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  • Mo Abudu premiers new movie

    Mo Abudu premiers new movie

    EbonyLife TV boss, Mo Abudu, is like an enterprising swimmer determined to master and win laurels in the four swimming styles of backstroke, breaststroke, freestyle and butterfly, which make up the individual medley. She is an explorer boldly venturing into and planting her flags of conquest in known and strange places.

    Only recently, she conquered another terrain in her climb up the ladder of achievements as she premiered her new film at Eko Hotels and Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.

    The Dubai Tourism Grand Premiere of The Wedding Party featured the who is who in the entertainment scene on a night of breath-taking opulence. The shots of the Elfike Film Collective movie were called by brilliant director Kemi Adetiba. The presentation of the event was spick and span, featuring access cards to ensure that only invited guests could gain entry to view the luxurious premiere.

    Pre-premiere activities at the Gifting Lounge Bridal Court, Love Zone and Gourmet Board, served to whet everyone’s appetite for the main event. At the centre of everything was the lady of the moment, Mo Abudu herself.

    If the premiere was a spectacular affair, it was nothing in comparison to the after-party at the famed Honeymoon Bay where guests jiggled and swayed graceful hips well into the night.

  • Dele Belgore lies low

    Muhammed Dele Belgore (SAN) is hardly seen at public functions these days. The two-time gubernatorial candidate in Kwara State has gone on low profile. These days, it is rare to see him at social functions of any kind.

    Ever since he lost his bid for the governorship seat, he has ignored virtually all the political happenings in his home state and withdrawn into a shell of anonymity. These days, when he is sighted at an event, the people’s reaction is usually that of surprise.

    While observers continue to wonder what has happened to the dude who became a SAN at the age of 40 in 2001, several theories are currently flying around. One school of thought believes that the lawyer-turned-politician is merely biding his time while strategizing for 2019. Another school however insists that he is  truly done with politics, preferring to devote all his attention to his job.

  • Saheed Elegushi’s latest moves

    Flamboyant royal father, Saheed Elegushi, is a typical member of the Nigerian kingly class. While most of his peers are content to sit on their vaunted stools and trade royal patronage with politicians for a few cowries, the young monarch is a visionary whose dreams encompass a circumference as wide as the world.

    The unassuming monarch whose dominion includes the popular Elegushi Beach, has long nursed an ambition to own the biggest chicken farm in the whole of Africa. In furtherance of this lofty dream, the Elegushi of Ikateland has established a poultry farm somewhere in Epe, Lagos. Those who have seen it say it is bigger in size than many people’s ancestral villages.

    The 40-year-old monarch is however keeping the news of the farm under wraps for now, perhaps because he does not want to boast until his investments have started bearing fruits.

  • Gbemi Saraki savours freedom

    Gbemi Saraki savours freedom

    Gbemisola Saraki has it all the brains, the name, the connections, and a stunning figure that can turn heads and break hearts. What is more, the sultry daughter of the late strongman of Kwara politics, Olusola Saraki, maintains a stunning figure and inviting curves as she ages. Gbemi is as free as a bird that perches on the top of the tallest tree, unshackled and unencumbered by the demands of political office or amorous advances. She carries herself with the aura of a graceful amazon whose heart is closed to the tunes of love.

    Gbemi, a younger sister of Senate President Bukola Saraki, has been unattached since her marriage to Segun Fowora collapsed under the weight of ‘irreconcilable differences’ many years ago, and she seems not to be in a hurry to reverse the situation. Even though her ex-beau has since moved on and found another lady to give his heart to, Gbemi has so far remained steadfast in her disavowal of any romantic entanglement. The pleas of her numerous suitors have so far been falling on deaf ears.

    At recent events, society watchers have been hoping she would step out with a new man, but she has always disappointed them. Even when she was recently appointed the Pro-Chancellor of the Federal University, Otuoke, Bayelsa State, she stepped out to accept the appointment without any man beside her.

    Those who are close to her insist that she is happy the way she is and will consider settling down only if the right man comes along.

  • Happy times for Patricia Etteh

    Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Patricia Etteh, is over the moon. After a lifetime of dreaming, she has finally achieved one of her dearest goals. On Tuesday, she and 4, 224 lucky others were called to the Nigerian Bar at an official ceremony presided over by the acting Chief Justice of Nigeria.

    Patricia Olubunmi Foluke Etteh rose to fame when she became the first woman to ever hold the mantle as Speaker of the House of Representatives between June and October 2007 when the late Alhaji Umaru Yar’Adua held sway as president. The Osun-born female politician was poised to consolidate her political status when she was impeached and removed from office for allegedly spending a whopping sum of N628 million to renovate her official residence.

