The talented theater practitioner and teacher Dr Sola Fosudo, was 52 years old last Sunday, 25th April, 2010 and in other to make the day a memorable one a stage play written by Cornel Best  with the title Fosudo is coming was staged by the members of Association of Theater Art Student(ATAS-LASU). Here as some of the faces at  the event. 

Song Outbreak Happens Soon!

Isolo a Lagos suburb will come alive in the weeks to come as plans are in advanced stage for the final presentation of Song Outbreak season 1 , a talent hunt show designed to discover young talents and nurture them to do great exploit in the music industry . according to the initiator of the project  Omotunde  Adebowale –David otherwise known as Lolo 1 of Wazobia Fm,  the aim of the talent hunt is to give  young up coming artistes in Isolo Local Government Area,  the opportunity to express themselves and earn a living  in what they  believe in, the Ogun State born talented Broadcaster,   further stated that Song Outbreak is her own little way of giving back to the society, “there are many young people who are talented but do not know how to go about it, with this project am so much believe that superstars will emerge from Isolo” she submitted . At the beginning of the competition over one hundred youth registered after series of performances and audition ten outstanding  artistes made it to the final they are Thoephilus Sunday, Anumele Stanley, Olugbenro Bernard, Christiana Williams, Jenifa Soko, Da bless, Twimzzay, Okeydoye David, Young Master , Mc Flow among others. The winners that is first, second and the third runners up will go home with 100,00, 50,000 and 25,000 naira each with a recording deal from thumbs up Entertainment, a Lagos based music promotion company with interest in talent development. The final showdown is slated for 9^th May, 2010, between 4.00pm and 8.00pm at the popular and one of the best hotel in Isolo, New World Inn, Ago Palace Road, Okota –Isolo, Lagos. Gate Fees is 1000 naira only. Some of the celebrities expected at the event are Koffi, Owen Gee, Lepacious Bose, Sound Sultan, all the presenters on Wazobia Fm, Also,  Osolo of Isolo, His Royal Highness, Oba Kabiru Adelaja, who  has shown interest in the project, will be at the event with other dignitaries  like  Captain Kola Raheem, Chief Asa Marine , Chief Demola Akile and Alhaji Amoda Yussuf Asabari among others. This event will be anchored by duo of Yaw and Lolo 1 both on air personality on Wazobia FM. Song outbreak is powered by ALC Ltd with media support from Reality Weekly,  Dynamics On TV, Yaw 9ja, Nergize , Supperscreen. Naijajuwon.com, City People, Encomium, Galaxy Tv, Dtv .etc. Thou been the maiden edition there are no major sponsor but “the show must go on” she said , she also called on well meaning Nigerians and corporate organizations to support the project and make it bigger. Omotunde studied Law at the Lagos State University, but has a flair for Broadcasting  and entertainment in general ,  you can catch up with her every Sunday on Wazobia Fm 95.1 between 12-6pm on Gbadunment. She intend to make Isolo the haven of showbiz with lots of youth oriented programmes with the aim of giving their lives a meaning, instead of doing Yahoo-yahoo or other illicit trade there are many opportunities in the showbiz industry , she appealed

LOLO 1 SET FOR SONG OUTBREAK 2010

Plans are in advanced stage for the final presentation of Song Outbreak season 1 , a talent hunt show designed to discover young talents and nurture them to do great exploit in the music industry . according to the initiator of the project Omotunde Adebowale –David otherwise known as Lolo 1 of Wazobia Fm, the aim of the talent hunt is to give young up coming artistes in Isolo Local Government Area, the opportunity to express themselves and earn a living in what they believe in, the Ogun State born talented Broadcaster, further stated that Song Outbreak is her own little way of giving back to the society, “there are many young people who are talented but do not know how to go about it, with this project am so much believe that superstars will emerge from Isolo” she submitted . At the beginning of the competition over one hundred youth registered after series of performances and audition ten outstanding artistes made it to the final they are Thoephilus Sunday, Anumele Stanley, Olugbenro Bernard, Christiana Williams, Jenifa Soko, Da bless, Twimzzay, Okeydoye David, Young Master , Mc Flow among others. The winners that is first, second and the third runners up will go home with 100,00, 50,000 and 25,000 naira each with a recording deal from thumbs up Entertainment, a Lagos based music promotion company with interest in talent development. The final showdown is slated for 9th May, 2010, between 4.00pm and 8.00pm at the popular and one of the best hotel in Isolo, New World Inn, Ago Palace Road, Okota –Isolo, Lagos. Gate Fees is 1000 naira only. Some of the celebrities expected at the event are Koffi, Owen Gee, Lepacious Bose, Sound Sultan, all the presenters on Wazobia Fm, Also, Osolo of Isolo, His Royal Highness, Oba Kabiru Adelaja, who has shown interest in the project, will be at the event with other dignitaries like Captain Kola Raheem, Chief Asa Marine , Chief Demola Akile and Alhaji Amoda Yussuf Asabari among others.
while Yaw and Lolo 1 are the Masters of Ceremony. The event is powered by ALC Ltd with media support from Reality Weekly, Dynamics On TV, Yaw 9ja, Nergize , Supperscreen. Naijajuwon.com, City People, Encomium, Galaxy Tv, Dtv .etc. Thou been the maiden edition there are no major sponsor but “the show must go on” she said , she also called on well meaning Nigerians and corporate organizations to support the project and make it bigger. Omotunde studied Law at the Lagos State University, but has a flair for Broadcasting and entertainment in general , you can catch up with her every Sunday on Wazobia Fm 95.1 between 12-6pm on Gbadunment. She intend to make Isolo the haven of showbiz with lots of youth oriented programmes with the aim of giving their lives a meaning, instead of doing Yahoo-yahoo or other illicit trade there are many opportunities in the showbiz industry , she concluded.

