Denrele denies being Charley Boy gay lover

Area Fada, Charley Boy, has been associated with a lot of negative – and positive – things, but never before has he been called a homosexual. That is up until now.

A romantic picture of Charley Boy kissing Denrele has been circulating on the Internet for a while, and it has made many believe that both of them are involved in a sexual relationship.

Denrele told us that he didn‘t owe anybody any explanation.

“If not that I know you, I would have told you I don’t owe you any explanation. I just think that some people are out to tarnish my image. Call it Photoshop, call it publicity stunt or whatever the picture is, people just want to tarnish my image.”

But to those who he feels are out to tarnish his image, Denrele said, “I’m not bothered in anyway. They are just making me popular. The story is not affecting me in anyway. I have been receiving calls from all over the world about this same picture. I’m not gay, but I don‘t think I owe anybody any explanation.”

Charley Boy’s phone was unreachable when we tried to contact him

Fathia Balogun destroys lover’s home

Again, popular Yoruba movie star, Fathia Balogun, is in the news for the wrong reason!

This time, she’s said to be the mastermind of the crash in the marriage of one of her lovers, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly known as Eye.

We gathered that the Delta State-born actress had been dating Adeyemo, a clearing and forwarding agent whose office is located at NAHCO, Ikeja, Lagos, for over five years before the bubble burst recently.

A few days ago, Adeyemo’s wife, who is based in London, came home and met her husband with the actress in their family home. She was shocked because the light-complexioned actress and mother of two is her friend and she often stays in her residence whenever she (Fathia) travels to London.

“Eye and Fathia have been dating for the past five years. The relationship developed after his wife, who is her fan and friend, introduced the two of them to each other when she came home in 2005. But unknown to her, they started dating each other soon after they were introduced to each other. Adeyemo’s wife, however, got wind of it when she came home following a tip-off from her friends in Lagos who had earlier seen the two lovers in a romantic mood at their popular love nest, Abidap Hotel, Ipaja, Lagos,” a source said.
we further learnt that the woman left Nigeria for London in annoyance and promised to seek divorce soon.

Remember its AMEBO....

MY BOYFRIEND KNOWS I'M NOT A LESBIAN---ESSENCE

Uwalejemitawale Agbealeaghan Okoro, popularly known as Essence, has been in the music industry for many years. She obtained a degree in Performing Arts from Delta State University, Abraka, in 2002. She sang the popular Super Story theme music and was a back-up artiste for some musicians before she released her debut album. Essence, in this interview with ADA DIKE, talks about her sojourn into music and other interesting issues

How did your journey into music begin?

I started listening to Kenny Rogers and Michael Jackson from childhood. Also, I have been singing the National Anthem since I was eight. In fact, there was a DBN jingle I did when I was 18. After my secondary school, I started to back up for some musicians. Later, I attended a talent hunt show in 1998/99 called “Circle of Stars Talent Hunt Show.” That was where I met Kenny St. Brown who was one of the judges. On that day, she said, “Hey! You came first on my list, but I don’t know why you came second.” She took me up from there and I started backing her up on stage. What actually brought me out was the “Heavens came down” song that I did with Kenny Saint Brown.

Before then, I had had the basic knowledge about music from church; so, I started writing my own songs. Kenny St. Brown broadened my horizon and introduced me to a lot of people in the entertainment industry. She basically gave me the courage and confidence about how to grow in my music career. Kenny St. Brown guided me through the rough terrain as a budding artiste. Then, it was difficult for people to believe in or listen to a budding artiste.

My maiden album contains the African Prince track, though people criticised me that I sang Tuface’s song. It was like a remix of his African Queen song. I also did another song with OJB.

How did you get the Super Story soundtrack?

We went for a breakfast and she (Kenny St. Brown) introduced me to the producer. She told the producer, “Listen to this girl; she can sing.” So, he started playing the keyboard while I sang. He then told me that there was a soap opera coming up very soon. He asked me whether I would like to sing the soundtrack and I accepted the offer. So, we did the soundtrack and it was successful. Everywhere went wild when I sang it in Ghana.

Professionally, how old are you in the industry?

I am six years in the music industry. I am still very relevant and I am like an authority of sorts.

How is your relationship with your manager, Kennis Music?

It is a family thing. It is beyond an artiste-manager relationship. When you understand each other, things will move smoothly.

A lot of artistes on Kennis Music have left the label. So, do you think your own story will be different?

God can do all things while man can do something to a certain point. So, what will you do if God says it ought not to be?

As a female artiste, how has it been?

We are still struggling to survive because the male artistes seem to be dominating the industry. But I thank God it is getting down to us now. We all now behave like “Hey guys! This is our business, so we need to make an impact.” The fans are beginning to request more music from female artistes, so we now do the same thing guys are doing, which is playing at shows and events. We are not into music for fame, but we are in it because we love it and are passionate about it. So, it would be good to balance it once in a while by not inviting only men.

How did you handle the allegation that you and Kenny St. Brown are lesbian mates?

I handed it over to God because He alone knows everything. My family and friends stood solidly behind me during the period. This is because they know I am not into lesbianism. My boyfriend also knows that. Lesbianism is like a taboo; it is nasty and dirty, so I will never do such a thing. Before the rumour, there were threats. My parents sensed that something was going to happen; so, we prayed that God should give us the strength to go through whatever might happen.

As a musician, do you prefer fame to money or vice-versa?

We need money, but sometimes, fame brings favour that money can’t quantify. Besides, it brings accolades, so I would choose fame.

What would you have been doing if you were not into music?

I would have still been into music and nothing else. I am thinking about the future. You have to start thinking of putting things on the ground for the next generation. I want to go into events management. But I have been a master of ceremonies for some organisations.

How has stardom affected your wardrobe?

Oh! My God! It has affected my pocket, as I buy new dresses almost everyday. This is because if you wear a dress once, you can’t wear it again. It is crazy, but it is a good craziness.

What kind of attire do you love most?

Before now, I used to wear trousers, but it is going to be gowns from now on. Also, I have fallen in love with shoes and bags. Anyway, I am still building my repertoire.

Why do you now wear a low cut?

I had my hair cut low when it became weak. So, I fixed this attachment by the side of my hair as a signature because my hair gets me noticed.

What are your future plans?

I would like to take one step at a time. I want to be a reference point in the entertainment industry. Anything can happen, so I am ready to be visible in the music industry by the grace of God.

As a female artiste, a lot of admirers would certainly be swarming all over you. So, how do you handle admirers?

I am very civil with admirers. I encountered one yesterday and I handled him maturely.

Would you accept or reject a proposal from any of your admirers?

No, because I am in a relationship at the moment. But I would not tell anybody because my relationship is not my claim to fame. You won’t perform well on stage, if you are not happy; so, I give God the glory.

So, who really is Essence?

Essence is a simple, fun-loving and God-loving lady from Itshekiri in Delta State. But my mum is from Bayelsa. I am the last of seven children, so I am mummy’s and daddy’s girl. My mother was in her 40s when I was born. I studied Theatre Arts in Delta State University, Abraka and graduated in 2002.

Who is the lucky man in your life?

He is good and he is my man. The knowledge about him is for my consumption only. He’s a friend to a friend; we met and it clicked.

So when is he taking you to the altar?

I will invite you to our wedding when the bell rings

''9ice ingrate''--- RUGGEDMAN REPLIES 9ICE(LYRICS)

ARTIST:Chinaydu
TITLE:9ice The Ingrate (The Beef Goes On)
RECORD LABEL:Rugged Records
YEAR:2010

(rap)Abolore or what do they call you"Alapo Stupid" Hey yo 9ice,You must be out of your mind to think RuggedyBaba the man that brought you up in this industry will stoop low to exchange childish words with you,For what?

Yo stop being a coward,say what your problem is or shut up.Face your music,try to fix your marriage
(singing):And the beef goes on (2X) 9ice you're so dumb,everlasting

Mr Gongo aso don did it this time,his last album couldnt cut it so now he
is beef inclined thats lame,he got fame backstabbing like Brutus Tradition album wouldnt sell,now he's selling rumours Rugged straff dancers?
Perhaps but him na single chap you tried do am too your marriage collapse

You had Toni Payne jumping taxis with your baby boy but she bought the first car
you drove Honda Baby boy,Now Toni Payne "used and dumped"
Jah Bless "used and dumped"
Cabasa "used and dumped"

we all know you's a chump,Rugged made you who you are now you wanna Baba diss
you cant sing,you are chanting incantations like a herbalist
Ask about T.Boi you need a line to him?I'll give you his number,
go ask him why Rugged fired him
Rule number one dont let it go to your head,me calling your name on a track is
something you should dread,something you should dread

CHORUS:CHANT: When i say 9ice,you say ingrate

9ice" "Ingrate" "9ice" "ingrate"
When i say bashorun you say gor "bashorun" "gor" "bashorun" "gor"
(singing)And the beef goes on (2X) 9ice you're so dumb,everlasting,Ever lasting

VERSE 2:Talking about your girlfriend giving your best friend a blow job
the girl got a hoe job,you? you got no job,Your so called street credibilitys a scam
you've used up all the yoruba adages you can,You couldnt even spell your name right

you need to get a life,you couldnt keep it tight,you couldnt even keep your wife
Since you dwell on rumours,heres a few
i heard people say little birdy told me 9ice is gay,he swings both ways
Wande Cole slapped him,he got a crush on Don Jay (Don Jazzy)

Smokes jay,messed up Nelson Mandelas birthday,Calling Ruggedman a bastard
thats funny yo,i heard your mother abandoned you when you was 8months old
And your father threw you out to go live with your grandma,he suspected somebody else's did it with your mama.

