Talented Nollywood actor, Blossom Chukwujekwu and his wife, Maureen Esisi are having more than just their wedding anniversary to celebrate today… they’re also celebrating the actor proposing to his wife for the second time, and her birthday.
The love struck wife gushed about her husband and also thanked actor, Mofe Duncan for introducing them.
She gushed below:
“To You… You… You Mr Chukwujekwu… A Year ago, You asked that i be ur Wife which was a major shocker to me and a Year Later You Re-Propose to mark Our Anniversary.. You got my friends to do me birthday Videos, even people i wud never hav expected them too.. How in God’s Name did u get GodDad to do me a Video?????? It teared me up… All day you kept on surprising me.. I cried, screamed, jumped, sat on d ground even begged u to stop that i was literally exhausted.
Blossom Chukwudi Echezonachukwu Chukwujekwu, I bless the day our Paths Crossed. I bless my Ex for leaving Me, I Bless Mofe Duncan for introducing Me to You and I bless You for Loving Me More than I Love Myself…. I Place a Rare Blessing On you Today that everything You lay Ur Hand, Heart, Voice, Soul On will Turn to Gold and For that Reason Your Many Generations will feed on Ur Wealth. That they ever Worked, will be Only for Pleasure…And So Shall it Be…. Amen @blossomchukwujekwu”
The Lagos State police command have arrested a 26-year-old undergraduate, Ademola Adebayo, for allegedly defrauding seven ladies he met on Facebook.
Adebayo, a 400-Level student of Computer Science, allegedly lured the ladies by uploading some rich pictures on Facebook, and asking his victims to meet him at a location, usually a hotel on the pretext that he had deals for them, Punch reports.
It was gathered that when the ladies showed up at the agreed location, the suspect would dispose them of their phones and other valuables.
The police alleged that Adebayo worked with an accomplice, 35-year-old Toheeb Fetuga, who had also been arrested. It was learnt that the suspect was arrested by the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Ikeja, where one of the victims reported the matter.
Adebayo said that he had defrauded seven ladies of their valuables.
He said:
“One of the ladies I defrauded was Rita. She came to a hotel in the Oyingbo area. We had met on Facebook and I agreed to do a deal with her. She was a woman willing to have a sexual affair with me for money.
“I invited her to the hotel and asked how much she would take. She said $1,000, and I said it was okay. I collected her phone. I asked her to come for the money at a hotel in the Victoria Island area. So, she believed me and left.
“I checked the contacts on her phone and that was where I got the contacts of other ladies I defrauded. I was trying to lure another friend of hers when I was arrested. I have done it to seven ladies. I usually meet the young women on Facebook, and it is either I add them or they add me.
“I usually uploaded rich pictures on Facebook, which attracted them to me. Fetuga was the one I usually gave the valuables to sell. He sold each of the phones for N6,000.”
Fetuga, on the other hand, said although Adebayo brought the phones to him, the undergraduate lied to him that the owners were badly in need of money.
He said:
“He came to me that he wanted to sell the phones. When I asked him where he got the phones from, he said some ladies in his school were in need of money to complete their projects and examinations.
“He had come about seven times and I gave him about N6,000 for each of the phones. We usually met at different places. He would call and say we should transact business.”
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, said investigations were ongoing into the matter.
A man put his wife up for sale on eBay after claiming she was unsympathetic when he moaned about feeling unwell.
Simon O’Kane from Wakefield, Yorkshire, posted a picture of wife detailing his reasons for selling her and the pros and cons of the ‘purchase‘ he made the listing at around 10pm on Wednesday evening after he claimed Leandra wasn’t playing the role of a devoted wife.
The 33-year-old was stunned when bids hit £65,880 within two days .. He said:
“I came in after work feeling a bit tired and unwell – my was wife dong the usual concerned bit but said I was burning the candle at both ends and was basically just whining at me.
When his wife Leandra found out about the prank she hit the roof. Leandra, 27, said:
“I was absolutely fuming – I wanted to kill him. “Everyone at work saw it and were laughing their heads off. Not only did he put me up for sale but he used such a bad photo.