Funke Akindele Speaks ‘My Encounter In The Jungle’

One of the celebrities in the ongoing Gulder Ultimate Search: Celebrity Showdown, Funke Akindele the popular actress who was the first to be evicted from the show, has described her experience in the reality show as that of pain and pleasure. According to her; “It was a pretty difficult and wonderful experience for me because it is my first time of doing something like this in my life. Though, it was difficult, I enjoyed every bit of it. I learnt a lot while there and I enjoyed all the tasks. I never knew I could stay in the sun for two hours doing serious tasks like that. I learned about accommodating and tolerating people. It was fun. I enjoyed myself there.” Jenifa said her eviction from the show was that of mixed feelings. “I wasn't sad being evicted at that stage, but I won't lie to you, it was pretty difficult. You can imagine sleeping on the hard sand of the jungle, cooking with firewood and bathing in the open. What an experience! To be honest with you, I was happy being sent home. Although, some of my fans may not be happy because they would have wanted me to win in the show. They would want to see 'Jenifa' becoming an 'Ultimate Woman' but one person would surely win and it is not me.” .Note: Bob Emmanuel Udokwu a popular actor is also out of the jungle he was evicted a week after Jenifa.

GLAMAROL A TALENTED UP COMING HIP HOP ARTISTE, HER DEBUT ALBUM WITH THE TITLE PUTING GLAMOUR TO LIFE WAS LAUNCHED IN LAGOS OVER THE WEEKEND, IT WAS A WELL ATTENDED EVENT. KEEP A DATE WITH NAIJAJUWON FOR HER EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW.

Showbix Stars Are Ready to Honour Seye Kehinde

HERE ARE SOME OF THE TOP HIP HOP ARTISTES IN NIGERIA

PIC 1.9ice

PiC  2.Weird Mc

Pic   3.Timaya

Pic  4.Ruggedman

LAGOS CARNIVAL 2010

ALL THE PAPARAZZI AT THE LAGOS CARNIVAL 1

SCENES FROM PRIVATE LIES

All the Fun at Lagos Carnival 2010

FACES AT PRIVATE LIES BY YAW

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YAW AND JUDE ORHORHA IN PRIVATE LIES

AFTER staging PO, a two casts play successfully at the MUSON Centre last year, the award winning broadcaster, Steve Onu, popularly known as YAW is back on Stage with another Play  titled PRIVATE LIES a play written by Tyrone E. Terrence.

According to YAW, the play was selected because of the message in it, he further stated that with Privates LIES, he is trying to contribute his own quota to revive live theatre in the country, to him live theatre cannot die, because it has been there for ages and it will continue to live. In the words of  Olujuwon Bukunola Philips, the media consultant for the event,  unlike PO which featured YAW and Koffi a popular comedian , PRIVATE LIES is a four  casts play , that will feature YAW, Jude Orhorha and tow talented upcoming artistes who were discovered at a well attended auditions held last month, the artistes are Sontonye Green and Kaybee Emokpaire .

The play, PRIVATE LIES is a very dynamic story of love told via an intricate web of lies, hatred and betrayal Two couples; Jeff and Barbara on one side and Sam and Rose on the other find themselves locked in a familiar but yet complicated situation that will see them sacrifice years of friendship as well as nuptial vows to satisfy their most pedestal passion, what happens next? Well you have to see the play as directed by  Emma Uduma a creative young director of over five years experience . 

