I deserve an award for pioneering indigenious rap music in Nigeria - Lord of Ajasa

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif; margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt4uXlIlgGcSKRyLfuUiCqBguT-Jqmxhm7DzJFCdW8rHZJ7aNczLPFzarTO4IaXqVAAkJnM79AVGV8VOrzLk7oFjaWT0A8INsUDSaXiCNo63YR62owM3EPM_wp1CG7OpbPcDXJPNgUUy4/s1600/unnamed.jpg" /></span></div> <br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">In an interview with Punch this week, indigenous rap artiste, Olusegun Osaniyi popularly known as Lord of Ajasa, who was quite popular in the early/mid 2000s, says he deserves an award for pioneering indigenous rap music in Nigeria. He said the new generation of indigenous artists sing 'nonsense' and still get endorsement, while they have been forgotten. Below is what he said...</span></span><br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I pioneered indigenous rap music and today it has become lucrative and fashionable. Yet, these young musicians shy away from that fact. They try to hide it. If I don’t blow my trumpet, nobody will do it. But I deserve an award, recognition and endorsement because a lot of people look up to me as their mentor. Look at Eedris Abdulkareem and 9ice, for instance. I’m saying they should take care of the pioneers, but what impact have these new artistes really made in the society to deserve all the endorsements they are getting? I mean, they sing nonsense songs while we (pioneers) do evergreen and clean music. Yet they keep discouraging us. 2face is an exception I am okay with his brand of music, because his endorsements are well-deserved.”<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a></span></blockquote> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;">Lord of Ajasa, who shot to stardom in 2005 with his single Otiya, blamed his down slide in the music industry to some decisions he took</span></span><br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.2000007629395px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I left the music scene after I got married in 2009 to delve into other businesses. I started this movement long before these small boys emerged on the scene and I paved the way for many of them. When I began, I didn’t know anything about music and entertainment. I was simply making music for the love of it, while 9ice and Olamide were following my footsteps. Whenever I made a mistake, they learned from it and got better. I was just a naïve village boy who came down to Lagos from Ondo State with no guidance. I never knew the big names in Nigerian entertainment at the time,” he says.</span></blockquote>

I deserve an award for pioneering indigenious rap music in Nigeria - Lord of Ajasa

In an interview with Punch this week, indigenous rap artiste, Olusegun Osaniyi popularly known as Lord of Ajasa, who was quite popular in...

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“Sexual harassment does not exist in Nollywood” – Actress

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4exJFAJ_1Ny2Dp_yL1M_4_09Jc0q0MeVdvkq4ydSroY7Ag4VB5c_KE1eO-WwzffMPCTMqsLkJR5VmKZo4Tm7b_3md42NrH8jyl99ldgOVx-LoNFo7-9tnPy-_c830shnUf49_JSbMJoAA/s1600/nkem-ikem.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" height="386" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4exJFAJ_1Ny2Dp_yL1M_4_09Jc0q0MeVdvkq4ydSroY7Ag4VB5c_KE1eO-WwzffMPCTMqsLkJR5VmKZo4Tm7b_3md42NrH8jyl99ldgOVx-LoNFo7-9tnPy-_c830shnUf49_JSbMJoAA/s1600/nkem-ikem.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;">Fast-rising Nollywood actress,  Nkem Ike who made her debut in the industry in 2009 told Tubes and Stars during a recent interview that sexual harassment does not exist in the movie industry. The actress who has starred in quite a number of flicks including ‘Aso Ebi Girl’ and ‘Enemies in Progress’ who claimed not have experience such harassment maintained that if any exec should ask an actress out, the proper action to take is to walk out. </span></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><br /></span></span> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="line-height: 16px;"><i>“If a producer asks you out , it is your right to walk out on him . It is not as if a gun is pointed to your head . For me , I have not been in such a situation before . But maybe it has to do with the way I started . Andy Amaechi found me and gave me my first role and it continued from there . Most of the times I played major roles , so maybe that is why I didn’t experience such . I used to say that I have never seen a man or woman who said they used gun to harass him or her in the industry . “I have never experienced harassment either . if someone  asks  you out you simply decline and go your way.Those who think the easiest way to get roles and become a star is trading their bodies should realise that it dies not work in that way ,Marketers are out for business and naturally feature those who have market value and help them recoup their value afterwards .Nobody has complained that he or she was harassed at gunpoint . Sexual harassment does not exist in Nollywood the way it is usually painted , ”</i> she said .</span></span>

“Sexual harassment does not exist in Nollywood” – Actress

Fast-rising Nollywood actress,  Nkem Ike who made her debut in the industry in 2009 told Tubes and Stars during a recent interview that ...

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'Dancers & singers are better in bed than actors' Jennifer Lopez says

             <img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5NHhjzU3R9W_k7VTjne_0WXqwlU98LlGnpW7RUmpDSVq7ZiZnnw6FyE1Y3PzgpCpTYj5IOXx7z_eHz58rDRhw9gBiC4mGOW48Yse_-k0plb4GqhrXixoHnrTpnTvFY4xDeVaABFSn4tk/s1600/article-2663870-1EF7535200000578-758_634x439.jpg" /><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Jennifer Lopez has dated a few men in the entertainment industry, including dancers, a music exec, singers and actors. And of all the men she's been with, she says dancers are better lovers than actors.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;" /><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><br /></span><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"></span></span><br /> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">During an interview with Andy Cohen on Watch What Happens Live yesterday while<span id="ext-gen74"> promoting her new album A.K.A, Jennifer was </span>amazingly truthful whe<span id="ext-gen74">n the host asked her who</span> were better in bed, dancers, singers or actors.</span></div> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">'Can I leave? Am I trapped in here? I’m gonna start having anxiety.' Jennifer joked. Then she opened up "I have to say that in my limited experience, I would have to say anybody involved in music. So I would say singers and dancers. I forgot my card. D***t. I could've pleaded the fifth.'</span></blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> <div class="mol-para-with-font"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I've dated two dancers. One, I had a brief marriage with, Cris Judd, who is an amazing person and whom I love, and then Beau (Casper Smart), we just broke up, who I love as well. He's a good friend.</span></div> </blockquote> <span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hmmmmn Jennifer Lopez dated Ben Affleck for almost two years... from 2002 till January 2004. </span></span>

'Dancers & singers are better in bed than actors' Jennifer Lopez says

              Jennifer Lopez has dated a few men in the entertainment industry, including dancers, a music exec, singers and actors. And of...

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Lupita Nyong’o: “The Red Carpet Feels Like a War Zone”

