Super Falcons’ attacker Ini-Abasi Umotong has bagged a First Class Degree in Economics from the University of Southampton, England.
The Akwa Ibom-born striker, who graduated in flying colours has been combining education with sports had once won the Most Valuable Player (MVP) and highest goal scorer awards while playing for Wimbledon FC also in England.
Umotong first represented her country of origin, Nigeria in the 2015 FIFA Women World Cup final in Canada.
She is primed to be included in the provisional list of Nigeria’s Super Falcons team to the forthcoming Women’s World Cup final billed for France this summer.
Veteran Nollywood actress, musician, fashion designer and gospel singer, Patience Ozokwor has revealed her major regret in life is not marrying the man of her choice.
Mama Gee as she is fondly called, was among the 100 Nigerians honoured by the Federal Government of Nigeria to celebrate the amalgamation of the northern and southern protectorates in 2014.
Patience Ozokwor a.k.a. Mama Gee
In this interview with Ogbonna Casmir, she talks about her journey in life
At 60, what are the things you are grateful to God for?
How can you ask me such a question? If I am not grateful to God for anything then I will be grateful to him for life. The greatest miracle one can have is to be alive, more especially when one is healthy too and not begging for food. There are so many other reasons why we need to give God praise and it can never be enough. I can never thank Him enough.
You started acting on stage while you were in secondary school. What attracted you to the craft?
Passion! I enjoy it. Once you enjoy what you do every day, it will be like it is coming from the inside. I remember in those days when we were young, I would always gather children around me and we would stroll to the nearest market, picking (Egusi) melon where they were grinding it and coming home to cook and eat. Sometimes we go to a tailor’s shop to pick pieces of cloth and bring them home. There was always needle and thread at home and we would make dresses – tiny dresses – and hang them. And people would see them and say wow. I didn’t even learn how to make dresses but I make beautiful wedding gowns. I can show you the dress I am working on. I had a workshop and the National Directorate of Employment used to send me students to teach the craft. Then, I was lucky to be one of the 30 Nigerian women that were sent to Cameroon for small scale entrepreneurship course which lasted for nine weeks. It was just to help us as they saw that we had passion to use our hands to do things for ourselves. It was the International Labour Organisation that sent us for the training at the University of Buea in Cameroon and we went to the villages to study how women groups were doing businesses. I didn’t quite see the men; it was only the women that I saw. They always formed groups and they were empowered by their government or NGOs. That was how they started businesses that exist now in Cameroon. We were sent to go and understudy them and we came back after nine weeks. I had a workshop after that where I was training young girls to produce handicrafts and the things that I learnt during the training. There we saw them using raffia to make chairs; it was beautiful. They would transform raffia into ropes and use them to make beautiful things. So, these are the other things I did apart from acting but I see all of them as acting because anything that can keep you active is an act and I enjoy seeing the fruit of my labour immediately.
At a time, you were working at Radio Nigeria. How did you get the job at such a young age?
I wasn’t quite young when I got the job. I was already married with children but I got married quite early. I had a cousin who was working with Radio Nigeria and she came to the school where I was teaching – WTC Enugu. We were having our school debate. It was a programme for kids and when she saw me, she said you are here and I said yes. She asked, ‘What are you doing here?’ I said I was a teacher there. She said fine, you will one or two things for me. She was upset; she said why are you teaching, you shouldn’t be here, you should be doing something with us. So I told her I didn’t even know about her job and that ‘gentle teaching’ was okay for me. She laughed. So what she did was to trick me into doing it. She got me to anchor a children’s programme and it was fine. After that, Radio Nigeria asked me to write an official application letter, I wrote it and I was employed. So that was how I joined Radio Nigeria; first as a producer of children’s programme and then when my official letter came, they made me an announcer/newscaster. I started from there but eventually we were retrenched. They shut down the medium wave radio and then left us unattended to. But it was at a time when the Federal Government created a lot of states – Anambra, Imo and so on. So those from Imo and Anambra states were employed by the radio stations owned by their states of origin.
But those of us from Enugu were left without jobs. Then shortly after, they employed people again. I wondered why they actually laid us off when they actually needed workers but we discovered that it was about the ‘Nigerian factor’. Some of the directors and managers in the different departments were getting ready for retirement and they wanted their children to take over from them. So they had to shut the place down and get us out of the way so that they could employ their children. So that was what happened and we were the victims in Radio Nigeria. I cried because I was like a baby whose mouth had just been removed from its mother’s breast. I was enjoying my job; it was like I was in heaven. In short, I was working there with my whole being, so I went back and pleaded and pleaded. One particular man, Ossy Ayia, insisted that I must be brought back but what is one voice against many. So he said to me – Patience, if I were a director, I would have employed you. In fact, the director at the time called them (others) and said since they had already trained me as I had been trained at FRCN Training School, it was better to retain me since I was very good but a woman said I only had Ordinary National Diploma certificate apart from TCII (Grade II Teachers’ Certificate). She said there were other people who were graduates who could be employed first. That was what she said in my presence. I felt it was a challenge; if one door does not close, another door will not open. I took the bull by the horns and when they started seeing me doing well in movies, they asked me to come back and I rejected the offer. So that was how I left Radio Nigeria.