“He always moans he’s poorly, he’s a hypochondriac, then he swans off to the gym for three, four hours at a time. I told him if that if he can go to the gym then he doesn’t deserve my sympathy. If eBay hadn’t taken the listing down, who knows how much I would have got?”
After the first few bids trickled in Mrs O’Kane proved a hit with bids soaring to more than £65,000.
The beautiful lady in the centre of the sexually explicit and pure ‘adult content’ ‘Awurama’ music video from up-and-coming musician, Lord Paper, has been identified as Vonita Pearl Nana Yaa Darko, daughter of the chief executive of Jah Link Entertainment, Nana Kofi Darko, and also a former student of Prince Boateng Senior High School.
The music video captured Nana Yaa and Lord Paper completely naked and making love, but the two have told the media they were only acting though persons who have seen the video have described it as pornography and even alleged that the two were actually having real sex.
The video has become a sensation on social media and gone viral as well as generated a heated controversy but Nana Yaa, the lady in the centre of the discussion has told the media she is not bothered about name calling and accusations being levelled at her.
“I’m not bothered at all: you know why I don’t care about it; because people would even judge you when they don’t know you. People who really know me know that it was work that I was doing and nothing in it was real. So whatever someone else says, it does not make me and it does not break me. I am still who I am and I am still Nana Yaa,” she told Kwesi Aboagye on Peace FM Entertainment Review on Saturday.
Lord Paper also told the station that though the video appears as porn, they were only acting and that he never penetrated Nana Yaa at any point of the entire production.
NEWS-ONE reproduces a transcript of what Nana Yaa told Kwesi Aboagye:
How come you agreed to shoot such a video?
I do not really see anything huge about the video. It was just like any other music video that I have shot. I just accepted [to play the role]. When he approached me, I was like cool, I would do it.
Is this your first time shooting a music video?
No. I have done a couple of videos with Tic-Tac and a few others.
Some say it is a porn video and a big deal.
It is not porn at all. People are speaking about it that it is porn. They watch porn and they should be honest with themselves that there is a huge difference. I do not blame them though, they weren’t on set when we were shooting so someone could just stand somewhere and say something and get away with it because they do not know about it. But, I am not bothered because they were not around. Right now, it is like the whole world against one person. I don’t have to explain myself to every single person.
So you are not bothered?
No. I am not because nothing out there was real. It was all acted. As I said before, it was all work. That’s all.
Did you get wet?
No.
You were being caressed and fondled by a man and you did not get wet?
The whole concept of the video was meant to make you think like that. So people are actually getting the concept of the video. But it was actually not sex. People are thinking it was pornography but there is a huge difference between pornography and what is out there.
With pornography, they are acting sex and they are really having sex and whatever thing that goes on in there is real. But with my video that I did, I acted it out but whatever that happened was not real. Whichever way people want to see it, I don’t care.
Have your parents watched it?
Yes, they have.
What was their response?
What my parents said about the video? I am sorry, but I can’t disclose family matters.
Lord Paper said his mother was unhappy about it. How did your parents take it?
As I said before, I can’t disclose family issues. Maybe, he is comfortable to open up his family issues in public but I am not. So any other question, I would answer it but not family issues.
So your parents have seen it and they are praising you that you have done a good job.
They do not have to praise me. I am not a minor and any decision that I make is mine and affects my life. Despite the negative comments that people are giving, they are mine and they are going to live with me forever. I thought about all these before making the video so I do not see why it should affect me now.
So you would live with the negative comments and you don’t care much about it in some 20 or 10 years to come?
Not at all: you know why I don’t care about it; because people would even judge you when they don’t know you. People who really know me know that it was work that I was doing and nothing in it was real. So whatever someone else says, it does not make me and it does not break me. I am still who I am and I am still Nana Yaa
Do you attend church?
Once in a while, when I get the time to, I do. But this is not supposed to be an excuse for not going to church. I go to church once in a while, I do.
Have your Church members seen the video?
Hopefully, they have. This video has gone viral than I thought it would. And if they see it, they are in Church. The Church has many responsibilities. You don’t sit somewhere and judge someone by what you see. So I am not bothered in the first place because people who are judging me do not know me.
