Watch South African and Nigerian music stars live on stage.

It will be a great day for Nigerian and South African music fans on the 24th of October 2015, the concert promises to be mind blowing as artiste like Uhuru, Davido, Dama Do, Wiz kid, Emee gee, The soweto gospel choir, Burna Boy and many more will perform on the same stage at The Expo centre Johannesburg. Don't miss it

Wande coal announces release of another album.

Cover photo of the up coming album

Oluwatobi Wande Ojosipe, more popularly known as Wande Coal, has taken to his social media accounts to drop the cover art of his sophomore and drop the date of release.

He's calling the album 'WANTED'and it will be released on October 26, 2015

Learn how Infinix Mobility is using their online strategy to rule Nigeria smartphone market.

After the huge success of Infinix HOT, the fastest selling device launched last year, Infinix Mobility, the 3 years old smartphone company which is the No.1 Online smartphone brand in Africa has moved to another level by reaching more hands in Nigeria and all around Africa.

Recently, Benjamin Jiang the CEO of Infinix Mobility opens up his page to the public  In only few weeks, his profile gathers over 3000 fans.Infinix Mobility has a great understanding of how fans use their smartphones and its obvious the firm understand that  social media is extremely important to consumers.

Benjamin Jiang said: “We talk to our fans as they are our close friends. Infinix fans are much more than users, they are our main concern. The most important thing for us is to understand what consumers need, to provide smartphones that fit their needs”.

Infinix devices come with pre-installed e-commerce applications such as Jumia.com and Konga.com. Mobile applications are popular ways to experiment online shopping. One of the most important factors is that mobile applications consume 3 to 5 times less data than directly browsing. Moreover, access to content is easier and it appears that users spend in average 9 minutes against 6 minutes from mobile version or PC.

Meet Charles soludo, Rufai oseni, Jeremy Doutte C.E.O. Jumia, at the brand Nigeria Leadership forum.

A gathering of Senior Corporate Decision Makers, policy makers and thought Leaders

When: Thursday, October 22, 2015 from 10:30 AM to 3:00 PM

 

Where:The Lagos Oriental Hotel, Lekki, Lagos - Lekki, Lagos Lagos, Lagos NG

 

Registration  is free

Top skincare brand launches officially in Nigeria.

Clinique launched to selected press at an intimate event in Lagos on Tuesday 13th October 2015.
The world renowned skincare brand presented its redesigned signature offerings and new modern skincare as well as cosmetic lines created to meet the demands of the present day at the intimate presentation.
Over the years, Clinique has launched a number of tried and tested skincare products while they continue improve on their formulas to meet modern demands. Before the launch the brand's products were sold in Nigeria through other trading brands.

Clinique is known as the world’s first allergy tested, fragrance free, dermatologist-driven line that has products for all skintypes, skintones as well as carries men skincare line.
Faces at the event included Betty Irabor Editor Genevieve Magazine, Dr Vivian Oputa, Natasha Bennett, Eku Edewor, Latasha Ngwube, Sharon Ojong and more were in attendance.
Take a look at photos from the event below

Don't miss the giltz and glamour of this year Mtv awards.

Hosts of the 2015  Mtv Awards

Diamond Platnumz has won the titled of 'Best African Act' for the 2015 MTV EMAs. The Tanzania star was up against Nigeria’s Davido and Yemi Alade, as well as South African rapper AKA and Ivorian performer DJ Arafat for the title of best act on the continent. 

The race for Diamond Platnumz at the EMAs doesn’t stop here. The singer will now go head to head with the best act from India. The two acts are up for the Best Africa/India Act award.  

British singer Ed Sheeran and Australian actress/model Ruby Rose will be hosting this year’s awards ceremony at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan. The upcoming ceremony will see performances from Pharrell Williams, Ed Sheeran & Rudimental, Jess Glynne and Macklemore & Ryan Lewis and several other stars.

This year’s awards will be broadcast live on Sunday 25 October at 8PM.

