Congrats: Obianuju Udeh, Dj Switch Wins (₦24 million) Glo X Factor

Obianuju Catherine Udeh aka Dj Switch is the winner of the first edition of Glo X Factor.

She was crowned the winner after the finale which held yesterday. Catherine won the $150,000 prize money (₦24m), an SUV and a recording contract with SONY music.
Big congrats to her.

P-Square & Iyanya nominated for the 2013 Soul Train Awards

P-Square got nominated for the 2013 MTV EMA and now another nomination at this year's Soul Train Awards. They nominated alongside Iyanya for the 'Best International Performance' category.

Best International Performance (CentricTV.com)
Differentology - Bunji Garlin
The Fog - Machel Montano
Next To Me - Emeli Sande
Personally - P-Square
Ur Waist – Iyanya

Kendrick Lamar leads the Soul Train Awards with six nominations, including new artist and song and album of the year; he's closely followed by Justin Timberlake, Robin Thicke, Miguel, Chris Brown and Tamar Braxton, with five each. The award will be taped Nov. 8 at the Orleans Arena.

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Jackie Appiah bags Best Female Actress At NAFCA

The actress was honor with the award for Best Female Actress in Leading role, beating Genevieve Nnaji, Beverly Naya, Iretiola Doyle, and Mbufung Seikeh in the just concluded Nollywood & African Films Critics Awards held in Washington DC which brought together stars from over the African continent to share and celebrate the success of the industry.
Congrats to her.

Check out Photos from Kate Henshaw's book launch

Actress Kate Henshaw launched her photo book titled - The Life Of An Actress; My Story, today Tuesday 17th at the Muson Center, Onikan. Rita Dominic, Chioma Chukwuka Akpotha, Michelle Dede and Chidi Mokeme were at the launch to support their colleague. 

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Wizkid,Fuse ODG, P-Square, Mafikizolo, nominated for MTV EMA

Nigerian superstars Wizkid and P-Square have been nominated for the Best African Act category alongside African acts, Mafikizolo, LCNVL and Fuse ODG at the “2013 MTV EMA. MTV made the announcement today. Big congrats to them! Rooting for my boy, Fuse. Can't get over his music.  Breakthrough artists Macklemore & Ryan Lewis lead the EMA nominations with five nods each, while Lady Gaga, Justin Bieber, Miley Cyrus and Robin Thicke are each up for four awards.  The “2013 MTV EMA” will be broadcast live on MTV (DStv Channel 130) on Sunday 10 November at 22:00 CAT from the Ziggo Dome in Amsterdam (official red carpet show starts at 21:00 CAT).

Back story: PHOTOs From 2Face & Dbanj’s Highly Anticipated Video Shoot

Dbanj together with 2face have a song and they have chose to capture the video.

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P-Square off the Soundcity’s Top 10 Nigeria This Week

International recording artiste, Bez climbs to the top of the authoritative music video countdown show – Soundcity’s Top 10 Nigeria.

This week on the long-running chart show hosted by Adams (@Adams_VJ) and Pearl (@PearlCardy), there was a major overhaul with only the ‘Voom va’ video from Skuki is on the top five, ‘Voom va’ moved from the number 5 position last week to number 3 on this week countdown. Cynthia Morgan makes an entry at Number 10. Tekno’s collaboration with Davido was among the new entries with the Moe Musa-directed video at number 9 position, Wizkid and L.A.X – ‘caro’ collaboration at number eight and A-Q’s Bang at the number 7 position.
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Photos:Davido Gets hot Lap Dance From $-exy Lady While Performing On Stage

 Nigerian singer, Davido, 'wow'ed fans at the o2 Indigo Arena last night and it seemed he had a little bit of fun too. The pop singer thrilled fans with hit songs, and an eager-to-please fan decided to return the favour by jumping on stage to give him a good time. The whole thing was caught on stage..
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Video: S-exy Naija girl Dancing to Terry G Alanta. (Did she kill the moves or Not?)

Who deserves to get Glo XFactor's ₦24m & a Sony Music contract?

 Africa’s biggest music reality show is coming to an end. With 24 million naira and an international Sony Music at hand, these three ladies will battle to the end. Will it be Ghana’s Eshun with her haunting and dazzling persona or the charismatic and dynamic DJ Switch, or will the prize go to the petite enigma Vicky known as the Voice?
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Real Madrid star Ronaldo Renews Contract

Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo has renewed his contract with the club, which had been due to expire in 2015, the Spanish giants confirmed on Sunday.

The Portuguese international will attend a ceremony at 1:45 pm (1145 GMT) with Real president Florentino Perez at Real Madrid’s Santiago Bernabeu stadium to mark the renewal of his deal, the club said on its website.

The 28-year-old’s record since joining Madrid from Manchester United for a then world record 94 million euros back in 2009 has been phenomenal with the Portuguese scoring 203 times in 203 appearances.

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Yoruba Nollywood Movie: S'ayemidotun ( Starring Odunlade Adekola)

Davido On VoxAfrica TV: Talks about His Success & Hard Work [VIDEO]

Achebe’s Things Fall Apart sets new record

The Wylie Agency – considered the most powerful and influential literary agency in the world – has reported that their client Professor Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart which celebrates its 55th year of continuous publication in 2013, “has sold between 15 million and 20 million copies world wide in 60 languages.”

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FUNNY VIDEO: Basketmouth And Buchi’s Hilarious Hotel Room

Menta Music presents this Interesting and interactive comedy skit via Hip Tv Featuring top Nigerian Comedians Basketmouth and Buchi “Booking an hotel room is just one thing, Eating in the Hotel room is another thing – BasketMouth How True is that ? Watch Basketmouth’s Reaction after ordering his meal in 5 star hotel room somewhere in Nigeria..

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Photos: Check out the 2013 Miss Earth Nigeria 24 contestants

24 stunning girls are vying for the best prize as of this year's Miss Earth Nigeria pageant, that may hold in a few days Sunday September 22nd at Oriental Hotel in Lagos. Reality star Amber Rose, Hollywood actor Boris Kodjoe, Karly Redd and our own Genevieve Nnaji have confirmed attendance in line with the organizers of the pageant. D'banj and Timi Dakolo are billed to perform. Begin to see the remaining portion of the contestants following the cut and reveal who your favorites are...

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Video: Things Nigerian girls lie about.

Ethiopians Set To Sign Nigerian coaches

Ethiopians are known for long distance races, but they have been making inroads into the sprints as exemplified by their junior athletes at the last African Junior Championships in Mauritius.

Now the Ethiopian athletics federation is hoping to sign on Nigerian coaches that will make them thrive in the area where Nigeria dominated Africa over the years.

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Annie Idibia in tears whilst talking about her husband on Inspiration FM (photos)

On Wednesday, Annie Macualay-Idibia was at Inspiration FM for a 45minutes interview with OAP Nana King and she surprisingly broke down in tears when talking about her relationship with 2face.

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