Who is Nana Yaa?
I am just one open-minded person that I do things I am okay with and criticisms do not break me. That’s me.
What’s the name of your pastor?
I am sorry, but I am not mentioning it.
Speculations say you were not paid well enough for the role you played and that you did it for the fame it would bring you.
Wow. I was already famous before this thing came out. This is not about fame and that is what they are getting wrong. You see, most people want to do what you are doing but they do not have the balls and guts to do it and that’s why they are criticising. They are just two-faced people. Too many hypocrites around and too many haters around.
It was a job I did. No one works for free but the amount of money that I got paid, I can’t disclose it but it was a job I did and I got paid. No one would work for free.
Well, okay, they are working for free because they are wasting their time and talking about something they do not know and no one is paying them. They are not using their time to make money so trust me I am not bothered. It is not about the fame though because trust me, people already know me. I am that lively person. And I am very open and very lively so people already know me.
There is a thin line between what you did and pornography. Can you act porn?
I do not shoot pornography. People are saying there is a thin line. Similarity is not the same as something. Something can be similar to another thing but it does not mean they are the same. I shoot music videos I do not shoot pornography. Simple like that….You could give me the whole world I am not shooting porn.
Why can’t you shoot porn?
My policy is against it. I don’t have any reason for it but you have to understand that people have choices and that is the choice I have made. I don’t have to give a reason for the choice.
People give pornography a bad name. Is that why you don’t want to shoot porn?
No, no no. Not at all. I care less about what people think. That’s the least of my worries. Society frown on porn and that I am aware. But, it is not my reason for saying I not shooting porn. Porn is not me. People have their reasons for doing porn and I do not judge them. They have their reasons, they know what they are going through and they know what they gain from it. It is about making your life peaceful and whether negative or positive, no one has the right to judge you. It is only whoever created you that has the right to judge you. Basically, that’s it.
Do you shoot music videos for a living?
Shooting music video is part of my job and I can only answer questions related to this particular music video. I am sorry. Nothing more.
We leave it here Nana Yaa, thanks very much for our time.
I guess the celebrities will have to reminisce the holidays they spent with their kids this past summer as all the kids have resumed back to school!
Just as Jude Okoye shared a very cute photo of his daughter as she starts school for the first time, Nigerian singer, J Martins, also shared this adorable photo of his son who resumes school today.
This corps member’s story has been serving rounds on Social media since its emergence and it’s only right that we share the inspiring story with y’all…
She wrote this below:
“Growing up with disability in our society will always warrant extra courage, tenacity, patience and determination. So I was very little when this whole journey started still trying to understand life but I realize I had to make a difference, I had to be reason for my own happiness, going through school was not easy it was like the hardest phase of life but I discovered new ways on how to make it better, I became thankful for each day, my life became my motivation, prayer became my daily routine and lived my life depending on God…i choose not to let disability get to me, I choose to show whole world the ability in disability, in fighting this difficult but interesting battle I have learnt that there’s always a bright light at the end of the tunnel.. This is my Victory story ,the picture says it all”
This is a case of when humans are extremely emotionally attached to their domestic pets… Karishma Walia, from New Delhi, had no choice but to turn down an arranged marriage proposal because her potential suitor wasn’t a fan of her dog.
In a Whatsapp conversation posted on Twitter, the man asked her if she has reached a decision on his proposal, to which she replies:
‘Hey, I thought we spoke about this. Dog is going to be an issue… So!’
Karishma, who posts plenty of snaps with her pet pooch, Lucy, on her social media accounts, spoke about the incident.
She said:
‘My mom thought he’s an excellent match because he’s good-looking and well-off. There was a lot of family pressure, and they still think I did the wrong thing by raising the concern about my dog.’
She added that the man is still attempting to tempt her to reconsider her decision, adding:
‘He would say things like “family should be a priority and not career”. I gave up when he commented about my dog. I don’t know why my family still thinks he’s an eligible bachelor.’
