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  • Everyone glows up after they japa, even the Headies. The 2022 Headies took place at the COBB Energy Performing Arts Centre in Atlanta, USA. While the awards have been dragged several times for their NTA-level production, this year’s look was slightly better, but it doesn’t mean I agree with all the winners announced. 

    Here are some winners I liked and hot takes nobody asked me for. 

    Next Rated was a big miss

    Will this settle the Bnxn and Ruger beef once and for all? I doubt it. 

    The Headies aired Ruger, Ayra Starr, Lojay and Zinoleesky to give Bnxn the Next Rated award. I get it, we couldn’t escape Bnxn’s voice thanks to Feelings with Poe, Bling with Blaqbonez and Mood with Wizkid, but when you think about it, Bnxn is the only artist on that list without a massive solo hit — no one should mention Outside here. 

    They got Album of the Year right 

    Even though Basketmouth’s Yabasi, Ayra Starr’s 19 & Dangerous, Olamide’s Carpe Diem and The Kutis’ Legacy were solid albums, the clear winner was Wizkid’s Made in Lagos. We even named it our top album from 2021. 

    Special recognition for an alleged assaulter? 

    It’s crazy how everyone chooses to act like we weren’t all on this earth when D’banj was accused of sexual assault and using the police to intimidate his victim in 2020. Since then, I’ve watched him judge Nigerian Idol and collaborate with other artists like nothing happened. 

    If everyone else has forgotten, I’m just here to say I haven’t. 

    Burna Boy winning African Artist of the Year was on point 

    I mean, it’s Odogwu. What do you expect? The only thing I’m upset about is the missed opportunity to drag the Headies if they’d given this to someone else. We all know Odogwu can be very petty. 

    Last last sha, that Last Last song is still a bop. 

    RECOMMENDED: Do We Love Burna Boy’s “Love, Damini”?

    Alternative Song of the Year for Flavour? Say sike 

    Flavour winning Alternative Song of the Year for Doings is a crazy joke, especially when the nomination list included Made Kuti and Ibejii. I don’t think the Headies understand their own categories. 

    Sarz is the Producer of the Year, no cap

    Sarz has said it before; he’s nobody’s mate. Monalisa has been out for a year, but somehow everyone loses their home training once it comes up. 

    Giving Street Hop to Ameno Amapiano is an insult to Ko Po Ke (KPK)

    While everyone, including fake Mariah Carey wanted to bam bam and chill with the big boys, I don’t think Goya Menor and Nektunez’ Ameno Amapiano remix was a bigger song than Mohbad and Rexxie’s Ko Po Ke (KPK). Have you all forgotten the Bobrisky dance? What’s happening here? 

    Essence packing awards like wedding souvenir

    Wizkid and Tems’ Essence was a big winner at the Headies, and rightfully so. Taking home awards for Collaboration of the Year and Song of the Year, Essence showed up and showed out. Even Kanye West agrees Essence has small crack in it. 

    #JusticeForAmaarae

    Handing over the West African Artist of the Year, aka their “we love Ghana too” award to Gyakie, was a big miss for the Headies. While Gyakie took everywhere by storm with Forever in 2020, she hasn’t maintained the initial hype, unlike Amaarae, who still has everyone in a chokehold with her THE ANGEL YOU DON’T KNOW album from the same year. 

    Headies, “Inspirational” doesn’t automatically mean “Christian”

    Once again, the Headies need to reevaluate their categories because what the hell is an Inspirational Single? The category was won by Kcee and Okwezilli Eze Group for Cultural Praise. Still, looking at other nominees like Mercy Chinwo, Timi Dakolo and Nathaniel Bassey, it’s clear this is a Christian music category. 

    Patoranking’s Celebrate Me winning Record of the Year doesn’t gel

    I love me some Patoranking, but having Celebrate Me win Record of the Year over Wizkid’s Essence or Tiwa Savage’s Somebody’s Son doesn’t really make sense to me. 

