Basketmouth @ O2

Naija To The Core is now 'Nigeria: What's On?!'

What's on in June!

Entertainment

The Koko Lounge Launch

The new Koko Lounge, commonly known as KL started up by D'banj, Cecil Hammond and Baba Ikazoboh at the Silbervird Cinemas and Mall, Yaba launches tonight. The new lounge is something to check out but I presume it's targeted at the kokolettes!


Koko Mansion

Koko Mansion is a reality TV show Exclusively aired on HiTV from the 1st of June. It comprises of12 girls who will reside in a state-of –the-art mansion in Lagos City, while living lavishly as any Kokolette should.

During these weeks, the young women will be groomed and tested in various Diva tasks and activities in order to determine the one with the greatest Koko Virtues. Don’t get it twisted! A Kokolette is a “Fully endowed woman with intellectual property” likened to the “Betty Irabors” and “Nike Oshinowos” of today. ~ hmmmmmm ~

The show will exclusively portray the true lifestyle of the principal character – D’Banj as a celebrity with a lot of razzmatazz. The Kokolette who emerges as the winner will win:

• A Chris Aire Diamond ring

• A brand new convertible car
• N5million

Most importantly, the winner will be D’Banjs Kokolette for one full year and will be his companion at public events both within and outside Nigeria.

Visit the Koko mansion website @ http://www.kokomansion.tv


The GLO Lafftafest

The GLO Lafftafest is an entertainment and relaxation platform for Glo customers to ease off the stress of work and city life. It is a form of rewarding Glo's loyal customers and features acts such as Baketmouth, I Go Die, Klint Da Drunk, P Square, Durella, etc. It is a monthly event showcasing comedy, music and drama for Glo customers. This month's Lafftafest will be happening on Sunday the 7th of June at the Event Place, Planet 1, Maryland, Ikeja, Lagos.

Entry criteria

Use a minimum of N2500 airtime in the last 30 days to qualify for a raffle draw.

Winners in the draw will receive an sms from Glo informing them once they have used the minimum airtime to qualify.

The winners will be asked to send ''GLO LAFFTA FEST'' followed by the customers phone make and model (e.g. Nokia E71) as a text message to 35001

Each text message costs N100

Customers are sent text messages once they have exceeded N2500 airtime usage and asked to respond to the text if they wish to enter for the raffle draw. Once the winners are selected, another text* is sent to the winners with the venue of the show, the entry code and the time the show would commence. *winners are advised not to delete the text message sent to their phones, containing their entry code.

The experience is always thrilling! Read about last month's Glo Laffta Fest here

Arts & Culture

Theatre @ Terra

Presents:

The 3rd Annual Season of Wole Soyinka

Every Sunday in June!

Featuring-

The Lion and The Jewel- June 7 & June 14

Death and The King's Horsemen- June 21 & June 28

Produced by Wole Oguntokun, every Sunday in June at Terra Kulture, Tiamiyu Savage St, Victoria Island, Lagos.

Time- 3pm & 6pm

Tickets- N2000

ISOKAN - Togetherness

An exhibition of paintings, & sculptures.

By Iponri Studios

GRAND OPENING: 6^th of June, 2009 at 4pm prompt

Exhibition continues until Thursday 11^th of June 2009

VENUE: TERRA KULTURE

PLOT 1376 TIAMIYU SAVAGE STREET , OFF AHMADU BELLO WAY

VICTORIA ISLAND , LAGOS

Specialist

'Girl Talk'

Let's Talk again
On: 6th June
At: 10b Ikoya Avenue off Queens Drive off Macpherson, Ikoyi
At: 2pm

The girls are going to have a great time! Come prepared!

Videobytes

Ryan Leslie - Valentine

Basket Mouth - Chop Puff Puff

Gongo Aso - Acoustic Version

Tis The Season To Be Sorry!

I started writing this on the 1st of January but could not complete it that day couldn't find the time to sit for an hour to blog so saved it. Bloggers and their excuses - anyway I'm back! I'm sure you all agree I deserved that holiday. Exactly a month - wow!

Happy New Year to all - may this be your year of good things/your calling and purposefulness and unmerited favour. May you all find what you are looking for as long as it in line with God's will - AMEN.

As usual, the festive season is always packed with loads of events in Naija. I mentioned a few before I went on my blogger sabbatical. Nigeria saw the likes of Lil Kim, Kanye, Akon (for the millionth time) and many more. There were several other events I did not have time to mention and I will talk about them briefly - as per usual. Once again - a happy new year to all and hope you enjoyed your holidays.

