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The leadership of the Care taker Committee of the Performing Musicians Association, PMAN, has called on the Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC), to obey the directive of the National Assembly in its Votes & Procedures of December 18, 2013, and register without further delay, the Musical Collection Society of Nigeria (MCSN). According to a statement from the musicians’ body signed by its Chairman, Kevin Lucciano Gabriel, the failure of NCC to register MCSN despite the National Assembly’s directive was unjust and exploitative. “The issue of collective management is confronting the industry right now.  While the NCC is paying deaf ears and imposing only one society on Nigerian music makers and stakeholders, the National Assembly, has directed the NCC to at once give due recognition to MCSN since Nigerian law does not provide for monopoly in the business of collective administration.” Alleging a deliberate attempt to continue to impose a particular collecting society on...

Are you a guy out there dying to date life coach and Popori singer, Queen Ure? Are you honest and caring? You just might be the lucky guy who steals her heart away. Ure has disclosed that she’s lonely and would love to have a real man in her life. In an exclusive chat with tonyogagablog, Ure, who released her debut album early last year shared her romantic dreams. Draped in a white see through top, a pair of figure-hugging black denims and heels to match, Ure cuts the image of a sophisticated and successful woman who knows her onions as she settled into a seat in a popular hotel located in Omole, Lagos, last week.  “No there’s nobody there right now,” retorts Ure, responding to questions on her love life, “at the moment I really don’t have a boyfriend but I’d like to have one,” she croons sexily as her features dissolve in a pleasant smile. So what are those qualities she’s looking out for? “One is that he has to be an honest person; most guys these days play games. Maybe ladies pl...

Actress, Ngozi Nwosu, has opened up on how The Sun Newspapers came to her rescue last year at the height of her battle with kidney failure. In an exclusive chat with tonyogagablog during the 11th edition of The Sun Awards, held at the Expo Hall of Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nwosu, who has since returned to Nollywood described The Sun’s ex Sunday Editor, Funke Egbemode, as the angel that saved her life. “I’m very grateful to Funke Egbemode and by extension, The Sun Newspapers for saving my life. Without her I probably wouldn’t be here today celebrating with The Sun; she’s the angel that saved my life.” According to Nwosu, she had no idea of the role Ebgemode played in saving her life until she got a cheque from the Lagos State government which covered the entire cost of her treatment in India. “After I got my cheque from the Lagos State Government, some officials called me aside and advised me to thank Funke Egbemode because she was the one that took my case directl...

Governor Fashola and his Anambra State counterpart, Peter Obi, proved that despite their busy schedules, leadership is not all about work and no play. Last week Sunday, during the 7th edition of Silverbird Man of The Year Award, held at The Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos, the serving governors got down with Ghetto Soldier, Daddy Showkey, and gave a good account of themselves as they danced galala to the delight of the audience. Fashola and Obi, winners of the Silverbird Man of The Year Award got could not restrain themselves as Daddy Showkey performed his classic, Diana. They both joined him in bending and twisting to the rhythm.

Actress, Cossy Orjiakor, has broken the silence on why she’s not been active on social media platform, facebook. According to her, she chose to quit after an impostor posing as her started demanding money for sex on the platform from unsuspecting people. “I’ve not been on facebook for like eight months and it’s because there’s somebody that’s impersonating me. There’s this popular but bogus profile on facebook that’s not me claiming to be my public profile; it’s really annoying. I’ve seen where this impostor was discussing money for sex with people and it was quite embarrassing so I decided not to be on facebook but I’m on twitter now.”

Ex PMAN president, movie maker and arts impresario, Femi Lasode, is back with a bang! As you read this story, he’s on location in Lekki, Lagos, shooting his next movie entitled Stolen Treasures. “This is a project that’s very close to my heart. I’ve been dreaming of this project forever. Stolen Treasures is all about creating awareness about Nigeria’s stolen artifacts abroad. We need to highlight the issue of the need to recover our artifacts. I am not the first to do it though; Chief Eddie Ugboma did it in his movie, The Mask. We want people to be aware that this is a very important issue. All our artifacts are in Paris and other museums around the world; what we are doing is creating awareness about our African heritage and the need to retrieve these artifacts,” an excited Lasode told The Entertainer. Written by Lasode, Stolen Treasures is an adventure story about a Briton who stumbles on the map of a treasure throve buried somewhere in Nigeria. Charmed by the lucre that lay waiting ...

