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  • Nike Oshinowo shuns spotlight

    Nike Oshinowo shuns spotlight

    For popular socialite and ex-beauty Queen Nike Oshinowo, gone are the days of strutting on the lane of fame. Gone also are the days of ubiquitous presence at red carpet events. The days of seductive poses to satisfy the lustful tastes of lascivious fans are gone. With maturity comes a shift in perspective, hence the MBGN 1990 winner has reordered her priorities.

    She has put social appearances on the back burner and kept a low profile in recent times. Since her sizzling romance and eventual marriage to bearded medical doctor Tunde Soleye petered out like a fire starved of wood, Nike has kept herself off the limelight.

    Having battled with endometriosis since the age of 13, the ageless beauty had at one point despaired over the benefit of the fruit of the womb. However, succour came her way with the birth of her beautiful twin babies via gestational surrogacy some years back. Since then, she has gladly relinquished her hold on the social scene to focus on taking care of her kids.

  • Nike Oshinowo adopts low profile

    Man, like the animals that range in the wilds, has learned that adaptation is the best approach to survival. As one leaves familiar terrains behind and finds oneself in lands never trod before, one has to shed old skin like the cobra or adopt new one like the chameleon in order to fit into new surroundings.

    As man grows older, he also learns to let go of past glories and fame and hold fast to less ephemeral things like familial love and friendships. This is the case with one-time beauty queen, Nike Oshinowo. After decades of reigning as the top star on the social scene, the former Miss Nigeria has embraced the calm and repose that quietude brings. No longer does she actively seek out the klieg lights of high-octane events which she used to rule back in the days.

    Saddled with nurturing to wholesome growth the two kids she gave birth to through gestational surrogacy, the ex-wife of bearded doctor Tunde Soleye has no time for the goings on in high society.

  • Nike Oshinowo’s new ways

    Man, like nature, is a being of alteration and transformation. As the seasons change from the creeping cold of winter to the green and warm birdsong of summer, so too does man undergo attitudinal changes, shifts in perspective brought about by a number of factors, chief among which are age and experience. The things we used to love begin to seem like a waste of time, mere trifles to be abandoned in favour of more rewarding pursuits. For ex-beauty queen Nike Oshinowo, this seems to be the case these days. Gone for her is the razzle dazzle of high octane events, flowing robes bestriding red carpets and expensive cocktail to finely-glossed lips. In fact, her absence at A-list events has become the norm rather than the exception. The polyglot, who won the MBGN pageant in 1990, has severely toned down her appearances on the social scene of late. Unlike the days when she rocked the celebrity scene like no man’s business, these days, she goes quietly about her stuff, devoting most of her time to caring for her two kids.

    Though no one knows for certain what’s up with Nike, the former wife of bearded Dr Tunde Soleye, perhaps is simply seeking an extended respite from the public eye.

  • Nike Oshinowo goes off radar

    The name Nike Oshinowo is not one that can be forgotten in a hurry. But her recent hiatus from the social scene may cause many to forget the radiance of her beautiful face and the magical tilt her lips make when she smiles.

    Although many remember her as an ex-beauty queen, Nike is much more than that. She is a talk show host, an entrepreneur, a style icon and a mother to adorable male twins. Her pictures adorn the rooms of many young ladies as they hope, work and pray to be just like her. However, those who look up to her have been left disheartened since she vacated the social scene.

    Frantic efforts so far made to figure out where she is and what she is currently up to have been unsuccessful. When her marriage to Dr. Tunde Soleye crashed, Nike began to strategically select her outings. Now it seems the stunning lady is gradually abandoning the social scene, recoiling into a shell of isolation.

  • Nike Oshinowo, Tunde Soleye re-unite?

    The flame of love can never be extinguished, goes the popular saying. It is always a potent combustion waiting to be ignited into a raging fire at the slightest opportunity. And that may just be playing out in the lives of Nike Osinowo and Dr. Tunde Soleye.