<div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <img alt="Lupita Nyong'o - Vogue America - June 2014 - BellaNaija.com 04" src="http://static.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Lupita-Nyongo-Vogue-America-June-2014-BellaNaija.com-04-600x423.jpg" /></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>Lupita Nyong’o</strong> was a breath of fresh air when she debuted on the scene to begin promoting <strong>Steve McQueen</strong>‘s <strong>12 Years a Slave</strong>. It was not just about her lovable smile but her red carpet choices.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Couture after couture, she won our hearts.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Rocking the cover of <strong>Vogue America</strong> for its July 2014 issue, she speaks on break out year, winning the Oscar, her new roles, and being the face of <strong>Lancôme</strong>, as well as her red carpet style.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Read excerpts;<br /><strong>On fully realizing she is now a celebrity:</strong> “I felt how valuable and vital such representation is. It just feels like the entertainment industry exploded into my life. People who seemed so distant all of a sudden were right in front of me and recognizing me—before I recognized them!”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Recalling an incident at an airport, she said, “For a split second I looked behind me to see who they were flashing at—and it was me!  That was, I think, the beginning of the end of my anonymity.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>On selecting red carpet dresses:</strong> “It’s a job; it’s work, you know!. We’d just try, try, try, try, try, try, try. At first it was very daunting, but I ended up really having fun with it…especially for the bigger awards, the dress let me know it was going to be worn. It’s quite scary when you fall in love with a dress, because it’s nothing to do with your brain. It’s like a gut reaction.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>On her fashion marathon:</strong> “Everyone said, ‘Brace yourself, Lupita! Keep a granola bar in that clutch of yours!’ I didn’t really understand what they meant, and it was only once it was past that I realized that my body had been holding on by a thread to get through this very intense experience. Nothing can prepare you for awards season. The red carpet feels like a war zone, except you cannot fly or fight; you just have to stand there and take it. I hope they don’t make that the big quote! Because that would be sad! Tell them not to do that!”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>On her role in 12 Years a Slave:</strong> “I was really nervous about seeing myself in 12 Years a Slave because it had been such a profound experience in all ways. I remember it being one of the most joyful times in my life—and also one of the most sorrowful. I didn’t want my experience to be a vain one. But I will say that when I watched it, my heartstrings were pulled so tight for Solomon that I couldn’t go into the ego trip. I cried—I mean, I was inconsolable. I wept for an hour after the movie.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://static.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Lupita-Nyongo-Vogue-America-June-2014-BellaNaija.com-01.jpg" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="Lupita Nyong'o - Vogue America - June 2014 - BellaNaija.com 01" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-396940" height="600" src="http://static.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Lupita-Nyongo-Vogue-America-June-2014-BellaNaija.com-01-440x600.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; display: block; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 10px;" width="440" /></span></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>On her Oscar win:</strong> “I had already gotten the nomination, which was truly, truly astounding, and enough. Even in my dreams of being an actor, my dream was not in the celebrity. My dream was in the work that I wanted to do.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">And when her name was read out she said it was “very confusing, very numbing. I was just repeating my name in my head, so I didn’t know whether I had said my name or they had said my name! And then my little brother screamed, and time was suspended and it was just noise in my head.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">As she climbed the steps she made sure not to fall, “it’s not cute if you follow <strong>Jennifer Lawrence</strong>—it’s not cute if you’re the second one!”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">“People are still filling me in on what happened after. My mother says I cried during the speech; I don’t believe her.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>On Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah:</strong> “The book blew me away. This was a project I wanted to work on, and I pursued it with all my being. It’s an unabashedly romantic book, really inspiring and uplifting. I found myself in her pages.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">The publication also confirmed her relationship with Somali-born rapper <strong>K’naan.</strong> He is famous for composing “Wavin’ Flag” that became the official 2010 World Cup song.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://www.vogue.com/magazine/article/lupita-nyongo-first-vogue-cover/#1" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To read the full interview, click here</span></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>Photo Credit:</strong> Mikael Jansson for American Vogue</span></div>

Lupita Nyong’o: “The Red Carpet Feels Like a War Zone”

Lupita Nyong’o  was a breath of fresh air when she debuted on the scene to begin promoting  Steve McQueen ‘s  12 Years a Slave . It was n...

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Megan Good gets Candid about Sexuality, Religion, Celibacy & Double Standards

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="Megan Good - Rolling Out - June 2014 - BellaNaija.com 02" src="http://static.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Megan-Good-Rolling-Out-June-2014-BellaNaija.com-02-600x399.jpg" /></span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://static.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Megan-Good-Rolling-Out-June-2014-BellaNaija.com-02.jpg" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"><img alt="Megan Good - Rolling Out - June 2014 - BellaNaija.com 02" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-397431" height="399" src="http://static.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Megan-Good-Rolling-Out-June-2014-BellaNaija.com-02-600x399.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; display: block; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 10px;" width="600" /></a><br />“<strong>Think Like A Man Too</strong>” actress <strong>Megan Good</strong> is on the cover of <strong>Rolling Out Magazine</strong>.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In the publication, she gets candid about being sexy, criticism, her faith, her marriage and independence.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">If you recall, Megan recently spoke about waiting until she and her husband DeVon Franklin got married before being intimate.<br /><strong>Read excerpts from the issue;</strong><br /><strong>On criticism aimed at black actresses who play racy characters:</strong> “If <strong>Angelina Jolie</strong> goes topless, everyone goes ‘Wow, she’s so badass, so committed to her craft,’ but if <strong>Halle Berry</strong> goes topless, everyone’s like ‘She’s a slut. She probably took a bunch of money to do that.’ People attack her with unsavory names. And it’s unfortunate. Halle is one my favorite actresses — I’ve looked up to her since I began this journey. There’s definitely a double standard but I can’t put my finger on exactly why that is. If someone is telling a story, they should go to whatever extent that they’re comfortable with to tell the story. Whatever they feel is necessary.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>On going nude in movies:</strong> “I have no problem with nudity — it just has to not be exploitative and it has to be important to tell the story. It depends on the script, the character, the story, the tone of the movie — all of those things. I commend women of every nationality that are bold enough to tell a story in a way that’s fearless. I just haven’t found a project where I felt it was necessary to do that. The scenes I’ve come across seemed exploitative and I just didn’t do it.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My faith is everything to me, but I’m also extremely liberal and I believe in telling real people stories. If you’re always trying to be this perfect character in everything, how can you be inspiring and do anything interesting? I like playing complicated characters who sometimes make bad choices. I like playing characters that do something questionable and ultimately the repercussions of their choices are kind of the lesson of the story. It’s just that, once in a while, there’s an extreme amount of nudity or the way that they’re talking about God and or the way that they’re dealing with something specific, [and] I’m like ‘Yeah, I don’t want to do that.’ But every time I say ‘no,’ it leads to something better for me.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <a href="http://static.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Megan-Good-Rolling-Out-June-2014-BellaNaija.com-01.jpg" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="Megan Good - Rolling Out - June 2014 - BellaNaija.com 01" class="aligncenter size-large wp-image-397429" height="600" src="http://static.bellanaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/06/Megan-Good-Rolling-Out-June-2014-BellaNaija.com-01-473x600.jpg" style="border: 1px solid rgb(0, 0, 0) !important; display: block; margin-right: 10px; margin-top: 10px;" width="473" /></span></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>On being referred to as a sexy symbol: </strong>“I really don’t think there’s anything wrong with being sexy. God created our bodies as women. He created us to be beautiful, to be sexy, to be powerful, to be fearless — to be amazing. I do respect and understand the fact that when you come into the sanctuary, you need to be dressed appropriately because you are not the star — Jesus is the star. That I agree with 100 percent.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">‘Appropriately’ is in each person’s own heart and each person’s own mind. When you speak to me about ‘appropriately,’ you’re talking about a girl who, at 9 years old, was getting completely naked and dressed around a bunch of drag queens. So my upbringing and my experiences as an actress my entire life and the liberalness of my childhood and surroundings, [that shapes] my opinion of ‘appropriate.’ “</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>On marriage:</strong> “Marriage has taught me that it’s OK to let somebody take care of me. That it’s OK to depend on somebody. I grew up being responsible for a lot of things — since I was 15 [I was] taking care of a lot of people. My father is amazing, but he wasn’t in the home, so my mother raised us with the mentality of not needing anybody. We were never the girls that went after the guy that had the money because we were taught to have our own money. I’ve always been extremely independent to the point where it probably intimidated some guys. Now, it’s nice to just feel like it’s not a bad thing to trust someone to have your best interest at heart.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">His acceptance of me has allowed me to grow in areas where I was struggling in the past because I felt so unaccepted. I was angry, and that anger created a rebellious spirit that didn’t really want to change. Because it needed to be accepted first, before it could even consider being better. Marriage has made me better, assured me, made me happier; I’m way more at peace. I feel like I’m consistently growing into a better person and I feel like I can help him grow into a better person. He sees all the positive things in me that I felt like a lot of other people didn’t see — I always felt very judged. I always felt like people were coming for me. He was the first person, outside of my sister or mother, who said ‘I see you. I see who you really are.’ “</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>On being she and DeVon being celibate before marriage:</strong> “It’s very clear in the [Ten] Commandments that you shouldn’t have sex before marriage. And to me, you can’t change the perception of that by saying ‘Oh, I’m going to marry this guy one day, so technically that’s my husband-in-spirit, so we can have sex now’. To me, that’s taking away from the Word.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong>On moral, relationship with Faith and God</strong>: “I feel like religion can get very judgmental and a lot of people don’t approach you with love. I try to be conscious of the responsibility I have as a Christian, but if I did everything everyone told me to do or tried to please everyone, I couldn’t have my hair a particular way, I couldn’t wear certain clothes, I couldn’t play certain characters, I can’t hang out with certain people, can’t wear a certain amount of makeup — and you can’t let people run your life. You have to look to God. People will fall in line.”</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #333333; line-height: 20px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://rollingout.com/covers/meagan-good-dont-see-anything-wrong-sexy/" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">To read the full interview, click here</a><br /><strong>Photography:</strong> DeWayne Rogers for Steed Media Group.</span></div>

Megan Good gets Candid about Sexuality, Religion, Celibacy & Double Standards

“ Think Like A Man Too ” actress  Megan Good  is on the cover of  Rolling Out Magazine . In the publication, she gets candid about being...

