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Monday

#LaitAndAbout KSA's Fender Guitar Auctions For N52.1million? Wawu!

Yes o! All roads led to Federal Palace Hotel on Sunday, December 11th, for the legend, King Sunny Ade's Sunny on Sunday concert; a concert that was the grand "wrap-up" concert for the month long celebration of KSA's 70th birthday.

Before I s.h.a.r.e details of my "wawu" highlight of the night ( KSA's Fender Guitar that was auctioned for N52.1million ), let me share highlights of my moments on the red carpet.

I had the #TosynCam so first thing i did was let celebrity guests take #TosynCamSelfies. Check them out via @TosynsBlog on Instagram.

From Cool DJ Jimmy Jatt to quirky Lala Akindoju; from the selfie Queen, Toke Makinwa to Mimi Onalaja, Debola Williams, Darey, Iyanya and Emma Nyra.

The Sunny on Sunday concert had two fun zones - The Temple Balmoral Hall were the main event happened and the VVIP lounge where multi-instrumentalist Ed Izycs serenaded the guests.

Now, to my highlight - the starting bid price for the Fender Guitar was N9million and the bidding got up to N52.1million when an unidentified individual made the final bid.

KSA's glittering Fender guitar was designed by Nigerian visual artist,writer and photogragher Victor Ehikhamenor and the auction was handled by Dr. Jogun Onabanjo, a certified auctioneer.

The event was hosted by actress Funke Akindele, OAP Lolo of wazobia Fm and comedian, Tee A. Artistes who performed were Tiwa Savage, Onyeka Onwenu, Sir Shina Peters, Niniola, Iyanya, Terry Apala, Darey and Awilo Logomba.

Indeed, the night was a night to remember and I look forward to upcoming projects of King Sunny Ade. My Christmas kicked off on the bright side.

Wednesday

#EventWednesday A Week of Weddings, Jidenna and Fooooood

Last week was a full week for me. It was a mix of weddings, premieres, red carpets and foooooooooooooooooooood.

The week technically started Kunbi's wedding since I was there till Monday morning anyways.

Kunbi of April by Kunbi had a fairytale wedding and it was fun dancing all night.

The dancing continued on my radio show with old and new music. Imagine playing all those songs you danced to five, ten, fifteen years ago!

Kel (yes, Kelioooooo) also came on the show to exclusively premiere her brand new song, "Act like you Do", a 90s inspired song. Kel made a promise to me (on video) that she is back, and isn't going quiet again. Okay o!

Vera of Verastic.com, a blogger, content creator, mother and speaker, was my other guest this week, bringing us tips on blogging and niche blogging in particular for my Tip Thursday show. I learnt a lot, including having fun with things you love, even if it's niche you do.

On Thursday, it was 'Jidenna' live with Aurelien, and our friends, Benita and Jonathan. I enjoyed my goofy red carpet interviews with Bolinto for 'On the Carpet' (remixed 'Classic Man'), TraceNaija and Chuey of Pulse Nigeria (danced for him). Jidenna was funnnnn! The full set was enjoyable, even if 'Classic Man' still got the most buzz.

Buzz Friday was too much fun, with Makida and I doing the most; including a 'not Teyana Taylor' video via snapchat. (Don't look. Okay look. No don't).

*sigh*.

I'm eating doughnuts right now so I guess I can't ever hope to be like Teyana!

I can make music though, which I did, with a date with Sess.

And speaking of dates, I had a lovely dinner date with some (powerful) women in media, including Arit Okpo, Toke Makinwa, Lamide Akintobi, Olorisupergal and Gbemi Olateru-Olagbegi. Dinner was with Mich ( Google ) and Teju ( Google Nigeria).

See? Full week right?

Tuesday

Meet Nigeria's Top 10 YouTube Stars

According to Google, these are the top ten Nigerian YouTube stars for 2016. These stars have made a name for themselves on YouTube from varying fields, ranging from entertainment and comedy to make-up tutorials and lifestyle vlogs.

1. Emmanuella Samuel

Popularly known as Emmanuella, she is the six-year-old comedienne of the MarkAngel comedy series. Currently, Emmanuella is really popular with over 280 thousand subscribers and views regularly exceeding 3 million. And that is not even her real face o.

2. Toke Makinwa

Toke Makinwa is an on air personality and also a presenter with Rhythm 93.7, where she co-presents the Morning Drive show. However, she also has a YouTube vlog series called, 'Toke Moments' with over thirty-two thousand subscribers. She talks about everything from make-up, to lifestyle and relationship issues, and does it in an honest, fun way.

3. Akah Nnani

Nnani is popular for his YouTube channel on which he gives commentary on social issues and does really funny celebrity impersonations. The channel is ‘Akah’s Bants’.

4. Yemisi Odusanya / SisiYemmie

Possibly my favourite lifestyle personality, ‘Sisi Yemmie’ holds twenty three thousand subscribers spell bound on her YouTube Channel, where she regularly shows them what it means to be a wife, mother and working woman in Lagos, Nigeria.

5. Osagie Alonge

I have known Osagie Alonge for a bit. Fun fact- he started out as a rapper. Now he does a great job of keeping us up with pop culture with frank (and sometimes unpopular) analysis. His show is called, 'Facts Only'.

6. Adanna Ohakim Steinacker

The daughter of former Imo State Governor, Ihedi Ohakim. Adanna who started vlogging while dating (now husband) David Steinacker. Their life as a (bi-racial) couple and now, her life as a mum and in Ireland make for unique and great content which has grown her viewer base.

7. Ikenna Azuike

Ikenna Azuike is a Nigerian-British lawyer, whose YouTube channel is called: What’s up Africa. He offers a unique and humorous take on Africa and the latest issues surrounding the continent. Using quirky and hilarious videos, his YouTube channel with over sixteen thousand subscribers has earned him a place on BBC Focus Africa.

8. Patricia Bright

Patricia Bright is one of the queens of YouTube channels on beauty and fashion tips. With an amazing 876,000 subscribers, she has truly carved a niche for herself in beauty tips, tricks and hacks. She offers all this with just the right dose of charm.

9. Chidinma Umeh

Chidinma runs the YouTube channel named: ThatIgboChick and beauty is her forte. A lot of people obviously believe she has what it takes, as she has two million views on her channel.

10. Kunle Idowu / "Frank Donga"

Kunle Idowu is so popular, yet not with his real name. Many know him as Frank Donga. And if young Emmanuella is the queen of comedy, Kunle is the king on YouTube. He rose to fame on GTBank’s Ndani TV, starring in the online comedy series The Interview. Frank Donga was nominated at the 2016 Africa Magic Viewer’s Choice Awards.