'Shattered Romance' Everything you need to know about Juliet Ibrahim's movie

Check out 5 things you don't know about the movie which premieres on October 16, 2015, 

 

1. Shattered Romance is Juliet Ibrahim's second movie as a producer. 

2. It is suspense filled. According to the actress, she fell in love with the movie's suspense, five pages into the script. 

3. It revolves around a man cheating on his wife. "I think every woman out there like to hear about it, and what happens at the end of the day, because we all go through that," the actress said.

4. There's a big twist around it, and it is totally an unpredictable one. According to the actress, it's not the kind of movie you just sit down, and predict the end.

5. The director Eddie Nartey had a different title for the movie, but Juliet  chose the title 'Shattered Romance.'

Produced by Juliet Ibrahim, written and directed by Eddie Nartey, the movie stars  Juliet Ibrahim, Sonia Ibrahim, James Gardiner, Bryan Okwara, Pascaline Edwards Gbenro Ajibade, among others

Tecno mobile phone brings karaoke competition to Nigeria.

Tecno, the leading mobile phone brand in association with Africa Magic present the Tecno Own The Stage karaoke competition. 

 

Tecno Own The Stage sees talented karaoke singers from across the continent battling it out for a prize pool of $50,000 and an opportunity to record a song and go on tour with a renowned musical act.

Visit  the website for fast-tracked auditions. Select a track from the track list, record your karaoke rendition and upload via the submission form. The judges will review and you will definitely be notified!

That’s not all! By submitting your recording you’ve entered a draw to win a brand new Tecno Phantom 5!

Nigeria! Tell your friends to tell their friends! Auditions will take place from 9am – 5pm on 17 October 2015 at Protea Hotel, Maryland!

DJ Spinall to drop debut album "My Story", October 29.

Dj Spinall on the wheel of steel

The album will contain songs from a number of A-List artistes including Ice Prince, Olamide, Mafikizolo, Reminisce, Yemi Alade and many more.

According to members of Spinall’s camp, “ The (album) journey has been long, bumpy and turbulent but worth it… This body of work is a living proof of the result from hard work, tenacity and focus.

“My Story, by the unstoppable, undeniable, superstar and maestro DJ Spinall, is determined to leave you spell bound and party rocket this season and beyond.

“The legendary 2Face calls this album “The fire”, Ice Prince calls it “The truth”, Wande Coal thinks it’s “the finest”, Mafikizolo says its “a breath of fresh air”, Olamide says “he’s proud to be associated with this”, Reminisce reckons it’s “the ace”, in Yemi Alade’s words “Spinall killed this”, Burna Boy feels it’s a “roof raiser’”

Oliseh Is Sick, will Miss Burkina Faso's match.

Coach Sunday Oliseh

The Nigeria Football Federation (NFF) has confirmed that Super Eagles coach, Sunday Oliseh will not be in the dugout when the team takes on Burkina Faso in Saturday’s African Nations Championship (CHAN) qualifier.

The NFF had said that they were not aware of the coach’s purported illness, stating that he would be with the team in Port Harcourt for the qualifiers ahead of the Championship for Africa-based players.

Yinka Ayefele signed his brother on his new record label.

Popular gospel musician, Yinka Ayefele, has officially launched his own record label which he calls Ayefele Records.

The popular musician, who has waxed over 20 albums in a career spanning 2 decades, made this disclosure in a statement which reads: "Today, we are witnessing history. Ayefele Records has been given birth to and it has come to change the face of entertainment in Nigeria."

While announcing the establishment of the label, Ayefele, who is currently on tour of South Africa with his band, revealed the decision of the company to sign his younger brother, Laolu Ayefele popularly known as L.A Flexy, a London-based artiste/broadcaster.

According to him, more artistes with vision will be signed on the label before the year runs out as well. It will be recalled that the label’s flagship act, LA Flexy released his first single with a video titled ‘Your Logo’ some months ago.

