Goodbye......for now!

This has really taken all I have to type, because well, I don't want to but I have to leave you guys, my avid JK readers, at least for now! It's been a battle, pairing active blogging up with school and well, I think I need a break. It's my final semester and I have to do it right.....I'm sure you understand. I'm sorry to the readers I'm letting down but I promise to make it up to you guys in June when I come back!

I love you guys and thanks for always checking out my blog!

Ciao!

New Music: Just You- Edez ft. Tudaxy

EDEZ (Samuel Edes Ebinum) is an upcoming act who performs Neo-soul/R&B music. He has been making music for a while now, his first single titled "WHO TOLD YOU" (OMOBA). was about Hope, Betrayal and Deceit and was produced BY Musicmatics. Edez is hugely influenced by Asa, Tuface, Wande Coal and Bruno Mars. His new single, Just you is basically a love song that talks about how a guy feels for a girl, and how he is ready to do anything for that girl. Song was produced by N9ce B and it features Tudaxy. 

Download and Enjoy;

https://t.co/kuBH7po7zH

New Video: M’TOTO- Victoria Kimani

Y'all remember Victoria Kimani now? Chocolate City's new Kenyan signee? Well, she is out with her video debut for the track; "M'TOTO".

"After much anticipation, CCK presents M'toto the official Video. Ms. Kimani is electric on camera and hits you with a few steps that you are tempted to try at home. The video which was directed by Ali Zamani in Los Angeles CA uses strong colors, beautiful lighting and carefully co-ordinated wardrobe. In three words, the video is Sexy. Body Moving. Fun."

Download & Enjoy;

http://t.co/bFlAbXJ7h2

New Video: Fimisile- CON.tra.diction

Yaaaay! Y'all know CON.tra.diction now? Tosyn Bucknor of Top Radio? Well, she has released the video for her single "Fimisile". The video which was shot sometime last year, tells a story of her having a bad day. It was directed by Nodash.

Download & enjoy;

http://t.co/CQjokndPxK

New Video: Love me quick- Stella Damascus

The first time I heard this song,I don't know, I just liked it and the video's finally here.

Download & enjoy;

http://t.co/DsSMvCIJyG

New Video: Malo Nogede- Timaya Ft Terry G

Finally! I've been waiting! And it's here, this is the video for Timaya's hit single "Malo Nogede" which features Terry G. The video was directed by GINI.


Download & enjoy;

http://t.co/1lD5vfnnff

New Video: Without my heart- Tiwa Savage ft Don Jazzy

Finally! Here's the video to without my heart by Tiwa Savage featuring Don Jazzy.


Download & enjoy;

http://db.tt/2lizCojn

Sheyman And ELDee’s Trybe Records Part Ways

(L-R) Sarz, K9, Sojay (above), eLDee, Aramide and Rukus. This picture was taken during a recent Da Trybe photoshoot which doesn't feature Sheyman. Photo: Instagram/eLDee

A year after record label boss eLDee da Don announced the new formation of his new Da Trybe Records, popular producer and sound engineer Ademoye Oluseyi better known as Sheyman has left the clique and parted with the label.
eLDee in February 2012, unveiled a new set of artistes - pop act K9, R&B singer Sojay with music producers Sarz and Sheyman, tagging them Da Trybe 2.0, a revamped squad replacing the original Da Trybe which disbanded many years ago. eLDee also added to the label alternative singer Aramide, female rapper Eva and US returnee Rukus.
Five months after signing to Trybe, Eva and label agreed to dissolve her contract due to multiple differences.
NET recently discovered Sheyman is no longer with the label and we've just gotten confirmation from a rep for the singer-producer. 'Sheyman is in a meeting now. He's on his own now, doing his thing', Sheyman's PA Damilola told our reporter in a telephone conversation.
The PA added that the producer now has his own production outfit called Phat Base Entertainment. Sheyman's Twitter page corresponds with his PA's story as his profile links to a website Phatbase.com which is currently under construction.
Trybe Records is yet to respond to our questions on the split but they've already taken Sheyman's profile off the label's official website. A cached version (view below) however gives us an idea of how the page looked before it was deleted.
Sheyman who is also known for his sound engineering skills (he mixed and mastered Iyanya's 'Kukere') has been in the music scene for a while. In 2008, he released his debut album 'Hotter than fire' under his then Baseline Records and then dropped a follow up 'King of Melody' in 2009.
He was announced to have been working on his third album 'From Zero to Hero' while with Da Trybe'.
Under Trybe Records, he released the hit song 'Celebrate' with the video shot in South Africa.
Those who have been in the industry for a minute will also remember Sheyman was signed on Kwame's label Strictly Next Level records, alongside Bouqui and Chichi.

