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Omotola Ekeinde,

WARTS & ALL
Confesses: I dated other men while dating my hubby
Friday, February 13, 2009

In this interview Hollywood actress and mother of four Omotala Jolade Ekeinde aka Omosexy talks about how she got into acting, her husband and what has kept her marriage going. Omotola Jolade Ekeinde in her own words.

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•Omotala




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Background

I am the first child of three children and the only daughter. I was born in Lagos. My father is from Ondo State My mother is from Abeokuta in Ogun State. My father’s name is Sola Jolade he used to be the manager for Lagos Country Club Ikeja. My mum was a business woman. My father died in 1991, I was in secondary school when he died. My mum died 10 years after in 2001. I attended Chrisland Primary School Opebi, Command Secondary School Kaduna and did one year in Oxford School Santos Layout. I had a stint at Obafemi Awolowo University ile-Ife, I later got admission into Yaba College Of Technology to read Estate Management. My acting career had already taken off before I got into Yaba Tech just to fufill all righteousness.

I was a troublesome child. I was the only child of my parents for a long time so I was a bit over-pampered. So when I act a bit spoilt it’s not because I am an actor. I actually grew up like that. I was my daddy’s pet because I was the only girl. I went to a military school and I was really rough-handled because I was a little thwart. I was very popular in school. I was not a sporty person. I was very lazy. I loved to dance and mime. While in secondary school my friends and I formed a group. We were three in the group and after school you will find us singing and dancing on the road. I could mime to any popular song back then and singing on the road got me a lot of lifts. We used to demonstrate on the road as if we were on stage taking turns to mime to songs. It was really fun. We just assumed we were superstars and everybody on the road came to watch us perform on stage

My mum had a lot of influence on me. She was very strict on me. And I was spoiled rotten by my dad. I was virtually living in Lagos Country Club. From school I went straight to the club. I stayed with my father in the club. I never liked going back home after school because of my mum. My mum used to beat me. My father had no qualms about me staying with him at the Club. But then I was not even with him. I was always on my own having fun, swimming, meeting people. It was at the club that I met movers and shakers. As little as I was I already had a mind of my own. I wanted to do things my own way. My mother used to beat me, punch me out, sit on me just to break me. She did a lot of things to me that she wouldn’t think of doing to a child. That kind of thing terrified me. We never got along I used to question if she really was my mum. We were like cat and dog. I did everything I could do to avoid her problems.

On acting

I started acting as soon as I left secondary school while awaiting my JAMB results. Even while I was in Ife reading Economics my acting career had started. I left Ife in my first year because I was getting married and my husband felt it was too far. So I had to get a school in Lagos. I got in to Yaba Tech in 1996 and I got married that same year. I decided to read Estate Management, because I realized that I didn’t like Economics while I was in Ife,

My modeling career started before my acting career. I started when I left secondary school. I had modeled for two years before my acting career. I did mostly calendar jobs. One day while waiting for the casting for a modeling job to start. One of the girls that came for the casting asked if I would like to come with her to an audition she was going for. The casting was taking too long to start so I decided to go with her. She didn’t get the role she auditioned for but she encouraged me to audition for a role I did and I got the part.

The audition was for Nneka. The part was a lead mermaid role. When I told my mum about it, she said the part was not right for me. Because she believed if I played the role I would be disturbed by evil spirit. My mother was very superstitious. So I didn’t play the role. But that already aroused my interest in acting. So the next audition I heard about I went for it. It was for a movie titled “The Testament” It was a Swift Studio production. I got the lead role Tunde Obe was supposed to be my lead man. I was 16 years old then it was in 1995. And my mum refused to let me act in the movie because she said there was too much kissing and romancing. She said I would be ostrized from church if I played a role like that. My mother was a member of the Christ Apostolic Church. This is a church I didn’t actually used to go to. Which was weird, my mum was a very strict Egba woman.

So I had to say bye to that role too. The first movie I did in 1995 ‘Venom Of justice’ the director Reginald Ebere had to go talk to my mum. In those days for you to get me to play a role in your movie my mum had to approve of the role and you. From Kingsley Ogoro to Zeb Ejiiro. Zeb even suffered the most because he became like my godfather. Zeb always had to talk to my mum on behalf of other producers and directors that I had to work with. In those days unlike now you can’t do one movie and become a star, Back then people were not paying attention. Your name must have gone round the industry before you will now probably be known in the outside world. I was popular with producers before I could be showcased for the outside world. A lot of protocol then unlike now.

Initially when I started acting there was no pressure. Unlike now, when I am called for a job producers and directors have so much expectations because I have done a lot of work for other people.

On sex for role

There were no challenges back then for me. I try not to do more than I can. I wasn’t really desperate to be an actor. I never got sexualy harassed or anything like that. Most of the roles I got then were lead roles and it wasn’t like I struggled to get them. I have never had a sex for role offer. First and foremost I think I deserve all I got. I think that happen most of the time when u don’t deserve it. And they tell you they want to give it to you. When I hear that I just walk away. I won’t let any one dampen my spirit by telling me I am not good enough for something, A lot of actresses reek of desperation that is why they fall a victim. Somebody dirty is going to take advantage of you.

