Igbo big boys including reps of Obi cubana stormed the Marquee tent, festival mall, Amuwo odofin Lagos Sunday evening.
They were guests at the new album launch and birthday party of celebrated gospel song bird Chinyere Udoma titled walk with Jesus.
The ten tracks album is said to be not yet in the market.
Highlight of the event was the strong performance by Udoma and her very strong band
By Fred Iwenjora
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| Izoya (m) with Steve Ogongo of Afronews.de and Hakan Toy of Ortel |
Isaac Izoya, festival director of Nollywood Film festival Germany, NFFG which just last night in Frankfurt won the best African festival in Germany says he is thankful to all whose votes made it win.
Speaking after the event, Izoya said "I feel happy. Words are not enough to explain how I feel tonight. It shows me that our humble contributions are being followed by many. It reinvigorates me to do much more in my chosen career. I thank the organizers – AfroNews.de and Ortel Mobile, the event sponsors, members of Nollywood Practitioners Europe and back home in Nigeria, my numerous fans across the world that made this possible by voting for us massively. God bless you all".
Speaking further, Izoya noted that by God`s Grace, the post Covid-19 Nollywood Film Festival Germany NFFG and Nollywood Europe Golden Awards NEGA will hold in 2022. With the ongoing massive vaccination drives across Europe now, we are hoping for our first post pandemic events with a renewed dynamism in 2022. *“THE SHOW MUST GO ON!”*
Best African festival is one of categories of the African Community in Germany Awards 2021
In a keenly contested online voting by all and sundry, NFFG beat African festival Stuttgart and African festival Tubingen to clinch the revered title at the well publicised event organised by top German media organisation Afronews.de and held last night (23rd October, 2021) in Frankfurt Am Main, Germany.
NFFG organised by Ehizoya Golden Entertainment e.V under the directorship of the Cultural Ambassador Isaac izoya clinched the award with 52% of votes followed by African festival Stuttgart and African festival Tubingen with 29% and 19% of votes respectively.
Voting started as soon as organizers AfroNews.de with the support of German`s Telecommunication giant, Ortel mobile blew the whistle
ABOUT ISAAC IZOYA, NFFG FESTIVAL DIRECTOR
Many believe that NFFG deserve the award because of the popularity and antecedents of the festival director Isaac Izoya Safety/Cultural Ambassador who variously had been involved in African cultural expositions in Europe since 2002.
Izoya, founder of Ehizoya Golden Entertainment e.V started with acting and producing cross cultural Nollywood films like sinners in the House, Home and Abroad, Love In Berlin, Run! But You Can`t Hide, Zero Your Mind, just to mention but a few, nose diving into what he called integration tours with popular Nollywood stars including top director Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, Aki and pawpaw, Jim Iyke, Ngozi Ezeonu, Mercy Johnson, Benedict Johnson, Patience Ozokwor, Mr Ibu, Victor Osuagwu, Julius Agwu, Basket Mouth, Sheddy Baba, Tuface, Kizz Daniel, Ramsey Nouah, Timaya, Charles Inojie and a host of others.
The tours went across European cities of Germany, France, Spain, Belgium, Greece, Holland, Italy, Spain etc before berthing with Nollywood film festival Germany (NFFG) and it's sister event Nollywood Europe Golden Awards (NEGA) held within August/September in Frankfurt, Germany yearly
Izoya who is convener and Protem president of Nollywood practitioners in Europe disclosed that "
Igbo high chief and Eze Ndigbo of Georgia Eze Amb. Richard Ogbunuju is currently in contention at the Tbilisi Georgia Mayoral Election 2021
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| Eze Am Ogbunuju and wife |
Ogbunuju is currently galvanising support from all an sundry in his constituency in order to turn out victorious.
Already from Nigeria the conference of Ndi Eze Ndigbo in diaspora just concluded their Annual General conference with the decision to rally support especially in prayers for a man they call 'our personal person
In a Facebook post, Eze Fiddy Akwuba Okafor, Eze Ndigbo Guinea wrote "I want to use my good office as Coordinator International Affairs of the association of Ndi Eze Ndigbo in diaspora to rally prayer and support from around the world for our brother and our son, Eze Amb. Richard Ogbunuju , EzeIgbo Georgia, who will contest for Tbilisi mayoral election today 2nd Oct. 2021 in Georgia.. Please pray for him."
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| Feladey |
By Fred Iwenjora
Condolence messages continue to inundate the Lagos home of star artiste, guitarist, composer, singer, songwriter, music producer Alex Felix Odey better known in Nigerian music circles as Feladey.
The master guitarist died after a brief illness on July 28 2021 at a Lagos Hospital. He just turned 70 in January 2021.
As at the time of filling this, the Condolence register set up at his residence had been filled with emotional tributes from fans, friends and well wishers who visit to commiserate with his family on his passing.
Feladey hailed from Okuni, Ikom LGA of Cross River state but was raised across south eastern cities of Enugu, Awo Omamma, Abakaliki, Ogoja,(his mother’s place) Afikpo, Owerri, Aba, PH etc.
