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Indeed, the new School of Business
offers opportunities in academic and
professional Masters of Business
Administrations for both full-time
and part-time MBA candidates. It
also offers short-term certificate
courses as well as specific courses
that meet special needs within the
private and public sectors.
University of Ibadan (UI), Nigeria’s Premier
University is thinking out of the box. The 65-
year old institution is becoming more creative
in order to effectively blend with the current
trend in this knowledge driven global
economy. In being creative, the university is
beginning to take a second look at most of its
courses that have been in existence since
1948 when the university was established in
relation with the modern demands.
It was George Kneller, author of Existentialism
and Education who noted that “creativity
consists largely of rearranging what we know in
order to find out what we do not know. Hence,
to think creatively, we must be able to look
afresh at what we normally take for granted”.
This is exactly the scenario in UI. Many things
that had hitherto been taken for granted are
now receiving serious intellectual interrogation
with a view to conforming to the contemporary
needs.
The recently created and inaugurated
University of Ibadan School of Business (UISB),
where regular and contemporary, short-time
courses, customized workshops, consultancy
and research for various organizations and
companies will be in the offering is one of the
fall outs of a new vision. It is on record that UI
is reputed for teaching only Economics in the
area of business and commercial studies even
when younger universities are offering
Accountancy, Banking and Finance, Business
Administration among others. Many candidates
who would have loved to have their First
Degree in UI have gone to other universities
simply because their preferred courses of study
are not available in the University of their First
Choice (UI)
However, with the new UISB, headed by a first
class Professor of Economics, Prof. Ademola
Ariyo who is the Board Chairman, and the First
Female Professor of Computer Science/
Economics in Africa, Prof. Adenike Osofisan as
the Director, a paradigm shift that will provide
and build leadership for current business
challenges has berthed in Ibadan. The
philosophy of the UISB is to provide an
education that will satisfy today’s public and
private economic requirements. It offers a
platform for post-experience learning, as well
as exposure to the use of basic economic,
management, and technical tools intertwined
with case studies. The teaching and learning
process will according to the mandate, be
delivered in the open, distant and blended
modes. This is with a view to ensuring that
learning is nurtured in a flexible and versatile
manner. The real life intervention by students
will be encouraged to develop problem solving
capacities and capabilities.
Indeed, the new School of Business offers
opportunities in academic and professional
Masters of Business Administrations for both
full-time and part-time MBA candidates. It also
offers short-term certificate courses as well as
specific courses that meet special needs within
the private and public sectors. The school
therefore intends to collaborate with both
private and public sectors of the African
economy to solve both management and
leadership problems.
Since what one earns, in today’s knowledge
based economy, depends largely on what one
learns, the UISB has also determined to run
short term programmes targeted at corporate
and working professionals to upgrade
knowledge and professional skills in order to
avoid obsolescence in this highly dynamic
technological world. Certainly, every activity of
the school will be information technology
driven.
Of course, before getting to this stage, the
university, being meticulous as it is, had sent
members of the school implementation
committee to five selected Business schools in
the United Kingdom and the United States of
America for a study tour. The committee
visited London Business School, Columbia
Business School, New York and Kellogg
Business School, North-Western University,
Chicago. They also visited Howard University
Business School and University of Central
Florida, Orlando, USA.
The intention was to ensure that the best
global practices in Business education are
made available in Nigeria. Besides, as they say,
“knowledge is a mimic creation, not even when
Thomas Edison has counseled that there is
always a way to do it better if only one can find
it. The University of Ibadan has seemingly
found a way of running a school of Business
with the forms and structures that are enviably
made available. Already, the university has set
aside a whopping N350 million for the initial
take off. After about six decades of its
existence, the management of the university
felt it was high time the institution extends its
rich intellectual heritage towards the growth
and development of a virile, private sector, not
only in Nigeria, but also the whole of Africa.
