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  • Fatima Buhari says ‘I do’

    Fatima Buhari says ‘I do’

    Wedding bells ring anew in the household of President Muhammadu Buhari as his second daughter, Hajiya Fatima, is set to tie the nuptial knot with 56-year old banker, Mallam Gimba Yau Kumo, OON. Kumo is a former Managing Director of the Federal Mortgage Bank of Nigeria.

    While the wedding is billed to hold at President Buhari’s Maiduwa GRA residence in Daura, Kastina State on October 28, 2016, the pre wedding pictures of the couple to be are already trending on the internet.

    President Buhari had five children with his first wife, the late Sefinatu Muhammadu Buhari, after their marriage in 1971. The late Sefinatu was born on December 11, 1952. Hajiya Fatima Buhari is her second daughter. Other Sefinatu’s children include Safinatu, Musa, Zulaiha and Hadiza Buhari.

  • Moshood Mustapha’s marriage crumbles

    The marriage of Moshood Mustapha, the Special Adviser on Intra-Parliamentary Affairs to the Senate President, Dr Bukola Saraki, has hit the rocks. And like a shattered egg, there seems to be no hope of rescuing it.

    As it is usual in many marriages, the two parties are trading allegations. Taibat, an indigene of Ogbomoso, Oyo State, sees no reason to stay in a marriage in which trust is a scarce commodity while Hon. Mustapha is said to have also claimed finding out many unsettling details about his wife.

    Thus, the road split in two and Taibat moved out of her matrimonial home in Abuja for another place in the Federal Capital Territory, while Mustapha, a member of the House of Representatives in the 7th Assembly, seems to have accepted the reality of a broken home.

    It was gathered that Mustapha newly clinched the post of Special Adviser on Intra-Parliamentary Affairs as a result of his technical know-how on issues relating to interaction among senators. He once served as the Vice Chairman of the House Committee on Petroleum (Upstream), a position in which he was said to have performed creditably.

  • Olalekan Mustapha mourns dad on Facebook

    A former senator representing Ogun East Senatorial District, Senator Olalekan Ramoni Mustapha, is mourning the loss of his father, Alhaji Akeula Mustapha, who passed on last week and was buried according to Islamic rites in his Ijebu Igbo home town.

    Painting his Facebook wall red with soul-touching renditions in adulation of his late father, Olalekan wrote: “Every soul shall have a taste of death and only on the day of judgement shall you be paid your full recompense.

    “Only those who are saved from the fire and admitted into Paradise (Jannah) will have attained the object (of life). For the life of this world is but good and chattels of deception (Quran Surah Imran; 3:185).

    “Dear father, may your gentle soul rest in Aljanah Fridaus.”

  • Ahmed Uwhubetine’s bounce-back

    Sometime ago, Ahmed Uwhubetine’s Eleven Forty-five Night Club on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos was the melting pot of Lagos big boys and classy ladies.

    Suddenly, however, the winds of misfortune blew against it and it was deserted by party lovers. However, there was small fraction of people who believed in Uwhubetine’s ability to rise again. It was something very hard to believe then and Uwhubetine had to move to Atlanta in the U.S.

    As the story goes, after some years of struggle in America, he regained his old form in the newest dimension. His magical comeback was surely unprecedented as he is now said to own one of the best and most attractive club houses in Atlanta.

  • Adebibu’s widow takes charge at Molete

    Sometimes, the living clings to the memory of the dead, but not out of any lingering feelings of love and loss. They cling to the dead like the mosquito to the skin, sucking greedily and maintaining their own status through continuous affiliation with the departed.

    This foregoing scenario is apt with Alhaja Bose, the widow of the late powerful man of Ibadan politics, Chief Lamidi Adedibu. The serial pilgrim has told sources close to her that she may not remarry, her reason being that she wields a lot of power by remaining the widow of the late political titan.

    Alhaja Bose believes that adopting a new surname would erode the influence and respect she enjoys with the people as Adedibu’s wife. Indeed, it seems some people’s loyalty remains not to the living but to the dead, even in this new era of change.

    Sources close to Adedibu’s household hinted that Alhaja Bose remains in charge at the Malete palace of the late political godfather. Whatever she wills happens and whatever idea she does not give her consent to remains dead on arrival.

  • Good times for Cletus Ibeto

    Good times for Cletus Ibeto

    Love does not discriminate between the rich, the poor, the beautiful or the ugly. It happens in ways not even the gods can explain. When not very long ago the first wife of Chief Cletus Ibeto, the Chairman of Ibeto Group, left him without saying good bye, the great entrepreneur was thrown into deep mourning and he became very skeptical about women. He must indeed have thought that he would never be able to love again. The truth, alas, is that love has happened to him again and he is boldly and happily going into a holy matrimony with Ifeyinwa Okpara, his long term friend and lover.

