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  • My marriage intact, says Funke Akindele

    My marriage intact, says Funke Akindele

    Star actress Funke Akindele, yesterday broke her silence on her failed marriage rumour. My marriage is intact, she said in an SMS message to The Nation.

    The message reads: “I read in the newspaper yesterday that I am divorced. What proof do you have? And I am taking this to court because my marriage is intact. You guys are rumour mongers. Funke Akindele Oloyede.”

    The Nation on Tuesday reported that the actress may have been separated from her husband, Alhaji Kehinde Oloyede, son of former Iyaloja of Oshodi market.

    Oloyede on Monday announced a “separation” via his facebook page. He said: “It is with heavy heart that I am announcing the separation of me and my wife, Mrs Olufunke Akindele. We have both agreed to go our separate ways because of irreconcilable differences. We are still best of friends and we would forever remain good friends.”

    The statement, which the actress’ husband has since deleted from his facebook wall, generated concerns among the star’s fans, who made the issue a major topic on social media platforms.

    Attempts to reach the actress on Monday failed. Her elder sister, who doubles as her spokesperson, Mrs Ayo-Ola Muhammed, failed to make an official statement she promised when contacted because, according to reports, the actress asked that no statement be made on the issue.

    Mrs Muhammed debunked an online report claiming that she confirmed the separation to a notable blogger in Nigeria.

    Reports say her husband may have removed the “notice of separation,” including a more defiance follow-up post from his facebook wall, due to pressure from friends and family members. The actress is said to have been crying inconsolably since the incident, fearing criticisms by her fans and her clients’ reactions.

    Funke, a film producer and ambassador of several brands, including telecommunications giant, Globacom, got married to Oloyede 14 months ago in a grand ceremony held in Lagos.

    Funke’s decision to marry the real estate business man, was severely criticised by her fans who wondered why she should get involved in polygamy. She rebuffed critics on one occasion, saying: “I can tell you authoritatively that my husband is not married to anyone else. Yes, he has beautiful children, who are not mine and we have a cordial relationship, which dates back to even before we got married.”

    On another occasion, she told her critics: “Will you be happier if I had married someone who didn’t have children, seems so perfect, put on my make-up and fake smile on the red carpet and start weeping when I get home? About my in-laws, they are very wonderful and supportive and my parents and siblings as well. ”

    Funke and husband are known to be living separately since they got married. Oloyede is said to visit Funke occasionally. Story of Oloyede’s last child by another woman came about the same time that the rumour of Funke’s pregnancy went viral on social media. The actress was later said to have a miscarriage.

    Meanwhile, apart from deleting the statement from his facebook wall, Oloyede is yet to refute the announcement in any way.

  • For me, marriage is not an achievement —Djinee

    For me, marriage is not an achievement —Djinee

    WHAT have you been up to lately? Right now, I am all about my two singles Wonder and All right. I have been running around, promoting them with my management team. You know I haven’t been around for a while, with a lot of people I have to meet, having to go round with them has been tasking. Basically, we are working on promoting the singles and shooting the videos.

    After so long, why did you opt to release singles instead of an album?

    Like I always say, every brand has its own strategy. You need to be conversant with your fan base and demography. You employ all those strategy, who are you marketing to? For me as an artiste, an album is a fantastic idea; it will come by the grace of God before the end of the year. But for now I need singles to be out there to catch the audience. Right now, I don’t want to waste songs on the album. I want to be able to release singles and promote them so that when they come out in the album, you will have an album that you already have songs that are already anthems. That way, it will be easier to accept the album. My management team and I have decided that for now, we need to release singles.

    Ego was a slow song back then. Why the change in style of music?

    Ego was slower. I am someone that does not like to dwell in the past euphoria. The time of Ego has passed and for some reasons, I don’t like dwelling on that moment. It will be very lazy of me to keep referring to and keep talking about it. I have looked at the industry we have now, I have looked at my target audience and what they listen to. Who really pays for music? That influences the type of music you want to make and also the channel for that genre of music. In all my radio interviews that I have been opportune to do, the channel for sounds like Ego and I no dey shame, my first singles, doesn’t exist anymore. Those channels comprises of the studio where it is edited, to the audience that want to listen to it. There are the people who want to take this work from the artistes to the audience. And I stand to be corrected from my survey, only two types of music exist here in Nigeria. They are the club music and the juju music.