This, the university intends to achieve through
supply of new breed, first rate economic policy,
and corporate managers, as well as
entrepreneurs that are able and willing to
ensure the accelerated development of Nigeria
in particular and Africa in general, under the
auspices of a private sector driven policy
framework. This, it seeks to achieve through
the offering of internationally competitive
programmes and products in business
education, research and management. From
available facts, the Vice Chancellor of the
University, Prof. Isaac Folorunso Adewole richly
deserves public commendation for his
enthusiasm in ensuring that the UISB takes
off. Prof. Adewole who believes that other
people must light their candle from the
knowledge base of the university has always
been saying that Ibadan must keep adding
value to the society. Inaugurating the UISB
Board recently in Lagos, the VC who called on
private sector players to key into the new
vision.
Although there is still a long distant to
destination as billions of Naira required to build
main building, library, lecture theatre as well as
other external works remain elusive, short time
programmes and consultancy as well as
research for willing organizations and
companies have begun in earnest. Pioneering
staff members of the UISB including Mr. Lucky
Igonor deserve kudos for their commitment
and sacrifice in laying the foundation for the
new School of Business under the supervision
of the “Iron Lady”, Prof. Osofisan, the Director.
It might not be too much to provide a Business
School that meets international standard.
There is no point travelling abroad for a course
that could be taken in Nigeria. If the standard
is solid, the growing intelligence gap will be
filled as the boundaries of human knowledge
gets expanded towards uplifting the society.
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Big Brother Africa: The Chase finalists Beverly Osu
and Melvin Oduah sat down today with media
personalities IK Osakioduwa and Anita “Omalicha”
Isedeh on Rhythm 93.7 FM’s Morning Show for
their first official interview, since they arrived in
Nigeria, where she spoke about her BBA
experience
How do you feel about Angelo's supposed
girlfriend Candice
I don't want to talk abt his so called gf cos I don't
know anything abt her.
Did you have sex with Angelo
I did not have sex with Angelo. I loved him and I
still love him. I would get married to Angelo if I
had the chance!
And the bathtub scene...
I'll still say....Nothing happened between me and
Angelo!
Did you use any strategy
I talk a lot. My strategy was nothing. I just went
with the flow...
Your take on Afrocandy’s movie offer
Afrocandy nibo? No oooo.....Thanks for the offer
but NO!
On her plans for the future
I’ll continue with my online reality show “Beverly
Says” and I’ll finish school. That’s what is
important now.

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Another year, another Big Brother season, and
how we’ve become addicted. The Chase like all
other seasons presented viewers with a motley
crew of housemates to care about, root for,
hate, love or love to hate. There were loud
guns, moody brats and swag queens. We
present 10 of our favourite housemates this
year. In no particular order.
Pokello
The self-acclaimed queen of swag was a hit
from day one when her sex tape flooded the
market shortly after The Chase started. She
proved herself a vibrant one too by starting a
love affair with Ghanaian Elikem despite having
a man on the outside and alienating the other
ladies in the process. Strong, independent and
hard to miss, Pokello sure brought a lot of swag
to The Chase.
Melvin
This hunky dude has had his fair share of
reality shows so we were quite ticked to find
him again on The Chase. His slow drawl initially
ticked off all the wrong boxes and we were
exasperated by his blatant disinterest in the
ladies. However the tide has turned and Melvin
is the man to beat. Yes he is Nigerian. Yes , he
still has little love for the ladies but that won’t
stand in his way come Sunday night. This one
seems to have grown on us.
Beverly
Sister Beverly kind of made it easy for Nigerian
audiences to trash talk her and gravitate
towards Melvin in the process, what with her
unladylike demeanour, care-free ways and
propensity for scandal. She may pray up a
storm when she is in a mood and read her
Bible faithfully in the mornings but she has also
been quick to jump into bed with South African
boo Angelo. However, it is all of these same
reasons that have kept her in the chase.
Viewers aren’t quite sure what she will reveal
next and her twerking skills keep us wishing
the Saturday night parties last longer.
Dillish
The quiet voiced beauty managed to become
Africa’s sweetheart and who can blame Africa?