How did your journey to Nollywood begin?
It was fine. I actually didn’t have a job and I became a confectioner because I did Home Economics in school and in our own time, we were very lucky; what they teach now at the catering school was what they taught us in secondary schools. That was where I did a bit of needlework. I learnt how to cut patterns and things like that, so anything I could do with my hands was pleasing to me. So I learnt how to make wedding cakes, popcorn and so on. And because of the kind of training I had, I made them so well that you could not get another type in the market that would be better than my own. That brought me so much money and I didn’t have any issues when I was raising my children. The only thing that bothered me was that I had to be up till late in the night making those things for the following day.
But I didn’t go borrowing or begging people for money. It was hard but I was able to weather the storm. All these things that people do now like offering catering services and decorating event venues, I believe I started it in Enugu.
I don’t know how the thought came to me because before then, anytime someone died, we would be carrying blocks to make bed and things like that. But because I could make dresses, I started preparing things like the bed itself so that you would not need to carry any blocks again. It was a struggle but life itself is all about struggle and you are even lucky if you are able to find something that will fetch you money. With that, the struggle is little. Some people will struggle and not get anything from it, but I was struggling and getting something from it. But I was encouraged to go ahead with it. However, it affected my sleeping habit and up till now, I can’t sleep in the afternoon.
When did you get your major breakthrough in the industry?
It wasn’t long after I came into the industry that I had a breakthrough. There was a movie we did titled ‘Amina’ and there was another one titled ‘Odum’. When a marketer was looking for somebody to play another role in a movie titled ‘Authority’, one of the production managers told the marketer to look for a woman that acted in ‘Amina’ and ‘Odum’, that she could play the role very well. That was me. So they came to me but they were looking for cheap labour because at that time, I didn’t have a price. I was still trying to be known in the industry. I was building my fan base; you know, that determines who you are in the industry. When you have so many fans, it means that so many people are watching your movies and will be buying them. That is what matters to the marketers. So after the film was shot, my name became ‘Authority’. So, that ‘Authority’ brought another one – ‘Apology’. Then there was ‘Submission’; it just started like that and there was no dull moment.
So why did you allow movie producers to typecast you as someone who is wicked or does evil in movies?
I do good movies too but you know acting like an evil person is very difficult and that is the kind of movies people like to watch. People like to be real, sometimes they think that the person that is doing good things is faking it but when you show that evil aspect, that is where the action is. I once fought till the end in a movie and it came out fine. If you know what it means to be fighting, quarelling and so on, you will know how difficult it is for you to do it. Those vibrant things are the things that people want to see, not the ones where two people will be sitting down and talking. Anybody can sit down and talk but those hard roles are what people actually want to see. People will think: what does she want to do again, let me see it. It keeps people glued to the television. When producers discovered it, they started writing movies that had to do with ‘blood money’ and things like that. Such roles made me famous. So I don’t regret it; as long as it is bringing money to me, I will continue to do it. Moreover, I see it as a means of exposing the ills in the society because if I ask you now, you will tell me how good you are but there are things that you do that are hurting other people and you wouldn’t say those ones. So that is why people like to watch those aspects of people’s lives and people actually thought that was the kind of life I was living. In short, some people became scared such that they didn’t want to come close to me thinking that I was like that. But it didn’t matter because I told myself that once they got to meet me, they would know that I was different from the person they were seeing on TV.
After all, what is acting? I have been in the midst of people who will be speaking for me, telling people that she is that kind of person, I know her.
When I was working with Radio Nigeria, if anybody was transferred to another place or if they left, I was always the one that would be going round to tell people that somebody was leaving and that we needed to have a get-together. I would collect money, cook and bring everybody together to enjoy. When I left, no one else could do it. I was so active that being overactive was killing me. I was always looking for what to do. I would open my salon (for hairdressing), work there before leaving for work proper. When I was on morning duty, I was the one that would open the station and before 4am, the bus was already there to pick you up as they would still need to get other workers. There was no time to sleep but I was enjoying myself. I was doing what I liked to do and acting also crowned it all. As I am leaving one movie set, I am going to another one and it continues like that.
You got married early in life following your parents’ bidding. Was it that you were betrothed to him?
