Winners, The Future Awards 2012

The 2012 edition of Nigeria's premier youth awards, The Future Awards, held in the garden city of Port Harcourt at the very new and magnificient Azech Arcum on Sunday, August 26, 2012.
It was the seventh edition of the award and the first time the award was leaving Lagos. The Rivers State were very much involved in making it a success.
There were 21 categories of awards and the highest honour went to Idris Akinbanjo, a journalist, whose profile would inspire virtually any youth anywhere in the world. Here is the full list..


Young Person of the Year- Idris Akinbanjo

Best Use of Advocacy- Babafemi Oyediran

Best Use of New Media- Gidi Traffic

Creative Artiste of the Year- Bayo Omoboriowo

Designer of the Year- Toju Foyeh

Excellence in Service (Government)- Hadiza Abdullahi

Excellence in Service (Journalism)- Alkasim Abdulkadir

Excellence in Service (Corporate) Ngozi Nkwoji

Innovator of the Year (Science and Technology)- Seun Onigbinde

Innovator of the Year (Education) Otto Orondaam

Entrepreneur of the Year (General)- Ola Orekunrin

Entrepreneur of the Year (Agriculture)- Tochukwu Ikpegbu

Entrepreneur of the Year (Communication and Media)- Uyi Omokaro

Entrepreneur of the Year (Entertainment)-Michael Collins

Entrepreneur of the Year (Technology)- Jason Njoku

On-Air-Personality (Radio)- Tolu 'Toolz' Oniru

On-Air-Personality (TV)- Denrele Edun
Musician of the Year- Wizkid

Actor of the Year- Tonto Dikeh

Producer of the Year (Music)-Jeremiah 'J. Sleek' Shelika

Producer of the Year (Screen)- Clarence Peters

PHOTOS FROM DAT TRACE THANG PARTY

Here are pictures from Dat TRACE Thang party held on Friday 30th March, 2012 at Harbor Point, Victoria Island. It was done in conjunction with   HP, ABSOLUT and PEPSI.

REMEMBERING DAGRIN (The Documentary)

DAGRIN AND GINI

This April marks the second year anniversary of Dagrin’s death and to commemorate this,  the director of his only solo video, Gini, is set to release an authoritative and informative documentary of the young rapper’s life. 

CHRISTY ESSIEN-IGBOKWE'S FIRST SON, OBIORA, WEDS

Obiora and Onyinye Igbokwe

After surviving the shock of losing their beloved mother some months ago, two of the four biological sons of the late Lady of Songs, Chief Mrs. Christy Essien-Igbokwe, recently got married.

The first to go was Chinwuba “Kaka” Igbokwe, the second son who is a music producer. He got married to Miss Chioma Ebubedike on Saturday, October 8, 2011 at the Archbishop Vining Memorial Cathedral, GRA, Ikeja , Lagos while the first son, Obiora Chukwuemeka, an architect,  recently got married to Miss Onyinye Madubobi, an engineer, who hails from the Okpuno Village, Otolo Nnewi in Anambra State. The Traditional Wedding had taken place in the wife’s village on Monday, September 19, 2011 while the white wedding held on Friday, December 30, 2011 at St. Faith Church, Awka Anambra State.

Here are pictures some pictures from the wedding..

THE WHITE WEDDING OF MUMA GEE & PRINCE EKE IN WORDS & PICTURES

MUMA GEE PLANS TRIPLE WEDDING CELEBRATION

MUMA GEE'S WEDDING IV

MUMA GEE & PRINCE EKE

                                           

The forthcoming wedding ceremony between the Afrotastic Diva, Gift ‘Muma Gee’ Uwame and Nollywood actor, Prince ‘Eklips’ Eke will be an elaborate triple celebration.

The first stages would be double Traditional Wedding ceremonies on Tuesday, December 20, 2011. Starting at 10am, Muma Gee’s hometown of Odiabidi, Upata Kingdom, Ekpeye Land in Ahoada East LGA of Rivers State would witness the first Traditional Wedding Ceremony. This first ceremony will be the final stages the Traditional Wedding Ceremony which began in that town in 2010. It would be held in the compound of Dr. Ukachukwu John Uwame.

On that same day, at 4pm, the compound of Chief Athanasius Nwankwo Eke in the town of Umuota Umuhu, Ngor Okpal Local Government Area of Imo State will come alive as the party would have arrived their gates. It would continue far into the night.

The White Wedding would then come up on Friday, December 23 in Port Harcourt at the Recovery House, 36, Uyo Street, Off Stadium Road by Bereton School, Port-Harcourt, Rivers State. It will be officiated by Reverend Ugochukwu Unachukwu.

The Invitation Cards containing details of both the Traditional and White Wedding have already started going out to friends, colleagues and well wishers.

While the excitement of her weddings continued to build up, Muma Gee did not let down her musical oars. She is far gone in the preparations for a new album which would be released next year. The first single, “Port Harcourt is Back,” has been released and the video, directed by her husband, Prince Eke alongside Ak-One and Frank Macaulay, a renowned cinematographer was shot a few weeks back across locations in Port Harcourt.

You can follow Muma Gee on Twitter: @realmumagee

Or facebook: facebook/mumagee’s fans

MC LOPH IS DEAD+INTERVIEW+CRASH PIX+REACTIONS

MC LOPH

The Nigerian Entertainment Industry has just recorded another fatality. "Osondi Owendi" crooner, MC Loph (Nwaozo Obiajulu) died on the Ore road while on his way to the east. He was purportedly on his way to his own Traditional Wedding and was with his fiancee. A Road Safety Official confirmed it on the phone that the Igbo Rapper has passed away.

VIMBAI, KIM AND MILLICENT LEAVE THE BIG BROTHER HOUSE

VIMBAI

KIM

MILLICENT

Ladies and Gentlemen, we are into the last week of the Big Brother Africa Amplified and these people won’t be coming with us. Zimbabwe’s Vimbai, Kim from Zambia and Kenya’s Millicent.

Remaining in the house for the final week alongside Nigeria’s Karen and Vina and Sharon O of Uganda are South Africa’s Luclay, Malawi’s Lomwe, Ethiopia’s Hanni and Zimbabwe’s Wendall.

Vimbai went out first after losing the standoff with Lomwe. Kim didn’t survive her faceoff with Wendall and Millicent was the victim when she, Hanni and Luclay stood up.

There will be no nominations tomorrow as next Sunday is the final day of the show. You are now voting for the winners. This year’s Big Brother Africa will have two winners who will each walk away with $200 000.

THE TROUBLED LIFE OF AMY WINEHOUSE

AMY WINEHOUSE

I somehow expected this particular artiste not to last long and I believe many other music lovers also did.  But it's a tragedy nonetheless and it's a fact that the music world has lost one of its most passionately soulful voices. Winehouse's struggles with drugs and alcohol were often in the public eye and even addressed in her own music, like her best-known hit "Rehab."

Throughout her colorful, troubled life, Winehouse fought many demons: addiction, an eating disorder, and a particularly tumultuous love life.

Read how Yahoo News is reporting after the cut...

FOTOSPEAK: ASHIONYE'S CUTE BABY

Singer Ashionye made an appearance a few weeks back with this bouncing baby dude – the first offspring of her union with Carl Raccah. He is christened Ashioma. Isn’t he cute?