Big Brother Africa hasn’t quite seen a mate so
lovely in some seasons. The anti-Beverly if you
will, Dillish’s comportment and perceived
decency has garnered her lots of fans and we
suspect her name will still be called up long
after The Chase is over.
Natasha
Mama Africa may have rubbed lots of people
the wrong way with her brash, overbearing
affect but we can all agree that the house was
a more dramatic place while she was in. And
what is Big Brother if not drama? Reality you
may say but that is all neither here nor there at
the moment.
Motama
Her hips don’t lie and neither do our affections
for her. Vivacious, flirty and always the life of
the party, we were sad when she made a
premature exit but such is the nature of The
Chase.
Bassey
The official best friend to the ladies, Bassey
kept us entertained with his colourful
disposition and those moves like Jagger.
Chatty, zippy and fun, he was always up to
something.
Sulu
Some called him a bushman, others found him
incredibly hilarious. Whatever your thoughts,
Sulu provided great entertainment and we
loved him for it. Not enough to see him
through to the final but we loved him all the
same.

90 feverish days have gone by, plus about 200
more of twiddling our thumbs, waiting to be
able to hook up to Channel 198 on DsTV. All
eyes glued to the biggest reality TV show on
television. We present 5 reasons you should’ve
tuned in to the live finale tonight.
It’s the finale!
This should be obvious enough but in case you
didn’t quite get the memo, permit us to
publish once more. It was the season finale of
the biggest show on the continent and that
means nothing else comes close to being as
important. Capisce!
The winner will be unveiled
In case you didn’t know. Of the final 5
housemates; Ghana’s Elikem, the Nigerian duo
of Beverly and Melvin, Dilish from Namibia and
Zambian rapper Cleo, one winner emerged and
that was the delicious Dillish. And isn’t that the
whole point of the last 90 days?
We heart host, IK Osakioduwa
We cannot get enough of IK Osakioduwa and
we admit it. Not when he does such a superb
job season after season of hosting Big Brother
Africa. We swear it has nothing to do with how
dapper he looks in a suit or anything else he
puts on for that matter. At this point, we
nominate IK to host everything from now on
including those dreary PDP conventions.
Ice Prince Zamani performed
For some reasons we cannot decipher at the
moment, Ice Prince has become the biggest
star on planet Africa. Okay, maybe not the
biggest but as we know, only the really really
really big deals close the Big Brother season.
And if Ice Prince isn’t quite your thing there is
the duo of R2BEES to admire.
Housemates will be reunited
The past 90 days have been bitter sweet as we
have seen some of our favourite housemates
leave the chase, prematurely at times. Tonight,
they reunited in all of their fabulousity and we
got to see love birds, Betty and Bolt, LK4 and
Koketso, ONeal and Feza. Also Beverly got to
reunited with her man Angelo, ditto Elikem and
Pokello and Hakeem and Cleo. Let the sparks
start flying.
BBA is going to trend anyway
For the grinches who will attempt to steal
Christmas (Yes! today might as well be) with
their tales of superior indifference, social media
was awash with BBA talk. Timelines were
flooded and status updates had nothing but
love for Dillish, the eventual winner. Nobody
wants to be caught waiting for second hand
information… certainly not you.
Congrats to Namibia’s Dillish Matthews!

Two British woman have been detained in
China for more than two months after their
dream holiday turned to nightmare.
Modupe Idowu, 59, and her friend Esther Jubril
Badmos, also 48, were arrested after becoming
embroiled in a dispute at a shoe shop in the
city of Guangzhou.
They were locked up in ‘hell-like’ conditions at
a detention centre for 38 days and although
they have now been released, the two women
remain trapped in the country as their visas
have expired and authorities refuse to issue
them new ones.
Trapped: Mary Idowu, left, and Esther Jubril-
Badmos are stuck in China as their visas ran
out when police detained them for 38 days and
authorities are now refusing to issue them new
ones
Mrs Idowu’s desperate family said the two
women’s ordeal began Ms Badmos asked the
shop to amend an order she had lodged earlier
in the trip.
She was then assaulted by two members of
staff before both women went to a police
station.
