The Future Awards announces winners

Winners of this
year’s The Future Awards were announced yesterday at a well attended
ceremony which took place at Landmark Village, Victoria Island, Lagos.
The list covers 21 different categories.

Actor of the year

Mercy Johnson – Winner

Ini Edo

Uche Jumbo

Best use of advocacy

Muyideen Salau – Winner

Orode Uduaghan

Tola Sunmonu

Best use of science

Debo Olaosebikan – Winner

Otejiri Oghoghorie

Oluwatoyosi Owoeye

Best use of technology

Iruoye Tolulope – Winner

Mubarak Abdullahi

Saheed Adepoju

Business owner of the year

Bode Pedro – Winner

Toyosi Akerele

Karo Agono

Comedian of the year

Seyi Law – Winner

Jedidiah

Teju Babyface

Corporate professional of the year

Tokini Peterside – Winner

Adeniyi Olutayo

Oye Akindeinde

Oluwatoyosi Owoeye

Akintola Olufemi (Brand Manager, Milo)

Creative artist of the year

Aisha Augie-Kuta – Winner

Ogunnubi Babadeji

Chibundu Onuzo

Creative professional of the year

Janet Nwose – Winner

Emem Ema

Nike Fagbule

Dimeji Alara

Godwin Tom

Excellence in public service

Emmanuel Etim – Winner

Dr. Momoh Rabiu

Oladayo Afolabi

Journalist of the year

Tolu Ogunlesi – Winner

Toyosi Akinseye

Yinka Ibukun

Magazine of the year

FAB – Winner

Wow

Vibez

Musician of the year

Banky W – Winner

Naeto C

DaGrin

Music producer of the year

Sosick – Winner

Jmartins

Sazzy

On-air personality of the year (radio)

Matse Uwatse (Wazobia FM) – Winner

Tolu Oniru-Toolz (Beat FM)

Tosyn Bucknor-Area Mama (Top Radio)

On-air personality of the year (TV)

Tana Adelana (Peak Talent Show) – Winner

Kemi Adetiba (Maltina Dance-All)

Yvonne Ekwere-Vixen (Silverbird TV)

Screen producer of the year

Clarence Peters – Winner

Kemi Adetiba

Chineze Anyaene

Sportsperson of the year

Enyiama Vincent – Winner

Mobolaji Akiode

Christiana Nwoye

Designer of the year

Bridget Awosika – Winner

Ugoma Adegoke

Yvonne

Team of the year

The Falconets – Winner

Notjustok.com

Jobberman.com

Young person of the year

Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu (28) – Advocate – Winner

Don Jazzy (29) – Entrepreneur

Genevieve Nnaji (31) – Actor

Psquare (30) – Artiste

Uche Eze (26) – Entrepreneur

Nneka (Egbuna) (29) – Artiste

Makinde Adeagbo (25) – Innovator

Ojoma Ochai (29) – Intrapreneur

Debo Olaosebikan (25) – Scientist

Blessing Okaragbe (22)– Athlete

Flavour N’Abania drops new single

High-Life music
crooner, Flavour N’Abania has released the first single off his
yet-to-be-titled sophomore album. The single, ‘Thank God’, debuted on
the online music portal Notjustok.com yesterday, Sunday January 30
2011. The track, which is also the first from the singer this year,
featuring rapper Sho’Boi, is a thanks-giving song which contains lines
in Nigeria’s three major languages, Hausa, Igbo and Yoruba.

Flavour N’Abania
came into public consciousness after featuring on MC Loph’s ‘Osundi
Owendi’. He further scored another excellent collaboration late last
year with rappers MI on ‘Number One’ and Ruggedman on ‘Ebemsi’.

Britney Spears album for March 15 release

Britney Spears’ new
album is slated for a March 15 release, according to a leaked one-sheet
created by her label Jive Records that outlines the marketing campaign
for the set. Jive confirmed to MTV News that the date listed on the
sheet is accurate.

Also confirmed are
various producers and songwriters who worked on the album, which still
does not have a title. In addition to Dr Luke and Max Martin — who
together helmed lead single ‘Hold It Against Me’ and are the album’s
co-executive producers — Rodney Jerkins, RB singer Avant,
Stargate, Fraser T. Smith and Bloodshy are listed as collaborators.

Other details
mentioned on the sales-solicitation sheet include a description of
Britney’s highly-anticipated music video for ‘Hold It Against Me’,
which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 last week.

The one-sheet sums
up the video as “a sexy, edgy dance piece directed by Jonas Akerlund
and showing Britney at peak form and ability.” Spears seventh studio
album, the follow-up to 2008’s “Circus,” will be available in both
standard and deluxe versions, according to the sheet, with the latter
including additional liner booklet pages and three or four extra tracks.

Fans can also
expect “a major TV event to launch the album,” worldwide online
contests and a “LGBT/lifestyle campaign” to market it to fans.

Spears’ manager, Adam Leber, recently spilled a few details
involving her photo shoot for the album via Twitter, describing the
shoot as “pure glam.” Fans should be on high alert for another leak, as
Leber added, “Photos are nothing less than spectacular. We’ll share
some soon.”

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