EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH MEDIA PEROSNALITY, TOSIN “CUTEKIMANI” ADEKEYE

She started off as a reporter at the Unilag FM during her school days at the University of Lagos and today, she’s one of the fast rising On-air Personality in Nigeria. Tosin Adekeye popularly known in the media circle as CuteKimani is fast turning into a serial media personality as she’s involved in many aspects of the media from TV, Print, Social Media to Online Radio and more. In this interview, she let us into her world. Enjoy!

What's been happening to Cute Kimani?
  The brand CuteKimani is a combination of so many things inside the box "Media Personality".  The brand CuteKimani puts forward the On-air personality CuteKimani, the Online personality, host of the only Twitter interview in Nigeria #KimanioffAir, and lastly the brand CuteKimani under the  PR company Estol Props Media handles Media and Public Relations for the Music and lifestyle channel -AfroMusic Pop TV ( DStv Channel 326).

How did you get the name Cute Kimani? 
The name CuteKimani evolved over time. While in the University of Lagos, I was working at UnilagfFM as a reporter and also working with a magazine called Bif Magazine and my bit was to get scoops, gossips and reveal the faces behind cultism; get pictures of lecturers caught in the act, etc. So I needed a name to hide under and I chose "MYSTIQUE", in class I was called Esther, on radio Fantasia. When I graduated in 2008 and left for Port Harcourt, I met Mr. Gibson Lee, the then manager of Silverbird Group in Port Harcourt, and he asked what name I will like to be called if I get the opportunity to work in Rhythm FM and I Google up various names but I wanted a name that is African and defined my persona until I found Kimani, which meant "Smart, Sexy and Successful" in Ethiopia.

Lionel Messi spurs Cristiano Ronaldo on to greatness, says Zinedine Zidane

Zizou reckons the Portuguese wouldn't score nearly as many goals if it wasn't for the Barca man driving him on

Zinedine Zidane has put Cristiano Ronaldo's incredible goalscoring feats down to his rivalry with Lionel Messi.
The Real Madrid superstar recently passed 500 career goals for club and country, in 754 matches, while he has 324 strikes in 309 games for Los Blancos.
Messi has so far amassed 418 goals for Barca, in 493 outings, including 73 strikes in his record-breaking campaign of 2011-12.
Ronaldo overtook Spanish legend Raul, who was the club's all-time leading scorer on 323 goals, and Zidane, who currently coaches Real's B team, thinks the forward benefits from Messi being around at the same time.
"Fifty to 55 goals per season is just not human," Zidane told French TV programme Canal Football Club.
"But you should see him at training. At training, he's a guy who every ball, every match, every corner... he wants to score, he wants to win.
"And when he scores he does the same thing he does in a match. He's happy and he falls to his knees [to celebrate]... it's incredible.
"There's a feature in all of that and it's that there's another player opposite who pushes him. That's to say the rivalry he has with Messi.
"He doesn't need that [to perform]. But what keeps him scoring 55 to 60 goals a season is the fact that he says to himself 'this year I have to score one more than the other guy every time.'"
Zidane has also played down reports of a potential switch to Paris Saint-Germain for Ronaldo.
The Portuguese has been linked with a big-money move to the French capital, but Zizu doubts if that will be the case.
"He's the best player in the world so it's normal that you'd want to sign Ronaldo," the 1998 World Cup winner added.
"But he's comfortable at Real... since Raul left he's really become the other legend of the club."

DENIM Range of Fragrance for Men Debuts in Nigerian Market

…Sets To Thrill Nigerian Youths With The Biggest Brand Lunch Party

Daroc Distribution Nigeria Limited, a brand distribution and sales company and a member of Rocco Global FZC with the headquarters in the UK has introduced the DENIM range of fragrance (Body Spray, Aftershave and Shower Gel) specially made for men into the Nigerian deodorant market.

The DENIM range of fragrance was unveiled to the media at a media launch event held on Monday, October 12, 2015 at Jevinik, Ikeja, Lagos.

