After bringing you countdown topping hits like The Finest (Won Beri), Purple and Ijinle Pampam, the fastest rising producers cum music group in the Nigerian entertainment industry, Knighthouse, have finished putting together the audio masterpiece that is their debut album.

The album features the finest names in the hip-hop world such as Mode 9, ill Bliss, Terry da Rapman, M.I, Kel, Saucekid, Blaise, Nyore, Mo’Cheddah, 4^th Republic, Sasha, Rooftop MCs, Loose Kaynon, Tha Suspect just to mention a few and even celebrity director Clarence Peters makes an appearance. The album also features celebrity media personality Bigtyme (Rhythm fm).

Tracks off the album have been enjoying fiery rotation on radio stations all around the country, taking over the entire primetime zone of radio and dominating the dance floors of night clubs.

Knighthouse is taking no prisoners as they are set to totally dominate the Nigerian Music industry in 2010, beginning with the releasing of the Street Scriptures Vol.1 album on the3rd of March.

Experience Knighthouse songs and videos at:

www.myspace.com/khstreetscriptures www.mytruspot.com/khss www.knighthouseonline.com

“The wait has been long but thumbs up to Knighthouse….the Streets speak through them, everyone should listen” – 234Next

“The Street Scriptures is the most anticipated Hip-hop album in Nigeria and probably the whole of Africa” – Bubbles Magazine

Contact

Aderogba Arimoro

07034778208, 08023016608

ashknighted@gmail.com

The ‘Daddy’s Home” singer explained he “went all the way into being super husband and super dad,” adding he put his “swag down for a minute, but I didn’t throw it away. Now it’s time to get it back.” Usher feels rejuvenated with a new peace, confidence and energy. “I’ve got fire in my eyes.”

His contribution to the ‘One Love for Haiti’ video was spectacular and you can espect more come March 30th as he releases his new album ‘Raymond V. Raymond’.

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Let’s tell our leaders that enough is enough!! Join the March 16 rally HERE

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Time: 11am

Venue: National Assembly, Abuja (We gather at Eagle Square at 11am PROMPT)

Demands: 1) President Yar’Adua should resume, resign or be removed 2) The promise of 6000megawatts must be fulfilled 3) The 5-month fuel crisis needs to end now.

HOW CAN YOU BE A PART OF THIS HISTORIC PROTEST/RALLY?

· From wherever you are in Nigeria, come too Abuja and join the rally – if you book early on many airlines, you get cheaper tickets, and you can return on the same day!

· If you are in Abuja, attend the rally with an average of TEN of your friends/family.

· If you are in any of the neighbouring states – Plateau, Kaduna, Niger, Nasarawa, Kogi – attend the rally with an average of FIVE of your friends.

· Get at least FIVE of your friends and family who live or work or school in Abuja to attend the rally.

· Get at least FIVE of your friends and family who live or work of school in neighbouring states – Plateau, Kaduna, Niger, Nasarawa, Kogi – to come to Abuja and join the rally.

· If you cannot attend yourself and you can afford it, sponsor at least one other young person to attend on your behalf. To get more information about how you can do that, call 07028101959 or mail info@enoughisenoughnigeria.com.

· On your Facebook (groups and profiles), Twitter, and BBMs, update DAILY with the date and time of the rally, as well as the website www.enoughisenoughnigeria.com until the 16th of March so that people do not forget.

· Join the Facebook group Enough is Enough Nigeria and invite your friends and family to join. Our target is 10000 members by the end of March. We need more people involved!

· Put up information about the rally daily on your website and blogs to sensitise young people so they don’t forget the date, venue and time.

· There are plenty of logistics that we have to deal with – buses, water, legal, media & publicity, crowd control, mobilization, distribution of publicity materials etc – if you have experience or resources in any of this, please call 07028101959 or email info@enoughisenoughnigeria.com to offer your help.

· SUPPORT the rally. There is so much to do in so short a time and we NEED the support of as many young and older people who are fed up with Nigeria’s situation. If you are ready to support, please call 08022226712 or 07028101959 NOW!

