By OLUSHOLA RICKETTS

The Managing Director of Adenike Selah Foods and Products Limited, makers of the popular Shea Baby brand, Mrs. Adenike Olumide-Emmanuel, is not only good with her hands. She is also a master of the word of God and she has been ordained as a pastor by the Presiding Bishop of The Voice of Freedom Ministries International, Benin-City, Bishop Dr. Abraham Chigbundu.

Olumide-Emmanuel was ordained during the Calvary Bible Church Mid-Year Crossover Deliverance Conference at the Church’s Global Headquarters, Idimu, in Lagos, Nigeria.

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Chigbundu said that since her marriage to the Founder of the Truth of Calvary Ministries, Dr. Olumide Emmanuel, Pastor Adenike has been exemplary in her husband’s ministry, her business and has managed to impact the society.

Mrs. Olumide-Emmanuel, who is the founder of Queen Adenike Academy, a platform that gives support to people in relationships, was overwhelmed with excitement. She accepted the ordination and responsibility, pledging not to betray the trust reposed in her.

The recently ordained Olumide-Emmanuel was an Ogun State House of Assembly aspirant and contestant in the 2019 general elections.

By OLUSHOLA RICKETTS

Top actor, Richard Mofe-Damijo, popularly known as RMD, has continued to cheat nature as he is aging like fine wine.

When the actor shut down Balmoral Event Centre, Federal Palace Hotel, Victoria Island for his 60th birthday bash, he quickly became a topic of discussion on social media. Conversations were directed towards his unbelievable looks despite clocking 60.

Alongside his lovely wife, Jumobi, RMD’s first attire for the evening was a dark dinner suit. He later changed to another outfit which signaled the beginning of the second segment of the event – the launch of the book – ‘Portrait of a Warri Boy and Timeless Perfumes.’

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Iya Adura, Rev Mother Esther Ajayi, formally opened the event with prayers. She prayed to the Lord to continue to protect RMD and his family.

RMD was honoured by top personalities like former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, Oba Saheed Elegusi, Chief Dele Momodu; Akan Udofia, Scott Tommey, Olumide Akpata, Ayo Subair, Senator Florence Ita- Giwa, Soni and Betty Irabor, Benny Obaze, Mrs. Tosin Dokpesi, Mrs. Taiwo Ajayi-Lycett, Sola Shobowale, Hilda Dokunbo, Yomi Badejo-Okunsanya, Chike Ogeah, Mr. & Mrs. Segun Arinze, Norbert & Gloria Young, Mr. & Mrs Ramson Noah, Kate Henshaw, Tara Durotoye, Mercy Aigbe, Dare Art Alade, Waje, Funke Akindele, Prince & Mercy Okojie, Omotola Jalade- Ekeinde, Ini Edo, Osita Iheme,  Mo Abudu, Fred Amata, Rufai Ladipo, Olisa Adibua, Jahman Anikulapo, Azuh Arinze, Ruth Osime, Ebube Nwagbo and Eniola Badmos amongst others.

By OLUSHOLA RICKETTS

The popular phrase that we rise by lifting others is the best way to explain the relationship between Fuji icon, Mayegun Wasiu Ayinde, aka K1 De Ultimate, and the Chief Executive Officer of Limelite Hotel, Ago Iwoye, Ogun State, Otunba Sesan Rufai.

How their relationship started is unclear but they are strong allies and it will be hard to break their bond.

For years, Rufai has been a number one fan of K1 and he supports his music with everything in his power. Although Rufai owns Goldmynetv, an online television platform, the owner could be mistaken for K1. If K1 sneezes, Goldmynetv will be the first to report it.

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Perhaps as a reward of his loyalty to him, K1 De Ultimate recently announced Otunba Sesan Limelite as MD of K1 De Ultimate FM, which will start operations in Ijebu Ode, July 21.

He made this announcement while performing with his band at a ceremony. Otunba Rufai was also on stage to bless him with some money.

By OLUSHOLA RICKETTS

Culture and tradition came alive recently in Lagos as the annual Ejiwa-Elegba was hosted by the monarch of Ikate-Elegushi Kingdom, Oba Saheed Ademola Elegushi, amid pomp and excitement.

Lagos traditional rulers, including the Oniru of Iru land, Oba Abdulwasiu Omogbolahan Lawal; the Onikate of Ikate-Surulere, Oba Lateef Adams, and the Olota of Ota, Oba (Prof) Adeyemi Obalanlege, gathered at the Ikate-Elegushi palace to witness the festival which lived up to expectation.

