Weekend Beats

Following the excitement that has greeted Coca-Cola’s novel marketing campaign Share a Coke, DANIEL ANAZIA explores how this campaign started within the celebrity community in Nigeria.  IT started with an Instagram post by popular comedian, Bovi, in December 2014, announcing that he has received a Coke bottle with his name on it. Soon after, the…

FAST rising Nigerian reggae-dancehall sensation Patoranking, has been named as the MTV Base Artiste of the month, for March 2015. Following his recent string of successes, including several hit singles and industry awards, MTV Base is supporting him with a month of programmes chronicling his meteoric rise to fame.      Born in 1990, in…

AS the first episode of Etisalat-Sponsored Nigerian Idol season 5 took the nation by storm last weekend, viewers were delighted to have their favourite music reality show back on TV, thanks to the good, bad and ugly talents Benin had in stock.     With their appetites whetted by the exciting opener, episode 2 promises to…

SELF-ACCLAIMED Nigeria’s king of rap, Olanrewaju Ogunmefun, also known as Vector Tha Viper, at the grand finale of the Airtel/Trace Music Star competition thrilled his fans to a mega performance. The event which was the wrap up of the tour, he started last year for the Airtel/Trace Music Star competition in Lagos, Ibadan, Enugu, Port…

FEW days after he staged the maiden edition of his latest talent hunt project tagged Alibaba Spontaneity, a platform created for young comedians to showcase themselves and win prizes, Nigeria’s ‘King of Comedy’ Atunyota Alleluya Akporobomerere, otherwise known as Alibaba in the showbiz circle, was a special guests on this week CNN’s African Voices.   …

NO doubt, Nollywood has greatly promoted Nigeria across the globe and earned billions of dollars for practitioners, but the question now is does the industry promote a culture of immorality? Aside from nude scenes viewers watch on screen, there’s a high level of sexual immorality among practitioners, with up coming actresses at the receiving end.…

AS part of efforts to further promote the fashion and style industry, L’Espace recently staged the maiden edition of Style Summit at their Victoria Island flagship store, where startups owners, entrepreneurs and individuals from the worlds of fashion retail and technology shared their thoughts on how fashion houses and retail chains are utilising nascent technologies.…

Bez, Alex Okubo Join Truly African Campaign NIGERIAN super model Oluchi Oralndi has just sealed a mouth-watering deal with Verve  Born Oluchi Onweagba, the super model, who has graced the covers of various top international fashion magazines, is currently the host and head judge of Africa’s Next Top Model and is married with two sons…

 THREE of the leading Nigerian rappers have teamed up to produce the theme song for the Paradigm Initiative Nigeria (PIN), a social enterprise that connects underserved Nigerian youth with Information and Communication Technology (ICT) opportunities, with specific concern about the ill effects of unemployment and cybercrime, among other vices that limit the potential contribution of…

AHEAD of the presidential election billed for March 28, over 200 young Nigerian professionals, businessmen and entrepreneurs recently engaged president Goodluck Ebele Jonathan in the first of its kind youth interactive forum tagged Meet The President.      Held at Eko Hotel, Victoria Island, Lagos, the session, which was put together by a group known…

Though not a stranger in the country’s music industry, talented singer Tosin Martins came to limelight with the released his hit track, Olomi. The classic love song, which comes with distinct message and melodious tune, enjoyed massive airplay across the country, even when a greater part of the song was rendered in Yoruba. In those…

TO mark mark this year’s lovers day, comedian Basketmouth recently took his yearly Valentine Concert to the United Kingdom. Staged in partnership with Guarantee Trust Bank (GTB) on the platform of GTCrea8, the concerts were held in Manchester, London, Birmingham, Nothingham and Scotland.    Aside from the host Basketmouth, the shows paraded the likes of…