Odunlade Adekola and English movies

The winner of the Yoruba Movie Academy Awards, Odunlade Adekola, wastes no time in telling his critics that he is not eager to accept a role in any Nollywood movie shot in English.

According to Adekola Odunlade ,

And to those who imagine that he has been shying away from such films because of his little knowledge of English, he replies, “That is not true. Contrary to what you think, I have appeared in two English language movies that have not been released. Soon, I will proceed on a location for yet another English language film.”

The actor is not obliged to apologise to anyone for his preference for Yoruba films. “It’s a life long dream of mine to become a world-class actor with bias for expressing myself in my mother tongue, which is Yoruba. I really don’t see how that has negatively affected some people. Really, I’m not crazy about the English roles because I don’t believe in trying too hard to speak the language that cannot bring out the best in me as a core and proud Yoruba man.

“Do the Amita Bachans and the Kapoors of India and the Yang Yin or Chang Chong from China try too hard to speak English? Why should my own case or those of us proudly projecting our indigenous language be different? Those popular soap operas that our ladies nowadays love to watch so much on TV that are from South America were not originally voiced in English language but Spanish.
“They are complaining that I love to act in Yoruba films a lot, but what the complainants don’t realise is, I’m creating job opportunities for graduates of English language to subtitle my films in English,” he says.

Femi Adebayo ‘Jelili’ Dumps Wife, 3 Kids For New Lover

According to a report by Metronews, popular Yoruba actor, Femi Adebayo, who incidentally is the son of veteran Nollywood actor, Adebayo Salami known as Oga Bello has eventually dumped his wife and three kids for another woman.

It was reported that Femi, who is well known as ‘Jelili, has now found love in a beautiful lady identified as Moji.

The report said that Femi’s marriage to his wife, Khadijat became stormy last year, but only recently left his matrimonial home leaving his three kids behind. He was said to have rented an apartment around Iwo Road, Ibadan.

The report further said that Moji now parades herself as Femi’s ‘first lady’ and she’s seen with him at his drama school and other places. She is said to be a regular visitor to Femi’s new house.

According to the report, effort to reconcile his family has yielded no fruitful result. The cause of his marriage break-up with Khadijat is still uncertain, but friends of the estranged couple are doing everything possible to seek spiritual help in settling the problem, as it was reported.

You will recall that Femi’s marriage survived a reported Funke Akindele’s intrusion few years ago. It was reported that it took the effort of Femi’s father, Oga Bello to make Femi come mellow down on his reported romantic affair with Funke Akindele, who is now married.

Interestingly, Femi’s brother, Sunkanmi got married on Saturday, July 6, 2012 in Ibadan, which he attended.

Court Frees Nollywood actress Bimbo Akinsanya

Bimbo Akisanya, has been discharged and acquitted

Popular Nollywood actress, Bimbo Akisanya, has been discharged and acquitted of an alleged conspiracy against a general overseer by an Ikeja Magistrate’s Court in Lagos.

Magistrate Olufemi Isaac discharged the 34-year-old actress based on the no-case submission advice brought in by the Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecutions, DPP.

In accordance with the advice submitted by the DPP, the magistrate said that suspicion, no matter how serious, could not be a ground for submission.

Akinsanya was docked last 2 November on a two-count charge of conspiracy and felony.

Police prosecutor, ASP Barth Nwaokeye, alleged that the actress had on 28 October, pointed the general overseer of Divine Power Revival Ministry, Rev. Pat Dennah, to a yet-to-be identified boy, to shoot her.
Nwaokeye said the 33-year-old reverend had sustained an injury on her left shoulder from the shooting that occurred at 20, Samuel Street, Akowonjo, Egbeda, in the Lagos metropolis.

According to the DPP’s statement, facts had been revealed that there had been misunderstanding between Dennah and Akinsanya, prior to the alleged shooting.

The elated actress while speaking with us confirmed that the period was the most terrible of her life.
“The past few months were the most terrible of my life. But I thank the almighty God for seeing me through. I can now concentrate on my job”.

Bukky Wright escapes death in a motor accident on Epe way

According to new update :

Bukky Wright Confirms and an eye withness

Eye Witness
I Was on Abijan bustop in Epe when i saw Bukky Grey jeep and suddenly i saw the Tyre Burst when she was driving and she was struggling to control the car and not run into anybody,in the process she hit the Nepa Pole and the Jeep Enter into a Ditch with people Helping her out,she was there for something and Eventually we got her a cab to take her home and she was calling her Doctor,Her Body was stained with blood and she had bruises all over her body.

Bukky Wright speaks Yes i had an Accident but i will be fine,i Thank God and right now i am home and my Doctor is on the way to see me,my phones has not stop ringing please tell my fans i am fine.

