By Correspondent Chinyere Ogbonna – For many Nigerians and the country’s entertainment industry, this month may not go down well in history as Veteran Nigerian actor, Justice Esiri passed on just days after former Big Brother Africa room-mate, Goldie Harvey passed on after returning from the United States of America where she witnessed the Grammy awards. His son, Marvin artist and pop star confirmed the sad incident through his tweeter page when he changed his bio to “RIP Dad”. Dr. Sid did not make public the cause of the dad’s death. Before his death late Mr. Esiri was said to... Continue Reading
Nigerian famous singer and former Big Brother Africa House mate in 2012, Goldie Harvey is dead. Goldie, born Susan Filani, died on Thursday night at Reddington Hospital, in Victoria Island, Lagos. A statement by the Chief Executive of her record label, Kennis Music, Kenny Ogungbe on Facebook .says the singer died shortly after arriving in Nigeria from the United States of America where she attended the Grammy Awards. “With a deep sense of loss, we announce the shocking death of our darling music star, Goldie Harvey”. “Goldie, 31, died on Thursday after she complained of a severe headache shortly after her... Continue Reading
Face of Zimbabwe winner, Nadine Hahn is set to represent Zimbabwe on the international pageant scene at this years’ 20th edition of Top Model of the World which is to be held in El Gouna (Egypt) from the 17th to the 31 of March 2013. The Harare model and former Miss Teen Zimbabwe won the Gtel-Face of Zimbabwe, (Season 2) competition held at the HICC in December 2012 fending off competition from 15 other hopefuls which included winners from other national pageants such as Miss Curvy, Miss Global, Miss Universities and Miss Southern Africa. Nadine’s appearance at the international showcase... Continue Reading
By Kenneth Matimaire – MUTARE – Female rapper Nonku “Black Bird” Vundla has made tremendous strides in the hip-hop industry as she became the country’s first musician to feature in a world mixtape, which was released in Detroit, USA last week. The groundbreaking mixtape titled “World Hip-Hop Women: From The Sound Up” is an all women composition compiled by Detroit based female disk jockey DJ La Jedi. It was presented by the World Hip Hop Market and Nomadic Wax Records after a series of interviews with female emcees from America, Canada, Chile, Cuba, Egypt, Iran, Korea, Mexico, Morocco, Netherlands, New... Continue Reading
iROKOtv, the world’s largest online distributor of Nigerian movies, announces the launch of a brand new mobile app for the platform, in an exclusive partnership with global phone manufacturer, Nokia. The app has been designed to give Nollywood fans and iROKOtv PLUS subscribers access to Nollywood movies on the go, and will be accessible on the Nokia Lumia Windows Phone 8. The iROKOtv mobile app is designed to give Nokia customers, Nollywood fans and iROKOtv PLUS subscribers access to their favourite movies and will be available for free on the Nokia Windows Phone 8 devices for the first three months,... Continue Reading