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"I can't be with any girl but Kim, because she turns me on the most' Kanye confesses

<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsAdmcUKuYdkMQRA-qpiTCkXwWj87WZ6An-y4N5g8PzoZfddK7H5b8oEy90xlMc0YZUcWHOE-IcPP3S-CEJaYPR9CeXiOanqXxDU7veLZ1QDP6XaFOL_ahJX8xuKjTEVBkpmRSulGW8F0/s1600/article-2660141-1E9DABA200000578-332_634x440.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(180, 30, 32); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px;" /><span style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEillKuVIePuix4B1QaO_tWEXIvjqoJuU10kan8QBtcxP7kjVIEGQh-j1y6KIySKxB348fZJI2HNu9Bb9xk3GO8mjz_q7PsPVATOCWfF8d0JrzozwUYKbv-f6GXZMY6LQ7A6dyS4WGRUW-s/s1600/article-2660141-1ED9292500000578-15_634x618.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background: transparent; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(180, 30, 32); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px;" /></span></span></div> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">During a discussion at Cannes Lion Festival this morning, <span id="ext-gen105">Kanye West said he can't be with any other girl but his new wife Kim because she turns him on the most and she</span><span id="ext-gen105">'s the ‘number one woman in the world’.</span></span></div> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I can’t be with any girl but Kim because that’s the girl I look at her pictures the most, I get turned on the most. She's the number one woman in the world"</span></blockquote> <div class="mol-para-with-font" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kanye West also revealed that it took him and Kim four days to release their first official wedding photo (pictured left) because they wanted them to look as good as Annie Leibovitz’s pictures, who pulled out of covering his wedding in Italy the day before it took place.</span></div>

"I can't be with any girl but Kim, because she turns me on the most' Kanye confesses

During a discussion at Cannes Lion Festival this morning,  Kanye West said he can't be with any other girl but his new wife Kim becau...

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'I regret exposing my body earlier in my career' - Toyin Aimakhu

         <img height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4tXhijNgDuoDFG1NgxekdMGRjpF4HK7LylPq6XP-mW9SkhmJUYKqg7AAw7wHjJSuhqDF0RGGID2-BjyvZd4zcfqnI-ffV5ixu5BUXMNQijLVqg_A3GD2lfSr-6q5ln7DF_Oo6OqKGxG4/s400/0.png" width="295" /><img height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMFqshmXV2GUUKW9yXFxtkTP1ddHqKCrdk02y5BfGiSFWIYbHTxklhAsx5yqKES-I2FWtCyaYqgP4ktFOdFufzPAKAn3a-BC3vZj39cGePNzm-xItSjn_bmC32vAFEh12ncjZbYMithl8/s400/2.jpg" width="299" /><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Actress Toyin Aimakhu-Johnson who recently signed her first endorsement deal, says she regrets exposing her body earlier in her career. Speaking with Encomium mag, the actress said changing her image and dress sense has changed her fortune...and partially blamed her old ways of dressing as the reason she didn't get any endorsement deals until now....</span></span><br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I have learnt my lesson. People don't like those who expose their bodies in public. Celebrities can do it abroad but it is alien to our own culture. I was young and carefree and had nobody to caution me. It took my husband to enlighten me and make me see my mistakes. He helped me to realize I am a role model and have influence on my fans. I have realized these things now and it has helped me to have mature and quality fans who now show more interest in my personality and works. I now encourage other people. Ever since then, my fortune has changed. I now have quality jobs and offers. I want to model my life after Omotola and Joke Sylvia whom I see as my role model" she said</span></blockquote>

'I regret exposing my body earlier in my career' - Toyin Aimakhu

          Actress Toyin Aimakhu-Johnson who recently signed her first endorsement deal, says she regrets exposing her body earlier in her c...

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'Old women still have sexual urges' - actress Taiwo Ajai-Lycett says

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">                         <img height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCnFkajRf59QgRTNPl5inzX5n25n-VdIpiFR7AM_pS_E5I5mY97A_tuCtVuNUmba8LDh8kNUshKdB3Ys66jDtOFFJzx9z5xTaveVHqXBoiHlSOSw2wPygNrnDBY1dPjF-dX1ZYntiqaXE/s400/Taiwo-Ajai-Lycett.jpg" width="282" /><img height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIxGqE32R9rBs-IuT0LN5u5IZ8-_glZblFBzWqwCRi6m-9x8fUa4IU4-iKOg4Lo6i8A4tfvxJMiS052iZlq_-se6A9J2ZWw-V50UBmsT26Zpd1F70AuY6wgWnNnUilhWUQiZM4fOTMTNuc/s400/tal.jpg" width="207" /></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">While promoting her stage play, Hear Word, where she plays a sexually active old woman, veteran actress Taiwo Ajai-Lycett, said old people still enjoy sex and some are quite sexually active.</span></span><br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"I am an old woman in the play and in real life. I am 73. The society doesn't think older women exist anymore, nobody thinks they feel anything. The people around old women never realize they are going through a turmoil, nobody cares about them. So what I am trying to portray is that it's not over until it is over. That an old woman is still alive in more ways than one, they still have sexual urges, people forget an old woman is human. An old woman enjoys her sexual life more when she no longer thinks about children's school fees, when the children have all gone to their husband's houses or in some cases the boys have married and it remains only the old woman and her husband. It never crosses our mind that these old parents can still get on whenever they like. Do you know that when an old man realizes he is free from child bearing, he becomes promiscuous and they are susceptible to all kinds of diseases. But the old woman is confined to a corner in the house, nobody thinks she is still actually active" she said</span></blockquote>

'Old women still have sexual urges' - actress Taiwo Ajai-Lycett says

                          While promoting her stage play, Hear Word, where she plays a sexually active old woman, veteran actress Taiwo Aja...

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Cynthia Morgan: “I Don’t Mind Dating Davido + I Never Used Whitenicious”