Rule number two,dont get too full of yourself me calling your name on a track is bad for your health

CHORUS:CHANT: When i say 9ice,you say ingrate 9ice" "Ingrate" "9ice" "ingrate"
When i say bashorun you say gor "bashorun" "gor" "bashorun" "gor"

(singing)And the beef goes on (2X) 9ice you're so dumb,everlasting ,Ever lasting
And the beef goes on (2X) 9ice you're so dumb,everlasting.Ever lasting

VERSE 3:What kind of father are you?I end the matter with you,so Baba dont gotta bother with you,He got you the money,he got you the wife,now i am taking the 9 out your name and putting you on ice Cos you are a scam artist,the sham artist I aim at you ,
you'll never hear me say "damn i missed"So when Zion grows up and asks
"Ta lo bi mi"(who is my father?)we gone tell him its one ingrate called 9 I.C.E

Only place you sound nice is when you asleep and snoring,only man who can smoke weed,sing and still sound boring

Rule number three never bite the hand that fed you,me calling your name on a track will likely dead you

(talk):Abeg commot for there,you think we dont know its your ex girlfriend you caught give person blow job?
Instead of you to open your mouth,you just keep quiet and let rumour mongers try to tarnish Ruggedmans image.

Dey tarnish your wife image,your own wife,mother of your own son wey born ur pikin?Man you are a wicked,evil ingrate.Wait self,you are asking about Vino....you never hear Ruggedman new song "Sanwo"features Vino.

Make i even ask you guy,where is Jah Bless?Where is 2Phat?Where is Cabasa?Where's Toni Payne?Where's your child?Man tell us what your problem is guy,or straight up shut up.Oya you too...talk hayam Lizining.

Abolore my son,i sent you to school you dont know how to spell your name,N or 9? Olodo

Sebi you lied you owned H-Mans house where you were squatting before,H-Man is the landlord and you were a tenant.
This is Ruggedmans boy replying you o,we will diss you to death!

Tuface Idibia denies fued with Mikel Obi!

In recent times, rumour mill went agog with the news that Tuface Idibia’s song “Only me” was targeted at nigerian footballer, Mikel Obi.

The gist went on to say that “Tubaba” had met Mikel in some lagos night club and made to say hello but was hit with a cold and reluctant Mikel. Hence Tubaba went into the studio and composed “Only me”. They pointed at the lyrics “ma lo rope omo pe iwo nikan loma lowo, ma lo rope no bi gbogbo wey go get this money” .

Tuface has just come on twitter to deny that allegation. He tweeted thus:

“I hear pips r sayn the song “only me” is 4 mikel obi.4 the record I dnt have any prob with him.he’s a talented baller and I’ve met him 1nce”
So guys, you have heard it. Next time you listen to the song or watch the video, know that it was simply a fiction of Tubaba’s imagination

FROM TUFACES LIVE SHOW WHAT THEY WILL NOT TELL YO

Amebo who atteneded the show on sunday september 27,2010 present to you exclusive


Babymama Pero flew in all the way from Yankee to attend the show and sat quietly at a corner...to put it short,she behaved herself like a good lady and the observing Olofofos say she looked too rugged for someone who just flew in from abroad!

All the babymamas(Sunmbo,Pero and Annie)were at the venue to support the father of their kids.

Babymama Sunmbo looked extremely nice and very well behaved.

Babymama Annie Macaulay was at the venue before the show and Olofofos spotted her helping out and dishing arrangement plans here and there in her usual I-too-know manner.

Sunmbo and Pero passed each other and sparks flew in the air.

Ayabime Okpoh tufaces ex fiance went around after the show asking everyone where tufaces room was,and she roamed the entire lobby looking frustrated.

She eventually ended up knocking on a room and the door was opened by Pero who was inside with her kids, Pero rained abuses on Bime who hurriedly left the venue.

My only regret in life was my relationship with Empress – Timaya

Timaya, a musician, came to the spotlight about three years ago, but has since been greeted with many controversies. He talks about some of the scandals and why he is supporting Goodluck Jonathan in the 2011 presidential election in this interview with ’NONYE BEN-NWANKWO

Somebody seeing you for the first time may not be able to reconcile the controversial Timaya and you as a person.

This is just me. I don‘t have a dual personality like most people think. Most people see me from different perspectives. A lot of people say Timaya is arrogant and they go ahead to say a lot of things. Entertainment is make-belief. We are all acting. Some people can go on stage and act as if they just snuffed cocaine, but they don‘t even drink alcohol. Some people may not be able to do what you are doing unless they get high. That doesn‘t mean that you too will always get high before you do that thing. The way I pose, especially in my album, gives people the impression that I am a bad boy. But I just like the look. I am not trying to paint myself white. I don‘t even want to present a good boy image. I am not cut out to impress anybody; there is nothing you do in this life that will please everybody. I like to live my life.
It is widely believed that you became arrogant as soon as your music became a hit.

I have always been like this. Nobody can say that I became arrogant when my music became a hit because they didn‘t know me before then. I am not arrogant.

Many even believe that apart from being arrogant, you are also rude.

In Nigeria, if you are outspoken, they will see you as being rude. Some blunt people are seen as bad people in the eyes of so many people. If you do anything to me that I don‘t like, I tell you to your face. I also expect you to do so to me if I do something you don‘t like.

It is a surprise that you speak good English.

Oh yes. I am, glad you mentioned it. Some people said Timaya can never speak a correct sentence, but when they listen to me, they get stunned. Because I sing, ‘Timaya don blow‘, that doesn‘t mean I cannot read or write. That is one thing about life.

It is just three years that you hit the spotlight and within these few years, a lot of negative stuff have been said and written about you. Do all these controversies get to you?

I used to feel bad because I wasn‘t used to such things. But now, I don‘t even mind going nude and snapping myself and putting the pictures in newspapers. It makes me more popular. People see me and they think there must be a rifle with me all the time. I just laugh. But then, if you try to kill me, I will kill you first. I can‘t wait for you to kill me and then you will go and serve a jail term.
We hear you are one of the artistes that are supporting President Goodluck Jonathan to become President in 2011. Is it because he is from Bayelsa like you?

He is a nice man. He is the best candidate. We are tired of old people ruling us. Let us try something different. I am not being tribalistic, but let us just try something else for a change. I like the steps he has taken so far.

Critics might also say you are supporting him because he has given you some money.

No way. I support him because he is the best so far. When US President Barak Obama was contesting, Pididy said, ‘Obama or I die.’ It didn‘t mean Obama gave him money. I will not lead my people in a wrong way. Nobody really knew about Bayelsa that much; I made people get to know Bayelsa. A lot of people have a wrong perception about Bayelsans. They think we are fighters and kidnappers. But I love Bayelsa. Chief Timipre Sylva is like a father to me. I have always said in my song, ‘whom God has blessed, let no man curse.’

Are you cooking something for Goodluck in the studios?
Of course. It is not out yet. I don‘t like rushing things; I am taking my time. But I am not doing this because he is my godfather or anything. I can‘t barge into his office because he is from Bayelsa. I am not a beggar. Goodluck Jonathan‘s elevation to the office where he is today is a practical show of divine intervention. If you move around the four corners of Nigeria, you will sense that beyond tribal sentiments and regional barriers, Nigerians have a renewed hope and faith in the leadership of Goodluck Jonathan.

As a Bayelsan, have you tried to disuade militants by spreading the message of the negative influence of militancy?

Everybody has their business. I don‘t tell people what to do. They know the right thing to do. If that is their own means of getting money, that is their business. I have sworn to God that I will never do anything bad. Everybody has his own lifestyle. If you live by the gun, you will die by the gun. Remember they are fighting for something; it is just that they are fighting for it in the wrong way.

We hear you are into rituals

People keep saying this. It is a good thing. In life, if people don‘t talk about you, that means you are nobody. If you achieve something significant in a short while, what people have been trying to achieve in a long while, it will amaze them. I hold onto God. I believe so much in God. He has everything, including life, good health and money. It is a prayer point in my life, the day I put my hands on anything fetish, let me die that day.

Why do you sing about yourself all the time?
Why should I sing about some other person? I am talking about myself and you are complaining. I don‘t know how to gossip. The story of my life will not finish because my life has not come to an end. Life must go on. I know I am inspiring a lot of people‘s lives. The God that did it for me can do it for you.

So most of your songs are true life experiences?

Yes. I sold plantain. I have every reason to sit down and thank God. There was a time N5 was like 1bn to me. Now, I have millions of N5. Sometimes, I just burst into tears because I now know that God is too much.

Was life that bad back then?

It was too bad. I didn‘t have anybody to help me out. My mother was a cleaner in the Niger Delta University.

Were you people that poor?

Not really. My father worked in the bank for years. He was a bank manager. But then later, things went bad. He became sick. It is better for you to be poor than for you to be rich and later you become poor. It is a terrible experience.
Did you decide to go into music when things became bad?

