Entertainment
Golden Jubilee Entertainment Awards Debut
Information reaching our entertainment desk has it that voting has commenced into the various categories of awards of the stingomania sponsored Golden Jubilee of Entertainment award. The award is part of the golden jubilee celebrations marking the country’s independence.
The project, a special 13-event programme is to recognise, appreciate and reward top 100 most influential people in the Nigerian Entertainment industry in the last 50 years. The Stingomania sponsored project will be honouring past and present entertainers in the different categories such as the most popular entertainer since independence, the most influential person in music since independence, the most influential person in movies since independence and the most influential person in comedy since independence.
The record label will also honour the most influential person in sports since independence, the most influential executive in entertainment and the most influential corporate body in entertainment. Some of the nominees are Fela Anikulapo Kuti, Art Alade Snr, Ali Baba, Mike Bamiloye, Omotola Jalade, Haruna Ishiola, King Sunny Ade, Ebenezer Obey, Hubert Ogunde and Baba Sala amongst many others.
It was gathered that the full project will start with a book compilation of the 10 most influential people in entertainment in the last 50 years in 10 different categories of entertainment including movies, music, radio, Television, comedy, sports, corporate sponsors, entertainment executives and most popular entertainer of all time since Nigeria’s independence.
A-list artistes have been billed to perform at the awards night that is expected to hold at a choice venue in Lagos later this year.
Entertainment
They Booed, Threw Bottles At Me – Tems Recounts
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
Entertainment
Primeboy Pleads For Mohbad’s Burial
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
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