This year’s Future Awards has come and gone leaving winners and many well appreciated recognized runners up. The RedStrat team has been hosting this reputable awards ceremony for five years straight, pulling all the stops to reward excellence and embolden the Nigerian youth. This year’s Future Awards held at MUSON Center and was well attended.

In my humble opinion, this song/video was wayyyyyy overdue. Music has a lot of influence on youth culture and what better way to reach the youth than through an established and powerful medium? Microsoft has done well by funding this song/video; the song deals with the mirage of yahoo yahoo culture (fraud) and tries to sensitize the youth about the futility and ills associated with this social sickness. Hats off to Modele, Omawumi, Banky W, Bez Idakula, Cobhams, Rooftop MCs,MI Abaga and Wordsmith for this wonderful song.

Here are new songs from JJC, the prolific UK based Nigerian musician/producer. JJC (short for Johnny Just Come; Nigerian slang for a recent arrival, especially naïve newcomers) is the stage name for Abdul Rasheed Bello, a Nigerian rapper and record producer. He was born on April 4, 1977 in Kano, Nigeria, but has been based in London since 1991.

Storm 360 is proud to announce Naeto C as the headline performer at the 2010 Annual Harvard Business School Africa Conference, We are proud to see Naeto on this platform and are able to confirm that he will be a speaker on the entertainment panel at the Main Conference and will speak on the importance of education and will also for the first time publicly announce his CSR platform which he will be promoting.

I am Tosin Pedro, a self-taught landscape and portrait photographer based in London, England. I am inspired by everyday life and the things that surround me which others may or may not take any notice of. Everything natural, that architectural master piece that no-one seems to notice because it’s not exactly ‘tourist attraction’ or the commuters on their way back home in rush hour, these are things that inspire me the most.

The Exhibition/Competition which was held at the Transcorp-Hilton Hotel in Abuja was themed Nigeria vs. Spain: Football Passion! and it coincided with the FIFA U-17 World Cup that took place in Nigeria at the same period. It was intended to give an opportunity to young Nigerian artists to show their talents and to unite Nigeria and Spain through a common passion: Football and a common language : Art.

SLU…shh @ SWE is a lifestyle clubbing experience where customers are free to party just the way they like it. No inhibitions whatsoever. It takes place only on the 1st and 3rd Saturday of every month.

To the visitor, Lagos can seem a bit scary: fifteen million or more people crammed into one place amidst chaotic traffic. However, with a good guide and a sense of adventure, one can quickly sample the cultural currents rippling beneath the surface. One such cultural event is Fanti, the carnival that takes place four times a year on Lagos Island. Fanti is the Mardi Gras of Lagos; a Brazilian style celebration of life and community.

Contrary to what some people chose to believe, Dagrin (real names: Olayitan Olanipekun Oladapo) is educated and a dope rapper. The soft spoken, reserved but versatile rapper attended Rosemary Nursery and Primary School, Good Shepherd Nursery and Primary School; Community High School, Egbado College and a Tech. computer Institution.  His choice in using his native tongue (Yoruba) to deliver his lyrical messages has prompted whispers and doubts from different corners about his education and background.

Mojeed Mumuni and Oluleye Awoleye sat down with the rapper for a quick Q & A …

When a Nigerian entertainment heavyweight like Banky W. (aka Mr. Capable) decides to shoot a video, everybody pays attention. It gets better if he gets someone like Kemi Adetiba to direct such a video. If the video shoot is not just a shoot, but a video shoot and a party…Lagos style, then things get a little more complicated.