No. I have been singing right from the time I was in primary school. I knew then that music was my calling. But my father never liked the idea. He wanted me to be a banker. I was so close to my father. We were 15 in the family and I am the last born. He wanted me to be the banker in the family. But I didn‘t want that. I cannot be looking after someone else‘s money when I can make my own money. Before now, people felt that music was for the never-do-wells but now, they have come to realise that there is money in it. There is no country in this world that at least, one person will not know who I am.

When things were so bad, did you ever think that you will be a success one day?

I would have been surprised if I hadn‘t made it. I knew I was good and I believe in God. I wanted music to put food on my table. I didn‘t want to do any other thing that would distract me from my dream.

We learnt you were paid to perform in a show in London, but you refused to perform.

I was given part payment. He (the organiser) was actually supposed to pay me 75 per cent up front, but he begged and he paid 50 per cent, saying he would pay the balance when I got to London. I arrived on the day the show was scheduled to hold. He insisted I should come to the venue of the show and take my balance. I told him I wasn‘t going to do that. I just wanted to be professional, this is my job. He refused to pay my balance so I didn‘t bother going to the venue. He sent two hefty guys to come and force me to come for the show. Can you imagine? I just pushed them out of my way and went into my room and slept off. The following day, I bought my ticket and I came back home.

Some time ago, you used to pull off your pants after every performance; do you still do that?
It was one of the crazy things young men do; youthful exuberance. I can no longer do that. Everything has a stage. There was a time we used to wear blings and chains. Right now, we can‘t do that. You see us going on stage wearing suits.

Have you made up with Nicco Gravity who did a ‘diss‘ song with your name?

I don‘t know him. I don‘t think he is important. If he were important, I would have answered him. If it was somebody like Dbanj or 2Face or PSquare that sang about me, I would readily have answered back. Nico Gravity has no level at all. He has been there since the days of Daddy Showkey. I used to listen to his music then. One guy in Port Harcourt has done another song about me saying, ‘How can a friend betray a friend?‘ Now, I am his friend, see me. I have never been his friend. Well, he wanted to shine using my name. I am hot and I am happy about it.

We learnt you beat up a journalist the other day.

I have never done that. I only shouted at a journalist. I went for a show and I met this guy. A trained journalist would have first asked me how the show was and how I felt my performance was and questions relating to the show and organisers. But this guy just met me and said he wanted a quick interview. I agreed and the first question he asked was, ‘how is empress?’ I was so angry. Is that an issue? Was she the reason we came for the show? I looked at the guy and asked him if he had sense.

But a lot of people say you are a street fighter
All the people saying this have not seen me fight one day. They say Timaya is rough, but you need to come out with proof. They said I went into a church to fight but they are yet to give me proof. Am I normal? So I no longer have the fear of God that I should enter a church and beat up a pastor? Camera phones still exist. People should have taken pictures when Timaya was beating up a pastor.

Would you allow your current relationship to be publicised like the last one you had with Empress?

The last one was publicised because she was a public figure. Anyway, she was a little bit popular. That was the problem. I never had a problem with the press until I went into that relationship.

Do you regret going into that relationship?

Big time! I have never regretted anything I had ever done in life except that relationship. It is one of those things. I have learnt my lessons, but I wished I learnt the lessons from another person. What caused the problem apart from hearsay? She would tell me she heard I was sleeping with this person or that person. But we all do the same thing.

Will you ever date or marry an actress again?

No way, unless she wants to quit acting.
Can‘t you quit for her?

No. I love my mother so much. Even if she tells me to stop music or she dies, I don‘t think I will quit. If I stop singing, I will die. It is not because of the money. Music gives me joy.

But is marriage on your to-do list?

The thought comes and goes. Sometimes I feel like marrying and other times, I don‘t even want it. Marriage is not something you jump into, you must be ready for it so as not to fall out of it. I know what I am talking about because I am from a polygamous family. The reason I am smart today is because I am the last born and I was close to my father before he died.

MY NUDE CLUB EXPERIENCE

It could be described as the basest nude joint on the face of the earth. Some people that know the spot refer to it as devil’s parlour. There, girls, naked as Eve, entertain patrons every Saturday, which they call go- go nites. It is a place nude dancing girls do the most absurd things that can always confound your imagination. It is beyond description the low ladies could go for money, and you wonder when these eventually become mothers, what would they produce for the future society.

She stood there with a stick of cigarette and a glass of beer. Smiling. Staring into space like a junkie. Alone in her own world, she was wearing a black needle-slim bra, butt-tight G-string and high-heeled shoes. The pendant of her long necklace dangled between her half-covered breasts and a ribbon hung loosely around her waist.

Her presence threw the dance hall into revelry. The tempo of Flavour’s Ashawo remix (a popular debauchery tune of the joint) blasting from the loud speakers increased as the in-house DJ stoke his acts. Some of those who were dancing in the hangout stopped in their tracks. Those who were dozing on their seats shrug off sleep while others loitering outside rushed in. Every eye focused in her direction. Everyone was expectant. The show had begun. Time was 2.45am.

Then she began to serenade the scores of fun-seekers, men and women of various ages, who had descended on the sleazy joint located off Governor’s Road, Ikotun Lagos. Her dance steps and general mannerism were measured and delivered with professional efficiency and accuracy. Making sexy gestures, her dance steps were in tandem with the raunchy music cascading from the high voltage musical equipment. Indeed, everyone inside the seedy joint was mesmerized as she began to strut her stuff, pulling off her scanty clothing in bits.

The lady on the dance floor is simply known as Angela, maybe an anti-angel. Dark, tall and beautifully built. She could be in her late 20s or early 30s. A few years back, she could have been prettier but the edges were hardening, the mouth and eyes betrayed a certain toughness, evidence of living rough, evidence of tough life. And there seemed to be misery in her eyes.

Sex goddess

Angela is a harbinger of sex. She services the dark appetite and/or damaging habits of wild fun seekers. Men paid N1,000 each to gain entry to watch her performance. There is no waiver for female as they are admitted on payment of N500. However, most of the females are commercial sex workers who come to hawk their wares there.

Angela is one of the go-go dancers who entertain guests every Saturday night at the hangout during the go-go nites. She was on duty two Saturdays ago.
Fun without borders

She appeared on stage at 2.45 am and, without much ado, began captivating men with her erotic overtures delivered in dance steps. For a while, she held sway on the dance floor displaying brazen bestiality. That teaser set the mood for the day especially for the early callers who had waited patiently, relaxing with drinks, cigarette or dancing.

At the peak of the ugly entertainment, she went round tables to engage patrons in lap dances. She sat astride men in a mock sex. Some of the men pushed some naira notes into her flimsy pant even as they stole quick caresses.

Decadent

The performance reached a crescendo when the angel of sex pulled off her bra and pant. She was as naked as Eve in the Garden of Eden. Only her long necklace, strip of ribbon hanging on her neck and shoes constituted her clothing. When she bared it all, the patrons began to make catcalls.

Again, she embarked on another round of lap dance with some patrons. Then a piece of brown cloth was brought and spread on the floor for Angela by one of the staffers. It was time for the main course. The spectacle took a stomach-churning dimension. Indeed, the scene was despicable, even sickening.

After some more suggestive dances, she lowered her frame on the floor and her practised fingers began caressing her body. She did some turns and twists and then spread her legs like the pages of a book. Apparently uncircumcised, she began pulling at her well-pronounced clitoris. But her ‘best’ was yet to come.
Smoking parts

Angela took her acts to the hilt when she lit a stick of cigarette, smoked it for a while and inserted it into her private part. Then she lifted her pelvis, showing as it sucked smoke from the burning cigar from her urinal organ.

But she was not yet done. After bizarre cigarette smoking only known to her, she stretched her hand and one of the bouncers handed her an empty bottle of Smirnoff Ice. Then she began to gently push the bottle into the same private part until about half of it was lost inside. Men surrounded the squirming, wriggling body on the floor till her crazy sex stunts ended at 4.30 am.

We gathered that the joint offers such adult entertainment using different girls. In fact, on the notice board screwed to the wall at the entrance, it is clearly stated that go-go dancers are on parade every Saturday night. There are no permanent numbers of performers each night. It depends on the girls available. Most of them are said to be Ghanaians
No price tag

Some flesh sellers also thronged the area especially on go-go nites to ‘hustle’ for customers. Their prices are not fixed. It depends on the depth of a customer’s pocket or his bargaining ability as well as the time a bargain is reached. An all-night dalliance costs between N2,000 and N5,000. Quickie or ‘short time’ goes for between N500 and N1,000. Rooms at the hotel cost between N4,000 and N5,000 per night.
It was, however, gathered that before stepping out, some of the go-go dancers are usually fed a cocktail of booze, marijuana or cocaine to give them the Dutch courage to misbehave.

The go-go dancers go home with N10,000 or N15,000 per night apart from the money they get from appreciative patrons, who stuff such token into their crevices

Cecilia Ibru

A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, South-West Nigeria, this afternoon sentenced the former Managing Director/Chief Executive Officer of Oceanic Bank International Plc, Dr. Cecilia Ibru to 18 months imprisonment in a plea bargaining arraignment.