<span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">                       <img alt="cy" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-201844" height="400" src="http://informationng.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cy-180x300.jpg" width="240" /><img alt="cy2" class="alignnone size-medium wp-image-201846" height="400" src="http://informationng.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/cy2-199x300.jpg" width="265" /></span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jude Okoye’s first artiste on his North Side Entertainment record label — Cynthia Morgan has given us some juice about herself.</span><br /> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In an interview with Vanguard Cynthia Morgan says, Omo Baba Olowo, Davido is her celebrity crush and if he walks up to her, they could work something out.</span><br /> <div> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">She also denied using Dencia’s whitenicious and said that’s the most weird story she has ever heard about herself and attributed her being light to something else.</span></div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">On her semi-unclad pictures, she said people can always say what they like, she says she is an artiste and representing that cause.</span></div> <div> </div> <div> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Read excerpts below: -</span></div> <div> </div> <div> <em><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There is an allegation that you are using Dencia’s Whitenicious</span></b></em></div> <div> <em><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></em></div> <div> <em><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It’s not true .It’s one of the craziest things I have heard about myself. No, I am not using Whitenicious.</span></em></div> <div> <em><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">A picture surfaced online where your pictures were blended together. </span></em></div> <div> <em><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></em></div> <div> <em><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">In one of the pictures, you were darker and now you are lighter, what do you have to say about that?</span></b></em></div> <div> <em><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></em></div> <div> <em><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What I will love to say about that is that  in life people grow and change with time .For example, I was born with a talent and over the years, I improved on the talent. For me, I grew up, then I was very young and I was even a tomboy and don’t even think I used cream .</span></em></div> <div> <em><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I grew up and I am lighter .People don’t look the way they looked five-six years ago. If you still look like that, then you have a problem and that could mean you are not growing. It’s either you are fatter, slimmer , lighter or darker or have a pot belly. People grow.</span></em></div> <div> <em><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></em></div> <div> <em><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Who is your celebrity crush?</span></b></em></div> <div> <em><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></em></div> <div> <em><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">That will be Davido, because for me he is hardworking. Over the years he has been able to prove himself that he is talented and not all about being just a rich kid and I think he is cute too.</span></em></div> <div> <em><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></em></div> <div> <em><b><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What if he asks you out and says he loves you?</span></b></em></div> <div> <em><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"> </span></em></div> <br /> <div> <em><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Cool, but because I have a crush on him doesn’t mean I want to have a relationship with him .But if he says :’Oh my God! I love you.’ We can work something out.</span></em></div>

Cynthia Morgan: “I Don’t Mind Dating Davido + I Never Used Whitenicious”

                        Jude Okoye’s first artiste on his North Side Entertainment record label — Cynthia Morgan has given us some juice ab...

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Video: Iyanya On Ndani TV’s “The Juice” With Toolz

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"There's a lot of pull-her down syndrome in our society' - Mo Abudu

<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiku35ftLoIdvlZOIsr0YSDFClRyQo8xcVchbtOawu-h5Yu-M25MHvlwJ13CoyOcffrJzb4kXQVvrkTAviwQ70VErEj31012r4sDxAUIio0xjvWVt2miHd5vBdXh3tR9a3ERVgTNgAy2-rQ/s1600/Untitled.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiku35ftLoIdvlZOIsr0YSDFClRyQo8xcVchbtOawu-h5Yu-M25MHvlwJ13CoyOcffrJzb4kXQVvrkTAviwQ70VErEj31012r4sDxAUIio0xjvWVt2miHd5vBdXh3tR9a3ERVgTNgAy2-rQ/s1600/Untitled.png" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(180, 30, 32); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">During her special </span><a href="http://edition.cnn.com/2014/04/18/world/africa/how-africas-oprah-conquered/index.html" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">feature</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> on CNN's Leading Women programme, where she was described as 'Africa's Oprah', Chief Executive Officer of EbonyLife TV, Mo Abudu said there is a lot of pull-her down syndrome in Nigeria and it needs to stop...</span></span><br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"There is a lot of pull-her-down syndrome in our society and that needs to stop. We need to be our sister's keeper so for me that is a very important message that I need to get out there" she said.</span></blockquote>

"There's a lot of pull-her down syndrome in our society' - Mo Abudu

During her special  feature  on CNN's Leading Women programme, where she was described as 'Africa's Oprah', Chief Executiv...

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'Nothing interesting about being married except that it saves you money' - 2Shotz

<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjahHAf3p75HtLnT5N_cDOJtA8U4paOoOlcrhezezgl3wMdfiKYUeKyE_WEzqw_KQsz9Z_oSJToZWS5Pxci1cRek7_CtuVU9is9hCUJWFwecHnOrHgtaaKmEXrb6gAN90XJXk56rbgK0Qn2/s1600/0.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-decoration: none;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjahHAf3p75HtLnT5N_cDOJtA8U4paOoOlcrhezezgl3wMdfiKYUeKyE_WEzqw_KQsz9Z_oSJToZWS5Pxci1cRek7_CtuVU9is9hCUJWFwecHnOrHgtaaKmEXrb6gAN90XJXk56rbgK0Qn2/s1600/0.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(180, 30, 32); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px; position: relative;" /></span></a></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Talking about what marriage has taught him in a recent interview with </span><a href="http://www.punchng.com/spice/celebrity-couple/i-met-my-wife-on-twitter-2shotz/" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Punch</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">, rapper 2shotz, who got married exactly one year ago, said there's really nothing interesting about married life except for companionship and the money it saves you...</span></span><br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">"<b></b>I have learnt a lot of things they just never tell you. There is no interesting thing about being married except for the companionship and it saves you some money. You no longer have to eat out and you don’t have to spend money on a couple of girls. Now, it’s just your wife. It also prevents you from doing some things that are either promiscuous or unnecessary".</span></blockquote> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">His wife Precious also explained how they met on Twitter. People are really finding love on social media. Continue to read what she said...</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;" /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"></a><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;" /><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">Precious: </b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">I met him on Twitter. I can’t remember who followed who first, but I remember he put up a picture of his apartment and I commented without knowing who he was.  He thanked me and we got talking. We moved the conversation from Twitter to phone, then to Skype. I was in Ireland, came to Nigeria for Christmas and we met in person.</span><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;" /><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;" /><b style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"><i>How would you describe being married?</i></b><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> </span></span><br /> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Precious: </b>It has been good and different because you have this person who is always telling you what to do. It took me time to get used to having to submit wholly .In Ireland, I started making my own money at age 16 and by the time I was 18, I had my own apartment. I had become used to being independent.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Is there anything you would like to change about each other?</span></i></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>2shotz: </b>Her mouth. You know how women talk, they are never satisfied.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Precious: </b>That I don’t like certain things about him does not mean I can’t live with it. But I will like him to be less stubborn. He is an Igbo man who is deeply rooted in the Igbo culture which makes him think in a certain way. At times, he is not willing to bend the rules just to make it happen. I am just learning the values and tradition of my people.</span></div>

'Nothing interesting about being married except that it saves you money' - 2Shotz

Talking about what marriage has taught him in a recent interview with  Punch , rapper 2shotz, who got married exactly one year ago, said t...

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A relative once advised me to be a motorcycle repairer –Yaw

