Soundcity MVP Awards 2016, Full Winners List

Soundcity MVP Award festival went down at the Conference Center of the prestigious Eko Hotel.

The night’s event was hosted by ace comedian Basketmouth. The award festival featured stunning performances from Simi, Falz, Adekunle Gold, Patoranking, Lil kesh, Olamide and many more.

BEST MALE

DIAMOND PLATNUMZ (TANZANIA)

EMTEE (SOUTH AFRICA)

WIZKID (NIGERIA) – Winner

FALZ (NIGERIA)

OLAMIDE (NIGERIA)

PATORANKING (NIGERIA)

PHYNO (NIGERIA)

BEST FEMALE

TIWA SAVAGE (NIGERIA)

VICTORIA KIMANI (KENYA)

YEMI ALADE (NIGERIA) – Winner

VANESSA MDEE (TANZANIA)

CYNTHIA MORGAN (NIGERIA)

MS VEE (GHANA)

SIMI (NIGERIA

BEST HIP HOP

CASSPER NYOVEST (SOUTH AFRICA) – Winner

OLAMIDE (NIGERIA)

CDQ (NIGERIA)

EMTEE (SOUTH AFRICA)

EL (GHANA)

RIKY RICK (SOUTH AFRICA)

STANLEY ENOW (CAMEROON)

PHYNO (NIGERIA)

BEST POP

WIZKID (NIGERIA)

KISS DANIEL (NIGERIA) – Winner

TEKNO (NIGERIA)

YEMI ALADE (NIGERIA)

ADEKUNLE GOLD (NIGERIA)

TIMAYA (NIGERIA)

TIWA SAVAGE (NIGERIA)

DIGITAL ARTISTE OF THE YEAR

PSQUARE (NIGERIA)

WIZKID (NIGERIA)

A.K.A (SOUTH AFRICA)

TIWA SAVAGE (NIGERIA)

DAVIDO (NIGERIA)

CASSPER NYOVEST (SOUTH AFRICA)

TEKNO (NIGERIA) – Winner

BEST COLLABORATION

MR EAZI FT EFYA – SKINTIGHT (NIGERIA / GHANA)

PATORANKING FT SARKODIE – NO KISSING (NIGERIA / GHANA)

EDDY KENZO FT NINIOLA – MBILO MBILO REMIX (UGANDA / NIGERIA)

EMTEE FT WIZKID & AKA – ROLL UP (SOUTH AFRICA / NIGERIA)

DJ MAPHORISA FT WIZKID & DJ BUCKZ – SOWETO BABY (SOUTH AFRICA / NIGERIA)

PHYNO FT OLAMIDE – FADA FADA (NIGERIA)

OLAMIDE FT WANDE COAL – WHO YOU EPP (NIGERIA) – Winner

HARRY SONG FT OLAMIDE, KCEE – RAGGAE BLUES (NIGERIA)

MASTERKRAFT FT FLAVOUR & SARKODIE – FINALLY (NIGERIA / GHANA)

VIDEO OF THE YEAR

PANA BY TEKNO DIRECTED BY CLARENCE PETERS (NIGERIA)

AJE BY ALIKIBA, DIRECTED BY MEJI  – Winner

BABANLA BY WIZKID DIRECTED BY SESAN (NIGERIA)

ONE TIME BY A.K.A DIRECTED BY AKA & ALESSIO

SIN CITY BY KISS DANIEL DIRECTED BY H2G FILMS (NIGERIA)

EMMERGENCY BY D’BANJ DIRECTED BY UNLIMITED L.A (NIGERIA)

MADE FOR YOU BY BANKY W DIRECTED BY BANKY W (NIGERIA)

GBAGBE OSHI BY DAVIDO DIRECTED BY SLASH (NIGERIA)

PRAY FOR ME BY DAREY DIRECTED BY MEX (NIGERIA)

BEST GROUP OR DUO

SAUTI SOL (KENYA) – Winner

MAFIKIZOLO (SOUTH AFRICA)

