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  • Lanre Olusola, Kemen, others lead FitFamFest2018

    Lagos came alive this past weekend as fitness festival, FitFam Fest, in collaboration with Amstel Malta, brought men, women and children of all ages together for its annual fitness and wellness experience.

    The event which held on Saturday, November 24 at the Hard Rock Cafe Beachfront, in Oniru, Lekki, saw top notch trainers and fitness enthusiasts converge in one place to partake in an array of fitness activities.

    FitFam Fest is a single day festival designed to promote health and fitness across Africa through fun and participation. The festival was geared towards identifying and validating every individual’s journey into fitness – through physical activity, proper nutrition, mental well-being and other hacks that help attain a healthy balance.

    Premium malt drink, Amsel Malta lent its support to the 2018 FitFam Festival, as its Senior Brand Manager, Ugo Ahukannah, said, “Amstel Malta recognizes the capabilities of people and inspires them to always be their best.”

    Other aspects of the festival include, the Assault Obstacle Course, a military inspired obstacle competition that introduced extreme entertainment, the 5k Colour Run for those with the chops for endurance, The Neon Room: the glow-in-the-dark/silent-disco workout room that combined innovative tech with various workouts, the Soho Fitness and many more.

  • Governor’s wife advocates more cancer awareness

    Mrs Betty Anyanwu-Akeredolu, wife of Ondo State Governor, has called on non-governmental organisations to raise awareness on cancer and its impact in the country.

    She made this call in Abuja at a music and comedy fund raising show organised by Project Pink Blue, a cancer non-profit campaign organisation.

    Mrs Akeredolu, a breast cancer survivor, noted that cancer can be defeated when people are enlightened about the ailment and the need to go for regular checkups.

    According to her, the idea of referring the ailment to spiritual attack is contributing to the high rate of preventable deaths in the country.

    “I am a 21 years cancer survivor and I am still alive, but the entry point to defeating cancer is education.

    “Education is very important in the fight against any type of cancer but in this our environment, we are held back by all sort of misconceptions on what causes cancer and how it can be treated.

    “We attribute it to spiritual attack, so instead of going to the hospital, we keep going to prayer mountain thereby wasting time.

    “People do not know that early detection is the key but we find out that by the time victims report to the hospital, their cases would have gotten to Stage 3 or Stage 4,” she said.

    She also called on Nigerians to make financial support to the treatment of cancer victims in the country.

    A male breast cancer survivor, Mr Chuks Igbokwe, advised Nigerians to regularly check themselves of lumps in their breast area and also go to the hospital for mammogram check.

    “The public should be aware that breast cancer is not exclusive to females only but men can also be victims of it.
    “I implore everyone to always check themselves and also get themselves enlightened about the disease,” he said.

    Fund were raised by ‘auctioning’ various celebrities and artists in the entertainment industry at the event.

    The celebrities include Alex Unusual, Rachael Okoronkwo, Kemen, Ex-Mr Nigeria Bryan Okwara and Denrele Edun.

    NAN

  • Ex-BBNaija housemate, Kemen to start fitness show on TV

    Ex-BBNaija housemate, Kemen to start fitness show on TV

    ABOUT one year after he left the Bib Brother Naija house, muscular housemate, Ekemini Ekerete, a.k.a Kemen, says plans have been concluded for the commencement of his wellness and fitness television show.

    He told News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja, about the programme, a 30-minute morning workout session on Mondays to Fridays.

    “It is basically going to give the viewers that cannot go to the gym an opportunity to walkout in front of their TV set,” he said.

    The ship manager-turn-fitness entrepreneur who said his intention was to raise awareness for fitness and health to a point where the whole nation will accept it as lifestyle, named the content of the exercise.

    “It will involve different kind of workout; from aerobics to yoga, strength training, dance fitness to high intensity interval training, table and all kinds for different days.

    According to him, “fitness is supposed to be a lifestyle, bearing in mind that it is only a health body that can have a healthy mind.

    “This is because we are in a society where people go through a lot of stress; one can only survive when you make fitness a part of your life.

    “This is because it keeps away depression, adverse effects of stress and also helps the individual to become a better and happier person.

    “When you work out regularly, you will be happy with yourself, looks and the way you feel; I am looking at using fitness to control or better still eradicate negativity in the society, “Kemen said.

    On how soon the programme would come on air, the fitness guru said he would not want to let the cat out of the bag.