No, I wasn’t betrothed to him, but my mother was a kind of woman that always liked to punish any child that misbehaved publicly. You know all those Christian mothers that would be in the disciplinary section to punish children. So, she didn’t want her child to come out of secondary school and not get married because she was afraid you could bring her to where she had been punishing people. So she insisted I must get married. I said okay but I had a suitor. But she said no. I didn’t know what to do because I had put all my eggs in one basket; he was in the University of Nigeria, Nsukka. I was waiting to go to school so that I would marry him but my mother wouldn’t wait. So I had to obey her. There was a big fight but in our days, you would not be the one to say I will marry this person; it was your parents that would have the final say in your marriage, so I had to give up.
Despite that, you have been married for many years whereas divorce is very common now, especially among entertainers. Do you have any advice for them?
I am ashamed because I read the Bible a lot. I know that God does not like divorce, but I have discovered that it is not the problem of the actresses. Some of them come to marry us (actresses), thinking that we have money; they don’t know that our industry here in Nigeria does not have too much money. Yes, it can take you to different places and you can meet people that will bless your life but the problem is that they expect too much. Now, a lady who is a star, if she doesn’t get a job in two or three months, she would have spent her savings and you know the kind of life we live. We like to buy the best of dresses; we like to buy the best of shoes and live in the best of houses, even if it is rented. Some of us would like to live in houses where we will be paying N3m annually and they will be struggling to save money to pay at the end of the year. Meanwhile, jobs are not coming because it is when you are called for jobs that you are paid. They don’t pay us monthly. In my own time, I was like going from one job to another and people were enjoying what I was doing. They would be waiting for me to finish one job so that they could give me another. They would be fighting over who I would work for first; so the money was coming but some people don’t have that kind of opportunity. They have to wait for some time before they will get another one but because they are stars, men see them as moneybags. But when they come in and the money is not coming the way they thought, they will say what is all that for and then they just take a walk. Sometimes, it is not the fault of the ladies and sometimes too because of the nature of our job, we are always on locations. A job could take you to Enugu and instead of going home after that job, another person will call from Aba and because of the money, you go and your husband starts messing around with women because he does not see you around. Even when you are keeping yourself for him, some of them cannot stay calm; they will feel that you have left or that you are also messing around with men where you are because you need to give a dog a bad name and hang him. So these are the things that break our marriages but most of them are not from us but as a result of circumstances. And for the men too, girls fall from hills to marry them because they think they have money and when they get in and don’t see the money, it will become a case of – is this marriage? I thought there would be money everywhere. But the issue is that when the money comes, it comes in big and if another one does not come immediately, that one will finish before another one comes. But one thing is certain, we are not going to wait for a long time before another one comes because if we don’t act, we can attend functions and they will pay us. Money will be coming in through various means but people don’t have patience; that is why our marriages fail. For me, my parents wouldn’t even want to hear that you quit your marriage. I didn’t even have it in mind to leave my marriage because as soon as I got married, I started having children. So I didn’t believe that anybody could take care of my children more than me. I decided to ignore everything that came my way and stay with my children. I might not stay for everybody but I stayed for my children no matter what; that was why we could achieve this. My husband did not have a house, he didn’t have this, he didn’t have that. Down the hill is Colliery Quarters where we lived; I was the one that told the woman living there now that we were moving out and that she should come and stay there. If I had known that the following month or in two months time, they would say we could buy the house if we wanted, I would have stayed and paid with his gratuity, but we gave it out to someone else.
How would you describe your childhood? Were you stubborn?
I was not stubborn and I was not quiet. It was all play, play, play. But I was loved by so many people around.
At the time you ventured into acting, what were your parents’ reactions?
Only my father was still around and he was excited seeing me in a movie. Like my husband too, he would say (to our children), come and play your mother’s film for us to watch. They enjoy my movies. My immediate younger brother, who is in the US, will say that I have found my talent and that is why it has swallowed me.
If you were not an actor, what else would you have been in life?
I would be cooking. I still cook till today.
Do you think there is a conflict between your faith and your profession?
No, there is no conflict. You know, we do drama in the church. It is like I am preaching; I say that the movie industry preaches to the whole world. A pastor can be in his church and be preaching to the people there, but the movies go very far with their stories. It is part of what I am doing.
You hardly act romantic movies and it was like that even during the earlier part of your career, why is that?
They never give me that role to play but I did one that came out fine – Love after Love. It was with the late Justus Esiri.
Have you ever kissed in a movie?
No. Never!
People see you as wicked because of the roles you have played in movies, so would you describe yourself as a romantic person?
I am highly romantic o! If I am in love with you, you will know; I can’t hide it. Everybody around will know I am in love with you. So I don’t go jumping from one man to the other but if I have feelings for you, everybody around will know that you are the man. All the same, because I don’t kiss in movies doesn’t mean that if such occasions come up, I wouldn’t have done something like that but God just shut that side for me and I never had any reason to kiss somebody. You know, I am always on the cantankerous side. Such people don’t kiss and they don’t do romance. The kind of roles I play actually help me not to get to all that.
