Emotions were let loose on Saturday as the third and final leg of the Wale Olomu Memorial Awards and Roundtable (WOMA-R) came to a rousing finish. The publisher of First  Weekly magazine, Ekundayo Asaju; editor of Ovation International magazine, who is also Special Adviser to Akwa Ibom State governor, Michael Effiong  (both former colleagues of Olomu at the defunct Fame …

The studio of TopRadio 90.9 Fm, the host station of The Vintage Talkshow where the first-of-its-kind Wale Olomu Memorial Award (WOMA) took place, was agog on Saturday as music superstar, Alhaja Ibiwunmi Salawa Abeni bags the WOMA Lifetime Achievement Award (in indigenous music sustenance). Abeni, who popularised a Yoruba music genre – waka – and earned the sobriquet, Waka Queen, …

As the maiden edition of Wale Olomu Memorial Awards (WOMA) gathers momentum, the organisers have announced the august members of Roundtable aspect of the award ceremony. According to the awards’ Steering Committee, the WOMA Roundtable will include industry giants including Chairman of the Collective Society of Nigeria, Chief Tony Okoroji; Chairman of Musical Copyright Society of Nigeria, Orits Wiliki; legendary …