News - @MI_Abaga, @NaetoC, @WikidAyo, @eLDeeTheDon, others gather for Hennessy Artistry

The sixth edition of the annual music platform, Hennessy Artistry is gradually getting to its peak. Last weekend, Hennessy lovers, music fans and celebrities came out in their numbers to be a part of the fun and excitement courtesy Hennessy Cognac.

The first ever performance of the Hennessy Artistry 2012 theme song, “Bartender” brought celebrities of the highest level in the entertainment industry together; with guests including Wizkid, Jide Adenuga, Skales, eLDee, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, Steel, Toolz, Audu Maikori, Majid Michel, AY and many more.

 

  

Hennessy Artistry 2012 headliners, M.I and Naeto C gave an epic performance of the Hennessy Artistry 2012 theme track “Bartender”.

Also on the audience’s request, M.I drove guests wild as he performed his old hit track; “Anoti” while Naeto C capped it with an electrifying performance of his monster hit “Kini Big Deal” – the encore was well deserved.

“We only aim for the best… we promised fans an amazing time and with the reception Naeto C and I received, I can only say thank you to Hennessy for making this happen.” M.I says.

Supporting acts, 2Face’s protégé DammyKrane performed his hit track, “My Dear” and got the audience cheering loudly. Rave of the moment, Burna Boy also performed two of his hit singles, “Like to Party” and “Bend your Knees” to an ecstatic crowd. Guests also partied all night to DJ Neptune’s powerful mixes.

“We are really grateful to everyone who came out to see M.I and I perform the “Bartender” track for the first time. This is just the tip of the ice berg, Watch out for the Hennessy Artistry train as we will shake up the Federal capital, Abuja next week.” Naeto C says.

Other celeb guest include Flowssick, Gbemi Olateru-Olagbegi, Orezi, Tee A, Gbenro, Ms Jaie, DJ Exclusive, DJ Caise and many others.

And the tour is not over yet. M.I and Naeto C will shut down Abuja this weekend for their second Hennessy Artistry club appearance. The all night event, which will hold at Cubana Nightclub, promises Hennessy fans a memorable experience.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Since Hennessy Artistry was first unveiled in Nigeria in 2007, Hennessy Cognac has maintained its position as Nigeria’s and the world’s leading cognac brand.

Hennessy Artistry has since evolved from a cocktail-mixing contest between renowned bartenders to a DJ battle, and is now an important platform for experimental collaborations between multi-talented artistes. Previous participating entertainers include Ice Prince, Nneka, Sir Shina Peters, Banky W, Eldee, Tiwa Savage, Jesse Jagz, Bez, Mo’Cheddah among others.

Hennessy Artistry is supported by The Beat 99.9FM, Trace Urban Channel 325, BellaNaija.com and Notjustok.com and Spinlet.

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Mikel Obi Sets Up Record Label (Matured Money Minds)

Super Eagles of Nigeria and Chelsea Midfielder,John Mikel Obi has ventured into the music business with his younger brother Patrick Obi who oversee things.MMM(Matured Money Minds)is the label owned by the Chelsea midfielder and he has signed some artistes already into the label.The acts include;Charass,Kido,Edgar,Splash. Let’s hope the midfield maestro kills it in the industry as he does in the EPL. -->

Video - Nicki Minaj & Mariah Carey "American Idol Judges" Fight on set

Recently rumours have had it that Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey are not best of friends on the set of American Idol, right? Well, the rumours are true. The "AI" set had to be shut down in North Carolina on Tuesday after Nicki Minaj blew up on Mariah Carey and it was all caught on tape...

According to Mouth to Ears this is what happened,

Nicki Minaj walked off set because Mariah Carey kept making jabs at her. Nicki’s manager and team convinced her to come back to the show. Mariah kept at it and called Nicki a bitch and then proceeded to cuss her out. Producers had to stop filming and call it a night. see video below

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News - Venus and Serena Williams Live in Lagos from October 30th

As part of a planned African Tour, International Tennis champions, Serena and Venus Williams are scheduled to visit Lagos from Tuesday 30 October to Friday 2, November 2012 as part of the first leg of the recently launched ‘Breaking the Mould’ (BTM) campaign, a women’s empowerment initiative that has already garnered international support. 

While in Lagos, the dynamic duo will inspire, motivate and mentor a broad range of audiences through a series of supporting initiatives which include; a gala dinner, a tennis clinic and an exhibition match which will also be the first time the sisters will pit their strengths against one another on the tennis court anywhere in Africa.  

