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The Story of three foolish men - Arajamasanwo, Afipagbaowo and Aworanku.

First man – Arajamasanwo (The man who buys stuffs and would not pay)
Second Man – Afipagbaowo (The man who collects his money by force)
Third Man – Aworanku (The man who ensures to see the end of every story)

It so happens that Arajamasanwo bought some wares from Afipagbaowo, and as his habit, he refused to pay.

Afipagbaowo, a man known for always collecting his money at all cost engaged Arajamasanwo in a fight to collect his money.
In the ensuing fracas Afipagbaowo dealt a fatal blow on Arajamasanwo, and Arajamasanwo died.

Afipagbaowo was devastated on the thought that the money owed is forever lost, he vowed to collect his money at all cost even if it has to be in the spirit world, he picked up a knife and killed himself.

All along Aworanku who has been watching the event as it unfolds was saddened. He couldn’t bear the possibility of him not knowing the final outcome of the fracas. He was hell bent on knowing what would happen between Arajamasanwo and Afipagbaowo in the spirit world.
To avoid missing any action, Aworanku quickly picked up a knife and killed himself....

Welcome to Nigeria ....

Political thieves becoming Arajamasanwo
PMB's government becoming Afipagbaowo
The citizens becoming Aworanku

makelove2m:
They will rotten in jail......................... bad meeen

Exactly.Like perishable food items.

We know that something worked against Fagbere (and which may not be another time another pastor decides to go uprooting shrines). Rather than take this story with a lot of salt, we need some scepticism to find out what really happened to the pastor beyond what has been reported. Equally important is if we can find a rational explanation for whatever struck him numb. If there is more to it beyond mere coincidence, then we can think of the possibility of undertaking a scientific study of such “power” and appropriate it to our existing systems of knowledge.

This is the second time this is happening in favour of Nigeria.Nigeria was retroactively awarded a Sydney 2000 gold medal in men's 4x 400metres relay relay race in 2005

World's top 5 economies top the Olympic medals table:

USA - 60
China - 41
GB - 30
Germany - 16
Japan - 24

Coincidence?

Not.

Working nations work in all spheres of life, whereas religious nations like Pakistan, India,Nigeria and Saudi Arabia pray for medals and find excuses.

spidey77:
the destroyer of churches is going to church...what wont we see in this our africa

Most of these illegal churches were not put up by the orthodox denominations. We found that no Catholic, Anglican, Baptist or Methodist churches operated in this fashion, but rather it is this new generation of pentecostal churches that in the opinion of many Nigerians are mostly ‘faith scams,’,basically business enterprises selling salvation on this earth without paying taxes, that were prevalent in perpetrating the illegalities. The illegal mosques were mostly attached to residences, offices and markets, put up without approved building plans. So we began removing them. Some
mosques in particular consistently condemned me and prayed for my downfall. One or two declared me an apostate for daring to demolish a mosque, conveniently forgetting that Prophet Muhammad himself ordered the demolition of an illegal mosque in Madina Al-Munawwarah, some 1,400 years earlier.Many of the affected ‘churches’ prayed that "by God’s grace, El-Rufai will go down, El-Rufai will lose his job, El-Rufai will die in Jesus’ name." I was there for nearly four years and we removed all of them. Some religious leaders rose to my defence even earlier than others. I was particularly touched when I learnt that one of Abuja’s leading churches, Family Worship Centre, led by Pastor Sarah Omakwu, preached in defence of what we were doing in Abuja. Many of her parishioners affected by our demolitions left the church in protest and anger, but she remained resolute and persisted. I had not met her then, but subsequently visited her church to express gratitude for its support. I remain grateful to Pastor Sarah for her courage and early vote of confidence, and that
coming from an influential leader of the Christian community was an impimportant validation for our policies.-Mallam Nasir El-Rufai in his book,Accidental Public Servant Pg 177-188

After all the LIKES and Comments,

A broke person will still go back to his miserable Life.

An hungry man will still remain hungry.

A poor man thinking about how to settle the school fees of his children will still go back to his thoughts.

A woman in a loveless marriage will still wake up to see the face of his emotionless husband

Social media is a leveller. It is the platform that gives us transient relevance just to forget our undying misery.

It is the only cheap avenue we have to vent out our anger on our oppressors even when they will never stop oppressing us.

At times, when you make a fantastic update, and got all the likes, and Comments, you will still put a call to that one offline friend that will help you with your house rent.

