[size=14pt]Kate Edoho: I accompanied a colleague to buy an engagement ring but ended up being the one he engaged[/size]

ADA ONYEMA


Katherine Edoho, wife of Frank Edoho, anchor of the TV game show, Who Wants to be a Millionnaire is one of those that started the popular NTA breakfast show 'Am Express.' She tells ADA ONYEMA why she took a break from the show.

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Katherine Edoho



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You started as a presenter. Was that your first love?

I read accountancy in school. I went to work in a radio corporation accounts department and then the general manager of programmes walked up to me and asked if I would like to present a programme on radio. I decided to give it a trial. Then I discovered that I loved it. I love music; it is a natural thing. So I would say that my first love was radio. Later my friends thought I should try the television. They said that I talked well. There was a casting at DBN and I went there out of curiosity. They told me to come back for the second and third parts of the interview and then, I started out at DBN TV.

Tell us about AM Express. How did it all begin?

I started as a continuity staff at NTA because at the time they were looking for continuity announcers. NTA was not recruiting and they did not have young people; they only employed a couple of young people as announcers. The then executive director programmes, Mr Peter Igho decided to put something together with the late Mr Yinka Craig and they said they needed young people to kick it off. They got five of us and then we came on board and decided to run with it and the show became a great success and we had a great time on the show. At first, it was something for fun, then it blew up and it became something we really came to enjoy and we did not know it would have great followership.

How do you feel about it today?

It's been okay. The recognition has been awesome; people recognise you everywhere. I have been off the show for about two years, but it is amazing how people still recoginse me. I wanted to be anonymous for a while. Children came along and I had to raise them.

In other words, you took a break in order to raise your children?

Yes. Raising three children wasn't a joke. Also I wanted to think about what I wanted to do. I became tired of television. I had anchored the Maltina Dance All show, which was professional to me because it was not a presentation. I learnt how to do the Salsa and Chacha Cha dance. So it was fun for me. After Maltina dance hall, I haven't seen something exciting come along yet. So here I am.

Do you think the AM Express breakfast show gave birth to other programmes on TV?

I would say so because at the time Am Express came on board, there wasn't a lot on TV to compete with and then there was happiness and fun. Everybody was young then, even the late Mr Craig and Sadiq Daba were there. But it wasn't so obvious. We could seamlessly come together as one and have a great time with the show. Honestly that was what happened. We just had great time on the show.

How about your colleagues, Ellen and the others?

Ellen is abroad pursuing an MBA and then decided to stay there and do some other work. Miriam is still in NTA doing her own thing, but I decided to do something different. I could present Am Express to you now. It is not challenging anymore for me. It is the same thing and same format. So it is not challenging anymore. I told myself that I wanted something more challenging. So I switched to radio. I worked with Classic and Beat FM. It is fun being anonymous and I will continue with radio for sometime because radio is fun, challenging and absolutely different from television.

You have had this low hair cut for sometime now. What is the motive behind it?

I just love it. It is convenient. My husband met me with a short hair, but don't get me wrong. I have done the corn roll, vague, long and short hair, and more. It's all fun. But for me, I'm a hands-on person and I don't like things distracting me. At times I have to pack it this way, its sweating, I'm itching and I decide to cut my hair. When I cut my hair my mum does not like it but my Dad loves it. It is easy for me; I could always shower and dip my hair in water without feeling it. It is easy and convenient and I'm fine with it.

What does style mean to you as a person?

You must be comfortable in what you wear. I don't care if you wear rags; you must be able to pull it off successfully. You must be comfortable in it because if you are not, someone will know. It is either you'll be tucking or pulling something from your dress. What you wear must be comfortable, depending on the shape of your body and how you wear and combine it. I'm so uneasy with fashion because I wouldn't want it to rule me. I'm comfortable in jeans, shorts, dresses and shoes. If my shoes are comfortable, I can walk anywhere and go as far as I want.

How do you unwind at your leisure time?

I listen to music, lying down.

What is your best time of the day?

I think it is morning because I can achieve a lot in the mornings. I'm so self-indulging. I love myself. If I want to work hard; I prefer to rise up in the morning and get all my business done in the morning. In the afternoon, I begin to wind down maybe schedule one or two appointments in the afternoon. I don't kill myself for anything.

How did you meet your husband?

I had met him before and met him again in Lagos. He is my brother's friend and when he visited my brother, I left the room for them. Then we were supposed to compere an event at one beauty pageant and he came late. I wondered what sort of guy he was; how he got off without an apology. I told him it was so uncool, that I didn't care he was late; he owed me an explanation and everything went like that. We met again at DBN when I came to work in DBN and he was working with them, too. I didn't recognise him, though I knew he was familiar. When he asked if I was not Philip's sister, I didn't answer him. So he left. I asked someone his name and that person said Frank Edoho. The name sounded familiar and that was it. I didn't remember him anymore. But as we worked together, we got to know each other better. That's how we became close, we dated other people, but we were friends.

And he decided to go for you?

Not really. He was dating somebody else and I was dating somebody else. Then he told me to find a ring for his girlfriend and I followed him. People were now congratulating me and I told them the ring was not meant for us, that I was doing it for his fiancee whom he wanted to propose to. Later he came to toast me. I didn't see it coming, seriously. Just as I wondered what he was saying, it turned out to be me.

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Oh maybe that explains the split. t happens, men easily get distracted when they see something they think they like. They abandon the "old" one and fall head over heels for the new one. wish ya the best

People were now congratulating me and[b] I told them the ring was not meant for us, that I was doing it for his fiancee [/b] whom he wanted to propose to. Later he came to toast me. I didn't see it coming, seriously.

Please, ensure you wear yours the next time,