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Funke Etti Delivers a babyboy .

Congrats to Funke Etti  on her Newborn.

Great News and joy is in the home of Funke Etti, Nollywood Star Delivers a baby Boy in a top Lagos Hosipital. Funke who secretly got married to the father of her baby last year and since she had the child had hidden the identity of the father of the baby,The Secret father brought her a jeep when she got pregnant 9months Ago

Congrats on your new addition .

Bomb discovered and defused at a hotel in Ikeja this morning

Some people around Ikeja area this morning alarmed about a bomb that was discovered in a hotel in Ikeja. According to eyewitnesses, a bomb was found in a room at Reliance Hotel located on Emina Crescent off Amore Crescent, off Toyin street, Ikeja.

The hotel shares same fence with St Leo Catholic Church and is directly opposite Assemblies of God church. According to hotel sources, three guys slept in the hotel last night and checked out this morning. Housekeeper went to clean the room and discovered the 'surprise'. The hotel alerted the anti-bomb squad. The streets surrounding the area was condoned off for hours as the anti-bomb squad worked to defuse the bomb. When they did, they brought the bomb out with a pillow and left it on the streets for a few minutes, then left with it in their blue vehicle.

We are hoping this is just a joke . Still waiting to hear from the police and FED. Govt .

PHCN van with number plate, FG 343 N41 was in an accident in Lagos

 During the hold up along Obafemi Awolowo Way, shortly after Balogun Bus Stop at the U-Turn spot, a Toyota Hilux van belonging to PHCN while making a U-Turn, climbed the pavement and landed on two vehicles; a Peugeot 406 and a yellow commercial bus.

One old man sustained injuries while over 10 passengers escaped unscathed after a van belonging to the Power Holding Company of Nigeria lost control and climbed a brown Peugeot Car and a commercial bus popularly known as Danfo.

The accident, which occurred at the Balogun end of Obafemi Awolowo Way, Ikeja, Lagos, according to eyewitnesses, occurred after the driver of the PHCN van with number plate, FG 343 N41, lost control while attempting to make a U-turn.

Maraculously:  The passengers were not injured but the driver of the Peugeot sustained minor injuries and was taken away by LASAMBUS to a hospital where he was treated and discharged

FG overrules NYSC on postings to troubled states

NYSC Canditates are still going to be sent to ....Boko haram area: I wonder why ....

Read below the response from FEDERAL GOVT:

Federal Government has overruled the National Youth Service Corps on the redeployment of corps members from troubled states.

Minister of Youth Development, Alhaji Inuwa Abdulkadir, said this at a news conference in Abuja on Tuesday. Abdulkadir insisted that corps members would be posted to Borno, Yobe and other troubled states.

His positing supersedes an earlier concession granted to the affected corps members by the Director-General of the NYSC, Brig.-General Nnamdi Okore-Affia.

The DG, had in a statement on July 5 directed corps members posted to Yobe to proceed to Nasarawa State, while those scheduled to have their orientation in Borno were directed to Benue State.

The minister argued that the issue of posting of corps members to states other than their states of origin was enshrined in the relevant laws establishing the scheme.

Abdulkadir said any other form of concessional posting of corps members apart from the grounds of health and marriage would require constitutional amendment.

On the resolution passed by the House of Representatives, he said the position of the ministry remained the position of the law.

The House had in a resolution said the NYSC should halt posting of corps members to troubled states.

The minister said, “Talking about the National Assembly’s resolution vis-a vis our position here. My position is that of the law.

“The fundamental thing is that the NYSC is a constitutional issue; the constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, which is supreme.

“Of course, the NYSC initially was established through a military decree in 1973 because of its potential to the existence of Nigeria as a nation.

“And in pursuance of a deliberate policy to set up something that will always and continue to integrate Nigerians and bring about harmony amongst Nigerians, among other things, the framers of the 1979 Constitution deemed it fit to make the NYSC law part of the constitution.

” So if you are going to make any amendment to the NYSC or alter anything, you have to alter the constitution. That is the position.

“In that regard, posting of corps members to states, apart from their own, except in some special circumstances, is governed by the law and must be adhered to.”

He recalled that many Nigerians died during the civil war.

The minister stated, “Don’t forget that a number of people went to the civil war. A number of Nigerians went to the war front they were killed they left families.

“There are people who up till now who for no fault of theirs because by circumstances they were born during the period of the war they were not armed they got incapacitated. They have disabilities and they are living with those disabilities because of the war. This is a sacrifice to the nation.”

He criticised the protest by some corps members in Abuja, saying at the time of the protest the protesters, who wore NYSC uniform, had not registered.