The seven-day Elegba festival needs no special introduction as it has become a regular feature in the history of Lagos. This year’s edition, however, evoked special interest, as there were concerns that it might not hold due to the spread of COVID-19. But people within and outside Lagos turned up in large numbers.

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The festival is popular for its rich display of culture, which is a delight for tourists, as well as for people who want to pay homage and offer prayers. It is believed that the sighting of each of the deities in the course of the festival is a blessing and special moment for prayer request.

Sharing on his Instagram page, Oba Elegushi said the annual celebration of the Elegba Festival is dedicated to Elegba or Esu Elegba, regarded among the Yoruba as the deity that makes things happen, whether good or bad.

By OLUSHOLA RICKETTS

Lagos socialite, Otunba Olajide Oshunnubi, lived a merry life, and he has also been given a grand burial.

Oshunnubi was laid to rest on Friday, July 2, 2021, at his residence in Òkè Sopen in Ìjebú Igbo, Ogun State. The three-day ceremony started in Lagos with Service of Songs and Commendation Services, and ended in his hometown.

At the reception, influential persons paid last respect to the octogenarian and celebrated with his family. Faces spotted included the Oloru of Òru-Ìjebú, Oba Abdurasaq Olufemi Adebayo; Chief Mike Inegbese; veteran broadcaster, Bisi Olatilo; Apostle Dave Salako and Nollywood actor, Dele Odule.

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Tolu Obey, son of ace musician, Evangelist Ebenezer Obey-Fabiyi, gave a classic performance and cheered up the children of the deceased who came out to dance. Friends and associates later joined them on stage as well.

Popularly known as Sokoyokoto,  Oshunnubi died in Lagos on June 7, last year, at 81. He was blessed with 4 children and 10 grandchildren.

The Accord party Guber candidate at the Rivers state 2019 general election, Chief Dumo Owukori Lulu Briggs might have slowed down on politics and this is connected to the silent war he fought to give his late father a befitting burial two years after his death. Immediately after granting the wish of his late father for a befitting state burial, the hunky, dark, and consummate lawyer swung into action to activate his political machinery for the next guber election in 2023.

All his life, the Kalabari born oil czar had always wanted to replicate his magic wand in the corporate world as the head honcho of Platform Petroleum, effectively turning around his late dad’s ailing oil company, Moni Pulo Ltd, which was hitherto under expatriate management back, into profitability and prominence. From the political permutation in the state, he is one of the top and formidable contenders to watch out for. He is no pushover and ignores him at your peril. His name is currently on the mouth of all sundry as the best man to take the works of the incumbent Governor Nyesom Ezenwo Wike to the next level by delivering high-grade projects and infrastructure across the state.

A source disclosed that he is prepared to go all out this time around giving it all it takes. He has started moving his political train around the state receiving blessings of elders and opinion leaders who matter in the scheme of things. “As we speak, take a trip to his GRA, Port Harcourt office, the mammoth crowd flooding that place daily will marvel you. Several political groups have constantly been visiting to pledge their loyalty and also seek synergy to enable his dreams and aspiration for Rivers state to actualize. There are chances for him in 2023 as the incumbent governor will have served out his constitutional two terms,” a source said.

For Ahmed Muhammed Ketso, Deputy Governor of Niger State, living the good life has always been a thing he loves doing with ease. At every point in time, he always wants to enjoy every moment and of course, make up for his rustic background. His call to service in politics is connected to his late father’s pedigree; Muhamed Ketso, who was a respected Islamic scholar and a grass-root politician and opinion leader in the Mokwa area of Niger state.

When Abubakar Sanni Bello, the executive governor of Niger state, got the ticket to contest as Governor in 2015, Ketso was appointed the zonal campaign Director-General. After Bello clinched the ticket, Ketso was nominated to serve as his running mate as he was found as a trusted person who was religious and respectful. As providence will have it, they won the election with a landslide victory. Ever since Ketso resumed as the state’s number two man, he enjoyed a good life. Things turned around for him as he became a strong political force within the state. Sources averred that after the tenure of his boss in 2023, Ketso is warming up to run for the seat of the Governor of the state.

“He is currently in talks with party chieftains and other members of the party to enable him to succeed Bello as the gubernatorial candidate for the next election,” a source disclosed.

