Nollywood Actress Chika Ike: I Can Only Marry A Man That Will Make Me Happy
Nollywood actress Chika Ike, has revealed that she is set to marry again once the ideal man walks up to her.
According to the brand Ambassador of energy drink, ‘Bullet,’ who was once married to Tony Eberiri in 2006 before they officially got divorced in 2013, said that she was once a victim of domestic violence when she married and almost lost her life in the process.
“I don’t want to talk about the divorce because it is already in the past and I have since moved on. I am still open to marriage and I might give it a second shot because I believe in love. For now, I am most concerned with my own happiness”.
Speaking about the high rate at which celebrities' marriage are crashing, Chika said: “Celebrities also make mistakes. I don’t think they have a bad time combining their successful careers and managing the home front or their marriages on the side.”
“All the talk about some men being afraid to walk up to a female celebrity and ask her out does not make sense to me. Any man that cannot walk up to me and toast me is not manly enough. I don’t have a long list or criteria for my ideal man. All I want is that he must make me happy.”
According to the brand Ambassador of energy drink, ‘Bullet,’ who was once married to Tony Eberiri in 2006 before they officially got divorced in 2013, said that she was once a victim of domestic violence when she married and almost lost her life in the process.
“I don’t want to talk about the divorce because it is already in the past and I have since moved on. I am still open to marriage and I might give it a second shot because I believe in love. For now, I am most concerned with my own happiness”.
Speaking about the high rate at which celebrities' marriage are crashing, Chika said: “Celebrities also make mistakes. I don’t think they have a bad time combining their successful careers and managing the home front or their marriages on the side.”
“All the talk about some men being afraid to walk up to a female celebrity and ask her out does not make sense to me. Any man that cannot walk up to me and toast me is not manly enough. I don’t have a long list or criteria for my ideal man. All I want is that he must make me happy.”
‘Bottom Belle’ Crooner Omawumi Turns Farmer
Former Nigerian Idols star and wave making artiste, Omawumi Boma Megbele, who has stamped her feet in the Nigerian music industry, has decided to diversify into agriculture just as the Koko Master D’Banj, did some weeks back.
Currently working on ONE.org’s theme song project ‘Cocoa na Chocolate’, the singer said she joined the campaign for agriculture to be revived in Africa because it used to be the continent’s source of income before the discovery of oil.
“I have always been into agriculture; my father has a 25-hectare land in Ubeji, in the outskirts of Warri. While I grew up, I used to go to the farm and we used to process cassava. I can make garri; I mean uprooting the cassava, the whole process of extraction and frying it. I can do it effortlessly same thing with fufu and tapioca. I am actively involved in agriculture because I grew in the farm.
“Everything we use is actually from agriculture especially most of the make-up women use. I am a part of the project because I believe we need to be actively involved in agriculture, especially the youths. They see agriculture as something that is ‘uncool’ meanwhile it could create employment for a lot of them. I wonder why someone would rather go to a supermarket to buy chicken at a price you could use to buy some chicks, rare them and after a while, you have lots of chicken for your consumption,” she said.
It would be recalled that recently, Nigerian musical superstar, D’banj, who joined other eminent Nigerians during a campaign to advocate for better investment in agriculture had said that the campaign is in line with the African Union declaration of 2014 as the year of agriculture and food security.
Currently working on ONE.org’s theme song project ‘Cocoa na Chocolate’, the singer said she joined the campaign for agriculture to be revived in Africa because it used to be the continent’s source of income before the discovery of oil.
“I have always been into agriculture; my father has a 25-hectare land in Ubeji, in the outskirts of Warri. While I grew up, I used to go to the farm and we used to process cassava. I can make garri; I mean uprooting the cassava, the whole process of extraction and frying it. I can do it effortlessly same thing with fufu and tapioca. I am actively involved in agriculture because I grew in the farm.