Since the death of your husband, have you ever considered remarrying?
Yes. There was a time I wanted to remarry but my children said no. They are all grown now. They said if they were young, they wouldn’t have objected. Now that they are grown, they say they will be my husband and they have been trying. The only thing they don’t do is go to bed with me (laughs). They said that their friends would laugh at them that their mother abandoned them, but I didn’t see it that way. It really brought problems. I wanted to remarry but my sister and other relations came and said that I should concede to them and I accepted but with the condition that they would also listen to me anytime I tell them to stop being friends with any of their friends that I don’t like and they agreed. So we have been managing one another.
Do you have any regrets in life?
The only regret I have in life is that I wasn’t allowed to marry the man of my choice. That is it but I was able to cope. I had suitors, I was going to choose one among them but my parents said that I would marry their choice. If they had allowed me, I would have loved to make my choice.
Following the recent controversy that is currently trailing the Big Brother Naija reunion show after finalist, CeeC made a shocking revelation while talking during the show… ICYMI
…we can’t help but throw it back to the time news made rounds on social media of Alex purportedly posting a picture of herself with a guy – alleged to be Tobi – in bed with a caption saying “Sleepy head, I’m in love with you”
After the photo surfaced online, the model came out quickly to refute the claims saying that her account was hacked and the photo, doctored.
Sharing the photo on her Verified Instagram page, in a bid to claim that the photo is a faux, she wrote,
I do not have a picture like this first of all and my Snapchat account has been hacked. I really do not understand what people will gain by making this kind of picture. What every fight you guys are putting up hasn’t gotten to this extent.
But at the time, eagle-eyed social media users spotted the neck chain that was on the neck of the guy and matched it with that of Tobi thereby fueling the possibility of he being the one in the photo.
With this in mind and the new revelation that CeeC just made not too long ago, this has got us wondering if there’s an iota of truth in what the lawyer revealed.
The police in Edo State have arrested the General Overseer of Gloryland Church, Pastor Ekene Samuel, for impregnating and procuring abortion for a 17-year-old member of his church identified as Miracle.
According to police investigations, the married pastor allegedly charmed and had sex with the teenager identified as Miracle. When he found out she was pregnant, he contracted one of his deaconesses, Happy Johnson, to help him get rid of the pregnancy. Happy took Miracle to the Gracevill Medical Center along Ewah road in Benin city for the abortion.
Trouble started after one Henry Aikhuaman reported that Miracle was missing. The search by the police led to the discovery of Miracle on a sick bed at the hospital.
When interrogated, Pastor Ekene said
“Last year I had an extra marital affair with her in August. She came to me this year that she was pregnant. I asked my member here to take her to the hospital. She was taking some drugs to remove the pregnancy. The baby died in her womb. The doctors did surgery on her because she was having appendicitis. The hospital asked me to pay N380, 000 and I have paid N150, 000 before I was arrested. She did not die.
“These charms were items returned by people I prayed for through deliverance. Some are also for me. I also do spiritual work. I have anti-poison and others.”
The police say the pastor and his accomplice would be charged to court soon.
Former reality Tv lovebirds, Nina and Miracle, took to Twitter last night to react after CeeC revealed that Miracle told Nina that Tobi and Alex had sex after they left the Big Brother House.
However, it quickly had a twist as it appeared the two stars (Nina and Miracle) swiped aim at each other with their tweets.
We all woke up to the shocking news earlier this morning on the BBNaija reunion show when 2018 finalist, CeeC dropped a huge bomb that has blown people away ever since. Catch up here ICYMI
CeeC had stated categorically that besties in the house, Alex and Tobi had coitus in South Africa moments before they left for Nigeria.
Her revelation caused Alex to break down in serious tears as she even left the show in total embarrassment with the cameraman following her around.
Social media has been set abuzz with with CeeC’s action, with many in total awe as to how far she’s willing to go to tarnish someone’s image.
A video of the shocking moment CeeC gave the revelation – like it’s nothing – is now making the rounds online. Watch the video below,
Watch moments Alex started breaking down in tears;
There was commotion earlier today in Enugu state after it was claimed a young lady ran mad after being dropped off by a driver in the metropolis.
According to a twitter user who witnessed the incident, the young lady was dropped off by the driver of a Totota Venza car and allegedly went mad moments after that at Maryland estate junction axis.
The incident caused a huge scene in the area as people gathered in their numbers to see for themselves.
This is coming months after a young lady allegedly stripped naked and ran mad at the Abkpa area of Enugu, Tuesdays after she dropped from a public bus at Texaco filling station. On waiting to get another bus that will take her to Obiagu, she started stripping herself.
According to passersby, they claimed the young lady must have been used for money rituals.
The lady was captured on camera roaming on the streets utterly unclad, as people were taking pictures and videos of her.
