A Nigerian man identified on Facebook as Otunba Oriyomi Soile, has berated single ladies who have refused to date married men.
Taking to a Facebook Group platform, Soile said a lot of single women have missed their husbands because they’re avoiding married men.
He wrote:
U don’t want to date a married man, bcos it will not end up in marriage abi, o ya tell me, how many of ur single guys both reigning and those u call ur ex has married u, oshi. Let me tell u, most of u will not be born if ur mothers were dat foolish, embrace wisdom. Every man is a prospective husband weda single or married, open ur eyes girl, ur husband may be dat married guy u are refusing or dat married guy u are not treating right bcos for ur mind he is married so na mugun. If u know u know, married guys rock. I am an advocate of polygamy, if this hurts ur sensitivity I am not sorry.
Regina Askia-Williams, a former Nollywood actress has revealed that she has no regrets whatsoever leaving the Nigerian Movies Industry.
She hosted a Q&A session with her fans on Instagram, and the actress-turned-nurse, said she is fulfilled and contented with a real career that feeds her body and soul.
According to Wikipedia, here is a brief biography on Regina Askia:
Regina Askia-Williams (born Imaobong Regina Askia Usoro, Lagos, 1967) is a Nigerian-born, American-based family nurse practitioner (FNP), healthcare and educational activist, television producer, writer, and public speaker, who found fame as an actress and model.
In 1988, Askia-Williams – a former Medical student who had transferred from the University of Calabar to the University of Lagos – was crowned Miss Unilag. That same year, she competed in the MBGN 1988 contest.
Though she was the crowds favorite contestant as well as the outgoing Miss Intercontinental, Joan Maynard, she placed second. However, she became titleholder the following year when winner Bianca Onoh resigned. In 1990, Askia-Williams represented Nigeria at Miss Charm International held in Leningrad, Russia, and came second.
She also made history by becoming the first Nigerian at Miss International in Japan, where she made an impact with the most outstanding traditional costume.
After gaining public recognition in Nigeria as a beauty pageant winner, Askia-Williams began a modelling career. As a model, Askia-Williams appeared in several Nigerian print and television commercials including Kessingsheen Hair Care, boutique chain Collectibles, and most famously, Visine.
She also worked on several runway shows. In 2007, she modelled for the 2000-N-Six face cleansing range alongside her daughter, model Stephanie Hornecker.
In 2005 she hosted a fashion show at the Nigerian Embassy in New York City to raise awareness for the plight of children’s social amenities in Nigeria, and in 2006, she hosted a charity fashion show at Lehman College in the Bronx, New York, which displayed the creations of top African designers and her own label Regine Fashions.
Askia-Williams’s acting break came in 1993, when she played gold-digger Tokunbo Johnson in Nigerian soap Fortunes (later Mega Fortunes) on NTA Network, a role which earned her critical acclaim and roles in Nollywood movies.
She has received several awards for her performances – including one for “Best Actress in Nigeria” by Afro Hollywood London in 2000 – and has produced several television shows and films.
Askia-Williams starred in several “Nollywood” films during the 1990s and early 2000s, most of which were filmed to be released directly to video, reaching a wide audience in Nigeria and elsewhere in Africa such as Tanzania and Ghana. She became one of Nigeria’s biggest acting celebrities.
Askia-Williams’ films, and other Nollywood films are regularly broadcast by Nigerian television networks, including ITV, StarTV, and the state broadcaster TVT.
Askia-Williams was compared to Elizabeth Taylor for her fame, and was paid around N300,000 for a starring role, on par with other top Nigerian actresses.
Timothy Owoeye, an Osun State lawmaker seen on a viral video depicting him as bathing in the market square for ritual, was a victim of a ritual syndicate which had operated in the state for a long time, the police have told PREMIUM TIMES.
Little was known outside of Osun State about Mr Owoeye until a video showing him being beaten by some men who purportedly caught him taking a midnight ritual shower in a market hit the Internet this weekend.
Some of those who circulated the video on social media said Mr Owoeye, who is currently the House Majority Leader of Osun State House of Assembly, was performing the ritual as he intensified activities towards his political success in the upcoming general elections.
But Mr Owoeye, representing Ilesa West for the All Progressives Congress (APC), was actually a victim of a high-wire blackmail racket that had seen him part with humongous amount of his personal wealth in a desperate bid to save not only his own career but family image, Osun police commissioner, Adeoye Fimihan, told PREMIUM TIMES on Sunday afternoon.
“The fellow is a victim of some fraudsters who duped him some amount of money,” Mr Fimihan said by telephone. “They tricked him to that place and did that to blackmail him so that he will not be able to lodge complaint in the public.”
Mr Owoeye’s misery began about six months ago when he agreed to have a midnight shower in a market as recommended by herbalists he had been consulting for traditional prayers. The location is rumoured to be Osun Jela, described as a lull community between Osogbo, the state capital, and Ijesa.
But as he undressed himself and started having his shower, some persons — whom the police suspect had been lurking in the dark— emerged from the nearby bush, turned on lights and focused cameras on the lawmaker.
PREMIUM TIMES learnt from sources close to Mr Owoeye that persons were arranged by the fraudsters who had been parading themselves to the lawmaker as herbalists working to help enhance his fortunes through traditional means.
The syndicate promised not to circulate the video if Mr Owoeye complied with their demands for cash. He paid the initial cash to the crooks, which subsequently opened a cascade of regular financial flows to their pockets.
At some point during the blackmail, about three months ago, Mr Owoeye wanted to sell a filling station he owned after running out of liquid cash to keep hushing his so-called scandal.
“He did not sell the filling station, but he had paid them more than N40million before then,” the source said. It was when Mr Owoeye was trying to raise money by selling his filling station that an associate pressed him to disclose what his crisis was about. He was then advised to take the matter to the governor and subsequently to the police.