“Everything we use is actually from agriculture especially most of the make-up women use. I am a part of the project because I believe we need to be actively involved in agriculture, especially the youths. They see agriculture as something that is ‘uncool’ meanwhile it could create employment for a lot of them. I wonder why someone would rather go to a supermarket to buy chicken at a price you could use to buy some chicks, rare them and after a while, you have lots of chicken for your consumption,” she said.
It would be recalled that recently, Nigerian musical superstar, D’banj, who joined other eminent Nigerians during a campaign to advocate for better investment in agriculture had said that the campaign is in line with the African Union declaration of 2014 as the year of agriculture and food security.
Stella Damasus, Daniel Ademinokan Premiere New Film In US
The flick was premiered last Friday in New York, United States of America (USA). The rumoured lovebirds have been in the US for some time now.
'When Is It Enough' was written by Stella, while Daniel directed the film.
Daniel was once married to Doris Simeon, who is also an actress, but their union crashed few years ago. Stella was once married to Jaiye Aboderin until the man died some years ago.
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NFC Celebrates Nollywood’s Seasoned Actress Joke Silva 'The Pride of Motherhood
Veteran actress and director Joke Silva fondly dubbed the “Silva’ lining of the Nigerian film and entertainment industry, is an award winning Nigerian actress, with a successful and influential career which has spanned well over 3 decades. A talented writer, director, producer and performer, Joke is renowned for the memorable roles she has played both off and on screen. Her award winning career is rivaled by few and respected by many.
Joke Silva, born 29 September 1961, in Lagos, Nigeria, into a family of four children. She attended Holy Child College in Lagos, after which she studied English at the University of Lagos. She then relocated to England and studied drama at the Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art in London.
Joke Silva and Olu Jacobs are presently the “Mr. and Mrs Nollywood”, the couple are regarded as the most professional and most experienced in the movie industry today. Olu Jacobs and Joke Silva met at the casting of Wole Soyinka’s novel – Jero’s metamorphosis at the National Theater during the 21st independence anniversary of Nigeria.
From the first day they met, they have become love-stocked and inseparable till now. Joke Silva has appeared in many movies and soap operas, the most popular among these are; secret laughter of women, letters to a stranger, 30 days, The Amazing grace, and white waters.
Joke Silva is presently a United Nation Ambassador and she also has several endorsements cut across all major industries in Nigeria.
Joke’s film credits include Secret Laughter of Women where she starred alongside Nia Long and Colin Firth (’97), Twins of the Rainforest (’98); video, Violated (1995), The Kingmaker (2002, which was produced and distributed by the Lufodo Group), Brave Heart (2003), Owuro Lojo (’93) and in theatre, Jero’s Metamorphosis (’81), The Sisters (2002), The King Must Dance Naked (’93), A Husband’s Wife (2003), Shylock (2004), A Past Came Calling (2004), Little Drops (produced by Lufodo Productions in 2010), For Colored Girls (2011) to mention a few. She also wrote, directed and produced ‘The Drummer Boy’, ‘Footprints’, ‘Digging for Gold’ and ‘Jonah’.
Joke Silva has received several awards, some of which include the Best Actress at the African Movie Academy Awards (AMAA) in 2006 for the movie, Women’s Cot and the Best Supporting Actress for her role in the movie ‘White Waters’ in 2008. She also received the EMOTAN Award by African Independent Television (AIT) as well as a SOLIDRA Award for Visual Art.
Aside from her career as a performer, Joke has been able to find an entrepreneurial outlet for herself ; she and Olu Jacobs own Lufodo Group, which encompasses Lufodo productions, Lufodo Academy of Performing Arts, Lufodo Consult, and Lufodo Distribution.
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Budding Singer, NonnyD Dreams Fally Ipupa Collabo, Shoots New Video With SolidStar
Chukwunonso Dominion Ebene, popularly known as NonnyD, is
one promising act making waves in the Southeast region of Nigeria.
