Basketmouth completes multi million Naira home for his mum

While snooping around about the Insignia car the comedian recently acquired, I found out something else he's been trying to keep secret. Basketmouth recently completed a multi million Naira home for his mum. The house is located in a really nice estate here in Lagos. Madam Okpocha has since moved into the house. Wow! #betterpikinthinz

‘I don’t have a name for my album yet’ – Tiwa Savage

Some weeks back, Tiwa Savage was interviewed on ‘Saturday Nite‘ aired on NTA 2 Lagos.

The R&B-Pop act discusses her achievements in the past year, how her forthcoming debut album will comprise of different genres of music and more.

‘I don’t have a name for my album yet‘, she says. She also disclosed that she wouldn’t be featuring ‘a lot of artistes on the album’ because she would want her personality and style to dominate the album.

Tiwa has released five singles so far and has promised the album will be released in 2013.

Rapper Eva writes touching tribute to Goldie

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How do i begin this? It is already too difficult to talk about you using words like ‘Was’ when i really want to say ‘is’ and ‘Would have been’ when my heart whispers ‘Would be’.

This is absolute insanity. How one minute you are here, vibrant, happy, excited about all the work you have mapped out for 2013. How you stayed cheering me on, telling me how you admire me, how you want to be there to help, you stoop low enough till I can hop on your back and bear my weight on your shoulders, regardless of the luggage you already have on yours.

Isn’t it ironic how everyone hated you for this and that, when all you ever wanted to do was entertain them. What’s sad? They still have something bad to say even in your absence. I am sad! You were here before me, and when i stepped my skinny legs in this wicked place to explore my music, You were one of the few out doing something different. You stood out like yolks stand out of egg whites.

How you handled this evil, self-centred, ‘I-have-only-bad-things-to-say’ people for as long as you did is what baffles me.

You exhibited such strength, such outstanding emotional stamina that it seemed like you could do all wrong in their eyes and still stand, here, entertaining us from the bottom of your heart.

We had a conversation to finish Goldie! Remember? Now i feel like i would never be able to tell you what really happened contrary to what everyone thinks. I remember the last time i saw you, you were so mad at me for not telling you about me leaving the Label. And with good reason too! You hooked it all up didn’t you? So Goldie. Always ready to help. Sad when your friends are sad.

You said to me ‘Ehnnn? Eva you are not signed? Isssaalie! Are they blind? Let me talk to —- for you sharp sharp. He just got this new deal mehhnn, you must rock it oh. I won’t stop disturbing him till he signs you.’

And off you went! You took it upon yourself to make sure your friend asked me to sign with his label. And how so stupid I was not to have told you first the minute shit hit the fan. I hope the little I was able to explain to you was of any good. (sigh)

All that is gone now.

Even you are gone. Life is Crazy.

I am grateful today, that I had the pleasure of working with you Goldie boo, traveling, touring, doing shows with you. I loved you from day one! Fresh into the university and without a clue what I wanted from life, there you were on my TV screen doing what most women didn’t dare. Even I didn’t understand you at first.

But I understood this one fact ‘You were YOU!’ And it hit me right there. I finally realized what I wanted to do with my life. I wanted to be me. ME! Without a care in the world what ‘they’ say as long as I am me. No compromise.

You didn’t just inspire and motivate me, you have kept me here.

If it wasn’t a phone call to find out if i was okay, it was a BB message to make me laugh my heart out.

My Dear Goldie, My sister, My friend…. I cannot ever answer the question why but I know that God never works without purpose. So i am not going to ask why either.

I am going through a lot right now, this is one of those times we would have had a BB conversation and you would have put my worrying mind at ease. But then I think about it, like you always noted, ‘I haven’t even scraped the surface of what you have’.

All the times you cried and carried the pain in your heart like an artery, all the times you thought about giving it all up and let your tears flood up your pillows like rain, they didn’t see that. Yet the little they saw they hated. They mocked. Their shallow minds could not comprehend it. 95 per cent of these are the same who have turned around now in your passing to offer words of kindness that you longed for while you were here. Haha !isn’t it amazing how they suddenly see how creative your videos were? Nwannem! Odikwa very strong tin!

Hmmmm….