<div class="story-featured-image" style="background-color: white; border: 1px solid rgb(221, 221, 221); float: left; line-height: 19.5px; margin-bottom: 5px; margin-right: 15px; width: 368px;"> <img alt="Yaw" class="attachment-bigstoryimage" height="225" src="http://static.punchng.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Yaw1-360x225.jpg" style="background-color: whitesmoke; border: none; float: left; margin-right: 10px; padding: 4px;" width="360" /><div class="featured-image-caption" style="clear: both; font-weight: bold; margin-bottom: 5px; padding: 5px 10px 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Yaw</span></div> </div> <div id="nrelate_flyout_placeholder" style="background-color: white; line-height: 19.5px;"> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Popular actor and On Air Personality, Steve Onu, popularly known as Yaw, tells<b>ADEMOLA OLONILUA</b> about his childhood and career</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I overheard you telling your friend that you would still get another power bike after you had an accident with the last one you had. Why this craze for power bikes?</span></i></b></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I love them. I have a scar on my hand which I got when I was involved in an accident with my power bike on the Third Mainland Bridge. I was shocked when I heard of the death of Yeni Kuti’s ex-husband. I learnt he had an accident with his power bike.  He showed me the bike before his death, I have forgotten the brand but it runs very fast. When he showed me, I told him that I would soon buy the same type of bike; it was a new bike. It happens but one has to be very careful when riding a power bike. I prefer cruisers to speed bikes. Speed bikes are too fast and Nigerian roads don’t encourage the speed they are built for and also, people do not respect bikers on the road. I just prefer cruiser bikes.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Reflecting on the days of Twilight Zone to Flatmate, now Yaw is a household name; how has the journey to stardom been for you?</span></i></b></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It has not been rosy and I am sure it has not been for anyone. I am still growing and would definitely get there someday but when that would be, I don’t know. I just believe that one day we would get there. But I have learnt that there are no difficulties in life; neither are there challenges but opportunities to get better. I have been struggling all this while and would continue till I can finally say that I have made it.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I am sure there were some trying moments you faced while building your brand.</span></i></b></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I started in 1995 with home video films. Then I used to trek from Alaka Bus Stop to Kilo at Surulere because I was trying to manage the money that I had. Sometimes I would trek from 23 Road in FESTAC Town to a place we call Uziz’s Garden. Then from there, I trekked to Mile 2 just to manage my transport fare. Aside those challenges, there were people who were always there to laugh at me, asking if I was sure of what I wanted to do with my life. But I was determined that I was going to make something out of life. I had a relative who looked at me when I was much younger and told me he felt my destiny was to be a mechanic. He took me to a welder’s workshop and told me to learn the craft but I told him I was not interested. Then, motorcycle was not a mode of transportation but he promised to take me to where I could learn how to repair motorcycles. He predicted that with the way Lagos was going, people would soon begin to use it as a form of transportation. He advised that if I could learn how to fix motorcycles, I would be a force to reckon with. I remember his word clearly; he told me that he was just trying to help out but that I was just being useless. I told him I knew where I was going; I had the big picture in my head. I had no encouragement from my parents to study arts but we thank God, the rest is history now.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You once said that when you accepted to study Theatre Arts in the university, your mother was against it. What did she have against the course?</span></i></b></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I had an uncle, Ralph Onu; he is dead now. He was an actor and did not make anything from it. I am talking about the era where they used to do <i>Behind the Clouds;</i> he used to act with KK Shanana and Chris Elabotubo. My mother would always say I should look at him and asked if that was the life I wanted to live. She used to ask if I wanted to end up like my uncle who she said could not feed himself. I kept telling her that because Ralph did not make it did not mean I would not. I told her she kept telling me about Ralph, how about Richard Mofe Damijo? I asked why she didn’t compare me with him. She went to the extent of telling her sister to go to school and tell the authorities to deny me admission. All that is in the past because now she wants everybody to know that she is my mother.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">At what point in your life did you meet RMD because I learnt he was the one that advised you to study Theatre Arts?</span></i></b></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I met RMD in 1994 at an audition. He told me that he loved the way I talked and asked if I studied English or Theatre Arts. I told him that I had not even gained admission into the university. He then advised me to study Theatre Arts.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How did you react after you met him again?</span></i></b></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I saw him after a very long while and when I told him that he was the one that made me study Theatre Arts, he had forgotten that we had met before. That was before I did his movie where I was assistant director. He said he could not remember but that he was happy that I took his advice. Every event I organise, he comes to support me. Sometimes you hear a word once and you do not take it seriously but when he spoke to me, I grabbed it and did not let it go.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How much were you paid for your first movie appearance?</span></i></b></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I think it was N500. I can’t remember the name of the movie but I was cast as an extra. I thought it was big money and I believed I was made when I was paid the money. I had told everybody that I would be featuring in a big movie and they would see my face in it but unfortunately, my part was cut off in the movie. I was so unhappy when that happened because I had bragged a lot about it. I also featured in a film by Francis Agwu but the film never came out. It was called <i>Devil’s Disciples.</i> Eventually I did one with Tade Ogidan and I was paid N3,000.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How did you get involved in doing comedy?</span></i></b></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I found out that I was playing mostly humorous roles. There is a difference between stand-up comedians and comic actors; they are not the same thing. Most people believe that once you are a comic actor, then you are a stand-up comedian; I try to blend both. I started by acting comic roles and the response I got was really encouraging, so I decided to stick to it. Nkem Owoh would always say during the <i>Masquarade </i>series that he used to seek serious roles but was never given any until he discovered he was made for comedy. I found that out too and I toed that line and it is working for me.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Kidnappers recently released one of your presenters, Akas, does that make you afraid that you might suffer a similar fate?</span></i></b></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">To start with, I think Lagosians are lucky. It is only God that can provide absolute protection. Lagos is a bit safe and also I don’t talk much in public. Except you know me very well, you would not know who I am. Of what use would I be to anyone who wants to kidnap me? I don’t have money, what would you gain from kidnapping me?</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are the seventh child of ten children. What was growing up like for you?</span></i></b></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Growing up was fun and my mother was a disciplinarian. She slapped you once you misbehaved. She detested absentmindedness and would slap you endlessly for that. Then I used to be the black sheep of the family, very troublesome. I was so rebellious that I was sent away from my secondary school. I was always on my own but whatever I set my mind to do, I would do it no matter what it would cost me. It might take time but I would get it done. My elder brother was also stubborn. I think we got this trait from my father.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You often speak of your mother but hardly about your father. What kind of man is your father?</span></i></b></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">My father used to be on the quiet side. He is the kind of person that when you do something, he would wait for his wife to come back before he speaks about the matter. For example, I could go and meet him that we didn’t have palm oil. If I told him it cost N30, he would give me N100 without bothering to ask for the change. But when his wife arrived in the evening, he would call me and raise the issue. He would want his wife to know that I collected money for palm oil from him even though there was palm oil in the house. He would also not forget to say that I had not returned his change. That was when I would be in trouble. My mother was the active one while he was passive. I talk less of my father because he is a reserved man.</span></div> <div style="padding: 0px 0px 5px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">SOURCE: <a href="http://www.punchng.com/news/a-relative-once-advised-me-to-be-a-motorcycle-repairer-yaw/" target="_blank">PUNCH</a></span></div> </div>

A relative once advised me to be a motorcycle repairer –Yaw

Yaw Popular actor and On Air Personality, Steve Onu, popularly known as Yaw, tells ADEMOLA OLONILUA  about his childhood and career ...

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#TheYNaijaInterview: I didn’t steal ‘Kuchi kuchi’, the song is mine – Singer, Jodie opens up

