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  • Patience Ozokwor denies land grabbing claims, slams accusers for blackmail

    Patience Ozokwor denies land grabbing claims, slams accusers for blackmail

    Veteran Nollywood actress Patience Ozokwor has denied allegations by a widow and her daughter who, in a viral video, accused her of seizing their late husband’s land without consent.

    On her Instagram, Ozokwor clarified that she legally bought the land in question back in 2010, with the widow’s full knowledge. 

    According to her, it was the widow who initially approached her agent to help find a buyer for the property.

    The actress explained that in 2023, the widow attempted to resell a portion of the land without her approval, which led her to fence off the property. 

    This action, she said, triggered the online accusations from the widow and her daughter, who claimed Ozokwor had taken their inheritance.

    Describing the allegations as blackmail, fraud, and malicious, Ozokwor said the women were exploiting her public image to attract sympathy and donations.

    She also criticised bloggers for publishing the claims without proper verification and announced that she is taking legal steps to clear her name. “Social media is not a court,” she wrote.

    Ozokwor thanked her fans and supporters for standing by her and assured them that the matter would be resolved through legal channels.

    She wrote: “In 2010 – 15 years ago, I bought a piece of land. The land owner was aware of the sale. In fact, she was the one who approached my agent to help her find a buyer

    “Fast forward last year, 14 years later. The previous owner decided it was a great idea to sell a plot out of my land without my knowledge. I got information, went and fenced my land.

    “Next thing I see, the owner and her daughter on social media crying and accusing me of taking the only land their husband and father left them.

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    “This is blackmail, fraud and malicious intent. I am marvelled that they could viciously lie and castigate me for their own selfish intent. They are using my name to trend and get pity from people. I see that their plans are working because some people are donating to them and calling me unprintable names.

    “As social media is not a court, I am pursuing legal means to vindicate my name because it took years to build and is my source of livelihood. There is so much more that I could have done, but I chose to let the law take its cause.

    “I am disappointed that some other bloggers reposted and shared the content without due diligence. Now I say to you “Meet Me in Court”. Thank you to everyone who reached out to me on this incident. I appreciate you all. #MamaGLovers.”

  • Managing stardom tougher becoming a star-Patience Ozokwor

    Managing stardom tougher becoming a star-Patience Ozokwor

    Veteran actress Patience Ozokwor has opened up about the challenges of maintaining stardom in the entertainment industry.

    According to Ozokwor in a recent interview on Life Unscripted Podcast, managing stardom is far more difficult than becoming a star, as it requires remembering and staying connected with everyone, from fans to colleagues.

    She said: “Managing stardom is more difficult than becoming a star. For you to be able to maintain stardom, you have to remember everybody on the street. 

    “There’s passion for what you’re doing, there’s talent that goes with passion. If there’s passion and there’s no talent, you’ll work hard but won’t achieve much but when there’s talent and there’s passion, they go together Pari passu”.

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    Ozokwor emphasised the importance of combining passion and talent to achieve success.

    She reflected on her journey, revealing that she initially dreamed of becoming a singer, but ultimately found her calling in acting.

    Interestingly, her song “National Moimoi” gained widespread recognition, even taking her on tour across America.

    “When I was small, I thought I was going to sing, because I love singing, I loved to be in the choir. But it turned out to be movie. My song ‘National Moimoi’ took me around the whole of America. Some pastors were not even happy with me when I sang it”, she said.

    The veteran actress also touched on the power of social media, noting that when one’s face is all over the internet, it’s often the result of someone else’s efforts to promote their product or brand. 

    She added: “If your face runs on the internet, it’s the owner of the product that is getting it”.

  • When Patience Ozokwor’s humility caught attention

    When Patience Ozokwor’s humility caught attention

    Popular Nollywood star Patience Ozokwor recently expressed humility at a public function that caught many people’s attention.

    For the industry, which brought her recognition and fame, nothing seems too small for Ozokwo popularly known as Mama Gee to contribute to the progress of Nollywood.

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    At the function, Ozokwo’s humility was so evident even with her ill health that she insisted that the air conditioner shouldn’t be turned off even when she was visibly shivering saying that others seated need it.

    She stayed till the end of the event and had time to meet with people despite her health condition.

  • Patience Ozokwor set to mark 45th anniversary in entertainment industry

    Patience Ozokwor set to mark 45th anniversary in entertainment industry

    Veteran actress, Patience Ozokwor, is set to mark her 45th anniversary in the entertainment industry.

    The popular actress, who is fondly called Mama G, shared a video on her Instagram page where she called for support from fans and friends, imploring them to celebrate God’s faithfulness with her.

    Mama G recalled how her journey of a thousand miles began with a single step such as a sold-out school play in the secondary school and the teacher training college.

    Congratulations and support have been flowing from her fans, colleagues, and friends.