On her mariage

I got married at 18. I don’t know why some people find that strange. For him it has nothing to do with age. In fact he waited for me to be 18, age of consent to marry me. I was 16 when he met me and he was 26. He was working with Harry Akande then and was stationed in Bahamas. My mum felt I was getting married too early he wanted us to wait. We did the court wedding in 1996 and the traditional in 2001 after we had had three kids. My mum was at the registry, She was a signatory. I met him in 1994 I had not started acting then but I was already a model. I have always been a very mature person. When I was 14 I looked 18 when I was 15 a lot of people thought I was in my 20’s. I lost my father early so I had to grow up fast. I am not so sure I think I was 12 or `13 years old when I lost my dad.

On dating other men

Yes I had dated other men before I met my husband. And I still dated other men while with him and he never stopped me from dating them. We had a very comfortable relationship and no pressure from anywhere.

On her husband

My husband had no problem about my career and would never. Is whatever makes me happy. He supports me a lot. I went back to set after my first child was just one month old, I was on the set of “Day Break”. He goes to the market. I don’t and he doesn’t mind doing that. He is my number one fan. He watches my movies like a critic. The only scene he is not enthusiastic about is the romantic scenes. But I got to do what I have to do.

On what keeps her marriage going

It’s God. For me when I met him it wasn’t love at first sight. But he said it was love for him. But even then before we got married he told me he prayed about it. According to him he had to submit the names of the girls he was dating then to pastors so they could pray about it to know who is the right girl for him. We are not interested in friends We don’t have friends that influence our lives. We don’t make it a must to hang out with friends. I don’t discus him with friends and the same applies to him. He does not discuss me with anybody even his parent to the best of my knowledge.

On bad publicity

First and foremost my husband does not read junk. He is a pilot he is like a bird always flying. I don’t think anybody will be so dumb to show my husband a bad publication about me. We don’t dwell on such things. When the pictures of the role that I played in the movie ‘The Prostitutes’ was published. It was one of those make or break times in my career. We talked about it. The talk was actually for me because I was upset and depressed about it. And he was the one that did the consoling. The pictures were splashed in the papers as if I did that scene in the movie. The scandal did not affect us.

There are so many things I had told him about me. Any body writing about it is like behind schedule. And you don’t even have a clue.

On love advances

I have never dated anybody in the industry. I do get love advances and I just enjoy it, I am a girl. I don’t have to be people’s enemies because I am married. Most of these men end up being friends with me. People will always say whatever they want to say If you know that a guy wanted to date me and suddenly we are friends and that means we are going out. That is your problem. If you think we are dating Yes we are, eat your heart out. Yes I do flirt for a while, every girl flirts. I let you know you are just a toy just an amusing thing. I might just enjoy taking your calls but the minute I am irritated I just stop taking your calls.

On dreams

Oh yes totally I am living my dreams. I am a very happy person. I get shocked when people say I am a snub. I understand that I could be a bitch. But then I could be the most lovely person you ever met. I am a very complex person. I have multiple personalities and I don’t know when any of those personalities will raise it’s head. It depends on what is thrown at me. So anybody who says I was nice to her and she was bitch right back at me, that person is a liar and will rut in hell.

Her defifinition of love

Love is deeper than a feeling. If I had that feeling I wouldn’t probably be married to the person I am married to. All those feelings that gets your adrenalin pumping is not love. It is lust. That comes with the rush and goes with the rush. And when you go and marry with that kind of adrenalin it is risky. Love is tolerant, friendly, caring, devoted and most of all selfless.

There is no way you can love and be selfish. Being in love is different from love. You can be in love and don’t love the person. And when you love genuinely if you both go your separate ways there would be no fight you stil be friends And don’t be afraid to be kinky with your wife. And don’t be holy holy if you are your husband is gone. Be kinky holy. Keep it exciting and romantic.

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or u dnt hav a val?

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RichyBlacK
if you don't know what the Benin people are fighting for, you had better keep ur mouth shut!
uniben has had an ishan V.C before, but Benin has never produced a V.C.
that's what they are fighting for,and they have my support.
if they cant fight, who will fight for them.


it is even more damanging for a minsiter to say foolish things than to do them.
cardinal de retz, 1613-1679


listen before you make a comment.

Wow
so Yorubas are generally descendants of Arabs from what you say.
One learns something new everyday.
Davidylan should  stop attacking Palestinians since they're his brothers

I think the money is the total amount needed to finance the project. There is no way GLo will give those riffraffs 50M each. For what?. Why not give it to Lagos primary schools or hospital board or some orphanage. This is a case of misplaced priority.

Again, why is it only 1 Yoruba movie star in the group?. I smell tribalism. 

How much salary do they pay naval officers in Nigeria for one to cough out over N20M?

Couple defrauds retired naval officer N20.7m
… Swindles another N10.8m
Thursday, February 12, 2009

A couple in Lagos, Silva and Deegnat Saddih, are now being, investigated by police detectives for allegedly swindling a retired naval officer of N20.7m.

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Daily Sun gathered that the couple allegedly used fake documents to duped another victim of N10.8m.

The Saddihs were alleged to have first, duped the Managing Director of Zanutes Oil and Gas Limited, Rear Admiral I.O. Agbaje (retd), of N20.7M. They allegedly used fake documents of two construction companies Renolds Construction Company (RCC) and Hitech, to facilitate the supply of five fuel tankers (33,000 litres each) of diesel which they sold and disappeared with the money.