<div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.ynaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Jodie.jpg" style="border: none; color: #de030b; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img alt="Jodie" class="aligncenter wp-image-255509" height="384" src="http://www.ynaija.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/Jodie.jpg" style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;" width="512" /></span></a></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Jodie was a top 10 finalist at the first and only Idol West Africa where Timi Dakolo emerged champion. She has since released her debut album ‘African woman’ which sawned hits like ‘Kuchi kuchi’ and ‘Under the mango tree’. She shared a few moments of her time with us, speaking about her album, her love for natural hair and why she remains mostly about the music only.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <b style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Enjoy excerpts from our conversation.</span></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <b style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You have this single and video titled ‘African woman’. It is also your album title. Do you consider yourself the definition of the African woman?</span></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">African woman is me celebrating what I understand the African woman to be. It is a song of celebration and I am one of them and that is what I am celebrating. If you listen to the music ‘African woman’, there is a line that goes, <i style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;">where you get that kinky hair?</i>but it goes beyond the hair, you just pick some attributes of what you are describing so the song was just celebrating the strength, hard work of the African woman. It goes beyond encouragement. It is a song of praise really. I saw this movie, Tyle Perry’s ‘For colored girls’ and there is a line that brought me to tears when the woman says in between crying and laughing “I am black. And a woman’’. That was so powerful, meaning that you are 2 things that are wrong, at the same time. Even when we do not admit it, it means that the world sees female species as disadvantaged. Then when you are black, it is a double blow. So I decided to praise African women because they have managed to achieved a lot even amidst these disadvantages.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <b style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Did you read Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie’s Americanah?</span></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I read a part of it and I was so glad when she talked about the natural hair.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <b style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Why do you choose to go natural? Branding maybe?</span></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It is not a brand thing but a soul searching decision I took in my second year in the university. I asked myself some questions, do I have to perm my hair to be considered pretty? Does God hate me so much that he has to give me hair that people call bad? Or is it that he gave me this wonderful gift but I don’t know how to take care of it? I wanted to find out these things for myself so I cut my perm and started the journey. It wasn’t easy at first and at the time I started there were not so many people who carried their natural hair except maybe for a certain set of christians and they were not doing it with style. They were not doing it because they wanted to, but because it was some kind of law but I was doing it for me. I wanted to see the beauty in it. I didn’t know what products to use at first, even during Idol West Africa, I was on natural hair but people did not notice because they would give us these wigs and weave ons to wear. I then went on Jheri curls before coming back natural. At that point it wasn’t a struggle anymore and I started finding products and learning what to do. People now think of it as a brand thing and have identified me with my natural hair but that is just a good co-incidence.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <b style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There is this antagonism between ladies who go natural and those who rock weaves or wear perms. Is this the case for you?</span></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I do not look down on people who carry perms but I just wonder why they cannot experience the joy that I do. I am more like you guys do not know what you are missing. You know you want them to experience the same joy that you are having. Natural hair rocks and I don’t know why the antagonism. Maybe those on natural hair aren’t passing their message across properly. And maybe those on perms wish deep down that they could go natural but have not summoned enough courage, who knows?</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <b style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">But why so much about hair?</span></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Hair for me is a big deal. It stands for something. It is not just about the hair because the hair does not make me. It was just me asking myself questions, searching for my identity. If you ask me, I think we all have a choice. Perm, natural hair whichever.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <b style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Why do we not see more of you out there?</span></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">It is partly technical but just know that I am working towards coming out more, not just because I want to. The reasons I have chosen to sing aren’t necessarily conventional reasons. it is a form of expression for me, to connect with my audience. Now this may sound noble to you but they are my genuine reasons for doing music. The airwaves are dominated with songs that people complain are not so musical or creative but there is this big demand for it. For now I’ll say that I will do what I can to come out more and let the world hear my kind of songs. At the end of the day it doesn’t even matter if I strive or not because if something were to happen to me today, I know my songs will outlive me.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <b style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">You are one of those artistes whose songs are better recognised than they are, does this worry you?</span></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">People make it bother me, infact it was when I got on the job that I realised this one. Before I started, I just wanted to sing. All these things for me, and mind you, they may be a wrong mindset are not existent. I just wanted to sing and have fun while doing so. So please bear with me I am still getting used to the job. I am not saying it is bad to be popular, honestly I now see the role it plays in the business and I am glad to be understanding that role for myself and thankful that I did not get lost before I did. If I get that power, it is going to be used well.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <b style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">So it is better and wiser to come into this realisation on your own rather than being thrust into it the way labels would prefer to?</span></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There is no one approach to these things. If you are under a label, there might be series of reasons why they push their artistes out. I look at it like an employer-worker relationship. It is very good for the worker to understand the goals of whoever is employing him so you run with it well. It is important for artistes to understand the whys of certain things but I believe that as a singer, being popular gives you a modicum of power and influence over certain people. Some people may find themselves popular for whatever reasons and they do not know the ripple effects. But it is important to understand the power you have and why. It took me a while to understand this.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <b style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I was going through your Twitter feed and I noticed you have thousands of followers but you follow like 5 people. How does this come about?</span></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Dearest fans and friends please grant me a few self indulgences. It is one of those things that I may not explain just permit me.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <b style="border: none; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">There was also this accusation that you copied the song ‘Kuchi kuchi’</span></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Those people claiming so, where were they when ‘Kuchi Kuchi’ came out 3 years ago. I saw the tweet I didn’t even answer because sometimes people do these things to get into the limelight. Because the song is just now spreading to some other countries, they think it is a new song. Maybe they think it is a new song, who knows? After all these years, all I know is ‘Kuchi kuchi’ is an original song which I wrote, registered at the copyright commission. Some people have even refused to accept that it is a Nigerian song.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: none; color: #333333; line-height: 1.6em; margin-bottom: 14px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><a href="http://www.ynaija.com/theynaijainterview-i-didnt-steal-kuchi-kuchi-the-song-is-mine-singer-jodie-opens-up/" target="_blank">SOURCE</a></span></div>

#TheYNaijaInterview: I didn’t steal ‘Kuchi kuchi’, the song is mine – Singer, Jodie opens up

Jodie was a top 10 finalist at the first and only Idol West Africa where Timi Dakolo emerged champion. She has since released her debut a...

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"I don’t believe in gender equality" - Omotola Jalade Ekeinde

