Tiwa Savage and Basketmouth to host NMVA 2012 [+ Full Nominees List]

Basketmouth and Tiwa Savage will host the awards show on December 20

The 2012 edition of the Nigerian Music Video Awards (NMVA) will hold on December 20, 2012.

The awards will take place in the exhibition hall of the Eko Hotel and Suites and will be hosted by singer Tiwa Savage and comedian Basketmouth, according to the organizers.

A total of 19 awards are up for grabs, with each category having five nominees each.

R&B diva Tiwa Savage leads the list with four nods for ‘Best use of Costumes’, ‘Best Indigenous Concept’, ‘Best Highlife’ and ‘Video of the Year’. The Mavin Records first lady bagged all nominations with her recently released duet ‘Ife wa gbona.‘

R&B-Pop singer Chidinma follows with three nods for her ‘Kedike‘ video.

Video director Clarence Peters also receives three nods: ‘Best Video director’, ‘Best Cinematography’ and ‘Best Editor’ categories; also for Kedike.

Kween Onakala returns to the awards contenders list with her ‘You no go know’ video, which gets two nominations. The R&B singer released her ‘Kweendoncome’  album late last year.

But it’s not just a womens’ affair. Rapper Illbliss, Ruggedman and Olamide battle for the ‘Best Hip-Hop’ video award while 2face, veteran Ras Kimono, Olu Maintain and General Pype battle for the ‘Best Reggae-Dancehall’ award.

BEST AFRO HIP HOP
Dona Diva – Shut Up
NEATO C – Tony Montana Remix
Sauce Kid/Sinzu – Carolina
Uzikendu – Osiso
Vector – Angeli

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Wizkid needs Tonto Dike to step up her grammar

They’ve been twitter buddies for years. And, contrary to what is widely believed, they both continue to insist there’s never been any romance between them.

Well, Wizkid might just be severing ties with Tonto Dike who many feel is fast becoming a ‘nuisance’ on the social network, Twitter

Wizkid on Tuesday, November 6 expressed his displeasure at Tonto’s spelling game. ‘I get mad when a chick doesn’t type right…wtf is succezz?!‘, a somewhat infuriated @Wizkidayo tweeted.

Any ardent follower of Tonto Dike on the social network know the controversial actress replaces her ‘S’s with ‘Z’s. Here profile reads;
Who eva said Succezz waz a slow procezz waz mos defntly not talking abt Mii/Businez tycoon/A petro/chemical engr /IAMNollywood *#IAMPOKO# Tlovethyself #I luv TerryG.
And when someone jokingly explained to Wizzy, that Miss Dike was only being trendy, he replied – ‘thats that sh*t i don’t like!’.
Wizkid had earlier expressed his dissatisfaction with the actress venturing into the world of music saying that ‘she needs to chill’.
Well, Miss Dikeh’s not chilling yet, and it’s possible what she’s doing on and off twitter is paying off – with over 200,000 downloads of her debut singles, and a constantly increasing loyal fan base, she’s getting more attention than anyone else in her category. Only time will tell what she’ll do with it…

UNILAG student hospitalised after outing with Facebook friend

A 21-year-old student has been hospitalised, after she was allegedly pushed down from the third floor of a building in Lagos, following a disagreement with a man she met on the social network, Facebook.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Akabugu Nkiruka sustained multiple injuries, including a pelvis fracture, and was undergoing surgery at the General Hospital, Marina, Lagos, on Tuesday.

Nkiruka, a Linguistics student of the University of Lagos, told NAN on her hospital bed that she met the young man through the social media, barely a week before the November 1 incident.

She told NAN that the 26-year-old man (name withheld) last Wednesday invited her to a night club in Apapa from where they ended up in his family home at 1004 Estate, Victoria Island, Lagos.

She noted that the young man had earlier talked about sex on the phone prior to the outing but she told him she was menstruating.

Nkiruka said on getting to the house, the man tore her dress and tried to rape her.

According to Nkiruka, the man thereafter pushed her down from the third floor of the building because she refused to have sex with him.

When contacted, the man’s mother, who was at home on the night of the incident, however, told NAN that she was not aware of what happened.

She said she slept around 10pm, while the disagreement between the couple started much later.

The mother, who pleaded anonymity, said she paid part of the hospital bill immediately after Nkiruka was admitted, and even tried to transfer her to a private hospital.

“I took her as our own daughter and so, I can do anything that will make her recover quickly,’’ she added.

She insisted that her preliminary inquiry indicated that Nkiruka was not pushed by her son as alleged, but that she jumped on her own in the ensuing scuffle.

When contacted, the Divisional Police Officer of Bar Beach, Victoria Island, Lagos, Mr. Fayoade Adegoke, told NAN that Nkiruka wrote in her statement that she jumped on her own, in order to escape being raped.

Adegoke said he ordered his men to convey the victim to the hospital immediately after he was informed of the incident by security guards in the area.

The DPO said the suspect was released on bail, pending further investigation into the matter.

NAN recalls that seven young men, including two who met a 24-year-old post-graduate student, Cynthia Osokogu, on facebook, are currently facing trial for allegedly raping and killing her in Lagos earlier this year.

Culled from Punch

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PHOTOS: Champagne showers! Celebs party up with Ice Prince at 26th birthday gig

It was a huge party with friends and lots of drinks at Deuces Lounge where Nigerian rapper Panshak ‘Ice Prince‘ Zamani celebrated his 26th birthday.

It was a star studded affair that saw some of today’s biggest pop stars storm the Victoria Island club for a lavish night.

From the EME crew Banky W, Wizkid, Skales, the Choc Boys M.I, Jesse Jagz, BrymO to rappers Naeto C, Lynxxx, Vector to Styl Plus Iyanya, Praiz and MAVIN members Dr SID and Wande Coal, the club’s VIP was jampacked!

And it rained non-stop when the bottles of champagne came out; homeboys literally sprayed themselves with drinks and everyone had a good laugh…

If you think we’re joking, check the photos below…

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Revealed: Why Femi Kuti shunned The Headies

Those who attended The Headies 2012 awards show on Saturday October 20, were surprised when the show ended without musician Femi Kuti gracing the stage.

It had been highly publicized that the respected Afrobeat singer-saxophonist was to perform at the prestigious awards show -his first ever. He was also to be inducted into the well respected ‘Hall of Fame‘.

But Femi never showed up, rather he stayed behind at the New Afrika Shrine where the recently concluded Felabration 2012 was going onNET placed a call to Yeni Kuti, Femi’s elder sister who didn’t divulge much information other than there was a ‘slight misunderstanding’.

But an inside source close to the Kuti family tells us it was more than a misunderstanding, allegedly having to do with the failure of the awards organizers and Kuti’s managers to reconcile last minute differences.

‘They were meant to pay Shoki shoki (Femi) some balance for logistics but as at Saturday evening we hadn’t received the money, so he stayed back at the Shrine for Felabration‘, a reliable source told us in anonymity. We could not immediately confirm this.

The Headies does not pay musicians for performances, and this is the first time a Hall of Fame inductee will stay away from the glamorous event.

No word yet from the organizers about why Femi was absent.