    “It may start next week, next two weeks or next month, but I don’t want to give you a time line right now, but it will start very soon.”

  • BBNaija 2018: Ex-housemates Miyonse, Kemen advise contestants

    BBNaija 2018: Ex-housemates Miyonse, Kemen advise contestants

    As the third edition of the Big Brother Naija (BBnaija) reality television show starts on January 28, ex-housemates have advised would-be contestants to exhibit positive attributes and exemplary qualities of themselves during the show.

    The ex-housemates’ who were contestants in the second edition in 2017, gave the advice in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursdays in Abuja.

    Ekemini Ekerete, also known as `Kemen’ advised the contestants to put up their utmost best and stay true to themselves in the house.

    “Even when they feel their best is not good enough; they should keep their heads up, support each other and stay true to themselves,’’ Kemen stressed.

    The ship manager-turn fitness entrepreneur who expressed optimism that the show would live up to expectation said that “Nigeria is a country blessed with resourceful and talented youths.’’

    Similarly, Miyonse Oluwaseyi, popularly called `Miyonse’ expressed optimism that the 2018 edition would be bigger, exciting and showcase more talents.

    “The BBNaija show is a platform for contestants to expand and develop their talents; I believe they have something unique to showcase themselves.

    “Basically they should market themselves in the house to the global viewers,’’ Miyonse said.

    “Whatever they are going to do, should be in such a way that when they are out of the house, they would be able to pick up from where they started.

    On his expectations from the show, Miyonse said that whatever shortcomings the show had previously, the organisers would improve on it.

    “I am positive they will improve on it this year, like the washing of pots and others; I wish all the 2018 BBNaija contestants best of luck,’’ he said.

    NAN reports that auditions for the third edition were held last year in six locations across Nigeria.

    Multichoice, owners of DSTV and GoTV had earlier announced Ebuka Obi-Uchendu as the host for the 2018 edition of the BBNaija reality TV show.

    It also announced the money prize of N45 million as against the N25, million won last year by Michael Efe.

  • Tboss, Kemen reconcile after #BBNaija grouse

    Tboss, Kemen reconcile after #BBNaija grouse

    Big Brother Naija (BBNaija) Reality Show housemates, Tokunbo Idowu, popularly called Tboss, and Ekemini Ekerete also known as Kemen, have finally reconciled, after two months of “beef”.

    Kemen, a ship manager turn fitness entrepreneur, was disqualified for fondling Tboss without her consent while she was asleep in the BBNaija house.

    According to media reports, the peace process tagged, ‘reconciliation get together,’ took place early hours of yesterday at Planet Work Night club in Abuja.

    The peace was brokered by the club owner Charles Opaleke, and celebrity journalist Azuka Ogujuiba of Media Room Hub.

    Kemen, after the disqualification, took to his Instagram handle @Kemen_Fitness and tendered an apology to Tboss, the organisers of the show and core sponsor, Payporte for his action.

    The fitness guru, who also spoke about his relationship with TBoss after the show, described her as “great’’.

    “Tboss is a great person and I would want to keep her as a friend. I don’t have any grudges against her and I don’t think I ever will.

    “You have to bear in mind that the situation not only affected me, it also affected Tboss negatively too so we are both in this together.

    “Having a bad feeling towards her would be totally out of place,” he said.

  • BBNaija: Kemen still at T-Boss’ mercy

    BBNaija: Kemen still at T-Boss’ mercy

    The ‘enslavement’ continues disqualified Big Brother Naija housemate, Kemen, weeks after the show ended.

    The former housemate from Akwa Ibom State seems to be trying hard to appease fellow contestant, Tokunbo Idowu aka T-Boss, who caused his expulsion, after his romantic advances towards her hit the rock.

    Recall that Kemen allegedly fondled T-Boss without her consent during the recently concluded reality show.

    A still angry T-Boss has been lambasting Kemen over his behaviour ever since she left the BBN house and on Sunday, during an interview, she disclosed that Kemen had phoned her more than 15 times but she did not pick up his call because she did not want to say anything she might regret.

    T-Boss who disclosed she has seen Kemen few times after leaving the BBN house said she could not tolerate him talking from both sides of his mouth and even wanted to slap him.

    “I just wanted to slap him,” she said.

    “I think I even said that but then I came out and I said you know what… everyone can make mistake because I am an attractive person but then, I come out and I hear the interviews he has given, today he makes an apology and then tomorrow he comes out to say T-Boss knows what happened and that if there was no N25 million involved, hopefully she would tell the truth.”