Abdulkadir said, “How did they even get uniforms to wear? If they are really mobilised to go and serve where did they get the corpers’ uniform to come and assemble before the office of the NYSC to say they are protesting that they want to go or will not go.”

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Actor, Soji 'Omo Banke' Taiwo Abandons Wife, Children**Weds Canadian Mother Of 2

Pictures of Soji Omobankes Wedding

Soji omobanke and Canadian New wife

According to a report by Bon, popular Yoruba actor, Soji Taiwo otherwise known as 'Oshe Omo Banke' has abandoned his wife and two children in Nigeria for a Canadian lover identified as Khadijat.

Khadijat is the ex- of a Lagos hotelier, Moroof Simba. She has reportedly been spoiling Soji with lots of cash and other gift items. Khadijat was reported to have given the actor about one million naira recently.

The gist is that Soji has left Nigeria for Canada in other to meet his new found love. 
Meanwhile, we learnt that Soji has married Khadijat and are presently living together as husband and wife in Canada. 
Few weeks ago, this writer had an exclusive interview with Soji where he talked about his beautiful family. When asked if he keeps other women apart from his wife, he denied having any other affair with other woman apart from his wife, who bore him two children

Abass Obesere completes mega hotel in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State

The very popular Fuji musician has completed his mega hotel, (name yet to be revealed) located at the Government Reserved Area in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State. The hotel will be officially opened for business in the next coming weeks.

9ice Denies Affair With Laide Bakare

Naija Music star 9ice has come out to deny the ongoing rumour of him having an affair with married Nollywood actress Laide Bakare. After his appearance on Laide Bakare‘s movie titled Jejere, the news of their affairs have went viral.

According to Saturday Tribune report, 9ice, said: “our relationship is purely platonic. She is my friend and she invited me to appear in her production which I did. That was the first time I participated in a film production, and I really enjoyed it.”

“What is wrong in doing that for your friend? There is nothing between us other than that production which is a morale- booster for her.”

Laide Bakare who is currently married said she’s not bothered because her husband trusts her

Yoruba star actor, Baba Ijesha is Set to Marry in July 2012

Yoruba star actor, Baba Ijesha, whose real name is Olanrewaju Omiyinka, is now set to marry his Samsung big girl lover in July, 2012.

The comic actor has concluded plans to say ‘I do’ to the Samsung staffer, who is said to be a manager at the company. For now, the identity of Baba Ijesha’s fiancee is still unknown but sources say she is beautiful.

On July 14, Baba Ijesha hold his wedding engagement. Details of the event will be updated later as we get them.

In February 2011, the actor was involved in an auto accident where he suspected to have sustained some spinal cord injuries. The incident reportedly occurred while he on his way to Ogun State.

Church: N300,000 Offering Money Turns to Paper

Wonders, they say, shall never cease. At St. Mary's Parish in Jos, Plateau State, it's mysterious to the leadership and members of the church how N300,000 that was realised as collection suddenly turned into bundle of papers.

According to nigeriafilms, they gathered that the strange incident happened at the banking hall of Zenith Bank main branch in Jos, where the Church Secretary, Miss Ifeoma Eze had gone to deposit the whole collection that day.

Ifeoma explained that the money was intact when she left home for the bank but on getting to the counter she could not fathom how the money turned into pieces of paper when she opened the polythene bag that contained the money.
She was so confused and scared that she started screaming and was oblivious of the attention she was attracting as bewildered customers tried to console her.

Miss Ifeoma said she was particularly confused because she was wondering how to relay the story to the Parish Priest who entrusted the money to her.

"It is a story I find difficulty in telling anyone because not many people can believe it,'' she added.
Confirming that she actually took the "real" money with her, Miss Ifeoma said she even changed the smaller denominations into bigger ones to ease the deposit processes in the bank.

Although some members of the church thinks there was a foul play somewhere, but Rev. Father Emmanuel Ray-Ikpe, the Parish Priest, described the incident as "unfortunate, surprising and mysterious".

"I have never heard of such a thing before but it has happened to us; to our Church. There is nothing we can do about it. My secretary came back from the bank crying. Only God knows what exactly happened... We have left everything in the hands of God our creator,'' the Reverend Father said.

FUJI STAR SUNNY T IS DEAD!

Sunny T Adesokan, a popular Mushin,Lagos based fuji artist died this morning under mysterious and strange circumstances.

MetroNews exclusively gathered from his label owner, and boss of Eru-Owa /Sarolaj Records,Tunji Sarumi, that he went to bed yesterday hale and healthy after performing on friday night till Saturday morning.

His sister Sarumi told us still spoke with him at about 5am this morning,only for him to start behaving funny later,he was rushed to Ikeja General Hospital,where he was confirmed dead.