Email: info@enoughisenoughnigeria.com,

URL: www.enoughisenoughnigeria.com, www.whereisyaradua.com

We also have the hottest entertainment gist, polls, witty bloggers, pictures, conversations and everything else you want. And you can leave comments!
We also have weekly competitions to make it worth your while! Just go to the website, go to the ‘Fun Stuff’ link, answer the SIMPLE questions, and then you win a t-shirt or sticker every week, tickets and invitations to the hottest events around the country, and more! It’s all happening www.thefuturenigeria.com!

News. Inspiration. Networking. That’s www.thefuturenigeria.com!

Enough is Enough Nigeria!

Did you know that, in Nigeria, young people are in the majority? Did you know that young people below 35 make up more than 70 per cent of the population? You know what that means? It means we have the power to actually make things happen! So, how come we are doing nothing about the many problems that have hit our nation in the past few months?

Is it enough to make noise on Facebook, Twitter, websites, BBMs, blogs and others where no one is listening? How come it’s the Wole Soyinkas, the Femi Falanas and the Tunde Bakares that are fighting for us? Why do we allow ourselves to be branded as the do-nothing generation?

It is time for our voices to be heard!!! Therefore, join the protest rally of YOUNG NIGERIANS saying enough is enough!

Tuesday, March 16. 11am. We are marching to the National Assembly in Abuja. Get all the info on www.whereisyaradua.com!

Tell us how The Future Awards has changed your life!

Every day we get stories of young people who have been motivated or inspired by The Future Project/The Future Awards. Those stories encourage us, and we want to hear more! So if The Future Awards or any of our projects or winners have renewed your faith in Nigeria, inspired you to finish or start a project or business or idea, helped you practically in any way etc, we want to get your story, and if you want we put it on the website! But mostly we want to know those whose lives have changed! Send us a mail right away at thefuturenigeria@yahoo.com or info@thefuturenigeria.com or call us on 08022226712. It doesn’t have to be well written or long – just tell it the way you feel it!

What’s next?

In the next couple of months, the winners will be taken on a tour of secondary schools in Lagos and across the country to contribute to practically supporting the education system. The First Lady of Lagos State, Mrs. Abimbola Fashola, is partnering with the initiative through her pet project which focuses on career seminars for students.

We would also embark on courtesy visits to media houses, government officials and other public institutions. After Lagos, based on the responses from governments across the country, we will be visiting other states, including Abuja, making our winners engage and connect with young people.

Catch the winners like… everywhere!

Our winners have been hot property since we unveiled them, and over the next few weeks you can catch them on TV, radio, and in the papers and magazines. We have created new stars and re-charged old ones! This is a new line-up of the brightest and the best!

Get a load on their inspiring stories; connect with their tales of success, engage with ideas that will power a New Nigeria.

We will also try to have the interviews on the website www.thefuturenigeria.com.

Get branded “I represent Naija” tshirts and blazers!

The coolest The Future tee-shirts, polos and stickers have sold widely across Nigeria – and we aren’t about to stop now! They are branded ‘I represent Naija’ and ‘I am the future’ and we still have them streaming in on demand from Clemas and Ouch! You can also get the customized blazers that are beeeeaaauuuutiful. All these can be delivered to you at home or work for a small extra cost. Just call our Communications Coordinator on 08022226712 NOW or send a mail to info@thefuturenigeria.com!

The Future Awards denies The Future Nigeria Group

The Future Project Nigeria , organisers of The Future Awards, finds it necessary to make a public statement clarifying that it is no way associated with a group called The Future Nigeria group (FNG), which has recently expressed support for aides of the president whose actions have essentially subverted the constitution.

Amongst other things, this organisation, which claims to be speaking for young people, has said that ailing President Umaru Yar’Adua did not commit any offence or breach the constitution by not appearing in public five days after his return from Saudi Arabia . The group also says that there is no crisis in the country and commended the wife to the president, Turai Yar’Adua, for her conduct in the past few months.

“Whilst we agree with their constitutional rights in making these statements, we make bold to disagree sharply with their comments, as we strongly believe that there is a cabal around the Presidency that has been working against the interests of Nigerians,” said the project’s creative director, Chude Jideonwo. “We find it necessary to make this bold dissociation after we received very concerned mails from young people, our partners and other stakeholders who wondered if our values have changed.”