That will help you fix your financial and emotional problems.

That is why it is important for us to concentrate on things that matter.

Things that directly affect our well-being.

If you are getting all your life problems settled on social media, then I advise you to be more active.

After all said and done, the bill will not settle itself.

In Nigeria's debut appearance at the football event of the Olympic games of the 1968 edition hosted by Mexico,Japan was the first team Nigeria faced in a Group B match which was played on 14th October 1968.The match ended in a 3-1 loss for Nigeria.The draws for the 2016 edition were concluded a couple of hours ago and Nigeria will again engage Japan in Group B which will also mark the curtain raiser for Nigeria at this year's Olympics.

Theresa Mary May is the presumptive successor to David Cameron as Leader of the Conservative Party and is expected to replace him as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on July 13th 2016, becoming the second woman prime minister since Margaret Thatcher.

Theresa Mary May is the presumptive successor to David Cameron as Leader of the Conservative Party and is expected to replace him as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom on July 13th 2016, becoming the second woman prime minister since Margaret Thatcher.

I have always felt that people who clutch their Bible, Koran and other religious books in their armpits need to also pause, every now and then, to read scientific journals. If they do not read, at least pause and watch science programs like “Wonders of the Universe.” The world of modern science gives context to everything. The conclusion science will help keen observers arrive at is that these religious books understate God or that God underrepresented himself in them.

It is baffling that Africans who do not know how the fax machine works or how the television signals get into their televisions, are confident about the number of rooms in heaven and the best gate to get in.

These Africans believe that an old woman who lives down the road from them, who is probably suffering from amnesia or Alzheimer disease, is the one who tied the womb of their daughter. But their curiosity does not allow them to find out the science that this old woman uses to remotely get into the womb of their daughter and tie it. Maybe it is similar to the science of the fax machine.

The earth that we live in is 4.6 billion years old. The last dinosaur died out some 65 million years ago. Two hundred thousand years ago, there was no modern human on this earth. No white, no black. No Igbo, no Hausa, no Yoruba.This is just the first chapter of human life on earth. Not even a nuclear war, which is coming down the road, will destroy the world. Not even an asteroid, which will hit the world again, at the earliest 2040, will destroy it. The world will end when our 4.5 billion-year-old sun burns out. The earliest that will happen is 4-5 billion years from now when the sun will enter the red giant phase.

It doesn’t matter how many pilgrimages we Africans go to, the world is not headed to Jerusalem or Mecca. The world is headed to the bosom that modern science has prepared for it.

Although the Naira still nominally performs two out of its four critical functions as a medium of exchange and a measurement of value, it has failed woefully as a standard of deferred payments and as a store of value.

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Did anybody notice the date of birth on the poster?Why do we find it difficult getting minute details right in Nigeria?His DOB had all along being put as 23rd January 1962.

stechi:
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Rocking it!

DeathStroke007:
Olosho are always so fortunate.

Olosho wey dey husband house is on vacation.

Another issue is that Reverend King might still be in the prison custody for another three or four years awaiting execution because there are no enough number of 'hang-men' in the country again. I understand that there are about two or three hang-men who moved around all over the country to execute those who have been condemned to death, and they are even very old.

The likes of Anini and Oyenusi were also killed by the state for their misdeeds to humanity.Ezeugo has joined the league.No big deal.

OLISEH'S RESIGNATION LETTER


Dear General Secretary of NFF,

Object: Letter of Resignation.

Due to incessant Violations of our signed agreement (Contract) I am hereby informing you of my decision to terminate our working collaboration signed in July 2015

The most important objective is for the Super Eagles Of Nigeria to qualify to the next AFCON and the World Cup 2018.

Since so little help is being rendered me in getting the players to give their best and very vital conditions and advantages to the team play are also being sacrificed coupled with non redress of the aforementioned despite my several e mails and others, seeking your aid to effectively carry out my duties were ignored.

These unconducive working conditions that my coaching crew and myself have to live with, your contractual violations and the interest of the nation necessitates that I tender my resignation and recourse to the termination of our working agreement.

Many thanks for the opportunity to serve my fatherland.



Sunday Oliseh

Chief Coach Super Eagles of Nigeria

OLISEH'S RESIGNATION LETTER


Dear General Secretary of NFF,

Object: Letter of Resignation.

Due to incessant Violations of our signed agreement (Contract) I am hereby informing you of my decision to terminate our working collaboration signed in July 2015

The most important objective is for the Super Eagles Of Nigeria to qualify to the next AFCON and the World Cup 2018.

