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Gerritnow: Jessica Simpson Yana Boots Giveaway

Check out this lovely Jessica Simpson Yana Boots Giveaway on Gerritnow.blogspot.com

You can win this, by leaving a comment with your shoe size and color.

Check it out HERE

Two Shotz, Kemistry at L.A.s Finest event

Naija's finest will be performing at the LA's Finest event on the 20th of December 2008 at Fantasy land in Ikoyi starting from 8:00pm. The list of performing artists consists:

B.O.U.Q.U.I., Kemistry, Blaise, Kel, Big Lo, OJB Jezreel, Lord of Ajasa, Bigiano, J. Martins, Klever Jay, YQ, MP, Eldee, Two Shotz, Timaya, Eedris Abdulkareem, and the list goes on. It will be a packed star studded event. DJ Jimmy Jatt will also be attending..

Tickets will be selling for N2,500 for Gold, N5,000 for Silver and N10,000 for platinum.

A portion of the proceeds will be donated to a Lagos-based charity home which shall be named during the event.

So my peeps...make sure you go out there and boogie..

Projects Fame West Africa 2008 winner

Cross Rivers state born Inyanya Mbuk of Nigeria has finally emerged the winner of the MTN Project Fame West Africa. The winner was decided strictly with viewers votes which has in the last one week till 8pm on Saturday been collated, verified and presented by Alexander Forbes Consulting, a leading human resources and employee benefit firm in Nigeria .

Inyanya was declared winner of the ten weeks long musical contest on Sunday 7th of December 2008, at the Ultima studio in Ogba, Lagos, venue of the Finals of the show, after defeating the other three finalists to the Ultimate prize of the Africa most popular musical television show that has attracted a whole lot of viewer ship across Africa.

He was presented with 2.5 million Naira, an international recording deal and a 2008 Toyota Rav 4, fully loaded car.

Ghanaian born Nii Anka was the runner up, and was presented with the sum of N 2 Million and a 2008 model Toyota Corolla Fully loaded car.

Praise Adejo of Nigeria was third and went home with N1.5 Million and a 2008 model Toyota Yaris, Fully loaded car and Annette cookie of Nigeria, came fourth and went home with 1 million Naira only.

The contest started on 28th of September, with 15 talented contestants chosen among the final 18 that were short listed from the thousands of entries across West Africa were exposed to the several weeks of training in different areas of musical performances, dance and choreography.

Inyanya said, “ I am very thankful to MTN and other organizers of the show for giving me the wonderful opportunity, I can bet you guys that the Inyanya I am today is not the Inyanya you used to know in terms of music, I am really grateful to God who has allowed what happened today to be. This is just the beginning of greater things in my life. At first I was scared because at a point I saw somebody who has never been on probation before being evicted from the academy, but I kept believing in God, I kept believing in myself and I kept believing in the wonderful people around the world that are showing faith in me. Everybody was a strong opponent because everybody in the academy has a unique quality but all I had to do was to work harder, listen to the faculty of the academy and do what they ask me to do, and that was what got me to this end”.

Great things abound for this young man. Congratulations once again Inyanya.

Arsenal out of the Carling Cup

Ade Akinbiyi's Burnley defeated Arsenal's young guns in a Carling Cup quarterfinal match
with a 2-0 win. Both goals came through Kevin McDonald.

Burnley was joined in the semi-final by fellow Championship side Derby County which defeated Seyi Olofinjana's Stoke City 1-0 in the Brittania Stadium thanks to a stoppage time penalty converted by Nathan Ellington.

Bisola exits Project Fame West Africa

Four left at the Academy and Bisola is not amongst them. She was evicted but was heard saying she felt good to be evicted after nine weeks in the Academy as it was an honour to have been there for such a long time. She thanked MTN, Ultima Limited, her fans and friends for the experience. She being as cheerful as ever, graced us all with her comedic skills one more time as she said her goodbyes.

Bisola attended her graduation party at Black Pearl in Victoria Island Lagos Nigeria and she was joined by her fans, friends and well wishers. We wish her all the best in her next endeavors.

Tonestar in the making

Tonestar’s career has been blossoming in the United States but he's still keeping it real to his Nigerian roots.

Anthony “Tonestar” Igbozulike, a native of Imo State, Nigeria. At the young age of 22, he has opened shows for artists including Faze, Dbanj and Rick Ross. He's also performed in Nigeria and Washington DC.

Tonestar comes out with a blend of both American and African hip hop and you can not forget this young man.

In a recent interview tonestar was heard saying “Follow your dreams and what you believe in and don’t let anyone tell you, you can’t do it,” Just believe basically..

Many more things are to come from this talented young Naija star..

ARISE magazine

The 'ARISE' magazine was launched at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
'The Africa Issue' features designs by Naija designers such as Fati Asibelua of MOMO Couture and Deola Sagoe. Go get your copy now..

FDC Young Designer Awards 2008

Fashion Designers’ & Craft Makers’ Network held the annual, innovative 2008 Young Designer Awards and Gala Showcase at the Novotel London Hotel St. Pancras 100 Euston Road London NW1. The press, friends and families gathered together for what was an impressive and exciting award ceremony. The awards was established by knitwear designer Joanna Marcella with the aim to help raise profile of exceptionally gifted avant-garde young designers from multicultural backgrounds aged between 15 – 25 years.

Winners in the different categories were:

Young Designer Award category

Catherine Mc Aleer aged 19

Avant-Garde Award 21 – 25 category

Flett Bertram aged 21

Award winners will be given an opportunity to participate on a year long UK tour and showcase, which is a new exposure and awareness initiative. They will also receive mentoring and support accessing resources, such as, public relations, marketing, advice and general support, as they launch and build their fashion businesses.

MTV Africa Music Awards

The highly expected first ever MTV Africa Music Awards finally took place at the Veloderome in Abuja. Nigerian artists represented the winners table immensely.

The table looks like this:

BEST MALE
D’Banj (Nigeria)

BEST FEMALE
Wahu (Kenya)

BEST GROUP
P Square (Nigeria)

BEST HIP-HOP
9ice (Nigeria)

BEST NEW ACT
Naeto C (Nigeria)

BEST LIVE PERFORMER
Jozi (South Africa)

BEST ALTERNATIVE
Seether (South Africa)

BEST R&B
Alicia Keys (USA)

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
D’Banj (Nigeria)

BEST VIDEO
Ikechukwu (Nigeria) – Wind Am Well

MAMAs LEGEND
Fela Anikulapo Kuti

LISTENER’S CHOICE AWARD
D’Banj (Nigeria) – ‘Why Me’

BIG UP Naija!!!