The Enugu State-born musical artiste, who currently resides in Lagos, having relocated to the ‘aquatic city’, released his first single ‘Off The Ground’ in the year 2012 and thereafter dropped a self produced club banger, ‘No Going Away’ in 2009.
In 2012, the Bluesky Entertainment first son collaborated with Highlife superstar, Wizboy, on his single ‘Your Photo’, and then in 2013, released a hit banger and his latest tune ‘Sade’, which he featured popular Afro-pop act, Solidstar on the remix.
In an exclusive chat with him at the scene of the video shoot of ‘Sade Remix’, produced and directed by Aje Filmworks (the director of Davido’s ‘Aye’), the hip-life act shares the journey of his music career, family, lifestyle and also opens up on his relationship with Solidstar.
The Enugu State-born musical artiste, who currently resides in Lagos, having relocated to the ‘aquatic city’, released his first single ‘Off The Ground’ in the year 2012 and thereafter dropped a self produced club banger, ‘No Going Away’ in 2009.
In 2012, the Bluesky Entertainment first son collaborated with Highlife superstar, Wizboy, on his single ‘Your Photo’, and then in 2013, released a hit banger and his latest tune ‘Sade’, which he featured popular Afro-pop act, Solidstar on the remix.
In an exclusive chat with him at the scene of the video shoot of ‘Sade Remix’, produced and directed by Aje Filmworks (the director of Davido’s ‘Aye’), the hip-life act shares the journey of his music career, family, lifestyle and also opens up on his relationship with Solidstar.
Can you tell us who you are?
Actually, it is me, myself and I, Nonso is for Nonny, and D stands for Dominion, my other name. I am from the Ibo tribe, ‘na-ata abacha na anu-nshi’ (I eat the Igbo African salad and bush meat).
What is your genre of music?
I do hip-life song and my latest song, ‘Sade’, is hip-life. It was termed high-life in the olden days and hip-life in our modern day where certain things are in-fused. It is not a pure highlife, but I am definitely going to be bringing the Igbo thing and flavour in my style of music.
Who listen to your kind of music?
I am marketing everybody and targeting everybody in the market. A lot of people these days love and enjoy high-life song, high-life is where music is.
How true is that
I have a proof to it, should I start calling out names?
Yea
I don’t want to call too many names, but Fela is an example, Osadebe is another, Oliver De Coque, and when you bring it down to our generation, there are the likes of Wizboy and Flavour. Most of all these artistes that do more of party songs are now bringing it home to highlife. This is because they have come to understand and feel that highlife is an evergreen genre of music.
How has your song with SolidStar faired?
I made the remix of ‘Sade’ song with Solidstar last year, I dropped the song in August and it has been doing so well, it’s been making hits in the market.
What is the relationship between you and Solidstar?
When I met him, I told him I would want him to be on one of my songs amongst the two I brought to him. He listened to the first song, and he asked for the other to be played, and then said, ‘Nonny, give me this song (the second song), let us work on this song. This is the kind of song I like doing, songs that have rhythm’. I was like seriously? He answered yes!
Looking at your hairdo, were you inspired by Solidstar’s hairstyle?
No, there is nothing like Solidstar in my hair. Solidstar wears dreads, while mine is little bit of braids and Mohawk; it is a different trend on my own.
Are you currently signed to any record label?
No, I am not. I run my own label called Bluesky Entertainment. It is my own and I have a manager called Target Ogadinmma, we co-run the label together, more like a co-business. I am not signed to any record label for now.
Would you be ready to grab another offer?
Yes. And apart from having the passion for music, you still want the money. If I get a better offer, I could go for it. But, music is my passion.
Is this your first single?
No. I dropped an album in 2009 with Toplinks Music when I was still in the group and we were still growing. Actually, it was more like a demo album. After then, in 2012, I dropped a single ‘Off The Ground’ and shot the video then, it made waves.
Who are the artistes you wish to collabo with?