However, the convicted banker will spend only six months in the prison as she was convicted six months each on a three-count charge. And the sentences are to run concurrently.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, prosecuting counsel, Mr. Kola Awodehin, told the court that there was an agreement between the prosecution and the accused person which has involved a formal agreement which he filed before the court asking it under order 17 of the Federal High Court Act and section 6(6) of the Constitution which enjoined the court to promote reconciliation among parties to facilitate amicable settlement in civil and criminal cases. Therefore, he urged the court invoke such power.

Awodehin further told the court that it is the desire of the prosecution to amend the charges that have been filed in the matter by applying to withdraw all the charges with the exception of three charges which are counts: 14, 17 and 23. Thereafter the accused was freed on the other charges.

She pleaded guilty to the three-count charge. She was consequently sentenced.

Her lawyer, Prof. Taiwo Osipitan (SAN), pleaded that she was coming from the hospital to the court.

Delivering his judgement, Justice Dan Abutu sentenced Mrs. Ibru and directed that she should be returned to the hospital.

Here is a full list of assets as stake:

Mrs. Ibru has vast assets throughout the world.

Cecilia Ibru Assets at stake, according to saharareporters includes

Upper Marlboro area of Maryland, United States are registered either to her son’s wife, Kemi Da silva, her son, Obaro or daughter Janet.

The Assets are:

1. 4155 Chariot Way purchased for $452,508,00 on March 12, 2009 and registered to Anita Da silva Ibru,

2. 4145 Chariot Way purchased for $440,105.00 and also registered Anita Da silva Ibru on April 14, 2009.

3. 4139 Chariot Way purchased for $451,629.00 and also registered to Edesiri Onatejerohene Ibru on April 21, 2009.

4. 4149 Chariot Way purchased for $473,657.00 and registered to Obaro and Hirut Ibru also on April 21, 2009.

5. 4141, Chariot Way purchased for $441, 790 on April 13, 2009 for her self.

6. 4143 Chariot Way Purchased for $439,362.00 on April 13, 2009 for self also.

7. 14605 Hawley Lane purchased for $3999,990.00 on July 22, 2008 and registered to her daughter, Janet Ibru,

8. 14630 Hawley Lane purchased for $ 460,703.00 May 17, 2008 and registered to Janet Ibru.

9.14721 Argos Place purchased for $457,950 and registered to Janet Ibru on October 28, 2008.

10. 14719 Argos Place purchased for $451,840.00 on November 26, 2008 and registered to Janet Ibru.

11. 11300 Dappled Grey Way purchased for $987,949.00 on October 7, 2008 and registered to herself.

Above US Properties Listing Courtesy of TheWill

List of frozen assets World Wide Assets

1. Good Shepherd House, IPM Avenue , Opp Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos (registered in the name of Ogekpo Estate Managers)

2. Residential block with 19 apartments on 34, Bourdillon Road , Ikoyi (registered in the name of Dilivent International Limited).

3. 20 Oyinkan Abayomi Street, Victoria Island (remainder of lease or tenancy upto 2017).

4. 57 Bourdillon Road , Ikoyi.

5. 5A George Street , Ikoyi, (registered in the name of Michaelangelo Properties Limited),

6. 5B George Street , Ikoyi, (registered in the name of Michaelangelo Properties Limited).

7. 4A Iru Close, Ikoyi, (registered in the name of Michaelangelo Properties Limited).

8. 4B Iru Close, Ikoyi, (registered in the name of Michaelangelo Properties Limited).

9. 16 Glover Road , Ikoyi (registered in the name of Michaelangelo Properties Limited).

10. 35 Cooper Road , Ikoyi, (registered in the name of Michaelangelo Properties Limited).

11. Property situated at 3 Okotie-Eboh, SW Ikoyi. 12. 35B Isale Eko Avenue , Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi.

13. 38A Isale Eko Avenue , Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi (registered in the name of Meeky Enterprises Limited).

14. 38B Isale Eko Avenue , Dolphin Estate, Ikoyi (registered in the name of Aleksander Stankov).

15. Multiple storey multiple user block of flats under construction 1st Avenue , Banana Island , Ikoyi, Lagos , (with beneficial interest therein purchased from the developer Ibalex).

16. 226, Awolowo Road , Ikoyi, Lagos (registered in the name of Ogekpo Estate Managers).

17. 182, Awolowo Road , Ikoyi, Lagos , (registered in the name of Ogekpo Estate Managers)

18. 12-storey Tower on one hectare of land at Ozumba Mbadiwe Water Front, Victoria Island .

19. 5, Adeola Odeku Street, Victoria Island, Lagos (registered in the name of Casi Properties & Investment Ltd).

20. 18A, Adetokubo Ademola Street , Victoria Island, Lagos (registered in the name of Casi Properties & Investment Ltd).

21. 270, Ozumba Mbadiwe , Victoria Island, Lagos (registered in the name of Casi Properties & Investment Ltd)

22. 270, Ozumba Mbadiwe , Victoria Island, Lagos (registered in the name of Ogekpo Estate Managers Limited).

23. 15,000 square metres of land at Okunade Water Front, Lekki Peninsula .

24. 7,000 square metres of land at Okunade Water Front, Lekki Peninsula – (registered in the name of Melake Properties Limited).

25. 8,000 square metres of land at Okunade Water Front, Lekki Peninsula – (registered in the name of (Casi Properties Limited). 26. 1,000,000 square metres of land in Lekki.

27. 101 hectares of land along Lekki Expressway behind Chevron Nigeria .

28. 103 hectares of land bought from Dom Gas

29. Plot 5, Igbo-Efon, Off Lekki/Ajah Expressway, Victoria Island, Lagos by 1004 (registered in the name of Casi Properties & Investment Ltd)

30. Block 6, Flat 1 &2, Femi Okunnu H/Scheme Phase IV- Lekki (registered in the name of Oceanic Homes Savings & Loans Ltd)

31. One storey building at 50 Marina , Lagos .

32. 10 storey building at 60 Marina , Lagos .

33. 60, Marine View, Apongbon, Marina , Lagos (registered in the name of Dele Oye & Associates)

34. 10, Sobo Arobidu Street , Ikeja, GRA (registered in the name of Jeedab Fibre Limited).

35. Property at 10A Sobo Arobiodu Street , Ikeja (registered in the name of Chiaroscuro Limited).

36. AP Filling Station (Beside Former Hotel Bobby) Onipanu Lagos , (registered in the name of Vivi Oil Investments Limited).

37. Building at 154, Ikorodu Road , Lagos (registered in the name of Casi Properties & Investment Ltd).

38. Ilemba Hausa Road , Ajamgbadi, Lagos (registered in the name of Vivi Oil & Gas Company Limited).

39. Land at Iyana Ipaja Round About, Iyana Ipaja, Lagos , (registered in the name of Vivi Oil Investments Limited).

40. Building at 7, Randle Road , Apapa, Lagos , (registered in the name of Ogekpo Estate Managers Limited)

41. Block 34, Flat 6, LSDPC Housing Estate, Ebute-Metta Lagos (registered in the name of Ogekpo Estate Managers Limited)

42. Three residential towers at Port Harcourt , GRA. 43. 22 Sani Abacha Way, Port Harcourt, GRA (registered in the name of Velvox Investment Company Limited).

44. Metro Plaza Building , 991/992 Zakari Maimalari Street , Central Area, Zone 5, Abuja , (registered in the name of Abinof Food Company Limited).

45. The 4 Floor Building at Herbert Macaulay Way , Wuse Zone 6, Abuja (registered in the name of Casi Properties and Investment Ltd).

46. Metro Plaza Building, ANNEXE B, Zakariya Maimalari Street, Cadastral Zone, AOO, C.B.D, Abuja (registered in the name of MST Properties West Africa Ltd).

47. Flats 1-4, Block D33, Abuja Games Village , Abuja (registered in the name of Convent Trade & Services Limited).

48. Block D33 (Flat 1-4) Games Village , Abuja (registered in the name of Casi Properties and Investment Ltd).

49. Block B40, Flat 5 & 6, Zone 3, Gymnastic Games Village (registered in the name of Oceanic Homes Savings & Loans Limited).

50. Executive Guest House, 4 bedroom Bungalow, Ndanuba Street , Maitama, Abuja (registered in the name of Ogekpo Estate Manager Limited). 51. Executive Guest House, Ali Akilu Crescent , Asokoro, Abuja , (registered in the name of Ogekpo Estate Managers Limited). 29 Real Estate Propert in Dubai 7

Residential Property: Dubai 15 Real Property: South Africa Real Property: London, England Abridged Shares In listed Nigerian Companies without limitation:

1. Access Bank Plc – (44,800,000 ordinary shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Limited)

2. Africa Petroleum Plc – (3,252 shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Ltd)

3. BGL Plc – (8,140,500 shares held by Eniofor Limited)

4. First Bank of Nigeria Plc (275,795,139 shares held through Cloudy Heights Limited, Circular Global International Limited and Bliss Bloss Integrated Services Limited).

