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2021 MTV EMA: Wizkid and Tems nominated for ‘Best African Act’
Wizkid and Tems have been nominated for the ‘Best African Act’ category at the 2021 MTV Europe Music Awards (EMA).
The list of nominees for the annual award was released yesterday.
Wizkid and Tems were nominated for the category following the success of ‘Essence’, their collaborative project.
The pair were nominated for the category alongside Amaarae, Diamond Platnumz, and Focalistic.
Justin Bieber, the Canadian singer, snagged eight nominations — the highest — followed by Doja Cat and Lil Nas X who got six nods each.
This year’s edition of the awards will take place on November 14 at the Papp László Budapest Sportaréna in Hungary, and would be broadcast live on MTV channels in 180 countries.
Reacting to her nomination, Tems said: “I’m extremely excited to be nominated for the Best African Act at the MTV EMAs. The last few years have been crazy and I am just grateful to God for all the blessings so far.
“I am honoured to be a part of the amazing voices from our continent who are breaking barriers and redefining music globally.”
Below is few list of nominees for the 2021 MTV EMA:
Best African Act
Tems
Wizkid
Amaarae
Diamond Platnumz
Focalistic
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Portable acquires luxury house in Lekki (Video)
Portable, the controversial singer, has acquired a luxury house in the Lekki area of Lagos state.
Lekki is a fast-growing neighborhood in Lagos and is widely considered one of the most affluent areas in the city.
The 30-year-old, who is currently in Nairobi, Kenya with one of his partners, took to social media on Monday to show off his new mansion.
Portable, who resides in Sango Ota, Ogun, shared a video of the exterior and interior of his Lekki house while appreciating God for the new achievement.
“Alhamdulilahi, am going close am about to blow. CEO Dr ZEHNATION Coming to Lekki iyen oto. Who get God get everything. @abel_egbarin God bless you king Of boiz mafian presidential,” he said.
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RMD calls out the hypocrisy in christianity
Nollywood veteran Richard Mofe-Damijo (RMD) has highlighted hypocrisy as one of the biggest issues in the church.
Speaking as a guest on the King of Talks podcast hosted by Teju Babyface, the actor stated that his views about God and Christianity are unconventional.
“My idea of Christ in today’s world and how we should embrace him is probably not very traditional. But I think the Lord says ‘That’s why I brought you here.’ so I stir quite a bit of controversy everywhere I speak. I think that I am appointed for a time like this, to do it unconventionally,” he said.
“Someone was telling me about someone doing a podcast about faith and stardom and I said I’d love to do that. Why? Because of the way Christians are wired. We were wired to think that the spirit of excellence should not be in you being a distiller. They thing that a distiller of whiskey shouldn’t be called a Christian. Why? It’s a craft,” he said.
RMD emphasised that the essence of Christianity is for Christians to be able to come just as they are to the church.
He said, “People built boats in the period that Christ lived. People owned vineyards and produced all the best wines in the area at the time. If they wanted to be followers of Christ, they could. That’s the whole essence of following Christ. Come as you are.”
“People are meant to come as they are. You can’t stop people from coming to Christ the way that they are. it’s when they come that their renewal starts. So let them come and then function in the societies where they find themselves in a way that can bring people to Christ without being hypocritical. I think that’s one of the biggest problems of today’s church. It’s hypocrisy,” he concluded.
See the full interview below:
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Kanayo introduces first son to filmmaking (Video)
Kanayo O Kanayo, the Nigerian actor, has introduced Clinton, his first son, to the film industry.
In an Instagram post on Monday, Kanayo unveiled Clinton to members of Simpliciter Associates Productions, his production company, on a movie set.
He said Clinton would join the crew as assistant production manager and be his personal assistant.
The ace actor also informed his crew members that his son was enlisted to work and should not be treated with kid gloves.
“This is Clinton Onyeze Mbaise, my first son. And he is joining us today as assistant production manager and as PA to me. Do not treat him like my son. It is a warning I am giving to everybody. He is here to work. He is going to earn a fee like every other person,” he said.
“Do not begin to say na K.O.K son. I no dey for that kind thing. Treat him as member of production crew. He is going to understudy the production manager and learn this work. Treat him with respect to the extent that you are treating others with respect. That is what I want him to grow into. I do not want you to spoil my son for me when you are not telling him not to do some things.
“So please he is joining us today. He has just finished from Babcock University. He studied ICT.”
Kanayo added that his first son will understudy filmmaking and management.
“My son, Clinton, Onyeze Mbaise, joins us as Assistant Production Manager & my Personal Assistant. He is an intern to understudy Filmmaking and Management before proceeding for further studies,” he wrote in the caption.
“We should let our children work in our organisations or other establishments to appreciate industry. Kudos Onyeze. Welcome on board Simpliciter Associates Productions.”
The ace actor is married to Nneka Onyekwere. Their union is blessed with four children — three boys and a girl.
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