Fuji star, Obesere, has denied stories in the media alleging that he raped a lady recently. In a statement from his publicist, Deola Adeoti, Obesere declared the allegations as false and as an attempt to extort money from him gone wrong! “Obesere came in contact with Miss Olanike Olaiya, on February 5, 2014 in Ibadan, through his friend, Bola Okoro, for an ongoing business project tagged: Obesere Rice. She’s supposed to be one of the beneficiaries. She came to Obesere’s Lagos residence in Okota on February 10, 2014, to discuss business and obviously, an intimate relationship between two consenting adult developed. According to Adeoti, probably awed by Obesere’s aura, she was all over him, entering every nook and cranny of his home like the woman of the house and even offering to do the cooking and making several advances for a romantic relationship. He says one thing led to the other and Olaiya offered to stay the night. “After having a swell time, she departed the following day with s...

Fuji star, Obesere, has denied stories in the media alleging that he raped a lady recently. In a statement from his publicist, Deola Adeoti, Obesere declared the allegations as false and as an attempt to extort money from him gone wrong! “Obesere came in contact with Miss Olanike Olaiya, on February 5, 2014 in Ibadan, through his friend, Bola Okoro, for an ongoing business project tagged: Obesere Rice . She’s supposed to be one of the beneficiaries. She came to Obesere’s Lagos residence in Okota on February 10, 2014, to discuss business and obviously, an intimate relationship between two consenting adult developed. According to Adeoti, probably awed by Obesere’s aura, she was all over him, entering every nook and cranny of his home like the woman of the house and even offering to do the cooking and making several advances for a romantic relationship. He says one thing led to the other and Olaiya offered to stay the night. “After having a swell time, she departed the fol...

Governor Fashola and his Anambra State counterpart, Peter Obi, proved that despite their busy schedules, leadership is not all about work and no play. Last week Sunday, during the 7 th edition of Silverbird Man of The Year Award, held at The Muson Centre, Onikan, Lagos, the serving governors got down with Ghetto Soldier, Daddy Showkey, and gave a good account of themselves as they danced galala to the delight of the audience. Fashola and Obi, winners of the Silverbird Man of The Year Award got could not restrain themselves as Daddy Showkey performed his classic, Diana. They both joined him in bending and twisting to the rhythm.

Actress, Ngozi Nwosu, has opened up on how The Sun Newspapers came to her rescue last year at the height of her battle with kidney failure. In an exclusive chat with tonyogagablog during the 11th edition of The Sun Awards, held at the Expo Hall of Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos, Nwosu, who has since returned to Nollywood described The Sun’s ex Sunday Editor, Funke Egbemode, as the angel that saved her life. “I’m very grateful to Funke Egbemode and by extension, The Sun Newspapers for saving my life. Without her I probably wouldn’t be here today celebrating with The Sun; she’s the angel that saved my life.” According to Nwosu, she had no idea of the role Ebgemode played in saving her life until she got a cheque from the Lagos State government which covered the entire cost of her treatment in India. “After I got my cheque from the Lagos State Government, some officials called me aside and advised me to thank Funke Egbemode because she was the one that took my...

Ex Ex- PMAN president, movie maker and arts impresario, Femi Lasode, is back with a bang! As you read this story, he’s on location in Lekki, Lagos, shooting his next movie entitled Stolen Treasures. “This is a project that’s very close to my heart. I’ve been dreaming of this project forever. St olen Treasures is all about creating awareness about Nigeria’s stolen artifacts abroad. We need to highlight the issue of the need to recover our artifacts. I am not the first to do it though; Chief Eddie Ugboma did it in his movie, The Mask . We want people to be aware that this is a very important issue. All our artifacts are in Paris and other museums around the world; what we are doing is creating awareness about our African heritage and the need to retrieve these artifacts,” an excited Lasode told tonyogagablog . Written by Lasode, Stolen Treasures is an adventure story about a Briton who stumbles on the map of a treasure trove buried somewhere in Nigeria. Charmed by the lucre tha...