Since so little help is being rendered me in getting the players to give their best and very vital conditions and advantages to the team play are also being sacrificed coupled with non redress of the aforementioned despite my several e mails and others, seeking your aid to effectively carry out my duties were ignored.

These unconducive working conditions that my coaching crew and myself have to live with, your contractual violations and the interest of the nation necessitates that I tender my resignation and recourse to the termination of our working agreement.

Many thanks for the opportunity to serve my fatherland.



Sunday Oliseh

Chief Coach Super Eagles of Nigeria

AT the start of the Nigerian Civil War in 1967, none of the corps of military commanders on both sides of the battle field was up to 40. General Yakubu Gowon, the Supreme Commander, was 33. The leader of the rebellion, Colonel Chukwuemeka Odumegwu-Ojukwu was 34. Benjamin Adekunle, the Commander of the Third Marine Commandoes Division was 30 and so was Murtala Muhammed, the Commander of the 2nd Division. The corps of coup plotters who started the crisis was led by a 29-year-old major, Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu. Men like Admiral Akinwale Way, Alhaji Kam Selem, the Inspector-General of Police, his deputy, Chief Theophilous Fagbola and Commodore Soroh who were in their 40s and 50s were regarded as old men!

Now we know some old men do have them. The problem is what is happening to young people of Nigeria who are between age 15 and 30. Before the age of 20, they have already bagged a first degree. They know a lot about the fashion trends in Milan and New York and they can tell you all you need to know, and a lot you don’t need, about the premier league in England. What they don’t know is their own history, their own land and the meaning of our Nigerianess. Each of them is carrying a big bag across the mountain of life but few things in that bag belongs to him or may be useful to him.

I once had an encounter with a young lady who read Mass Communication from a state-owned university. She would like to be a journalist. I asked her ‘why do you want to be a journalist?’ She said simply it is because she read Mass Communication. We had an interesting discussion until I got to the area of books. She wrote in her curriculum vitae that reading is one of her hobbies. What do you read? I asked. She confessed she only read inspirational books. What type? She was too busy now looking for job that she has stopped reading! She had never heard of Olabisi Onabanjo, Babatunde Jose or Peter Enahoro. She has a vague idea of Dele Giwa and has heard of Dele Momodu, the publisher of Ovation magazine. Of course, she has never seen any editor before nor knows any editor’s name.

At least, in the distribution of ignorance, our country is very democratic. I have met a lawyer in Abuja who knew next to nothing about Taslim Elias. I met a youth corps member in Enugu who thought Emeka Ojukwu was just another militant. I have met a young physician who knew next to nothing about Kayode Osuntokun. Only among the military do we still have young officers who have a keen sense of history. Every commissioned officer knows the history of the Nigerian Armed forces from its days as the West African Frontier Force to the immediate post-independence era dominated by the likes of J.T.U Aguiyi-Ironsi, Maimalari, Ademulegun, George Kurobo, Joe Akhan, Babafemi Ogundipe, Shittu Alao, Ralph Sodeinde and Kur Mohammed.

As of today, 90 per cent of Nigerian youths who have some forms of formal education cannot name five state governors. Our youths are busy acquiring knowledge without education. Yet in the next few decades, this set of people would be in charge of the destiny of Nigeria. It is not a palatable situation. As of now, history is no longer taught in most secondary schools in Nigeria. If you want your ward to know history, then you have to take him or her to a foreign school on Nigerian soil. There, he would learn American history from American schools, Turkish history from Turkish schools and British history from British schools. But what he may not have the opportunity of learning Nigerian history in a Nigerian school.

It is difficult to understand how we got to this pass. Now our schools are busy producing knowledgeable people without basic education. A young person would graduate from a university without any inkling about the history of that institution. He would not know the founder or founders, the first vice-chancellor or even the name of the current vice-chancellor unless there is Aluta. The basic curiosity that uses to be the simple characteristic of the young is painfully lacking among many of our youths. Ask some of them what is the meaning of their surname and you may get the smug reply: “My father did not tell me.”