A final year English Education student of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Enugu State, lost her life, yesterday, while heading home after lectures.
Helen, who shared some pictures minutes before the incident, was crushed after a motorcycle rider lost control while trying to overtake a trailer at Nkpor and hit her into the path of the trailer.
Winner of the Big Brother Naija Double Wahala Show, Miracle Ikechukwu has reacted after CeeC revealed yesterday that Alex slept with Tobi in their South Africa Hotel immediately after the show.
Let’s bring you up to speed!
Alex yesterday, revealed that after the show ended, Cee-C came to her hotel room, where she was with Tobi to thrash things out with him after they were at loggerheads during the show. She said Tobi refused to speak to her and closed the door on her.
According to her, Tobi stayed in her room because the lock in his room was bad and Miracle’s room wasn’t available.
When it was Cee-C’s turn to speak, she broke a mighty table and alleged that Alex had sex with Tobi in her hotel room.
According to her, she said the first thing Nina told her on the plane on their way to Nigeria was that Alex and Tobi had sex in the hotel room.
Nina also got into the conversation, by also disclosing that it was Miracle who told her that Tobi revealed to him that he had sex with Alex in her hotel room.
The revelation made by Cee-C saw Alex break down in uncontrollable tears and then walked out from the reunion show. At one point, she even threatened to break the camera when she was being followed.
In reaction to this whole drama. Miracle in what seem to be a direct shot at CeeC tweeted saying; “Pls don’t bring my friends and I into your reunion lies and propaganda.??✈️”
Pls don’t bring my friends and I into your reunion lies and propaganda.??✈️
It all started when Ebuka asked Alex about the dramas that happened in the house between herself, Cee-C and Tobi Bakre.
Of course Alex said, “Nothing was going on between the three of them”.. Then a little drama ensued….
Alex revealed that after the show ended, Cee-C came to her hotel room, where she was with Tobi to thrash things out with him after they were at loggerheads during the show. She said Tobi refused to speak to her and closed the door on her.
According to her, Tobi stayed in her room because the lock in his room was bad and Miracle’s room wasn’t available.
When it was Cee-C’s turn to speak, she broke a mighty table and alleged that Alex had sex with Tobi in her hotel room.
According to her, she said the first thing Nina told her on the plane on their way to Nigeria was that Alex and Tobi had sex in the hotel room.
Nina also got into the conversation, by also disclosing that it was Miracle who told her that Tobi revealed to him that he had sex with Alex in her hotel room.
The revelation made by Cee-C saw Alex break down in uncontrollable tears and then walked out from the reunion show. At one point, she even threatened to break the camera when she was being followed.
Watch the video below;
Some reactions below;
@caritwinkle: Ceec coming on national TV to tell that Alex and Tobi had sex shows she still loves Tobi and is bitter with Alex.
@_hrh_sandrakes: So what if Alex slept with tobi?was she suppose to take permission from ceec? I hate nonsense.
@Misturr_KayC: Nina na fooool?? Said she had something to say only to scatter what is left of the tobi and alex sex table.
@sunnyukc: Ceec wanted this conversation to move in a matured direction but Alex was busy throwing stones everywhere,now Ceec has shattered everything!
@Ms_Knzi: So cee-c is evil because she doesn’t cry? ?.okurrr. Alex gave her own version, Cynthia kept her cool. Just smiling. And when Cynthia brought receipts… Boom..tears everywhere. Lesson for all: Don’t dish what you can’t take. #doublewahalareloaded
@_hrh_sandrakes: So what if Alex slept with tobi?was she suppose to take permission from ceec? I hate nonsense.
@Gozman5050: Tobi told miracle : guys do dat always. Miracle told
nina: during knacking.
Nina told ceecee: gossip
Ceecee told d world: confirmed witch.
Nigerian singer and member of Davido’s DMW record label, Mayorkun, has bought himself a brand new 2018 Mercedes-Benz CLA-Class.
He shared this photo of himself posing in front of the whip with his name on the plate number and captioned it: ‘About to be 25, sitting on 35 million! I might as well spoil myself a lil! Too grateful!.’
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, have arrested 11 suspected internet fraudsters for offences bordering on conspiracy, possession of fraudulent documents and attempt to obtain money under false pretence.
The suspects are: Ganiyu Sherif Abiodun, Akinyele Sherif, Oluseye Soremekun, Kolawole Rasheed, Kolawole Kazeem and Ibrahim Anjorin.
Others are: Temitope Samson, Damilola Samson, Uduogwu Freeborn Eboagwu, Ojomu Gbenga and Okougbo Dervick.
They were arrested in the Lekki County Homes and Igbo-Efon areas of Lagos State, following intelligence report received by the Commission, recently.
Items recovered from the suspects at the time of arrest include seven exotic cars, 16 laptop computers and 20 phones.
They will be charged to court as soon as investigations are concluded.