It was the Divisional Police Officer of Festac Police Station, Usman Ndanbabo, who led a team of detectives arrest the suspects at their Bode Thomas, Surulere home.

Mrs. Saddih told Daily Sun that they had already spent two-and-a -half month in prison custody, after they were dragged to court by the retired officer over the matter.

The woman said the Police brought her from the prison custody to face another another allegation of defrauding the Director of Kris-Jorge Oil and Gas Investment Limited, Chris Aniemena, of N10.8m.

Mrs. Saddih, 30, from Oyo State, admitted forging the letter of domiciliation and the Local Purchase Order (LPO) from Reynolds Construction Company to supply four tankers (33,000 litres each) of diesel.

Mr. Aniemena told Daily Sun that Mrs. Saddih requested four tankers, adding that he only supplied three, valued at N10,890,000, to the suspect, after which she disappeared. The suspects were said to have operated, using the letter heading of their fake company, Purple Sky Limited.

Mr. Saddih, who claimed to be an artist, said he is the Director of Purple Sky Oil Company, while his wife is the Managing Director. He said they have agreed to refund, N1.5m, to the naval officer.

Mrs. Saddih claimed they sold the product at give-away price and used the money to service their debt. She claimed that one Rev. Isaac, was the middle man, who received the goods and auctioned them in Ibadan and Ogbomoso, in Oyo State.

She explained that she received the product at the rate of N4 million and sold it at N2 million, per tanker.

Agbaje, who spoke to the reporter on phone said: “I did a good thing for them (the Saddihs), but they paid me back with bad coins. I supplied them a product they would have made N200,000, from each of the five tankers. Even, they gave me a dud cheque. And the documents of the companies they tendered were forged,” Agbaje said.

Confirming the incident to Daily Sun, the Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr. Frank Mba, said: “The police are investigating the matter. There is on-going investigations into the matter. That’s all I have to say for now.”

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@Tpia,

Those men are like guards In some places they are castrated and very tall and huge.

Some of them tend to the queen as they are castrated and harmless.

They are called eunuchs in the bible so the tradition is age old and not peculiar to the yorubas.

@Richyblack, you said there is nothing like juju and it is a fraud. Read this story below and tell me what it is:

https://www.nairaland.com/nigeria/topic-204928.0.html

The child doesn't look 8 then unless she is a dwarf. It's not even funny because some people can be wicked. Where are those that claim there is nothing like juju?

Child-witch: Akpabio outlaws stigmatisation of children
Goes After Erring Pastors
From Inem Akpan-Nsoh Uyo and Saliu Hakeem

Anybody found to be stigmatizing a child, as a witch or wizard in Akwa Ibom State will, henceforth, be liable to 10 years imprisonment.





Governor Godswill Akpabio of Akwa Ibom, while signing the Child Right Bill into law, expressed the hope that it would help check the increasing stigmatisation of children as witches and wizards in the state.

Performing the signing ceremony in Government House, Uyo, on Friday, Akpabio said: "The law makes it punishable with an imprisonment of 10 years to 15 years without any option of fine for a child to be accused of witchcraft"

For the purpose of speedy trial, the governor announced the establishment of a special family court to determine matters related to children.

Threatening to revoke the Certificate of Occupancy of prayer houses involved in the ungodly practice, the governor also pledged to demolish such houses said to be involved in propagating falsehood in the name of exorcising witchcraft demon from the suspected children.

"It is killing to label children as witches and wizards because of the psychological trauma they face in the society coupled with being ostracised," Governor Akpabio observed.

He said the future of children is in jeopardy as a result of such stigma and warned fake Pastors and misinformed members to desist from such practice, which is now a punishable offence in Akwa Ibom State.

The Act, the governor said, also takes care of kidnapping of children, child labour, outlaws begging, domestic or sexual labour, child prostitution, etc. It also made it mandatory for parents and guardians to ensure that their wards take advantage of the state government's free and compulsory education.

"A parent who runs foul of this law shall on first conviction be liable to a fine of not less than N5,000 or imprisonment for a term not exceeding two months or both," he said.

Meanwhile, the Bishop who claimed to have killed 110 witchcraft children will appear in court on Monday for murder. Already, the police in Akwa Ibom have picked up and paraded the suspect and his accomplices before the press.

The Bishop, Ulup-Ayah, was interviewed and he claimed to have killed up to 110 witches and wizards. He also claimed that there were 2.3 million witches in Akwa Ibom State alone.

But Governor Akpabio described the Bishop's claim as false and only a figment of imagination of the self-styled Bishop. He said there was no verifiable means of determining if anybody was into witchcraft, therefore, it was totally wrong to brand anybody as a witch or wizard.

He attributed the practice to quest for instant financial reward.

Akwa Ibom State Commissioner for Information and Social Re-orientation, Aniekan Umanah, informed that the manhunt for the pastors who have been wrecking havoc on innocent children with their witch hunting acts, has finally started.

http://odili.net/news/source/2008/dec/7/8.html

Nigerian foreign-based students give a lending hand
By PAUL OHIA, 12.05.2008
Saturday, December 6, 2008

In a rare show of magnanimity, some young Nigerian students in Canadian universities have decided to give back to their fatherland what they feel their peers are missing. They have commenced the process of donating educational equipment to schools even thought they are yet to finish their own tertiary education.


