Uche Ogbuagu shines in London

Last weekend, ace comedian cum radio station operator, Uche Ogbuagu got decorated with yet another award in faraway London.

 This time, the Akabo-Ikeduru born entertainer was nominated and recognized for propagating and promoting African culture through entertainment.

 The well publicized award night held at the 4, 000 capacity Oasis Banqueting Hall Barking London, and it attracted successful artistes, eminent personalities from Africa, Caribbean and Wales.

 It would be recalled that Uche Ogbuagu, otherwise known as Mr. Talkinson was last year licensed by the NBC to operate a full-fledged commercial Radio station in Imo state.

 Today, and according to sources, the station known as, MyRadio FM, 100.9 in Owerri has started operations, thus ranking Uche Ogbuagu the first Nigerian artiste to own a radio station, alongside great artistes like Papa Wemba, Yousuf Ndour and Hugh Masakela, all who are African entertainers who have changed the rhythm from building joints, brothels to setting up Radio stations. 

AGN crisis: Steve Eboh set to audit Ibinabo's administration

The newly established caretaker committee of the Actors Guild of Nigeria,AGN, headed by veteran actor, Steve Eboh has revealed plans to audit the all accounts of AGN under Ibinabo Fiberesima's leadership in line with section seven of the judgement as delivered by Justice J.T .TSOHO on 16th of March, 2016.

The committee which arose from its first meeting, which recently held in Surulere, Lagos, appointed an audit firm, Vincent Anwi and Company, to carry out the assignment.

The audit will be extended to all the state chapters as well and that is why some state chapter chairmen are ganging up against the committee. They have never accounted to anybody. We want to let them know that it’s no longer business as usual. The time of sharing campaign money is over.

We have equally reached out to St Maradonna Johnson for a possible truce. This is because Emeka Ike is not in the picture at all. When we are done with resuscitating the Guild we will then put Emeka Ike where he belongs.

The committee wants to put the records straight: The emergence of this committee is the best thing to happen to AGN because its mandate is just to resuscitate AGN and conduct elections. Anybody who wants to cast aspersions on the committee should first of all lay hands on the copy of the judgement read, digest it, and if possible, get a sound lawyer to interpret it. We are not here to thread words with anybody or to fight anybody but to keep peace in AGN and avoid any party from holding AGN to ransom. It will be contempt of court for AGN Chairmen under Ibinabo Fiberesima to hold any meeting in Calabar as presently rumoured. The National Caretaker committee has come to stay. We would also not hesitate to work within the ambit of the law to stop any gathering under the guise of Chairmen meeting anywhere. We have copies of the judgement and copies of ruling on the stay of execution as filed by Ibinabo’s lawyer.

Wande Coal spotted with American star, Keri Hilson

Wande Coal reportedly has been spotted in the United States with American singer, Keri Hilson and producer, Jazze Pha for what looks like a potential collaboration.

Sharing on Instagram, Wande wrote “Ultra Vibes with Beautiful people…Keri Hilson, Jazze Pha and Ray bells. Iskabaaaaaaaaaaaa“.

Wande Coal since the release of his sophomore album “Wanted” has been on top his game, embarking on international tour  in the United Kingdom, the United States among other places.

The singer recently featured in his fellow acts’ songs including Olamide’s ‘Who you epp’ and DJ Spinall’s ‘The money’. His collaboration feature ‘My woman, my everything’ with Patoranking has been nominated in the Best Collaboration category of the forthcoming Nigerian Entertainment Awards 2016, which is a very tight competition considering the other nominees on the list.

Rihana, Drake fuel dating rumour

Rihanna has once again re-ignited dating rumours after she was pictured entering the hotel room of Drake. This happened after their performance in Manchester last night as part of her ANTI- World tour.

The duo were spotted returning to the same hotel following a visit to the Chiltern Firehouse, a day after he reportedly told a Manchester crowd at Old Trafford stadium ‘Shout out to the most beautiful, talented woman I’ve ever seen. She goes by the name of Rihanna … I’m getting my heart broken.’

Kcee battles Harrysong over peace concert?