Mrs Idowu, from Islington, North London
witnessed a vicious attack on her friend.
Daughter Sarah Murray said: ‘Although Esther
tried to defend herself, she was pushed to the
floor, kicked and beaten – and handfuls of her
hair were ripped out.
‘A security guard locked them in a room and
another man, who we think is the shop owner’s
brother, came to the room and punched
Esther.’
When they arrived at the police station their
passports were seized and they were
pressurised into signing paperwork they didn’t
understand, before being flung into a cell
overnight without food and moved to a
detention centre the next day.
Ms Idowu, who is known as Mary, was put in a
cell with six other women – forced to sleep on a
wooden plank and go to the toilet in front of
the other prisoners.
Her friend was taken to the centre’s hospital
where she was treated for her injuries.
Meanwhile Mrs Idowu’s five children have
struggled to find out any information about
their mother – despite paying lawyers in China
around £4,000 to find out – and two of them
flew to the country to track her down at the
end of July.
Both women were released on July 29 but
since then have been met with an onslaught of
demands including a £20,000 claim for
damages from the shop owner, which was
eventually settled with £4,500.
Ordeal: The pair were arrested after being
assaulted by two members of staff at a shoe
shop in Guangzhou, pictured, when they asked
them to amend an order
But their visas have now expired and they
cannot be issued with new ones until police
provide paperwork to show the charges had
been dropped.
Despite endless visits to the police station,
officers refuse to tell them when, and if, the
documentation will be provided.
Mrs Murray said she barely recognised her
mum when she saw her come out of prison.
‘When I saw her, I thought she looked like an
old woman. She could not walk properly. She
was so frail and so skinny as she had lost a
couple of stone as she barely ate.’
Mrs Murray, who returned from China last
week, added: ‘I can’t really put this experience
into words. We are totally confused. It’s like
watching a horror film.’
Her sister, Julie Idowu, 26 said: ‘Our pain is
very real. I have been crying every day. I have
taken a lot of time off work as I’m so worried
about my mum.
‘Her health and mental state is a big concern
as well as the fact that she has missed her
operation.
‘It’s an injustice that my mum has been held
for all this time for witnessing an assault on her
friend.
Her other sister, Elizabeth Idowu, criticised
lawyers, saying: ‘People are exploiting our
despair. They are making money out of our
continued suffering.’
A Foreign and Commonwealth Office
spokeswoman said they were aware of the
situation and were providing assistance, but
could not comment further and said it was a
matter for the Chinese.

Who says
uche no
dey look
face?
clearly
Uche dey
look face,
the most
beautiful
girl in the
big brother
Africa
2013
competition has been declared the winner, no
one sees the voting but yes she beats Nigeria
duo of Beverly and Mervin and also Ghana's
Elikem amongst others, she goes home with
$300K tonight!

Aaghh...,nka beee..!......I reserve ma comment........


.....Boyz are not smilling.......if dey don't start making a change....who will..?

Do u skool dere or is it ur broder dat is dere ..@ritababe

It is no longer news that a lot of Nigerians are
obsessed with the colour of their skin. A lot of
women (and even men too) want to look
“yellow” and as a result have turned to
bleaching in order to look fairer. I remember a
dark friend of mine telling me that she never
liked hanging out with “yellow girls” as she
always felt less beautiful in their midst.
Whatever happened to black is beautiful?
Bleaching or skin whitening involves the use
of cosmetics to whiten or lighten the skin
tone. The World Health Organisation (“WHO”)
estimates that 77% of Nigerian women use
bleaching products – this is the highest in the
world. This statistic is alarming because
bleaching or skin lightening is a very
dangerous practice. The chemical
substances used in bleaching are harmful as
they include such strong formulations as
hydroquinone, Arbutin, Kojic acid and Azelaic
acid. These compounds prevent the
formation of melanin and reduce its
concentration in the skin. If you are
unfamiliar with melanin, it is the skin pigment
that protects your skin from the damaging
effects of sunlight. It is the skin pigment that
ensures that human beings are adapted to
the tropical environment of Africa. Melanin is
found in the skin of every black African for a
reason so why is there such a desire to get
this pigment out of the skin? One could
understand a desire to develop a more even
skin tone. However, many women go above
and beyond this in order to get a lighter skin.