The reason for this is the terrible decline in the popular habit of reading newspapers in Nigeria. Gone were the days when Nigeria paraded many towering media institutions that were reckoned with on the African continent and the world. Even regional papers like the Sketch of Ibadan, Standard of Jos, Herald of Ilorin, Chronicle of Calabar, Observer of Benin, Tribune of Ibadan and Triumph of Kano were giants in the Nigerian media industry. The New Nigerian of Kaduna was a regional paper of serious national standing. The behemoth then was the Daily Times group under the incomparable Alhaji Babatunde Jose. At its zenith, the Daily Times was circulating more than 500,000 copies daily. Its Sunday edition under the leadership of Gbolabo Ogunsanwo was doing more than 650,000 copies.

Now there are great newspapers in Nigeria but no giant in the field. Nigerians were reading more when we had only five universities than today when we have more than 120. Some people have blamed it on the pervasiveness of the social media, the intrusion of the internet and the iniquitousness of the television. But we need to ask ourselves certain questions to arrive at the truth. At the public presentation of The Nigerian Century, the compendium on the history of modern Nigeria, last week, I posed certain questions. “Are we more internet savvy than South Korea where the JoogAstill circulates 1,300,000 copies daily? Some blame it on our population. Is our country not more populous than Spain where the Pronto magazine still circulates almost one million copies? Some blame it on poverty. Is our country poorer than Cuba where Gramma still circulates more than 500,000 copies daily? Some blame it on literacy level. Are we not better educated than the average South African where the Sunday Times circulates almost 400,000 copies weekly?”

We in the media need to find out why our readers are leaving us and what is taking them away. This trend also poses grave danger for democracy. You cannot have a flourishing democracy where the media is asphyxiated by low patronage and subverted by political rascality. Such an atmosphere would breed impunity and reckless corruption.

It is also dangerous to allow the future of our youth to be stolen by ignorance. In 1969, a man called Kofi Busia was prime minister of Ghana. He passed a law called the Aliens-Must-Go-order which affected millions of Nigerians who have been living in Ghana for generations but without the required immigration papers. Many of them could not find their way home because they have lost all contacts with their roots. Some of their children could only speak Ghanaian languages and some of those who could speak Yoruba or any other Nigerian languages, spoke with funny accents.

More than 150 years ago, the British government, later to be followed by the American government, abolished slavery. Only few slaves in America could retrace their way homes. Many of them have lost their languages, their culture and their collective memories. Some who came back retain more the culture of where they were coming from than their original roots. Till today, the descendants of those former slaves still cling to their old names.

So what would have happened to the Jews if they behave like us Africans? For 2000 years, the Jews were in exile, some of these phase of exile almost as bad as the African slavery in the diaspora. Then the Jewish state was reborn from the ashes of the past in 1948. The Hebrew language was back in circulation and Jews returned home from more than 100 countries united by shared history, shared culture and share language.

Israel is a small country compared to Nigeria. Its population is less than 10 million. But it has one of the highest internet penetrations in the world and the highest readership for newspapers. In that country, the Maariv, (equivalent to their own Alaroye) published in Hebrew still circulates 150,000 copies daily and 200,000 at the weekend. No wonder the Jews were able to survive 2000 years of exile. They read newspapers. If our own democracy must survive too, we must read newspapers for that is the only market place of ideas and interest in the modern world.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2016/02/what-if-we-were-the-jews/

Nearly 20 months after a six-storey building collapsed within the premises of the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), two South African minors, Bulungu Malaika Wa Kalambaie (three years) and Nora Furah Wa Kalambaie (six years) have approached a Lagos High Court, Igbosere asking for an order directing Prophet Temitope Joshua to pay them the sum of R8,772,000.00 , (N114,765,587.00) as cost and damages for the death of their father.

The building collapsed on September 12, 2014, killing over a hundred people, mostly foreigners.

Specifically, the claimants’ mother, Amina Busseh Bashi, a citizen of Democratic Republic of Congo, through their lawyer, Bolaji Ayorinde (SAN), asked the court to order Pastor Joshua, the registered trustees of the church, Jadny Trust Limited, Hardrock Construction and Engineering Company, Oladele Ogundeji and Akinbela Fatiregun to pay the sum of R10,000,000.00 (N130,831,722.00) as damages for loss of earnings and support they have missed due to the death of their father. They are already currently facing charges of involuntary manslaughter before an Ikeja High Court.

They claim that their father died due to the negligent acts of the church and Prophet Joshua. They are also asking the court to direct the defendants to pay the claimants the sum of N30 million, being the legal cost and solicitors fee incurred by the claimants in prosecuting the action.

Also sued are: Lagos State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice and Lagos state Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development.