<div class="separator" style="background-color: white; clear: both; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: center;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT1wq3jDGrQicxNyx-9on1fu9ENAVyarPrMESN4tTrLh3NjgcxwN736E9DfJFn5IxFJk2SfBlHHRIxvMqpDFI8HZ1sw4AE9DmL49Ej6BKMvd7SqY0116F6Q5XDoPBO-UVWIgdzykPayUQ/s1600/Omotola-and-boo.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(180, 30, 32); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px;" /><span style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnLKUJFYHR9qUl5ucjQf4xVskm-rLRfcrRH24EOvQEDL3Jjj6teUFw2Rxgm-DR7Sl7tJttcA3Kjgr1e7lZqYJbmGdG8W1LAegkci1fzG5eCFz6aJ1wYVlDbwkVFQ9sfuZuTzqqkU8EvXs/s1600/The-Ekeindes-360x225.jpg" style="-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; background-color: transparent; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-left-radius: 0px; border-bottom-right-radius: 0px; border-top-left-radius: 0px; border-top-right-radius: 0px; border: 1px solid rgb(180, 30, 32); box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.2) 0px 0px 0px; padding: 8px;" /></span></span></div> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;">When asked in a recent interview with </span><a href="http://www.punchng.com/spice/personalities/i-dont-believe-in-gender-equality-omotola-ekeinde/" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-decoration: none;">Punch</a><span style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> how a woman can have a successful marriage, actress Omotola said she doesn't believe in gender equality and women should understand that men are the heads of the family. Omotola has been married for 18 years so I think she qualifies to advise other women. What she said below...</span></span><br /> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">I don’t believe in gender equality. I do not believe that God made man and woman to be equal in any way. I believe that in every organised institution, there is always a head and an assistant. It doesn’t mean that one should take the other for granted, or disrespect the other. I believe the husband is the head of the home and the wife is an assistant. My husband is a pilot, I have flown with him several times and I understood that here is a captain and a co-pilot. They are both responsible for the passengers’ lives. But when there is a final decision to make, it is up to the captain to make it. He is more experienced and the one with the responsibility. But any mature captain will not ignore his co-pilot because the co-pilot is not a cabin attendant. He is there for a reason. It just depends on how you understand and play your roles. I believe women should understand this. When a woman starts a struggle for power tussle with him, it tends to cause friction in the home. The woman should give the man the respect as the head of the home and also prove herself as a worthy co-pilot. He needs to see you as a reliable co-pilot. Continue..<br /><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="more"></a></span></blockquote> <blockquote class="tr_bq" style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Sometimes, he may not be the one running the house day-to-day, you are the one to take decisions but you have to do it in such a manner that he is comfortable enough to see you as someone he can rely on. When you have a proud and egocentric husband, hand him over to God. If you feel like your life is being threatened, or that of your children, get yourself out of that situation. You owe your children that. Try separation for a while, but before that, you must have tried other things. I do not believe that people should throw in the towel in their marriage at every flimsy excuse. You must have been a diligent wife and tried prayers and intervention. If all those fail, then you can remove yourself from that situation. Also, couples should be friends and communicate. What we call love sometimes fizzles out. True love comes from friendship. When you don’t feel those initial sparks, friendship is what keeps you together, until when the spark comes again.</span></blockquote> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px;" /></span> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What was the initial attraction?</span></i></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Matthew:</b> She was beautiful, fresh and untouched. I decided to start with someone who hadn’t seen the world yet.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Omotola:</b> He was good looking but basically, it was his sense of humour and sense of responsibility. He is God-fearing too and a serious-minded person.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">When did you propose to her?</span></i></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Matthew:</b> We didn’t court. I met her when she was 16 and   I was 26. We got married when she was 18. She clocked 36 recently. We were family friends and I met her through my elder sister. She used to come around the house and when she turned 18, I decided she was ripe. I told her I would marry her and she didn’t believe. I went to tell her late mother, who said I should wait till after four years because Tola had just gained admission to the university then. I told the mother that I couldn’t wait because I didn’t trust the guys in the university.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How did he propose?</span></i></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Omotola:</b> That was when I turned 18. We had been friends for about two years. He was like a family friend then but I knew he had some plans. He didn’t say anything serious and I was somehow underage. When I turned 18, on my birthday, he jokingly said, ‘babes you don grow o.’ He told me his plan.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Were you scared of getting married then?</span></i></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Omotola:</b> I wasn’t. I have always been very mature for my age. But otherwise, I had already known him for so long and was very comfortable with him. I just knew that life with him would be comfortable and easy. I didn’t know I would conform to a marriage setting because my mother used to tell me that I was very headstrong. I just thank God that I found someone who could understand me.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How has the journey been for 18 years?</span></i></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Omotola:</b> Nothing has changed really. It is still the same relaxed, easy-going relationship. There are times when we have misunderstandings but it is never anything serious or unbelievably scary. It has been the grace and fear of God. Everything results in what God thinks about the situations and we pray about it. Everyone is conscious of the fact that we must respect God in the relationship and then your spouse. We don’t just do things. Secondly, we are very grounded and real. We try the best we can to make everything natural. We don’t stress ourselves.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How did you manage the fame?</span></i></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Omotola:</b> It is just by God’s grace. If a couple cooperates with God, then He gives them the grace to tolerate each other.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How do you react to alleged scandals about your wife?</span></i></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Matthew:</b> I have heard and seen a lot that were untrue about her. I trust her. I know they will always write a lot of nonsense, why should I bother myself?</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How do you feel when she plays romantic roles in movies?</span></i></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Matthew:</b> They are all make-believe. They are not real and most of her movies are pecks and not kisses. I told her not to cross that boundary.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What are the secrets of your successful marriage?</span></i></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Matthew:</b> It is God’s grace. We are disciplined and prayerful.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Omotola:</b> It has to be God. There is no other strategy. One person can be perfect and the second person can be nasty. On our part, I’d say also that we don’t look at the relationship as something we can walk away from. We look at it as a life commitment. When you parents upset you, you cannot divorce them. Even the bible says you will leave your father and your mother and cleave to your spouse. Luckily, he doesn’t drink or smoke or abuse me. I don’t have any major thing to complain about, and I hope it is the same thing for him.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Do you quarrel?</span></i></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Matthew:</b> Yes we do. A lot. She is very argumentative. She always wants to be right. You can never win an argument with her. But she is the first to apologise.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Omotola:</b> When there is a quarrel, I usually apologise first. He doesn’t say sorry. Overtime, I have come to realise that it is an ego problem. Even when he knows he is wrong, he will rather do every other thing or buy things for me than say, ‘I’m sorry.’ Fortunately, the ‘sorrys’ are not too many. He is very responsible and more hardworking than me. By God’s grace, we have been able to understand our routine.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What is your advice to celebrity couples?</span></i></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Matthew:</b> Foundation really matters. Some people get into the relationship for one wrong motive or the other. Most of them live false lives. Couples that are in the same profession hardly last in a marriage. There is always competition. The best thing is to marry someone that is compatible with you.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">What are the reasons for break up in celebrity marriages?</span></i></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Omotola:</b> It is really hard but you both have to feel extremely secure. You have to be extremely confident and trust each other. There are so many things to deal with, especially in this environment where some people just thrive in hurting other people. The weird part is that you cannot believe that people are capable of such wickedness. You are sane and cannot believe other people are insane. These are the things that cause break up in celebrity marriages. A lot of people are talking and saying nasty things that are not true. It is just as if there is a gang up to break you up once they know you are a celebrity or in a relationship. Most times, they are all lies! Celebrity lifestyle gossip is getting to a point where they are getting close to your kids and family. They try to put your relationship in jeopardy. Then, petty things that wouldn’t cause any problems become issues. I hope there would be legislation that will protect families.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Have you ever felt threatened by her success?</span></i></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Matthew:</b> There is no reason or room for it. When I met her, she was just Omotola Jalade, and she had done just one movie. I am happy for her. When I met her, she was just getting into the movie industry. I always encourage her and hope for the best. I don’t feel threatened in any way.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How do you switch from the lifestyle of a celebrity to that of a wife?</span></i></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Omotola:</b> It is easy for me. It starts with who you truly are. The real me is not very glamorous. People may not believe it. I know what people’s perception can be. I am a homely person. If I had my way, I wouldn’t go out. When I am at home, I am Omotola. When I am with my close friends, we don’t impress each other and we try to keep it very real.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">With the children, who is stricter?</span></i></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Matthew:</b> She is. We are blessed with kids that behave themselves. We do not have children that are into all sort of funny things.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How about the recent warning to bloggers about your daughter’s pictures?</span></i></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Matthew:</b> I do not know why they would do that but it is just another lesson for the kids to be very careful about what they put out there. Actually, she did it with the intent of exchanging with her friends, not knowing that people will get into her private business. We have told her to take down all the pictures and leave only one.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <b><i><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">How do you handle finance in your marriage?</span></i></b></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Matthew:</b> When we first started, we had one account. We had goals and things that we wanted to do. Whatever we earned had to be in one purse. Then, we sat at the end of the month and drew a budget. We did that for so many years and were successful until she started her own company and we decided she needed to have her own account. In most marriages, the man goes into the marriage with the mindset that he will be the sole provider even when the wife is working. That does not make any sense. He uses his money to pay bills while the woman will use hers to buy only make-up, clothes and shoes. If the couple is one, they should join resources together to move ahead. Money causes problems in a family when one person is being selfish. It doesn’t matter who earns more or less. They should have a common goal. Save together and accomplish things together.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><b>Omotola:</b> When we first started, we used to have a joint account and I was in charge of the finances. But as time went on, he started expanding. He has his own businesses and I have my own too. It is very difficult keeping a joint account. One of the things that scare couples about finance is trust. Luckily for us, we do not have vices. The trust is intact and I know how he spends money. He is more organised than I am. He has his budgets and it is always open. Sometimes, he even tells his kids to go and look at his budget because he is trying to teach them how to make budgets. Pilots are every meticulous about schedules. For that reason, his life is almost boring because everything is to the letter. I am the one who never has a budget because I am a spontaneous person. But he knows I am not a trivial person. I don’t just go about buying jewellery. That’s why I don’t have many girlfriends because I don’t talk about those things girls talk about. I am like a dude. I am always checking out cars or properties. He knows the kind of things I would invest my money on.</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><br /></span></div> <div style="background-color: white; line-height: 18.200000762939453px; text-align: justify;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Read the rest of the interview on <a href="http://www.punchng.com/spice/personalities/i-dont-believe-in-gender-equality-omotola-ekeinde/" style="text-decoration: none;">Punch</a></span></div>

"I don’t believe in gender equality" - Omotola Jalade Ekeinde

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My challenges as a female D.J —DJ Frizzie