Atiku Abubakar has reacted to the victory of Senator Ademola Adeleke at the Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal.
The tribunal had on today (Friday) declared Adeleke winner of the governorship election held in Osun State last year.
Gboyega Oyetola of the APC was declared winner of the governorship poll, but Adeleke challenged the outcome of the poll at the tribunal.
Reacting to the judgment on his twitter handle, The Peoples Democratic Party, Presidential candidate in the last election, Atiku said the judiciary had proven to be the last hope of the common man and defender of democracy.
“Truly, the judiciary is the last hope of the common man and the defender of our democracy. Congratulations Sen. Ademola Adeleke,” Atiku said.
A young boy identified as Prince, is currently battling for his life at a hospital in Enugu after consuming a poisonous substance.
According to a note he left before taking the drastic step, he stated that he had been betrayed too many times by people he showed love and he was tired of it.
He added that the resulting pain strained his relationship with his girlfriend and she no longer loves him.
However, he was rescued just in time and rushed to a hospital, where doctors are currently battling to stabilize him.
2face Idibia’s management, Now Muzik, has once again reacted to the continued allegations by his former band member, Blackface.
In a statement released by Now Muzik’ Adejimi Oni…
‘contrary to the position held in some quarters that our client, Innocent Idibia, AKA 2Baba has failed or refused to respond to the ridiculous accusations by Austin Ahmedu AKA Blackface, we would like to state that this is untrue’.
What 2Baba and our founder/CEO, Efe Omorogbe have done is refuse to create time to engage in an unproductive media banter with Blackface every time he wants to release new material.
Both 2Baba and Omorogbe have stated publicly that Blackface’s claims of song theft and media/live performance blacklisting are unfounded and malicious.
Blackface has been advised to seek legal redress if he believes his claims are true and if not, cease and desist from making unsubstantiated defamatory public statements about both 2Baba and Omorogbe.
Blackface’s refusal to file a suit or discontinue the defamation forced our lawyers to institute a defamation suit against him at the Lagos State High Court. His lawyers have entered a defence and the case is currently on-going.
2Baba and Omorogbe are confident that the court will handle the matter. They will not fuel a media trial by commenting on a case that is already before a competent court of law.
The position advanced in a press statement issued on February 3, 2016 remains the same and no further response is deemed necessary.
Temple Music music act and former BBN housemate, Bisola has dropped a brand new single, which is titled “Good Old Days”.
The record label’s 1st woman returns us to the Good past times when life was basic and additionally intriguing. At the point when as a kid is constantly fun and not stresses, She shares some intriguing melodies, stories and recreations that unites everybody to have some good times during the 70’s, 80’s and 90’s.
Former Nigerinan president, Olusegun Obasanjo, has disclosed that Nigeria is more divided now than it was during the civil war.
He said this during his speech at the 2019 annual retreat/conference and general meeting of members of the Association of Chief Audit Executives of Banks in Nigeria (ACAEBIN) held at Park Inn, Abeokuta in Ogun State on Thursday.
According to Obasanjo, the country would experience more division if it does not begin to partner with other countries to develop other sectors of the economy.
“When we look at this country today, even during the civil war, we were not as divided as we are now. Today, we are in danger if we don’t take partnership serious. That partnership should be within our people, Africa and the rest of the world,” he said.
Obasanjo stated that until the government gets its politics right, the country will keep experiencing setback in whatever it does, just as he stressed the need to translate the growing population of the country to economic development.
“The first is politics which is governance. Unless we get governance right, any other thing we are trying to do will not be right.
“The second is population. Our population at Independence was estimated to be 45 million, but today we are almost 200 million. By the year 2050, we will be over 400 million. Normally, population should be an asset but looking at the condition we are in now when in the North-East of Nigeria, the percentage of adult literacy is about 53 per cent, and education being the basic of all human development, you can see that we have a problem.
“How do we think of setting education to be useful? Those people who will make our education of over 400 million people in many years’ time are already born, and you cannot unborn them. So the problem is here, what do we do?
“We must provide education, housing, healthcare and most importantly, employment for them. One thing that I believe will help us to provide employment is agricultural business.”
The former president also urged the government to ensure security is guaranteed across the country.
The Osun State Governorship Election Petitions Tribunal sitting in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory, has declared Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), winner of the 2018 governorship election in the state.
At its sitting in Abuja on Friday, the tribunal voided the cancellation of elections in seven polling units in the state, therefore holding that Gboyega Oyetola, candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) was not validly returned.
Reading the ruling on behalf of a three-member panel of judges, Justice Peter Obi held that the returning officer of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had no powers to cancel the election in the seven polling units on September 22, 2018, which led leading to the rerun election on September 27, 2018.
In reaction, Davido took to his Instagram page to rejoice.
IMOLE TI DE !!!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS TO THE GREAT PEOPLE OF OSUN STATE ! ?????????????????????