“We are happy that he summoned the courage to complain and the police succeeded in arresting some of those fellows and they were charged to court,” Mr Fimihan said. “Whatever is being circulated is just a way of ensuring that he will not be able to complain.”
The commissioner said he could not immediately tell how much Mr Owoeye lost to the scheme, but the police had recovered N10 million of it already.
“I cannot say precisely now, but the police were able to recover N10 million of the funds he was swindled,” the police chief told PREMIUM TIMES.
Both the commissioner and Mr Owoeye’s associate told PREMIUM TIMES the video was leaked by other members of the syndicate who were yet to be taken into custody.
Mr Owoeye could not be reached for comments. It was also not immediately confirmed whether the arrested suspects had hired their legal representatives.
Ritual prayer by fake herbalists is a booming trade in which unsuspecting citizens lose billions across Nigeria annually, and the police have spent years combating its spread by regularly smashing hideouts of syndicates.
Former Big Brother Naija Housemate, Nina has been described as a ver photogenic person, and the reason is not far fetched.
The entrepreneur has release new stunning photos on her page, and we totally love it!
Her fans, who cannot get enough of her images, are ever ready to shower nice words on the BBNaija star after each photo of her is shared online. This maybe the driving force behind her constant picture posts.
In these new photos she shared on her page on Instagram, Nina is seen clad in a sharp, blue outfit while delicately flaunting her legs for her fans.
Wizkid has once again tagged his babymamas as ‘Hungry hoes’..
The singer posted the insult on his Snapchat page, shortly after he annoucned on Twitter that he spends quality time with his third son, Zion, a child he shares with his London-based manager, Jada Pollock, adding that he will be naming his next album after their son Zion.
“Zion was right by my side to show me all the love and support I need! After #MadeinLagos! Next project “Zion”,” he wrote, before adding on Instagram: “Ignore da money hungry hoes.”
See screenshots of the posts below:
This comes barely a week after Binta Diamond and Sola Ogudu flamed the singer on social media. While Diamond, the mother of his second son, roasted him for celebrating his Nike special edition “Starboy” jersey, Sola dragged him for announcing his plans to build a school in every country in Africa.
Dubai-based big boy, Hushpuppi showed off his shopping bags after he went on a shopping spree recently in a Fendi store.
Sharing the photo on his page, the big boy wrote,
“Fs for FENDI, Also for the FEARLESS, the FREAKS and the FREE but don’t forget it can also mean FxckYourFeeling”.
Rivalry and enmity seems to be the watchwords between Nigerian Big Boys, Hushpuppi and Mompha and the former just spelled it out recently after he called him a non-prosperous weapon fashion against him.
Recently, while the big boy was replying to a post that asked “What weapons have been formed against you that haven’t prospered?” on Instagram, the Dubai-based big boy, replied simply,
Billionaire Blogger, Linda Ikeji has shared first photos of her son, just moments after he was born in Atlanta.
Linda, took to her page & blog, hours ago to reveals that she has given birth to her baby boy, named, “Baby J”, with her mystery partner at an unnamed hospital in Atlanta, Georgia.
“Oh dear Lord, I am a mum. Baby J is here! ??❤❤. He was born today 17th September,” she captioned the photo which shows her cradling a baby in a hospital bed. “This is so surreal ??. Thank you guys so much for the love through this journey and thanks for all the well wishes. Love you guys!” she added.
Now, she has shared the first peek of her beautiful boy.
A Kenyan family living in the US has been thrown into mourning after the father hit and killed his 18-month son while reversing his car.
Mr Dan Mutuma, a nurse in Kansas City, was reversing his car from the parking lot when the child, Mishael Mutuma, walked unnoticed behind the vehicle, and was crushed.
The child was the grandson of Pastor Moses Mutuma of Miathene SDA district in Meru County, Kenya. Mr Mutuma’s brother-in-law Ezra Kamencu Mingaine said the tragic incident has left the young family distraught.
The man had left his home early morning for a local university where he is studying but realised he had forgotten some document and went to get it.
He hurriedly picked the item, bid his wife Loise, who was tending to their young twins and mother-in-law goodbye, and quickly left the house without realising that his son had sneaked out of the house and followed him.
“It is so painful to the entire family and especially to the father to have crushed his own son. There is no way he could have seen the kid who was playing behind. The child had run unnoticed behind the vehicle as the father was reversing.
“The mother-in-law was in the kitchen while the wife was tending to the other twin children. It was so painful, nobody could be blamed for it,” said Mr Mingaine by phone.
According to Fox 4 News, residents who saw the tragedy happen said they heard the father wailing after the child was hit by the car.
The TV station reported that local Olathe police were investigating the matter but did not expect to prefer any criminal charges from the incident and were treating it as an accident.
The child will be buried in the US but the burial date has not yet been set.
Mr Mingaine said that the incident has triggered revival of a campaign to sensitize motorists on the need to check their vehicles to prevent such tragedies from happening.
“If the child were not his, it would have been a terrible case. I have started educating members of the public on the need to ensure they know where their children are while driving away,” Mr Mingaine said.
The Billionaire blogger welcomed her first child, Baby J in Atlanta today, 17th September, 2018.
The lovely took to her blog to share photos of herself and her baby boy and wrote,
I welcomed my first child, popularly known as baby J today September 17th in a hospital in Atlanta. I cant believe I’m a mum. More later. Make I sleep small for now. lol. Thanks guys for the well wishes. Love you guys so much!
In reaction, controversial journalist, Kemi Olunloyo has declared that her baby was birthed through surrogacy.
Some members of the Buhari Supporters Group have been thrown into an ‘impromptu’ mourning, following the alleged murder of one of their members.
According to reports, Juliet Ajibode was murdered on 30th August in Lagos. Her decomposed body was found six days later.