Round-up of Events:

i) Starville concert (15th Dec)

The Starville concert @ the ThisDay Center rocked! It featured Lil Kim, Amerie, D'Banj, Naeto C, Weird MC, Banky Wellington, Brick and Lace (with their single "Love is Wicked" - Naija hit) and a few others. Some pics below (click to enlarge):

LIL' WAYNE UNFORTUNATELY COULDN'T MAKE IT :(

ii) Star Mega Jam (14th Dec)



The star mega jam apparently went down well on the 14th of December. Didn't hear much about that other than that they made T-Pain and Kanye say Shine Shine Bobo! That would have been a laugh and a half.

iii) Rhythm Unplugged (21st Dec)

This was held at Federal Palace and apparently did not start early - So, What's New?

Apparently Basketmouth's jokes were so dry and out-dated that he got Boo'd. OUCH! A Champ is humbled. More info about this at Chakam's Corner



I hope his event at Fantasyland (The Good, The Bad, The Ugly) on Christmas day turned out to be a lot better than what he went through at Rhythm Unplugged. Generally, I think the show turned out okay - from what I heard.

iv) Akon in Lagos

Akon returned to Naija (for the millionth time) for yet another concert performing alongside the likes of Tuface, Olu Maintain and D'banj. That guy needs to go and perform in Senegal jare - we've had too much of him here (hehe). No review on that but if anyone went for it, give us a shout.


v) Sasha - Album Release



The first lady has finally released her album and even had an album release party on Thursday the 20th of December at Bacchus (which I heard was packed). She has a hit single on the album "Adara"

If you are nice and leave a comment, I will feature two singles for grabs in my next post - (Love is wicked and Adara). So I want to see how many comments I will get on this post (hehehe)

I'll update you more later. For now, those in Lagos can now enjoy live stage drama every Sunday at Terra Kulture (see Laspapi's blog). I think that is fantastic! See below:

Have a good week! xxx

November Events Series: NaijaComedy

Thanks to all the supporters, readers of and contributors to this blog. I could blog everyday but it is not easy oh. Very little time, with work but we thank God.

Please visit this space everyday for the rest of the week as I have a lot of Events in the November Events Series - from Gospel Concerts, Book Readings to After parties etc.

Thanks.



NaijaComedy!

Teju Babyface - Healing Laughter

This is a December event but it falls under the NaijaComedy Series. The press release states:

"It is titled healing laughter because it is a concert designed for "special people". By special people we mean the physically and mentally disabled people in our society.

Source: Healing Laughter Event page on Fb

Healing Laughter is scheduled for the 2nd of December 2007 right after Worlds AIDS Day and before The International Day for people with Disabilities which is on the 3rd. Healing Laughter is right there in between :o)."

He is pretty funny - see a clip of one of his standups here

BasketMouth Uncensored (in Abuja )

Now this guy is my guyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy - HE IS HILARIOUS (NO JOKES APART - get my pun hehehe).

He is going to be doing a show at the Transcorp Hilton Hotel, Abuja
Date: Sunday, November 18, 2007 at 5:00pm to Monday, November 19, 2007 at 1:00am

Basket coming down BIG and UNcensored. You will laugh till you drop.Trust me you have never laughed so hard before....
Supported by WWW.TOPUPNIGERIA.COM

Performing Live: Tuface, D'Banj, Maintain and lots more

Clips of Basketmouth (funny as *ish):

Basketmouth on Naija movies

Basketmouth on Ibo/Yoruba musicians

Basketmouth on Dating, Bird Flu/Mad Cow disease and everything else lol!

Julius Agwu - Crack Ya Ribs

Sorry guys this show already took place on November 4th actually! It was also held at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja.

Description: Also on parade - Jimmy Jatt/Okey Bakassi/Stereoman Ekwe/Gandoki/KC Presh/Abagana/OJB-pretete/Senator & osama/Addiction/SEGUN ARINZE.

Email: juliusalive@yahoo.com

My baaad, he is also quite funny but I have a clip below of him, Julius D' Genius Agwu at the NEA awards.

FUNMBI (1 man Show) - 'Coming To London'

This young lad is also extremely funny. I have actually seen him live and he's good - also quite humble and is in our younger generation so something to look forward to. Check out his myspace.

Date: Saturday, November 24, 2007
Time: 7:00pm - 10:30pm
Location: The Broadway Theartre
Street: Catford Broadway

Funmbi - African Pastor Sketch