God no dey sleep!!! MANDATE RETURNED!!! IMOLE TI DE !! OSUN IM ON MY WAY!! ????????????????
A few days ago, the Church of Satan rejected Daddy Freeze’s opinion and insinuated that the fact that he said marital vows were satanic was a clear indication that he wanted to get out of his marriage.
In response to this, Daddy Freeze placed the Church of Satan side by side with the Church of ‘God’, and then, he went on to quote a particular Bible verse which he said acted as a fort for him.
The Bible verse was a shady reply that depicted a condemnation of the Church of Satan and insinuated that they symbolised darkness while he (Daddy Freeze) stood for light.
See his post below:
When the church of ‘god’ and the church of Satan agree against Daddy Freeze on issues one bible verse comes to mind! ~FRZ
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◄ 2 Corinthians 4:4 ►
New Living Translation
Satan, who is the god of this world, has blinded the minds of those who don’t believe. They are unable to see the glorious light of the Good News. They don’t understand this message about the glory of Christ, who is the exact likeness of God.
A young Nigerian man has taken to Facebook to lament after spending N50,000 to celebrate a girl’s birthday only for her to make it clear that she is not ready for any relationship.
According to Fanta Boy Ekwem, pictured right, ”If I ask for my money back now or beat her up people will say am a stupid boy, but na the girl stupid pass. Why can’t she accept me if not for anything but for the sake of what I spent on her birthday.”
Read his full post below:
“Am heartbroken why are Girls this wicked? Where can this wickedness led you girls?
There’s this girl living in my street she came to me and told me that she is doing her birthday, she said she will like me to be there I said okay I will come.
This last Wednesday was the birthday I told some of my friends that we gonna go there and surprise her so we got there at a hotel in Lagos island(De Heavens hotel).
I spent almost 50k to celebrate birthday for this girl that we haven’t even started dating properly.. but just a day after the birthday I walk up to her and declared my intention that I love her and I will like to date her that’s why I spent such money on her birthday.,
she made it clear to me that she is not ready for any relationship, I was disappointed after all I spent on her.
If I ask for my money back now or beat her up people will say am a stupid boy, but na the girl stupid pass. Why can’t she accept me if not for anything but for the sake of what I spent on her birthday.
In the picture is me and my friends I invited too. The person with mark is me.
The Nigerian Police Force has denied the allegation that one of its officers beat an official of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Jumbo Ogah, to death in Abuja.
Recall that on Wednesday March 20th, LIB shared a report of how Ogah was allegedly attacked and beaten up by police officers along Nyanya Highway in Abuja, for driving against traffic. It was alleged that Ogah died at the scene where he was attacked. Read here.
The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Command, Frank Mba, held a press conference yesterday where he denied the allegation. According to him, Ogah violated traffic rules and was arrested by two Traffic Warden along Nyanya Highway in Abuja. He was taken to the police station where he slumped.
“It is usually unfortunate when any life is lost, it doesn’t matter the circumstances surrounding the loss of life, therefore, my explanation here should not be seen as an excuse, justification or a validation of the unfortunate incident. It should be seen as clarification and a sincere attempt to at providing the facts as I was given.
The facts as I was given indicate that the incident happened yesterday, about 9 am. The deceased who was later identified as a member of NSCDC was said to be driving along with members of his family precisely his wife. He was said to have disobeyed traffic regulations and accosted by two traffic wardens who are not conventional policemen.
On contravention, he was arrested and he drove himself to the police station with immediate members of his family who were with him at the time of arrest and a Traffic Warden in his own car. Traffic Wardens are not conventional Police Personnel that is why they wear yellow top for easy identification. They don’t bear arms either.
I was told that he drove himself personally to Nyanyan police station. He walked out of the car and they took him to the charge room and began to ask him questions. Simple preliminary questionss. It was in that process that he suddenly slumped. He was rushed to the hospital where he was eventually confirmed dead.
I was also told he was never in the full uniform of the civil defence as has been variously reported.
My personnel interaction with CP FCT reveals there was no sign of physical assault on the deceased.
However, the two traffic wardens involved are in detention pending autopsy to determine the cause of death,” he said.
A Nigerian man, Timring Napkur, as been arrested for allegedly raping and killing a pregnant woman in Gangnim Village of Langtang South Local Government Area of the state.
Parading the suspect before newsmen, the state police commissioner, Isaac Akinmoyede, said the suspect attacked the woman, Zainab Abu, who was seven months pregnant, at the bank of a river where she went with her two daughters to wash clothes.
“At about 0800hrs, of 28/2/2019, Timring Napkur ‘m’ of Gangnim Village Langtang South Local Government attacked a 7- month old pregnant woman Zainab Abu at a riverside where she went to wash her clothes along with her two daughters. The suspect raped the victim, strangulated and pushed her into the river where she got drowned and died.