    Are you saying slow music is not well recognized here?

    I am saying the likes of Akpala and Juju music are usually been played on AM stations while the club music are played on FM. The Yoruba musicians have their own promoters who do not care about Djinee, they don’t care about P-Square, or Tuface. They deal with the likes of Kwam 1, Saheed Osupa, Malaika, Pasuma and the rest. Even newspapers that have fan base in the west will interview those musicians. So already, people who love Juju music already have a way of getting that music. Even there are marketers who only for that too. Now those doing juju can continue because their channel is already there. Club music is the other one, if you listen to the radio stations 23 hours of the day; they use it to play high tempo music. Nobody is playing rock or slows, and if you have, it is one or two stations. The show promoters usually are not show promoters that will hire rock or slow musicians. They want to hire the high tempo musicians. Trust me I am making money doing the music I am doing now. It’s not like I have sold out; it is not like I have changed. Overkilling won me a different audience and those audience pay for music. With these new singles, I know what I am getting from them. Now tell me where highlife is wrong music to make? It is not in our culture and I grew up listening to it. If you want to get the slow music, Ego and the likes, when the album comes out, you will hear it in there. If you want to book me for shows to sing those songs its fine. Like they say “every Mallam to him kettle”. I am happy right now doing this music. Isn’t there excitement in my voice?

    Do you feel that you get enough shows?

    I will not make comparison because I will tell you for free that one thing about this industry is that you never can say. I will not want to say a lot on paper and be making comparison. I am not in the position to do that. But I can tell you that, those that engage me engage me. If it was that bad, I will not be releasing the works I am doing now. It is very expensive to do that, so you show know I am earning somehow.

    Aside music, do you have other ventures?

    I co-own a production company, we do portrait generation. If you remember I have worked with the press before. In this life we have a short time to achieve everything we were brought into this world to do. So I am just doing what I know how to do best. I do lot of media work like content generation, productions and all that. And I tell you, it is very interesting.

    Are you signed unto any record label?

    I am not on a record label. I will call it what it is. Like I said I co-own a record outfit, and there are deals called the production deals apart from record deals. So I have a production deal, with a production company. And they handle my stuff.

    Do you have close friends in the industry?

    I mean everyone. I will not want to call names. For everyone who knows, I always have open hands for everyone, as long as we are doing the same music and the same pains is what we all go through, I guess we are all bonded by that. Like I put in my song, I don’t have beef for anybody. But if you mean close friends, I have those that I have known before music and I also hang out with them.

    Is there a reason for your absence at some public functions?

    I don’t believe that you should be everywhere. And I don’t believe I am the only artiste that has that notion. I will be where I am needed. Because of the amount of work I do, I might not be able to honour every invite I get. I don’t think you are in every event. Maybe I was at the event you didn’t attend.

    When is your album due for release?

    I am still working as much as I am promoting. I am still working in the studio and I still have other people’s production that I am working on. So it is crazy because my audience come first. And I have to give them something to be proud of.

    Now that you have been able to make a comeback, what are your plans to remain atop?

    I don’t see any competition. Maybe we look at life differently. Like I said if you look at life as a competition, you will live a sad life. There is space for everybody. When you look at life as a competition, you then start looking for a way to pull somebody down. It is simple for what it is. We have an audience, we are treating music and it goes beyond the money we make. Yes, we are going to make the money, but it is more than that. At the end of the day, the music business is big enough for everybody. It is not one that bothers me, because I am working. I no dey look anybody, and nobody dey look me. You can’t blame a monk for being a monk. You can’t blame me for my outlook towards life.

    Are in a relationship at the moment?

    I am single. I am not married and when it is time it will come. I am happily single if I must add.

    Don’t you feel that you should be married soon?

    Why? Is it a must that you must get married?

    Do you subscribe to marriage being referred to as an ‘achievement’?

    Achievement? Really, is that why people go with their eyes blind and get burnt? Is that why 90% of the marriages are shaft, because you see it as an achievement? I don’t see it as an achievement. It should not be seen as going to school to achieve a degree. They are not in the same category. Based on where I’m from and being a catholic, at its best, marriage is a sacrament. It is not an achievement and something to be shown off to the world as a badge on your shoulder. That is what I believe. So it is not what one should do, because everybody is doing it. If you don’t do it, it means you are lesser. Come off it; learn today that marriage is not an achievement.