    Bruised but undaunted, the trained hairdresser and cosmetologist dusted her Diploma in Law certificate from the University of Abuja and returned to school for further studies. She headed for the United Kingdom for Law and Forensic Studies at the prestigious Buckingham University, emerging with an LL.B last year.

    Now a certified lawyer, Etteh may have shamed detractors who mocked her in those heady days for being “a mere hairdresser.”

  • Dahiru Mangal bounces back

    Like a grizzly bear shaking the snow off its shaggy coat after hibernating from long winter, Dahiru Manga has resurfaced in public after years of absence from the limelight. Once numbered among the few Nigerians with access to former President Umaru Yar’Adua, Manga’s social star fell from the sky with the former president’s demise and little had been seen or heard of him ever since.

    In his heyday, the billionaire owner of AFDIN Group and D.B Mangal Petroleum was never far from controversy. His love life was a juicy source of stories for gossip journals until he faded off the social radar.

    Now the brains behind Max Airlines is back in town, and he made sure that he did so with a bang. He recently moved into his new residence in highbrow Maitama district, Abuja. The multi-million naira mansion is an architectural masterpiece which has set tongues wagging.

  • Mohammed Gobir adopts low profile

    Once upon a time, popular Lagos socialite, Muhammed Gobir, was a man about town, lending colour to every event he attended. These days, however, the Kwara-born dude wraps himself in robes of anonymity like an Egyptian mummy.

    The businessman and beau of pretty Bolanle Gobir is in no end of trouble at the moment as he is facing charges of alleged fraud. The suit was brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, which is acccusing him of defrauding an outdoor advertising company, Afromedia, of sums running into millions of naira.

    These days, when he is not appearing in court to answer to the charges against him, he is spending time cooling his heels in the cold. In all this, the social scene is the biggest loser from the continued absence of the flamboyant former Chairman Business Development of Afromedia.

  • Relief over Danjuma’s rumoured ill health

    Relief over Danjuma’s rumoured ill health

    There were jitters in high society a few days ago with rumours of former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Theophilus Danjuma, being flown abroad for treatment over an undisclosed ailment.

    The billionaire elder statesman was reportedly ferried out in an air ambulance to a destination some people said was Germany and others said was the United Arab Emirates (UAE).

    But the latest information about the retired general is that his rumoured ailment was after all not as serious as it was initially feared.

    In fact, there were reports during the week that he returned to the country on Tuesday. The former Chief of Army Staff’s son was recently appointed by the Federal Government to head a task force saddled with the task of restoring peace to the Niger Delta.

  • Akpabio’s wife, Unoma, hale and hearty

    A rose is precious because of its colour and its captivating aroma which sends those who smell it giddy in the clasp of unutterable joy. A rose is also tender, easily blown hither and yon by malignant winds bent on uprooting and laying it low in the dust, to become partner with dark and decaying things. If former Akwa-Ibom State governor Godswill Akpabio was hitherto ignorant of this, the experiences of few weeks may have educated him.

    He recently experienced the ugly side of life as her beloved wife, Unoma, slipped into the grasp of a recalcitrant ailment. News of Unoma’s poor health condition had spread in the grapevine like poison in the vital organs of a healthy man.

    The despondent demeanour of those that were privy to the sad tale made it all look as if a bright star was on the verge of falling from the sky, especially as she was said to have fallen into coma after she was operated upon at a hospital in Germany.

    But just as the hard oval husk of the coconut is a mere camouflage for the edible white meat in the interior, Unoma’s ailment has proved to be meretricious and ephemeral, as she is back on her feet and ready to once again enthral with her rosaceous presence.

  • About Zahra Buhari’s wedding

    About Zahra Buhari’s wedding

    Proposed Zahra Buhari’s wedding to billionaire heir Ahmed Indimi was meant to be like a cute little play where the two main protagonists get married and live happily ever after. But it has morphed into a series of television drama with cliff hanger episodes.

    The marriage, earlier set for December 4, was said to have been postponed on the orders of President Muhammadu Buhari, who was reportedly peeved by the media attention the event was generating.

    According to well-placed sources, the President was also concerned that the groom and his family members were using the wedding festivities as a platform to display their wealth.

    Although an engagement ceremony has already been held at Aso Villa on Friday November 18, it seems it will be some time yet before the President gives the go ahead for the couple to formalise the event.

    The President’s real bone of contention is said to have been the extravagant wedding presents Zahra received from the groom’s family as wedding gifts.

    Although the buying of kayan lefe boxes loaded with expensive items for the bride is an entrenched practice in the North, it is alleged that the President frowned at the sheer extravagance of Zahra’s prospective in-laws.