Skin bleaching has become endemic in
Nigeria. There are a lot of women who feel
that using bleaching creams of is the shortest
road to being beautiful. Apparently, some
women believe that being fairer makes them
more beautiful and successful and therefore
more likely to find a husband. Even our
celebrities are not left out, although you
would hope that they use more expensive
and sophisticated products. The truth is
irrespective of price tag, bleaching/skin
lightening products are extremely hazardous.
WHO has listed the dangers associated with
skin bleaching as cancer of the bloods (such
as leukemia), skin, liver and kidneys as well as
serious skin conditions. These conditions will
not manifest immediately but in the long
term, skin bleaching could really put your life
in danger.
Some bleaching creams are euphemistically
branded as toning creams due to the
negative perceptions of bleaching, but a
study of the ingredients by a team of
researchers at a Bayero University, Kano
showed that the ingredients are equally as
dangerous and can cause mutations in
bacteria.
There is also the psychological problem that
comes with attempting to change the colour
of one’s skin. If you are not satisfied with the
skin God has blessed you with, you are bound
to start feeling inferior like my friend
mentioned at the start of the article. If you
start believing that you need a lighter skin to
be successful in life, then you are doing
yourself a huge disservice. Like former South
African President Nelson Mandela once said
“whoever is not proud of his colour is not fit
to live”.
Ladies, please let us be content and proud
with the skin colour God has blessed us with.
Indeed, black is beautiful.

His story runs like a novel. From hawking bread
and pure water to make ends meet, to cracking
the ribs of the high and the mighty in the society
and earning millions of Naira for making others
laugh, Adebayo Ajiboye a.k.a Holy Mallam has
seen it all. He shares the story of his rise from
grass to grace with Showtime Celebrity…Enjoy
Why did you choose to be called Holy Mallam?
When I started comedy thirteen years ago, I had
conventional names like Mallam Audi, Mallam this
and that. At a point, I felt it was necessary for me
to have a unique name that would attract
attention. But I still wanted to retain Mallam
because I started with Hausa intonation. When I
started my career in comedy, there were a lot of
my colleagues who were exploring different
intonations; Warri-pidgin, English-comedy but I
was not part of the trend. This is because I don’t
like things that are common. That is why when
they organise their shows, I hardly attend them. I
thought I should brand myself by adopting Hausa
intonation. I was inspired by people like Tunde
Sawyer who played an Alhaji in “Sunny side of
Life” in the 1980s. I was also inspired by people
like Patrick Itoye.
What do you hope to achieve in the next five
years?
I’d like to empower young people in a greater
capacity than I am doing now. In the meantime,
while using the platform of ‘Good Hands’, my CSR
project, I frequently visit schools to talk to young
people on how to use education with their talents
to affect their world positively.
Holy Malllam
What was your growing up like?
My father was comfortable before I was born. That
is why I was named Adebayo, because I was born
into joy. We used to stay in Festac town, but after
a while, things started changing for us. My father
had to sell our house in Festac and we moved to
Okoko. He could no longer pay my school fees. In
fact, I was hawking bread, and sometimes my
classmates would see me on the streets and
laughed at me. It really affected my self- esteem
and brought me face to face with the true
meaning of embarrassment and intimidation. I
also sold eggs and pure water to make ends
meet. There were times we lost the respect
people had for my family.
When we relocated to Okoko, I saw life from a
different perspective. I understood the intensity
of embarrassment as a child, and I’d never like to
experience it again. I still feel the shock and grave
shyness that was part of me then. But it’s not as
bad as it used to be in the past. In fact, it got to a
point in my life where I indulged in evaluating
myself and discovered what I’m worth.
Were you born a comedian?