You are gone now my love, as much as it kills me to type that out, I have to face it. If you are sitting on the right side of God our father, please beg him and intercede on my behalf while I Pray. As I go through the sort of things that you did, as I struggle to become somebody my parents are proud of, as I face this wicked place and its wicked people all by myself, as I say Goodbye to Friends who have become Foes overnight, as I stand in the midst of people who hate me for no reason and take it upon themselves like a day job to bring me down, intercede on my behalf dear Goldie. May the Lord answer my prayers…the same sort you prayed while you were here.

Thank you for letting me into your world even for a short time. What great blessing it is to have known the real you, the soft, kind-hearted, always-ready-for-a-good-laugh beautiful girl that you were.

I’m too sad.

Rest in Peace my friend, in the beautiful wonders of everlasting eternity where no one judges you.

Rita Dominic, Uche Jombo, Kate Henshaw & Funke Akindele O in Tinapa for short film

A-list actresses Uche Jombo, Rita Dominic, Kate Henshaw and Funke Akindele have been in Tinapa, Cross Rivers state for the past two weeks. The actresses have been posting photos of their time there on their respective Instagram pages but have never said what they are actually doing there. 

I got the exclusive scoop for you...:-). The four actresses are in Tinapa for a  project which is a part reality show and part movie that EbonyLife TV, owned by TV host Mo Abudu, is putting together. The reality show/movie is being shot at Tinapa resort.

EbonyLife TV will debut on DSTV any moment from now and Nollywood is one of the few channels the CEO, Mo Abudu, wants to use to drive the channel and close sources have said her choice of Nollywood will be ‘new Nollywood’

The show sees the actresses collaborate in the production of a brilliant and pulsating short film that spotlights the plight of women across Africa who have to bear the pains of domestic abuse.

Kim Kardashian drama: ‘You could have flown me from Ghana!’, actress Juliet Ibrahim tells Darey

Popular Ghanaian actress Juliet Ibrahim has added her voice to the chorus of those commenting on US TV reality star Kim Kardashian‘s recent trip to Nigeria…

She says she doesn’t see why top Nigerian R&B singer Darey would ‘pay so much money and fly Kim K down to Nigeria just for a 45 seconds intro’ on his Love Like a Movie concert, which held on Sunday, February 17, 2013.

Speaking (more like venting) on her Instagram page, the pretty actress said that Darey could have flown her in from Ghana and she would have ‘represented.’

‘Ok here’s my 2cents! Been reading comments about Darey’s concert and to be honest I don’t see why he will pay so much money and fly Kim k down to naija just for a 45sec intro on his show, like seriously! Bro, u could hv flown me from Gh and I would have represented! What did Kim k do for the 45 secs ? She stood and told a senseless story, I could have stood and told a sensible story about ghana on a Nigerian stage!‘, she wrote.

She also went on to say that African show promoters should shun foreign entertainers and focus on working with more African talents.

‘Lol no hard feelings but its about time we start appreciating our very own African talents then paying all these foreigners so much for 45seconds performances. Check me out, way hotter than some of them peeps una Dey pay big bucks for nothing better. #wordofadvice #momentoftruth‘

But those close to the organisers say Kim K’s visit actually went how it should. The reality TV star, according to the show’s producers, Soul Muzik, and a TV drop by Kim Kardashian herself, was to be special guest at a dinner with ‘platinum VIP guests’, co-host the LLAM red carpet session and open the show. We’re told she also did media rounds, sitting for at least two exclusive interviews, including this one with Beat FM’s Gbemi.

Despite all the drama, Darey’s ‘Love Like a Movie’ concert is being adjudged as one of Nigeria’s best events ever. And it doesn’t seem Darey and his label are considering responding to all the speculation about how much she was paid, or indeed, how much the big-budget concert gulped in total. Darey tweeted this morning: ‘Can’t even keep up with all these theories again! Which one is LASG paid dat insane amount for her? Fallacy…like everything else u hrd lol’.

Couscous is a Pasta, not a grain- Knorr Taste Quest Episode 5

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Most people think Couscous is a grain product but it's actually pasta. During the last episode, the judges as usual did not make it any easier for the contestants as the ingredients for this task was as unexpected as possible. The contestants were given Pine nuts, Baby Carrots, Green Bananas, Mushrooms and Couscous!! They were to make a starter and main course meal within 60 minute.

