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profiling a variety of guests on her show, Rhoda Wilson has appeared on a number of TV and radio shows including BBC World Service, VoxAfrica, Bang Radio and Colourful Radio. WARDRhoda Wilson started her winning career as an expert in the inspirational financial and energy sector in talk show, Rhoda the United Kingdom. Her Wilson is about now experience in some of the getting ready to world's most prestigious stage its maiden firms gave her the skills and edition in Nigeria. ability to manage teams, The show tackles develop successful strategies, a range of and mentor individuals who issues aspire to be the best. with In 2012, His Excellency, success- President Jacob Zuma and ful the government of South experts Africa invited Rhoda as a from all guest of the African Union to walks of attend the “Global African life. Apart Diaspora Summit” in South from Africa, one of only two members of the BritishAfrican Diaspora to receive this invitation. Rhoda Wilson is not only a seen whether the show will retain the Gulder Ultimate presenter and TV producer, Search 8 two-anchor format, as she has a book club which or whether it will revert to was launched in 2011 and a the single anchor format as in successful women's charity the show's preceding years. called African & Caribbean For this year, three past Women's Achievements and winners of Gulder Ultimate leadership (ACWAL) Search will be playing the role •Rhoda foundation. of Gatekeepers. They are Dominic Mudabai (Gulder OUL singer and songwriter, Ultimate Search 4 winner), Michael Nwachukwu (Gulder Waje, launched her charity Ultimate Search 5 winner) and initiative tagged 'Waje's Safe Christopher Okagbue (Gulder House' recently. Waje's Safe House Ultimate Search 8 winner). is an initiative that is aimed at supporting NGO's and other causes that need help to achieve their objectives. The first project to be supported and so is the dance step, such under Waje's Safe House is the that a number of people: a busy MEDIC (Mental and company executive, a middle age Environmental woman, cab drivers, and notable Development Initiative for of all, a Lagos State Transport Children) initiative called Management Authority Project HELP (Help (LASTMA) official have to join in Educate the Less the dance craze. Privileged). Ali Baba is the LASTMA Waje's Safe official, and the dream of the House will be Director (Gini) is simple; only a assisting Project comedy merchant of his status is HELP achieve capable of selling the crazy its goal of obsession to many at a traffic keeping the congested junction in the heart of children of Lagos. The fast-paced music may Makoko in have been situated in Lagos, it is school by served as a menu of Africa's raising funds delight, hence the various types through Ring of beats and dances from around Back Tones the continent. (RBTs) for her hit new singles, "Oko Mi" and "I Wish".
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HE final 12 contestants that will compete in this year's edition of Gulder Ultimate Search (GUS) will be unveiled tonight, in a ceremony scheduled to hold at the New Expo Hall of Eko Hotel, Lagos. The unveiling of the jungle bound contestants, follows a series of physical and mental screening exercises in Owerri, Benin, Makurdi and Lagos for the over 30,000 individuals who registered to participate for the contest which enters its ninth edition this year. Nigerian Breweries Plc, organisers of the show, say
GUS jungle bound 12 emerge tonight only 12 will proceed to the Usaka Forest in Obot Akara Local Government area of Akwa Ibom State, location of this year's showdown, where a winner is expected to walk away with N9 million, N500,000 swagger allowance and a brand new SUV worth N10 million. It is also expected that the host of Gulder Ultimate Search 9 will be revealed at the event. Last year, two anchor persons hosted the programme for the first time in the show's nine year history. It remains to be
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IGERIAN-BORN UKbased songwriter, rapper, singer and producer, JJC, is about now cooking a continental 'dish'. But the versatile artiste believes there is no better place to gather the 'ingredients' if not his home country. When it is out, the 'dish'; an obsessive dance video for his new single called African Skank, will thrill his fans to celebrated dance steps like Nigeria's Etigi, Ghana's azonto, Kenya's massia and South Africa's hlokoloza. Illustrating the message in the
•Ali Baba and JJC onset
video, Skillz as he is fondly called, has got the support of top acts like Ali Baba, Kate Henshaw, Weird MC, Goldie, Capital Femi and Kaffy, the dance queen, to play dramatic roles in the video shoot that held the length and breadth of Campbell Street, Lagos Island spellbound, last Sunday. It's a dance fever that will run afoul of the traffic law anywhere in the world, but the setting is Lagos, and at a time when a new traffic law is being enforced. However, the comic video is presented as a tension therapy in the crazy Lagos traffic. The music is obsessive,
•Kate Henshaw on set of JJC video
Waje gives to charity
•Waje