It was gathered that the suspected assailant stole her cellphone, Laptop and ATM card. Read a post shared by a friend.
“Juliet was murdered in her house on the night of August 29/30th.Her cell phone, Laptop, ATM card was stolen by unknown person Her remains was discovered 5 days later which has decomposed so baldly that she has to buried immediately ,they withdrawn over 200k from her account at various ATM locations in Lagos Nigeria ?,She was a Lawyer, humble woman ,die hard Buharist love by everybody, she was prepare to join her children in US few days to her murdered… the question remain, WHO KILLED JULIET AJIBODE…what a wicked world my God!!!! Your killer wouldn’t know peace until nemesis catch on them very soon.May your soul rest in peace AMAZON SISTER. ADIEU!!!By Oluwafunmilayo Olagoke Ajibabi and Awa Uche
Lagos Governor Akinwunmi Ambode reportedly broke down in tears and he’s been in low spirits since the day he picked up the APC governorship nomination form, a source at the Lagos State Government House in Alausa disclosed to Pulse.
Mr. Babajide Sanwoolu has emerged the handpicked candidate of APC kingmakers in Lagos, and he’s been anointed the preferred candidate to unseat Ambode during a primary election exercise slated for September 29, 2018.
Ambode was very sure of a second term in office before a dizzying spate of events in September made him sink into his office chair in agony, on occasion.
Two former Commissioners in Lagos, Obafemi Hamzat and Sanwoolu, picked up their respective nomination forms on the day Ambode was acquiring his, throwing the race for Lagos government house open.
Ambode in a battle for his life
The APC in Lagos will go with the direct primary system as opposed to the indirect primary system.
In a direct primary, all members of the party are allowed to choose flagbearers ahead of general election. In an indirect primary, only select party delegates are allowed to vote.
If Ambode had been in the good books of godfather Bola Tinubu or other power brokers in the APC, an indirect primary would have been settled for and he would have been handed an automatic ticket.
“The fact that they are making him go through the primaries with other aspirants in a state like Lagos, shows you that they want to humiliate him”, Prince Abeng, a political pundit, submitted.
One top ranking official in Lagos State government set-up told Pulse that Ambode’s mood swings are now more frequent than there have ever been and that the governor isn’t holding back the tears.
“We saw him shedding tears the other day. He even drove himself out of government house, something he’s never done”, the source disclosed.
Pulse was also told that Rivers Governor Nyesom Wike rang Ambode to offer him the PDP governorship ticket in Lagos.
Pulse has been unable to independently verify these stories from our sources, as neither Chief Press Secretary to Governor Ambode, Abib Haruna nor Commissioner for Information in Lagos, Kehinde Bamgbetan, picked up their phones.
An email sent to Bamigbetan on the intrigues in the politics of Lagos APC, has also not been replied, days after.
Moody and dejected
One aide in Alausa, the seat of government in Lagos, describes Ambode’s mood these days as “crestfallen, somber and a tad dejected”.
When Sanwoolu formally declared for Ambode’s seat on Sunday, September 16, 2018, all of Tinubu’s loyalists in Lagos, including Senator Gbenga Ashafa who represents Lagos East in the upper legislative chamber, were in the audience to cheer him on with chants of “incoming, incoming!”
Sanwoolu enjoys Tinubu’s backing and is being galvanized by the Mandate Movement—a grassroot assemblage that answers to Tinubu.
All 57 council chairmen in Lagos have also endorsed Sanwoolu who promised to restore work on a 25-year masterplan once he is elected.
Ambode resumed duties as Lagos governor for a first term in office on May 29, 2015.
Nigerian media mogul, Linda Ikeji‘s wait for her first child is finally over as she’s welcomed her baby boy, Baby J in Atlanta today, 17th September, 2018.
The lovely took to her blog to share photos of herself and her baby boy and wrote,
I welcomed my first child, popularly known as baby J today September 17th in a hospital in Atlanta. I cant believe I’m a mum. More later. Make I sleep small for now. lol. Thanks guys for the well wishes. Love you guys so much!
Nigerian rapper and two time AMVCA award winner Falz(The Bahd Guy), drops a new anthem today and he titles this one ‘Sweet Boy‘. Here is the lyrics to the just released song.
[Pre-Chorus]
See person pikin see as he fresh
If you see am dey come give am respect
All white agbada check the Rolex
If person think am too much person go vex
See sauce dripping, liquor sipping
Chicks want booking but I get them on looking
See sauce dripping, liquor sipping
Chicks want booking but I get them on looking
[Chorus]
Sweet boy, fresh guy, sweet boy, fresh guy
Sweet boy, fresh guy, sweet boy, fresh guy (Fresh guy)
[Verse 1]
Look at how am fly in my fresh swag
look at how I shine with no recipes
Always on time like the first flight
but I make am squeeze high when I check time
Oh boy, on the air gon, pour me water
you know the boy no be your mate, call me brother (Say what?)
Sweet boy association I’m oga, sepe Eyan kan na lo bi omo yi sha
[Pre-Chorus]
See person pikin see as he fresh *fresh*
If you see am dey come give am respect
All white agbada check the Rolex *check the Rolex*
If person think am too much person go vex
See sauce dripping, liquor sipping
Chicks want booking but I get them on looking
See sauce dripping, liquor sipping
Chicks want booking but I get them on looking
[Chorus]
Sweet boy, fresh guy, sweet boy, fresh guy
Sweet boy, fresh guy, sweet boy, fresh guy
Sweet boy, fresh guy, sweet boy, fresh guy
[Verse 2]
Look at all the moves I dey give them
Look at all the nudes in my dm
Sweet chocolate boy, he is so damn fine
She wan know wetin I rub to make the beard shine
Wait make I step in the place, girlies go crase
Isn’t why your chief bridesmaid giving me face?