Karishma has been praised by animal lovers on Twitter. One user posted her story with the caption:
‘This B’lore girl rejected a guy cuz he doesn’t like dogs & wouldn’t want one after marriage. U go girl!’, and another added: ‘This is the kind of stuff I want to read. Good on you, Karishma Walia, wherever you are in Twitterverse.’
On Air Personality, Daddy Freeze, has wade in on the current economic crisis in the country and is also asking a quite interesting question.
He posted the photo above and wrote:
“I thought corruption was the worst thing a nation can endure, until I saw the suffering and poverty my people are going through. A month ago, a keg of vegetable oil was N4,200, one week later it rose to N4,800. Yesterday I sent my maid to the market with 5k and she returned home empty handed, oil is now N5,500.
If you see the small ram we killed for ileya, it was nothing compared to the humongous one we ate during the ‘corrupt’ regime.
I know the government is trying to fix Nigeria, and there is a light at the end of the tunnel, but what about those that will die of hunger and lack, inside the tunnel, never to reach the light?
Everything is going up and salaries are coming down, companies are shutting down and with the airlines folding up, transportation is becoming crazy. I look around me and all I see is suffering and hunger. Yes I am proud of the fact that Nigeria is not as corrupt as it used to be, but is this ‘famine’ the progress we are seeking? Is it really better than the corruption we did away with? What do you guys think?”
Uh-oh… this has gotta be the most embarrassing thing that could ever happen to anyone though… It’s just so shameful!
So this Facebook user, Blessing, took to her page to call out a friend of hers who not only stole her clothes but also wore them to a party! She shared the photo of the thief above with the caption:
South African music maker, Anatii just dropped his highly anticipated album, “Artifact” and off the compilation is this one titled “Proper” which features Nigerian diva, Tiwa Savage.
Enjoy below and don’t forget to cop “Artifact” in music stores around you.
While some are wailing over the current economic recession in the country, the Afro pop singer defiling the situation as he showed off some cash on his Snapchat and a video of him acquiring a new jewelry piece.
Facebook user, Ify Otuya says she is held at a psychiatric hospital in Yaba by ‘Ambode’s police’ for over four weeks now – she took to her page to cry out for help saying she’s been held against her will.
Stating that she’s been there for a month now, she had posted thi weeks ago…
“Lmao. I’m currently being held at a psychiatric hospital in Yaba by ambode’s police and Emeka Ossai (and other men in my family) against my will. Isn’t Lagos fun???!!!! Lmao.”
…and few minutes ago, she posted this:
“Hey world!! For those looking for me, i was abducted to Nigerian army reference hospital (‘a’ ward, psychiatric ward) opposite WAEC, Yaba Lagos. I’m still being held here against my will, even after 4 weeks! If there’s still a responsible press in this country, u now know where to find me. They’re denying me access to my lawyer. Come and visit me friends – I wld love to talk to u. Anybody with access to my father Terry Otuya shld pls remind him about law and order – remind him I am being incarcerated here AGAINST My WILL! Thanks and lots of love, Ify.”
It’s the back to school season and it’s that time we begin to see school children wandering down the streets in their uniforms and school bags…
C.E.O of Northside Music Inc and elder brother of music duo, Psquare, Jude Okoye, took to his page moments ago, to share this overly cute photo of his daughter, Emma as she starts school for the first time today.
Super Eagles’ Technical Adviser, Gernot Rohr, has reacted to news making the rounds that he rejected the accommodation given to him by the Nigeria Football Federation (NFF), for his stay in Nigeria.
Rohr, who managed the senior national team for the first time in a 1-0 home win against Tanzania earlier this month expressed displeasure at the way people are using his openness and easy accessibility to quote him out of context and attempt to derail him from the core assignment he has at hand.
“I never rejected any apartment. I might have spoken to a few people who I believed to be genuinely interested in me, saying that the apartment was very big and I joked that I might get lost inside it when I start to live there, but I never rejected it.
“When the Federation engaged me, and told me I had to live in Nigeria, I agreed to it because I believed that my base has to be in the country where I work. I did the same in Niger, Burkina Faso and Gabon, and I do not see it any differently in Nigeria,” Rohr said in a statement.