5. Dangote Flour Plc – 8,140,500 shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Ltd.

6. Dangote Sugar Refinery Plc – (12,480,000 shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Limited).

7. Fidelity Bank Plc – (12,500 shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Ltd).

8. First City Monument Bank Plc – (7,142,800 shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Limited).

9. Glaxo SmithKline Consumer Plc – (119,740 shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Limited)

10. Guaranty Trust Bank Plc – (110,000 ordinary shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Ltd)

11. Japaul Oil Plc – (25,316,400 shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Limited)

12. Nestle Nigeria Plc (1,915 shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Limited)

13. Nigerian Bottling Company Plc – (11,383,000 shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Limited)

14. Oando Plc – (334,367 shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Limited and 13,200,000 shares held by Velvox Investment Company Limited)

15. Oceanic Bank Intercontinental Plc – (254,100 shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Limited and 431,201,702 shares held by Africa Lloyd Limited)

16. Oceanic Vintage Fund – (100,000,000 units held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Limited)

17. Bank PHB Plc – (93,800,100 shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Limited)

18. R T Briscoe – (585 shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Limited)

19. Total Nigeria Plc – (24,118,588 shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Limited)

20. Transcorp Plc – (200,000,000 shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Limited) 21. UAC of Nigeria Plc – (1,125, shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Limited)

22. UPDC Nigeria Plc – (4,029 shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Limited)

23. Unilever Nigeria Plc – (145,850 shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Limited)

24. United Bank for Africa Plc – (109,121 shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Limited)

25. Union Bank of Nigeria Plc – (13,300,000 shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Limited)

26. Vitafoam Nigeria Plc – (1,197 shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Limited)

27. Lafarge Cement Wapco Nigeria Plc (23,142 shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Limited).

28. Zenith Bank Plc – (10,280,000 shares held by Prisky Gold Nigeria Limited)

29. Oceanic Bank Plc – (2,323,841,722 shares held by Arata Nigeria Limited)

30. Oceanic Bank Plc – (1,631,250,000 shares held by Meeky Ent. Ltd) 31. Oceanic Bank Plc – (1,012,500,000 shares held by Mas Mackoy Ltd)

32. Oceanic Bank Plc – (431, 202,702 shares held by Africa Lloyd Limited)

33. Oceanic Bank Plc – (345,833,332 shares held by Ibru C.A. .O)

34. Oceanic Bank Plc – (142,282,300 shares held by Casi Properties and Investment). 35. Oceanic Bank Plc – (98,993,775 shares held by Zatlins Ventures Limited A/c 385359)

36. Oceanic Bank Plc – ( 94,159,575 shares held by Comvet Trades & Services Ltd)

37. Oceanic Bank Plc – ( 52,078,175 shares held by Mac-Mackoy Limited)

38. Oceanic Bank Plc – ( 44,000,000 shares held by Oceanic SSITF)

39. Oceanic Bank Plc – (30,758,500 shares held by Dilivent International Limited)

40. Oceanic Bank Plc – (25,000,000 shares held by Cecilia Ibru)

41. Oceanic Bank Plc – ( 18,440,990 shares held by BFCL Investment A/C)

42. Oceanic Bank Plc – ( 12,212,500 shares held by Ogekpo Industries Ltd)

43. Oceanic Bank Plc – ( 12,121,225 shares held by Zatlins Ventures Ltd, A/C 148068)

44. Oceanic Bank Plc – ( 10,000,000 shares held by Micheal Cecilia Educational Foundation).

45. Oceanic Bank Plc – ( 4,955,625 shares held by Ogekpo Estates Limited)

46. Oceanic Bank Plc – (1,250,000 shares held by Ibafon Oil Ltd).

47. Oceanic Bank Plc – ( 292,775 shares held by Melake Enterprises Ltd).

48. Oceanic Bank Plc – ( 292,775 shares held by Melake Properties Ltd).

49. Oceanic Bank Plc – ( 292,775 shares held by Melake Technologies Ltd).

50. Oceanic Bank Plc – ( 78,993,750 shares held by Spanord Investment Co. Ltd).

51. Oceanic Bank Plc – ( 77,500,000 shares held by Aggregated Property Limited).

52. Oceanic Bank Plc – (77,500,000 shares held by Quartz Property Company).

53. Oceanic Bank Plc – 73,500,000 shares held by Arnott & Callman Investment).

Cars, and personal assets at 20 Oyinkan Abayomi Street , Victoria Island

Two aircrafts worth $100 million

ESTELLACOURTURE:fashion designer turned waka-pass actress.

According to olofofos who just finished from a set in Maryland.

''Multi-talented Nigerian-born US International Fashion Designer, Estella Ogbonna has taken her career a notch further, adding Movies/Production Costuming/Wardrobe to her repertoire of skills and passions.

The waka pass actress was recently interviewed by a Voice of America reporter while on the set of Chief Andy Best's recently shot film,and Ms. Estella said she always wanted to join Nollywood, and is happy to have started with the powerful duo - Andy Best and Simi Opeoluwa.

The movie set paraded celebrated actors like Nadia Buari, Ramsey Nouh, Veeda Darko, Princess Pursia, Cici Carmen et al.

We dont know yet about her acting skills till this movie comes out but estella a.k.a 'drama-queen' brings a higher class to the act of costuming in a Nollywood movie as this is the first time a celebrated Nigerian-born designer in the USA is being involved in the production of a movie.

Estella Couture's designs are unique and would be seen in this movie - 'Yori Yori Babes'''.
The fashion designer/waka pass actress will also be busy till november 2010 as she has other movies lined up and will be in Nigeria for some of her roles.

na wah!

In as much as i appreciate her getting involved in the Nollywood movie industry to add class and assist them in interpreting characters better through costumes, i don't want to see less of her designs on the runways where she has carefully made her mark!

You go gurrrrl!

Now showing at MMIA: Nude images of passengers. FAAN Faults claims.

According to THISDAY Newspaper - The 3D full-body scanners procured for thorough body check of passengers at the nation’s major airports for security reasons are now being abused by security officials from the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN). They use the machines, installed in the wake of the Farouk AbdulMutallab affair, to watch the naked images of female passengers for fun.


The controversial body scanners have been dubbed “e-stripping” in advanced countries because of the way they expose the nakedness of those being screened.

THISDAY discovered that during off-peak periods, the aviation security officials, who are trained on the use of the scanners, usually stroll from the cubicle located in a hidden corner on the right side of the screening area where the 3D full-body scanner monitors are located.

They do so to catch a glimpse of some of the passengers entering the machine and immediately go back to view the naked images, in order to match the faces with the images since the faces are blurred on the monitors while passengers are inside the machine.

The face that appears on the scanner’s monitor is usually blurred so that the operator viewing the full body will not recognise who passes through the machine.

But by coming out to see the passenger in person and then going back to see his or her image, the objective of protecting the privacy of the passenger has been defeated.

But now the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) in separate statements faulted THISDAY's report, saying that the frame involved in the screening process would not make it possible for the monitoring officer to scan and at the same time come out to identify the person accessing the 3D full body scan.

"If you look at where those scanners are located, it is unreasonable for anybody to leave what he's doing at the screening and rush to compare the body or the face of the individual that pass through the machine. When you are monitoring, you can't see the person's full body, what you see is blood. It is when the person has some strange objects that the machine signals the part of the body where the objects are located. The monitor is 10 metres from the screening point and there's no way one can leave the control room to the screening center to go and look at anything. So the reports are not true" Said Mr. Akin Olukunle, GM, Public Affairs unit, Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria

Story by THISDAY

Zodafone Millionaire:President SEGUN ARINZE buys SUV

The actor was one of the lucky ones that new telecoomunications giant zodafone has just signed on their label.

Zodafone which will soon launch its product alongside its 13 nollywood ambassadors recently paid each signed on ambassador the sum of N20million each,being half payment for the two year contract they signed.

Those on the zodafone ambassadorial list include actors Olu Jacobs,Segun Arinze,Bimbo Akintola,Florence Onuma,keppy Ekpeyoung,Ngozi Ezeonu,Omonii Oboli,Alex Lopez,Amina Atairu,Sefiya Musa,Emma Ehunmadu,Uche Nwaezeapu,Chidi Mokeme,Hauwa Maina.

This is the SUV's 'Segun just bought with the first half he got.

zodafone will also sign on musicians but the deal has not been closed.


Check out Seguns car,no be small thing oh!

I’m single ‘cos I don’t want just any relationship - Lepacious Bose .

The name Lepacious Bose is not new to the comedy industry. The bulky, ‘voluminous’ and beautiful comedienne started comedy like child’s play during her days as an undergraduate at University of Ibadan. With seriousness and commitment, Bose has grown to become a formidable force to reckon with in the industry. Her size and jokes have combined to endear her to lovers of comedy. In this exclusive interview, she opened up on her foray into the industry, her failed acting ambition and the challenges associated with being a female comedian.
Excerpts:

Background
My full name is Abosede Olufunke Oseyemi Ogunkoye. Contrary to what people say, Ogunboye doesn’t mean I am from Ogun State. I am from Ondo State. Both of my parents are from Ondo State. I come from a small family and I am the last born. I studied Theatre Arts at University of Ibadan, and I went back to study Law. I was called to the Bar at the Nigeria Law School, Abuja.

As the last child of the family, you must have been over-pampered
No. When I was growing up, I was drilled and treated like my other siblings. I learnt how to talk faster. You have to fight for your rights, defend yourself and know what is due to you. I don’t think I was over-pampered. I got favour from my parents, but I wasn’t pampered. I was brought up like any other child.