    ALSO READ: These 10 Tiwa Savage Songs Are Also Gospel Songs, Let’s Explain

  • Mr Macaroni, Miss Techy, Lasisi Elenu, Kie Kie, Aproko Doctor, Zeelicious Foods, ShankComics, Lush Hair, Rodney, Pamilerin, Enioluwa, James Brown, Mark Angel, Tunde Onakoya, Amazing Klef and Akin Faminu have all emerged as winners at the second edition of Trendupp Awards – Nigeria’s first-ever awards for influencers and content creators, which held on Sunday, June 12, 2022, at The Monarch Event Centre, Lagos, Nigeria.

    The event was hosted by the multi-talented influencer, content creator and TV host Bukunmi Adeaga Ilorifondly known as Kie Kie. This year’s edition was aimed at recognizing and applauding the outstanding work of influencers, content creators, brands and organisations in Nigeria for their immense contribution to the social media space and encouraging these audacious individuals and organizations.

    All sixteen winners across each category were not only presented with their gold statuettes but also received cash prizes of $1000 each, while the winner of the Emerging Force category (the only voting category), ShankComics received a cash prize of $1,500 all courtesy of the event’s headline sponsor Chipper Cash App, one of the world’s leading financial service providers, as the brand’s support to the craft of these leading influencers and content creators in Nigeria.

    The most coveted award of the night, the “Force of Influence” was clinched by Mr Macaroni making him the influencer with the highest influence in the Nigerian social media space.

    See the full list of winners here.

    • The Force of Collaboration: Brands that strategically identify and leverage impactful partnerships with content creators/Influencers between March 2021 – March 2022.

    Winner: Lush Hair Nigeria

    Lush Hair Nigeria wins an award
    Lush Hair Nigeria
    • The Force of Comedy Skits: Influencers and content creators who commanded the highest engagement & virality power in the comedy niche between March 2021 – March 2022.

    Winner: Lasisi Elenu (Nosa Afolabi)

    Lasisi Elenu wins an award
    Lasisi Elenu (Nosa Afolabi)
    • The Force of Creative Art (Endowed by MTVBase): Influencers and content creators who commanded the highest engagement & virality power in the art niches such as painting/drawing, writing, video content production and dancing etc between March 2021 – March 2022.

    Winner: Amazing Klef (Okwuchukwu Martins Dominic)

    Amazing Klef wins an award
    Amazing Klef (Okwuchukwu Martins Dominic)
    • The Force of Food Content: Influencers and Content Creators who have been able to infuse creativity in their content thus commanding engagement in the food niche between March 2021 – March 2022.

    Winner: Zeelicious Foods (Winifred Nwania)

    Zeelicious foods wins an award
    Zeelicious Foods (Winifred Nwania)
    • The Force of Lifestyle Content (Endowed by Tramango): Influencers and content creators who commanded the highest engagement & virality power in lifestyle niches such as beauty, travel and fashion between March 2021 – March 2022.

    Winner: Akin Faminu

    Akin Faminu wins an award
    Akin Faminu
    • The Force of Online Sensation (Endowed by Dotts Media House): Individuals that have found a way to break through the noise and commanded attention in the social media space between March 2021 – March 2022.

    Winner: James Brown (James Chukwueze Obialor)

    • The Force of Instagram: Influencers and Content creators with the most engaging content & virality power on Instagram between March 2021 – March 2022.

    Winner: Kie Kie (Bukunmi Adeaga-Ilori)

    Kie Kie wins an award
    Kie Kie (Bukunmi Adeaga-Ilori)
    • The Force of Social Good: Influencers and content creators who clamoured/spoke up for the social good of the community/country between March 2021 – March 2022.

    Winner: Tunde Onakoya

    Tunde Onakoya wins an award
    Tunde Onakoya
    • The Force of Tech Content: Influencers and content creators who have found a way to use content in communicating technological leaps and information in easily digestible and laudable ways between March 2021 – March 2022.

    Winner: Miss Techy (Tobi Ayeni)

    • The Force of TikTok: Influencers and Content creators that commanded the highest engagement & virality power on Tiktok between March 2021 – March 2022.

    Winner: R0dn3y (Rodney Odinakachi Umeh)

    Rodney wins an award
    Rodn3y (Rodney Odinakachi Umeh)
    • The Force of Twitter: Influencers and Content Creators that dominated the Twitter platform with meaningful/impactful conversations and threads between March 2021 – March 2022.