    Recently, the estranged lovers spent quality time interacting and causing high society gossip to project the possibility a reunion. The ex-beauty queen and the Lagos-based medical practitioner reunited recently at a fundraiser for Endometriosis. The event, which held at the Civic Centre, Victoria Island, Lagos, offered a rare opportunity for Osinowo and Soleye to bond since their separation in 2012.

    Many people at the event wondered if the estranged lovebirds were at the verge of reuniting, given the affectionate way they related with each other.

    Will the duo get back together? Or did they simply put up a show for the public? Time will tell.

  • Much ado about Nike Oshinowo’s lifestyle

    Much ado about Nike Oshinowo’s lifestyle

    When former beauty queen, Nike Oshinowo, was making waves on the nation’s political platform as host of one of the most incisive female talk shows in the country, nobody expected her to be away from the limelight anytime soon. Although Nike is not totally out of circulation, she is not as visible as she used to be.

    Many claim that Nike’s decision to stay of the limelight may be related to the crash of her marriage to Dr. Tunde Soleye, while others insist that the industrious woman is simply too busy to mingle. According to the gists going round, the woman of enviable beauty, who is in her 40s, may simply be focused packaging her brand. Nike has put her hands in many businesses and is as resilient as ever.

  • Nike Oshinowo launches ‘adult’ TV Show

    Nike Oshinowo launches ‘adult’ TV Show

    TWO decades after her reign as the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN), former beauty queen, Nike Oshinowo is floating a TV show, Late Night with Nike Oshinowo.

    Making the disclosure on Wednesday at a press conference, Oshinowo said that the new addition to TV viewing will inject life and fun into the weekday evenings of the viewing audience, bringing a vast array of local and international acts and celebrities from the world of arts, cinema, music and politics into the viewers’ living room.

    According the Oshinowo, the show will serve as a platform for industry leaders, politicians, celebrities, artists, actors and musicians alike to connect directly to the people of Nigeria through candid interviews.

    “To say that I am excited about this project would be an understatement. I have never been more excited about any project that I have worked on. It is so amazing to see it come to fruition. I am a dreamer and I am told that the most successful people in the world are dreamers. The late night show would come as a surprise to a lot of people,” she enthused

    The programme, she said, will air on Thursday at 11 pm on AIT network. “I don’t want to reinvent the wheel and start bringing late night shows to 7pm. It needs to be late at night. The children need to be in bed so that we can talk about things that need to be talked about. We can have adult conversation,” Oshinowo added.

  • Nike Oshinowo on low profile

    IS it motherhood or she has simply grown weary of public appearance? That is the question that is trailing the absence of Adenike Ashabi Osinowo from the social scene. She might as well had decided to cut down on her public appearance when she separated from her former lover, Dr. Tunde Soleye.

    Since the arrival of her set of twins (a boy and a girl) via a gestational surrogate in the United States of America and the subsequent showcasing of the babies in Hello! Nigeria magazine, Nike has continued to stay away from the social sphere and the prying eyes of the media. Her whereabouts are hardly known these days.

    Earlier this year, she granted an interview where she narrated her journey into motherhood. She gave their surname as Oshinowo.

    Nike herself later admitted that much when she said: “I chose to have my children look like the rest of my family. I chose to have my children look like my cousins, the children of my sister, the children of my brother  all the same colour. I did what I needed to do to make that happen. My children bear Oshinowo. It’s a very good surname to have!”

  • Miss Centenary: Arik acquires queen for 100 years

    Miss Centenary: Arik acquires queen for 100 years

    Former beauty queen and initiator of Miss Nigeria’s Centenary Pageant, Ms. Nike Oshinowo, has begun a tour of corporate organisations and service industry with the winner of the beauty pageant, Miss Queen Ubah.

    The new queen, who was led by Oshinowo, also the Creative director and CEO of AOE Events and Entertainment Company, organisers of the beauty pageant, was received last Friday by Arik Air’s Managing Director, Mr. Chris Ndulue, at the company’s corporate office, Ikeja, Lagos.

    Oshinowo, who was accompanied by other top officials of the company, said the visit was in appreciation of its support towards the pageant.