You had a degree in Theatre Arts, and you decided to settle for comedy when you could have ended up as an actress.
I thought you are going to say that I abandoned my Law degree for comedy. As a Theatre Arts graduate, whether you dance, act or you are a comedian or whatever you choose to do, it is all part of the theatre art. You learn stagecraft. You learn how to study the audience and carry them along. So, I don’t think I abandoned Theatre Arts.

Is comedy part of Theatre Arts curriculum?
Comedy is part of Theatre Arts. It’s a fusion. It doesn’t stand on its own. It’s just that in Nigeria, comedy is a developing industry. That is why you can’t study comedy or would you want to study comedy. Believe me, I think a time is coming that comedy is going to be a course in the Theatre Arts degree programme in the university. As a matter of fact, I remember we actually studied comedy in Theatre Arts. It’s just that we didn’t study stand-up comedy. We study the history of comedy, how it all started and what-have-you. So it’s part of Theatre Arts.

After graduation, did you try your hands on any other thing?
When I finished school as a Theatre Arts graduate, I didn’t have the time to try my hands on anything. As soon as I graduated, I was back to school again for my Law degree. When I finished as a Theatre Arts graduate and came back in the pursuit of my Law degree, I tried my hands on some casting jobs and auditions. Generally, I don’t like Nollywood structures. I don’t like the policy of Nollywood, the face-to-face thing. I don’t think I am patient enough to cope in Nollywood and the way they do their stuff.

You don’t like the way Nollywood do their stuff, in what respect?
I don’t think I have the energy to go into what they do and how they do their stuff. It’s just that in those days, when I was going for these casting jobs, you read for a particular director and he praised you to high heaven “Oh, fantastic! You are so good. Where have you been? You are so talented. Bla bla bla.” They tell you they will get back to you. The next thing, you would be watching the movie or series on TV.

Were you schemed out?
I don’t know. I think it’s just because I don’t know the game. I don’t know what next to do after reading. Some people know what they are supposed to do after reading, maybe either you call the director, call the casting director, meet with somebody or know somebody somewhere. I didn’t know anybody. I wasn’t connected through anybody. All that happened was that I saw an advert somewhere calling for audition and I went, just like any other person. I did my own part and I left expecting to be contacted. All I am saying is that, there is something I am supposed to do after the audition that I didn’t do and I didn’t know anybody that could have informed me in that direction, unlike comedy. Comedy is a kind of welcoming hands, open hands, ready to welcome whoever wants to come in. Somehow, you meet somebody that believes in you. Somehow, the person uses you, keeps you and encourages you. A show comes where you perform and your talent is known. Somehow, somebody watches you and recommends you to someone else to use you and then you begin to move from there. Comedy is not complicated at all.

Before going further, you said earlier that you were not called after auditioning because you didn’t know anybody. Does it have to do with the sex-for-role syndrome in Nollywood?
I am not in Nollywood, so I don’t know about that rumour of sex-for-role. Even as at then, I didn’t know the rumour that was going on. I went for different auditions, commended and sat down to be called for a role which never came. You media people have a way of misquoting people. Tomorrow, it will be in the news that ‘Lepacious Bose said that Nollywood is…’. Let me emphasize it categorically that I have not said anything like that. What I said is this, after the audition, there must be something I was supposed to do, or maybe my performance wasn’t impressive. I graduated from Theatre Arts with flying colours, but I don’t know what they wanted. My point is that comedy is less complicated. You don’t need to know anybody in comedy. You just have to be talented. You just need a window of opportunity to display your talent. Once you get that window, things begin to fall in place, though you will not become a millionaire overnight. But things begin to fall in place unlike in Nollywood where your talent is dependent on somebody else, either be a director or the scriptwriter. It’s now I heard that they have a Guild of Actors, they have this and that. You don’t know which of them is genuine. Even if I want to act now, I don’t know what their process is. Better still, there is no process, except you really have a friend that is inside the industry that tells you how to go about it.

From your explanation, was it like you were frustrated out of Nollywood?
I wasn’t frustrated. I was just disappointed. You can’t say attending two or three auditions without success amounts to frustration. There must have been people that have gone for auditions at the same time I started. Some have gone for auditions ten or fifteen times, and today, they are doing fine. They must have made up their mind that “I must keep trying until I get there.” A colleague was telling me her experiences when she started and how she almost gave up. But today, she is a star. Maybe if I have had that patience to keep trying, it would have paid off. Nothing good comes easy, but I don’t have that patience.

What would be your reaction if a director or a producer wants you behind closed doors?
You are asking me that kind of question? As you are talking to me now, what do you think would have been my reaction?

I believe some desperate would-be-stars…
(Cuts-in) No, not some people, you are talking to me. The way you have been talking to me, and the way I have been answering you, do I look like that kind of person that would have accepted that offer?

You said, you were disappointed. So is it right to say you came into comedy out of the disappointment you experienced?
No. As at that time, I didn’t know comedy could be a career. All I knew was that I loved performing before large crowds. I was just after whatsoever that will put me on stage. I wasn’t really interested in what that thing might be. Right from when I was younger, I have always liked being on stage. That urge to always perform on stage is what was pushing me to those auditions. When you study Theatre Arts, you can be anything you want to be. It’s a versatile course. I don’t know about other schools, but University of Ibadan Theatre Arts degree programme equips you to be whatever you want to be. I could have been involved in cultural dance. I could have been anything I wanted to be within the Theatre Arts profession.

At what point did you begin to take comedy seriously?
I have always been a comedian. It’s just that I didn’t know that comedy could be a profession. It was just something I was doing right from when I was at University of Ibadan. I was part of a group called Zakomenia Organization, a comedy group which normally organized shows when I was at the university. After the graduation of my brother who was the anchorman, I was contacted to be the new anchorman. I told them I couldn’t be anchor because I don’t know how to go about it. But they insisted it was my brother that was anchoring it, so why can’t I do the same? Since we are of the same parents, there must be madness in our blood. The first time I went on stage, really, was a mad experience. I was high. I was so happy and excited. It was like this is what I was born to do. It became something that we did every semester. I was growing even in the campus environment. Almost everybody knew about me. I didn’t even have a stage name then…

(cuts-in) You didn’t have a stage name then, so when did you start answering the name Lepacious Bose?
As at that time, there was no need for a stage name. I was just Bose. In fact, I wasn’t even using Bose, which was funny. At that time, I was trying to differentiate my personal life from my stage life. So I used my second name which was Funke. I was well-recognized and well-appreciated. So that was how I started. When I graduated from Law School, I came to Lagos. I was called for a show where I performed. All this while, I was still Bose until some guys called from Ghana looking for me to perform at their event. They said they wanted Funke. Most comedians knew me as Bose, so they were trying to describe me. I felt I have gotten to a point where I needed a stage name, and as at then, most of my friends always called me “Orobo” and I always replied them, na me bi Lepa now, na una bi Orobo. So it wasn’t something that I sat down and said, I want to start comedy and this is the stage name I want to use. Everything just fell into place naturally.

Is it right to say comedy picked up?
I have already said that. I do tell people that I didn’t discover comedy, comedy discovered me. It was just that God gave me that talent and the talent brought me out.

Were you paid as an anchor for Zakomenia?
Oh! Zakomenia was crazy! All I ever got then after the show was one or two bottles of coke. And I had to fight to get even the one bottle.

Seems like a whole lot of fun
I don’t know whether it was fun, but it was crazy. But after a while, when I started anchoring, they started packaging something worthwhile for me that I can hold on to.

So how much was your first pay?
My first pay was N100, N80 or something. It was a lot of money then.

When was that?
Oh! That was a long time ago. It was around 1994.

But when you came to Lagos, there must have been some people who helped you to rise in your career as a comedian
I don’t know before now. Me, I be mumu o. I am telling you the truth. Even when I came to Lagos and I heard about how comedians are charging N200,000 or N300,000 for a show, I was surprised and I was like, “Are they mad? What are they saying? Is it not what I am saying that they are saying?” That is why I keep saying that when I came in, I didn’t know that comedy was an industry. I didn’t know that there were people doing it professionally. All I knew was that there was one guy called Ali Baba. Apart from him, I don’t think I heard of any other person.

Not even Mandy?
No, I didn’t hear all these names. All I heard was that there are some guys organizing Night of a Thousand Laughs and they are paying people o. Now, they are charging N200,000 for wedding events and all that. And I was saying to myself, ‘Ordinary wedding event that I can even anchor without collecting money from anybody? Is it not the same jokes we’re cracking? And I am even funnier than some of them’. That was my thinking back then. So, when I came to Lagos and I keep hearing these sayings, all I was asking was, “When are they having this show? Where is this show taking place? Who are the people behind it?” I just needed to understand what these shows were all about until I went to perform at one event where I met Owen G, Koffi and Julius Agwu. At that time, I was already hearing those names. So after my performance, it was like, “Oh! You are fantastic! Where have you been?”

Which particular event was that?
In fact, I can’t even remember the name of that event. Owen G, Koffi and Julius Agwu were all invited, too. The person never paid me, neither did he pay Owen G nor Koffi, but if he paid Julius, I don’t know. The person is still owing us, if you know what I mean. But I believe the person who put that event together did it for me, Koffi and Owen G to meet because that was how it all started. The day I met Owen G, the story changed.

