Olisa Adibua Resumes At The Beat FM

Embattled OAP and Programmes Director at Beat FM Olisa Adibua on Monday, October 31, 2011 resumed his work as host of ‘The Morning Rush‘ on Beat FM 99.9 after serving a suspension for assaulting a staff, Adewunmi Oyekanmi.
Throughout his suspension which lasted for about 7 weeks, the broadcaster-entrepreneur had continued filming on the Globacom- sponsored music talent hunt – GloNaijaSings, where he’s resident judge.
Olisa returned on The Morning Rush as his usual self – part humorous part sarcastic. It was however not the usual affair as his long time co-host Oreka ‘Rhecks’ Godis who recently resigned from the station was not by his side. He co-hosted the show with Douglas who had mistakenly announced him and former OAP Oreka has the hosts.
Adibua never made reference to why he had been missing but kept cool and calm throughout the show.
You will recall that Olisa was on Thursday, September 8, 2011 enmeshed in a solo brawl with a subordinate in the Lagos office of the urban radio station. The assaulted, Adewunmi Oyekanmi suffered injuries in the head, face and other parts of the body, while his shirt was ripped and mobile phone trampled before he was thrown out of the premises at about 3a.m in the morning. The night news editor was pummelled for sleeping on the office couch.
The result of investigations promised by the management of Beat FM is yet to be made public.
While many awaited the eventual outcome of the Olisa-Adewunmi assault investigation, Beat FM sources had assured us that, the accused, Olisa Adibua, would definitely keep his job at the radio station. While officially away, we’re told he was regularly in touch with some of the station’s presenters and would occasionally drop into the studios for a minute or two. He never went on air.

Deola Sagoe To Feature At World Fashion Week Welcoming Gala, Nov 11

Deola Sagoe

Organizers have announced this year’s first annual World Fashion Week (WFW) will be held in New York next year 2012 but as a prelude to the global fashion event, there will be a World Fashion Week Welcoming Gala.

The gathering will welcome leading fashion designers from all over the world, joining forces to encourage entrepreneurship activities, women empowerment and the eradication of global poverty, launching the global campaign ‘give your light to the world’.
A total of 48 countries will be featured at the gala and Nigeria’s very own haute couture fashion designer Deola Sagoe is also included in the list of designers set to partake at the event.
The gala which will be taking place on Friday, November 11, 2011 at the prestigious Cipriani, 110 East 42nd Street, New York.
Sagoe began designing in 1998 and has gained international notoriety for her lively and colorful designs. She frequently exhibits her couture collection at fashion week.

Four Left As Oni Exits Glo Naija Sings

Oni

It gets tougher by the week as one contestant gets dropped from the Glo Naija Sings train!
On Sunday, October 30, 2011 the contestants were reduced to four as Port-Hacourt based Oni was evicted after scoring the lowest points following the last week’s Afrobeat performances.
20-year-old Oni performed for one last time and called it a wrap.
The talent show now parades a quartet – Christian, Mattade, Tee-Songz and the last girl standing, Vicky.
Remember, the winner of Glo Naija Sings walks away with the grand prize of $100,000. (One Hundred Thousand Dollars).…

Wizkid Joins Millionaires Club At 21

Sources who are privy to the young singer’s revenue told us, this week, that he has now joined the league of music millionaires.
With a schedule that keeps him busy all week; and enquiries from all over the globe, Wizkid is currently one of the top 5 most wanted pop stars (others on the list include 2face Idibia, D’banj and Psquare) . And from an engagement fee of N500-700,000, his management has now upped his fee to a minimum of N1.5M. Big budget clients could be asked for up to N2M and N3M in some cases.
‘There are some weekends when he plays up to three shows. The boy is mad busy and his minders are making the best out of the boom‘, a top industry source tells us.
Wizkid is putting his money into use too, the 21-year-old recently acquired a VW convertible worth N6M (Six million Naira). He has also embarked on shooting big budget videos; starting with the trado-themed shoot for ‘Pakurumo’ on Tuesday November 1. The video was directed by Clarence Peters.
Monthly earnings, we’re told, now sits in the realm of 20M and upwards. And it can only get better; with a MOBO plaque and Headie in his pouch, and a hit-filled debut album that’s still moving units, the EME act seems poised for a bright future – if he and his minders are smart enough not to let celebrity trouble and scandals ruin it all…