Why you sister no just wan give me the space? (Oh my God)
Na dem Dey rush us, we no really dey chase
[Pre-Chorus]
See person pikin see as he fresh
If you see am dey come give am respect *give am respect*
All white agbada check the Rolex *check the Rolex*
If person think am too much person go vex
See sauce dripping, liquor sipping
Chicks want booking but I get them on looking
See sauce dripping, liquor sipping
Chicks want booking but I get them on looking
[Chorus]
Sweet boy, fresh guy, sweet boy, fresh guy
Sweet boy, fresh guy, sweet boy, fresh guy
Sweet boy, fresh guy, sweet boy, fresh guy
Sweet boy, fresh guy, sweet boy, fresh guy
Here is the lyrics to Lil Kesh‘s new song titled, “Flenjo” and he features blazing hot Portharcourt’s First Son, Duncan Mighty. The video to this song is also out. Watch Here
[Chorus]
Ah!
Abeg yem yem two bottles of stout, I cannot kill myself
Abeg yem two plates of Nkwobi too, I cannot kill myself
Wowo
I must to jaiye mi (jaiye mi) Flenjo (Flenjo)
Orire, Favour, Jejely, Splendor eh eh
jaiye mi (jaiye mi), Flenjo (Flenjo),
Chop money, billions
Orire, Favour, Jejely, Splendor eh
[Verse 1 – Lil Kesh]
Ah, shebi them talk say na man wey work go chop
So I dey hustle, I dey work to ri result
I ri result, the money begin come in bulk
So I start to ball, make I no go shit for church
So I enter Beer Parlor, order Point & Kill
3 bottles, then I left the joint and chill
Nowo Nowo, fowosere, 100-billion Gang (ahh)
Pull up on you in a bullion van, ahh
A mumukumu, shayo gidi gan lojo na
Fafakufa jaiye gidi gan lojo na
As we dey enjoy, dey jarate o
Awon kele use ikebe to violate, mo daran
Call my baby o cos I get Pounds to na for you o
Sha ma redi o, cos all I have is all for you o
[Chorus – Lil Kesh & Duncan Mighty]
Ah!
Abeg yem yem two bottles of stout, I cannot kill myself
Abeg yem two plates of Nkwobi too, I cannot kill myself
Wowo
I must to jaiye mi (jaiye mi, jaiye mi oh, jaiye mi oh Flenjo) Flenjo
Orire, Favour,(jaiye mi oh, jaiye mi oh Flenjo) Jejely, Splendor eh eh
jaiye mi (jaiye mi oh, jaiye mi oh Flenjo), Flenjo
Chop money, billions
Orire, Favour, (jaiye mi oh, jaiye mi oh Flenjo) Jejely, Splendor eh
[Verse 2 – Duncan Mighty]
Joly make Caro to ama
Buburu ka ibu na azu ga egbugbadu
Girlie feli feli fe, baby feli feli fe
Help me chop the fish and chop the meat
Chop iyapulu kpomo
Lil Kesh onemiye dinma oh oh
Wene Mighty, Lil Kesh omiokono mofia mu wewe
Baby oh, chop it, kamitiomama don’t go there
Kamichiomama chop money
Wene Mighty and Lil Kesh oh uh wa
Ah!
Man and Woman kopu wadu oh, onia mamo
Man and Woman kopu wadu oh, yah
Slay mama oh, onamo, ono mio kano oh, obo uh
Slay mama oh, onamo, chop the money oh
Oh Lil Kesh oh wa
[Chorus – Lil Kesh & Duncan Mighty]
Ah!
Abeg yem yem two bottles of stout, I cannot kill myself
Abeg yem two plates of Nkwobi too, I cannot kill myself
Wowo
I must to jaiye mi (jaiye mi, jaiye mi oh, jaiye mi oh Flenjo) Flenjo
Orire, Favour,(jaiye mi oh, jaiye mi oh Flenjo) Jejely, Splendor eh eh
jaiye mi (jaiye mi oh, jaiye mi oh Flenjo), Flenjo
Chop money, billions
Orire, Favour, (jaiye mi oh, jaiye mi oh Flenjo) Jejely, Splendor eh
[Outro]
Jaiye mi oh, jaiye mi oh, Flenjo (Enjoy my life, enjoy my life, flex)
Jaiye mi oh, jaiye mi oh, Flenjo (Enjoy my life, enjoy my life, flex)
Jaiye mi oh, jaiye mi oh, Flenjo (Enjoy my life, enjoy my life, flex)
Jaiye mi oh, jaiye mi oh, Flenjo (Enjoy my life, enjoy my life, flex)
Yo, Rexxie on this one
SpyrytMix
[Intro]
Aye ori mi ni mo un je, ma logba mi o
Eledumare lo seyi eru o ba mi o
Yuh yuh yuh yuh yuh, yuh yuh yuh, yuh yuh yuh
[Chorus]
Aye ori mi ni mo’n je, ma logba mi o
Eledumare lo seyi eru o ba mi o
This is how I want my people to remember me oh
Eledumare lo seyi eru o bami o, eru o ba mi o
Logba logba, omo logba logba
Eledumare lo seyi eru o bami o
Logba logba, omo logba logba
Eledumare lo seyi eru o bami o
[Verse 1]
B’ewure we bi o we, se lo ma dan ku,
Now you know wassup ko ye ma fumble
Omo to shan oya ma bubble, gbogbo screw yen ni mo na couple
Oya balance sit up, don’t let me go,
Oya omo to shan, the way you do that thing dotidot dot
Dey make my liver to cut cut
Omode gbon agba gbon ni won fi da ile-fe
Tell me what’s on your mind, baby kilofe
Lo bi Wande Coal if life is fair
Life is not fair sugbon we Dey try for here
Oya balance sit up, don’t let me go, oya omo to shan
The way you do that tidotidot dot, dey make my liver to cut cut
[Chorus]
Aye ori mi ni mo’n je, ma logba mi o
Eledumare lo seyi eru o ba mi o
This is how I want my people to remember me oh
Eledumare lo seyi eru o bami o, eru o ba mi o
Logba logba, omo logba logba
Eledumare lo seyi eru o bami o
Logba logba, omo logba logba
Eledumare lo seyi eru o bami o
[Verse 2]
When you hear kakabum omo won na bo
Na who be the baga whe wear pinafore
To fe lo jaiye Quilox l’after four
Farabale calm down oya ye ma bo
Oya balance sit up, don’t let me go, oya omo to shan
The way you do that tidotidot dot, dey make my liver to cut cut
Ara kangudu, kangudu, oya make dem do what Dey want to do
Iyen omara mi pata, all about my money on my own mata
Ki awon ti shabalistical ko le jo, ma lo filu ja speaker jo kolejo
Shebi, olowo lo lowo, eni to ba ni doe lowo lo l’Eko
[Chorus]
Aye ori mi ni mo’n je, ma logba mi o
Eledumare lo seyi eru o ba mi o
This is how I want my people to remember me oh
Eledumare lo seyi eru o bami o, eru o ba mi o
Logba logba, omo logba logba
Eledumare lo seyi eru o bami o
Logba logba, omo logba logba
Eledumare lo seyi eru o bami o
Over a while now, there’s been series of stories of people’s money disappearing mysteriously from their ‘Kolo‘ Piggy bank with many saying it’s diabolic.