Well, apart from the Nigerian artistes, I am looking up to working with Fally Ipupa on the remix of a song I am currently working on, probably in the next three months after ‘Sade remix’ video drops, my next song will be released.
When did your music career start?
It started in 2005, not professionally though. I started professionally in 2009 and dropped an album then. In 2011, I signed out from the label (Toplinks). In 2012, I dropped a new single which is ‘Off The Ground’ and it turned up well.
Where are you presently based?
I was formerly based in the East (Enugu), but I now live in Lagos.
What is your fashion style?
I like the local ‘Ankara’ style. I am not too good with corporate wears, but you would catch me on some days wearing it. I love casuals too, I am a casual person. My hairstyle is my brand.
What is your family background?
I am the second child from a family of five.
Are you married or in a relationship?
Nooo. I’m not in a relationship.
So how do you handle female fans?
I treat them well, they give me love and I reciprocate.
What should be expected from you in the future?
Yeah, apart from being ‘badder’ in my music business, I am going to be very big in Africa, in the world, strictly as a musician with my music.
What other things would you like to be identified with?
I am an emotional type; everything that happens around me inspires me.
What message do you have for your fans?
To all of my fans, keep looking up for me, I will never disappoint. I want them more than they want me and I pray to almighty God to keep them for me. I love them more than they love me; I cherish them more than they do.
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Sean Tizzle’s Official Video’ Kilogbe’ Hits Airwaves In April
He is popularly called Sean Tizzle but his real name is Morinhafen Oluwaseun. He rose from oblivion into commercial success with his hit track, Shole.
The Nigerian award winning act has just dropped an official video of 'Kilogbe', directed by Sesan Ogunro. Also, Sean Tizzle‘s fourth single off his ‘The Journey’ album is expected to be released in April 2014.
According to reports, the video of the song, which is already becoming disc jockeys favorite, was shot in city of Johannesburg.
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Oritse Femi, Family At War Over Father’s Burial
The Delta State born act, who just started gaining unprecedented fame lately, following the release of his new hit album titled, ‘Double Wahala’, stated in an interview on Tuesday, that his father’s burial will be taking place March, but had no time to spend with the family for the preparations.
According to him, the burial plans are on the way, but has not been actively involved because of the numerous shows which has been penned down already.
It would be recalled that Oritse femi’s father was aged 62 years, we were told, didn’t show any sign of ill-health before he became suddenly ill, but later died at the hospital he was rushed to.
Egberi Papa 1 of Bayelsa and The Dutty Man of Jamaica Set To Collaborate.
We’re in the era of international collabos. Everyone is on it these days, so when we heard Timaya and Sean Paul were jumping on a track together, we were excited but not entirely surprised. Putting Timaya and Sean Paul on the Bam Bam Remix (or Bum Bum remix) will do some serious wonders for the song.
The video is currently being shot, and we expect that the single and video will drop around the same time. It’s something to definitely look out for. Egberi Papa 1 of Bayelsa and Dutty Man of Jamaica. Got to sharpen your eyes to enjoy this one well…. and ladies? Get ready to put them hips on auto vibrate.
Father's Death Forced Ronke Oshodi Oke To Return To Nigeria
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| Ronke Ojo A.k.a. Ronke Oshodi with Baby |
For many months after her childbirth in the United States of America (USA), popular Yoruba actress, Ronke Ojo well known as Ronke Oshodi Oke, has remained in the Barak Obama led country.
It was almost being speculated by some mischief makers that she was stranded in America, which was why she couldn't return to Nigeria to let her husband to see his child.
But we have now found out why after many months away in America, Ronke decided to bring her baby to Nigeria for her hubby to see.
We reliably gathered that while the well-endowed actress was in America, her father reportedly fell sick. Two days later, he died. The news got to her, she was devastated by it and was left with no other option than to rush to Nigeria to see to the burial arrangements of her late dad.
Ronke Oshodi Oke, as we learnt, would not have returned earlier than she did if not for the unfortunate incident.
Source: Nigeriafilms
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