Saturday 12 October 2013

Its Here Again The 2nd GLAM & ESSENCE STYLE AWARDS & RUNWAY SHOW

Glam & Essence Style Awards and Runway Show 2013 will hold on November 17,2013 at  Sheba event ikeja Lagos. The event, which was established to celebrate outstanding individuals within and outside of the fashion / beauty sector, had it’s maiden edition in 2012, with special awards won by Mrs Folorunso Alakija as Style Icon of the year, Chief (mrs) Shade Okoya as Style Personality of the year, while Mrs Folake Majin emerge LifeTime Achiever for Fashion. But this year’s edition comes with a twist, as the event is slated to celebrate style divas & blokes within the Showbiz circle. Alongside the categories outlined to honour designers, some of the categories up for considerations in the showbiz sector are: Most Stylish Comedian, Most Stylish Movie Star (male & female) Most Stylish Music Star (male & female) Best Styling in a Music Video, Best Styling in a Movie, Best dressed new Showbiz Personality (male & female) Showbiz Stylist of the Year. Special recognition awards would also to be given out at the event to men and women who have made impact on the style scene. Numbering amongst them is Senator Florence Ita-Giwa, Architect. Fifi Ejindu, Mrs Mo Abudu, Mrs Betty Irabor, Mr Kunle Bakare, and First Lady of Lagos State, Dame Abimbola Fashola. An event that exudes gal our and style is being put together by Glam & Essence Magazine. According to the publisher of the magazine Susan Eyo Honesty ,It promises to be an evening of fun, fashion and music, with top fabric company, Daviva on board, as well as First Bank leaning their weight to the event.The Awards Categories (2013)

Wande Coal, a regular collaborator with Dr Sid is conspicuously missing on the roll call of artistes listed on the album.

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 Dr. Sid is about to throw his hat in the ring for album releases this year. The good doctor of Mavin Records has released the artwork and track listing for his sophomore album titled Siduction. Wande Coal, a regular collaborator with Dr Sid is conspicuously missing on the roll call of artistes listed on the album.

Check the track list below; after the cut..

The Headies is the most important date in Nigeria’s music calendar and will be holding on Boxing Day, December 26th, 2013.

Headies PrintThe Headies is the most important date in Nigeria’s music calendar and will be holding on Boxing Day, December 26th, 2013. Be sure to keep your diary open because the Headies 2013 will be the number one event of the year.

The Headies; Nigeria’s biggest and most prestigious music award is here. This is the eighth year of the award that has relentlessly raised bars and pushed boundaries.  This year’s awards will continue in the fine tradition of rewarding artistes, music producers, music video directors who have excelled within the year in review and honoring legends who have contributed to the music industry and left a strong legacy for future generations.

Timi Dakolo And Tara Durotoye Rocking The New Cover Of Y! magazine

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The latest edition of Y! Magazine is out – and as usual, it’s a celebration of ideas, issues and culture, headlined by two inspiring Nigerians, the songwriter and musician Timi Dakolo, and beauty entrepreneur and chief executive of House of Tara, Tara Fela-Durotoye.

“It’s a special edition that celebrates the continent’s biggest youth platform, The Future Awards Africa (TFAA), and we are excited to dedicate this issue to the brightest and best of the continent,” said Adedoyin Jaiyesimi, who is associate editor of the magazine. “And we’re excited by the fact that the exciting double covers feature two young Africans who perhapsbest symbolise its essence – Timi Dakolo, whose performances at the awards over the past few years foreshadow his important music contributions from ‘Cry’ to ‘Great Nation’ and Tara Fela Durotoye, a two-time winner and Young Person of the Year 2007, whose feat in single-handedly building make up and beauty into a career path and lucrative sector for young women and men easily makes her one of the continent’s most important female role models.

New Video: The Engager - Dancia ft. Young D

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The super-fun video by Engager is finally drops. The rising performer delivers an energetic visual to his fan-favourite single, 'Dancia.' The video for Young D-produced single is directed by Nodash and sees cameo appearances from veteran Hiphop act, Weird MC, Young D, Anis Hollaway and several others.
High energy, comic relief and a break from the norm describes the new video from the FK Management recording artiste.

Mattmax Bags Seven Nigerian Music Video Awards (NMVA) Nominations.

Currently the most-sought after Video Director at the moment in Nigeria, 2013 is no doubt the year of Matthew Abiodun Aina popularly known as Mattmax in the music circles as he bags seven nominations at the forth-comingNMVA (Nigerian Music Video Awards) list which was officially released to the public a couple of days ago.

Mattmax is obviously one of the busiest video directors in recent times as both established and up and coming artistes throng his office in search of unprecedented creative and high quality videos.

Mattmax whose trademark are his in-depth creativity and picture quality first caught the eyes of the industry watchers with his first major music video of the hit song by Slim Joe, “Oti Yan Yan”.

Stella Damasus and Fela Durotoye becomes Celebrity cause Champions as TobaccoCtrl Launches Game App and Website



Stella Damasus and Fela Durotoye becomes Celebrity cause Champions as TobaccoCtrl Launches Game App and Website

Tobacco Control Nigeria is a policy change and public health campaign project using Social Media to advance tobacco control and support the passage of a comprehensive Tobacco Control (TC) law compliant with the World Health Organization’s Framework Convention on Tobacco Control (FCTC).

TobaccoCtrl kicked off its social media campaign officially in August with the launch of their website and Tobacco Dodge Game app. The group also held crowd spellbound with its message on the streets of Ajegunle in Lagos with the use of Dance and Music performance from Dathreat dance group and Vocal Slender. The launch activities continued with quiz, competitions and giveaways on twitter and Facebook.