Now a Nigerian doctor has taken to her Twitter page to share her own strange experience.
According to her, she was expecting to see at least N20-N30k, but after breaking her piggybank she found only N600.
Senate President, Bukola Saraki, on Sunday, reinstated his decision to not step down as president of the senate.
This comes after his former party, APC, insisted that since his defection to the PDP, it would be honorable for him to relinquish the senate president’s seat for a member of the APC.
The party chairman, Adams Oshiomole, has repeatedly stated that if Saraki does not resign honorably, he would be impeached.
Saraki who visited Niger state on Sunday for consultations on his presidential bid, spoke with newsmen and vowed not to step down.
According to Saraki, the APC is currently the minority in the senate and therefore don’t have the powers to carry out the impeachment threat.
“The APC members know that we are in the majority and whatever they want to do they know that they don’t have the number. The other kite they are trying to fly is asking me to step down from my seat, but I can tell you that this cannot be possible as I will not step down. One thing is very clear and that is to say that I will not sacrifice the interest of the country for my personal interest and in the last three years as a Senate president, I have demonstrated that my interest is second to that of national interest,” he said
Over 200 communities in about 10 Local Government Areas in the state have been ravaged by serious flood, rendering residents homeless and destroying properties worth millions of naira.
The joy of every parent is to see his or her child walk in his or her footsteps or choose the same career after them, but for Nollywood superstar, Monalisa Chinda, the reverse is the case.
The mother of one revealed that she wouldn’t allow her daughter to nurse a career in acting.
Monalisa Chinda’s daughter
Read more about the actress’ triumphs and travails in this exclusive interview.
Tell us a little about yourself
I am a Nollywood actor, filmmaker, host of ‘You and I with Monalisa’, a 30-minutes talkshow containing a blend of inspiring conversations, human angle stories, lifestyle tips, business and creative entertainment.
And in this 4th season of the show, we seek to create more youth-eccentric content that aligns with the social media. Also, I do little contracts by the side.
What do you like about your character and what movie are you currently working on?
I am currently promoting ‘Family First’, directed by Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen. The film location was Benin City. I played the role of a single (widowed) mum who’s got grown up children in the university.
Having lost my husband to a deadly disease, the character, Itohan, was left to cater for her children alone. Still very desirable and highly admired by other men, Itohan decides to take a shot at dating again, this time to a younger man.
This didn’t go down well with her son who becomes overly protective of his mum. He becomes dangerously aggressive and violent.
Any way, in order not to give the juicy story away, let’s leave it as it is. It’s a compelling contemporary family drama. People should look forward to it when it eventually hits the screens by the grace of God.
What makes one a good actor?
Honestly, if I say to you that Angelina Jolie is a great actor, and you disagree, it doesn’t make my choice a good one and yours wrong. It just means we have different tastes. So, for me, an actor is good if he makes me believe he’s actually going through whatever his character is going through.
I must be convinced ‘he’s jumping out of a bus’, ‘she’s actually giving birth and the doctor is seen delivering her baby’.
The emotion, the physical connection in that character, is called alienation. Again, the character has to be full of surprises; must be unpredictable, must have so many ways to tell a truth or a lie. Actors must not be predictable all the time.
It becomes boring. An actor must have the voice and the body. He must know how to use these tools to move and talk in expressive ways. There are some actors that are painful to watch, I am sorry. I can go on and on, but let’s leave it as it is.
If you were to compare the industry then and now, what has changed?
I would say the industry called Nollywood has evolved, from storytelling, technological special effects and to social media etc. Way back, we struggled with technical, costumes and make up, but we also had fantastic story lines, captivating plots and great acts. We have become better today.
Our movies are being screened at reputable film festivals all over the world. The industry has created also quality TV series, more profitable movies, web platforms, and on line TV. And of course, not to mention our own Africa Magic whose platforms have put us on a global map, creating shows and awards. We have indeed done well for ourselves.
Monalisa Chinda
If you were to groom a new actor, which aspect of you would you teach the person?
I will certainly teach method acting; Method acting gives you the ability to deliver very complex roles, internalization, memory recall, and certainly spiritual realism and self-analysis.
Series of rehearsals and emotional expressions will play hand in hand to bring out the best acting skills from my students.
Talking about endowment, what part of you is most s*xy?
Every part! I am wonderfully and beautifully crafted by my creator; I appreciate me.
