His stage performance has always being lack-lustre as its typical for most Nigerian musicians who simply mime their songs anytime they have the chance to grab the mike on stage but Innocent Idibia recently made another indelible mark in his foot track as one of Africa’s finest performer on and off the stage with the [...]
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Top Five “Nigeria” songs/Happy Indepence Day celebrations
Posted: September 28, 2010 in Feature storyIn celebration of October Ist, we present you with top 5 songs (and two other worthy of mention) dedicated to our beloved country by patriotic musicians over the years. No 1: Nigeria Go Survive This song came with a lovely video that featured and popularised Andrew (Enebeli Elebuwa) and also the phrase, “I am checking [...]
The Many Styles of Julius “The Genius ” Agwu
Posted: July 30, 2010 in Blog party, Celebrity profile, Feature storyTags: Comedy, Julius 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. [...]
MICHAEL! MICHAEL!! MICHAEL!!!
Posted: June 25, 2010 in Celebrity profile, Feature story, On this day..., What's going on...Tags: Katherine Jackson, Michael Jackson, Videos
Today is Michael Jackson day- at least, his death-day! (How macabre!) X2 pullout in today’s NEXT Daily is dedicated to… (yeah, you got it!) the KING OF POP! Rewind 365 days and you had Facebook profile pictures, ring-tones, even car plates being dedicated to the KING! Today is not even “almost” equivalent. For a remembrance [...]
Celebrity Divorce, Nigerian style.
Posted: May 15, 2010 in Feature story, Off-beat, What's going on...The story on our website (and Friday paper) starts like this: The Toni Payne and 9ice divorce saga is apparently far from over. With rumours spreading that a mutual acquaintance of the couple, Ruggedman played a role in the break up, the tale takes a brand new twist. Sounds familiar? Flash back: Femi and Funke [...]
The Future Awards breezes through Enugu, Port Harcourt and Accra!
Posted: November 16, 2009 in Blog party, Feature story, What's going on...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 [...]
Michaela Moye Danny Glover is passionate about Africa and her people. One only has to prompt a discussion about the continent and the veteran actor-activist will not hesitate to launch into a discourse on his enthusiasms and optimism for Africa. Born to parents who were active members of the National Association for the Advancement of [...]
By Abidemi Dairo & Segun Balogun The Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN) has again accused telecommunication companies in the country of Copyright violation by using Nigerian music as ringtones for their subscribers without paying the required royalties. And on June 1, the Deputy Governor of PMAN (Lagos chapter), Bvoo, led a group of representatives [...]
Proudly Naija
Posted: May 28, 2009 in Feature storyTags: Blast, Ikechukwu, Obi Asika, PSquare, Ruggedman, Six Foot+
Vive la Renaissance! One thing to be said about entertainment in the past decade is that there has emerged a deeper sense of national pride. From the ubiquitous Proudly Naija symbol to the hilarious viral antics of those ‘Naija Boyz’, Nigerian youth culture appears to have embraced its heritage. The internet is liberally sprinkled with [...]
