Davido wins MTV EMA Best African Act 2017

  One of Nigeria’s biggest pop star, Davido has been named the winner of the Best African Act category at the 2017 MTV Europe Music Awards.

Davido beat Wizkid, Babes Wodumo, C4 Pedro, Nyashinki and Nasty C to the award.
The 2017 MTV EMAs was held at The SSE Arena in Wembley, London, United Kingdom, on Sunday.


I’M ON FiAAAAAAA!!  Thank you everybody. THIS IS FOR YOU MOM!   #30BG pic.twitter.com/84ZUl7CZhG

— Davido (@iam_Davido) November 12, 2017

The DMW boss had a good run in 2017, following the success of his songs “IF” and “FALL“

He released a new single, FIA, produced by Fresh on Friday.

Also, Canadian teen singer Shawn Mendes won best artist at the awards, pipping heavyweight competitors such as  Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus and Ed Sheeran.

The awards, the first to be handed out in the British capital in 20 years, were hosted by Rita Ora and featured performances by Eminem, U2 and David Guetta.

Why Akon is hosting AFRIMA 2017 –Mike Dada

  For Mike Dada, President/Executive Producer, All Africa Music Awards (AFRIMA), the award ceremony is a way to communicate Africa and change the way people perceive the continent.

Scheduled to hold on Sunday, November 12, 2017 at Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, AFRIMA will be hosted by Grammy award winning superstar, Akon. In this interview, Dada reveals the excitements and challenges of organising the awards and why he has decided to bring the Senegal-born music star to Nigeria.

What are the objectives of AFRIMA?

The major objective is to create a platform where we can communicate the strength of Africa to the rest of the world, for global competitiveness through culture, arts and entertainment. The idea is to create jobs and make people proud to be Africans. We want to tell the world that something good and great can come out of Africa. We want the world to know that Africa should not be only known for poverty, diseases, wars, homelessness and joblessness.

 What’s the theme for this year’s AFRIMA?

The general theme for AFRIMA is ‘For Hope, For Celebration’. But this year, for various events, we have different themes. For instance, we have as themes ‘The Digital Take Over’, ‘Shaping the Future of African Music’ with the sub-theme ‘Music Money Media’. And for the award ceremony, we are focusing on the youth.

Bobrisky speaks on arrest by Lagos police

  Nigerian Internet personality, Idris Olarenwaju AKA Bobrisky has debunked rumours that he was arrested for being gay.

Bobrisky was reportedly arrested by operatives of the Lagos state police command, although circumstances of the arrest remained unclear.

Bobrisky in an Interview with LIB has revealed that business mogul, Toyin Lawani ordered his arrest. He said she accused him of stealing her customers.

It was gathered that Toyin Lawani asked her lawyer to write petitions against him, stating he worked for her and he is selling cream to all her customers.

‘Thor: Ragnarok’ Reigns Supreme with Massive $121 Million Opening

  Nothing makes money like Disney. As Beauty and the Beast continues to reign supreme at the 2017 domestic box office, Thor: Ragnarok now has the fourth biggest domestic opening of 2017 with a whopping $121 million, outpacing most estimates by a solid $5 million or so. That places it right below Andy Muschietti‘s It, which brought in some $123 million in its opening weekend, on the list of 2017 opening and sticks Taika Waititi‘s film right between Spider-Man: Homecoming ($117 million) and Guardians of the Galaxy, Vol. 2 ($146 million) on the Marvel 2017 opening charts.

It feels genuinely unfair to compare the rest of the top five to this kind of predictable blow-out. A Bad Moms Christmas, the only other new release that played wide this weekend, came in at second with a total of $21 million after debuting on Wednesday. That still leaves a gap of some $99.4 million between the amiable, forgettable sequel and Ragnarok, one of the best movies that the MCU has produced thus far. In its second frame, Jigsaw came in at third with $6.7, up against Tyler Perry‘s Boo 2! at fourth with $4.6 million and Geostorm at fifth with $3 million. Combined, those three films made two-thirds of what A Bad Moms Christmas made.