Why do we have old and new Nollywood?
In my opinion, there is no such thing as new and old Nollywood. We are all one. We copy Hollywood right? Is there anything like new Hollywood? Why do we overdo things in Nigeria?
The veterans, who are still so relevant in terms of acting and directing in Nollywood, would you say they are new Nollywood? Perhaps, they are old Nollywood players still relevant in the new Nollywood.
Please, can someone educate me on this because honestly I am clueless? I think we are all in one industry.
Have you turned down a role?
Yes, I have.
What can make you turn down a role?
Bad script, nudity, and profane language.
Do you have a price to show little to the imagination?
If I understand you correctly, you are asking if I can go naked in a movie. The answer is no.
When you were coming up, were you sexually harassed?
No. It wasn’t one of the criteria for one to become an actor. It may have existed then, but it must have been hushed. I never recalled that ever happening when I started.
Again, I come from a theatre back ground, from University of Port Harcourt. I have a degree in Theatre Arts. So, we were already ‘made’ from school. It was a matter of choice.
Do you want to continue as an actor internationally or you want to migrate into something more profitable?
That was the question. Then, acting wasn’t exactly profitable, but we were happy with the little we were paid. We were always on location, back to back, as opposed to what is happening now. Things are different now. Social media is a good platform for marketing your brand. So, I guess that has answered your question.
Are you intending to produce new movies?
I have produced four already.
How do you produce and act at the same time?
Both work hand in hand. But the former is quite tasking as you are dealing with the whole works of the movie itself. In fact, both are hard work, mentally and physically. Again, it’s your own film, so you must guard it jealously.
No one will do it better than you. But to make it easier, one can hire an associate producer so that you can concentrate and act out your role and work on your characterisation. That, on its own, is another kettle of fish. Preproduction is a must. You must plan ahead.
New actors are now converting from acting to producing, what’s your take on that?
That is welcoming. There is nothing wrong with that. As long as there is employment, there is empowerment.
What do you have to say about Nollywood porn movies?
Are there movies like that? I am completely clueless. I have no idea of what you are talking about.
Can having sex in a movie make you a star?
Why should that make you a star? You are acting in a movie and you are asked to play a sex scene. How it’s played out will determine if the viewers are convinced or not. Meaning the scene must be tastefully done without the real act of making out.
Again, our culture cannot permit that.
What determines your fashion outlook?
It depends on my mood. I like to keep it simple and classy.
What fashion accessory you can’t do without?
My ear rings, because I am a woman. My handbag because I am a woman. I am very girly.
What part of you attracts attention when you step out?
My complexion. I want to believe.
How was growing up like? Were you an introvert?
Growing up was fun. We were allowed to grow up in simple healthy environment devoid of technology as opposed to today. Back then we would go to the library to read and do research and home works as opposed to research carried out online, googling almost everything.
Playing in the garden at our backyard then, filled with innocence as opposed to what exists today. It was much fun and I missed that.
No, I wasn’t exactly an introvert. I was and still am very private and would love people to respect that. What I can control, I can control. What I can’t control, I don’t make any fuss about it.
If something goes wrong, it goes wrong. It’s how we react and manage the situation that matters. We are not perfect.
What part of you does the public hold as a misconception?
I want to believe it’s my looks. I think I am unapproachable, as I get that a lot. But when people come a little closer; they perhaps have a change of heart. However, their opinion of me doesn’t really define who I am, so it’s okay. You can’t stop people from thinking what they want to think.
What is your favourite meal?
Beans and vegies. Bean cake (moi moi), I don’t think I can go a week without beans… So, yes I love beans.
When you discovered you’re a beautiful woman, did that boost your ego?
Honestly, I wasn’t sure what beautiful meant when I was growing up. Someone must have told you….Perhaps… You know, as you grow older you begin to be more comfortable in your skin; more conscious of whom you truly are.
I sort of knew there is something special about me just as anyone else out there. You must discover who you are at some point.
What is the craziest thing a fan has done to you?
A fan has tried to grab and peck me on my cheek. I was alarmed. I had to tell him to step back and steer clear off me. He later on apologised and pleaded for a selfie, which I later obliged.
After marriage do you still get toasted by men?
No! Nigerian men respect married women. You can take that to the bank. I think if they admire you and don’t know how to convey the message, they keep it to themselves or go to my social media page and make compliments, that isn’t rude or seen as disrespectful.
Would you like your child to go into acting?
I am not sure!!
Why?
With what’s going on now? I would try to talk her out of it. It’s difficult to deal with fame. The society would expect you to act in certain way, talk in certain way, and not seen in certain places!
It’s difficult. However, I am not God. He may have His own purpose for her. After all, we are here to fulfil our purposes on earth.
So, you can’t just walk on the road and buy corn?
No, I can’t. But if I am with my hubby alone in the car, he can pull over and help with that. If I am with someone else, they help too.
How do you safeguard your marriage?
God is the one who safeguards all marriages. However, as human, I try to strike the balance. Nothing comes between me and my home. Nothing. I don’t like to take advantage of things. I am an organic woman. Therefore, my family comes first before my career. I do not know any other way.
What should the fans be expecting from you?
I want to keep giving them the best of me, more movies and providing great content on my talk show.
What is your favourite movie?
That would be my first attempt at producing a movie, Kiss ‘N’ Tell in 2010. That movie remains the best thing that has ever happened to me, in terms of movie making! It sold out on the opening night. That was a blessing.
CATWALQ was another. It was a 26-episode of great content, amazing cast and crew. Even though, that didn’t fetch me money, it’s one of my best series ever. It was a master piece. No regrets!
Last Sunday morning, 16th of September, 2018, social media went abuzz after it was revealed that actress, Kemi Lala Akindoju will be tying the knots – traditionally – the same day her pre-wedding photos were shared online.
