Celebrating Uti’s Win at BBA All Stars

When Uti won the grand prize on the fifth episode of  Big Brother Africa (tagged All Stars), he celebrated on stage by dancing “alanta” popular Nigerian dance style that involves beating an imaginary drum across your chest and abdomen. He was  joined by the host, Ik who is also Nigerian. In celebration of Uti’s win [...]

Video Monday: Asa, Omawumi, Fr3style…

These are the videos that are getting/would be getting super airplay on your favorite music channel in the coming weeks. Asa Song: Be my man Album: Beautiful Imperfection Omawumi feat. Naeto C. Song: Chocolata Album: Wonder Woman Fr3style feat. Brace Song: Ariwo Ko Album: My Name is Essien Fragrance Song: Toba Fejo Album: [in the [...]

The Many Styles of Julius “The Genius ” Agwu

It could be argued that Julius Agwu aka The Genius brought style to comedy. Undoubtedly one of the most stylish men in entertainment, Julius is our cover on the X2 page in today’s paper. (Read: Music, comedy, and a man called ‘Genius’). Here, we take a look at the fashion sense of the self-styled genius. [...]

Big BOYS of Entertainment

The big boys of Nigerian entertainment scene are exactly as stated BOYS. These are men in their late thirties to early forties and older who try all their best to be seen as youthful or evergreen through their out-dated  or outlandish fashion sense and mostly “age-inappropriate” behaviour. and who really should be thinking of remaining [...]

World Cup Fever: And it goes on and on…

It is the first World Cup on African soil and one would have thought that for the opening ceremony at least, all or most of the featured artists would be from Africa. The opening ceremony was one huge concert featuring music stars from the US alongside K’naan, Hugh Masakela, Angelique Kidjo and other African artistes [...]

Pictures from STAR TREK

The 2010 Star Trek stopped over at the Jimeta Township Stadium, Yola on the 28th of May and at the NAF Club on the 29th. Here are pictures from both events featuring the stars, the winners and the people they came to entertain. click on pics for full image.

The Future Awards breezes through Enugu, Port Harcourt and Accra!

Tayo Aiyejumoh   After visiting Abuja, Yola and Kaduna, Nigeria’s biggest youth event, The Future Awards (under the umbrella The Future Project), continued its national tour of the six geo-political zones of the country, taking its youth town hall meetings to Enugu, Port Harcourt and the Ghanaian capital, Accra. “On these visits, we have tried [...]

EFFECTS OF PIRACY IN NIGERIA

Sunday Osanyintuyi Piracy is the theft one’s intellectual property, particularly in the entertainment industry. Experts have highlighted that one major snag to development of the industry is piracy.   It has ripped off many producers, artists, marketers and stakeholders. It has prevented the industry from rapid financial growth and advancing in major areas, due to low [...]

Is the Mo’Hits Brand Sailing or Ailing?

Paul Uche Briggs As Wayne Colloway puts it, “In a fast-paced world, today’s popular brand could be tomorrow’s trivia question.” Since the time Dapo ‘D’Banj’ Oyebanjo arrived on the music scene in Nigeria, a great deal of verve, enthusiasm and brand sense has been infused into the music industry. I have come to respect D’Banj [...]

Grow A Moustache!

Michaela Moye Hey guys! So it’s November, the official month when men grow moustaches for the sake of their…ahem…privates (so say the goodfellas of Askmen.com). Anyway, X2 figured this would be a fun chance to show off Iconic Moustaches. So here goes: November – official month for testicular and pancreatic cancer awareness