Wednesday, 30 November 2011

NIGERIAN BROADCASTERS AWARDS



You will agree with me that Award Ceremonies are springing up in Nigeria all in the bead to reward. Anyways, in a matter of days, a few Nigerian broadcasters will be rewarded and The Reality Entertainment -organizers of Nigerian Broadcasters Awards have rolled out the list of nominees.

As per the nominees, I have my reservations- for instance I really think Chaz B of Inspiraton F.M should have been nominated in the MOST POPULAR RADIO PRESENTER category but like I said I have my reservations so I will stop there.

The organizers will also honour a few people like the Lagos State Governor Babatunde Fashola, Amaka Igwe and others. Life Time Achievement Awards will be presented to Danladi Bako , Raymond Dokpesi  and Madam Anike Agbaje Williams while Bisi Olatilo, Bimbo Oloyede and Cally Ikpe will be inducted into the NBA Hall of Fame.

The awards ceremony is scheduled to hold on December 11, 2011 at Lagoon Restaurant, Victoria Island but before then, there will be an exclusive nominees party which will be hosted by Ambassador Segun Olusola on December 3, at Cave Bar, Ikeja, Lagos.

Hopefully, I will be at both events to bring you gist.



Below is the full list of the nominees:

BEST TV NEWSCASTER OF THE YEAR

Male
Chuks Ene (STV)
Cyril Stober (NTA)
Charles Erukae (Channels)
Ikechukwu Obienu (TVC)
Sam Bello (AIT)
Female
Jire Kola- Kuforiji (AIT)
Bukola Coker (TVC)
Harriet Agbenyi (Channels)
Seun Olagunju (NTA)
Kemi Adekusibe (MITV)
Onyi Sunday (STV)
Bimbola Oloko (LTV)

BEST RADIO NEWSCASTER OF THE YEAR
Uche Unogo (Raypower FM)
Victor Njoku (Beatz FM)
Jones Usein (Radio Continental)
Ima Akpabio (Inspiration)
Ify Onyegbule (Radio Continental)
Bosede Akinremi (Radio Lagos)
Oge Ogekanma (Brila FM)
Daniel Akpata (Eko FM)

BEST SPORT PRESENTER OF THE YEAR 
Niran Adesanya (Rhythm FM)
Charles Anazodo
Bimbo Adeola
Joe Hanson
Jimmie Akinsola (Beat FM)
Sola Rogers (Radio Continental)
George Essien (Brila FM)
Sayo Owolabi (Inspiration FM)


BEST TV STATION OF THE YEAR
STV
LTV 8
AIT
TVC
Channels

BEST RADIO STATION OF THE YEAR
Rhythm FM
Cool FM
Raypower FM
Brila FM
Beatz FM
Eko FM
Metro FM – FRCN (Lagos)

BEST INDIGENOUS RADIO STATION
Wazobia FM
Radio Lagos
Naija FM
Bond FM
Paramount FM
OGBC 2
Amuludun FM (Ibadan)
Adaba FM (Akure)

RADIO STATION WITH WIDEST COVERAGE
Eko FM (Lagos)
OGBC (Ogun State)
Adaba FM (Akure)
Positive FM

BEST MUSIC CHANNEL
Hip on TV
Sound City
OneMusic
Nigezie

BEST TV PROGRAM OF THE YEAR
Entertainment
De New Live Beatz
Xcite on TV
Video Wheels
Prime Time Africa
Entertainment Weekly on STV
Gbedu on the Move (AIT)
Lunch Break (TVC)
Stand up Nigeria
Music Africa
Sport
Carnival Sport (Rhythm FM)
Sport Splash (LTV)
Milo World of Sport (AIT)
Football 360 (Brila FM)
Sports Express (Cool FM)
Sport Extra (AIT)
Drama
Super Story
Face to face
Dear mama
Tinsel
Spider
Edge of Paradise
Tales of Eve
TV Talk & Game Show 
Teju Baby face Show
Thyme out with Tee A
Inside Out with Agatha
Who wants to be a millionaire?
Cruising
Bimbo and Shola Connect (LTV8)
Moment with Mo
TM on TVC with Folarin Yori
TV Reality Show
Project Fame
Super mom
Next movie star
Glo Naija sings
Gulder Ultimate Search
Nigerian Idol