Lagos Fashion and Design Week 2015

Premiere fashion event which brings together media, industry, buyers and consumers to view the current collections of designers in Nigeria, Lagos Fashion and Design Week; held a cocktail party at the Heineken house, Victoria Island, Lagos.
Young designers who made to it the finals of LFDW creative workshops and mentorship capacity building program tagged Fashion Focus were unveiled at the event.
The Fashion Focus initiative is aimed at promoting growth and creativity in the industry. An integral part of the platform in partnership with Heineken and the British Council, rewarding present opportunities for emerging talents to harness their skills and ensure they sustain a global presence to a wider audience.
Selected finalists will be offered the opportunity to participate in targeted workshops and exhibit their collection in front of a select audience at the Heineken Lagos Fashion and Design Week 2015 showcase from October 28th – October 31st, 2015.

Burna Boy to release sophomore album "On A Spaceship", November 2015

Burna Boy has announced the title and release date of his next album.
The Dancehall artiste took to Twitter  to announce the title and release date for his sophomore album tentatively titled “On A Spaceship.”

The album will be his second project after his acclaimed debut album "L.I.F.E", which was released under his previous record label Aristokrat Records.

Burna Boy is currently enjoying the success of singles like ‘Rockstar’, ‘Check and Balance’, ‘Soke’ and ‘Follow me’ which were released off  the album

Leonardo DiCaprio begins plans to make Volkswagen scandal into movie.

Leonardo DiCaprio

Wolf of Wall Street’ actor, Leonardo DiCaprio, has jumped at the chance to make a movie about the Volkswagen diesel emissions scandal.

He will be producing a big screen version of a yet-to-be released book dubbed 'the Too Big To Fail of the auto industry' for Paramount.

Paramount snapped up the film rights to the work by author Jack Ewing that will document how the German car company got away for years with what is regarded by The Hollywood Reporter as 'one of the greatest frauds in corporate history.'

DiCaprio, 40, will produce the film through his Appian Way production company and it's not yet known whether he intends to star in it.

The actor has produced two of his recent box office appearances, including The Wolf Of Wall Street and the upcoming The Revenant.

Dell: PC maker buys EMC in largest deal in tech history for $67B

Dell Inc. has acquired Data storage company, EMC Corp., at the steep price of $67 billion, taking its place as he largest tech deal in history, Dell and partners MSD Partners and Silver Lake agreed to buy EMC today for $67 billion or $33.15 a share.
Even better, is the fact that Dell with a valuation of around $25 billion was by far the smaller fish at approximately half the size of EMC.

The two combined companies will make the Dell and EMC the world’s largest privately controlled, integrated technology company, according to a statement released by EMC.

The biggest part of EMC by far is VMware, which was included in the deal and will continue to be a separately publicly traded company.

EMC will now go private and become part of Dell ending the company’s long history as a publicly traded company.

The focus of this year Nigeria Economic Summit.

The 21st Nigerian Economic summit commences today, Tuesday 13th and runs until the – 15th of October, 2015. Venue for the conference is the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja.
This summit will critically address key issues through plenary topics like: Tackling Corruption, insecurity and

Economic Competitiveness; National budget framework to aid competitiveness, inclusive growth and sustainability; Sustainable Solutions for Peace and threat to human security; Creating and sustaining Nigeria’s Competitive Advantage; Business and Sustainability in the age of SDGs; Reforming Public Institutions to ensure Competitiveness and Accountability.

Present at the occasion will be the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari, Vice president, prof. Yemo Osinbajo, state Governors and other stakeholders. Welcome address is by Kyari Bukar, chairman, Nigeria Economic Summit group.

Bill and Hillary Clinton celebrates 40th wedding anniversary [PHOTOS]

The Clintons professed profound love and admiration for each other on Twitter to mark their 40th wedding anniversary.

Bill and Hillary Clinton are one couple who have survived the ups and downs of marriage and are still standing strong 40 years after.

Bill and Hillary Clinton, then and now

The Clintons professed profound love and admiration for each other on Twitter to mark their 40th wedding anniversary.

Source: Getty Images

 The Clintons professed profound love and admiration for each other on Twitter to mark their 40th wedding anniversary.