For some people, once admitted to foreign universities, they forget the less privileged ones at home but Samuel Chujor, Nneamaka Madumelu, Tosin Akinwekomi and Rinret Dabeng with others came together to form a non profit organization called Bringing Educational Assistance to Many Inc (BEAMS Inc) to provide educational facilities to schools in Nigeria handicapped by poor infrastructure and amenities.

Chujor, who is the originator of this initiative, says thinking about the decay of facilities and deprivation that makes learning a herculean task in Nigeria gave him sleepless nights while engaging in academic work at York University in Canada. “Moreover, stories emanating from home did not give any hope of improvement,” he adds.

He pondered the fact that even when funds are available, authourities are reluctant to take care of Nigerian schools, leading to poor maintenance neglect, improper handling of facilities, reluctance and deliberate refusal to replace obsolete and broken down equipment.

Chujor, from his experience back home, knew that most public school buildings are dilapidated, crumbling, posing serious threats to safety of the students. Leaking and blown-off roofs, broken windows, damaged doors and flooded compounds are permanent features of school blocks across the country and in recent times collapsed school buildings have killed many pupils.

In some cases, he reminisced, classrooms without adequate ventilation are falling apart and over-crowded and insufficient furniture force children to sit on bare floors while receiving instructions from poorly motivated teachers. He also recalls that pupils carry benches and even desks to schools, especially in rural and sub-urban areas. In some places, children are taught under trees or in open spaces.

In several schools, at the secondary and tertiary levels, he laments, there are libraries either without books or scantily stocked with out-dated books, lacking reading tables and chairs; and no laboratories and where they are found nothing with which to conduct experiments. Workshops are grossly deficient in equipment and tools. Introductory technology can hardly be said to be going on, although it is in the school curriculum.

“Many schools do not have functional toilets, and where they exist, not flushable, due to lack of water. Some school toilets have become serious health hazards to children because faeces are littered all around, uncleared without any kind of sanitary application. Boreholes have packed up.

Even with the coming of the electronic board for teaching in the classrooms, replacing the old traditional black boards and chalk, most public schools still have rickety, over-used ineffective blackboads which can no longer show what is written legibly.

“Maps, charts, educational illustrations that aid classroom teaching are old, torn, weather-beaten or outdated, begging for replacement. Staff are clustered into derelict common rooms and offices. Chairs and tables are broken, depriving teachers of the minimum comfort needed. Students are crowded into dormitories and hostels, without adequate water supply, frequent electricity interruption, lack of waste disposal facility, clinics and medical centres that have no drugs.

“Recreational materials are either non existent or have become decadent. The same also goes for sporting facilities, the lack of which seems to have retarded development of school sports. Under these conditions, the education system has been seriously undermined, in terms of learning and teaching.”

The story is endless but Chujor would not sit back just to continue reflecting on the above scenario. He then decided to bring together like minded Nigerian students and on December 15, 2008, they will make personal deliveries of educational supplies to the Salvation Army School in Lagos. The equipment and tools were procured through fund raising efforts in Canada which started on April 18 2008, the date of inception of the not-for-profit organization. The organization with its directors and members hopes to make the donations a frequent event - annually and eventually on a quarterly basis. The aim is to try to deliver to as many different public schools as possible, providing substance and hope to the students of major cities in Nigeria.

BEAM's mission will be realised by the organizsation's executives personally delivering these supplies, not money, to these schools, emphasized Rinret Dabeng, the secretary of the group. The organisation also hopes to involve major Nigerian corporations in the near future to sponsor and give back to the communities to which they get products and services.

In addition to the contributions, Beam Inc also hopes to create awareness amongst people at home and abroad about the state of the Nigerian public school system. It is a commendable effort as the individuals involved in Bringing Educational Assistance to Many Inc. are all youth and students who have thought it necessary to give back to their nation.

BEAM's maintains that its primary mission is to provide educational assistance to underprivileged children in Nigeria's public school system. This assistance consists of providing educational materials such as notebooks, pens, pencils, etc, to students in elementary and secondary schools, laying emphasis on students who without this assistance might not be able to continue their education.

BEAM Inc. came into existence as a result of the experience and exposure to the Canadian and Nigerian public school systems. “In the Canadian school system, educational supplies such as textbooks, notebooks and other stationary items are subsidized and provided to students in the elementary and secondary school levels, such that each student is given a fair opportunity to succeed. In contrast, in Nigerian public schools, these educational materials are not subsidized and students have to acquire them on their own,” explains Beam.

The four founders of the non-profit venture come from diverse parts of Nigeria and this has given them adequate insight into the amount of decay inherent in the educational sector. Chujor, the president and founder comes from Rivers State and presently studies Political Science at York University, Toronto Canada.

Nneamaka Madumelu, the vice president, is a student of Political Science and International Development Studies also at York University and is from Anambra State. The secretary of the organization, Dabeng, who is from Patueau State, is with Queen's University, Kingston, Canada and is studying for a degree in Psychology with minor specialization in English Literature. While the Treasurer, Tosin Akinwekomi who is from Ondo State is working towards earning a Bachelor of Honours in Accounting in CMA at York University.

http://odili.net/news/source/2008/dec/6/210.html

Gbenga Daniel after my life, Iyabo Obasanjo cries out
Written by Ise-Oluwa Ige
Saturday, December 6, 2008


Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello, the first daughter of former President Olusegun Obasanjo, yesterday, raised an alarm in Abuja that the incumbent Governor of Ogun State, Otunba Gbenga Daniel, was after her life.