    Don’t you think your views on marriage are misleading?

    If you care about everything people say, you will live a sad life. And it is because of notion like yours that make people to rush into marriage and get burnt. Women die in marriages, you have heard that. What do you say to her in her grave when she dies? Especially when it is caused by a marriage she rushed into. Oh, she didn’t achieve right, at least she was married right. Is that what you will say to her? People will always talk. I am happy the way I am. It is irrelevant what anybody says. You will ignore the achievement that I have made in the industry and all the good things that I do and just because I am not married, start talking about whom I am. Does that define who I am? I want to use you medium as a writer to change the notion that marriage is not an achievement.

  • Nigeria and same-sex marriage

    SIR: It was soothing news on Tuesday June 4, that Nigerian House of Representatives had finally criminalized the same-sex marriage in Nigeria, with punishment of 14 years behind the bar without option of fine for the offender.

    It takes patriotism, courage and integrity on the part of the legislators to stand up and be counted in this crucial and dawning challenges; to be noted among those that stood to protect our core values and tell the depraved western world that we still have our own culture, norms societal ethnics and values as a leading light on the African continent, and that we can decide what we think is best for us as a people.

    It is a giant stride on the part of our democracy, it will send strong signals to the international community that we are maturing and coming up by taking our destinies into our hands.

    It is the time for the President to tell the world that he also is a man that fears God and place premium on our core value and esteemed culture.

    Why were America and Britain so particular that the bill should not be passed and signed into law? If they have failed morally, is it binding on us to fail also? Let them go with their aids as Senate President, David Mark had brilliantly responded to their threat in the past.

    It is high time we started taking legitimate and bold decisions to tell them that without their meddling in our internal affairs we can sort things out maturely by ourselves. It is obvious that the same white people are major players in our economic woes. Let us stop taking loans from them and frontally reject their domineering spirit and superiority complex over us as a people.

    Let us provide a conductive environment for our children to develop their potentials and reach their inimitable heights on our soil, instead of wasting away in white-man’s land. Let’s encourage the farmers to go back to the farm and produce more food to feed the nation, instead of importing food from them. If the manufacturing sector is genuinely focused, it will create mass employment for the army of jobless youths and stabilize our national security.

    Let make living and working in Nigeria more pleasant and attractive and less stressful, protecting the rights of everybody. Our leaders can domesticate what good things they can learn about western democracy and throw away their illicit culture, as in the case of legislation against same marriage, Like the word of Barrack Obama on Jan 12, at his second inaugural speech that ‘’we do not believe that in this country freedom is reserved for the lucky, or happiness for the few”. We can make Justice accessible and available to the people. The government should walk the talk by fulfilling their electoral promises and make politics a level playing field for everybody to participate without intimidation from anybody in authority.

    • Pastor Mark Debo Taiwo [JP],

    Ogbomoso

     

  • Same sex marriage is a sin, says Catholic bishop

    Bishop Emmaneul Badejo of the Oyo Catholic Diocese has described same sex marriage as “a gross sin against God”.

    Last week, Pope Francis I acknowledged the existence of gay lobby in the Vatican.

    Bishop Badejo spoke at the weekend while delivering the sermon at St. Mary’s Catholic Church in Oke-Padre, Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, at the wedding of the daughter of the Publisher of the defunct Third Eye, Chief Akanni Aluko.

    He said the Catholic Church can never support gay marriage and urged Christians across the world to wage war against it.

    Bishop Badejo said: “Catholics across the world should rise up to fight against same sex marriage. It is a fight that must be won because the act is a gross sin against God and we should not allow it in the sanctuary of the living God.

    “There is a reason God made a complement for man. He knew man could not continue to be alone. God also found it necessary to create man and woman for the purpose of procreation, which He ordained. We must therefore resist this un-natural use of the body.”

    He urged the couple to be faithful to each other in fulfilment of their marital vows before God.

    Catholic Archbishop of Ibadan Diocese Most Rev. Alaba Job urged the congregation to stand for what is holy.

    He urged the couple to be prayerful and be committed to the success of their marriage.