The Future Project expressed its surprise at the actions and the formation of this group as The Future Nigeria is a registered trademark of The Future Project. TheFutureNigeria.com is also their registered website. They therefore characterised this appropriation by FNG, which is headed by a former adviser to President Obasanjo, as a deliberate ploy to employ the goodwill and the relationship of trust they have built with the Nigerian public to serve narrow interests.

We want to partner with you!!!!!
If you are a youth organization, or you target young people and you would like to work with The Future Project/The Future Awards in ANY way, please contact us immediately.
We are beginning our post-awards national tour and already working towards Season 6 and would be delighted to see how we can support you and how you can work with us.
Call us on 08022226712 or send a mail to kenneth@thefuturenigeria.com.

We can’t wait to hear from you!
Join our database – give us feedback!

In our quest to build a network of young Nigerians who have a burning desire to bring about change to our great nation, we would love you to continually send us comments/advice on how to push this cause a step further. We would definitely get back to you. Join our database, give us your feedback!
What went down!

The review!
Three weeks after the awards, on the 27th of February, we gathered the brightest young people from across spectrums and had them share with us their observations, suggestions, critiques, modifications and others from The Future weekend. With kudos for the out of the box content through the highest profile guests, it was a weekend of nods and well dones.
But of course the suggestions came gushing out, and it’s onwards to implement them for Season 6! However, the review process continues: go to the website and fill our feedback form and help us get even better! We want to hear what YOU think.
The conference that stood out

Pat Utomi, Abike Dabiri, Ben Bruce, Dele Olojede, Toyin Subair, Tonye Cole, Obi Asika, Detoun Ogwo, Emeka Mba (representing Prof. Dora Akunyili), Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Fela Durotoye, MI Abaga, Gbenga Sesan, Hassan Rilwan, Tolu Ogunlesi, Mosunmola Umoru, Omawumi Megbele and others under one roof speaking to young people? It was at The Future Pre-Awards Conference!
Held on Day One of what is now known as The Future Weekend, the packed hall of more than 3000 got more than it bargained for with splendid interaction with some of Nigeria’s finest. We are proud of what we were able to deliver – giving young people a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity. Pictures and rundown on www.thefuturenigeria.com.

Nigeria’s biggest, no doubt!
It was a brilliant night of glitz and inspiration as some of Nigeria’s most prominent citizens gathered to celebrate youth who are making the nation proud in sections including science, technology, business, the media and others at the 2010 edition of the nation’s premier youth event, The Future Awards.
Everyone that mattered in all sectors of Nigeria’s socio-political system were at the event to witness this great event – filled with an energetic keynote address, wonderful performances and the spectacles were nothing like what you’d seen at any event in the country.

You’ve heard it everywhere again and again so we won’t push it. If for some reason you missed it, visit our website for the complete lo’down and pictures from the awards. Get the list of the inspiring winners and their profiles as well!
You would think you were there live!

If you weren’t at the venue of the awards, we assured you that we would still give you a front row seat at the event, and we did! Working with MTN for our Multimedia Centre, we were able to use social networking to give those who weren’t at the event, live updates from the venue.

Our team, including Team Leader Shade Ladipo and volunteers like Omolara Okusanya, Akinlolu Osinbajo and Ada Amogu, ensured that those who were not amongst the hundreds of guests at the venue were able to interact at the event live. Like one of the followers said, “You guys make it feel like I am on stage!”

To be able to see those live yupdates: you can check on Facebook on the Red Strat profile, or through Twitter on #TFA, #TFA2010, #TFA10, #futureawards and #thefutureawards.

And don’t forget that very soon, you will be able to watch the entire event on HiTV and Nigezie. For now though, you can see snippets of it being showed on every station and show from STV to NTA. Stay tuned here and we will keep you posted. The Future Project/The Future Awards remain committed to reaching – and inspiring – as many Nigerians as is possible!
The Future Volunteers Party
Right from the inception of The Future Awards, we have been advocates of volunteerism and many people say we have put volunteers and the volunteer spirit back in the spotlight and we are proud to have perhaps the largest volunteer force in the country.

