The Nation Newspaper

Category: Celebrity

  • Julius Agwu Fetes celebrities at daughter’s birthday

    LIKE a dome of many colours, Fun Factory, a leisure spot in Lekki, Lagos, was in full glow last Sunday.

    The amusement park lived up to its promise of unrestrained fun, courtesy of popular comedian, Julius Agwu. The occasion was his daughter’s birthday.

    It was indeed a terrific weekend for Lagos fun seekers as Agwu ensured that there was food in excess for everyone at the event. Friends and family members also played appreciable roles in making the event a resounding success.

    Julius and his wife showed what hospitality was all about as they treated guests to a classy display of affluence. The calibre of guests that turned up was a testimony to Julius’s status as a big player in the entertainment sector.

  • Where is Ayo Majin?

    REMEMBER Ayo Majin, the maverick lady who disappeared like the early morning dew at the blaze of the sun? Just a few years ago, her name inspired dreams and evoked the passion of many wannabes. The top manager at Vigeo Holdings traversed the corporate world like a colossus. She was a role model to hordes of young, upwardly mobile ladies seeking a career in the corporate sector.

    But nothing seems to have been heard of her since she resigned from Vigeo Holdings for undisclosed reasons. As usual, the disappearance of the close aide of Chief Gbolade Osibodu from the social radar has sparked speculations about her whereabouts.

  • For Kate Nwosu, it’s a new life

    KATE NWOSU, wife of the erstwhile Managing Director of Finbank, Okey Nwosu, seems to have found a new relationship with God as the only way out of the family’s travails.

    How time changes! The fashionable lady, who was in the habit of attending A-list parties,  appears to have given up on her old lifestyle, clinging to God like the pincers of a lobster.

    Kate’s husband’s battles with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) appear to have so overwhelmed her now that she has little or no time for the expensive attires she was reputed for at high octane parties.

  • Austin Okocha celebrates wife

    Austin Okocha celebrates wife

    AS one of the finest flowers of football that ever lived, Austin Jay Jay Okocha, remains the pride of Nigeria and the African continent, forget the football politics that ensured that he never won the highly coveted African Footballer of the Year award in her active football years when a mere flick of his foot could send the entire members of the opposing team in the wrong direction.

    He was so good on the ball that fans and admirers doubled his middle name to Jay Jay.

    Now retired, the well-travelled footballer has ploughed the bulk of his earnings from a football career that spanned almost two decades in Europe into various businesses. A few days ago, his beautiful wife, Nkechi, added another year and some of the Jay Jay’s friends were on hand to celebrate with her.

    The amiable and hospitable woman had almost all her friends in attendance not just to have a swell evening but also to support her during the celebration.

     

  • High gear preparations for Nike Akande’s 70th birthday

    High gear preparations for Nike Akande’s 70th birthday

    CHIEF (Mrs) Nike Akande is one society woman who seems to get better with age. Like the fabled phoenix, she appears more regal and charming just when you think you have seen the best of her. Little wonder the high society can hardly wait to celebrate with her as she marks her 70th birthday next Saturday at Eko Hotels& Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

    Information gathered from the home front of the Akandes indicates that she is set to celebrate her 70th birthday with pomp and ceremony. Her husband and Eketa Olubadan of Ibadanland, Chief (Dr) Adebayo Akande (MFR), is pulling all the stops to celebrate his graceful wife. The  invitation letter is exquisite in quality.

    Every step of the preparation appears to indicate that the celebration would be her classiest shindig so far. Major fashion designers around the Lagos metropolis are said to have been very busy on account of the impending ceremony.

  • Francis Ogboro lies low

    Francis Ogboro lies low

    CLOSE watchers of society may have noticed the absence one of the former Lagos Polo captains, Francis Ogboro. The wider CelebWatch has beamed its searchlight, the more elusive the once ubiquitous personality appears to get.

    The Ogarra, Edo State-born socialite has not been visible on the social radar in recent times. And while the reason for his obvious absence remains yet uncertain, it is said in some quarters that the multi-millionaire and former close ally of Gen. Ibrahim Babangida (rtd) has been extremely busy trying to fix a K-leg developed by his business sometime last year.