He had followed in the footsteps of his fellow compatriots from Cross River state like Inyang Henshaw, Peter Effiom, Prince Nico, Commy Bassey and a host of others who projected the character of Cross River state as a major force in the aggregate of musicians in Nigeria in the early 70s.
Starting out after the civil war right from secondary school, Feladey first armed himself with prodigious knowledge of several musical instruments, became an advocate of live band music.
His well perfected guitar skills was highly sought after by many bands too numerous to mention.
He played with the best bands in Nigeria including the famous Heads Funk with whom he made five albums.
Before then Feladey had had a hand in 2nd Generations, The Funkees, Wrinkars Experience, De Nono, Red Parrots, Labamba and with Bongos Ikwue and the Groovies to mention but just a few etc.
With the Groovies he recorded Say a little prayer just as his guitars are very audible in Bongos Ikwue’s famous hit track Cock Crow at dawn.
He later was in- house producer at wave making music companies like Tabansi Records as well as Japex Records through which he released his first album Japadodo.
His band Labamba was a regular backing band for hit artistes of those years.
His gregarious character which saw him performing across the nation gathered for him a huge fan base.
Some of his many solo albums which include songs like Japadodo, Sawalele, One pound no balance, Band Boy, Watershed, Angelina, etc. made Feladey to feel at home in any parts of Nigeria.
Sawalele and One pound no balance were special remakes as tribute to highlife music icons as Rex Lawson and Osita Osadebe respectively. And they endeared him to many fans.
Many are of the opinion that with his pioneering contributions to Nigerian music and musicianship and impacting on the nation’s pop culture through his many albums either as group or as solo artiste as well as his incredible mastery of the guitar, Feladey is well assured a place in the Cross River state music hall of fame.
As a musical ambassador exported from Cross River state to the world, he was a big inspiration to younger generation of musicians in Nigeria in general and Cross River state in particular including Sunny Neji, Edward Blackky Inyang and a host of others.
In fact, many count Cross River state as a major music state in Nigeria because of the artistic imprints of people like Feladey.
Former Governor of Cross Rivers state and initiator of the internationally renowned Calabar Carnival Mr. Donald Duke recognised this artistic imprints and invited him as well as other notable Cross River state born artistes as consultants to the carnival. He even was inspired to record an album for the carnival.
This is the best time to rally together to give Feladey a befitting burial whenever the family is set for the event.
The Cross River state government must champion and spearhead the funeral of an illustrious son because it would rekindle interest in the state and its cultural heritage which he lived to propagate.
That is the best way to go.
By Fred Iwenjora
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| Burna |
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| Burna Boy |
This was during the shooting of a documentary on the house in Lagos recently.
Conde Nas, a New York City based content company had been engaged to do a feature on the house for a special show.
To execute the filming and production, Conde Nas took to Nigerian top notch media content company IBST whose staff professionals descended on the Burna Boy ikoyi palatial home like flee with corked cameras and massive production equipment.
The result of this one day 'invasion'is still talk of the world.
Watch the video here
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Nigerian music is in yet another mourning as news of the shocking death of a President of PMAN Chief Casmir Obi took over the air waves.
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| Late Uncle P |
A terse message is currently in circulation confirming the report.
The message titled NWC PMAN NEWS ALERT reads " Honorable Comrades. it is with heavy hearts that we announce the death of PMAN President VOOMBASTIC Uncle on the 21st September 2021 after a brief illness. His body will be moved from the NAVAL HOSPITAL NAVAL BASE to owerri IMO state on the 3rd of October 2021 his home town. for further burial arrangement by his immediate family members . A burial committee is being put in place by the national working committee Pman, and with his family members.
An appeal fund raising committee to assist his wife, the 3 young children he left behind. Shocking but true voombastic Uncle P is really dead. The NWC he lead as President gave our all supporting and defending the mandate in an election witnessed by Government Agencies.The Trade Union, the The Nigeria Labour Congress, The Ministry of Labour, all state chaperters of Pman. Uncle P gave his body and soul even when the odds where stacked against him yet he never for once flinched in his believe and resolve in making sure that justice is served and served rightly through the instruments of the law as applied. the We are appealing and urging every PMAN member, friends and well wishers. the entertainment industry and His fans from all over nigeria and in diaspora to please give their widows might in support for his young wife and the 3 children who will be facing the reality of life without their father and husband.. no amount will be too small as a token. This is the time to show our late president UNCLE P our love and compassion by taking care of his children and wife after his burial. Below is the account details of His wife and phone number.
Access bank
0086933037
Cynthia Casmir Obi. wife's account
08109757043 uncle P wife number
A condolences register has been opened presently at his brothers residence where his wife and children are presently residing.
No. 23, Lawani street, Surulere..
For further information contact the following numbers for the family:
08081403306,
08033969593,
08036169399
for the families
The NWC has directed Baba Ray to represent Pman. call 08038165048 engr Raymond Lasisi national taskforce chairman Pman. The NWC will be updating Members , elders , stake holders, and state chapters of any new development towards his wake keep and burial incompliance with the covid regulations.
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