Iyabo who is the incumbent Chairman of Senate Committee on Health is inviting both the Director-General of the State Security Service (SSS) and the Inspector-General of Police to immediately swing into action to frustrate the alleged wicked plans so that her life would not be wasted.

She, however, did not disclose why the number one citizen in Ogun State wanted her dead.

But in a save my soul (SOS) message to the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Mike Okiro, she disclosed that the governor’s aides were the ones hatching the plans.

The message contained in her petition already submitted to Okiro was written by one of the foremost lawyers in the country, Chief Afe Babalola (SAN), whom she hired to defend her cause.

The letter which was titled “Threat to the life of Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello by Governor Gbenga Daniel of Ogun State” reads:

“We write with reference to the above subject on the instruction of Senator Iyabo Obasanjo-Bello of the 3 Arms Zone, National Assembly Complex, Abuja. She shall hereinafter be referred to as our client.

“For a while, our client has been receiving death threats from anonymous sources.

“She, however, did not raise alarm to these series of death threats before now since she could not trace same to anyone or group of persons.

“In recent times, however, series of information at our client’s disposal have revealed that some close aides of Governor Gbenga Daniel are holding regular meetings and consultations on how to eliminate our client.

“The incident of 20th April, 2003 at Ifo, Ogun State where five people were shot dead inside the car of our client is still fresh in her memory and our client obviously does not wish to experience a recurrence.”

“It is disheartening that some hoodlums could become so audacious to be hunting the life of an incumbent senator of this great country and still boast openly about it with impunity

“What then would be the fate of the ordinary good citizens of this country who may have any sort of differences with these hoodlums.

“We therefore call on the Inspector_General of Police to kindly use his good office to intervene before any irreparable damage is done,” she signed off.

http://odili.net/news/source/2008/dec/6/307.html

Nollywood star Nkem Owoh ‘resurrects’ in Lagos
Written by VANGUARD
Saturday, December 6, 2008

The many months of controversy surrounding the rumoured death of one of Nollywood’s biggest stars, Nkem Owoh was finally put to rest on Sunday at celebrity hangout, O’jez, National Stadium, when it hosted him in its monthly O’jez Entertainment Forum.

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Nkem Owoh (left)



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For about three months now, rumours were rife that the actor, the African Movie Academy Award (AMAA) winner of Best Actor 2008, ingested hard drugs that erupted in his belly in Morocco as the Spain bound plane made a stop.

Another version of the cruel story spurn yarns of how he was reportedly ‘beheaded’ in faraway Russia or how he was buried alive in Saudi Arabia when he was convicted of pushing hard drugs.

Owoh who did not travel out of the country the period in question did not help matters, as he remained incommunicado, apparently developing a thick skin to the malicious rumours being peddled against his person.

He was on location in Abuja. So, O’jez decided to help dispel the rumours by inviting the actor to its newly formed O’jez Entertainment Forum. It took quite an effort to convince Owoh to leave his busy location schedule to come to Lagos for the Sunday event.

As at 8pm, Owoh had not shown up for the event billed to begin at 6pm.

There atmosphere was tense, president of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Ejike Asiegbu, notable Nollywood actor and former AGN president Zach Orji and Chairman of O’jez Chief Joseph Odobeatu were at intervals seen conferring and making frantic calls to Owoh to ascertain his expected time of arrival.

Meanwhile, the belly of O’jez restaurant was filled to the brim with fans of the actor who had one mission that evening—to confirm if actually he had been killed in faraway land.

When Owoh made his appearance at about 8.30pm, the whole place erupted. Television cameras trailed him from his car till he got a seat. Over 40 people with mobile phones were recording him for posterity and to show people at home that he is actually alive. The O’jez band was blasting away high life tunes to the admiration of all.

To prove he is alive, Owoh took the floor and declared that whoever started that wicked rumour about his death “miscalculated because God, because of that (rumour), has added another 20 years to my life.”

He said he was at loss as to how the rumour began but displaying his ever present sense of humour, he declared he was speaking from the dead. “I am talking from the dead because some moths ago, I was dead.

But if Obasanjo (former Nigerian President), said him dey Kampe, me, I dey Ka Kampe because Obasanjo is older than me.

He later performed his controversial song entitled ‘I Go Chop Your Dollar’. This sent the crowd to the dance floor. Earlier, Zach Orji said the reason why O’jez decided to honour Owoh is not only to dispel the rumour of his death but to celebrate his worthy achievement in the field of the arts.

“Nkem Owoh is one of Nigeria’s biggest actors and you know O’jez is home to Nigerian celebrities so we have to honour a star like Owoh.