How do you come about your jokes?
I don’t even know. Before now, I said I draw my jokes from my personal experience and the society. The truth is that these jokes just come from God. The Bible says that there is a spirit in a man that gives him understanding which is the inspiration of God. Inspiration comes from almighty God. I have noticed that when I start jokes with God, I mean when God and I are connected, everything comes naturally.

What are some of the challenging moments?
As a comedian, you are responsible to your audience. There are certain jokes that you drop that will make people roll on the floor with laughter. And there are times you hear some comedians say they forget their jokes. It does not mean they don’t have jokes, but it’s just that they forget the jokes at that particular time. When you have performed for a particular crowd before, and you want to perform for them again, you want to say new things and not the old jokes they have heard before. As a comedian, if you forget your jokes, you can always fall back on your old jokes.

What is your opinion about jokes’ piracy currently rocking the industry?
In every industry, there is a lot of competition. In the comedy industry, there is no structure, there is no law, there are no rules that say this is what is to be done and this is what not to be done. There is nobody and no stipulation. So how can you lay claim to a joke and say this joke is mine?

Has any fellow comedian used your jokes and how did you feel?
How will you feel if you have a joke and you hear a fellow comedian cracking that joke before an audience, and you are in the audience? Comedy is not something that you just stand up and start talking. Before going on stage, you must have arranged the jokes in an order in which you intend to crack them. So if somebody cracked one of those jokes, he or she has already destabilised your arrangement.

Have you ever been to an event and felt intimidated by the presence of your male colleagues?
That has never happened to me. Forget it! To be intimidated because they are male? No. I am never intimidated. I am overwhelmed by the fact that certain comedians will be there and that will now make me assemble more materials to match them on stage. Not whether they are male or female. In comedy, we don’t have female comedians. We are all men. Na una dey call them male or female comedians. When we are all together, you will know that we are all men.

Tracing the origin of female comedians, who do you think started it, Mandy, Princess or you?
Ahhh! That one no bi question at all. Mandy was the first woman to break into comedy fifteen years ago. Ah! That question answered itself. Mandy has been in this business for over fifteen years. When did Princess start? Even me, I started before Princess. It’s just that Princess got the recognition before me because she started in Lagos. I started comedy at the University of Ibadan way back 1994. Where was Princess then? But Ibadan is not like Lagos. Before I graduated and came to Lagos, nobody knew me. She started at Unilag, people saw her and from there, she got the quick recognition.

What about Najite Dede, you started before her?
Najite Dede and I attended U.I. together. Najite wasn’t a comedian when she was in U.I. So Najite can’t say she started comedy before Mandy ither. But between Princess and Najite, I can’t even tell you who started first. As I said earlier, I didn’t even know the men who were into comedy then, it was the women that I knew. Who started it, to me, doesn’t even matter. It’s how far you will go that matters. Even if I know, I wouldn’t even answer it. All I know is that somebody started it. Even when I was in U.I, Mandy had the Beach Jamz Show which was her own personal show. Ahhh! I can’t disrespect somebody like that o.

Would you then say that you looked up to her?
I didn’t look up to her. I just recognized the fact that she was in the business. Because when I started, it was just a joke. It wasn’t something that I thought I was going to do. It’s not like now that people know who Lepacious Bose is. Who Princess is and who Mandy is. All you see on TV is one girl jumping on stage. You can only look up to somebody when you follow the person’s footsteps and say this is what I wanted to do and this is who I want to be like. I didn’t really follow her. I am answering your question as regards where I started from. All I know is that when I was in school, Mandy had already started comedy.

Are you married?
I am very much single. I believe my fans know that because most of my jokes revolve around marriage and relationships. So, my fans will definitely tell you that I am single.

But you are in a relationship?
That is a private thing. I don’t discuss my relationship on the pages of national newspapers.

Now that you are in a relationship…
(Cuts-in) I didn’t say I am in a relationship or not in a relationship. That information, I told you, is not for the press.

You are on the big side. Has it ever been of a disadvantage to you?
It’s been of disadvantage so many times. I have come out of it. I am good at it. I am comfortable with my weight and I am okay with it.

In what ways has it been of a disadvantage to you?
Generally, there is the belief that when you are big, you are not smart. They don’t expect you to act like any other human being. But I have put that behind me. I have created a brand with being big. I have created a career with being big. It has worked for me. It’s not like before when I do complain about my size “Oh, I am too big. I will kill myself, oh…!”

If you are not in a relationship, how have you been able to cope without a man. I believe there are times that you will long for the touch of a man?
It’s easy to stay without men. Maybe the question you are asking me is living without men after being married or growing up without a man?

No, staying alone without a man all this while.
Okay! It’s easy, em em em, if you are somebody that doesn’t want to jump into any kind of relationship. Or you want a particular kind of relationship, then you have to wait.

How does it feel not feeling the touch of a man for a long time?
It’s not a good feeling for anybody, be it a man or a woman. Even for a man who has five girlfriends, you will still have that feeling for that particular one that can understand you and connect with you. Everybody needs that connection. There is nobody that doesn’t need that connection.

My encounter with a lesbian –Singer Mocheddah

a widely-travelled social scientist was ever in need of having a long conversation with a gorgeous young lady constantly bursting at the seams with enough talent and adrenalin to sustain three life spans, then without batting an eyelid, delectable singer and Nigerian-based entertainer, Ola Modupe a. k. a Mocheddah would instantly fit the bill.

Presently in her 3rd year at the University of Lagos (UNILAG) where she studies Creative Arts, Mocheddah raps, dances, sings and is always eager to explore new grounds.

Given her appetite for adventures and trying out new thing, many would naturally expect her to have tons of experience and moments in her memory bank and she didn't disappoint when she recently revealed in an interview with NFC, how she was once cornered by a lesbian and how she eventually wriggled her way out of the sexually-deviant situation.

“Yes! I was walking down the road and a girl just stopped me and said 'Hi.' She said I looked pretty and I thanked her for the compliment. All of a sudden, she began telling me that she doesn't stay far from where we met. I didn't suspect anything and even told her I didn't stay far away either. She suddenly began telling me she likes me and other sweet things and that's when the alarm bells started to ring in my head.

I was just 15 years old back then. I wasn't scared but I was shocked and I just took off before she went further with her sweet yarns.”
Mocheddah who hails from Osun State also spoke about her career, her 7-year-old affinity with popular entertainment outfit, record label and music group, 'Knight House,' her singles and how she survived her early tom-boy tendencies.

At a time when grown men and women still work hard and pray harder to find and latch onto a reputable record label, Mocheddah had everything going for her when she was just 12 years old. “I think my career started in front of the mirror. I loved standing in front of the mirror and I would just stand there and practise a lot of dance steps as I saw them in musical videos. I loved music and I always grasped things easily and then I met Knight House (which consists of Aderogba, Temi Gomez, Lanre Oladimeji, Sabre and there's our new intern. He's been with us for over a year now and then there's Mocheddah) at a very young age, which was a good thing. I met them when I was 12 years old. I became their baby sister and they started grooming me. I think that was when I mastered the art of doing everything because as young as I was, I would listen to rap music.”

As pretty as she is, Mocheddah appeared to have a sprinkle of the 'tom-boy personality' within her and this much she affirmed when she narrated how her brother initiated her into the world of a tom-boy and how her fondness for her brother further unveiled the boy in her.
“I became a tom boy because my brother was always with me. I'm the fourth of five children. I have an elder sister, another sister then a brother, then me, then my younger sister. I was very close to my brother and he always had a lot of guy friends around and for some strange reason, I was attached to my brother. My sisters were too busy trying to look beautiful but my brother was always there for me. He used to use me to practice wrestling moves. He was obsessed with wrestling. I was always a victim of all the deadly wrestling moves; like the Figure 4 leglock, Didity, Piledrivers, submission holds and many other finishing moves and he used to use me for all these moves. I was his playmate and I used to hang out a lot with him and his friends. Before I knew it, I became a tom boy. My brother was a big rap fan. He loved P Diddy and I wanted to impress him kind of. I dressed, talked, walked and felt like a boy. I was strong. I used to climb things.
I was a tom boy for years. I would wear my face cap, baggy jeans and even sag. I was a bully. I was terrible because I was a big time tom boy and then later, I started liking boys and all that. I went into the Beyonce thing and I got girly. I also used to do a lot of role-playing like the different celebrities that I watched. I would do P Diddy today, BIG the next day and Destiny child the day after. I even used to dress like them and work on their moves in front of the mirror.”

With a reputation that smacked of fights, one begins to wonder if Mocheddah ever went as far as beating boys and she responded to the question when she said, “Ah! I said I was a bully to the core. There was nobody I couldn't beat in school. I was too strong for my peers and most of them just avoided me because I beat everybody. I even did Taekwondo for a while. When I fought back then, I didn't fight the way girls fight dragging and pulling each other. I used to punch and kick with unbelievable precision and force.”

Her life as a tom-boy however drew to an end when she was 13 years old. “It ended when I was 13 years old. I became a girl but I still had those tom boy traits buried deep in me. I still had the 'Look at me before you talk - Are you okay?' kind of attitude. The girl in me eventually came out and I became a girlie girl. I had friends that were girly as well. I started liking boys too. However, till date, I'm not a conventional girl. I'm very blunt.”

