The Nation Newspaper

Category: Entertainment

  • 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.

  • Gloria Ibru’s new looks spark controversy

    Gloria Ibru’s new looks spark controversy

    Gloria Ibru, the daughter of Oloorogun Micheal Ibru, has achieved in a few months what many have battled for years to achieve without success. She has gone through a remarkable transformation burning off many kilogrammes in a few months, justifying the saying that anything can be achieved with confidence and determination.

    The magic lies in her very strenuous but rewarding exercise schedule. Intense as it is, Gloria keeps going, spurred by the desire to burn off the deadly calories that might be lurking anywhere in her body.

    But in the wake of her astounding reduction in size, a lot of stories are flying around that Gloria’s weight loss has nothing to do with exercise but a strange illness. If you have seen her lately, you would be endowed with a discerning heart not to believe the latter version.

    Gloria’s band, G-Notes, was once the toast of fun lovers, but there is a widely held belief now that the band is comatose.

  • Bolaji Esho bounces back

    A wind of change is blowing in the hospitality sector in Lagos. And one of the forces behind it is Lagos socialite, Bolaji Esho. The fun-loving dude, who made good his promise to change the face of the hospitality industry in Lagos some years ago, has achieved the feat with the opening of a branch of his Lagos Island-based Eldorado Night Club in Apapa. ‎

    The new branch is said to have since commenced operation and a lot of Esho’s friends are sailing with him to make a success of the fun spot. Vulgar female artiste, Saint Janet, performs regularly at the fun spot.

  • Ahmed Uwhubetine’s whereabouts ?

    In business, there is only a tenuous line between fortune and misfortune. And few businessmen know this as well as Ahmed Uwhubetine. In his days as the toast of the Lagos party crowd, Uwhubetine rocked the Lagos social scene to its foundation. With the establishment of 11:45, his night club on Awolowo Road, Ikoyi, Lagos, his place in the coveted pantheon of high society was assured.

    The entrance of the Delta State indigene into the entertainment sector added colour to night life in Lagos and earned him rave reviews and applause. His night club became the favourite hot spot of many celebrities and the Lagos party crowd which continually thronged the outfit.

    But just when Uwhubetine ought to be consolidating on his initial success, his magic touch appeared to fizzle out and patronage dwindled. He subsequently teamed up with another heavyweight in the entertainment sector, Akeem Shodeinde, and together they established Reloaded Night Club, which unfortunately had to be shut down after a year.

    There were rumours to the effect that Uwhubetine ran into financial difficulties and had to abandon the project like he did 11.45 Night Club. Another version said his absence from the Lagos social scene was a strategic move to reposition and rebrand. Be it as it may, the entertainment entrepreneur is conspicuously missing from the social scene.

    His customised cars have disappeared from Lagos’ streets and he is no longer the toast of the Lagos party crowd.

  • The world of Sandra Solebo

    The world of Sandra Solebo

    Sandra Solebo, the beautiful wife of Femi Solebo. is many things to many people. On account of her pedigree and social contacts, many are wont to describe her as one of the most respected silver spoon kids around. While it would not come as a surprise to many if a woman endowed with her elegance and class is a permanent feature in high society, but that is hardly the case with Sandra.

    A few years ago, she graced high society circuits and celebrity journals, but it is unclear now how long more she would keep off the social circle. Yet the array of exquisite interiors items on display in her outfit has ensured that she maintains a space on the front pages of style journals in Lagos

  • Biola as Tunde Ayeni’s supporting pillar

    Biola as Tunde Ayeni’s supporting pillar

    City lawyer, Tunde Ayeni, was among the prominent Nigerians recently decorated with national honours. Like most successful men, the Chairman of Skye Bank has his wife to thank a great deal for the man he has become. That is because Biola, a fashion designer, has contributed in no small measure to his emergence as a corporate titan.

    Biola holds her husband in very high esteem. For instance, she reputed for singing the praise of her husband even in ordinary conversation with friends. Only Biola and Tunde know what it is about their union that drives them to perpetuate one of the most enviable versions of love. With the way they hold hands and beam smiles to each other at public functions, you could easily take them for a newly-wed couple.

    Biola is frequently sighted at upscale shindigs in company with her husband. But she deserves nothing less after braving through the trying times with him. It is only fair that she enjoys the fruits of perseverance as the going gets rosier.

  • Herbert Wigwe celebrates father at 80

    Pastor Shyngle Wigwe, father of Herbert Wigwe, the Managing Director of Access Bank and one of Nigeria’s most influential bankers, clocked 80 last week. Herbert used the opportunity to show the world how much he loves his father. That much could be deduced from the calibre of friends and acquaintances that gathered with him to celebrate with the family.

    Herberts’ tremendous influence needs no mention. From top corporate actors to prominent politicians and other high net worth individuals, support was not in short supply for the man who has done well for the banking sector and himself. The birthday ceremony boasted local and international delicacies as well as choice drinks. Impressive eulogies also poured out from guests to the celebrant.

    At 80, Pastor Shyngle is blessed with good health and robust wealth. Indeed, papa’s life and contributions to his community and the gospel, as narrated by people who are close to the family, endeared a lot of people to him.