MICASA (SOUTH AFRICA)

NAVY KENZO (TANZANIA)

R2BEES (GHANA)

TOOFAN (TOGO)

PSQUARE (NIGERIA)

VVIP (GHANA)

SONG OF THE YEAR

KWESTA FT CASSPER NYOVEST – NGUD (SOUTH AFRICA)

MR EAZI – HOL UP (NIGERIA)

PATORANKING FT SARKODIE – NO KISSING (NIGERIA)

WIZKID – BABANLA (NIGERIA)

TEKNO – PANA (NIGERIA) – Winner

EMTEE FT WIZKID – ROLL UP (SOUTH AFRICA / NIGERIA)

DJ MAPHORISA FT WIZKID & DJ BUCKZ – SOWETO BABY (SOUTH AFRICA / NIGERIA)

OLAMIDE FT WANDE COAL – WHO YOU EPP (NIGERIA)

D’BANJ – EMMERGENCY (NIGERIA)

BEST NEW ARTISTE

KOKER (NIGERIA)

YCEE (NIGERIA)

MR EAZI (NIGERIA) – Winner

EMTEE (SOUTH AFRICA)

SIMI (NIGERIA)

NINIOLA (NIGERIA)

TEKNO (NIGERIA)

NASTY C (SOUTH AFRICA)

VIEWERS CHOICE

MR SOLDIER – FALZ FT. SIMI (NIGERIA) – Winner 

BABANLA – WIZKID (NIGERIA)

OSINACHI BY HUMBLESMITH FT DAVIDO (NIGERIA)

PANA BY TEKNO (NIGERIA)

HOLLUP BY MR EAZI (NIGERIA)

PICK UP – ADEKUNLE GOLD (NIGERIA)

MAMA – KISS DANIEL (NIGERIA)

LISTENERS CHOICE

LAGOS TO KAMPALA – RUNTOWN FT WIZKID (NIGERIA)

BABANLA – WIZKID (NIGERIA)

OMO ALHAJI – YCEE (NIGERIA)

PANA BY TEKNO (NIGERIA) – Winner

WHO YOU EPP – OLAMIDE FT WANDE COAL (NIGERIA)

OLUWA NI – REEKADO BANKS (NIGERIA)

PICK UP – ADEKUNLE GOLD (NIGERIA)

SKINTIGHT – MR EAZI FT EFYA (NIGERIA / GHANA)

AFRICAN ARTISTE OF THE YEAR

WIZKID (NIGERIA) – Winner

VANNESSA MDEE (TANZANIA)

DIAMOND PLATINUMZ (TANZANIA)

SARKODIE (GHANA)

YEMI ALADE (NIGERIA)

OLAMIDE (NIGERIA)

AFRICAN PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

DJ MAPHORISA (SOUTH AFRICA) – Winner

GOSPEL ON THE BEAT (NIGERIA)

MASTERKRAFT (NIGERIA)

YOUNG JOHN (NIGERIA)

LEGENDURY BEATS (NIGERIA)

SESS THE PROBLEM KID (NIGERIA)

Due To Family Decision, Toyin Aimakhu Changes Name To Toyin Abraham

Toyin Aimakhu Changes Her Name To Toyin Abraham Due To A Family Decision Made. Everyone Take Note!

Nigeria Releases Test Result On Plastic Rice (See The Result)

Recent reports of plastic rice in Nigeria were untrue as the suspicious shipment merely contained a significant amount of contaminants, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has said.

The acting Director-General of the agency, Yetunde Oni, at a press briefing on Thursday in Abuja, said though the rice was found not to be plastic, contrary to media reports, it was still “unwholesome for human consumption”.

There was anxiety in country earlier this month when a report stated that the Nigerian Custom Services had intercepted tonnes of plastic rice allegedly imported by unscrupulous businessmen for distribution during the Christmas festive period.

The Minister of Health, Isaac Adewole, however debunked the report after some preliminary studies revealed otherwise.

He said there was no truth in the report and assured Nigerians that there was no cause for alarm.