And since the rumour about his death, this is the first time, he is appearing in public. So, let it be known that Nkem Owoh did not die and he did not peddle hard drugs as some wicked people would want the world to believe.”


http://odili.net/news/source/2008/dec/6/303.html

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu may seek asylum abroad, Nigeria risks diplomatic sanctions

By Oluwole Josiah, Abuja, with agency report

Indication emerged on Friday that the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, may have either slipped out of the country or gone underground in order to save his life. In fact, a United States-based Nigerian news agency, Empowered Newswire, reports that unconfirmed speculations indicated that the anti -corruption Czar may have sought asylum in an unnamed western nation. Checks in the Adamawa State capital, Yola, where he was said to have gone to on Thursday, indicated that his family members were not sure of his whereabouts.





His latest move follows growing global perception that Ribadu's personal security may be under threat, especially after he revealed to an international watchdog, Human Rights Watch, that his life was being threatened.

Already, there are plans by human rights and pro-democracy groups in the US to challenge Ribadu's persecution by the Federal Government. Besides, HRW officials are said to be planning an advocacy war against the Federal Government and its agencies regarding Ribadu's fate, who was recently prevented from graduating with other members of his class at the National Institute for Policy and Strategic Studies, Kuru, Jos.

Besides, another pro-democracy group of Nigerians based in the US, Citizens for Nigeria, has warned that the country can no longer tolerate the harassment of the former anti-corruption czar.

The group, which campaigned successfully abroad against former military president, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida's bid to return to power in 2007, will also open an international diplomatic fight against the Nigerian government over Ribadu's matter.

A source warned that the image of President Umaru Yar'Adua's government would suffer terribly once respected human rights groups such as the HRW and US-based Nigerians commenced the campaign.

This is especially so as Nigeria is currently holding the chairmanship slot of the United Nations Human Rights Council and is also seeking membership of the Security Council, both at the non-permanent and permanent levels.

In fact, at the UN, it is believed that Nigeria's anti-corruption fight, which was a source of global pride some years ago, may have become a laughing stock given deep-seated concerns about Ribadu.

Confirming plans by the HRW to embark on an international advocacy campaign on the Ribadu matter, the group's Senior Researcher on West Africa, Corinne Dufka, said, "We're doing quite a bit of advocacy with the US, United Kingdom, ECOWAS, UN (through UNOWA) and AU."

Also, in a statement by the CFN's Chris Odediran in New Jersey, USA, the group accused the Yar'Adua administration of leading the world to believe it respected the rule of law and focused on the war against corruption, "but has by its actions demonstrated an unmistakable disdain for the symbol of the war, Mr. Nuhu Ribadu."

Meanwhile, some British lawmakers on a fact-finding tour to Nigeria have expressed concerns over Nigeria's war against corruption. Briefing journalists in Abuja on Friday, the parliamentarians, under the auspices of the British All Parliamentary Group on Nigeria, warned that there was a sense from their visit that Nigeria was waiting at a crossroads.

They also said the Nigerian government and the people needed to demonstrate leadership, if the path to greater prosperity and justice would be achieved. Although they did not make any specific reference to recent development at the EFCC, the lawmakers said their findings revealed that corruption was still ravaging the country.

Speaking on behalf of the team, MP Michael Connarty, said, "Lastly, but perhaps most fundamentally to all of these things, we heard how corruption continues to eat away at progress and prosperity across all walks of life in Nigeria."

He noted that visiting parliamentarians were saddened by the violence in Jos, Plateau State and had urged all communities to realise their common interest in supporting themselves as Nigerians and resist those who sought to divide them.

Connarty, however, said the delegation was impressed by the determination of Nigerians to build on the important reforms of recent years, adding that there was a central need to improve power supply in order to lift the people from poverty. The APPG was formed in April 2006 from what had originally been the Niger Delta All Party Parliamentary Group.

Also, at a media luncheon on Friday, the European Delegation to Nigeria said the fight against corruption in Nigeria would continue to receive its support in the year 2009. The Acting Head of Mission, Mr. Denis Thieulin, said the commission recognised Ribadu's efforts. He said, "Ribadu did very well at the EFCC, he gave direction and strength to the fight against corruption, but we will still continue to support the fight against corruption."


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Can this be juju? How old is the child then?

Incredible! Woman delivers after 8 years
Written by Ebun Babalola
Saturday, December 6, 2008

After eight years of  moving about with pregnancy, Helen Oluwatoyin, 33, eventually gave birth to a baby girl  recently at Christ Apostolic Church, CAC.When the  news  was heard,  people  trooped to  CAC, a.k.a Oluwayamilenu at Kolawole Asade, Iju-Ishaga, Lagos.

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Mother and miracle baby




Until she gave birth on November 8, 2008, she slept inside the church for four years expecting a miracle to be delivered of her baby. For eight years Helen was pregnant  and all efforts to deliver her of  her baby  proved  abortive.     

Family members, relations, and those who saw her big stomach all these years thought it could be  fibroid. Within the period the pregnancy lasted, Helen had undergone series of medical tests, and scan tests could not prove she was pregnant. Native health practitioners also failed her  until she gave birth at  Christ Apostolic Church .

On the day of the naming ceremony when Saturday Vanguard got to the church, she was inside one the mission's rooms where some women helped to tie her hair gear. She looked blissful, and the  expression on the faces of those around was  enough to tell the story.

Speaking to Saturday Vanguard   she said : "My life was full of bitterness, but I thank God that today, it is celebration on my behalf. After my marriage, I had several miscarriages until year 2000, when the pregnancy finally stayed . I'm happy that  my effort was not in vain.