YAW 9ja Entertainment , a Lagos based Theatre production company is the executive producer,  the play which is slated for Sunday 28th March ,2010 at the MUSON Centre, runs between 4.00pm and 7.30pm, the likes of Ruggedman, J Martins, Jaywon , Dagrin, Obiwon and General Pype will be performing at the first show, while the second show is loaded with performances from   top comedians eg. Ali Baba , Basketmouth, Teju Babyface, Koffi , Owen Gee, Klint da drunk, Ay, Tee A, SeyiLaw , Emeka Smith etc also  top hip hop artistes  like 9ice, Banky W, Weird MC, MI and all others from the first show will be jamming.

Ali baba's Aligation

Last June , the city of Lagos came alive when the king of comedy Ali baba, put together the mother of all shows last year tagged : Ali Baba Again, the show featured some of the best Comedians and Musicians. Due to popular demand Ali Baba is returning to Stage this June with the biggest comedy concert tagged Aligation coming up on 26th June at the Muson Centre, Onikan Lagos. Featuring the best of the best. More gist on the show later this month.

CINCH UNITY JAM PHAZE 2

Following the success of the 1st Cinch Unity Jam in December last year,
Positive Image Production and The Blue Wisp proudly present the 2nd
edition of Cinch Unity Jam; bringing people together in unity to seek and
celebrate peace, because without unity there is no way peace can be
achieved.

Positive Image Productions, a subsidiary of Positive Image Arts
Organization, hopes to contribute to building a peaceful and respectful
world in which to live. We hope to be able to accomplish this, and many
more positive achievements, through music, arts, entertainment and
collaboration with other organizations.

Cinch Unity Jam will take place on the 20th of March, 2010 at the
legendary jazz club, The Blue Wisp. The doors will be open to the public
at 4pm, and the first performance will kick off at 5pm. Coming back bigger
and better, there are going to be 8 bands in the line up to perform in
this edition; as well as African dance performances, belly dancing,
poetry/spoken word, and a drum circle.

Stand-Up Nigeria: Platform for comedians’




Not too long ago, the idea of comedians doing stand up comedy at any event beyond five minutes not to talk of a full show was considered outlandish. This is because a few years ago, comedy as an integral part of the Nigerian entertainment scene was either introduced in a drama or stage play to enliven a scene or as an interlude to refresh the audience during a lecture or a social gathering. Although no real evidence exists to ascertain the comedian who first broke out of this pattern, there is no doubt that contemporary stand up comedy in the country has come of age. The genre of entertainment is now widely accepted to the point that some comedians are now household names and are able to perform for 60 to 90 minutes duration.

Nevertheless, it is pertinent to note that while comedians like Ali Baba, Basket Mouth, Teju Baby Face, AY, Owen G, Kofi and a host of others have become well known comedy brands who attract huge appearance fees for shows, there are hundreds of comedians who are equally good and are still struggling for recognition. This, according to Bunmi Davies, chief executive officer, Afrotainment Nigeria Limited, is the reason why Stand Up Nigeria, a monthly comedy show, was set up. The show which is a live event that is recorded for radio and television stations was designed to entertain the audience with rib-cracking jokes from up and coming comedians.

Davies said the show, which clocked one year in November last year, emerged from the desire of Afrotainment to do something unique following rave reviews of its short plays which were always infused with comedy. “We did not set out to do comedy. We used to do plays on HIV/Aids, Children’s Day, Valentine’s Day and so on. But I was always infusing humour in my works and discovered that we were narrowing towards comedy. Then I saw a vacuum and decided to set up Stand Up Nigeria assist budding comedians to get recognition.”

The Afrotainment boss who is now an influential and much loved figure among comedians said the beginning was very rough but one year down the line, the monthly show has become a huge success whereby the original venue could no longer contain the large audience that turns out every month to enjoy rib-cracking jokes from established and budding comedians. The show currently holds at the Muson Centre in Onikan, Lagos on the last Saturday of every month. While ensuring that the audience laugh non-stop for three hours that the show would last, Davies said efforts are also made to ensure that abusive and vulgar jokes are excluded.

“We have a vetting process to ensure that comedians who participate in the show do not repeat the jokes of others and that they would not develop stage fright. We ask for video of live performances from those who want to take part in the show before we put them on stage. The video would reveal a lot of things about the aspiring comedian which would help us to decide on his suitability,” Davies further explained. He said the comedians are not paid appearance fees, adding that we get references for them to perform at occasions at no cost to them. The January edition, anchored by Owen G, one of Nigeria’s finest comedians, witnessed quality presentations from young comedians like Shakeera, Tatafo, Mojoint, Emeka Smith and MC Pato, among others.

The show has also celebrated top-rated artistes like Lagbaja, Joke Silva, Yeni Kuti, and Kelani, among others. Davies hopes that the industry will in the near future become regulated while Stand Up Nigeria continues to provide the much-needed platform for the stand-up comedy genre in Nigeria to flourish.