This will underpin BTM’s mission to recognise and acknowledge the role that women play in shifting perceptions and encouraging development on all levels across the African continent.

Connect Marketing Services, Octagon SA’s West African affiliate (the architects of BTM), is coordinating the Nigerian element of the Williams Sisters’ tour of Africa. Tunji Adeyinka, Managing Director of Connect Marketing Services, says that ‘‘Breaking The Mould is an inspiring mechanism to help women at various life stages of their lives - embark on a journey of self-belief so that they can know they can achieve anything.  The message of the African Tour by the Williams’ sisters will resonate with African women as a whole, who are often the champions of change and encourage more women to do the same. Indeed, we are proud to implement Breaking The Mould in Nigeria.”

Despite the high profile nature of these events, fans and followers of the dynamic duo have the opportunity to WIN special invites to the gala night, tennis clinics, and exhibition match. All any interested participant needs to do is like the NigeriaBTM page on Facebook (www.facebook.com/nigeriabtm) and also follow @nigeriaBTM on Twitter (www.twitter.com/nigeriabtm) for more details on how to WIN tickets.

This event will really boost the image of Lagos state a global sports tourism location, and raise the global profile of all participating brands.

Youtube link: http://youtu.be/khkUEGTrhB0 (Venus and Serena Williams announcing their visit to Lagos)

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Wow !! @StephanieLinus is 32 not 30! :-) + Birthday Photos

 

Her official Wikipedia page (above) says 1982...but she announced on her blog today that it was her 32nd birthday yesterday. Someone should correct that on her Wikipedia page. Meanwhile, her husband threw her a surprise birthday party yesterday. 30 or 32 the nollywood diva is still "drop dead gorgeous"!! See the photos below...

 

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Graphic photos: massacred students of Federal Polytechnic, Mubi

This news has actual gotten international attention, We all heard the extremely sad news yesterday. Unknown gunmen stormed an off-campus student hostel of the Federal Polytechnic, Mubi, Adamawa State and shot dead at least 25 students. Some newspapers say the number is as high as 40.

The school has been shut indefinitely and the Adamawa State government has also imposed a 24-hour curfew. No group has claimed responsibility for the massacre...

The rate at which young people are being killed in Nigeria these days, the average lifespan of Nigerians will reduce soon. Continue to see some corpses removed from the hostel. Very graphic photos...so don't look if you don't have the stomach for it...

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Warning - From Uti Nwachukwu [ @SirUti ]

  

 Be warned, people!! Or a scape goat shall emerge... :-)

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Tweet - Tonto Dikeh [ @Tontolet ] and fans fight on twitter over the release of her new song

 

The controversial actress announced on Twitter this night that she will soon release a new song. Within seconds of the announcement, fans attacked her. They didn't want to hear it. Hehe ( C'mmon guys ) ! And in true Tonto fashion (she doesn't back down from a fight), she attacked back...lol. #craziness! See it below..

 

 

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Is Kanye West and Kim K's relationship cooling off?

RunAccording to Page Six, Kanye is almost back on the market. Really?
From Page Six

Friends are wondering if things are cooling off between Kim Kardashian and her new beau, Kanye West, who appeared in her life just in time to take the attention away from her disastrous marriage and divorce with Kris Humphries.

While Kim is in Miami to film her family reality show, Kanye has been living it up at Paris fashion week, even though he isn’t showing his clothing line there. On Sunday he was at a party hosted by Diane von Furstenberg and Olivier Zahm to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Purple magazine.

Another source tells us that things between Kanye and Kim are “cooling off” because “he’s getting tired of the constant press and promotion. He’s not as tight with her as he was.”

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News - Nollywood Actress "Dorothy Njemanze" [ @Dorymanze ] Beaten & Harasses!!

There's an urgent need for this message to circulate to expose the injustice melted on a Civilian/civilians by our Nigerian Military, Nigerian Police and AEPB. Dorothy Njemanze who was badly beaten on her way for "Miss Ambassador for Peace" pageant had guns cocked at her, Indecent things said to her, plus, she was being shoved around. Before her brother and others came to her rescue.

Dorothy at the station

 I understand that the "Abuja Environmental Protection Board" are trying to sanitize the city but they should be concious of peoples rights and go about their actions with constitutional discretion. Ironically Dorothy whois an Activist, philanthropist and actress, has fought for this same "Cause" , she has fought for victims of tns like this, now, she's a victim.
 Below is how she recounted her ordeal in the hands of military personnel.