It would be difficult to talk about the successes of the awards without mentioning work put in by volunteers, proving those who say we can not have genuine volunteerism in Nigeria wrong. As with the usual, we organised a party to celebrate our volunteers after The Future Awards. Details and pictures on www.thefuturenigeria.com/volunteers-party
Still about the ‘I Represent Naija Creed’

To have seen the Managing Director of the World Bank, Dr. (Mrs.) Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, hold up the creed at The Future Awards 2010 while she gave her speech and read them out one after the other, imploring guests to stand by the creed, it showed the power of what is in reality an everyday manual for the young Nigerian. Guests at the event also excitedly received their own copies.
So we reproduce it below again.
THE ‘I REPRESENT NAIJA’ CREED:
I will not steal government money!
I will not collect a bribe!
I will not cover up fraud!
I am not corrupt!
I love my country!
I truly believe Nigeria can work!
I will do my bit to make change happen!
I will vote in election!
I am the future!
I represent Nigeria!

You can find it on the website and download it from the RedSTRAT profile as a screen saver or anything else, but even better, all of those at the conference and the awards get a physical copy free! You’ll love it!

Thank you very much for connecting with this vision to inspire and empower a new generation of Nigerian leaders. You can get any information on any of the above, including plenty of pictures, on www.thefuturenigeria.com.

For any enquiry, information or anything else, send us a mail on info@thefuturenigeria.com or thefuturenigeria@yahoo.com and we’ll get right back at ya!
Compliments of:

The Future Project, Nigeria

Aspire. Strive. Achieve

www.thefuturenigeria.com

The 42-year-old standup comedienne portrayed an abusive mother in “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire.”

“I want to thank Miss Hattie McDaniel for enduring all she had to so that I would not have to,” Mo’Nique said in accepting the Oscar.

Her character, Mary Jones, is terrifying and violent and reveals her own brutalized past in the end.

Mo’Nique, who hosts The Mo’Nique Show on BET, was the overwhelming favorite in the run-up to the Oscars, having racked up supporting actress wins at the Golden Globes, Spirit Awards and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts Awards, among others.

In the supporting actress category, the only other black Academy Award winners were Jennifer Hudson for “Dreamgirls” (2006) and Whoopi Goldberg for “Ghost” (1990). Halle Berry is the only black Oscar winner in the best actress category, earning the honor for “Monster’s Ball” (2001).

Seven black men have won acting awards, including Denzel Washington, who won best actor for both “Training Day” (2001) and “Glory” (1989).
Courtesy of: starpulse.com

Best Actor: Jeff Bridges, “Crazy Heart.”

Best Actress: Sandra Bullock, “The Blind Side.”

Best Supporting Actor: Christoph Waltz, “Inglourious Basterds.”

Best Supporting Actress: Mo’Nique, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire.”

Best Director: Kathryn Bigelow, “The Hurt Locker.”

Best Foreign Film: “El Secreto de Sus Ojos,” Argentina .

Best Adapted Screenplay: Geoffrey Fletcher, “Precious: Based on the Novel ‘Push’ by Sapphire.”

Best Original Screenplay: Mark Boal, “The Hurt Locker.”

Best Animated Feature Film: “Up.”

Best Art Direction: “Avatar.”

Best Cinematography: “Avatar.”

Best Sound Mixing: “The Hurt Locker.”

Best Sound Editing: “The Hurt Locker.”

Best Original Score: “Up,” Michael Giacchino.

Best Original Song: “The Weary Kind (Theme From Crazy Heart)” from “Crazy Heart,” Ryan Bingham and T Bone Burnett.

Best Costume: “The Young Victoria .”

Best Documentary Feature: “The Cove.”

Best Documentary (short subject): “Music by Prudence.”

Best Film Editing: “The Hurt Locker.”

Best Makeup: “Star Trek.”

Best Animated Short Film: “Logorama.”

Best Live Action Short Film: “The New Tenants.”

Best Visual Effects: “Avatar.”

Kelly announced this on his facebook profile, his group and fan page on the 4th of March.This development confirms the rumor that has been making the rounds about the relationship between the two parties.

Meanwhile, Kelly is putting finishing touches to his forthcoming album which is bound to drop soon. Till it does, the label under which it’ll be dropped remains a mystery.

The aftermath of the talks might be that D’Banj will be the one playing the Nigerian afro-beat legend in the stage production.

This definitely will be another feather to the Koko-master’s cap as he only recently got another chieftaincy title.