Speaking on the choice of ingredients, Executive Chef, Dr Roberts described them as simple and basic with nutritional benefits. He mentioned that Pine nuts are very high in vitamins and essential oil,   baby carrots, which are sweeter than normal carrots contain vitamins C, B6, A and K,  Mushrooms are high in Riboflavin and Couscous which is a pasta not a grain, has the most superior vitamin content of all pastas. 

Also, on the green bananas, He explained that it contains vitamins as well as a starch that helps to manage weight, good for cholesterol levels, and manages blood sugar. Wow, it’s nice to know this about green bananas. I also found out that due to its health benefits, Couscous is a good substitute for some foods like rice!

The guest judge for this episode was no other than TV personality and Film director, Kemi Adetiba. She stated that she was a “foodie”, and was going to judge for taste, great use of spices and interesting textures in the meals presented. 

At the end of the show, Saratu won the task with her dish of Mushroom and banana (starter), and Yorkshire pudding (main course). Kemi Adetiba, described her meal as “lovely” and well worth deserving of the Twenty Thousand Naira prize, Bolarinwa and Damilola, however fell in the bottom two, and were put on probation. That means if either of them fall in the bottom two in the next task, either of them will be evicted. According to the judges, Bolarinwa’s meal of Couscous was described as “horrible” and Damilola’s carrot and banana soup as “weird”. 

The quest is still on, who gets to the final, or who goes next? We’ll continue to watch and wonder which of the ten remaining contestants will become Nigeria’s best. 

Join the action by going to www.facebook.com/knorrnigeria, and also to find check out the recipes used by the contestants. Also catch the show on Silverbird on Saturdays at 8.30pm, AIT on Sundays at 5.00pm, Galaxy on Sundays at 8.00pm, E-Stars (Startimes) on Sundays at 7.30pm and OnTV on Sundays at 6.30pm. 

You can also watch previous episodes and auditions clips by clicking on this link,www.youtube.com/knorrnigeria.

Wizkid and girlfriend make surprise appearance at Banky W’s concert

Wizkid and girlfriend at the Banky W R&BW concert last night.   Photos: Olamide Jasanya

In what may be termed as the surprise of the month, EME act, Wizkid made an appearance at Banky W’s ‘The Grand Love Project’ concert held yesterday, Friday, February 15, 2013 at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos.

The 22-year-old superstar who has been throwing tantrums on social media, and is reportedly trying to disengage from the label, walked in about two hours after the show kicked off, accompanied by his girlfriend, Tani and a body guard. He did not get a rousing welcome from fans nor a mention from Banky W. The event’s MC, Seyi Law also did not acknowledge him.

At exactly, 1:10 am, our reporter spotted him leaving with his train. He left in a red BMW car with number plate, ‘W’ accompanied with two jeeps and  soldiers.

Tit for tat: Wizkid missing on Banky W’s ‘R&BW’ album, EME logo missing in new Wizkid video

Wizkid and Banky W pose for a NET photographer inside the BHM Lounge in November, 2012.

The story continues…

The story continues…
Early this week, Banky W released the official tracklist for his fourth solo album, ‘R&BW’ and just as we guessed,
former EME label act Wizkid is missing from the tracklist.
The album features other EME signees Skales, Niyola and Shaydee, among other cameos, such as rappers Lynxxx, Vector, eLDee, M.I, L-Tido, Sarkodie, singers Sammy, Rotimi and 2face Idibia.

Wizkid seems to have other plans too – after spending many weeks in the UK, he has released his first post-EME video, a new collaborative single titled ‘The matter‘ which features production from UK based Maleek Berry.

The video opens with ‘Starboy Ent’ – the new label allegedly owned by Wizkid. There is no sign of the usually seen EME logo.

At this point, is there still any point in denying that both parties may have gone their separate ways?

Many say the determining factor will be  whether or not Wizkid shows up at Banky W’s ‘The Grand Love’ concert in Lagos on Friday, February 15, 2013.

Wiz has already told us he will be premiering another video ‘Azonto’ that same day and will be performing at Julius Agwu’s ‘Festival of Love’ on February 16, 2013.

We watch and wait…

Watch Wizkid and Maleek Berry in ‘The matter’…