BEST TV COMMERCIAL ADVERT
Glo-Yarn me more
Etisalat-Na my wife
Chivita
Cowbell milk (Our Milk)
Indomie noodles (Mama you do good)
Mama gold rice
MTN- Caller back tune

MOST POPULAR IN-HOUSE D.J
DJ Vinne (Radio Continental)
DJ Neptune
DJ Charlee Sheen (Eko FM)
DJ Tommy of (Rhythm FM)
DJ Bennymore (Brila FM)
DJ X-Chris (Raypower FM)
DJ Caise (Beat FM)
DJ Boombastic (Rainbow FM)

SEXIEST TV PERSONALITY
Male
Joseph Benjamin
Charles Anazodo
Frank Edohor
Dayo Adeneye (D-1)
Uti Nwachukwu
Female
Tolu Oniru (Toolz) Beatz FM
Alero Didiere (Galaxy)
Labi Layori (TVC)
Eku Edewor (Studio 53)
Yvonne ‘Vixen’ Ekwere (STV)
Ijeoma Onyeator (Channels TV)
 
MOST POPULAR TV PRESENTER (V.J)
Male
Denrele Edun
Dayo Hip on TV
Abdul Mohammed (STV)
Jude (Galaxy)
Adams Ibrahim (Soundcity)
KTO (LTV)
Uti Nwachukwu
Female
Labi Layori (TVC)
Mariam Anazodo (NTA)
Adiza Audu (AIT)
Alero Didiere (Galaxy)
Eku Edewor
Yvonne ‘Vixen’ Ekwere (STV)

MOST POPULAR RADIO PRESENTER
Male
Ifedayo ‘Freeze’ Olarinde (Cool FM, Lagos)
I.K Osakioduwa (Rhythm)
Chris de Razor Oluigbo (Beat FM)
Akeem Abdul-Hakeem (Brila FM)
Benny Ark (Cool FM, Abuja)
Female
Gbemi Olateru Olagbegi (Beat FM)
Tosyn Bucknor (Top FM)
Moyo Oyatogun (Star FM)
Anita ‘Omalicha’ Isede (Rhythm FM)
Wana Udobang (Inspiration FM)

MOST SUPPORTIVE CORPORATE BODY
MTN
Promissador,
Glo
Etisalat
Airtel
Lever Brothers
Coca Cola
NBL
Nestle

MOST PROMISING YOUNG PRESENTER OF THE YEAR
TV
Mike Moviemania (STV)
EFe Tommy (Excite on TV)
Akeem John (DBN)
Collins (Galaxy
Radio
Mark (Radio Continental)
Akeem John (DBN)
Olaleye Dada (LTV Sport Splash)
Mc Ice Water (Eko FM)

MOST LISTENED TO RADIO STATION
South-West
Adaba FM (Akure)
Splash FM (Ibadan)
Positive FM
North
Wazobia FM (Abuja)
Capital Sounds 90.9 FM (Kaduna)
Freedom Radio (Kano)
East
Cosmos FM (Enugu)
Orient FM, Owerri
Heartland FM, Owerri
BCA, Aba

BEST NEW RADIO STATION
City FM
Naija FM
Top FM
Nigeria Info FM
Smooth FM
Rainbow FM

FAST GROWING MEDIA OUTFIT 
Silverbird Group (operators of STV and Rhythm FM)
Steam Broadcasting Service (operators of Cool, Wazobia and Nigeria Info FM)
Daar Communications (operators of AIT and Raypower FM)
Megalectrics Limited (Operators of The Beat FM, Classic FM  and Naija FM)
Brila FM

MOST SUPPORTIVE PRINT MEDIA
National Mirror
City People
Punch
Daily Independent

PAY TV CHANNEL OF THE YEAR
DSTV
HiTv
Infinity TV
StarTimes

BEST CHIT CHAT RADIO PROGRAMME
‘Una Wake Up’ – Yaw (Wazobia FM)
The Morning Rush – Olisa Adibua and Ada (Beat FM)
‘The Morning Drive’ BigTyme and Omalicha) (Rhythm FM)
‘Top Of The Morning Show’ – Tosyn Bucknor (Top FM)
‘Inspiration FM Morning Drive’  – Dan Foster
‘Continental Breakfast Show’ – Jones Ussein (Radio Continental

LONGEST RUNNING PROGRAM ON T.V
Prime Time Africa
New Live Beat
Kaakaki (AIT)
Gbedu on the move (AIT)

Congratulations to all the winners.
Meanwhile, let me know what you think about the list. 