The Franco-German stated further:
“The Federation moved to rent an apartment for me, and this is a good gesture that shows their commitment. If I have issues with it, it should be done directly through the Federation and not on the pages of the media.”
Rohr decried the habit of people trying to get close and then twisting his comments in order to make press news, and cautioned that it would not augur well for media relations if he has to close up in fear of being misquoted, ThisDay reports.
In a new video released by the deadly Boko Haram sect, the Islamic terrorist group has said they were plotting to capture President Muhammadu Buhari.
The footage, narrated in Hausa, is said to have been shot somewhere in Borno State, northeast Nigeria where the sect has its based. It showed suspected terrorists praying on what the narrator said is an Eid ground on Sallah day on Monday.
The video was posted on YouTube on Tuesday and the group said it was using it to send out message that it remained a strong force.
The group’s leader, Abubakar Shekau, did not appear in the video, but the narrator said his deputy, whose name was not mentioned, represented him at the gathering.
In the video, which was recorded in composite to capture two Eid grounds, the group stated its willingness to continue its jihad against the Nigerian state and called President Buhari an infidel and threatened to capture him.
“This is our eid prayer from us and by the support of our leader Imam Abubakar Al-Shekau. We are extending our greetings to our people and fighters.
“Message to the infidels and the leader of the entire infidels (kafir) who is the President of Nigeria, Muhammadu Buhari, that he should know we are very strong and doing very good.
“By the will of Allah under the leadership of our leader (Shekau) will capture Buhari with our hands,” the group said.
The new video also comes a few days after Boko Haram allegedly indicated willingness for a prisoner swap with the Nigerian government in order to release the kidnapped Chibok girls, a move the federal government has said it is willing to consider.
It was a tough time at Glitterati set when 2 Nollywood stars Ann Njemanze popularly known as Domitilla and Adunni Ade had a hot exchange of words on the set of a new movie being shot in Ikeja, According to Bon Sources.
BON discloed that the movie Location for Day 1 was Weston hotels in Ikeja and all the Artistes were in Room 804 before they moved to the reception where they shot a very important scene from 1am to 3am, immediately the scene was completed Adunni went to the room and guys around helped her to pack her things into her car and she stayed there with shafar a co actress gisting until the crew of Goldymne came to call her to come for behind the scene interviews and it was when she was entering that she overheard Ann who was speaking to one of the Directors Abbey Jimoh wondering why they would Allow Adunni to go when she was looking for her bangles.
This upset Adunni and she instantly gave it to Ann saying why on Earth will she Accuse her of stealing, All efforts by their colleagues to settle them fall on deaf ears as Adunni went on and on and even offered that her things could be searched before she drove off in her Honda suv and minutes later Ann left in her Honda suv angry that the producers didn’t act well when her Bangles went missing and insisted that a full apology should be given to her and that the language used by the producer was insensitive..
Adunni Ade
While this went on a lot of the younger colleagues who looked in total shock and wonder why Ann was so unfriendly all through her stay, one Actor who wants to remain out of press disclose all through shoots Ann had this disgusting look during Aduuni’s shoot and while shafar was helpful she was hostile,The search for the Missing bangles continues.
A UNIBEN graduate shared this viral pic of all the pens he used as an undergraduate till his final exams. Every single pen was used till the ink was completely dried up!
Jessica Beer, a Junior Secondary School (JSS) II student of Gyegeh Memorial College Logo1 , Makurdi, Benue state, has committed suicide.
The female student according sources drank substance believed to be poison and was rushed to a clinic in Akpehe, before doctors confirmed her dead on arrival .
A close friend of the deceased, who would rather want to remain anonymous, told the Nation that the girl committed suicide because her boyfriend by name Labi, a pork meat seller at Wurukum Market in Makurdi impregnated and abandoned her and then impregnated another girl.
Residents of Akpehe who were startled by the news rushed to the clinic to catch a glimpse of the remains of the girl.
Still trying to fathom the reasons why the beautiful ones are always joining the army! You’ve Got to see the Pakistan Army Ladies…Damn!