    Meanwhile, Kemen, when asked in a telephone interview with The Nation, to respond to T-Boss’ critical outbursts, said he has ‘no comments’ in his defense. When asked his response that T-Boss was maligning his character, Kemen also replied with the ‘no comments’ phrase.

    Since Kemen was disqualified, he has yet to refute the allegation that he fondled T-Boss and responded that T-Boss knew the truth about what happened.

  • How Kemen, Uriel left Big Brother Naija show

    How Kemen, Uriel left Big Brother Naija show

    The unusual happened on social reality show, Big Brother Naija (BBN), as Kemen was sacked from the competition for violating the rules of the game. This happened hours before the live eviction show, anchored by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, last Sunday.
    Kemen, one of the two brawny housemates got the first warning strike last week for what Biggie described as conspiring with Marvis against some housemates for possible eviction. It was at this instance that Biggie cancelled last week’s nomination exercise and put up all the housemates, save for Bisola and Bally who had immunity and ThinTallTony who was able to save himself having won the Head of House task. It came as a surprise to viewers that Kemen broke the BBN rule again, especially having been made to write out the in-house rules in the aftermath of last week’s transgression. This time, he was found guilty of sexually harassing a female housemate, TBoss, while she was asleep. This is perhaps the first time any housemate will be disqualified from the show in the decade-long history of the Big Brother franchise in Africa.
    Kemen, an opinionated BBN housemate, is a ship manager turned fitness entrepreneur and Port Harcourt’s most sought after personal trainer.
    Banky W who visited the housemates as a celebrity guest penultimate week, made a second appearance on the show. This time, opening the live eviction show with his song, “All I Want Is You”. He later performed another of his hit songs, “Yes/No”.
    Amidst palpable tension in the house, and suspense by Ebuka, the hammer of real eviction fell on Uriel, as the housemate to secure the least number of votes from fans. It was the first time that the Hammersmith, England-born housemate was put up for possible eviction. Having played her way smartly in the heart of other housemates, it was clear Uriel couldn’t garner enough liking from viewers.
    Joining Ebuka on stage, Uriel was surprised to be faced with the crowd. “I’m in shock. This is crazy. I thought it was a joke. Can I go back…? “ she asked jokingly.
    On her dual personality in the house, given her freer mien in the diary room, she said: “I just thought the diary room is where you go to and just express yourself and be you.”
    About getting romantic with any male housemate, the radio personality who hails from Imo State said she has been single for a year and although she was attracted to Bassey whom she believed was indecisive.
    Uriel who was the first housemate to enter the house on January 22, 2017, was also shocked to discover that Ese and Jon who left last week were fake housemates.
    The remaining housemates can heave a sigh of relief as there will be no eviction next Sunday. However, Ebuka advised them to do less of bonding and focus on the prizes, as the game gradually moves towards the end.
    The voting pattern revealed that Efe came tops with the highest vote of 39.9 percent. Kemen would have been evicted all the same, having scored 4.8 percent which represented the lowest number of votes. Uriel scored the second lowest with 7.9 percent, followed by Debbie-Rise with 8.3 percent; Bassey with 11.8 percent; Marvis with 12.9 percent and TBoss with 14.4 percent.

  • #BBNaija: No eviction next Sunday after Uriel, Kemen sent packing

    #BBNaija: No eviction next Sunday after Uriel, Kemen sent packing

    There will be no eviction of any housemate from the Big Brother Nigeria House next Sunday.

    This was the decision of Biggie after two housemates were evicted for different reasons.

    While Kemen was evicted for inappropriate behaviour to one of the housemates, TBoss, Uriel left the normal way, after scoring the lowest vote among the seven housemates billed for eviction.

    The Seven housemates were; Efe, Uriel, Kemen, who has been disqualified for violating house rules, Debie-Rise, Bassey, TBoss, and Marvis.

    Uriel, the housemates’ favourite got the lowest votes of 7.9.

    She would have been saved because Kemen had 4.8. But he was earlier disqualified, which brought Uriel next in line.

    In a brief interview with Ebuka after she left the house, Uriel said that everything in the house about her was real.

    The Imo State born make up artist said it was an amazing experience in the house with challenging tasks.

    “Things that I would normally not be able to do, I did them in the Big Brother House.”