However, the laboratory result which was made public Thursday confirmed the earlier declaration by the minister.

Mrs. Oni however said that the rice failed other integrity test which thus ruled it out for human consumption.

“Based on the above laboratory result, the product is not plastic but rice contaminated with micro organisms above permissible limit.

“Hence the seized rice consignment is unsatisfactory and therefore unwholesome for human consumption”, Mrs. Oni stated.

She said the consignment would be destroyed once handed over by the Nigeria Customs Service.

Comptroller-General of Custom, Hameed Ali, said irrespective of the outcome of the findings, the service would continue to do its work in ensuring that fake and banned goods are not allowed into the country.

He revealed that over 40,000 bags of rice had been seized in recent time, part of which were sent to the internally displaced persons’ camps (IDPs).

Mr. Ali, who was represented at the briefing by his deputy, Umar Ilya, stated that as part of the move to curb illegal importation, the service would not only seize the goods but also confiscate the means of transporting them.

“We are still guided by the intelligence we have which indicates that several metric tones of expired and dangerous rice are still lying in wait at warehouses in neighboring countries.

“The target of these products is Nigerian markets. We will therefore intensify our patrols to ensure that economic saboteurs do not succeed.

Mr. Ali however urged warehouse owners across the country not to accept such smuggled products in their facilities.

Why? Dangote's Net Worth Drops By 32 Percent (See Details)

Nigerian born Africa’s richest man, Mr Aliko Dangote, has lost 32% of his wealth.

Bloomberg reports that the president of the Dangote Group, lost 4.9 billion dollars in June, representing one-third of his wealth.

The decline resulted from the effect of falling oil prices and the devaluation of the naira, dragging the magnate’s ranking to 112 on world’s billionaires’ list.

With a total value of 10.4 billion dollars, Mr Dangote was the world’s 46th-richest person as at June 2016.

Aliko Dangote was also recently named as the second most powerful person on the African continent.

In the latest edition of its 74 world most powerful people, Forbes Magazine named billionaire Dangote along with 70 others including Russian President, Vladimir Putin; US President-Elect, Donald Trump; and German Chancellor, Angela Merkel.

Mr Dangote is listed as number 71 ahead of Trump, and the 68th most powerful in the world for this year.

The business mogul has constantly featured on the list since 2013 when he was listed as the only black African among 100 most powerful persons on the planet.

As of 2013, Dangote was the only African listed among the most powerful people in the world before the Egyptian president, Abdel El-Sisi recently featured on the list.

See What Boko Haram Leader 'Abubakar Shekau' Said In New Video

On Saturday, December 24, President Muhammadu Buhari announced that the Nigerian military had succeeded in liberating Sambisa forest, one of Boko Haram’s hideout.

Four days later, the Nigerian Army briefed journalists in Maiduguri, Borno state capital about the way the military outfit led other armed forces to take over what is now known as Camp Zero, Boko Haram’s stronghold in Sambisa forest.

But in a swift response, Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau appeared in a new video today, December 29, to deny claims that the insurgent group has been crushed and flushed out of its Sambisa forest stronghold.

According to Shekau, he and his members are safe and have not been flushed out of anywhere.

The Boko Haram leader urged the government to stop telling lies to the people in the 25-minute video.

Here the top things he said in the new video

1. “It is a big lie that the military has flushed out Boko Haram.”

2. “It is only what Allah destined on them that will happen to them.”

3. “Our power is not from human beings but it’s from the divine power of Allah.”

4. “The federal government and the army said they captured over 1,000 Boko Haram suspect, but this is far from the truth.”

5. “All the advanced countries like Italy, Germany, France, USA are wasting their time by saying they are assisting Nigeria to wage war against Boko Haram.”

6. “Democracy is a devilish system of government as well as the use of the constitution.”

7. “The only thing we recognise as our constitution is the Glorious Qur’an and the sayings of Prophet Muhammad.”

8. “Why will Muslims and President Buhari associate themselves with Christmas, Christians are totally on the wrong path as they do not follow the true teachings of Jesus Christ.”

