OK! MAGAZINE SET TO LAUNCH IN NIGERIA

Apologies if some of you already know about this but I’ve only just come across this news. The Voice reports that popular celebrity gossip magazine OK! will launch in Nigeria. According to columinist/influential industry figure Jasmine Dotiwala ‘OK! Magazine Nigeria will be owned and operated by famed entrepreneur Alexander Amosu (never heard of him). It will be a monthly publication and the content will include news on internationally known Nigerian stars, local Nigerian stars,  African-American celebs and more’. Alexander told Jasmine, “Nigeria’s probably one of the most vibrant, affluent countries in []

UK NEWS: WHAT’S UP – BRAND NEW EPISODES TO PICK TV

Brand new urban youth culture show to PICK TV, ‘What’s Up’, is airing it’s final episode of the series on Monday 11th April 2011 (today) at 7pm!! The show will be repeated again this coming Saturday 9th April 2011 at 9am. ‘What’s Up’ ends the series with thoughts of Peace, if only for just one day.. but before that we relax at African Jazz event IBILE…Have a tour around MBE designer and stylist Walé Adeyemi’s office, ask some crucial question to students about the EMA and []

UK NEWS: CHOICE FM ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF NEW BREAKFAST SHOW AND NEW HOSTS

Choice, London’s number one urban station, is excited to announce the launch of its brand-new Breakfast Show with two of the UK’s freshest presenting talents Kojo and Max.  The duo will be waking-up London from Monday 18th April with the biggest and best urban music and the hottest celebrity news and interviews. An accomplished TV and radio presenter, Kojo is also one of the most renowned names to emerge from the black comedy circuit.  His MTV-aired shows including The Young Gods of Comedy []

MEDIA TRUST RECRUITING LONDON COMMUNITY REPORTERS

Job Title: Volunteer Reporters: London Community News Reporting to: London News Editor Contract: 5 months Hours: Full-time, 9:30am – 5:30pm Eligibility Criteria: This scheme is open to 18-25 year olds only Expenses: Expenses covered Working in a team of 10 you will produce a regular news and campaigning magazine show for distribution on broadcast and online platforms You will gain experience of all the different aspects of campaign and news production, creating blogs, reports, photojournalism, video-journalism and social media. You will gain []

UK MUSIC: ALISON GRANT – LIVING FOR TODAY

Check out UK songstress Alison Grant’s impressive new single Living For Today taken from her forthcoming debut album Pen To Paper. Under the radar Alison has sang backing vocals for a multitude of top mainstream acts over the years, but now it’s her time to shine as a solo artist.  Your thoughts please. Hit or Miss?

UK EVENT: FOUR KORNERZ LIVE IN CONCERT (LONDON)

Multi-award winning all-brother band Four Kornerz are to release their new single Superstar on Monday 2 May, 2011. This is the band’s first officially release since their ground-breaking independent album release Soulectric (2007) which included the hit singles Clap Clap and Gonna Make It. This latest masterpiece from the London based-quartet dons the familiar leads from Deji, the eldest of the four brothers.  Known for their inspirational lyrics, Four Kornerz once again adopt the same stance but unusually from a female’s perspective. []

UK NEWS: RIO FERDINAND RELEASES MURDER APPEAL VIDEO

    The Metropolitan Police in conjunction with The Sun Newspaper have released a murder appeal video featuring footballer Rio Ferdinand. The Sun newspaper are also offering a £10,000 reward in addition to the reward of up to £20,000 being offered by the Met police for information leading to the identification, arrest and prosecution of those responsible for the murder of Rio McFarlane. Rio McFarlane, 18, was murdered on Monday 6 September 2010 in Dragon Road, SE15. At approx 21.30hrs nearby police []