Amidst rising issues of insecurity in the state, with numerous attacks from bandits and other series of school children kidnapping in his state over the weekend, the graduate of finance from the federal Polytechnic of Bida secretly tied the nuptial knot with Ummulkhair, a ravishing beauty light-skinned Kano based foreigner. Sources alleged that Ketso and Ummulkhair have been in a relationship for years before Ketso decided to make it formal and make her his wife. “They have been dating for quite a long while. He is allowed to marry more than one wife according to Islam.”

Despite joy in the heart of Ketso, tongues have been wagging about his decision to pick a new wife despite the seeming unrest and insecurity in the state. A few months ago, his residence was vandalized by irate youth over the demolition of their market space.

If you engage His Royal Majesty, Oba Hameed Adekunle Oyelude, the Olowu of Owu Kuta, Osun State, in discussions most especially Nigerian politics you would be marveled at his intelligence and brilliance laced with how spontaneous he will deliver his arguments. His attention to key points will almost make you think he is a student of political science but trust me he knows Nigerian politics like the back of his hand among other topics. Engaging him in arts, sciences, and world politics he is always ready to share his knowledge without prejudice and bias.

Early in his life as a businessman and a contractor, he had set out to be a man loved by all sundry for his composure and ability to coordinate things to run smoothly. He understood the power of maintaining friendship and also remained loyal to his friends. These and many more earned him the position as the National Chairman of Nigeria’s former Military President, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida IBB, vision 2003 when he wanted to contest as a civilian president. Many who faulted Oyelude’s idea of working for the IBB presidency are quick to forget that their relationship was dated back when IBB was military president. He was trusted and tested so the synergy and bond between them chummed up.

The multi-lingual monarch averred that IBB was said to have influenced him in a lot of ways. Since he ascended the throne, he also constantly used IBB’s influence and his other high-wired connections to attract developmental projects to his hometown which today his subjects are enjoying massively from. He is loved by his people for influencing the construction of Kuta Railway Station road and also securing job placements for numerous sons and daughters of Owu in different federal government agencies.

He also used his close relationship with former Chief of Army Staff, Gen. Buratai, to enable the Nigerian Army to construct the age-long Osun Bridge on Kuta – Ede Road, which has now eased movement and encouraged trading among the people of the two towns as well as other towns around. The stylish monarch single-handedly built an N75 million ultra-modern community palace, a police station, a patrol van in Owu Kuta, and expanded channeling of waterways as well as the control of Erosion at Isale Oba in Kuta.

If you are talking about one of the super beautiful spinsters who was the choice of bachelors in Bauchi and Abuja, Fatimah Zara Bala-Muhammad readily comes to mind. Apart from her ravishing beauty which can make a full-blooded man drool, Zara is audacious, industrious, humility personified, blunt, and modest. Despite her status as the first daughter of Bauchi’s first family, she is easily accessible as she throws her door open to several people. The reserved graduate of architecture from the University of Portsmouth, United Kingdom, loves to lend her voice to national issues of interest using social media. Despite heavy backlash from critics who do not conform with her ideology on issues, she is so civil in her reply to them.

If there is one thing she loves doing, it’s assisting humanity. Through her mother’s Almuhibbah Foundation, she has extended her hands of help to the needy. The Zaeeshcouture boss who is the target of many eligible bachelors within the Northern part of Nigeria does not keep too many friends, she spends much time expressing herself through artistic works with her love for cooking, art, photography, travel, writing, charity work, and fashion.

Last weekend, she bid spinsterhood farewell as she and her longtime fiancée Bukar Mala Sheriff tied nuptial as they further cemented their love sojourn which has spanned for years. At the very private wedding Fatiha, the former governor of Gombe State, Dr. Ibrahim Hassan Dankwambo represented the groom while the District Head of Duguri, Ibrahim YM Baba represented the bride.

The father of the bride, Governor Bala Muhammed was in a gay mood as he was super excited that his loving daughter has finally come off age to become a wife and soon a mother. At the wedding Fatiha, Zara displayed her love for luxurious and fashionable attires. Present at the wedding were; former Governor of Borno State, His Excellency, Ali Modu Sheriff, Vice Chairman of NCC, Professor Danbatta, Engineer Salmanu Mohammed, Alhaji Adamu Duguri, Yusuf Buhari, Ahmed Waziri, and a host of others.