    In attendance were the Aare Musulumi of Yorubaland, Alhaji Azeez Alao-Arisekola; the Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Lamidi Adeyemi III; the Olubadan, Oba Samuel Odulana, who was represented by Chief Edy Oyewole; Head of the Afe Babalola Chambers Mr. Adebayo Adenipekun (SAN); wife of the former Governor Rashidi Ladoja, Alhaja Mutiat; Alhaja Bose Adedibu, wife of the late strongman of Ibadan politics, Chief Lamidi Adedibu; the Owa Obokun of Ijesaland, Oba Adekunle Aromolaran and the Deji of Akure, Oba Adebiyi Adesida, among others .

     

  • I don’t have resources for marriage, but I can well handle a sexual relationship

    Mum, please I will ever live to love, support you, and assist advertise your impact on humanity; kindly help me this first time.

    Simply, I’m a grown up young man, and for now, I don’t have resources for marriage, but I can well handle a sexual relationship. But as a result of my background from childhood, I can’t talk to and convince an opposite sex for this; kindly use your position, influence and impact to approach, talk to and convince a nice lady for me or rather give a genuine connection either by sending phone number to her or show my number to whoever.

    I don’t have much to say than to ask you to wait until you have money for marriage before you start looking for sex. So, you want to sleep with people’s children, knowing fully well that you don’t have money now to marry them. You’re looking for poor girls who would donate their bodies to satisfy your fantasies. To make it worse, you’re looking for such girls through me! You try! Most good girls want marriage the moment they go into a relationship; not sex. go and convince those who will listen to you with your own mouth. Count me out of it.

  • Marriage? Not in my plan —Weird MC

    Marriage? Not in my plan —Weird MC

    RAPPER Weird MC is not showing any sign of weaning at all as she has continued to blaze the trail in the league of female acts on the music scene.

    Weird MC upped her ante recently when she performed alongside iconic female rap group Salt-N-Pepa. At the show she gave the crowd a taste of new singles Ijoya (Remix) and Fiesta. Speaking on her new single, Weird MC said, “The new singles are doing extremely well. Radio has just been going crazy with the songs, steady rotation. I didn’t expect that kind of reception at all, not just Lagos alone, everywhere. Young D is on the cut and he did the production as well.”

    There are also plans for a Fiesta video and in-demand cinematographer Moe Musa just might be Weird MC’s choice for video director.

    In between all the excitement of her new material, the rapper was asked about marriage plans and if she intended changing her single status anytime soon. She simply replied “No, I don’t have time for that. It’s not even in my plans. Right now I’ve got an album coming out, so that’s not in my plans.”

  • Consequences of defiling the marriage bed (IV)

    Dear reader,

    Welcome to the concluding part of this month’s series. I strongly believe that you have been blessed and edified. Today, I shall be looking into Ways Out Of Marital Infidelity.

    We live in modern times, where a lot of virtues our parents upheld are pushed aside as being old-fashioned. Liberality appears to be the password of the new generation. Thank God, the Bible was not inspired by man’s customs and ideologies, else, several updates would have become mandatory. What is contained therein was inspired by the Holy Spirit, Who is eternal. The Word of God in 2 Timothy 3:16 says: All scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.

    Renew Your Mind: For anyone to be free from today’s pollution, renewal of the mind is inevitable. The Bible says: And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God (Romans 12:2). God’s Word cannot become obsolete; His Word cannot become old-fashioned. The potency of God’s Word is as ever. It is the best ‘water’ that can wash away every contamination.

    If you discover that you have a weakness towards the opposite sex, do not fold your hands, fight spiritually and overcome the devil. Lay hold on the Word of God, read, study and meditate on it. Get materials like books, tapes, etc. These will help your mind from wandering about. Be careful not to watch or read materials that can prompt you into your old ways.

    Be Open: Keeping secrets could be dangerous, especially with the opposite sex. Sending text messages that you would not want your spouse to know about, is like sitting on a gun powder. Any relationship that your spouse is not comfortable about should be dropped. If you are a single person, be careful not to stay alone in secluded places with the opposite sex.

    The Bible says: …for we are not ignorant of his devices (2 Corinthians 2:11). I receive mails on a daily basis of wives suspecting their husbands and men not trusting their wives, because of secret calls and text messages. The truth is: there is nothing secret that shall not be made manifest; neither anything hid, that shall not be known and come abroad (Luke 8:17).