Justin Bieber Reportedly Thrilled That Selena Gomez Is Single Cause He Wants to Be Her Boyfriend Again

   It may be true that Selena Gomez and The Weeknd’s very recent breakup had nothing to do with Justin Bieber. It may also be true that this is Justin Bieber’s opportunity to present himself as a new man. And not just cause it’s Halloween and he’s a man.

In a juicy and slightly believable scoop, People published testimony from an anonymous source close to Bieber on Tuesday claiming that the pop star is “happy Selena is single. He hopes to regain her trust so they can get back together.” Oh shit, someone warn Selena Gomez!

The source-slash-wingman added, “It seems their relationship now is very different. Justin is certainly a much better person. He would be a better boyfriend, too.” Is he a better person? Really? Or is he a person who only last week got a bad entire-torso tattoo.

Malta Guinness announces First Set of Winners in the ”Go Get It” Promo | Hurry Now & Become a Winner Too

   Over fifty thousand (50,000) winners have emerged from the Malta Guinness “Go Get It” National Consumer promo which was launched on Tuesday, the August 8th, 2017.

Two millionaires and six winners of One Hundred Thousand naira (N100,000) each have emerged in the Malta Guinness “Go Get It!” promo. Winners were selected during the weekly draws that were held on Saturday, August 5th and Tuesday, August 22nd, 2017. Over 200 winners of N5,000 cash prizes have also emerged from the daily cash prizes and millions of airtime also given away since the kick off of the promo.

Malta Guinness will be rewarding its consumers with a share of N100,000,000 in the “Go Get It” Promo billed to last until Monday, November 6th, 2017. With every purchase of Malta Guinness variants (Classic and Herbs Lite), consumers stand a chance to win amazing daily and weekly cash and airtime prizes.

The winners from the first two weekly draws were awe-struck with excitement when they were contacted with the news of their winnings via telephone. One of the N100, 000 Winners, Abiodun Kamaru from Badagry couldn’t believe his luck when he was informed of his winnings by the Malta Guinness Team.

Alter Ego : “The Lawyer with a Split Personality”

  Alter Ego has made a lot of rounds in the cinema especially because it saw the comeback of one of Nollywood’s finest Omotola Jolade Ekehinde. Not just was she on our screens again, she played a totally different Omotola from the sweet, conservative one we were all used to.  Her fans as well as movie critics were glad to have her back. In fact it’s safe to say, her presence in the movie drove the traffic.

Produced by Moses Inyang, Alter Ego saw Ada Igwe (Omotola) as a famous lawyer who owned her own law firm, she was specialized in fighting for your girls and women who were victims of rape and sexual harassment and had no money to pay for the services of a lawyer. Ada would take up their case and would stop at nothing till they got their expected victory. She was driven by a special zeal and motivation which no one could really understand as it wasn’t about the money but the selflessness and hope she gave to the girls. Of course, until we found out why she actually really hated men.

Thanks to previous sexual abuses, all she wanted was to sleep around and never have anything serious to do with these opposite gender, until a successful, hardworking, charming man, Wole, came her way. As you know all that glitters isn’t gold and he gave Ada sleepless nights and a run for her career.

“10 Days in Sun City”, Akpos’ South African Adventure

  Ayo Makun, popularly known as AY played major roles in his new block buster movie “10 days in Sun City“. He played the role of the producer as well as the lead character in this new movie. Over the years AY has produced very hilarious Nigerian movies ranging from 10 days in Atlanta, a trip to Jamaica and now this 2017 hit.
The obvious facts for most of his movies have being the calibre of cast and crew, the story line and script, the words and slang used all through and a particular “Warri Slang” that later becomes the slogan or key highlight of the movie. For this edition two outstanding slang in the movie was an insult which was formerly known as “your father” but now referred to as “Your real Dad” and the one he used to refer to Agbani Darego which he explained meant that “Agbani don reign go”.
The most important thing for me when I watch a movie is the story line and the lessons learnt. What exactly can be taken from the movie. Despite it being funny and hilarious to majority of the people in the cinema that night, most of us didn’t quite get the story-line or take home any lesson.
Well apart from AY, our amiable and adorable Adesuwa Etomi and handsome Richard Mofe Damijo who played key roles in making this movie.