    His last known appearance at a high profile event was made in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, in March this year during the ground-breaking ceremony of the Yenagoa Polo Club. At the said event, he exchanged souvenirs with the governor, Hon. Seriake Dickson. He has since recoiled into his shell.

  • Oyin Adeyemi set to mentor young career women

    FEW women are as mentally gifted as Oyin Adeyemi, the Managing Director of StillEarth Construction Company. Oyin was the poster icon to many aspiring alpha women a few years ago. Today, she remains the woman to beat in terms of brain, beauty and elegance.

    Well-read and vastly travelled, she has become more or less the benchmark for informed womanhood, which has become a scarce item in contemporary societies.

    In the next few months, she hopes to start mentoring younger women who want to be great in their chosen careers. Petite with a huge dose of energy, Oyin has a deep understanding of who she is and where she is going.

  • Ama Pepple in new lease of life

    Ama Pepple in new lease of life

    Ama Pepple has joined the ranks of Nigerian politicians who have embraced the pulpit, preaching salvation and righteousness. We learnt that the Opobo, Rivers State-born beauty is now deeply involved with the things of the Lord, dedicating the better part of her daily life to the gospel. While information about her ordination remains sketchy, she is said to have mastered the art of preaching.

    She is one of Nigeria’s well known female technocrats who rose to the pinnacle of the federal civil service as well as public office. She was the Minster of Housing, Land and Urban Development before the cabinet shake-up that led to the removal of ministers suspected to be loyal to the G-7 governors who walked out of the PDP convention in Abuja last year. Her sack was more dramatic in that she was said to have gone to President Jonathan a few days earlier to plead with him to make peace with Governor Rotimi Amaechi.

    Pepple travelled abroad to take some rest immediately she was sacked and has maintained a low profile lifestyle since she came back. Pepple is reputed as the first female student to obtain a First Class degree in Political Science from the University of Ife (now Obafemi Awolowo University) in 1975. She was also the first female Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Petroleum Resources.

  • Faysal Harbs lies low

    In Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State, Chief Faysal Harbs, a prominent player in the state’s economic and social spheres, is a household name. His wife, Chief (Mrs) Jumoke Harbs, is also a famous socialite who has her hands in many pies. But in recent times, the popular businessman appears to have cut down drastically on socialising. Faysal, who used to be the rallying point of major social functions in Ilorin, now hardly attends social events, no matter the status of the people involved.

    While it is difficult to establish the reason for his obvious absence, the rumour mill says his business has fallen on hard times. He is said to be battling with some forces that are bent on seeing him surrender and bid farewell to his chains of business. As such, he has committed himself wholly to pulling back his ailing businesses from the brink.

    But while the foregoing rumours are subtly finding their ways into the mainstream media, some people insist he remains as solid as ever financially, if not stronger. This school of thought believes Harbs only chose to withdraw into privacy because of his new found contempt for mundane things. His wife, Jumoke Harbs, remains a regular face in the social circle. Her JMK Salon still hosts top celebrities in Ilorin on a daily basis.

  • Folake Coker celebrates women of vision

    Folake Coker celebrates women of vision

    Popular American TV talk show host, Oprah Winfrey, says the more you praise and celebrate your life, the more there is in life to celebrate. In a seeming apostolic adherence to this maxim, Folake Coker, Creative Director of Tiffany Amber, has celebrated her 15 years in fashion business. These are indeed good times for Folake, the daughter of billionaire ‎businessman, Chief Bode Akindele, who only recently her 40th birthday.

    Although her 15-year sojourn in fashion business has not been without some challenges, the final result certainly calls for celebration. She had launched Tiffany Amber Nigeria Limited in 1998 as the first ready-to-wear label in Nigeria. She thus revolutionised the Nigerian fashion industry and paved way for the growth the industry has witnessed since then.

    The celebration began a few days ago with the unveiling of Tiffany Amber’s “Meet Nigeria’s Women of Vision” campaign in partnership with Diamond Woman, an initiative of Diamond Bank designed specifically to provide the womenfolk with financial, business and lifestyle advice and help them to achieve their aspirations.

    Among the women she celebrated were Adenike Ogunlesi, Ifeyinwa Ighodalo, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde, Uche Pedro, Oluchi Onweagba, Jumoke Oduwole, Adesuwa Onyenokwe and Ola Orekunrin.