    Marriage is founded upon a very delicate material called trust. One cannot afford to get caught in the web of adultery. When trust is broken, suspicion sets in and eventually the marriage breaks. By committing adultery, you literally take the honour God bestows upon you and cast it before swine: Give not that which is holy unto the dogs, neither cast ye your pearls before swine, lest they trample them under their feet, and turn again and rend you. (Matthew 7:6).

    When your honour is trampled upon, nothing remains of it. Another dimension to this is that the respect or value which your spouse has for or placed upon you is shattered. There are many out there, who are ready to play on your emotions and get at you; do not give them room.

    No one can overcome this nature except by the power that is in the Blood of Jesus Christ. Are you ready to be saved? If you are ready, please say this prayer: Dear Lord Jesus, I come to You today, I am a sinner. Forgive me of my sins. I believe You died and rose on the third day for my sins. I accept You as my Lord and Saviour. Make me a child of God today.

     

    Congratulations!  You are now born again! Till I come your way next time, please call or write, and share your testimonies with me through: E-mail: faithdavid@yahoo.com; Tel.  No: 234-1-7747546-8; 07026385437; 07094254102

     

    For more insight, these books authored by Pastor Faith Oyedepo are available at the Dominion Bookstores in all the Living Faith Churches and other leading Christian bookstores: Marriage Covenant, Making Marriage Work and Building a Successful Family.

  • Bound by love

    Bound by love

    Where there is love, there is no barrier. This altruism rings true for Abisoye Ogunnusi and her beau, Lanre Balogun, who got married in Lagos Last Saturday. Their different religion did not stop them from taking a vow to love, hold and cherish each other for life.

    They tied the nuptial knot at the St Agnes Catholic Church, Maryland, Lagos.

    Two days earlier, the engagement was held at Oregun, Lagos. Peach and blue were the colours of the day. Guests got a foretaste of what to come on the D-day at the event.

    Last Saturday, St Agnes Maryland brimmed with activities. The church was festooned with colourful balloons and fabrics.

    Many Muslims, who attended the church ceremony, joined in the celebration of the Eucharistic mass. It was a show of emotion that depicted the love they have for the couple.

    The couple occupied the front pew of the church. The clean-shaven groom was clad in a black suit, white shirt and a golden tie. His bride was full of smiles. She wore a V-neck simple wedding gown.

    The girls in the bridal train wore long fitted dinner gowns like the bride. The grooms’ men wore blue fitted suits and red ties with roses to complement their look.

    Having taken the Gospel reading from John 17:20-23, the officiating minister, Rev Fr Clement Abiodun, who came from Cote’d Ivoire, urged the couple to profess undying love for each other.

    The cleric ended his sermon by leading guests to sing the hit song of the late music diva, Whitney Houston – I Will Always Love You.

    The couple, accompanied by their parents and friends, danced to the altar during thanksgiving after their union was sealed and the marriage certificate signed.

    Soon after, members of the Christian Women Organisation (CWO) presented the bride with their wrapper uniform, automatically enlisting her as a member of the CWO in her parish. They also presented her with a candle, signifying that she will be a light in her home, community and nation; the rosary beads and Bible.

    Guests started relishing old school music on entering the Grandeur Events Place, Oregun, Lagos. The colour at the venue was red; red curtains and table overlays. Scented flowers were on the floor and a red rug lay from the entrance of the hall to the centre where the five-layer cake stood. It had red roses on top it. Different coloured disco lights illuminated and added glamour to the arena.

    Demola Olota and his band also turned out in the colour of the day. DJ Larry dished out music for the young ones. There was a cultural presentation by a group. Comedian Tee A anchored the ceremony.

    The bride, Abisoye, and her father, Hon Yomi Ogunnusi, stole the show with their dance steps. While her father swirled around the hall to the guests’ admiration, she did the Azonto dance steps with her beau that left many spellbound.

    Chairman of the Island Club, Prince Demola Dada, chaired the ocassion. He urged the couple to be tolerant of each other.

    In proposing the toast, Francis Edien recalled that the first time the couple met was at his wedding where Abisoye served Lanre food. He also told the guests how the groom, in the last five years, quit playing the Play Station games they were addicted to, so as to beat the daily 5pm traffic to see Abisoye.

    As guests clicked their glasses, the first song the couple listened to after they met, Tuface’s True Love, was played.