The claimants are asking the court for an order, declaring that Joshua and his church were negligent in their duties in failing to ensure that lives and properties of persons that come within their domain are safe and secure, and are consequently bound to bear their cost of living from September 12, 2014 to September 11, 2049 when the deceased husband was meant to reach the age of 70 and would naturally be unable to financially cater for them.

The defendants in the suit are yet to file any processes in court and the matter has not been assigned to any judge.

http://www.ngrguardiannews.com/2016/02/for-their-fathers-death-south-african-minors-sue-t-b-joshua/

Many people think that a suicide attempt is a selfish move because the person just does not care about the people left behind. I can tell you that when a person gets to that point, they truly believe that their loved ones will be much better off with them gone.This is mental illness not selfishness.

The slothful man roasteth not that which he took in hunting.-Proverbs 12:27

John Mikel Obi's SIX(6) CHELSEA GOALS FROM 2006 TILL DATE:
1.ENGLISH FA CUP-Saturday 6th January 2007-Chelsea 6 Macclesfield 1.
2.ENGLISH FA CUP-Sunday 28th January 2007-Chelsea 3 Nottingham Forest 0.
3.ENGLISH PREMIER LEAGUE- Saturday 21st September 2013-Chelsea 2 Fulham 0.
4.ENGLISH FA CUP-Sunday 5th January 2014 -Derby 0 Chelsea 2.
5.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-Wednesday 10th December 2014 -Chelsea 3 Sporting Lisbon 1.
6.UEFA CHAMPIONS LEAGUE-Tuesday 16th February 2016-PSG 1 Chelsea 1******

Long before the Uche brothers,Kalu and Ikechukwu played together for the Super Eagles in the 2000's,Asuquo Ekpe played along with his younger brother, Effiong Ekpe (then called Ekpe Junior), in a February 2, 1963 4-1 defeat of the then Dahomey (now Benin Republic),it was the first time a set of sibling was playing for Nigeria.

JustOzito:
pics pls. b4 I comment

Open the link.You will fin their pictures.

Saratu Umar

The northern beauty queen has not made a good ride of her political opportunties. Her sojourn in the corridors of power has yielded undesirable fruits. Twice she has found herself in top positions at key organisations of the economy, on both occasions she had running battles with staff. First, it was at the Nigerian Export and Import Bank, NEXIM where her colleagues and subordinates daily lamented about her behaviour. The Jonathan Goodluck administration saw her occupying another lofty position as the Executive Secretary/Chief Executive of the Nigerian Investment Promotion Commission, NIPC. Unfortunately, again, she was unceremoniously shown the way out before the end of the ex- President’s tenure. For this beautiful lady, it appears she cannot seem to find love everywhere she turns, whether at home or at work.

Udy Umondak

Uduak Abasi Umondak, better known as, Udy was the First Lady of Akwa Ibom State. Her claim to fame, however, is a combination of factors. One, she had a glittering role in ‘Mirror in the Sun’, a famous soap on Nigerian television. She also owned the upscale fashion house, Colours. Years ago, Udy returned to television with a faith-based talk show, ‘His Word Made Flesh’ which was rested after a five year run. Currently, she has a new self-styled information and education packed show, ‘The Udy Factor’. The funky grandmother who still looks stunning in her late 50s has become very passionate about her Christian faith, but she confessed that this has not dissuaded the stream of men trying to court her. So far, she has not given anyone a green light, insisting God would tell her when the right man comes along.


Deola Sagoe[/b]

Daughter of the outstanding Nigerian businessman, Chief Ade Ojo, Deola Sagoe, a fashion designer, has taken the world by storm. Through her work, she helped to open the door for the increasing acceptance of Nigerian fashion designers on many international platforms. Although she is skilled in cutting fabrics and stitching them together to produce colourful designs, Deola could not hold together torn fabric of the relationship with her former husband, Kofi Sagoe. They had to go their separate ways with their three daughters as evidence of a once happy union which went sour. Chances are that Deola may be willing to make loads of sacrifice to stitch the heart of any man who is mutually drawn to hers, so that both hearts can beat together as one again.

