement.

Exactly three years after he voluntarily quit his relationship with Chocolate City at the expiration of his two-year deal, precisely on Wednesday March 30, 2012, Jesse Garba Abaga, popularly known as Jesse Jagz, has reportedly returned to join his brothers, MI, Ice Prince and the Choc City family.

A man was injured last Sunday after he was pulled into the water by a sea lion that jumped from the water at a San Diego marina in California and grabbed a fish he was holding, authorities said.

An Indonesian man took a free ride in the wheel well of an aircraft this week, surviving a high-altitude flight of nearly two hours in thin air and sub-zero temperatures.

Following the successes recorded in the past two editions of Bull Fuji Talent Hunt, sponsors of the programme, Intercontinental Distillers Limited (IDL), has concluded plans for the smooth take-off of the third edition tagged, Bull Fuji Talent Hunt Season 3.

An Oregon mother says she got more than she bargained for when she picked up an Easter gift for her toddler in the clearance section of a local Walmart.