Elite every musical concert in Lagos as over 5,000 guests
who stormed the conventions Expo Centre of Eko Hotel
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.
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