Pepsi Excites Fun lovers at Corporate Elite 2014

It was fun and excitement at the eight edition of Corporate Elite every musical concert in Lagos as over 5,000 guests who stormed the conventions Expo Centre of Eko Hotel and Suits partied till early hours of morning. Lagos confirmed her status as the entertainment hub of Africa, as the crème de la crème of global entertainment trouped in numbers to be part of the international annual music festival.

The event, co-sponsored by Pepsi, the leading brand in carbonated soft drink, brought together the best of music stars in Nigeria and other parts of the world. Tuface Idibia, surprisingly did not perform but still managed to pull fans and admirers to where he was seated.

The legendary Freddy Jackson filled the hall with his sonorous voice as he sang old tunes that brought back pleasant memories. Dru Hill, Mario, 112, SA Group, Micasa and many others also serenaded the audience with songs that brought chills to many fans especially the ladies as some were seen openly shedding tears of happiness.

Nigerian acts took their performances to another level. Praiz, one of Nigeria’s finest set the stage on fire with his motivating songs, “Rich and Famous” and “Mercy” which had fans singing along. As the ladies were still swooning over Praiz, another sex symbol, Bankky W, stormed the stage to take the audience on another musical orgasm and excitement with some of his current tunes which included “Ma Jaye Orimi”.

Young Nigerian artists, Jeffry and Immaculate set the stage for Omoakin who stormed the podium with beautiful tunes such as Suretete and Talosobe. The audience were yet to recover from Omoakin when JJC, the true African artist took the stage by storm with his popular tune, We Are African.

Lami Phillips, an African female song writer and singer, caught attention of everyone with her sparkling black net dress and white shoe the moment she stepped on stage. She lives up to expectation with beautiful presentation from her award winning album, Intuition.

An ecstatic Head of Marketing, Seven up Bottling Company Plc, makers of Pepsi, are of the headline sponsors of the event, Mr. Norden Thurston explained Pepsi’s sponsorship of the event in the last eight years: “Pepsi seeks to achieve a connection with its consumers, the positioning of Pepsi is to “live for now” and to live for now means making the best part of every single moment, tonight all five thousand people here are living for now. This year Corporate Elite was bigger and better. We always seek to excite and engage our consumers and we have been around this long because of the consumer.

Don Jazzy, High Priest, Dudu, KCee, Afro Juju crooner, Sir Shina Peters were some of the other stars that shone like gold on the night. Pepsi is a brand known to nurture talents in sports through the Nigerian Idol and the Pepsi Football Academy.

P&G launches students’ CEO Challenge, Shortlists 129 Teams

Procter & Gamble (P&G) Nigeria, a leading consumer goods manufacturing company, has shortlisted 129 teams to participate in the first stage of the P&G CEO Challenge Competition from various universities and business schools across Nigeria. This challenge is P&G’s first online case study challenge to be held in Nigeria.

At the launch of the competition, at its corporate head office in Lagos on Thursday, October 30, 2014, Ridwan Sorunke, Corporate Communications Official, P&G Nigeria, informed that the competition was part of P&G’s commitment to touching and

P&G, LAWMA partner to improve environmental sustainability

Leading consumer goods manufacturing company, Procter & Gamble (P&G) Nigeria and the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) have entered into a strategic partnership that will boost the culture of waste sorting, recycling and the promotion of environmental sustainability in the country.

Temitope Iluyemi, Director, Global Government Relations, P&G Sub-Sahara Africa who expressed elation at this development, said that the partnership has shown that the Lagos State government appreciates P&G’s environmental-friendly disposition.

Protests in Pakistan over MQM leader arrest.

Thousands of supporters of the Muttahida Qaumi Movement (MQM) have protested in Karachi after UK police arrested the party’s leader, Altaf Hussain, on suspicion of money-laundering

Bob-Manuel Udokwu named Anambra’s Senior Special Assistant on Entertainment

Nollywood actor Bob-Manuel Udokwu has been keeping a low profile for a while now, so it’s great to see him back in the news.

Jordanian Journalists FIGHT During Live Television Debate – Watch!

A TV debate between two senior Jordanian journalists escalated into an on-air fight Tuesday, as each expressed conflicting opinions about the Syrian crisis, The Independent  reports.

It’s a Girl for “Okon Lagos” Ime Bishop Umoh

Nigerian comic actor Ime Bishop Umoh, popularly referred to as “Okon Lagos” and his wife Idara Ime Bishop have welcomed a baby girl.

This is the first child for the couple who tied the knot in October 2013 in Uyo, Akwa – read it here.

The happy mother shared an adorable photo of the baby, with a sweet caption – “Our bundle of joy, truly,God is awesome, is nt by might, nor by power, but by ur grace,all I hv to say is Thank u lord.”

Congratulations.

Kemi Ajaja: Drawing the Line Against Abuse

I stirred from what had been a deep sleep, awakened by loud voices and bangs. It must have been about 11pm but I knew even then that I must have been asleep for at least 3 hours. I looked around the room, my baby sister was fast asleep, oblivious to all the noise I could hear now so clearly. I could see her clearly where she lay, because the moon shone so brightly right through the curtains and cast a warm glow over her sleeping figure. I was still quite sleepy myself and turned around to lay down on my bed, ready to get some much needed sleep when the noise came again. This time it was clear what was happening:they were fighting,

Nigeria’s VP Namadi Sambo Loses Brother in Ghastly Motor Accident

Vice President of Nigeria, Namadi Sambo, lost his immediate younger brother Captain Yusuf Sabo Sambo, on Sunday in a ghastly motor accident that occurred on  Bill Clinton drive, Airport Road Abuja.

The deceased was reportedly on his way to the airport to catch a flight when the motor vehicle he was in, crashed into a tree and went up in flames

Exchange of BlowsTerry G's Crew Exchange Blows With Hotel Manager

It was gathered that, Terry G and his boys arrived the place around 6pm yesterday and one of his boys on getting there, quickly undressed and jumped into the hotel pool without paying or taking permission from those in charge.

He was ordered to leave the pool by a security man, but the warning and shouting fell on his deaf ears.

The hotel manager and the owner of the place joined the security man and asked him to leave, but he still refused. He was forced to leave the pool, which eyewitnesses said made the rest of the singer’s crew upset and the environment turned violent.

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