“The victim’s two daughters, Aije 7-year old and Khadija 4-year old, escaped and reported the crime to their father. The suspect has been arrested and he is undergoing investigation, ” the police commissioner said
The suspect who looked remorseful, begged for forgiveness. The police chief said he will be charged to court soon.
Nigerian singer, Paul Okoye aka Rudeboy and his wife, Anita, are celebrating their 5th wedding anniversary today March 22nd.
The couple got married in 2015 and already have three children, a son Andre and a set of twins, Nathan and Nadia. Anita on her IG page wrote
15 years of friendship!
5 years of marriage!!
3 Adorable kids!!!
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We bicker and argue, we quarrel and fight. But we still love each other with all our might.
We have differences which we grumpily bear but at the end of the day, we both make a great pair. Happy anniversary Partner!! #WeddingAnniversary #PaulOkoye#AnitaOkoye •
Paul on the other end, via his IG page, uploaded the photo of his wife, Anita appreciating and thanking her for birthing their lovely children, see his post below;
It’s our anniversary #5yrs❤️? just wanna say thank you for #Andre #Nadia and #Nathan ❤️ most especially the love and peace of mind …. love you ❤️ @anita_okoye #Nkejikeke #mamaejima ❤️
A woman, who suffered years of infertility before finally having kids of her own, has donated her uterus to another woman suffering infertility so the woman can experience motherhood.
Aprill Lane, 39, suffered infertility for years. Now, she has five kids, ages 7 and under. Late last year, she donated her own uterus so that another woman could have the ability to conceive and carry a child.
Lane said: “Infertility really, aside from the physical effects of it, it emotionally and socially affects you in a huge way. If I could help one other person be relieved of some of that, I would.”
Lane, who works for a biotech company, adopted her oldest son after she and her husband, Brian, were diagnosed with “unexplained infertility” and tried for four years to get pregnant through in vitro fertilization (IVF).
Shortly after adopting their oldest son, Lane became pregnant with their second child, a boy who is 13 months younger than his older brother. Lane tried for a third child using IVF and, on her 10th cycle, she became pregnant with twin girls. A little less than a year after delivering them, Lane unexpectedly got pregnant and delivered another daughter.
A woman, who suffered years of infertility before finally having kids of her own, has donated her uterus to another woman suffering infertility so the woman can experience motherhood.
Aprill Lane, 39, suffered infertility for years. Now, she has five kids, ages 7 and under. Late last year, she donated her own uterus so that another woman could have the ability to conceive and carry a child.
Lane said: “Infertility really, aside from the physical effects of it, it emotionally and socially affects you in a huge way. If I could help one other person be relieved of some of that, I would.”
Lane, who works for a biotech company, adopted her oldest son after she and her husband, Brian, were diagnosed with “unexplained infertility” and tried for four years to get pregnant through in vitro fertilization (IVF).
Shortly after adopting their oldest son, Lane became pregnant with their second child, a boy who is 13 months younger than his older brother. Lane tried for a third child using IVF and, on her 10th cycle, she became pregnant with twin girls. A little less than a year after delivering them, Lane unexpectedly got pregnant and delivered another daughter.
Throughout her infertility struggle, Lane helped run infertility support groups and started a scholarship foundation to help women pay for infertility treatments. Through her foundation, Lane heard about uterus transplants being done in clinical trials at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas. And she decided to give someone her uterus so they too can have kids.
Lane said: “My husband and I both felt like our family-building had been resolved but we weren’t necessarily resolved with building a family for someone else. We knew pretty quickly after I got the call that I was selected [for the trial] that I was going to do it.”
Lane travelled from Boston to Dallas where she had a surgery at Baylor University Medical Center in Dallas to have her uterus removed for the recipient who remains anonymous.
Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, professionally known as DJ Cuppy took to her Instagram to share these beautiful set of new photos of herself and mother, Nana Otedola posing together.
DJ Cuppy is undoubtedly a very beautiful lady and with these new glowing photos she just shared for her teeming fans, we can understand where she got the beauty from ; as her caption would suggest.
Sharing the photos, she wrote ;
Got it from my Mama! ? #FamilyFirst #BaddestOutOfBeirut
See below ;
Florence Ifeoluwa Otedola, professionally known as DJ Cuppy, is a Nigerian disc jockey and producer. She is the daughter of Nigerian businessman Femi Otedola.
Nigerian Dancehall singer, Burna Boy, in an interview with American OAP, Ebro Darden, spoke about his music, upcoming projects and his relationship with Stefflon Don.
Confirming his relationship again with the British-Jamaican rapper, the ‘Ye’ singer told the host of Ebro in the Morning: ‘On a more serious note, that is my wifey. If you wanted a wifey, Stefflon Don is the perfect person.’
See Video below ;
