The All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA will be holding a stakeholders’ conference in Uganda on Wednesday, May 20, 2015 at Hotel Africana, Kampala, Uganda. This comes after her successful AUC-AFRIMA conference at the African Union Headquarters in Addis Ababa held recently. The stakeholders’ conference will feature panelists from the Continental Secretariat of AFRIMA and the…
Anti-Drug War: Jackie Chan Backs Death Penalty
Jackie Chan, the famous Hong Kong movie legend, has expressed his support for the use of death penalty for some drug offenders. Chan, whose son was jailed for drug offences, said that with drugs “you’re hurting thousands of young children”. Jaycee Chan spent six months in prison in China after police found marijuana in his…
Actress Eniola Badmus Bags First Endorsement
Eniola Badmus, popular Nollywood actress has sealed her first endorsement deal with a new company called African Cable Television, ACTV. The actress was signed on as a brand ambassador with the multimedia company today, May 5 and she took to Instagram to share the news with her fans. Badmus featured in Jenifa, the popular film…
AFRIMA 2015 Entry Opens May 18
All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, in partnership with the Africa Union Commission, AUC, will open submission of entries for this year’s edition of the continental awards on Monday, May 18, 2015. Music professionals of African origin including artistes, songwriters, video directors, music/entertainment journalists and music producers resident on the continent or abroad are eligible to…
AFRIMA, African Union To Unveil AFRIMA 2015 Calendar
The All Africa Music Awards, AFRIMA, and the African Union Commission, AUC, are set to unveil the 2015 calendar for the continental awards project at a cultural and media conference scheduled to hold on April 29, 2015 at the AUC Secretariat, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The cultural and media conference featuring a roundtable session with the…
NET Launches New Music Platform
Ayeni Adekunle, the Founder of BlackHouse Media, BHM, and Publisher of Nigerian Entertainment Today, NET, on Wednesday, April 22 announced the launch of a new online music platform called ‘ORIN’. He disclosed this at the 2015 edition of Nigerian Entertainment Conference, NEC, held at the Eko Hotel and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, while delivering his…
Olamide, Reminisce Headline Dagrin Memorial Concert
The 5th memorial concert for late Olaitan Olanipekun, a rapper popularly called Dagrin, will be headlined by rappers, Olamide and Reminisce. The concert, which holds on April 22 at Spice Route, Victoria Island, Lagos, will also feature Seriki, Lord of Ajasa, YQ, Sossick, WondaBoy, BaseOne, JahBless, PoslyTD, Chinko Ekun and CDQ. The memorial concert is…
Empire Creator Lee Daniels Sued by Self-described Gangster
Lee Daniels, Empire creator and Terrence Howard an actor, have been sued by Ron Newt, a self-described ‘known ghetto player’ for allegedly stealing the idea for the Empire show. Newt is seeking $1 billion in damages in the lawsuit that claims the Fox show was based on the documentary, Bigger Than Big, about his life…
‘The World Hasn’t Seen the Best of Nigeria Yet’
For Emem Ema, the apple never falls far from the tree. Born into “a family of highly creative people,” as she puts it, with music featuring high on the like list, her affinity for music is understandable. A member of the K.U.S.H band that sang ”Let’s Live Together” which recently was chosen as the offical theme song of…
Taylor Swift’s mother Battles Cancer
Taylor Swift, a singer said her mother, Andrea Finlay is battling with cancer. She disclosed this via her Tumbler page, after asking her 57-year-old mother to go to a doctor for checks just to ‘ease some of her worries’. “I’m saddened to tell you that my mom has been diagnosed with cancer,” she wrote. She…
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