<div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 23.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <img border="0" src="http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/images/dj-frizzie_350.jpg" style="border: 0px; float: left; margin: 4px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 6px; vertical-align: baseline;" /><span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;">Frances Higgwe discovered the art of disc jockeying at the age of 16 and made up her mind to become a professional DJ.  Her parents’  disapproval and  a degree in Environmental  Engineering  from University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, did not stop her from pursuing her passion.  In this interview with TAYO GESINDE, DJ Frizzie, as she is known in the entertainment industry, speaks on life as a female DJ and fashion preferences. Excerpts:</span></div> <center style="background-color: white; border: 0px; height: 0px; line-height: 23.399999618530273px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; overflow: hidden; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 580.359375px;"> <div style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 10px 0px 5px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> <div id="ebzNative" style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> </div> </center> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 23.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Growing up</strong><br />Well, it was bitter sweet; some great moments, some sad, some really bitter and trying for my tender age but in all, I guess it made me what I am today, Frances.  I'm Kalabari   from Rivers State. I studied Environmental Engineering at the University of Port Harcourt (UNIPORT).<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Life as a DJ</strong><br /> I discovered the art of disc jockeying and decided to pursue it when it dawned on me that I love music and the entertainment   industry as a whole.  I have released two singles, and a lot of online DJ mix tapes, they can be found on my website. I'm into music production, singing, song writing, graphics and web designing. Don’t forget that I am also an environmental engineer.  I'm involved in charity and women empowerment too.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Parents’ reactions</strong><br />Fear! Shock!  My mum felt that I was being influenced by a boyfriend to become a DJ. They just couldn't understand the reason behind it.  I really can't pin point how I convinced them to allow me to follow my dream. Although, they are still not fully convinced but every step of the way, they saw that I was passionate about it, and supported me regardless. When I graduated,  my mum stumbled on me creating my website; www.djfrizzie.net (that was after I had scouted around for a web designer and was charged huge amount of money I couldn't afford so I took it upon myself to do it on my own, after all I was computer literate). Also, I used my National Youth Service Corps to break out from under my parents by going to Lagos for my service so I could pursue my dream.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Challenges of a female DJ</strong><br /> I believe that as a female DJ, one should have more advantages over the males, because we have few women towing the path but in all, I did face doubts at some point because it was believed that as a lady, you couldn't possibly do what the males were doing not to talk of doing it better, so that did affect pricing because they believed they were doing one a favour despite the fact that one is actually offering them one’s services. It was really funny. So I'd say the competition was really tight; seeing that there was no space for us to fit in but I had no other choice than to force my way through, that's where perseverance came in. There was also the challenge of my security because I'm a lady as well as the fear of sexual harassment but in all, I thank God because I haven't faced any of it negatively. There were times I felt like quitting. Everyone goes through that phase of life when they ask themselves, am I really called to do this? Is this really my thing? But I know that there's one thing I can't ever compromise in life, and that is my happiness. Joy is Life. When one is not happy with his/herself then she can't progress at the pace one is supposed to. I'm happy being what I am today and hope to grow much more  bigger and  to expand my horizon.  That is what keeps me going, that and my unshakable faith in God.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Remuneration</strong><br />Well, in Nigeria nay, the world at large one can't afford to do just one thing. Despite the fact that I am into other things, the one which is more financially rewarding would be disc jockey because that's the one I'm most focused on right now. I want to be branded as DJ Frizzie first.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">How I came about the name DJ Frizzie</strong><br />The name Frizzie metamorphsised over time. But the idea came from a pc game called mega man. I'm a game person; I love video games in general. There was this boss (the bad guy) in the game that answered brizzly or so, I liked the name and I wanted to form a nickname from it and kept trying different stuffs until I arrived at the word "frizz Franz" (Franz short for Frances, which also is my actual name) but as I got into the university, I started being called Frizzie, I don't know how it happened but I certainly don't think I was the one that formed Frizzie as it were.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Description of self</strong><br />I'm an open and easy going person. I am focused, fun to be with and a lovely personality.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Definition of style</strong><br />Style is what you are. Period!  If you are a classy person, it will show in your style. If you are trashy, it will also show. If you are timid too, your dressing will show it. So, your style defines you.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Beauty regimen</strong><br /> I do all the normal girly stuffs. By that I mean cleansing, moisturising and so on. After following all the beauty procedures, I apply make-up and I am good to go.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Choice of accessories</strong><br />Earrings, necklace, wrist watch (very important), hand band or bracelet.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Favourite designers</strong><br />I don't have any particular one yet. I mean it is not every time one can afford to buy designers and that is why most people go for imitations.  I believe that if a product looks durable enough, go for it. It is not the label that matters but the functionality.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Favourite perfumes</strong><br /> Ah! That one hard oh! I can feel the name coming out from my mouth but can't place it. Ha-ha! I try out different ones though, as far as it’s nice and I love the scent, it’s  cool by me.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Favourite colours</strong><br />Well, I have two favourite colours, sky blue and pink. I've not been able to pick which one I love best out of the two.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Fashion item I can’t do without when going out</strong><br />My sunglasses. I never used to be into it but now, I can't do without it.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"><img border="0" src="http://tribune.com.ng/news2013/images/dj-frizzie_400.jpg" style="border: 0px; float: left; margin: 4px 10px; outline: 0px; padding: 6px; vertical-align: baseline;" /></strong></strong>Secret of beauty</strong><br /> I'm flattered! That means you think I'm beautiful. Thanks. But of course, I am beautifully and wonderfully made by God. Well! The secret! Is there any secret to beauty?  Well,  pray to God to make you beautiful in the eyes of men and then try as much as possible to take care of yourself and heed to beauty tips (good ones though and not the kind of rubbing onions on your face type)<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Diet or exercise</strong><br />I  do both but once in a while. For instance, in October when I put on some weight, I went on a diet. I still intend continuing the fruit diet and exercising. I just need a rugged, stubborn trainer. But it is something I advise everyone to do; it is a necessity just like prayers.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Special treat</strong><br />I like to do three things;  eat some good home cooked meal; watch a movie or series and then sleep. I love food, I love movies and I love my sleep.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Most expensive item in my wardrobe</strong><br />Hmmm... I'd say my jewellery. It couldn't possibly be my clothes or shoes. Besides, as a lady, it is wise to invest in gold, (that's a good tip right there) they never depreciate.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Fashion icons</strong><br /> Oh! That is a million dollar question because I'm not really a fashion freak you know. But from the top of my head, I'd say Genevieve Nnaji. <br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Opinion on toning</strong><br /> It depends on the degree of toning. Well, personally, I do believe in the maintenance of one's skin colour but if you are black and you want  to be white, well, it is a free world do what you want. Just be aware of the consequences.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Cosmetic surgery</strong><br />As I said, it is a free world.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">My take on provocative dressing</strong><br />Not good. It is not good at all. One should be aware of how one dresses. I mean there are some matured way of dressing in a sexy way; you know the "more you look, the less you see" type of dressing. Anyway it is not my business.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> My nails and hair</strong><br /> Well, I hardly paint my nails because they are pretty as they are, although, sometimes, they grow out of shape and then I get it manicured. Also, as a deejay, I feel I wouldn't be comfortable working with fixed nails, not that I've ever tried it before, because I've never fixed. I might deflower them on my wedding day though! But I paint my nails. When the occasion is that serious. And I most certainly do my hair often because our natural hairs don’t stay intact for long. But hey! I can go on with just my natural hair. I have a nice hair.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Greatest physical asset</strong><br />Ah!  My mind just ran to my boobs and ass but I thought of it again, and I'd say my eyes.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What I won’t be caught dead wearing</strong><br />Gele with blouse and wrapper.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">What I  will like to change about myself</strong><br />Nothing at all but if I found out I got some nasty behaviour or character that is not good for my personality, then, I'd try and change it. Asides that, nothing.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Personal philosophy of life</strong><br />Love God, be yourself, find out what your calling or destiny is and go for it because you never know whose destiny is tied to it. And my best of all "ARISE and SHINE"!</span></div> <div style="background-color: white; border: 0px; line-height: 23.399999618530273px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-top: 0.5em; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia, Times New Roman, serif;"><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;"> Advice on how to stay young and beautiful</strong><br />Drink a lot of water and eat healthy. No junk food. I should take this advice too.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Coping with advances from male admirers</strong><br />Ha-ha! That one? Na book person go write oh! Just use your head, be careful and be wise.<br /> <br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">On negative press</strong><br />Ha-ha! Get a good publicist to sort it out. After all, that's their job.<br /><br /><strong style="background-color: transparent; border: 0px; margin: 0px; outline: 0px; padding: 0px; vertical-align: baseline;">Qualities I want in a man</strong><br />I will like to settle down with a very patient man (women our wahala too much), God-fearing, understanding, supportive of my music career. I want a man who can cook (at least sometimes you should surprise me with your skills too, it shows you are romantic). He should also be presentable, wise and a man of his words.</span></div>

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