Anyway, This is Funmi…Funmi is young and beautiful..she should be in her mid 20’s and she’s decided she wants to tow her own path in life by enrolling in the United States Army….Still wondering…Why not Nigerian Police Force? 😛
Funmi, who just finished college -was among the recent recruits and is serving at Fort Sill Army Post in Oklahoma.
According to her, she has always excelled where people think less of her as she’s set to mark her name in the United States military. We wish her the best of luck.
President Robert Mugabe unveiled the statue at his official residence in Harare last Friday and Zimbabweans were not impressed.
The statue, made by a famous Zimbabwean sculptor was widely criticized on social media, with people questioning the sculptor’s motives.
Some even suggested it was a reaction to being forced to make the statue while many attacked the sculptor accusing him of a poor job.
However, Dominic Benhura insisted his statue of the President was not intended to mock him. The sculptor who has exhibited his work across the world, told the state-owed Herald newspaper that “honestly, no one would abuse such an opportunity.
“That sculpture was never meant to look exactly as the President’s image. I do not do exact figures. This is the style I have mastered. My collectors can identify my pieces when they see them anywhere in the world because I chose to be different and that is my signature” Mr Benhura explains
Higher Education Minister Jonathan Moyo defended the sculpture while Mugabe praised it. He was quoted as saying that he was so grateful that the statue stimulated “a kind of wonder, love, a kind of appreciation and satisfaction”
Good news is that the majority of things we worry about during sex are quite normal “side effects.” We must understand that if we pay attention to these small issues that usually worry us more than our partners, we will destroy the magic of the moment for which we love sex so much.
That’s why clever people learn either not to notice such moments or to laugh at them. Because if we learn this, we will become free and will trust our partner more who learned this with us.
So, which weird things can make you feel shy, and should you actually pay attention to them?
1. Weird sounds
Yes, weird sounds can come out from anywhere: from your mouth or from other places of your body. All in all, sex is the physical process. That’s why there is nothing weird if you completely give yourself to the process and allow yourself some breadths.
But many people are ashamed if something like this happens to them, and destroy the romance that they would like to feel so much. You shouldn’t forget that not only you but also your partner can emit such sounds. And if this happens even with him, why should YOU be ashamed of this?
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This young lady was reportedly abducted for the purpose of rituals by some boys in a tinted car yesterday. Thankfully she was saved by some Hausa people, when she was about to be butchered in Obiaruku bush.
According to Ossai Ovie Success who shared the story on facebook the lady is from Obiaruku, Ukwani LGA, Delta State. See more photos below:
Ossai is the P.A to Delta State Governor.
See His Post Below with more photos:
GOD WILL KEEP RESCUING OUR CHILDREN FROM THE HANDS OF RITUALIST’S.
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This young lady was taken by some boys yesterday, with tinted car, she was saved by some Hausa people, when she was about to be butchered in Obiaruku bush.
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This lady is from Obiaruku, Ukwani LGA, Delta State.
Cases like this has happened in Obiedike sometime ago, another happened in Obiaruku before now.
According to reports, Olajumoke invaded a photo-shoot of Tinie Tempah for a ThisDay Style cover feature on the street of Lagos in early February, 2016 which later served as a watershed for the big smile of fortune on her. But this short-lived fairy tale again exposes the sham and hollow in the showbiz industry where Lagos State dominates.
That part of Lagos is as worrisome as a beautiful edifice furnished ostentatiously with modern infrastructural facilities but without a foundation. A close study has proven that the show business industry is all about hype, packaging and rebranding of mostly untrusted quality of products. Historically, a vivid example is the case of Eedris Abdulkareem, a Nigerian musician who was paraded by Kennis Music record label in the 90s as one of the best rappers in Nigeria and Africa simply because he was ‘speaking in tongues’ on a beat – biblically a language not understandable to the devil himself not to talk of mere mortals. For a very long time, we listeners fell for Eedris’ musical prowess till Ruggedman pulled the wool off our eyes.