-Thenetng

Kukere Producer, D’Tunes, Parts Ways With Iyanya, Floats Own Label

Another Artiste-Producer relationship has broken down as Made Men Music Group (MMMG) which is co-owned by Iyanya, has parted ways with talented music producer and hit-maker Adesanya Doyinsola better known as D'Tunes after over three years of solid working relationship.


D'Tunes, famous for making the beats for three of Iyanya's biggest smash singles yet off his second album – Iyanya Vs Desire – Kukere, Ur waist and Flavour, has gone on to establish his own production and record label outfit known as 'Difference Entertainment.'

-Infonigeria

Oyakhilome Drags Fashola To Court Over Land Revocation

Believers Love World (aka Christ Embassy), has dragged Lagos State Governor, Babatunde Fashola to court for revoking its parcel of land in Oregun, Ikeja.

The church, which has flamboyant preacher, Chris Oyakhilome, as its presiding pastor, filed an application before Justice Samuel Candide-Johnson of the Lagos High Court, seeking an order restraining the government from further interfering with the land.

The church is challenging the revocation order dated February 15, 2013, on the grounds that the act of the governor interfered with a pending court action, which the land is its subject matter.

It would be recalled that the parcel of land, measuring approximately 9183.257 square meters, has since 2002, been a subject of contention between the church and three others – Mrs Titilola Awosusi, Alhaja Omolara Ademosu, and Mr. Abayomi Willoughby – who instituted the suit challenging the church's claim to the land.


But the church in its counter-claim dated March 7, 2013, sequel to the order of the governor which prevented the church from gaining access to the land, is seeking  an order of Interlocutory Injunction, restraining the Lagos State Government from interfering with its landed property situated at Oyeleke Street, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos.

Urging the court to grant its request, the church said there was "an urgent need to stop the state government from interfering with the subject matter of the suit."

In an affidavit supporting its application, the church alleged that while the substantive suit was pending, the state government through its officials, on October 19, 2011, invaded the said land and committed "an act of trespass on the land".

The church's application is fixed for hearing Tuesday, 12 March 2013.

-Therealbugie

RIP Sir Namo AKA Nnamdi Nwuruku!

*sigh*

People are just dying though....it is well!
God help and keep us all in Jesus' Name-Amen!

My friend told me about Nnamdi Nwuruku's death just a while ago and I felt I had to blog about it. Nnamdi's death is trending on twitter and it's obvious he was intelligent and had loving friends. From his tweets before his untimely death it is obvious that he knew something was up. God bless his soul and keep him. May his soul rest in perfect peace and may The good Lord put his compassionate hands over Nnamdi's family,friends and well-wishers in their grief.

Once again, it is well!

Pictures: from the AMVCA's Red Carpet 2013!

Full list of winners from AMVCA 2013

Obi Emelonye's Mirror Boy and Otelo Burning, were the biggest winners of the night, as first ever edition of the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards, was held in Lagos.

Hosted by the exciting duo of IK Osakioduwa and South African veejay, Vimbai, the event attracted the very best from the continent's entertainment scene.

