Multichoice Nigeria unveils Nigerian Idol Season 6
Multichoice Nigeria, leading pay TV service provider, has unveiled the season 6 of Nigerian Idol, a popular singing competition show.
The pay TV service provider, and also organizers of the show, announced the season 6 and other plans for the show at a virtual media session on February 18, 2021.
According to Multichoice Nigeria, Nigerian Idol Season 6 will premiere on Dstv Channel 198 and Gotv Channel 29 on Sunday, March 14, 2021 at 6pm with a special airing of the most memorable and entertaining moments from the auditions, which took place late last year. The main episodes will air weekly starting Sunday, March 28 at 7pm on Africa Magic Showcase, Urban and Family.
Speaking during the session, Martin Mabutho, chief customer officer, Multichoice Nigeria, said, “This season of Nigerian Idol is like nothing you have ever seen. In line with our promise to always bring the best and most entertaining content to our customers, we have put together a show that we will have viewers on the edge of their seats. Nigerian Idol is famed for producing superstars and this season, we are going even bigger - with the grand prize and with everything else. We cannot wait to show you all we have planned.”
Wangi Mba- Uzoukwu, Africa Magic’s Channel Director, added, “We believe that this season’s Nigerian Idol will produce a fresh crop of talent who will be well grounded to conquer both the local and global music scene. This year, we received over 3,600 entries and I thank our outstanding judges for painstakingly reviewing every participant to ensure we got the best from the pool of entries.”
Mba-uzoukwu went on to say that the company is following strict COVID- 19 guidelines and will implement the necessary safety measures including social distancing, wearing of masks and daily temperature checks for the duration of the show.
Multichoice Nigeria had previously unveiled the legendary creative entrepreneur, Obi Asika, singer Seyi Shay and celebrity DJ Sose as the judges on this season of the show. The mix of judges with distinct experiences and backgrounds is one the organisers say will bring dynamism to the show that the contestants will undoubtedly benefit from. This season of the show will be hosted by popular media personality, IK Osakioduwa
For the second time in two weeks, the dare devil smugglers on Wednesday attacked officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit Zone A and injured three officers.
A statement by Theophilus Duniya, the Unit’s public relations officer, the smugglers mobilised mobs to attack officers but they were able to repel the attack and move the intercepted smuggled items to the unit headquarters in Ikeja, Lagos.
The interception of smuggled goods has shown that the 16 months of border closure as well as the Federal Government’s claim that it has reached agreement with the neighbouring countries of Benin Republic to stop smuggled items from entering the country, has failed to deter unpatriotic business men from smuggling contraband items into Nigerian markets. And this has continued to put Customs officer’s lives in great danger.
“This morning at about 5:00 hours on Wednesday, 17th February, 2021 dare devil smugglers attacked a patrol team of officers of the Federal operations Unit Zone A, who were on lawful duty. The officers intercepted vehicles fully loaded with smuggled frozen poultry products as well as foreign used vehicles also known as tokunbo along Aradagun end of Badagry- Seme expressway,” Duniya stated.
According to him, the mobs attacked the officers with dangerous weapons such as broken bottles, stones, petrol bombs as well as assaulted rifles.
“As the mob attack ensued, there was a cross exchange of fire; three of our officers sustained various degrees of injuries but they were able to successfully evacuate the intercepted poultry products to the Unit’s Headquarters at Ikeja, while the injured officers are currently receiving treatment,” he said.