Not really. As a child, I never wanted to become
a comedian. There were times when I would say
something funny among my peer group and they
would laugh. But it never occurred to me that I
would be a comedian. I think I must have taken
after my mum who used to be a very funny
woman. Comedy was not really what was in
vogue then. You had Baba Sala, Baba Suwe, Chief
Zebrudaya Okoroigwe Nwogbo. But there wasn’t
really much of stand-up comedy then. I never
knew that I would have anything to do with
comedy. I wanted to study Law or Mass
Communication.
When I completed my secondary school in 1995,
I was so frustrated. I did not gain admission into
the university on time. We were poor and my
parents got separated. I was doing menial jobs,
carrying sand, and earning about N100. After a
while, I got a job as a teacher and I was being
paid N500 per month. My Dad offered me a job as
an Office Assistant to be paid N5, 000 monthly
but my mum objected my working for him. Later,
he introduced me to one of his friends who
wanted me to undergo a training on Town and
Regional Planning at Lagos State Polytechnic
(LASPOTECH). But I did not blend there, hence I
refused to accept the job.
I got a job at Consolidated Foods and Beverages
as a casual staff for two years, 1996-1998 and I
was earning N1,000. But even then, I would
speak and people would listen to me. There were
times when we didn’t agree with some policies
that the management of the company
introduced, and I would influence my co-workers
to boycott work if I felt we were being treated
unfairly. As a result of my charisma, I was sacked.
My mother is a nurse, so she introduced me to
the USAIDS. I began to attend courses and
conferences on that platform and gradually, I
started standing out. I did not know that I was
being prepared for what I’m doing today. I
finished as a Peer Health Educator with the
USAIDS in 1999,with the best result.
I had opportunity to shake President Bill Clinton
when he came to Nigeria. That was the same year
I gained admission into the Lagos State University
to study Communication Arts . But there was no
money and moreover, it was the same year, my
father passed on. Then, I started assisting my
mum by supplying pure water for her in bags. It
was very difficult because I had to carry bags of
water to cover long distance. From the proceeds,
she would give me N50 out of which I would use
N5 to pay for my transport fare to school. I would
use the change to buy zobo and youghuts.
Sometimes, campus babes would want me to
hang out with them. But I usually laugh at them
because you can’t give what you don’t have. I
learned how to dodge them though. I did not buy
any textbook or handout throughout my
university education because I couldn’t afford
any.
How did you get into comedy?
It was in 2000 that I finally started comedy. It
was in my local church, Ultimate Power Ministries.
Comedians used to come around and make
people laugh. Then, I was an instrumentalist. I
used to play the conga and the drums. I still play
the drums at Winners Chapel mostly on Sundays.
I used to make the people around me laugh a lot,
and they would ask me to do comedy in Church.
Most times, I would refuse because I can’t
imagine making a fool of myself in the presence of
other people. You know shyness is a kind of fear;
you’re not sure about what the outcome would
be if you take a particular step, so you just hide in
your shell.
Holy Malllam
But after a while, I took courage because I
realized that I could do better. The comedians
that used to come around would crack dirty
jokes, insult everybody and get paid. That was
when I decided to step out. Just before the first
night I was to perform, I rehearsed with a guy
called Chinedu a.k.a Ultimate Mallam. I innocently
rehearsed with him. Luckily for him, he was called
upon to perform before me. He ended up saying
nearly all my jokes. Unfortunately for me, I
performed after him so, there wasn’t enough time
for me to invent new jokes. But God helped me, I
said the few jokes that were left and they
laughed.
Thank God, if they hadn’t laughed, it would have
been a different matter altogether because there
were about 3,000 people there. That was how
comedy started for me. It wasn’t even as a career
then, but a hobby. The fact that I stood before
people monthly and made them laugh gave me a
lot of joy. It has been thirteen years now. Then, I
noticed that there was nothing like Christian
comedy, and I decided to start that. I also wanted
to be an MC. The late Dr. Levi Ajuonumah trained
me in that area. I met Mr. Yinka Craig, Uncle Soni
Irabor, Mr. Bisi Olatilo. I realized that in an
industry like ours, you can become obsolete if you
don’t develop yourself. That is why I always
advise young people to develop their God-given
talent. I started building my social capital as well.