Interestingly, she was nominated at the 2010 Hip Hop World Awards and she expressed her excitement at the feat. “It was a good thing. We didn't win. I wanted us to win but we didn't win but it didn't really change anything anyway because having a nomination at the biggest music award in Nigeria was huge. To be nominated along was an achievement. Anybody would have won.

Is Mocheddah in a relationship at the moment? “Naaah! I don't like talking about that. I'll rather keep that under wraps.”

She worked with Otelo of Knight House for her single, 'If You Want Me,' which was dropped in September 2009 and has been receiving massive airplay and she talks about the song and others. “The song is about you not changing people; not changing your friends, you not changing your family, you not changing who you love, you not changing your boyfriend. That's my belief. I dropped 'Uncensored' but I didn't drop it officially. I also dropped 'Shampoo' with Chuddy K. For my album, I'm working with just two people. I'm working with Willy Band and Chuddy K. I didn't want to work with a lot of people on the album because I want it to be all about me. I'm saving all the collaborations for the next album. Right now, I want to show people who Mocheddah is.”

She also gave thumbs up to Ashionye and the rest of the Girl Power team for being gentle with her and teaching her so much even in such a short time. “Ashionye and the others were all mothers to me. We were camped and we never ran out of things to do and I learnt so much. The stages we used were world class. There was a band. Most of all, it was fun. Nyore, Nikky Laoye, Ashionye and Bibi taught me so many things. I learnt too much; even how to use the microphone. I went o different places; Benin, Ibadan and related with different people. They were open with me and they all loved me deeply and I equally loved them deeply. It was a wonderful event and I hope we do it again.”

WHO WEARS WHAT TO OMOTOLA’s ALBUM LAUNCH

Gist about Omotola's album launch you wont get anywhere else. Exclusive to you from NFC/Bigsam Media

Omotola's Charity Album Launch in Fantasy Land

It was an all-round societal class affair on September 26th, at Omotola Jalade Ekeinde’s second day event of album launch. The charity event, held at FantasyLand, Ikoyi was free for all Omotola’s fans and was one event that her fans and friends will not forget in a jiffy.

Launching the crowd into what to expect from the A-list event was upcoming comedian, Marvelous who reeled out rib cracking jokes to the delight of the audience who could not help but laugh to his very funny jokes that centered on his life as a poor boy.

The event which had the support of companies like , Sweet Sensation, 12 baskets and international organizations like UNICEF (United Nations Children Fund) etc saw Omotola pledge 10 percent of her gross earnings from the album to charity. The event was however not just about giving as guests had time to have fun grooving to the music of established music stars like Sound Sultan, Kore of Olori Oko fame and Asha. Other upcoming artists also performed at the event.

However, Omotola’s first day launch which was held at the Eko Hotels and Suites on 24th September, had the best of society in attendance with eminent Nigerians like Aremo and Yeye Olusegun Osoba, Senator Ita-Giwa, Abba Folawuyo, Eyimofe and Dorothy Atake, Erelu Dosunmu, Grace Egbagbe, Dr soleye, Stella Damasus, Chidi Mokeme , Guy and Loraine Murray-Bruce, Zizi cardow, Dele Momodu, Prof Pat Utomi, Freeze, Alli Baba and wife, Zik Zulu Okafor, Mr. Wanle Akinboboye, Sasha, Taofik Okoya, Munachi Abii, DJ Jimmy Jatt and other prominent personalities gracing the event.

Omotola’s two day album launch event has proven that the award-winning actress has finally been accepted into the music world as great music stars like Tuface, Omawunmi, Kefee, Yemi sax, Jimmy Jatt, Sasha, Sound Sultan, Mike Aremu stormed this event as Omotola debut with her Band.\

‘My German Embassy lover impregnated me and fled’

Delta State-born Rose Gabriel is heart-broken and feels like a ship abandoned in mid-sea. Her pathetic story could however be a lesson to other Nigerian girls who frolic with expatriates in the country because of the lure of the filthy lucre.

Narrating her experience to our correspondent during a visit to our office in Lagos, Rose recounted how she met and fell for a German named Ferdinand Evers. What she thought was love made in heaven later turned awry when he dumped her after getting her pregnant. Now she is carrying a four-month-old white baby, Gabriela, whose father has disappeared into thin air.

Twenty-nine-year-old Rose had met 41 year-old Ferdinand, a consular attaché with the Consulate-General of Germany, Walter Carrington Street, Lagos, early last year at a wedding in Lagos where the latter professed love to her.

Before long, the sweet-talking German proposed to her, and believing that he was serious she agreed to marry him. But Rose still had her doubts as she suspected her suitor was keeping away some things from her. According to her, “Ferdinand never allowed me to get very close. All I knew about him was that he had a son, but not married. He never agreed that we stay in the embassy. He told me he wanted us to rent an apartment as he wanted to settle down in Nigeria.”

Trouble begins
In December 2009, she requested for money from Ferdinand to enable her travel to Port Harcourt for the Christmas holidays. He gave her some money for the trip, but unknown to her, Ferdinand had perfected plans to dump her as he secretly kept a fleet of girls. “It was during that journey I noticed I was pregnant. I phoned to tell him and at first he did not believe me. He told me to go for a pregnancy test, which I did and confirmed to him,” she said.

But Rose said she was shocked when Ferdinand allegedly told her to abort the pregnancy, as he was not ready for marriage at that point. “I told him that was not possible, but he began begging and telling me he was not quite ready yet. I finally agreed and went to a doctor, who told me that N150,000 will be required for the abortion. When I told Ferdinand, he simply replied that abortion could not cost so much.
“We argued over the amount and after a while, he stopped picking my calls.

The day he finally did, he gave the phone to a friend, a Nigerian who called me a liar and thief who wanted to frame him up and get money by trick. He had said that an abortion won’t cost more than N10,000,” she said. Determined to prove she was not lying, Rose vowed to keep the pregnancy. By the time Ferdinand came to see her, four months had gone. She therefore rejected the money he brought, as she was not sure an abortion was safe anymore. But she said Ferdinand insisted on her aborting the pregnancy but refused to go with her to the doctors.

Police intimidation
Ferdinand apparently changed tactics when his several appeal to Rose failed. He decided to apply some force to intimidate her. One day, a police lady, said to be his friend, warned Rose to leave Ferdinand alone. The two of them had invited her to a private building on Victoria Island in Lagos where he reportedly told her that he wanted to pay her off.

“I decided to play along and I told him to pay N50 million. But he said it was too much. Finally, he reluctantly agreed to pay N10 million,” Rose said, but added that he refused to do anything about it.
During the second round of negotiation, which now involved her lawyer, Ferdinand began to sing a different tune, claiming he was not responsible for the pregnancy. He was said to have come to the meeting with a lawyer, who later reportedly invited the police to arrest her. She was taken to the Panti Police Station, where they both wrote statements and asked to return the next week. During her next visit, a police officer advised to take the matter to a civil court.

Shortly after, Ferdinand invited her again so that they could “settle the matter once and for all.” Then she was in Warri. It was when she went to the bank to withdraw money to travel to Lagos to meet him that another trouble started for her. At the bank, she was told there was an alert on her account instructing that she be arrested.

“I was surprised and asked them what the matter was. All they said was that I would soon find out. They took me to the Enerhen Police Station where I was detained with my eight-month-old pregnancy. The next day, the DCO told me that Ferdinand paid N100,000 into my account following kidnap threats from me. I said I was not aware, and that if he did, it must be in respect of money to take care of his unborn child.”
Rose said she was detained for four days before she was transferred to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) in Ikeja, Lagos State. By the time she was released, her lawyer advised her to take her case to Interpol as the matter involved an expatriate.

“Despite all I have done, Interpol, like SCID, has done nothing. They told me that they have sent my case to Abuja but the CP (Commissioner of Police) refused to sign the letter. When a police officer told me that as a security person Ferdinand could have talked to the big people in the police and I could not get justice, I got fed up.”

Drama at the Consulate
Frustrated beyond measure, Rose accompanied by a reporter had gone to the German Consulate in Lagos a few weeks ago. Even there, she met a very hostile Nigerian security guard, who insisted she produced a letter before she could be allowed into the consulate. When he refused to budge, Rose began to cry. She stood in the rain with the white baby strapped to her back and wept uncontrollably as she moved towards the gate. As if little Gabriela knew what was happening, she too began to cry.

Then a jeep with Germans in it pulled up in front of the gate and the black security guards went to drag her off to let them drive in. One of them, a female, pulled at her shirt and tore it in the process. There was a scuffle, but the Germans simply drove in without a care. But, some sympathetic staff among them told her to go and seek justice outside as they were not sure the German embassy would do anything if she had no help from a strong human rights group.

A friend of Ferdinand, who preferred anonymity, however told our reporter at the consulate that Rose’s estranged lover had been sacked because of his excesses, especially with women.

“Ferdinand had a wife in Germany and could not have married in Nigeria. Due to other sex scandals connected to him, the consulate deemed it fit to send him home. She is not the only one he offended sexually,” the source said.

Rose has however taken her case before human rights groups and is soliciting their assistance.
“I’m a Nigerian citizen and I have my rights. No Nigerian will try this in Germany and get away with it. I will not allow them to ride me in my own country. I appeal to all Nigerians of goodwill and human rights groups to come to my aid,” she lamented.