While her colleagues took to their respective social media pages to gush over her and wish her well, the beautiful actress tied the knots in a traditional wedding ceremony with her man, Chef Fregz.
Some of your stunning favourite female celebrities turned up for the actress’s traditional wedding ceremony in quite exquisite outfits.
Some of those who turned up are Omotola Jalade, Gbemi, Shaffy Bello, Rita Dominic and others… See photos below,
A University of Maiduguri graduate, Muhammad Sani has taken to his Facebook page to share a quite heartbreaking tribute to his wife, Hauwa, who died on Friday, September 7th, 2018, 16 days after she suffered a stillbirth.
Sani and Hauwa got married on 23rd December, 2017, after courting for eight months.
Read below;
“TRIBUTE TO MY LATE WIFE
Her names are Hauwa Muhammad (Mummy) I call her Baby or My wife my wife and she also call me Baby or My husband my husband
You were brief in my life. Everything about us was brief up to your last breath.
We got talking around January 2017 and we became best of friends. You taught me the meaning and value of friendship which made me amused with your way of life; so simple and charismatic in nature. You were reserved but warm, very jovial and unassuming, sometimes one will lack the right words to define your attitude but above all you were very religious.
You were an outstanding woman, very blunt on matters of advice and opinions. You always made good came out of every thing that came your way. You made me feel the beauty of love and care with you, worldly things were never your thing. The most amazing thing about you that I never got tired of were your smiles. They were so real you never faked them.
I remember vividly in April 2017, Aliyu & Aisha’s dinner @Nasfat Hotel in Minna, I asked you if you would marry me and you kept smiling without saying anything and you asked me why I had asked you that and I told you God created you just for me and you couldn’t stop smiling and that was how the beautiful secret relationship started.
During our relationship, you always texted me to let me know that you would call me but wouldn’t say anything cuz all You wished for was to just listen to my voice and that was exactly what you would do. Neither of us knew that our marriage would come up that soon. We just knew something good was coming to us but we never thought it would be our marriage considering we were only 8 months into our relationship.
A month to our wedding, every known persons were invited and they were a little bit awed by the fact that we were even in a relationship. They had thought it was an arranged marriage.
The funny thing about all that was neither of us were ready for marriage but all our pleas went unheard by our parents and of course we plan and Allah plans, and He is the best of planners. We prayed over it with good faith and with Allah by our side, everything went smoothly. We got married on 23rd December, 2017. Masha’Allah beautiful ceremony it was with so much beautiful smiles all over us.
The journey of our beautiful lifes began without any obstacles. Allah in his infinite mercy made everything easy for us. Alhamdulillah you came into my family and you were loved by all. No one ever criticized you, you were a typical example of lower your gaze that Islam teaches us.
Alhamdulillah you were not just a wife to me but you were like a mother to me. You made sure I did things the right way. You were always not happy with me whenever I didn’t eat on time.
You never liked it whenever I told you I would be traveling. Jazakillah you always made sure I had what so ever I wanted. Jazakillah for always making my meals. Jazakillah for the congregation prayers we always did together. Jazakillah for the care and so much love you gave me.
Jazakillah for the recitation of Quran we did together. Jazakillah for everything you’ve done for me. Jazakillah you were my everything. Jazakillah you made your family members love me so much which I will forever be grateful to them. Alhamdulillah Allah made everything easy for you during the time of your pregnancy. You never for once had any pains they say women undergo during pregnancies “Allah is indeed Great.”
Sometimes I woke up in the middle of the night and the first thing I would see was you steering@ me and whenever I asked you why you weren’t sleeping, you would say you were not sleepy. So we would get up and perform ablution and pray Nafila together.
You had said you loved the way I eat, it made you want to eat with me all the time. But that faithful Friday 31st August, 2018 after Friday prayers “Ina lillahi wa ina ilaehi rajihun” when We had lost our Baby. You had given birth to her successfully even though it was a stillbirth and she was buried on Saturday morning. Since then life wasn’t the same for us again especially you.
The pain started. All efforts made by me, both our families and friends to make you feel better again went in vain because only you and the Almighty Allah knew the pain you were going through not what all of us had imagined because God decided to hide it from us. Only the Almighty Allah knew why. “Subuhanallah”
Even on your sick bed you would call me as early as 5am to wake me up for fajr Sallah.
Immediately I offered my prayers, I would come over to my family house to see you and all you would ask me was to come sit close you. You would always rest your head on my laps and made me just hold your fragile hands in mine. Even on your sick bed you kept praying to God to reward my Mum and stepmom for taking good care of you and how you wished you got better quickly so that they didn’t have to get tired of you.
You showed me so many signs that you were going but I never noticed because God took that knowledge away @ that time from me.
You would call me and sit me down just to ask for my forgiveness in any way you may have wronged me. It always broke my heart and I felt really sad and worried that you even thought of such things because at that moment wallahi it always sounded to me as if you were saying farewell but I did told you I had forgiven you even though I told you that you had not done anything wrong to me.
L You’ve always been the good wife to me. Every night I would leave you @ my family house, you always didn’t want me to go, you always insisted on me staying longer.
You always insisted on me praying for you before I went back home. You always insisted I bathed you because you said I bathed you better than anyone would.
A night before your death, you insisted that I backed you which I did and you insisted I prayed all over your body before I took my leave and that faithful Thursday night you insisted I shouldn’t go, I should stay and sleep beside you but I had to go back home.
Even with you being in pain, you still found time and strength to make people laugh. On Friday which was your last day with me in this life, you called me as early as 5am to wake me up for fajr prayer as you made it your daily routine and you told me to get up and pray which I immediately did. You also told me to get you a Zobo drink when coming to see you which I definitely did. It was when I got to the house to see you only to find you restless and breathing so difficultly, calling me to come closer and hold you tight. All I could hear from you was that you were tried and wanted to just sleep.