    She said Ese was cool and knew the right button to press, but that no one can press her (Uriel’s) button.

    She also explained that Ese said some nasty things about her in the Diary Room adding that she also gave it back to her.

    However, she was shocked when Ebuka revealed to her that Ese and Jon were fake housemates.
    The fifth evicted housemate said she would focus on her music and may open a beauty shop outside the Big Brother Naija Game Show.

    The eviction night show saw Nigerian talented Rhythm and Blues singer Banky W putting up a scintillating performance.

    NAN reports that Uriel’s eviction on Day 42 has brought to five of the housemates that have been evicted. With Kemen, being disqualified, six housemates have now left the show.

    Those evicted were Coco Ice, Soma, Miyonse and Gifty; six housemates are still in the house for the 25 million naira and an SUV prize to the winner. They are ThinTallTony, Debie-Rise, Efe, TBoss, Marvis and Bassey.

  • BBNaija: Biggie strikes housemate, as viewers vote Uriel out

    BBNaija: Biggie strikes housemate, as viewers vote Uriel out

    The unusual happened on social reality show, Big Brother Naija (BBN), as Kemen was sacked from the competition for violating the rules of the game. This happened hours before the live eviction show, anchored by Ebuka Obi-Uchendu.
    Kemen, one of the two brawny housemates got the first warning strike last week for what Biggie described as conspiring with Marvis against some housemates for possible eviction. It was at this instance that Biggie cancelled last week’s nomination exercise and put up all the housemates, safe for Bisola and Bally who had immunity and ThinTallTony who was able to save himself having won the Head of House task. It came as a surprise to viewers that Kemen broke the BBN rule again, especially having been made to write out the in-house rules in the aftermath of last week’s transgression. This time, he was found guilty of sexually harassing a female housemate, TBoss, while she was asleep. This is perhaps the first time any housemate will be disqualified from the show in the decade-long history of the Big Brother franchise in Africa.
    Kemen, an opinionated BBN housemate, is a ship manager turned fitness entrepreneur and Port Harcourt’s most sought after personal trainer.

    Kemen
    Kemen

    Banky W who visited the housemates as a celebrity guest penultimate week, made a second appearance on the show. This time, opening the live eviction show with his song, “All I Want Is You”. He later performed another of his hit songs, “Yes or No”.
    Amidst palpable tension in the house, and suspense by Ebuka, the hammer of real eviction fell on Uriel, as the housemate to secure the least number of votes from fans. It was the first time that the Hammersmith, England-born housemate was put up for possible eviction. Having played her way smartly in the heart of other housemates, it was clear Uriel couldn’t garner enough liking from viewers.
    Joining Ebuka on stage, Uriel was surprised to be faced with the crowd. “I’m in shock. This is crazy. I thought it was a joke. Can I go back…? ” she asked jokingly.
    On her dual personality in the house, given her freer mien in the diary room, she said: “I just thought the diary room is where you go to and just express yourself and be you.”
    About getting romantic with any male housemate, the radio personality who hails from Imo State said she has been single for a year and although she was attracted to Bassey whom she believed was indecisive.
    Uriel who was the first housemate to enter the house on January 22, 2017, was also shocked to discover that Ese and Jon who left last week were fake housemates.
    The remaining housemates can heave a sigh of relief as there will be no eviction next Sunday. However, Ebuka advised them to do less of bonding and focus on the prizes, as the game gradually moves towards the end.
    The voting pattern revealed that Efe came tops with the highest vote of 39.9 percent. Kemen would have been evicted all the same, having scored 4.8 percent which represented the lowest number of votes. Uriel scored the second lowest with 7.9 percent, followed by Debbie-Rise with 8.3 percent; Bassey with 11.8 percent; Marvis with 12.9 percent and TBoss with 14.4 percent.

  • Kemen disqualified from #BBNaija

    Kemen disqualified from #BBNaija

    Kemen, one of the Big Brother Naija #BBNaija housemates has been disqualified from ongoing TV reality series.

    He was caught on camera on Saturday night touching fellow housemate Tboss while she was asleep.

    Host of the show Ebuka Obi-Uchendu made the annoucement during the live eviction show on Sunday.

    Kemen, who has been trying to be romantically close to TBoss with no luck, waited for all housemates to fall asleep before displaying his real self on Saturday night.
    This happened after he Kemen, recently expressed his feelings for another housemate Uriel.