“On my way from the ambassador for peace beauty pageant  held at the Sheraton Hotel Abuja.I decided to check on my brother at the end of my street. I parked my car in front of Dreams Garden at the end of my street behind one bus, and was going in to see Ugo (my brother) when a man dressed in a man-o-war uniform appeared from nowhere and shoved me on my breasts, commanding that I get into the bus I parked behind.

“I reprimanded him for touching my breasts but instead of apologizing, he continued to pushing me by my breasts towards the bus, so when I couldn’t bear it anymore I pushed him too and started running away.

“Three men wearing man-o-war uniform and a head warmer, no name tags and two plain clothes policemen ran after me. When they caught me they descended on me, beating me mercilessly despite the fact that I was screaming who I was.

“A girl who was waiting for me in my car, after waiting for a while and didn’t see me, came down to go and look for me at my brother’s place. She was horrified to see all those uniformed men assaulting me and trying to force me into the bus.

“She started pleading with them, telling them who I am and even showing them my car keys, but all to no avail. She started screaming when she thought they were going to kill me and that attracted people’s attention.

“When crowd gathered and people started recognizing me, there started coming to my rescue and there was almost a mob attack. A soldier out of fear cocked his gun and said he’ll shoot me if I don’t enter the bus.

“What hurts most is that I’ve been fighting against violence against women, and now I’m a first victim of it. I have over 70 cases of abused women on Abuja streets.

“The team that assaulted me tried to escape. I chased them down to area 10. Ugo found me there and another soldier cocked a gun, pointed at his tummy and threatened to shoot. A female soldier cocked her gun and pointed at Justina, the girl in my car, who was supposed to be on my show (ability talk, earlier in the day on love 104.5fm). Apparently the female soldier wanted to shoot Justina for having piercing on her face, because she said Justina was not a true Nigerian by that.

“Women have been randomly abducted and forced to confess to prostitutions by AEPB in conjunction with the questionable NGO, Society Against Prostitution and Child Labour.

“I have over 70 cases against them and now I’m a victim. Women are not safe in Abuja.

“The Military should be put to better use. It’s high time they pay for the damages they have been causing. I am so traumatized. Having cocked guns pointed at us is a mental image that tortures me.

“Government needs to hear us out, get facts and figures and stop the abuse against women. I wish the national assembly will permit me make a full presentation on the degree of this violence against women in Abuja and act immediately on it.

“I have rape victims, bullet injury victims, people beaten out of their jeeps at gunpoint whose names were published as prostitutes in national dailies, abused youth coppers… all sorts of traumatized victims. These people need rehabilitation at difference levels urgently.”

Well, we hope the government is reading because the worst kinds of violence are those against women and children.
She is still in the hospital responding to treatment at an Abuja Hospital.

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Alert!! Cossy Orjiakor [ @CossyDiva ] under Threat??!!

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Video - @TiwaSavage Singing The National Anthem of Nigeria

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Video - footage Rick Ross & @YoungJeezy BET fight emerges

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New Video: @IcePrinceZamani - Aboki

It’s My Guy, wanchan guy, Aboki is My Guy. There we have it, the official video For Iceprince’s aboki. Finally here!! Aboki video #Rocks!!
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Celebrity Birthdays - Stepahnie Okereke Linus @Stephanielinus HBD LLNP

This nollywood beauty turned 30 today, she was born Oct 2nd, 2982... happy birtday dearie, may you live to fulfill your heart desires on earth. Cheers to greatness!!
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Photos - J Martins Champagne Birthday Party

 

It was all glitz and glamour as some of the biggest names in the entertainment industry came out to support award winning artiste and producer, J Martins. Guests at the event include Jude Okoye, PSquare, Terry G, AY the Comedian, Gideon Okeke, Gbenro, Chris of Big Brother Africa, Gini, Orezi, Tunde Ednut, Jedi, Efa and others. More photos below

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Photos - eLDee [ @EldeetheDon ] acquires Cadillac Escalade limousine for his artistes

The rapper and CEO of Trybe Records, recently acquired a Cadillac Escalade limousine for artistes under his record label.Guy "TohBad Gon"

Sorry guys I went AWOL yesterday, it was my birthday and a surprise party was done for me at some beach house on some Island, so I was cut off from work totally.. but I had fun, HEHEHE. Pics coming up *Wink*-->