I couldn’t bear it anymore because you were breathing so hard that I could hear the way your heartbeat was pulling subhanallah. You kept telling me you wanted to sleep for a while and I said no we would go to the hospital, and you would get your sleep there. And that was my last conversation with you dear wife. I immediately rushed you to the hospital and when we got there, your condition became critical.
Friday September 7th, 2018 (28/12/1439AH) is the day I will never forget in my entire life. It was the day I understood what it felt like to have a patient struggling for life in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). The long stand, the long wait, and the hopes and all were just to see or hear a Doctor or Nurse tell me you would be fine. But Sadly, the Doctors and Nurses words and whispers kept saying in the same rhythm and chorus, “Pray for her.” They called me and asked me to sit by your bed side and be calling your name and also be praying for you, maybe, just maybe you might hear me and would have woken up. I wanted to cry so bad but the doctors told me not to, at least not in your presence.
Just pray and she will be fine was all they kept telling me. I kept praying and you held my hand so tight and all I could see in your eyes were tears rolling down your face. You kept staring @ me but you couldn’t say anything anymore.
The doctors kept telling me not to worry and that they were doing their best to save you. Before then, your pleas and appeals to everyone was always to put you in their prayers. Subhanallah What a coincidence! Could this mean that you had sensed you wouldn’t survive it? Subhanallah WaLLAHU Ah-alam.
No one had the slightest of idea that you were already bidding farewell to this sinful world.. You left this sinful world between 8:30pm and 9:00pm.”
He’d sent in tweets about the allegations on the EFCC, writing,
“I refuse to believe that anyone, in the name of politics, would freeze the bank accounts of a hardworking family THE ADELEKEs including that of this young icon DAVIDO who has done our country very proud… God save our dear beloved nation… I pray it is fake news…”
Adeleke family accounts frozen; source of information unimpeachable. I repeat, the accounts of Adeleke’s family were FCMB Frozen….. you heard me? FCMB
… later on, after the EFCC released a statement, stating that they didn’t freeze the Adelekes’ accounts, Dele Momodu tweeted,
When news of the freezing of family accounts of the Adelekes was going viral, The Boss made a few calls to those who should be in the know and our source confirmed the story and even mentioned the accounts were in FCMB. We hereby withdraw it with sincere apologies…
Journalists must still trust their sources no matter the risk of error… No human is above mistakes. Only those who managed nothing in their lives are always perfect…
After a fan page of Nigerian singer, Wizkid, shared photos of the singer’s sons, baby mama no 2, who has been on a social media outrage spree against him, took to the page to make a disclaimer.
The page, which actually is dedicated to the singer’s sons, Boluwatife, Ayo and Zion is followed by the singer, who engages in the page – this caused Binta Diallo to flair up as she says the singer can show love to an Instagram page but not to his son.
While airing her fury, the Guinean gave the disclaimer that her son is not part of the Balogun’s family, she wrote;
Stop posting my son here @thebalogunboys my child is not part of your Balogun family just stop with the fake love shit. Nigga need serious help for real, I can’t deal. this deadbeat can follow this page and show fake love to my son here but never bothered to follow my son’s account or be a father to him. Post the kids you love, claimed and your family. P.S I know who running this account
The whole of Nigerian social media became abuzz on Sunday morning after it was revealed that actress, Kemi Lala Akindoju will be tying the knots -traditionally – the same day her pre-wedding photos were shared online.
While her colleagues took to their respective social media pages to gush over her and wish her well, the beautiful actress tied the knots in a traditional wedding ceremony with her man, Chef Fregz.
Photos from their lovely traditional wedding can be seen below,
The EFCC on Sunday evening released a statement denying reports of freezing the accounts of Osun state PDP governorship candidate, Senator Ademola Adeleke and singer Davido.
The statement reads,
The Economic and Finanes Commission, EFCC has been drawn to media publications alleging that it had frozen the account of Senator Ademola Adeleke, candidate of the opposition People’s Democratic Party, PDP, in the September 22, 2018 Osun State governorship election and those of his family members, including the musician, David Adeleke.
The Commission calls on members the public to disregard the report, which is patently false and contrived to dress the agency with a partisan garb in the unfolding political contest in Osun State.
For the avoidance of doubt, at no time did the EFCC place a freeze order on any account belonging to members of the Adeleke family.
The purported freeze order which has unfortunately been amplified by pliable sections of the media without any attempt at confirmation, is alien to the Commission and another example of fake news.
The EFCC frowns at the seeming attempts by faceless forces to drag it into the political fray and, for the umpteenth time, restates its neutrality as a law enforcement organization that is sworn to uphold the law at all times, irrespective whose interest is at stake.
Trying to prove the point that he’s well connected, Davido‘s hypeman, Special Spesh listed a few of the people he has affiliations with, interestingly, armed robbers are included.
The singer, while showing off wads of cash on his Instastories, told his followers that ‘he has what they need’ and should they need connections in armed robbery, music, fashion et all, he could be contacted.
He wrote,
@specialspesh I got wat u need!! Watever u do……I got a connect!!!!!! Oil,real estate, armed robbery,politics,fashion,music…name it!!!
Folake Ogunbodede, a police sergeant who is attached to the Ipaja police station, is currently on the run after stabbing her husband, Taiwo, following a misunderstanding at their home in Ipaja, Lagos.
According to reports, the couple had a minor misunderstanding on Saturday morning, and the husband left the house to avoid more issues.
However, Folake warned him not to return home, but since Taiwo had nowhere else to sleep, he returned home late last night, thinking that his wife would have calmed down, only for Folake to start stabbing him.
But for the timely intervention of neighbors, she would have killed him, as he was lying motionless as at the time of his rescue. Folake has since fled, while Taiwo continues battling for survival at the hospital he was rushed to.