    Let no one raise an eyebrow. Love has happened and the bells are ringing and ringing. If his first marriage could end in the way it did, it means that anything can happen to anyone, whether rich or poor, in matters of the heart. But the experience did not dishearten Ibeto. Rather, it gave him courage to dare and dream; to do more and to love better. Having learned life’s bitter lesson from his failed marriage, he took the experience in his stride, conquered the fear of being hurt again and ventured once more into the uncertain waters of marriage, this time with a sturdy ship built from the solid wood of preparedness. So far he has been reaping the rewards as he enjoys a blissful union with Ifeanyi.

  • Olisa Metuh faces fresh challenge

    Olisa Metuh faces fresh challenge

    Embattled former spokesman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Chief Olisa Metuh, is facing a fresh challenge in his ongoing trial. One of his sureties Olugbumi Usim-Wilson, recently filed an application to withdraw from the case. Metuh has two people standing surety for him. If Usim-Wilson makes good her plan to withdraw as Metuh’s surety, the ex-PDP spokesman may be have to remain in detention for the duration of his case.

    Usim-Wilson made her desire known during the resumed legal proceedings of Metuh’s trial at the Abuja Federal High Court on Monday. The request was dated October 4 and filed before Justice Okon Abang. It was expressly stated therein that Usim-Wilson no longer feels comfortable being a surety to Metuh and would therefore appreciate the withdrawal of her name from the list.

    Metuh’s prompt response was to file an application requesting the court to allow the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, to replace Usim-Wilson on the surety list. Counsel to Metuh, Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, said if the request for withdrawal was attended to before that of substitution, his client might be returned to the prison.

  • Emir of Kano gets new grandchild

    Emir of Kano gets new grandchild

    The Emir of Kano, Alhaji Muhammadu Sanusi II, welcomed a new grandchild recently as his daughter, Shahida, and her husband, Abdulkadir Baba-Ahmed, had their first baby. Friends, family members and well-wishers are celebrating the arrival of the baby whose pictures are everywhere on the internet, particularly the Instagram where Shahida herself was tagged.

    The couple tied the nuptial knot on January 1 this year in a fun-filled ceremony as Shahida said “I do” to Abdulkadir, son of Lawal Daura, the Director General of the Directorate of Security Service. The glossy ceremony was said to have lasted not less than seven days in a display of affluence and love.

  • Quiet celebration for Kuforiji-Olubi at 80

    Quiet celebration for Kuforiji-Olubi at 80

    While many are known to make the loudest noise in the public space only to be exposed as empty barrels, Otunba Bola Koforiji-Olubi is reputed for her quiet demeanour. Even in her advanced years, she manages to exude dignity and power.

    The woman, who has been a mainstay of the social scene even before some current celebrities were born, recently turned 80 and elected to mark the occasion in a low-key affair. A thanksgiving service was held at the All Saints Anglican Church, Montgomery Road, Yaba, Lagos.

    Among those who graced the ocassion were former governors Peter Obi and Gbenga Daniels, fellow traditional chief Otunba Subomi Balogun, Senator Ben Obi and Mrs Bola Obasanjo, among others.

    Otunba Bola kuforiji-Olubi is reputed as a trailblazer, especially among the womenfolk. At a time when most women were still confined to the kitchen, the bedroom and the other room, she had acquired several professional degrees. After earning a degree in Economics from the University of London, she went ahead to become a chartered accountant and also bagged several other degrees. She eventually became the first woman to head the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Nigeria, among many other laurels.

  • Oba Tejuoso’s matrimonial example

    Oba Tejuoso’s matrimonial example

    For the typical African monarch who has taken more than one queen, maintaining order and harmony in the royal household often proves a herculean task. They often end up abandoning the home front to their squabbling queens while finding hollow succour in the mundane task of ruling their kingdoms.

    Not so the Osile of Oke Ona, Oba Adedapo Adewale Tejuoso, who has somehow managed to create an atmosphere of amity and camaraderie between his three queens, Olori Omolara, Olori Yetunde and Olori Olabisi, so much so that rather than being at one another’s throats, the three are often seen attending events together,attired in stylish outfits befitting the consorts of royalty and posing for group photographs.

    Recently, the second wife of the medical doctor-turned-monarch, Olori Yewande Olufunmilayo Tejuoso, turned 60, and a thanksgiving service was held at the Cathedral of Saint James African Church, Idi Ape, Ago Oko, Abeokuta, Ogun State, to mark the occasion. This was followed by a reception service during which Evangelist Ebenezer Obey and Demola Olota exhibited their musical prowess to the delight of the crowd.

    The grand reception, which held at the Olusegun Obasanjo Presidential Library Marquee, Oke Mosan, had ace MC Tunde Adewale (Tee A) and Dr Smile as comperes. The two other Oloris were out in full force to support their fellow wife at event.