    In his vote of thanks, the groom thanked his mother-in-law, Mrs Emmanuella Ogunnusi for not discouraging her daughter from marrying him.

    He also presented his bride to his mother and thanked his elder sister for her motherly love.

    Since he didn’t get the chance to dance with his mother on the ocassion because she died 11 years ago, he danced with his mother-in-law and stepmother, Oluwatoyin. He wept while dancing.

    Mrs Ogunnusi said she would miss her daughter as she has been her best friend all these years.

    Lanre said of his bride: “Abisoye completes me and has made me the man I am today. I am the luckiest man to have her.”

    In attendance were the Chairman AIT/Raypower Chief Raymond Dokpesi; Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon Adeyemi Ikuforiji; Hon Abike-Dabiri-Erewa; Senator Olorunnimbe Mamora; renowned essayist Prof Adebayo Williams; Chairman of the Advertising Practitioners Council of Nigeria (APCON) and CEO of Prima Garnet, Mr Lolu Akinwunmi, and other members of the House of Assembly.

     

  • ‘She is very kind’

    ‘She is very kind’

    They met four years ago. The relationship culminated into marriage last Saturday. To Fatimah Abiodun Danmale and Yusuf Omotayo Onilogbo, it was their day.

    The expansive hall of the Anchor Events Place, Ikeja, Lagos, was filled to capacity. Guests wore white and blue lace attires.

    The couple looked resplendent in theirs, too.

    Earlier in the morning, Alhaji Yaya Adekoya led other Islamic clerics for the Nikkah.

    He declared the lovebirds husband and wife following the fulfilment of the requirements for the solemnisation.

    The reception was held at the same venue.

    The couple, changed to English wears for the reception. The groom wore a black suit; Fatimah wore a white gown.

    They were accompanied by their friends to the hall. The couple danced for some minutes before entering the hall. Guests rose for them when they entered the hall.

    The occasion was chaired by Osun State Commissioner for Culture and Tourism Alhaji Sikiru Adetona.

    Adetona advised the couple to love each other and live with wisdom.

    “It is just a new beginning and I pray God to give you the wisdom to manage it,” he said. He urged the couple to live by the teachings of the Quran and never allow a third party in their lives.

    The commissioner also advised the couple’s parents to allow them live their lives on their own.

    The cutting of the cake followed immediately after the chairman’s speech.

    They moved to the dance floor after the first assignment of feeding each other was concluded.

    The band of Kolade Onanuga was on stage, dishing out melodious songs. They were joined on the podium by family members and friends.

    An elated Yusuf was full of thanks.

    “I am overwhelmed with the turn out, I am short of words, I give Allah all the thanks,” he said.

    Describing his better half, Yusuf said: “She has a good behaviour, very gentle; very kind, prayerful and a good Muslim”.

    The bride, Fatimah, could not hide her feelings; she was all smiles. She described the day as her happiest.

    “It is my happiest day,” she said.

  • ‘Marriage is a blessing from God’

    The marriage of Adedapo Adekunle Titiloye and Oyeronke Temilade Oyedeji has become the talk of town in Offa, Kwara State. It was held at the First Baptist Church, Station Road, Offa.

    The officiating ministers were Rev A. G Odediran; Rev Canon Tayo Fayemi; Pastor Kunle Ogungboye, and Deacon Yinka Olayonu, among others.

    Reception followed at the Offa Grammar School Sports Stadium. The stadium was filled to capacity.

    It was like a competition when the twin brothers of the groom, Taiye and Kehinde Titiloye, took on themselves on the dancing floor.Their performance added glamour to the occasion.

    The groom’s father, Mr Femi Titiloye, the Registrar of Rainbow College, Surulere, Lagos also displayed his dancing skills to the admiration of guests. “It (dancing) runs in the family”, some guests whispered.

    The reception was chaired by Mr Sunday Pinmo, a friend of Mr Titiloye.

    He urged the couple to listen to each other in order to build a successful home.

    He also advised those in attendance to pray for the couple.

    Adedapo, a graduate of Industrial Chemistry, described his wife, Ronke, as a “ friend and somebody I trust”.

    Mr Titiloye’s Social Club Iledun Club Oke Onigbin presented a banner gift to the couple.

    The bride’s father, Prince Oyetunji Oyedeji, urged the couple to be patient with each other and put God first in whatever they do.