Archive for the ‘Culture’ Category

Nollywood Feature: Bent Arrow ft. Olu Jacobs, Joke Silva, Stella Damascus Set To Premier In Abuja

Nollywood Feature: Bent Arrow ft. Olu Jacobs, Joke Silva, Stella Damascus Set To Premier In Abuja

From ‘Holding Hope’ to ‘Busting out’ to ‘Save our Souls’, Nollywood can be said to be in the mood for movie premiering. Right now another star studded movie ‘Bent Arrow’ featuring Joke Silva, Olu Jacobs, Stella Damasus, Enebeli Elebuwa, Desmond Elliot, Ngozi Ezeonu, Omoni Oboli etc. is set to be premiered by 6pm at the [...]

Nneka, MI & Tuface To Perform At Nigerian Entertainment Awards (NEA) | Sept 18 2010

Nneka, MI & Tuface To Perform At Nigerian Entertainment Awards (NEA) | Sept 18 2010

The 5th edition of the Nigerian Entertainment Awards will feature some of the biggest names in Naija music entertainment. Nneka, MI and Tuface have been officially announced as performers at the Award show, that will be held at the BMCC Tribeca Performing Art Center, New York City. The 2010 NEA Awards will be hosted by [...]

Nigerians in America – The Big Divide??

Nigerians in America – The Big Divide??

I think that in the US of A, there are 2 main sets of Nigerians, which are namely: The ‘I was born and raised here’ aka My parents are Nigerian, but I’m American. The ‘I was born and raised in Nigeria, and only moved to the US of A to attend college’ Apparently, there’s a [...]

Dbanj Set To Launch Koko Mobile in October 2010

Dbanj Set To Launch Koko Mobile in October 2010

1-800-KOKOLET. LOL. There was already gist last year that D’Banj was in a deal to launch a mobile phone line, Koko Mobile. Well, Koko Mobile is finally here… Officially. In October 2010, the first round of koko mobile phones will be available in Black, Silver and Pink. The phone will come pre-loaded with D’Banj’s songs [...]

Jaguda Gist – The P | Episode 1

Jaguda Gist – The P | Episode 1

Ok Ok Ok… I know by the title you guys are probably wondering, what this is all about. Well, thanks to two very special people, TresDouce & BeautifulLoveV, we’re starting a video gist segment/show, titled Jaguda Gist. In this video segment our two hosts will be discussing the recent happenings on the site. From articles, [...]

In Defense of Nigerian Nurses

In Defense of Nigerian Nurses

Careers in healthcare have a proven record of leading African women out of financial woes and hardship.  It has been responsible for their financial stability and independence; becoming the breadwinners of the household and the “ATM” for other members of their family.  Their choices to become physicians and mainly nurses have given them a bad [...]

MTV Africa Music Awards 2010(MAMAs) To Be Held In Lagos

MTV Africa Music Awards 2010(MAMAs) To Be Held In Lagos

Lagos, Nigeria has been selected as the host city of this year’s MTV Africa Music Awards (MAMAs). It will be the second time in three years that the awards have taken place in Nigeria, following the inaugural MAMAs, which was held in Abuja in October 2008. The most populous city of Africa’s largest country will [...]

Nollywood: D’Comeback Showing In Cinemas Oct. 1st

Nollywood: D’Comeback Showing In Cinemas Oct. 1st

Nigeria movie producers in the Diaspora are gradually coming back home, enriching Nollywood with high technologies and expertise in movie production. We have seen them pull it off in movies like Ije, Tenant and the likes; here they come again with another blockbuster movie D’Comeback. Shot in the US, and first premiered in April, 2010 [...]

Chinua Achebe, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Wole Soyinka, and 25 others Nominated for Nigerian Hall of Fame

Chinua Achebe, Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Wole Soyinka, and 25 others Nominated for Nigerian Hall of Fame

Twenty eight Great Nigerians will be inducted to The Nigerian Hall of Fame for Science and The Nigerian Hall of Fame for Letters on the 9th of October. It will be hosted by Nigeria LNG Limited, The Nigerian Academy of Science and The Nigerian Academy of Letters. These twenty eight individuals have broke barriers in [...]

African Beauty Queen and International Model Launches Luxury Fragrance Line

African Beauty Queen and International Model Launches Luxury Fragrance Line

This fall African beauty queen and former Miss Liberia, Tammie Garr who has graced the pages of magazines such as Uzuri, Supermodels Unlimited, Maxim, and Liberia Travel & Life will launch her luxury fragrance line – ROYALTY. Miss Garr has teamed up with top international perfumer Eddie’s Perfume to create a high end fragrance line. [...]