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ShowBiz Celebrity Brand Ambassadors On Parade

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business in Nigeria shows that a good number of Nigerian brands, especially in the telecommunications and banking sectors are now associating with creative personalities in music and movie as well as sports to further their brand to targeted audience.
This trend which started over six years ago has gained more relevance as a result of increasing exposure to television and major sporting events in the world.  The popularity of the Nollywood industry is also giving Fillip to brand ambassadorship.  Top celebrities in the Nigerian creative industry have in this past years found this growing business  a new way of making  mega bucks.
Some of these brands and their ambassadors include:
D – Hafeez Oyetoro aka Saka, who shocked most of the subscribers of Etis alaf when he dumped the company and pitched his tent with rival telecom giant, MTN as a new MTN and campaign prove this fact “I don port go NTN, I don upgrade to MTN” Saka sings and dances.
The Tide Entertainment gathered that the comic actor was paid a whooping N20 million for this new deal.
2. Rapper Olamide, Wizkid and Davido, have just been signed as the brand ambassadors for Guinness      Nigeria and the deal, according to our service, is worth millions of naira.
3. P-Square, Basket Mouth and Burna Boy, are Glo ambassadors.  They are the highest prized artistes in  the music industry, last year, P-Square and D Banj were “the highest paid, with P-Square signing a  four year deal said to be N240 million.
Other Glo ambassadors include Basket Mouth Burna Boy, Ego of the Lagbeje Fame among others who       got between N10 and N50 million.
4.  2 Face Idibia  He is the new face of Airtel, a deal valued at several millions of naira, it would be       recalled that 2 face also signed a deal with Guiness Worth several millions of naira.
5.  Dare Art Alade, Dan Foster and Toke Makinwa of 92.3FM and 93.7FM respectively are brand  ambassadors to Unilever Nigeria Plc, makers of popular beverage drink, lipton.
6.   Yetunde Alabi (Shasha) and Banky W, are Samsung brand ambassadors.  Though Shasha has been dropped from the platform, Banky W is still enjoying the big box offer of the GSM company.
7.  Kcee, Davido Iyanya, and other notable singers are currently with MTN as ambassadors with mouth  watering deals running into millions of naira.
8.  Don Jazzy D’Prince are brand ambassadors for Loya and MTN while pop music producer, Don Jazzy  doubles for Loya and MTN, his younger brother, D’Prionce is ambassador for MTN, the telecoms       giant.
9.  Wizkid, Tiwe Savage. This top artistes were recently confirmed as the new Pepsi ambassadors.  The       contract deal involved a huge amount of money.  It was also reliably gathered that the duo recently       cornered a new deal with MTN said to be worth close to N25 million.
With the way things are going in the entertainment clan, it is obvious that the musicians have succeeded in benching their predecessors in the movie clan. The movie practitioners actually dominated the brand ambassadorship deal before The Tide changed in favour of the top musicians.

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They Booed, Threw Bottles At Me – Tems Recounts

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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.

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Primeboy Pleads For Mohbad’s Burial

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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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 PH Based Gospel Singer Set To Drop Hit Single

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Rivers State based gospel singer, Wilberforce  Afriyie is set to drop his 6th single titled MIRACLE WORKING GOD’ dropping next month with a it’s video.
This was disclosed by Afriyie, yesterday, during an exclusive interview with The Tide  Entertainment in Port Harcourt.
According to the singer, the inspiration for his  new song was based on all of the battles, troubles and challenges that he has  faced in life and still going through.
“But in all I see the hand of the lord changing situations and turning things around for my good,” he said
“This song is to encourage everyone going through tough and hard times not to give up and trust whole heartedly on God for a miracle because change is coming their way,” he added.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Afriyie is ready to give his fans, especially those in the Christian faith a whole experience, a new season of overwhelming joy and celebration.
“When Christ is involved I have nothing to worry about sometimes there’ll be delay, but by faith I walk in total victory.Human reasoning cannot resonate, the mind cannot comprehend,” he explained.
He said that  the spirit of God goes beyond polarity, and expressed his alignment with the God’s grace, saying that the God of signs and wonders is still performing miracles.

Nancy Briggs

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