    Winner: Pamilerin Adegoke

    Uncle Pamilerin wins an award
    Pamilerin Adegoke
    • The Force of Virality: Influencer or content creator who mastered the art of making lasting impressions, with content that commands a high number of reposts, likes, shares and talkability between March 2021 – March 2022.

    Winner: Enioluwa Adeoluwa

    • The Force of YouTube: Influencers and Content creators that commanded the highest engagement & virality power on YouTube between March 2021 – March 2022.

    Winner: Mark Angel

    • The Force of Wellness: Influencers and content creators using social platforms to improve the well-being and health of the public in engaging ways between March 2021 – March 2022.

    Winner: Aproko Doctor (Nonso Bobby Fidelis Egemba)

    Aproko Doctor wins an award
    Aproko Doctor (Nonso Bobby Fidelis Egemba)
    • Emerging Force (Endowed by Chipper Cash App): Content creators and influencers who are rated as the next big deal in social media between March 2021 – March 2022.

    Winner: ShankComics (Adesokan Emmanuel)

    ShankComics wins an award
    ShankComics (Adesokan Emmanuel)
    • The Force of Influence (Endowed by Pepsi): Influencer or content creator who commanded the highest influence in the Nigerian social media space between March 2021 – March 2022.

    Winner: Mr Macaroni (Debo Adedayo)

    Mr Macaroni wins an award
    Mr. Macaroni (Debo Adebayo)

    Trendupp Awards is an initiative of Trendupp, a platform where creatives receive support, publish exclusive content and build direct relationships with their fans across Africa.

    The Trendupp Awards is presented by Dotts Media House and powered by Chipper Cash App –  one of the world’s leading financial service providers.Also proudly supported by MTV Base, Tramango, Africa Magic, YNaija, Brand Communicator, Vanguard Allure, BellaNaija.

  • One thing about us, we love awards’ season. Oscar, Grammys, Emmys, yes, choke us with all of it. While Nigeria has movie awards, they’re still not giving what they’re supposed to be giving..  So we want to see these categories be added to Nigerian movie awards: 

    1. Most chaotic wig 

    In Nollywood, wigs are characters all on their own. Back in the day, we watched our faves show up in stiff-ass wigs that channelled everyone from Mufasa in Lion King to Storm in X-Men. With New Nollywood having a battle of the frontals and throwing 13-inch kinky Brazilian wigs on all their characters — even in movies set in the village — it’s only right that we have a category to recognize one of the most versatile and underrated performers in the industry, our wigs. 

    2. Best Ameritish Accent 

    Nollywood and accents you can’t trace or identify go hand-in-hand. Back then, Jim Iyke, Hanks Anuku and Regina Askia stressed us with their fake accents. But these days, almost every Nollywood actor has a VPN-acquired accent. Also, is it really a Nollywood film if the lead character didn’t just return from overseas to find love? We refuse to list out the contenders in this category, but they know themselves. 

    3. Best wedding/burial (or any celebration-type film that requires at least 20 popular actors)

    Why did Nollywood discover ensemble comedies and decide that was “it”? Like, after The Wedding Party, it’s like they sent a WhatsApp broadcast and decided to compete to see how many stars they could fit into one film, no matter how chaotic the script or casting might look. A certain studio is known for packing actors in their films like Titus sardines and honestly, they deserve this award. 

    4. Best shot of the Lekki-Ikoyi Link Bridge 

    Shoutout to the hardest working actor in Nollywood mehn. Since we can’t nominate individuals, we’ve decided to go with the film that best captured his beauty in glorious HD. 

    5. Best Instagram/BBNaija influencer-to-actor transition

    Nollywood has become the final bus stop for IG influencers and Big Brother Naija alumni. We’re not complaining o, before you drag us. Instead, we’re creating a category to honour the transitions that sort of worked. 

    6. Best soundtrack

    We‘ve missed the days when Nollywood summarised the entire plot of a film using Stanley Okorie’s voice. It saved you the stress of deciding whether or not you actually wanted to see the film. Now, we have songs like “Nneka, obu gini?” from Nneka the Pretty Serpent as major contenders for this award. Don’t lie, that song is catchy AF!