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Arunma Oteh[/b]

Vice President and Treasurer of the World Bank and former Director General of the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Arunma Oteh, earned a first class honours degree in Computer Science from the University of Nigeria in Nsukka. She also obtained a Masters Degree in Business Administration from Harvard Business School. For all disposition to industry and scholarship, Abia State-born Arunma has not been able to rake in a brilliant result in the romantic relationship department. Is there a man out there who can match her first class brain and is willing to take her on a course in Romantic Relationship, beginning with Love 101?
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Aisha Abubakar

Daughter of the influential top Nigerian civil servant, Alhaji Abubakar Alhaji, Aisha Abubakar who now serves the Muhammadu Buhari administration as Minister of State in the Ministry of Trade was one of those who had a very challenging crossing the ministerial screening hurdle on account of a couple of petitions against her nomination, but she surmounted them all in the end. However, Mother luck is yet to visit her with similar good fortune when it comes to having a male shoulder she can lean on since she separated from her husband whom she had three children for. Another Valentine Day is here, but with a new responsibility on her shoulders as a minister of the federal republic, all Aisha probably has on her mind now are matters of the state only.

Amina Mohammed

One of Nigeria’s few women of influence whose reputation for excellence goes across the globe, Amina J. Mohammed, Minister of Environment is very highly respected. Starting as Founder and CEO of the Centre for Development Policy Solutions, while also serving as an Adjunct Professor for the Master’s in Development Practice program at Columbia University, she worked her to serve as the Special Adviser to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon. Her services and knowledge are so much in demand that succeeding Nigerian presidents have never stopped to consider her gender, state or ethnic group, giving the privilege to serve the nation consistently. If Amina, who at a time was referred to as Amina Zubair, has a man in her life, she has been very discrete and the man has been satisfied with staying in the background and not stepping into the public space at all with her. The understanding by many is that Amina is likely to be swept off her feet in love with a non-Nigerian given the background of her interaction with the international community. Everyone is eagerly waiting to see which country flag will fly beside Nigeria’s at Amina’s wedding.



Hajia Bola Shagaya

When her husband, Alhaji Ganiyu Shagaya din’t play any conspicous role at their son’s recent wedding, not a few tongues started wagging expressing concern that Hajia Bola Shagaya’s marriage which is blessed with four children may be over after all. The Kwara State-born influential businesswoman who is very connected to the high and the mighty has neither refuted nor confirmed these insinuations, which is further fuelled by the fact that she frequently appears in public alone these days. Another season of love is around, and this diamond loving fashion enthusiast and highly influential businesswoman who always find her way into the hearts of Nigeria’s first ladies, may find favour with cupid.

http://www.thisdaylive.com/articles/14-powerful-ladies-who-need-love/231859/#.Vr_xW9HMqjU.facebook

Mo Abudu

Lately, everyone has been talking about the movie ‘Fifty’, a piece of work which has Mosunmola Abudu, better known as Mo Abudu, as executive director. Movie production is her latest venture and for those who know this proud Nigerian woman who has the enviable reputation of being the first woman to own a television network in Africa (a distinction she acquired when she established Ebonylife Television), the big move from television to movies was not a surprise. Mo is used to going all the way with whatever she chooses. In a short space of time, Mo has packed in so much more than many are able to achieve in a lifetime. As a Human Resources professional, she moved quickly from paid employment to become her own boss. Switching to a show host, TV producer, media personality, entrepreneur and philanthropist, she exhibited no less a keen enthusiasm. Her move up the ladder of success is so fast that many are unable to catch up with her before she reaches the next rung. Mo got married in her mid-twenties to Tokunbo Abudu, a lawyer and the union produced two children. Since the collapse of that relationship, Mo has not been romantically linked to any man. She frequently appears in public alone. Now in her early 50s, she appears to have completely thrown herself into her work, conceptualizing and developing one project after another. The assumption in many quarters is that she is now married to her work and has become so busy that she hardly has time to engage in matters of the heart. However, everyone longs to know if there is a man who can make Mo’s heart skip a beat.

Gbemi Saraki

While many may argue that Gbemisola Ruqayyah Saraki has not struggled for anything in life, relying largely on the stupendous wealth and goodwill of her father, she must be given the credit for having the verve to break out on her own. Nothing best demonstrates her inclination to call the shots as the willingness to leave her comfort zone for the slippery terrain of Nigerian politics. Working mainly in the finance sector since her graduation from the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom, Gbemi as she is called by friends deliberately sought financial independence away from the family fortune. Her venture into politics was akin to throwing her into rough waters where she would require more than the expertise of her father to navigate her way to safety. She was elected into the House of Representatives in 1999 to represent Asa/Ilorin West Federal Constituency, Four years later, she became a senator, elected on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party to represent Central Senatorial District of Kwara State. She was reelected in 2007. One apparent area that Gbemi is floundering is with her love life. The question on many lips is, ‘will Gbemi fall in love again?’ Once married to Segun Fowora, she has kept her distance from men, since the collapse of the marriage, preferring to shower all her love on her three children.

Stella Oduah

Not a few people think, Stella Oduah, a senator from Anambra State dropped into the Nigerian political space from nowhere and created a huge sphere of influence. However, those who are close to the petroleum industry know that she is not a fresh face. Returning from the United States of America in the 1980s with degrees in accounting and business administration, she got a job with the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation. A very ambitious woman, she quit after close to a decade to establish her own enterprise- Sea Petroleum and Gas Company Limited (SPG), an independent marketer of petroleum products. Born into royalty, Stella is not used to half measures or tiny dots. She goes for the game. Therefore, she did not tiptoe into the political arena. Beginning as Director of Administration and

Finance for former President Goodluck Jonathan’s political campaign, she introduced her own initiative, a personto- person campaign strategy that did not go unnoticed. Stella was believed to be instrumental to her former husband, Engr. Chris Ogiemwonyi’s appointment as Minister of Works. Many believe that politics put a strain on their marriage and led to its collapse. To demonstrate her immense influence in the Jonathan administration, her husband’s loss became her gain as she was appointed minister of Aviation. Although she suffered a hiccup in her political career after she was removed from the cabinet over bulletproof car purchase saga, she bounced back as her a senator. What is not known, however, is whether Stella’s heart yearns for love with the same passion as it yearns for power.

Bianca Ojukwu

A love song was truncated the day the Biafran warlord Chukwuemeka Odimegwu-Ojukwu went on a final exile to the great beyond in 2011. His death left a big void in the heart of his wife, Bianca. Since his exit, the former beauty queen has vowed never to get herself involved with matters of the heart. Her resolve revolves round her ideology of the concept of marriage, one which surpasses that of procreation. The former Nigerian Ambassador to Spain believes that she has paid her dues by spending 23 years of life with a man who equally loved and adored her. Their marriage made a spectacle in the media in the 1990s due to the gaping age difference. Yet Bianca would have no man love her the way her late husband did. Having thrown her admirers off balance by her resolute decision to remain widowed, the pressure to see her remarry has not dwindled a bit. Greatly revered by her late husband’s followers, Bianca still commands beauty that will make a man’s blood run hot. How long will her resolve wade off the pressure from men?

Funke Adedoyin

Marriage is not one of the strong points of the princess and daughter of the foremost industrialist Samuel Adedoyin. A trained pharmacist, the House of Representatives member from Kwara hardly broaches the subject of marriage and when asked about her worrisome marital status, she simply gives an automated response that she is in a good relationship but hardly discloses the lucky guy. To be sure, Funke is blessed with good looks and an intellectual mind. She has served the country twice as a minister during the Olusegun Obasanjo administration. Although, hardly romantically linked with any man, Funke has a son for the ex-husband of Senator Gbemisola Saraki, Segun Fowora. She was one time speculated to have an affair with a younger guy but the affair never saw the light of the day. For now, all her passion is directed to her political ambition and of course her son.

Yemi Adamolekun

Young, vibrant, and intelligent, Yemi has what it takes to make any man happy. The Nigerian born social media activist is known for her active contributions towards galvanising Nigerian youths to take a leadership role. Having been instilled with selfbelieve at an early age by her parents, the young lady portrays a true sense of leadership in her career with her advocacy platform Enough-is-Enough which allows youths to speak their minds about the leadership of the country. With the wheel of family fortune spinning in her favour and a profile which is increasingly becoming a nightmare to Nigerian politicians, Adamolekun is yet to understand the principles of love. Although surrounded by male counterparts who share in her vision, it is hard to link her romantically with any of them. She is single and leading an army of young leaders with her singular platform.


Ayo Obe

Always on top of burning issues about the economy, particularly bordering on rights of women and children, legal practitioner, Ayo Obe demonstrates an uncommon zest. The 61 year-old woman has an enviable career as a writer and leader in several arms of government in different administrations. Armed with a subtle beauty and outspokenness, the dual citizen of Nigeria and Britain is quite unlucky when it comes to the dealings of the heart. Not even her board room intelligence or legal prowess has enticed her again to the institution of marriage, after a previous failed union. Obe however takes solace in her only daughter from that obvious unlucky affair.