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Williams Babalola is the chief executive officer of Willbak Clothing, an arm of Dewillbak Enterprises, established in 2008. A business administration graduate from Covenant University, Williams is also an associate member of the Institute of Strategic Management, Nigeria (ISMN) and Nigerian Institute of Management (NIM). He speaks to X2 about his business. Tell us about your business. Willbak Clothings is…

The fifth instalment of the Inner Cycle organized musical contest for upcoming artists, ‘Underground' will hold on Saturday April 30 at Ember Creek, Ikoyi. According to Glory Edozien, the head of operations and content manager of Inner Cycle, the quarterly event, which debuted in May 2010, is mostly a platform for music hopefuls to exhibit their talents. “There are many…

Stingomania’s frontline act, Oladimeji Umoru, who is also known as Trybson, has a sociology degree from the University of Ilorin. The hip hop act who, until now, was known only for his debut album ‘Dudukoko’, is currently getting positive media attention for playing the lead role in the Ope Banwo-produced Dagrin biopic, ‘Ghetto Dreamz’, which premieres today at the Silverbird…

Twitter's local trends which launched recently in Nigeria exposes what people are talking most about on a state or city level. Here is a quick round-up of the hottest local trends making the rounds across Nigeria on the popular social networking site, Twitter. Ashley Nwosu Ashley is a Nollywood actor who was reported dead yesterday morning at the Yaba Military…

Exactly a year ago, fast-rising rapper Olaitan Olaonipekun, popularly known as Dagrin, transformed from a wordsmith into a Nigerian hip-hop legend. Although his music, which was characterized mainly by the deft use of words in his native tongue infused with unadulterated hip-hop elements, was gaining momentum just before his death, just like Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, Dagrin got bigger in death. The…

Denrele leaves Soundcity Controversial Soundcity vee-jay, Denrele Edun, has confirmed his resignation from the popular urban music channel, Soundcity. The popular presenter, who is famous for his peculiar lifestyle as well as for impressively conducting many red carpet interviews for the music channel, revealed that he voluntarily left his job of six years to pursue some other personal dreams. "I…

Trybes Records boss and performing artist, eLDee, presents young music hopefuls with an opportunity to get sponsorship with the new Trybes Records initiative, ‘Top Talent’. “It is a platform for unsigned Nigerian artists of all genres that allows for them to showcase their talent and possibly get a record deal. The contest requires unsigned talent to enter an mp3 song…

The name Kayode Babatunde Peters may not mean anything but Coco, the famously intelligent layabout character in Flat Mates would definitely ring a bell. Peters started acting while he was an English undergraduate at the University of Lagos and made his postgraduate acting debut in Wale Adenuga’s Papa Ajasco television series in 1998. Later on KP, as he is also…

Jaiyeola Jeffery has a master’s degree in Applied Geophysics from the University of Lagos and currently works as a geologist in an oil firm in Lagos. His alter ego Plumbline, however, is a poet who makes rap music and expresses himself at spoken word performances. The video for his most recent single, “Dead President”, was directed by Nodash and has…

20th Century Fox (1990) Starring: Macaulay Culkin, Joe Pesci, Daniel Stern, John Heard and Catherine O’Hara. Seeing this classic comedy at Christmas was as good as having your birthday right after the festivities. Although it was released around Christmas, the unavailability of cinemas in Nigeria at that period ensured that it took a while before it gets listed in the…

Edith Oluchi Iheme is the chief executive officer of Glam Makeovers, a company that provides avenues for ladies to improve their looks. Established in 2010, Ms Iheme is an English Language graduate from Olabisi Onabanjo University and holds makeup certification from House of Tara. She speaks to X2 on the motivation behind Glam Makeovers. What motivated you to go into…

Olamide Coded Tunes (2011) Over the past weeks, there has been a buzz about a particular young rapper who many have labelled a Dagrin reincarnate. Olamide Adedeji, simply known as Olamide, stole into mainstream music with his ID Cabasa-produced smash hit debut single, ‘Eni Duro’. And just before the dust settles on this single, he officially dropped a 16 tracker-one…

Centage Superstar judge and West Africa Idols contestant Eric Arubayi has released three singles: ‘I Go Make Am’, ‘Number One’ and ‘One Love One Voice’ off his forthcoming yet-to-be-titled debut album. On the track, ‘Number one’, Eric sings about what love should be like for those who have experienced it while ‘One Love, One Voice’ and ‘I Go Make Am’,…

Centage Superstar judge and West Africa Idols contestant Eric Arubayi has released three singles: ‘I Go Make Am’, ‘Number One’ and ‘One Love One Voice’ off his forthcoming yet-to-be-titled debut album. On the track, ‘Number one’, Eric sings about what love should be like for those who have experienced it while ‘One Love, One Voice’ and ‘I Go Make Am’,…

Award-winning singer D’banj, in a partnership with Robert John and First Bank, officially unveiled the Kokomobile D’banj series phones last week. Speaking at a press conference held at SQ restaurant on Thursday, April 7, 2011, D’Banj revealed that the project had been in the making since 2007 and expressed his excitement about the product launch. “It’s a dream come true…