    7. Best plot-that-didn’t-even-make-sense

    How did a script like Chief Daddy 2pass through a scriptwriter, producers, a director and a container of actors, and no one thought to say, “Ewww, God forbid!” We watch some films and convince ourselves that the people behind them must’ve had their loved ones kidnapped, with the film being a form of ransom payment. Because honestly, why this? That being said, everyone deserves their flowers — even films that give us headaches.

    8. Best ghost 

    Nollywood ghosts are a case for the FBI. When they’re not crossing the street like Omotola in Blood Sisters, they’re walking around drenched in blood carrying crying babies. It’s all very stressful and they deserve a whole category award for all that hard work. 

  • Our home girl / bleaching cream queen, Dencia, has come again to slay us with her anyhow fashion style. Before we get to that, let us remind you of a couple of the bizarre fashion choices she has made in the past.

    Who remembers this strange gele and onesie combo that she wore to the 2015 BET Awards?

    Or this pink pajamas abomination she wore to the Grammys a couple of years ago.

    Or that time her outfit was made up mostly of Lion hair.

    Home girl is also known to sometimes steal outfit ideas.

    That wasn’t fair for us to say. You can’t exactly claim ownership of an outfit. We’re not apologizing tho.

    What we’re here to discuss today is what she wore to the Billboard Music Awards that happened over the weekend. Check out this..ehhh…interesting outfit.

    We are just as confused as you are about this.

    What we would like to know is how she keeps getting into in these events.

    I mean, she claims she’s a singer but have you ever heard ANY song from her?

    That wasn’t even a joke. If you’ve heard one, let us know.

    Anyways, this dress (?) confused many people and a lot of them had tons of stuff to say about it. Tons of MEAN and HILARIOUS stuff..

    Let’s start with this person, who legit doesn’t even know who Dencia is

    Then there was this person, who thought Dencia looked liked a Transformer.

    LMAO!

    Also this person who kinda made a valid point.

    The dress reminded this person of maths homework.

    Another person who got reminded of Transformers after seeing this dress

    The dress gave this person Chemistry flashbacks.

    Another person that the dress reminded of Maths.

    This person we actually agree with.

    The name of the villain is Rita Repulsa. Google her and you’ll see  that this person was right. Lol

    Then this person that refuses to believe that Dencia has/had a music career.

    Ha! Skin Lightening chick.

    Needless to say, she was among this year’s worst dressed.

    Dencia,why do you always do this? We know you have the potential to slay but everytime you get the chance to, you mess up and end up dressing like one of the puppets from Sesame street. We just have one thing to tell you.

    PLEASE! Stop embarrassing Africa!

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  • Junior Chamber International Ten Outstanding Young Persons (JCI TOYP) programme is a formal way of recognising young people that excel in their chosen fields.

    The awards have existed since 1983, and have honoured 200 people from more than 50 countries.

    There are also JCI national awards and some of the Nigerian recipients have included Japheth Omojuwa, Gbenga Sesan, Kanu Nwankwo and Linda Ikeji.

    On the international platform, Nigerian recipients have included Ray Ekpu (1988), Dr. Modupe Osho (1996) and Dr. Ola Orekunrin (2013).

    Global Honourees are nominated by the national awards committee also get to be honoured in person at the yearly JCI World Congress. This year’s edition is slated for Amsterdam in Netherlands on November 8, 2017 with an all expense paid trip for nominees.

    There are 10 categories, including medical innovation, cultural achievement and business/economics/ entrepreneurial achievement.

    So if you know someone that is currently doing incredible things in their chosen field, what are you waiting for! Nominate them HERE…

  • While you were doing amebo on social media, Wizkid has been too busy with winning at life.

    After winning and delivering a brilliant performance at the MAMAs, Wizkid has topped his game with another 3 awards to his name.

    On November 6, Wizkid won the Artiste of the year award at the distinguished AFRIMMA and two at the MTV EMAs – Best African Act and Worldwide act.

    Wizkid is basically that boy in class that doesn’t read in class but comes first every term.

    Congratulations to Wizkid o! Maybe if some people faced their work and stopped doing oversabi on social media, they’ll kuku win one or two awards.