I felt for Olajumoke, 27 as she was railroaded to the top as a ‘super model’ when deep inside of our hearts we knew she wasn’t even a model not to talk of including the prefix ‘super’. As expected, Nigerian celebrities by virtue of their ‘afefeyeye character’ (cosmetic nature) jumped into the fray and welcomed the novice into their cliques with several picture updates on social media like it was a reality show.
Olajumoke was made to sit on a royal chair with broken legs by Lagosians, hence; her sudden ‘death’ on social media. Its no news that the internet sensation, Olajumoke who defied the principle of building on a concrete foundation to achieve life goals has gone on inapprehensible hibernation. Her Instagram page of about 123,000 followers has become more deserted than the Aso Rock Villa when former President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan lost in the 2015 presidential election.
It would be recalled that the Olajumoke frenzy on social media in February and subsequent months was so massive that her shine overshadowed the first class University of Lagos graduate, Ayodele Daniel Dada who finished with an epic Cumulative Grade Point Average of 5.0.
The graduate of Psychology at some point became an object of mockery on social media as memes were conventionally churned out to create humour out a myopic comparison of him with Olajumoke. It took the intervention of the University of Lagos Alumni Association and South African telecommunication giant, MTN to give the 29-year old a new lease of hope. MTN reportedly gave him the latest Samsung phone, personalized number and airtime for the year 2016 while the alumni association purportedly gifted him N500,000.
Before the Nigerian House of Representatives member, Femi Gbajabiamila of Surelere 1 federal constituency discovered Ayodele, reports went viral that the genius was close to being evicted by his landlord in Lagos over failure to pay his house rent. It took the assistance of African American singer and entrepreneur, Dencia White to raise funds for his debt.
Critical minds will wonder why such a rare feat by Mr. Ayodele Dada was ignored by the top companies and other small and medium-sized enterprises lobbying an Olajumoke that became a celebrity by sheer luck and ‘social media coincidence’.
The answers are not farfetched; the corporate bodies seeking her attention only selfishly wanted their shares of the buzz. Since the highly potent social media spotlight was beamed on her, they wanted to tag along and create more awareness about their businesses.
The Olajumoke news which almost became a prayer point in Churches had gotten international with Cable News Network, (CNN), a top Indian site – Indiatoday.in, Channels TV making coverage. Tinie Tempah, an established Nigerian rapper in the United Kingdom whose photo-shoot she barged into also gave her a mention on social media.
This called for the inclusion of Olajumoke in their top priority list of promotional strategies based on simply hoggish interests and no sincere desire to develop the subject of the story.
Olajumoke continued to bag endorsements and cash gifts. She became the face of Payporte – an e-commerce company, brand ambassador of Shirley Confectionery in Abuja, secured a free luxury apartment that was fully furnished from Sujimoto Construction Limited owned by Sijibomi Ogundele, she reportedly received a half a million naira cash gift from the owner of Biobak Restaurant, Mrs Abiodun Obakin, and also an educational trust funds for her kids courtesy of Stanbic IBTC amongst others. What about Ayodele Dada, the genius? The needed scholarship or even an employment opportunity was never recorded during the buzz.
Tell me you didn’t laugh when Olajumoke was invited to ‘The Play Forum’ (an event dedicated to inspiring political leadership among youths) scheduled to hold at the Transcorp Hilton, Abuja Congress Hall in February, 2016 to be a motivational speaker. My piece isn’t borne out of jealousy, cynicism or hatred but some hard words of truth must be told so that we can advance as a country.
Ace Nigerian comedian, Bright Okpocha a.k.a Basketmouth also publicly laughed out about Olajumoke’s overnight status as a ‘motivational speaker’. According to him, he feared Olajumoke could be voted as the next National Chairman of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP to quell the leadership tussle within the opposition party due to the massive public support she garnered. I took my time to scroll through the comment section of the post on Basketmouth’s Instagram page to sample the opinions of commenters but to my astonishment, a large section of his fans affirmed their belief in Olajumoke’s candidacy. Jesus wept!
Realistically, motivational and public speaking acts are skills that are not possessed by all human beings although the skills could be acquired through organised training. A young woman of Olajumoke’s below average status who was alien to fame, lights-camera-action, formal education and the paparazzi would certainly lack confidence to stand in front of such a hallowed crowd to speak.