See full list of winners below:

Best Actor – Drama (Movies/TV) OC Ukeje – Two Brides and a Baby

Best Actress – Drama (Movies/TV) Jackie Appiah – Perfect Picture

Best Supporting Actor – Drama (Movies/TV)Matthew Nabwiso – A Good Catholic Girl

Best Supporting Actress – Drama (Movies/TV) Maureen Koech – Lies that Bind

Best Actor – Comedy (Movies/TV) Hafiz Oyetoro – House a Part

Best Actress – Comedy (Movies/TV) Mercy Johnson – Dumebi the Dirty Girl

Best Costume Designer Ngozi Obasi – The Mirror Boy

Best Short Film Ngendo Mukii – Yellow Fever

Best Writer – Comedy Tim Greene – Skeem

Best Sound Editor Michael Botha & Joel Assaizky – Man on Ground

Best Movie Director Obi Emelonye – The Mirror Boy

Best Lighting Designer Dave Howe – Otelo Burning

Best Art Director Anita van Hemert & Chantel Carter – Otelo Burning

Best Movie (Comedy) Tim Greene – Skeem

Best Picture Editor Aryan Kaganof – Man on Ground

Best Movie (Drama) Akin Omotoso/Fabian Adeoye Lojede/Hakeem Kae-Kazim/Rosie Motene – Man on Ground

Best Local Language Movie (Yoruba) Tunde Kelani – Maami

Best Local Language Movie (Hausa) A. Ali/Hafizu Bello – Faida Nura

Best Local Langauge Movie (Swahili) Sameer Srivastava/Sanjni Srivastava – The Ray of Hope

Best Writer (Drama) Obi Emelonye/Amaka Obi-Emelonye – The Mirror Boy

Best Television Series Godffrey Mwampembwa/Marie Lora-Mungai – The XYZ Show

Best Cinematographer Paul Michelson – Man on Ground

Best Make-Up Artist Jacqui Bannermen – Otelo Burning

Best Movie Sara Blecher – Otelo Burning

Industry Trailblazer Award Ivie Okujaiye

Industry Merit Award Olu Jacobs




-Dailypost

Cossy Orjiakor Drops Album

Nollywood bad girl, Cossy Orjiakor, has released her music album. Simply titled Nutty Queen, the album doesn't even have her popular name, Cossy, on its front jacket.
Nonetheless, it's one of the rated albums in Alaba presently and it is marketed by one of Alaba's biggest marketers, Uba Pacific.


Unlike other actresses who went into music, Cossy hasn't really been bashed by critics.
She has released several singles and some videos over time and there hasn't been much hullabaloo over her singing ability.


Stargist- @ferretocrazy

New Video: Selecta- DRB Lasgidi

Here's a new video from fast-rising group DRB Lasgidi! And this one's for their hit track; Selecta featuring Shank. It's a fun video shot at Eko Atlantic. It was directed by Sesan Ogunro and produced by Fade Ogunro. And yh, you guessed right, I'm still a huge fan of DRB!!! *scrreeeeammm*

Download & enjoy;

http://t.co/cntf7GYHpE

Pictures: Mariah Carey keeps it simple in slinky black in new video to Oz: The Great And Powerful soundtrack Almost Home

Over the past couple of years, Mariah Carey has been focusing on motherhood and her new role as an American Idol judge.

However, as she returns to performing with the title song Almost Home from the Oz: The Great And Powerful soundtrack, Mariah is toning things down with a simple new video.

In contrast to previous sexier, action-packed promos, the 42-year-old lets her powerful vocals do the talking as she sing in a black dress in a black and white video.

She's back! Mariah Carey sings her heart out in the new video for Almost Home

In between Mariah's singing, viewers are treated to clips from the new Disney film, which stars James Franco as a young Wizard Of Oz.

Critically-acclaimed photographer and director David LaChapelle directed the singer in the video, in what he described as a 'a duet between Mariah and the movie'.

Her new single comes as Mariah is back working on the follow-up to her 2009 album Memoirs Of An Imperfect Angel.

She said last month: 'I'm really working hard.'

She admitted her longtime collaborator and fellow Idol judge Randy Jackson hasn't concerned himself with her new work.

'He doesn't know every detail of this because I've been working with a bunch of people in secret locations.'

Meanwhile, the busy star has also released new shots to advertise her new fragrance Dreams.

In a press release, she enthused: 'The process of developing a fragrance is exhilarating and it takes me to another place within my creative self, which is why I enjoyed creating Mariah Carey Dreams.