    According to her, “from the outset, I did know that AOE’s relationship with Arik Air is particularly special. And I must say that the relationship we have built is close to my heart. As a true partner to all my projects, the Centenary Pageant in Yenagoa was quite a feat and Arik Air once again rose to the occasion and has acquired for itself a queen for the next 100 years.

    “We crowned a queen and her name is Queen Ubah. She is going to reign for 100 years. Long may you reign; I pray nothing happens to you, because if anything happens to you, Nigeria will have to bear the cost. This is going to be a life-time Catholic marriage because there is no divorce in this marriage between the Nigeria’s Centenary Queen and Arik Air.”

    Against the backdrop of resentment occasioned by the late arrival of the beauty queen, Oshinowo said: “She is a brilliant queen and such a lovely young lady. Today is her first official outing, and she is learning about punctuality.

    “She has promised me that she intends to wear that crown and title with dignity and honour, and more importantly with humility. It is her first courtesy call. She is a fast learner, ladies and gentlemen. She is our queen for the next 100 years: It is for us to teach, nurture, love and respect her. We should also try to accommodate her little shortcomings rather than put her through the usual things that Nigerian celebrities go through.”

    While welcoming the Queen, Ndulue noted that “That is a long reign. I pray that God will preserve you through this period.”

    The Arik Air boss promised that his company would continue to support the queen through the period of her reign, noting that pageantry is about role-modelling. “We will continue to do what we should do to ensure that our dreams for Nigeria are actualised. The essence of beauty pageants is to ensure that we continue to identify role models in the society and it is something that the company will need to encourage, as opposed to violence and other negative vices among youths,” he added.

    Ubah, who expressed her gratitude to Arik for flying her and the other girls around during the period of the competition, said: “I can’t tell you enough how good my colleagues and I felt throughout the competition. At the same time, I am blessed to have you support me throughout my reign as queen. On my part, I will do my best to keep the partnership aglow.”

    Oshinowo also described the 25-year-old beauty queen, a graduate of Geology from the University of Ilorin, Kwara State, as a “well-trained girl brought up in the Christian way, attended Caleb International School and only pierced her ear when she was 12 years old.”

    She added: “This is a girl from a decent home, whose pastor called to congratulate her, saying he is proud of her. We need to let the young people know that you don’t have to be a ‘bad’ person to go into the beauty world or the fashion industry.”

    When asked what will happen if the queen is unable to complete her reign on the grounds of marriage or any other cogent reason, Oshinowo said the first runner-up would automatically take over, as another pageant would be in the next 100 years.

    “We need to move beyond that whole thing of whether the husband will not approve of her to continue as queen. This is because the man that will marry her will know that he is marrying the Nigerian Centenary Queen. She will remain Nigeria’s Centenary Queen until she dies or until Nigeria attains another centenary. So, whoever marries her, Nigeria adopts him because they are Nigeria’s children. When she dies, Nigeria buries her; when she graduates, Nigeria celebrates,” she said.

    Although it is not clear how the Centenary Queen will operate or Nigeria’s obligation to her, Oshinowo explained that “she is on salary and Nigeria is going to pay her. The essential thing is that she belongs to us. She was crowned to celebrate the amalgamation of Nigeria. She is our symbol of unity. And that is what she remains throughout her life.”

    Ubah emerged winner in the maiden edition of the Nigeria’s Centenary Pageant held in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State in 2013.

    She beat 36 girls, who represented the 36 states and the FCT.

    The Mbaino, Imo State-born beauty queen said her mother, a member of the Deeper Life Christian Church, encouraged her to enter for the pageant.

  • Nike Oshinowo’s love for Tuface Idibia

    Nike Oshinowo’s love for Tuface Idibia

    FOR many who do not know, we can reveal to you that one-time beauty queen, Nike Oshinowo, who just delivered twins, is one of the fans of hip-hop sensation, Tuface Idibia.

    One of the hit songs of the award-winning music act that got the former beauty queen’s attention is the African Queen.

    Just like music lovers have applauded the musician over the song, Nike believes Idibia must have had her in mind while composing the song.

    So if you really want Nike Oshinowo to let her air down, rock her with Tuface’s African Queen.