There are indications that all is not well between “Better Pikin” crooner, Harrison Tare Okiri, popularly known as Harrysong, and his record label, Five Star Music, owned by business mogul, Emeka Okonkwo (a.k.a E-Money) and his elder brother Kingsley Okonkwo (a.k.a Kcee).

We reliably gathered that following Harrysong's forthcoming 'One Delta Concert' which is currently gathering momentum with the pop singer allegedly investing resources into the project, his record label has strictly warned him to stop the concert and concentrate on releasing his much anticipated first ever album under the label.

Harrysong is said to have pleaded with the management of his label to allow him hold the concert which aimed at sensitizing the youth on the need to shun violence but they allegedly refused to oblige him.

As a matter of fact, our source further revealed that Kcee who is the Vice President of Five Star Music has allegedly threatened that if Harrysong goes ahead with the concert he will no longer enjoy support from the label.

But when contacted on the telephone, Kcee's manager, Soso Soberekon denied the rumour, saying “There is nothing like that. I don't know what you are talking about.”

Also, a close source to Harrysong refused to confirm the rumour. According to him, “He's concentrating on his event and as I speak he has been busy trying to tighten loose ends.”

One Delta is described as a Harrysong Peace Concert and would hold in Asaba, the capital city of Delta State, on the 31^st of July. The government of Delta State is reportedly happy to be a part of the event and promised to make it a yearly event.

M-Net Edge to broadcast mini-series “The Night Of” simulcast with the US

Great news! The eight-part limited crime drama The Night Of (previously titled: Crime), created by the acclaimed writers of The Wire and Schindler’s List, will be simulcast with the US, exclusively on M-Net Edge on DStv. The Night Of starts Express from the US on Monday 11 July at 2am and in Prime Time on Friday 15 July at 8pm.

That’s not all: following an exclusive agreement with HBO, episode 1 is already available on catch up from today Friday, 24 June and will be available for 28 days. The first episode will be available on the following platforms: PC, IPAD, IPHONE, ANDROID PHONE, ANDROID TABLET, PRODEA and EXPLORA.

The Night Of is a one hour crime drama series, in Manhattan’s Upper West Side, where the brutal murder of a young woman becomes the focus of an all-consuming murder investigation, from the initial arrest to the imprisonment of the prime suspect. Golden Globe nominee John Turturro stars as an embattled defence attorney, who lucks into the biggest case of his career. His young Pakistani-American client, played by Riz Ahmed, is a likeable, unassuming college student whose life-and family-are thrown into the pit of New York City’s criminal, legal and judicial system, when he becomes the prime suspect in the case.

It’s a dark, intricate exploration into the criminal justice system, that will leave no one emotionally, mentally or psychologically unscathed.

The Night Of stars John Turturro (O Brother Where Art Thou?, the Transformers movies) as Stone; Riz Ahmed (Nightcrawler) as Naz; Michael Kenneth Williams (The Wire, Boardwalk Empire) as Freddy; Bill Camp (12 Years a Slave) as Det. Dennis Box and Jeannie Berlin (The Heartbreak Kid) as Helen Weiss, the prosecutor in the trial.

Bonang Matheba to host BET Awards red carpet as strippers set for horny rappers

South Africa's favourite ladies, Bonang Matheba will be hosting the BET Awards red carpet this upcoming weekend. Hot on the heels of reporting that Nandi Mngoma will be covering the red carpet for BET Africa, news just came in that  Matheba will, yet again, be doing some red carpet hosting of her own.

Also, it has been confirmed that  2 elite strip clubs are flying in more than 50 of the nation’s hottest strippers to meet demand from thirsty ballers in L.A. for the BET Awards.

Ace of Diamonds L.A. and Crazy Girls tapped that assignment together … and sources tell TMZ the strip joints expect to haul in at least $500k … thanks to a swarm of rappers who have expressed keen interest.

Some of the heavy hitters include Currency, Tokyo, Henny, Mercedes Foxand Malani Ca$h … just some of the most sought-after strippers headlining clubs in New York, Houston, Miami and Atlanta.

Bonang Matheba

The 2016 BET Awards will be held on June 26, in Los Angeles. The ceremony celebrates mass achievements in black entertainment and honours music, sports, television, and motion pictures.