Unfortunately, it was another problem. The pregnancy that I thought would bring joy to me became a thorn in my flesh.

After nine months, I couldn't deliver the baby.

On the 15th month, I planned to wash my stomach since tests did not show the baby,  but I was advised not to do so. At times, I noticed that something was moving in my womb. The doctors could notice that the baby was breathing, yet they couldn't see it from  scan.

All the places I went to  confirmed that a baby was in my womb, but how it could be delivered was the problem. According to them, "this baby cannot come out easily except for  God's intervention". And each time, God  confirmed that He will perform his miracle, but  I have to be  patient, so I kept on waiting and believing God    for His promises. In 2005, I finally got to Christ Apostolic Church, and the pregnancy was already five years old, but with patience and much perseverance,  God perfected  His promises in 2008 "

Narrating one of her past experiences, she said, "before now, I had one Alfa whom, my husband introduced to me and for three year, the man could not do anything. After using all his strength and knowledge on the case, he gave up and told me that, he saw one Baba Agba (old man) who  told him that he wouldn't be able to do the work.

The man  also took me to one Iya Adua (Prophetess), but there was no positive result.

Although my husband stood by me, at the end of the third year, he left. He told me, he couldn't continue, so he left the home for me".

"This time, I felt rejected. We both struggled before I  took in. We spent so much money, but it was a pity that he was discouraged. So, in year 2005, I left his house. God revealed to me that he had married another woman who was also pregnant for him, so all I could do was to leave his house."

At this time, "My health had deteriorated and I was uncomfortable.   Sometimes I had to call people for help since I found it very difficult even pick up something from the next table. It was so terrible, the stomach was abnormal ( much bigger compare to a normal pregnancy).

There were times that I felt it was better to die than to live and continue  to go through the horrible       experience.

"But, when I got to this church and was told that I would deliver my baby without any problem, I believed.

Today, I thank God that it has become a testimony. the baby came out exactly 8.40pm   on November 8,2 008.

On how God delivered her she said, "On April, God revealed that the baby was hidden , but that He (God) was going to bring it out, 

So, on May 25, I did another scan test at one hospital at Latona in Abeokuta. There I was told that the baby was in my womb.

Today, I'm happy that my baby is healthy, he is  alright. Everybody is testifying to the glory of God that this is the Lord's doing. My parents are in Benue State. My father retired few years back. They all knew about the case, and they tried their best but all to no avail".

For Evangelist Michael  Ogunleye, the General Overseer of Christ Apostolic Church,  Oluwayamilenu, the testimony was awesome.

Sharing his testimony with Saturday Vanguard, he said, "On the day Helen gave birth to her child, a man, by name Alhaji Asore of Asore Area of Akute, who claimed to have managed her pregnancy came to my church and confessed that, he had managed the woman's pregnancy for three years. But according to him, he said, "one Baba Agba appeared to me and said that I couldn't manage the pregnancy, rather she could be delivered of the baby  in the church", that was in 2004.

" One Aladua  who also thought, she could manage her condition  tried   her best to no avail. "This man still came to me the second time and said, Baba Agba, came to me again and said that, the baby will not be delivered by any man."

On why,  his church members took  the  responsibility to accommodate her, he said, "in 2005, the Holy Spirit spoke to us through a prophesy and said, "a woman with long time pregnancy would be coming to the church, that she must be accepted by the church. That we should be patient with her as the glory of God will come upon the church through her".

"Barely two months after, she surfaced and she told me that she was just passing by when she heard an unfamiliar voice that, she should come to my church, but that she was not pleased with the building and the environment generally". Probably, she was expecting a mighty building and well-furnished church, he added.

According to her, "The voice kept saying that I should go to the church, but I refused.  For two weeks, I struggled with my spirit. I kept having different dreams about the church and why God wanted me to go there until I finally succumbed, she added".

When she came, I told her what the Holy Spirit had said concerning her and the prophesy of her unborn child, and how positively it would affect the church.

"But I also made her know that, there was no accommodation in the church. We were just building the church then, ( no window, door, ceiling, even the ground was not cemented). Describing the church he said, "it is about 15ft by 105ft, and not up to half a plot. "But she told me, "there was no problem, I know, the Holy Spirit was the one who brought me here".

Nobody, not even her husband accompanied her to this place, the Evangelist said. "I asked after her husband but she said, "my husband left me when he saw that the condition was not improving. I accommodated her based on Holy Spirit's directive. Since that time till November 8, 2008, when she delivered  she has been sleeping on the bare floor because there was no room available in the mission house.

"I remember vividly that I got a lot of confrontation from people especially the landlords in the community. Some even told me, "we will arrest you if this woman eventually dies", they continued,  "Can you defend yourself or is there section in the Nigerian constitution that approves of a pastor to be doing the work of a doctor ?"

"Then I suggested that, she should bring her parents or any of her relations at all cost but I'm happy today that her  mother came all the way from Benue State to rejoice with her daughter after eight years of pregnancy", he added.

"For her husband, he was nowhere to be found until 2006, when he finally came to the church in the night. He was also around on November 9, but, as I'm talking with you, the man has not shown up.

"Unfortunately, Oluwatoyin could not wait for God's time, the pastor continued. Probably, he did not have the supernatural strength to sustain the situation. "I would not blame him because there is always a limit to what human beings can endure.