I would sa
y that God has helped me so far.
What is it like being a dad and a husband?
It makes me want to be more responsible.
Everyday you wake up to see them and the older
they get, the more responsible you feel. As a
father and a husband, it doubles my responsibility
because you do not think independently
anymore. There are other people now depending
on you. My wife and I have been married for eight
years now. We are best of friends. She is such a
down-to-earth person, and with her, what you see
is what you get. We met at a show; she was at
the entrance of the hall taking data for
registration. I did have an idea that I was going to
marry her.
At that time, I was spending all my money to woo
another girl that did not have my time. I left my
card with her. Then she called me, I saw the call
the next day and I called her back. From there,
we started hanging out. My father-in-law did not
give his consent to our marriage initially. We just
kept on planning ahead. But three weeks to our
wedding, he gave his blessing.My wife is the
closest person to me. I am not really a social
person and I do not have many friends anymore.
This is because friends tend to back-stab you
when you accelerate. My life mostly revolves
around my home, my office and the events where
I am invited to anchor.
We heard your kids singing and playing with the
name Holy Mallam. How do they react to knowing
their dad is a celebrity?
I don’t even know. I love my children so much,
and to them, I’m just a daddy. Sometimes, they
jokingly call me Holy Mallam, but I don’t chastise
them when they do so. My wife takes my kids to
school, but when she is not around, I help out.
Tell us more about the challenges you have faced
while on your journey to stardom?
There were times I even considered suicide
because of how difficult things were for. I have
been through a lot of things in life and I am just
trying to encourage people that because you are
going through challenges, does not mean that
God hates you or you are about to die. I suffered
a lot. There were times people told me they did
not think I would go far in life. There were times
we had only garri at home without sugar. We
were not allowed to buy things on credit, my
mum would kill us.
Holy Malllam
Sometimes, I would buy dry soya beans, mix it
with garri, and eat it dry. We did not have a
television. In fact, by the time I started appearing
on television, I had to leave my house with the
permission of my mother to watch myself on
television. I started appearing on television in
2001. I used to appear on ‘Humor on Ice’ and get
paid N2000 per week. When I was writing my
GCE, I would go from Okoko to Ajegunle in my red
bathroom slippers. Even in poverty, I still loved
red.
When did you finally had your big break?
I was an undergraduate at Lagos State University.
The Foursquare Campus Fellowship, then led by
Pastor Seyi Jaiyeola organized an event at the
LASU car park. One of my Church members knew
the pastor, so she introduced me to him. He
auditioned me for about five minutes before he
gave me the opportunity. I spent about
seventeen minutes on stage. It was explosive.
From then on, I began to get a lot of invitations to
different churches, fellowships and events. There
was a particular night vigil where I worked as the
Master of Ceremonies and got paid N500.
N500 in one night! I was so excited. There was a
time when I worked as a teacher and got paid
N500 in a month, but as an entertainer, I got it in
one night. The money was given to me in N5 and
N10 denominations. I did not want to lose it, so, I
made sure I stayed awake in the bus on my way
home. There was also another event I went for
where I was given N1,000 and a chicken lap. I
took the chicken home, and my siblings and I
used it to cook stew. We all had that chicken for
dinner. I also met someone who introduced me to
a programme on NTA where I did about 26
episodes and got paid per episode. That was
when people around the country started knowing
Holy Mallam. It was during that time I did an
event for Nestle in Ibadan and Lagos. I was paid
about N60, 000.
What is it that you are very passionate about?
Drumming, I am very passionate about God, 80 %
of everything I do is spiritual. I also love
drumming, and encouraging young people. I
enjoy being a business man too. I sing a bit too, I
did a song in 2004, and Lagos state government
liked it and made me an ambassador for LASTMA.
How do you manage to stay clean and scandal
free?
It took me thirteen years to build a clean brand. I
am a brand, and my personal capital is very
important to me. I started ethical comedy in
Nigeria and I chose to be clean. As for scandals,
I’m a very private person.