Hilary Clinton’s Mother, Dorothy Rodham, Dies At 92

Hillary Clinton and Dorothy Rodham at East High School in Des Moines, Iowa

 

Dorothy Rodham, mother of Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and former US President Bill Clinton’s mother-in-law, has passed away. Rodham died Tuesday, October 1, 2011 at age 92 after an illness in Washington, D.C.
A statement released by the Clinton family, heralded Rodham as a woman who ‘overcame abandonment and hardship as a young girl to become the remarkable woman she was — a warm, generous and strong woman; an intellectual; a woman who told a great joke and always got the joke; an extraordinary friend and, most of all, a loving wife, mother and grandmother’.
During all Hilary Clinton’s successful wins and defeats, Rodham managed to stay out of the media. She rarely granted interviews on her daughter or son-in-law, Bill the former President
Dorothy Howell Rodham was born in Chicago in 1919, the daughter of a city firefighter. In her autobiography, “Living History,” Hillary Clinton described her mother’s childhood as lonely and loveless.
Born June 4, 1919, Dorothy was described as a homemaker. US President Barack Obama praised Rodham as a ‘remarkable person’ who also was ‘strong, determined and gifted’.

EVICTION: Joe, Karma Evicted From Project Fame Season Four

As the fourth season of the MTN Project Fame West Africa warms up, two contestants have already been kicked out!
The unlucky two are Madonna University graduate Joe and Kaduna State bred Kamar.
Last week, Emmanuel, Aziga, Joe, Kamar, Ethel and Zaliha were put on probation and over the weekend they had the chance to put them back in the house by re-singing the songs that put them up.
After their performances on Friday, October 28, 2011, the judges confessed that the contestants did a good job this week so the decision was quite a difficult one to make. Votes from viewers at home saved Ethel while the judges after a long discussion saved Aziga. The Project Fame Academy Faculty saved Emmanuel and the remaining contestants who were not on probation saved Zaliha. This brought Joe and Kamar to the end of their journey in MTN Project Fame West Africa Season 4.

South-South Music Awards (SSMA)

The third edition of the South-South Music Awards (SSMA) will hold on Sunday, December 4, 2011 and organizers have announced nominees for this year’s edition.
The nominees have been fielded in a total of 20 categories and in addition, two ‘Honorary Life-Time Achievement Awards’ will also be given out.
‘The South-South Region has an abundance of fast growing musical artistes who year-in and year-out work tirelessly to create music and entertain. Their effort should be encouraged’, organizer of the awards, Andy Bello tells Nigerian Entertainment Today.
The Oba Akenzua Cultural Centre in Benin City will play host to this year’s edition.
The first edition of the awards was held on the 20th of December 2009, at the Civic Centre, Benin City.
Check out the full nominations list below…

DAY 21: Court Orders Baba Suwe To Be Released November 4

Baba Suwe arrives court

An Ikeja High Court as ordered the unconditional release of popular Babatunde Omidina better known to the public as Baba Suwe if by November 4, the actor doesn’t excrete any illegal substance.
Today, Tuesday, November 1, 2011 Justice Yetunde Idowu granted Baba Suwe on bail in sum of N500,000 (Five Hundred Thousand Naira) with one surety on the condition the actor does not excrete hard drugs under the 15 day petition by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA).
Baba Suwe had arrived at the Ikeja High Court in a white Toyota HIACE bus accompanied by heavily guarded NDLEA officials at about 7:35 AM even though the court hearing was for 9AM. As at 8:10AM, the court house was filled to the brim with family, friends, journalists and others. Presiding judge Justice Yetunde Idowu had to instruct those standing to exit the court room. Security officials hurriedly escorted those standing to join the already rowdy crowd in the court premises.