If he endured  for three years and could not persist, that is how far he could go because he is a young man". May be, he was afraid of what people would say he added. But, I tell you that, the baby is alive, not deformed, hail and hearty, not even with a single tooth. It is very difficult to believe.

Confirming God's work, he said, "She had gone through series of tests  but the result she got from the Abeokuta hospital, revealed that she was pregnant. She brought the copy of the result in one big envelop, but I told her not to open it. So I addressed the envelop to the Almighty God until November 8, after the birth of the baby that the envelop was opened.

At about 7pm that day, she vomited, so we felt she was under labour and we started praying. Around 8pm, she was tensed, we took her to a nearby faith clinic. On getting there, just by the door, the baby came out. Even before then the placenta and the baby came freely, nobody mid-wived her, but Jesus Christ himself.

When asked to explain what could have resulted in the delay, the Evangelist said, it was to the glory of God.

"Today, some of the people who had mocked her in the past are now witnesses to this great miracle".

For Mrs. Joy Ogunleye, wife of the Evangelist, the miracle was God's confirmation to bring glory to the church. "I'm full


Miracle baby
of joy that such miracle took place in my husband's church.
"What I could remember was God's confirmation that the woman would deliver safely. Today, everybody is happy that she had delivered.

For Evangelist Efe Vigo, assistant pastor of the church, the miracle was to the glory of God. According to him, "there are certain things that Christians should accept. When God is ready to manifest His glory, number of years do not arise. What is important is seeing the hand of God and that is what we are experiencing today. This is a confirmation that God resides in this place."

Some of the neighbours also spoke to Saturday Vanguard on their relationship with the Evangelist. Engr. Attah Abubakar, one of the landlords in the community, said, "I'm a Muslim. I don't allow any Christian programme to hold in front of my house but today because of what has happened, I allowed them.

The case was a complicated one but today, it turned out to be a miracle.

For me, this man is a genuine servant of God. I have known him for four years and all he has been doing is prayers. At times, he disturbed me and denied me of my sleep because of his prayer but today, I'm happy with his testimony. If God was not by his side, I don't think he would have gone this far".


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Blockbuster Atuegbu is dead!
Written by Tony Ubani
Monday, May 26, 2008
ONE of Nigeria’s greatest all time footballer, Aloysius Atuegbu, nicknamed Blockbuster for his ferocious shots that Goalkeepers dodged from is dead. The news of Atuegbu’s death is as shocking as the myth surrounding his power-play in the Green Eagles and Rangers International of Enugu. One version of the news had it that Atuegbu was traveling to Ilorin to watch the Kwara United and Bayelsa United as the Nigerian domestic League comes to an end.




Late Aloysius Atuegbu


A source who called our hotline said that the vehicle in which Atuegbu was traveling developed a fault and all the passengers alighted. Atuegbu , too, alighted from the vehicle not knowing what fate had for him. He collapsed and died. Another source said that the former Mighty Jets of Jos player died early in the morning after a brief illness. But the Nigeria Football League, authenticated the death of the stocky player as they observed a minute’s silence in all League venues as a mark of respect and honour to him. Our own Patrick Omorodion sent a terse message that a minute’s silence was observed for Aloy Agu.



I passed the message on to Group Sports Editor who was banging away on his laptop. Anibeze after reading the sms remained transfixed like one who was electrocuted. He bowed his head for some seconds before making calls to confirm that indeed, the Blockbuster, was dead. Former Super Eagles Coach and Captain, and Captain of Rangers International when Aloy was unleashing terror with his dreadful shots, Christian Chukwu was equally shocked when Onochie called him. He said that he was making calls to confirm after NFL observed a minute’s silence in their match against Niger Tornadoes in Minna. He said that Emmanuel Okala was the first to inform him of the death of Atuegbu who has had stints with virtually all the youth teams of Nigeria and was a coach in Kebbi.


Former Vice Chairman of the Nigeria Football Association, NFA, Barrister Nwabufor Obienu was alarmed when we called him. He said he would make calls but said that it would be sad to lose him. NFA’s Image Maker, Demola Olajire was shell-shocked when we called him. He said that he saw Atuegbu on Friday in his Office in Abuja and could not believe that he could die like that. “He was hale and hearty. I am still making calls as it could be one of the Atuegbus.


It is sad if it is him because he was truly what we called him-Blockbuster, as he helped Nigeria to win her first Nations Cup in 1980. He was also at one time coach of our U-17 team. Honestly, I am yet to recover from the shock. But I still pray that it turns out to be another person and not Blockbuster. It’s sad”, Olajire wept on the line.


Dr Felix Owolabi, Atuegbu’s mate in the then Green Eagles said that Atuegbu communicated last with NFL Scribe, Yakmut that he was going to Ilorin to watch a league match. It turned out to be his last as he could not even get to the venue. “It is sad that Aloy died at this time we are trying to reform Nigerian football. And we would have needed his vast experience. Death is death and it awaits everybody. I’m pained but I pray to God to grant his family the fortitude to bear the loss and welcome him into his eternal glory”, Owolabi also known for his lethal left leg in the Green Eagles with Aloy said.




They were all teammates in the Green Eagles. And as they say, death usually comes too early or too late and if don’t think about death, you won’t appreciate life.

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