'I humbly call myself a 'perfumer in training' because I love it so much - almost as much as I love making music. I have the utmost respect for the perfumers because they have the ability to combine a few simple scents into a classic and exciting fragrance.

-DailyMail

Picture: From Splashfm Celebrity Special!!

Splashfm celebrity special is going down today at Bubbles Plus, Ring road at 5pm. Stars like dammykrane,skales and shaydee will be holding Ibadan down! Avid Ibadan JK readers can like to show up! Have fun! The After Party is going down at Club Ebevande!

Pictures from Tuface and Annie Macaulay's Traditional Wedding!

So today's the traditional wedding ceremony of Tuface and Annie Macaulay. It's going down at the Apostolic High School in Esit Urua Community of Eket-Ibeno Road, Uyo. So many Nigerian celebrities and politicians showed up and I've been gathering pictures from various sites and blogs! Shout outs to LIB and TheNETNG!

Happy International Women's day!

This post is for all the women out there! Happy International Women's Day! The holiday first observed on March 8, 1914 is observed worldwide every March 8.

International Women's Day (IWD), originally called International Working Women's Day, is marked on March 8 every year.[1] In different regions the focus of the celebrations ranges from general celebration of respect, appreciation and love towards women to a celebration for women's economic, political and social achievements. Started as a Socialist political event, the holiday blended in the culture of many countries, primarily Eastern Europe, Russia, and the former Soviet bloc. In some regions, the day lost its political flavor, and became simply an occasion for men to express their love for women in a way somewhat similar to a mixture of Mother's Day and Valentine's Day. In other regions, however, the political and human rights theme designated by the United Nations runs strong, and political and social awareness of the struggles of women worldwide are brought out and examined in a hopeful manner.

Must Read: OBJ’s 80-Year-Old Friend Gives Him A “Birthday Advice” On His 76th Birthday

Former President, Olusegun Obasanjo, has been advised to act like an elder statesman and not as an incumbent. The former president was given this advice by a former Federal Commissioner for Works and Housing, Alhaji Lateef Okunnu.
Octogenarian Okunnu was a commissioner during General Yakubu Gowon's administration, and he celebrated his 80th birthday recently. The former Commissioner advised Obasanjo to stop dabbling into the government of President Goodluck Jonathan, either individually or through the ruling Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) as he had served his terms as head of state, and equally made his marks.
Okunnu said "the best for him is to retire from active politics and become an elder-statesman." He also added: "Let me plead with General Obasanjo. He is no longer the president of this country. He should stop harassing successive presidents. Leave them alone… You have served your terms. You served, first as military head of state between 1976 and1979; three years and you served eight years as civilian president. Leave Jonathan alone to govern… Stop harassing him. Leave him alone to govern and retire gracefully as an elder statesman.

-Information Nigeria

On The Cover: Oscar Pistorius on Time Magazine

Man
Superman
Gunman

Y'all must have heard the gist about Oscar allegedly killing his girlfriend? Well he's on the march edition of Time magazine.

Read the article below;


http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,2137420-1,00.html

Happy Birthday Praiz!

Omg!

*scrrreeaaammm*

It's Praiz's birthday today!


Happy birthday to him! Long life and prosperity shall be his, It is well with his soul, body and spirit in Jesus' Name-Amen!

I'm listening to his cover of Rihanna's stay at the moment and falling in love with him all over again! Lol! X_x

Upcoming Event: City People Awards For Excellence 2013!

City People Awards For Excellence

Date: Sun March 31st 2013

Venue: Balmoral event center, Oregun, Lagos.

Admission is strictly by invitation


It's the 16th Edition Of the biggest Annual Awards in Nigeria!

Pictures: Behind The Scenes at the video shoot for Tiwa Savage's 'Without My Heart' ft Don Jazzy

I've always loved this song. When I saw the Behind The Scenes pictures on LIB, I just knew I had to post them. The video which was shot in Cape Town, South Africa was directed by Mark Hofmeyr. I hear it is dropping this weekend!

Can't wait!