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Tosin Clegg 07062816737 e-mail: tosinclegg@hotmail.com
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Doro Musik Gang Unveils Big Plans, Signs Lyta Record label executive, Yusuf Abdou Ramy, also known as Doro Bom, has unveiled his strategy to help take music talents to the next level under his imprint, Doro Musik Gang. As part of its plans, the label recently signed ex-YBNL artiste, Opeyemi Babatunde Rahim, popularly known as Lyta. The singer had made a passionate cry for help after falling out with his ex-record label. Clearing the air on the singer’s new deal, Yusuf Abdou Ramy said they saw an opportunity in the singer “Lyta , who was already making waves before he got signed to the label. “Of course, he was not contract-binding to anybody or any label and we at the label saw an opportunity to sign a young and futuristic act with the mindset of progressing in the industry,” he said. Talking further about his plans, he said, “I schooled partly in Nigeria and Cameroon before completing a degree in Business at University of Buea in 2010. With Doro Musik Gang, I want to capitalise on the growing entertainment market across Africa and show it to the world through the production and promotion of high quality entertainment. We are a multimedia entertainment company which will supply profitable, positive, audio and visual entertainment to a diverse, international consumer group. Doro Musik Gang is committed to wholesome entertainment across the board and firmly believes that quality, palatable entertainment can be realised without compromising commercial appeal.” Doro Musik Gang launched out officially in August 2018 with songs from its act, Bobby Jazx such as Kowope, Key, Show Dem, featuring Zlatanm among others. The label has helped Lyta to release the hit song, Monalisa with a remix featuring Davido.
BARNABAS UDIN
My Novel is a Good Mixture of Humor Barnabas Udin is an emerging story teller who is seasoned with experiences from his travels and exploring. He tells stories with relations to music to give a refined vibe and meaning to his works. He talks to Tosin Clegg about himself, his new book, style of writing, future projections and more
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WapTV Receives Youtube’s Silver Play Button Award
Wole Adenuga
Nigeria’s foremost Family Entertainment Satellite TV Channel, wapTV, recently received the distinguished Silver Play Button Award from YouTube in recognition of achieving the milestone of 100,000 Subscribers on wapTV’s YouTube channel. WapTV’s popular YouTube channel, named waptvchannel, is a free video-on-demand platform which gives subscribers unlimited access to thousands of entertaining videos; including Akpan & Oduma, Superstory, Papa Ajasco Reloaded, Nnenna & Friends, This Life, Odd World, Binta My Daughter, Chief Olododo Horoscope, Omonla on the Street, Celebrity Interviews, Nollywood Gist, and lots more. According to the Managing Director of wapTV, Wole Adenuga, “We appreciate every one of our 130,000 subscribers on YouTube. We are equally grateful to YouTube for this award as a recognition of the quality of our content. While we continue to have millions of viewers watching wapTV on live TV via Satellite, this waptvchannel YouTube platform helps us satisfy audiences who want to re-watch something they have already seen on TV, as well as those who prefer the Video-on-Demand method of consuming content.” The multiple-award-winning wapTV is available across Nigeria, and several parts of Africa, through an extensive network consisting of all major Satellite TV Platforms.
IDesign Art to Hold in October iDesign Art is an affordable art sale which started on the 4th and 5th October 2019 at A White Space, Ikoyi, Lagos, premise of developing regular art buying and to encourage there are three featured artists - Uchay Joel Chima, everyone to buy. It is done three times a year - March, Olumide Onadipe, Uche Uzoka with up to 23 other June and October. For every edition, there are about three artists showcasing their works. to four featured artists who are the headliners and up to 90 curated works from 28 to 32 artists with varying styles and techniques. Past featured artists include; Tola Wewe, Diseye Tantua, Yomi Momoh, Alex Nwokolo, Alimi Adewale, and many others. Arinola Olowoporoku, cultural producer, said, “iDesign Art gives the opportunity for new and emerging artists to meet with and communicate with people who draw a blank when they think of where to get works for their space. These artists are able to get their works out there and people are able to buy and increase the ecomomic value of the work and the artists.” Tola Akelere, the Founder of IDesign Art says, “Our goal is to get the average person to own at least a single piece of artwork that speaks to him or her without breaking the bank.” For the fifth edition coming up on the Arinola with kid
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ell us about yourself and what you do?
I am an entrepreneur, a communication student and a student of life, a friend, sibling and fiancé who’s hoping to get married soon.
What kind of writer are you?
I think it is safe to say I’m a 28-year-old writer who loves story telling. Prior to this, I think and see books from an album point of view, whereby a chapter represents a track. Every sentence is a bar rhyming in either iambic dimeter, tri meter, or perhaps just a sonnet. Storytelling for me can be from one’s experience, stating facts or simply from imagination. Word play in the process is both fascinating and terrifying at the same time. Sometimes they have literal meaning and sometimes it is about reading between the lines. This is how I would define myself as a writer at the moment.
What inspired your new book?
The book’s project was inspired by the aim that no refugee, unaccompanied immigrant should go around thinking it is difficult to blend into any system he or she finds herself. ‘Inspire Me‘, is a very personal tale about Barnabas’ journey from Africa to Europe. The novel is a good mixture of humor, seriousness, as well as an overall feeling of self-identification.
What are your future projections?
A dream project for me in the nearest future would be to organise an event in Nigeria to be specific at Transcorp Hilton in Abuja. It would be a pleasure to work with these interesting individuals like author Mr. Akin Alabi, business mogul Mr. Ubi Franklin and some public speakers to spread light on certain subjects.