She doesn’t even speak or vividly understand English language which is another stain on her intrepidity that could expose her to intimidation in public.
I also can’t fathom how the organisers of the programme were hoping to forge out something ‘motivational’ from Olajumoke’s story to appeal to the consciousness of such an audience. This is my personal feeling and the good thing is that it doesn’t count.
I applaud Stanbic IBTC for the educational trust fund for Olajumoke’s two kids but the bitter truth is that trying to get a small-scale business loan from the banking sector as an entrepreneur may amount to making a camel pass through the eye of a needle if you don’t have adequate collateral security regardless of the beauty of your proposal or the economic impact of the idea you nurse.
Olajumoke’s story became contagious as a UK-based Nigerian photographer, Daniel Sync also tried in discovering a male version of an ‘Olajumoke’. He snapped a windscreen cleaner on the streets of Lagos who dresses corporately to do his menial job. The man, Abdullahi Olatoye, a University of Ilorin drop-out got the attention of CNN through a mention on Twitter and the news went viral.
This particular episode of the ‘reality show’ featured a Nigerian topnotch stylist and fashion designer, Uche Nnaji who took Olatoye in with a publicized vision to mentor him and upgrade his socioeconomic status.
Olatoye according to revelations from a dirty outburst on social media claims he was paraded at social gatherings as a ‘new man’ that had found a life with beautiful clothes for mere camouflage while he was empty inside.
The young man who was reduced to someone who couldn’t afford this transport fare home had to abandon the celebrity world and face reality.
This instance again paints the image of futility behind the glossy pictures in seemingly exotic clothes and bright smiles worn by the so-called stars as they hang out in topnotch locations that arouse and taunt the feelings of others purposely.
Fast-forward to September 12, the entire Olajumoke gist died with uncertain hopes of resurrection. The silence has been so loud that a foremost Nigerian movie producer and director, Charles Novia cried out on his Facebook page with no response. Was Olajumoke used and dumped?
Online media practitioners would recall that Olajumoke’s publicity was so massive that pictures of her movements were churned out from all angles with her repeated stories earning more views than a leaked sex tape. Today, not even a recent picture of hers has been uploaded on her Instagram page in over 7 weeks (press time).
Olajumoke whose story was so trending that correspondents of the Nigerian Tribune Newspapers painstakingly traveled down to her hometown in Iree, Osun to interview her family members seems to have been hijacked by egocentric handlers.
She dumped her first modeling company, Few Models Agency to sign to Beth Model Africa for better modeling deals till we read the company doesn’t recognize her as a model but just an individual whose public image needs to be improved.
Her handlers in a bid to rake in cash in her name lured her into opening a foundation for the poor and the vulnerable woman was reported to have distributed a sum of N200,000 to her former colleagues selling bread. Till date, nobody hears of the foundation.
My fear is that very soon, Sujimoto – the young Nigerian billionaire who provided a luxury apartment for her in Lagos could quietly evict her and her family in the middle of the night since the Olajumoke fever is over and the economic recession makes her highly expendable.
Payporte, Shirley Confectioneries and other top brands she is signed to could also back out on a stealthy note like they never met. So what happens then? God forbid she goes back to the street selling the Agege bread.
It burns the heart that nobody ever reported a business investment being associated with Olajumoke as a contingency plan she could fall back on in the course of any unforeseen circumstance in her walk down the road of stardom.
I feel for Olajumoke, and I hope the young woman and her family don’t return to the ugly life they left behind. It is a cold world where sinister motives are mostly disguised as favours especially in a resource-strained place like Lagos where everything is a business opportunity.
Osayimwen Osahon George Associate Writer and Editor at Tori.ng
According to Lasgidi Online, the wedding took place at WDC (Women Development Centre), Ezza Road, Abakaliki, Ebonyi State on Saturday 10th September 2016.
The couple were also cheered on by their fellow corps members who were seen dressed in there uniforms beating the drums and matching as the convoy of the couple arrived.
The State NYSC coordinator, other officials, NYSC members and other well wishers attended the occasion.