Banana Island Ghost gets ice cream flavour

  As Banana Island Ghost (B.I.G), hit the cinemas last Friday, Cold Stone Creamery Nigeria gave the movie its own ice-cream flavour. According to its management, The ‘Banana Island Ghost’ flavor is a fine mixture of carefully blended ingredients. It is described as sweet from the banana, spicy from a touch of cinnamon and to end this scrumptious delight is a touch of crunch from Graham Pie Crust.

The film and the flavour both hit customers Friday as the unveiling was done at a mini ice-cream party at the Cold Stone Creamery outlet at Ikeja City Mall.

Guests at the party got to hang out and enjoy the tasty new flavour with stars from the movie including the lead cast, ‘Chigul’ Chioma Omeruah, Patrick Diabuah, Akah Nnani, Makida Moka and the Executive Producer of the movie, Biola Alabi.

Justin Bieber Pays $6,000 Fine To Close Brazil Graffiti Case

   Justin Bieber is off the hook for a 2013 incident in which he sprayed graffiti on the wall of a hotel in Brazil.

A Brazilian judge closed a case after the singer paid a fine, making a $6,000 donation to a cancer hospital in Rio de Janeiro, the BBC reported.

Four years ago, Bieber -- who was 19 at the time -- tagged the abandoned former Hotel Nacional.

O Globo newspaper, the country's largest news outlet, published photos of the Canadian singer spraying the wall while his bodyguard stood close by.

Brazil's civil police force issued a statement after the incident, confirming that Bieber had been charged with "defacing a building or urban monument by graffiti or other means." In the country, the crime is punishable by up to one year in jail or a fine.

Cristiano Ronaldo, Selena Gomez, Kim Kardashian & Kylie Jenner earn over £300k per post they put up on Instagram - Hopper

  A new report claims that each Instagram post of Cristiano Ronaldo,  Selena Gomez, Kim Kardashian and Kylie Jenner, earns them over £300,000.
The research which was carried out by Instagram schedulers, Hopper, puts the Real Madrid's striker third in their top-10 earners' list, behind only singer Selena Gomez and Kim Kardashian.
In the case of the Portuguese striker, who has a large following of 106million on the social network, he's being paid £310k per post because he's a prolific contributor who regularly adds multiple images each day of his excursions around the world.

According to the Instagram schedulers, Singer Selena Gomez who boast of 122million followers is top of the list with earnings of £425,00 per post. While Kim Kardashian who's placed in the second position with 100 million followers earns £387, 000 per post.

Below is the full list.

“I think every single mother you see made a wrong choice” – Lola Alao

  Actress Lola Alao, popular for her role in Yoruba movies, recently had a chat with Vanguard in which she talked about her life as a producer, as a single mother and as an actress.

See excerpts below.

On taking a break from Nollywood: I have been doing other things because the industry is very poor right now. When I say poor, I mean when you produce a movie, the marketers do not make profit because of piracy. Also, people don’t buy our movies like before; they would rather watch cable TV, so I decided to slow down a little. I produced a movie last year but it is yet to be released, the movie was shot in California, Las Vegas, Paris and Nigeria.

On the challenges of being a producer: Piracy is killing this industry. I have also noticed that anybody can decide to become a producer which is wrong. Like I said earlier, I just produced a movie, I didn’t produce it with my money; I took a bank loan which I have to pay back, but with the rate of piracy in the industry that might be a challenge.

XPloreNollywood: 7 Reasons Why You Should See Wonder Woman

  Without sounding too corny or coming off as feminist, I was truly looking forward to Wonder Woman – the superhero film based on the DC Comics character of the same name and distributed by Warner Bros. At this stage, not sure who is winning the war between DC Comics (Warner Bros) or Marvel (Walt Disney), but between them, there has been a testosterone filled surge of male super heroes that unfortunately had women as backup and never in the lead.

There has technically been no superhero movie with a woman in the lead; yes there was Elektra, Black Widow and a host of others, but women were not in the lead.

Set in 1918, the film tells the story of Princess Diana, who grows up on the Amazon island of Themyscira. After American pilot, Steve Trevor crashes, offshore of the island and is rescued by Diana, he tells her about the ongoing World War. She then leaves her home to end the conflict, becoming Wonder Woman in the process.

