On March 13, 2010, Nigeria’s leading entertainment company hosts Future Awards winner for Producer of the Year, Jesse Jagz, in honour of the release of his debut album, JAGZ OF ALL TRADES. The listening party will hold at Tribeca, VI, Lagos.

Media, VIPs and industry stakeholders will be in attendance, strictly, by invitation; with special appearances by the D’Prince, Da Grin and Jesse’s fellow Choc Boiz, MI and Ice Prince. The Chocolate train stops at Abuja on March 27, at A-Lounge; and Port Harcourt on April 4, at Eddy’s Wine Bar

Siji, spent much of his early childhood in Lagos and London before going to the US to further pursue his musical ambitions. His cultural heritage combined with the political and social movements of the age, exposed a young Siji to the insurgent, politicized music of the Afrobeat legends Fela Kuti, King Sunny Ade, Tony Allen as well as the soulful grooves of Marvin Gaye, Al Green, and Otis Redding…

The organizers of The Future Awards 2010 have announced the second edition of the annual The Future Pre-Awards “Do Something” Conference. It holds on Saturday, 6 February 2009, a day before the awards night.

Cashino is a Nigerian act based in London, UK but 
still very much in touch with the local music scene (like JJC and May7even). Cashino’s 
accomplishment cuts across a 2009 NMVA nomination for his video for 
’No Future’ to a recent street video called ‘All I Got’ featuring the 
Legendary Parrish ‘PMD’ Smith of EPMD to be featured on PMD’s album 
due for release in March 2010. From collaborating on several 
occassions with Modenine on tracks like ‘Underground’ on Modenine’s 
Pentium IX mixtape, most recent titled ‘Number one’ and B Elect of The 
Thoroughbred fame, the heavyweight rap artiste is working on an album 
- Strong Tower.

Nigerian author Myne Whitman has written a captivating first novel that presents the gripping tale of a young woman finding her feet in the world and how her life intersects with that of the wealthy egoist she meets. This main story line runs through the subplots of a tear-soaked family reunion and high-powered company acquisitions.

The much awaited list of the nominees for the 2010 Future Awards is out. To vote, please go to http://www.thefuturenigeria.com/vote/

See the list of the nominees below:

Star quest 2008 winners, Diamondz will release their first album ‘Omo Naija’ on October 1, 2009. The release of the album coincides with Nigeria’s 49th Independence Day celebration. The six man band which consists of Anthony Nwanne Iwediunor, Ifiok Effanga, Ajumoke Nwaeze, Blessed Edewor, Temitope Ogulowo and Ebenezer Ofili showed that they were off to a great start with the release of their first video ‘Bo sokoto’ which featured Fuji icon Obesere.

Oluronbi is an upcoming musical (play) by Aboriginal Productions, an indigenous company with a focus on promoting positive domestic
and international cultural associations.

The cast involves industry movie industry and entertainment big names like Ireti Doyle, Yinka Davies Omawumi, Hafiz Oyetoro, Waje, Nikki Laoye, Toba Gold, Dr. Frabz and Utibe. The play is being directed by Victor Eze-Okechukwu while choreography is by Uche Onah.

Tuesday, I spent four hours in the gorgeous confines of Posh Café for a press briefing to introduce the newest signees to Questionmark Entertainment — Harri Song and D’Supremes — formally to the ladies and gents of the press. Posh Cafe is exquisite in all standards — environment and menu. The event was billed for 12 noon began a few minutes to 1 p.m. with Inspiration FM Nighttime on air personality Shola Thompson as the moderator. An introduction speech by Shola kicked off the briefing and we were granted the opportunity to ask the new acts — D’Supremes and Harri Song quick questions before we began the album listening.

The Nigeria Leadership Initiative (NLI) was established in January 2006 as an international non-profit, non-partisan organization. The mission statement of NLI is to create a growing global network of credible and very accomplished community-spirited Nigerian leaders who are committed to taking responsibility for driving positive change in Nigeria and Nigerian communities. NLI provides a platform for highly accomplished, uniquely qualified older and younger Nigerian leaders to enhance or develop their values-based leadership skills and to assume a transformative role in the future development of Nigeria. The Leadership seminars are by invitation and designed for three main groups: