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Is the show not Miss Nigeria/Most beautiful girl in Nigeria?, when did it turn to Miss universe Nigeria

Silverbird has run a lot of competitions in Nigeria. They originally wanted to create a Miss Universe Nigeria, but they changed the name to Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria before the pageant started. The first Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria took place in 1986 and Lynda Chuba Ikpeazu was the winner.

Silverbird also ran the Miss Intercontinental pageant from 1987 till 1991. It was an international pageant and beauty queens came from all over the world to Lagos to take part in the pageant. Bianca Onoh was the only Nigerian that won it.

They've also held international fashion shows in the 1990s and early 2000s.

Last year Silverbird brought back the Miss Universe Nigeria as a separate pageant.

See previous threads:

Chidimma Adetshina Makes Top 13 Of Miss South Africa 2024, Faces Backlash
https://www.nairaland.com/8162905/chidimma-adetshina-makes-top-13

Chidimma Adetshina Withdraws From Miss South Africa Competition
https://www.nairaland.com/8179241/chidimma-adetshina-withdraws-miss-south

Tyla Encourages Chidimma Adetshina As Miss Universe Nigeria Invites Her
https://www.nairaland.com/8181199/tyla-encourages-chidimma-adetshina-miss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-3fCOsE73qM?si=4qeTF3lcoUIuTu5_

Ben Murray-Bruce @benmurraybruce

We welcome Miss Chidinma Adetshina to participate in the Miss Universe Nigeria 2024 beauty pageant.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LTCg3sH6SQg?si=-p2qsr4LZ2lajadz

Hello everyone, my name is Chidimma Vanessa Onwe Adetshina and I cannot do this video without expressing my gratitude to the incredible people who have shown me so much love and so much support.

Now, I have received an invitation from the Silverbird Group who are the organisers of the Miss Universe Nigeria Beauty Pageant and I say this with great excitement because I have decided to participate in the Miss Universe Nigeria 2024 Beauty Pageant.

Now, I understand the expectations and responsibilities that come with this title and I am so excited to embark on this journey and I just want to say thank you so much for this opportunity and I am looking forward to participating in Africa's most prestigious beauty pageant, Miss Universe Nigeria.

MFA Finland 🇫🇮 @Ulkoministerio

During her visit to Nigeria, FM @elinavaltonen met with @ecowas_cedeao, which plays an important role for regional unity and prosperity in West Africa.

Also good discussions with FM @yusuftuggar on how to boost trade and investment between Nigeria and Finland.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ztBEzwE1rGg?si=PDhM11BNNuFu1Zld

Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Nigeria 🇳🇬 @NigeriaMFA

The Honourable Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Yusuf M. Tuggar (OON) received in audience a special delegation of Nordic Ministers today 13th August, 2024.

The Nordic Ministers, also referred to as the N5 (Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland and Iceland) were led by H.E Tobias Billstrom, Minister for Foreign Affairs, Sweden. Also present were H.E Elina Valtonen, Minister for Foreign Affairs Finland, H.E Thordis Kolbrun Reykfjord, Minister for Foreign Affairs Iceland, H.E Bjorg Sandkjaer, State Secretary for International Development Ministry of Foreign Affairs Norway and H.E Eva Marie Frida Barloe, Under-Secretary for Foreign Policy Denmark.

The purpose of the visit centered on fostering greater cooperation in the areas of development, regional security, trade, digitalization and economic relations, in addition to boosting cordial bilateral relations between Nigeria and all Nordic countries.

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We Are Taking Actions On Simon Ekpa’s Case, Finnish Govt Confirms

Minister for Foreign Affairs of Finland, Elina Valtonen, said the case of Ekpa’s whose activities was reported to the Finnish government by the Nigerian government, is now before Finnish courts.

By Gloria Ume-Ezeoke
Updated August 14, 2024

The Finnish Government has disclosed that it is taking action in the case of pro-Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, over his secession activities with the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) in the South-East of Nigeria.

Finland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Elina Valtonen, made the disclosure in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, during a press conference she addressed alongside her Nordic counterparts on Tuesday.

According to her, the case of Ekpa whose activities were reported to the Finnish government by the Nigerian government, is now before Finnish courts.

Self-proclaimed Biafra Prime Minister Ekpa has been a strong proponent of sit-at-home directives in the South Eastern states despite the mainstream leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, suspending the exercise.

In February 2023 days before the presidential and national assembly elections, Ekpa was arrested in Finland where he resides after threatening that the elections would not be held in the South-East.

Ekpa was arrested by the police in his residence in the Lahti area of the country, a Finnish paper Helsingin Sanomat had reported.

The separatist repeatedly declared that there would be no elections in the Southeast region of the country and insisted on the observance of a sit-at-home every Monday in the area to protest the detention of the leader of the Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu.

IPOB, however, distanced itself from the Finland-based Ekpa who was reportedly billed for an interview before his arrest.

He was later released and has since been very active on social media where he posts his pro-Biafran messages.

Valtonen was part of a delegation of Nordic Ministers including Sweden, Finland, Iceland, Norway, as well as Denmark who visited Nigeria to deepen trade ties between the countries.

The ministers noted that countering violent extremists in West Africa and achieving sustainable development goals is among the areas of special focus.

The Nordic ministers who are looking to crystallize relations on the African continent continue their two-day trip in Ghana.

https://www.channelstv.com/2024/08/14/we-are-taking-actions-on-simon-ekpas-case-finnish-govt-confirms/

Photo: Nordic foreign ministers with Nigeria's foreign minister, Ambassador Yusuf M. Tuggar

This conversation was amusing, but it's getting old, so I'm out.

I'm not going to read or respond to any replies.

For the record, people give themselves their parents' name for a variety of reasons.

Larry Echiejile is a famous broadcaster. His father was not famous. He renamed himself Larry Izamoje when his father died. Izamoje was his father's name.

I have a friend who gave himself his mother's name when she died. He did it to honour her. She was not famous.

JuanDeDios:
Oh, you mean his papa and mama may have written Hakeem Muri-Okunola on his birth certificate. (I've struck out "why" to make your meaning clearer.) Fair point. The way these things work, it's highly unlikely. I doubt he'd be a supreme court judge when the kid was born and our people usually just do these to show off when they've acquired "the name". In any case, the blame goes to whoever named him. Poor Hakeem.

So to answer you directly, I don't know. You've won. Naptu 1 - 0 JuanDeDios

That's another funny thing that you do. You type a lot of meaningless gobbledygook when you know that you can't defend your position.

Nobody said that his parents named him that way and you know it. I specifically wrote that he named himself that way. You know exactly what I was referring to, but it's OK. I understand, you can't defend your position

JuanDeDios:

How you name yourself (in this case, going around with your justice-papa's name dangling around your neck) isn't a part of how you conduct your life? Abi if you see a tiger going around screaming "I'm a tiger, I'm a tiger,", won't you find it distasteful?

And thank you for being a good sport.

You ran away from the question but you are now back to it. You are implying that he named himself that way in order to show off and I asked you how you know why he named himself that way and you've been running away from the question.

JuanDeDios:
Which kweshun again naa? I said I don't trust people that hyphenate their names in this manner and I stated what the distrust is premised on. You can read the post again.

If your father's name is Field Marshal Napti Maptu (former CGS) and you go around calling yourself Naptu Napti-Maptu (instead of Naptu Maptu), I'd start out not trusting you too - until you prove you're a sensible and trustworthy person. Sorry, it's personal. Well, not sorry. People should know these basic things.

It's not just your opinion, but you extended it to "how he conducts his life". Those were your exact words and they go beyond personal opinion to the conduct of the subject.

Anyway, this has been very amusing, from the nomination of Aganga to the avalanche of assumptions.

Thank you for entertaining me tonight.

Anyway, that was fun.

JuanDeDios:
8.49pm: the dawn of epiphany! Yes, hyphenated name (his father's first name with the family name). That's what I was referring to.

You didn't answer the question, how do you know why he hyphenated his name?

JuanDeDios:
But that's not a statement about his entire life. At least, it's not intended to be. In a previous post, I already referred specifically to what I meant.

Hyphenated name? How do you know why he hyphenated his name?

JuanDeDios:

Oh, I missed something there. Isn't this contradictory? You know nothing about him, but you know how he conducts his life?

JuanDeDios:
Yea, I know nothing about HMO. He could be better than Aganga, for all we know. I only said I don't trust people who conduct their lives like him.

JuanDeDios:
I actually get the argument you made about ACCEPTANCE. Yeah, it's politics - brilliance isn't enough. I know politics will win, but I've made my nomination anyway. Hopefully, the godfathers are reading.

Yea, I know nothing about HMO. He could be better than Aganga, for all we know. I only said I don't trust people who conduct their lives like him.

Lol. Yea, I only said what I'd do if it were up to me. I'm not one of THEM, so it's not. I'm one of the masses, but I'm allowed to muse randomly and speak my thoughts aloud, am I not? You're taking this too seriously.

How do you know that I am taking this too seriously? How do you know that I am taking it seriously at all?

JuanDeDios:
I see. I guess it'll be HMO then.

But if they're looking for the best (they say Tinubu is good at headhunting the best), I'd personally nominate Aganga. And not that I'd trust someone who hyphenates his father's first name to the last to form a compound so everyone would know whose son he is without asking. But that's just me.

Since you said that he is the best (according to you) and you've told us what you will do, simply create a political party and nominate him for the governorship position and we'll all see how he will win and perform.