#Trending: Social Media Divided over Falz’ Interview

  Nigerian comedian, actor and rapper Folarin Falana popularly known as Falz in an interview with Hip TV spoke about the use of music to promote and glorify internet fraud in Nigeria as well as the adverse effects it has on the society.

However the video has gone viral with a lot of people praising him for stating the facts about the ugly trend. Another set of people feel he is referring to his colleague 9ice‘s recent track “Living Things“

Actress Iretiola Doyle Talks About Being Pregnant As A Teen And Her Mum's Reaction

  Nollywood actress, Iretiola Doyle who revealed that she first got pregnant at the age of 17 has opened up more on what she had to face for taking in at a very tender age.


The actress while opening up on her past life, especially her childhood revealed that her family members, including her mother were not too excited for her.

She added that her mother was harsh on her for the pregnancy.

Speaking in Lagos at the Harvesters International Christian Centre, the actress said: “You have to surround yourself with people who love and support you. I was blessed to have people around me; unfortunately these people are not family members.”

America Grants Apostle Suleman Honorary Citizenship

  General Overseer of Omega Fire Ministries International, Apostle Johnson Suleman was earlier today conferred with an ‘Award and Key Of The State of South Carolina’ which is a Honorary Citizenship by the state of South Carolina, United States of America.



The event took place at the Faithful Centre Bible Church, Inglewood, California where Apostle Suleman is holding the region’s edition of his ministry’s life-changing crusade tagged ‘Help From Above’, which holds between Tuesday, 20th and Wednesday 21st of June, 2017.


Leader of delegation and Rep., John Richard C. King said the honour, which is the highest given to non-residents of South Carolina was sequel to approval of the House of Representatives of the State in recognition of Apostle Suleman's contribution to humanity.
" Apostle Suleman won this highest honor not only because he is noted as a great social worker with outstanding performances in outreach programmes but also his passion for giving without borders"

What’s Your Next Move?

  Hello SLB readers!  So, this has been trending on  Instagram.

What’s your next move? Think about it thoroughly. For some people, a 25-minute meeting with Beyoncé may be worth more than $10,000.

Which option are you going with?

Ariana Grande to become First Honorary Citizen of Manchester

                            
Ariana Grande to become First Honorary Citizen of Manche
American singer Ariana Grande is in line to be the first honorary citizen of Manchester for organising the One Love Manchester concert in aid of victims of the bomb attack at her concert, in which 22 people died.

According to The Guardian, under the proposals for the new scheme, honorary citizenship of Manchester could be granted to those from outside Greater Manchester.

Council leader Richard Leese said many people would already consider Ariana to be “an honorary Mancunian”.

He said:

Five social media mistakes that can cost you a job

  Your social media posts may win over friends and get you few hundred or thousand likes, shares or retweets, however they can also cost you a job. Here are five social media mistakes most likely to cost you a job:

You complain about work
When hiring managers sometimes browse through social media profiles of candidates, imagine what their impression of you will be when they see job complaint posts on your wall. They are very likely going to be turned off and conclude that you are a potential danger to their brand (mainly because there is nothing to stop you from bad-mouthing their firm too). The question then will be, ‘Will I want to hire a person that can be a potential danger to the brand of my firm?’ and the answer to that question is quite clear.

Dubai Bound! The Wedding Party 2 Cast & Crew to continue shoot in the Middle East

  Nigeria highest grossing movie ever, The Wedding Party is set to continue the shoot of its sequel in Dubai. Revealing this on their official website, Ebonylife TV reported:

The rumours that have been swirling around for months have finally been confirmed – Nigeria’s highest-grossing film, The Wedding Party, will be shooting scenes for a sequel in Dubai. Stars of the hit film begin arriving in the emirate on May 11 for a two-week schedule.

Executive producer, Mo Abudu revealed her excitement at the experience:

Ever since Dubai Tourism partnered with us on the Grand Premiere of The Wedding Party, it’s been my dream to bring the sequel here. We weren’t sure if it was going to be possible, but the amazing success of the movie made it more likely and Dubai Tourism came through for us, along with Tour Brokers International and Wontra Travel. With a great script by Naz Onuzo, an experienced director, Niyi Akinmolayan, the original cast and the beautiful sights and sounds of Dubai, we think we may have a bigger blockbuster on our hands.