9. “It is our faith that has been helping us, it is not the arms and ammunition.”

10. “It is only Allah that can take my life.”

However, the authenticity of the video cannot be immediately verified and may have been shot long before the destruction of Camp Zero by the Nigerian armed forces.

Also, the Shekau in the video appears slightly different from the former one

But on its part, the Nigerian Army dismissed the new video released by Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau as mere propaganda.

In a statement made available to newsmen, Army spokesman Brigadier General Sani Usman said the attention of the Nigerian Army is drawn to a video clip released by Boko Haram from an undisclosed location a while ago, showing its purported leader, making spurious claims.

He said: “While effort is ongoing to subject the video for further forensic analysis, the Nigerian Army wishes to reiterate that it has captured and occupied the last known stronghold of the terrorists group in the Sambisa forest.”

He added that: “We would like to reassure the public that this video is nothing but mere terrorists propaganda aimed at creating fear in the mind of people and to remain relevant.”

Congrats!!! DMW Artiste Mayorkun Wins The Headies 2016 ‘Rookie Of The Year’

The Headies Secretariat today announced DMW artiste, Mayorkun as Winner of the 2016 Rookie of the Year Category of the Headies 2016….

This year’s edition has Dice Ailes Dremo Mayorkun Terry Apala and Mzkiss as nominees.

After entries of votes from the public, Mayorkun amassed the highest number of votes, followed by his Label mate, Dremo as first runner-up and Chocolate City act, Dice Ailes coming third.

According to the organisers winner of this category was not announced at the awards because the nominees were late for their opening performances and we had to move swiftly to other scheduled programs.

Top On Air Personality Blasts Olamide Over His Annual Concert (Read Here)

Radio and TV Personality Adenike Oyetunde has written an open letter to Olamide about his much talked about Olamide Live In Concert Show – OLIC. Read below:

“Dear Olamide, what HAPPENED? What!!!

I attended #Olic2 and without a doubt, it was by far my BEST event last year. I talked, and talked about it; everyone around me that didn’t go, knew they had to this year.

Imagine my excitement when I saw these pictures by TyBello, I knew #Olic3 was definitely going to be a hit. I needed to see ‘Olamide Live In Concert’ *coughs. In my life, not even at either Canaanland or Redemption Camp had I EVER been stuck in such traffic.

No clear plans on controlling humans (forget that we are peculiar here). The plan was go with Uber. There was a change, and a friend’s friend took @mayowaekpo and I. What should have taken maybe 30minutes max, turned to two years in traffic.

Nobody deemed it fit to tell us that no cars were going into Eko hotel; we were all just hoping; stuck in traffic. Having to walk so far, isn’t always my first option; for obvious reasons.

Then I got into the hall, Olamide, why?

I came in just as you were done with your first outing and I figured, he’ll be back. You came back ONCE, while I was there and you played CD. Olamide, CD??? I’m still too lost.

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CD… Like, ALL that for ‘DJ, track 2’.

Wait first, collect your money from the sound people; BAD, BAD sound. Even Adekunle (God bless his heart) who did LIVE for us, they sha spoilt his sound.

I, Adenike Oyetunde came to see You Olamide, LIVE, (it was a complimentary ticket, FYI), and you hounded me with Comedy. HOW??? How does that even work?

Alibaba’s January 1st Concert is coming, I’ll get comedy there, WHY, did you succumb, Why? I thought you had it all figured out; but, awon aye sold this BAD idea to you.

By the way, were you at Asa’s show? If not, PLEASE, Watch the CD. That’s what LIVE IN CONCERT is on about. I was TOO disappointed and I can’t hide it.

Excellency is KEY. You had ONE year to plan. I honestly didn’t see ANY plan oh; at least, to me. Of course, I still danced, I screamed, I took videos; but, from last year; it could have been WAY better.

I will not comment on that uncle that was jumping arand with you!!! Give us what we ‘paid’ for Nigerian Artiste, PLEASE. People hustled to GET tickets.”