"40 years ago, I married the cute guy from the library. Happy anniversary, —you've still got it! -H," Hillary wrote.

The episode three of the web series is out." I go blow"

XtraLarge gives Tuale of Wazobia FM the fright of his life on this new episode.

BTS of web series. " I go blow"

 

Episode 3 of “I Go Blow” is out and this time XtraLarge decides to run an extra mile in promoting his music.

The aspiring artist played by Segun Dada pretends to go out for a run but instead follows Tuale of Wazobia FM as he goes on his morning workout. Tuale is given the fright of his life as tries to escape from the person stalking him and he can’t figure out why he is being followed.

This is not the first time XtraLarge has accosted an on air personality. In the first episode of the show, talent pretends to be a traffic officer and creates a bogus checkpoint just so he can talk to on air personality Lolo 1.

"I Go Blow" is an original series created by Spinlet in conjunction with SMAT media. It is produced by Olusola Roberts, and directed by Emmanuel Kalu Uduma. Future episodes are set to feature Judith Audu, Emmanuel Ikubese, Shawn Faqua, Ife Salako (Ifektive of 102.7 Naija FM), and Paul Alumona.

 

Jungle Justice: A hilarious stage play live on stage this October

Keninso koncepts productions showcase the usual  Nigerian court with a Judge and Lawyer but with a super-silly Policeman as the court clerk, and extra-terrestrial dramatic innuendos just to create Humour and life.

Jungle Justice a Comedy set in a courtroom Written by Femi Branch and Directed by Joshua Alabi With few but highly mind-blowing characters whose seriousness would do nothing but crack your ribs.
The story centres around 'Ijimere Ika' a notorious area boy who's being arraigned in court for killing his friend.

Date: 18th and 25th October, 2015
Venue: Ethnic Heritage Centre, 35A, Raymond njoku Street, off Awolowo Road, Ikoyi.
Time: 6.00pm
Ticket: N2,500

The RED Summit: TROYKA Holdings partners RED Media Africa to host premier edition

The RED Summit will include a 2-day conference for participants to connect, network, anchor high-level conversations and solutions about the media in Nigeria and across African audiences.

 From left: Senior Manager Communication, Red Media Africa, Sola Obagbemi; Founding Partner, Red Media Africa, Adebola Williams; Chairman, Troyka Holdings, Mr Biodun Shobanjo; and Senio

 

 Troyka Holdings is partnering with one of Nigeria’s leading digital media firm, RED Media Africa to host the first RED Summit, as its Institutional Partner. Troyka is the first wholly Integrated Marketing Communications service provider in West Africa.

The Theme of the summit is  “The Media in a time of flux”, the Summit which also has School of Media and Communication, Pan-Atlantic University, Epe, Lagos as partners will take place in Lagos, Nigeria between Thursday, October 15 and Saturday, October 17 2015 at the Harbour Point Wilmont Point Close, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Kenyan author, journalist and winner of the Caine Prize for African Writing, Binyavanga Wainana will be the keynote speaker at the event, while some of the speakers expected to present at the Summit are the Executive Producer of Coke Studio Africa, David Sanders; Corporate Affairs Director of Microsoft Corporation, Louis Otieno; award winning television host, Anita Erskine; former Managing Director of MNET Africa, Biola Alabi; Chief Executive Officer of leading lifestyle blog-BellaNaija, Uche Pedro; Chief Executive Officer, Genevieve Magazine, Betty Irabor; General Manager of Beat FM, Deji Awokoya and former Governor of Rivers State, Rotimi Amaechi.

Other eminent personalities expected to speak at the summit are former Governor of Ekiti State, Dr Kayode Fayemi, Communication and Public Affairs Manager of Google West Africa, Taiwo Kola-Ogunlade; Corporate Communication Director of Africa Practice, Rimini Makama; award winning journalist, Tolu Ogunlesi; Managing Director, The Quadrant Company, Bolaji Okusaga; General Manager, Insight Communication, Feyisola Olubodun and Managing Director, Media Perspectives, Tayo Oyedeji.