>> Cheers! L.O <<







  



Friday, 18 November 2011

Lamii Opere's Blog: PROFILE: Bola Yinka-Obebe

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Lamii Opere's Blog: STRAIGHT FROM THE PODIUM: Pastor Kola Oladunmoye B efore I begin this plenty-but-short story *wink*, I must say the aim is to add value. Anyways, the day sta...

STRAIGHT FROM THE PODIUM

Pastor Kola Oladunmoye
 Before I begin this plenty-but-short story *wink*, I must say the aim is to add value.

Anyways, the day started well and I was hoping to have a studio shoot for one of my TV programmes but unfortunately, that wasn’t meant to be. So here I was, sad. I couldn’t go to the salon but was ready to move on to something else. What would that be? Stay with me…

Rewind to a few hours before… A colleague told me that the House on the Rock (H.O.T.R) annual event-The Experience 2011 has been moved to The Expo Centre of Eko Hotel, Victoria Island. Trust me, I flipped like what? Why on Earth would they do that? The Tafawa Balewa Square seem just the  most appropriate place for the large crowd…Anyway, to cut a long story short, she said we had to register online and the registration would start at 12noon which was a few hours from that time. So we waited but just before 12, the office Internet decided to take a break- so annoying. Well, I tried on my blackberry phone but no luck so we had to wait till 7am the following day.

I figured something might go wrong so I didn’t want to take a chance with the internet therefore I decided to toss the registration to a trusted hand - another colleague.

Back to the same day… I woke up to check the site, then, I saw a BBM from my colleague asking for my details which I gave him. Few minutes later I got an alert that I had been confirmed for the event but I had to exchange the code for a free ticket. I had the option of three places and the nearest and most favourable was Muson Centre where H.O.T.R holds services.

So... no Salon, no studio shoot… "something has to be done today" I muttered to myself. I left the office hoping to get to Muson Centre to redeem my ticket but undecided about staying for H.O.T.R Midweek Service. Anyways, I got there and the attendant said I had to wait till the end of service. So I walked happily towards the entrance but asking myself " what if I was not a member of your church" ? Arrrhg!- whatever!

Getting into the Hall, it was packed full and thank goodness I didn’t have to walk all the way to the imaginary empty spaces in front before I was ushered into a seat almost at the back-don’t blame me. I just couldn’t imagine sashaying all the way-a major distraction would prolly occur. Yeah!!

Speaking was one of the Pastors; Pastor Kola Oladunmoye… The sermon was sorta in the middle and I could tell people were enjoying themselves. The first thing I heard was ...."there are different types of doors"..... He went on and on and on to describe the doors and after doing justice to that everyone laughed while jotting down.

Now, here are a few things I noted:

1.There is a difference between a door and a room. The door leads you into a room.

2. The billboard is an ad that leads somewhere it is not ‘the’ destination. Don’t be comfortable with small achievements, there’s always room for bigger things

3. You cannot get an original for the price of fake.

4. Proximity gives access but not all the time.

5. Continuing to knock on the door, does not change the occupant.

6. You knock on the door (of opportunity) with what you do.

7. When you man your gifts well, you are knocking on a door.

8. You must understand the seasons of your life.

9. Don’t be too spiritual that you become earthly useless.

What really got me was NUMBER 6 - You knock on the door (of opportunity) with what you do. Basically, this means whatever you are involved in serves as an opportunity to reach out to people and also put food on your table. The most important thing is packaging ‘VERY’ well and being diligent because such doors lead you to great places and sets you apart for good.

So if you are a talkative ‘so to speak’, you might want to work on yourself so you end up being a motivational speaker or try to put the energy into writing short stories, being a blogger, etc; If you dress well, you might want to consider designing or being a fashion analyst etc.

The possibilities are endless but the most important thing is putting your gift to good use. FIN

A big a shout out to Pastor Kola Oladunmoye for the message, also Liz Okeugo and Joel Alobo my wonderful colleagues.