Speaking at the media launch, the General Manager, Daroc Distribution Nigeria Limited, Mr. Bashir Jaber disclosed that the DENIM range of fragrance was specifically manufactured as a unique male brand for those who desire a distinct and long lasting fragrance.

L-R. The  General Manager, Daroc Nigeria Limited, Mr. Bashir Jaber;  the Head of Brands & Marketing, Trads  Marketing & Distribution Solutions Limited Mrs. Aderemi Apatira, Executive Business Director, Noah’s Ark Communications, Mr. Victor Oyarero and the Sales Manager, Wale Adediran at the media launch of Denim Fragrance brand in Lagos on Monday.

“We are very pleased to formally introduce the DENIM range of personal care products to the Nigerian consumers. DENIM is a globally acclaimed brand offering the best quality that meets and surpasses consumers’ expectations,” he said.

Jaber disclosed that the DENIM Deodorant Body Spray is available in Nigeria in 7 different variants – DENIM Original, DENIM Black, DENIM Illusion, DENIM Raw Passion, DENIM River, DENIM Musk and DENIM Desire, the DENIM Aftershave is available in DENIM Original, DENIM Black, DENIM Illusion, DENIM Raw Passion, DENIM River and DENIM Musk while the Shower Gel is available in DENIM Original and DENIM Black.

Glo Dance With Peter: 30 finalists compete for Crown

 Organizers of the Dance With Peter reality TV show will this weekend pull the veil to reveal the 30 dancers who have qualified to compete for the coveted crown. 

A statement from the headquarters of the sponsors of the show, national telecom operator, Globacom, said the finalists will be unveiled during the telecast of the show on Africa Magic, AIT, and MTV Base.  Africa Magic Urban (Channel 153 on DSTV) airs the show on Saturdays  from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.,  while AIT broadcasts it every Sunday from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.  Similarly, the programme will run on MTV Base on Wednesdays from 7 p.m. to 8 p.m.  

Globacom announced in the statement that the breakdown of the thirty finalists shows that Abuja produced eight dancers; Ghana, five; and Benin, six.  On the other hand, five dancers were selected from Port Harcourt and six from Lagos.

The eight dancers selected from the Abuja auditions are Biodun Ibrahim (27), Omoregie Amenze Blessing (17), Samson Atuonwu (27), Yemi Osokoya (24), Kelvin Ayanruoh (24), Olokor Godric (23), Miracle Nelson (21), and Mariam Ahmed (29). From Ghana are five dancers, Dibebe Lea (24), Julius Fakta (23), Samuel Mensah (22), Nartey Mannaseh (26) and Jonathan Tetteh (27). 

WE GOT EVERYONE SINGING AND DANCING TO YUDALA YUDALA YUDALA

It has been a total frenzy from the moment the explosive Yudala song by Iyanya dropped in the Nigerian music industry.

To celebrate the launch of the Yudala website on the 31^st of August 2015, the Social team decided to go on a quest to find the Yudala champion with the ‘YU SING YU DANCE’ Competition, which required participants to send in a creative 15-second video in tune with the Yudala song, using the hashtags ‘#YUDance’ or ‘#YUSing’.

Little did they realize what they were getting themselves into as hundreds of videos poured in on the Yudala Instagram page.

The contest was designed to avail Nigerians the opportunity to showcase their singing and dancing skills with a chance to win the grand prize of a free iPhone6 and a luxurious date with the ‘Kukere’ master himself, Iyanya. That is not all, consolation prizes of HP Slate Voice Tablet 6 were also up for grabs for the runner ups.

After a fierce competition, the winner, by the name Deborah was picked by Iyanya based on her creativity alongside 3 other runner ups who won the HP tablets. The winner had a sumptuous lunch date with Iyanya at the exotic Four Points by Sheraton.

Click here to see the winning video

We also gathered some of our favorite videos that got us either laughing or 'goshing' about the dance. 

Even mums from other parts of the world quickly caught in on the frenzy with several other videos coming from across the globe.

See videos below -

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