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    “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step. My journey in entertainment started with sold-out school plays way back in secondary school and teachers training college

    “It’s time to celebrate this phenomenal journey, my people because God has indeed been faithful. Countdown begins now”, she captioned the video.

  • Veteran actress Patience Ozokwor showers praises on Mercy Johnson

    Veteran actress Patience Ozokwor showers praises on Mercy Johnson

    Veteran actress, Patience Ozokwor has sung the praises of junior colleague, Mercy Johnson while recounting their past quarrels.

    The trending video which warmed the heart of fans had them gushing in a ‘mother-daughter’ relationship. 

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    The award-winning actress recalled how she had a quarrel with Mercy in an aircraft sometime back and how the young actress immediately went on her knees in the tarmac to apologise to her after they landed.

    She however, appreciated Mercy for always honouring her.

  • Why ailing actors beg for money online – Patience Ozokwor

    Why ailing actors beg for money online – Patience Ozokwor

    Veteran actress, Patience Ozokwor has opened up on why her colleagues come to the social space to beg for finance to settle sickness bills.

    She said because of the luxurious lifestyle some actors live, they are unable to save a substantial amount of money because they have to play to the gallery by adorning themselves with expensive attires that might not be worn for a second time.

    The legendary thespian said despite being paid well as actors, there are a lot of financial pressures on them from family members and acquaintances.

    She pointed out that actors no longer make money when they fall sick, hence the resolve to seek public assistance to pay their medical bills.

    Ozokwor spoke in a recent interview, a clip of which was shared on Tiktok by KWS Nigeria.

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    She said: “Some of us are paid well but before this sickness gets, nobody helps you because everybody feels you’ve a lot of money. And you’re managing it with your family. Also nobody pays you anymore when you’re on that sick bed. Because it’s when you’re healthy that you can be shooting movies and getting money. The illness has kept you out for a long time and the money you saved has been exhausted.

    “And you know, because of the nature of our job, we are heavy-spenders. The clothes you wear matters to the world. We call it packing. The way you packaged yourself. The worst is that you can’t even repeat your expensive clothes. These are the things that make us spend a lot of money. And then people pounce on you, they feel you’ve a lot of money because they see your face everywhere. I know how many people have come to this house today to ask for help.”

  • Sola Sobowale outsmarts Patience Ozokwor as Amebo resurfaces in new Glo TVCs

    Globacom recently rolled out two television commercials (TVCs) dubbed “Baby Barble” and “Amebo” to promote its unique products and services. In the first commercial, two of Nollywood’s most popular stars, Patience Ozokwor, aka Mama Gee, and Sola Sobowale, popular as Toyin Tomato, resumed their comic tango in a hilarious television commercial .

    The new commercial is part of a series featuring top entertainers in the unique campaign on data service. The rivalry between Mama Gee and Toyin Tomato had been established in a previous Glo commercial pitting the two in rib-tickling combat.

    In “Baby Barble”, the two stars again entertain viewers with their petty squabbles while shrewdly buttressing the reputation of the Glo 4G service, whether for social media communication or audio/visual transmission. The commercial also portrays the vitality of the network’s service for business and social interactions.

    The drama takes place in a supermarket and opens with Toyin Tomato calling Mama Gee “follow-follow”, inferring that her alter ego was stalking her.

    Both women are soon involved in a trolley race fortuitously won by Mama Gee when a cleaner inadvertently blocked the path of Toyin Tomato.

    But it is at the cashpoint that we vividly see the theme of the commercial and where the drama reaches its climax. Both women arrive to meet another woman ahead of them in the queue. Clutched to the other woman’s bosom and over her shoulder is a baby bawling apparently out of boredom.

    The two rivals instinctively reach out to placate the baby, with Mama Gee derisively pushing back the effort of Toyin Tomato with the remark: “She does not want overripe things,” a veiled remark to Toyin Tomato’s light complexion  to which her ready rival retorted: “Dudu by nature” in clear allusion to Mama Gee’s darker skin.

    Each determined to prove herself better at placating the tot, Mama Gee swiftly put a call through to her daughter, played by Uche Uwaefuna, to send her a children placatory video.

    The video lands pronto on her phone and I-pad and is instantly downloaded, the entire process concluding in a twinkle of an eye. The swiftness of the call, arrival and download, as well as the vividness of the video, is meant to depict the efficiency of the Glo data network.

    But the drama is far from over. Caught napping by the quick thinking and communication skills of her rival, Toyin Tomato snatches the I-pad from Mama Gee and proceeds to lull the baby with the running cartoon. Noticing the sudden silence of her baby, the mother looks across her shoulder and discovers the reason why. As the grateful mother smiles her thanks to Toyin Tomato for her kind gesture, Mama Gee snatches back the I-pad to show who is the owner of the device.

    But Toyin Tomato is satisfied that she has stolen the mother’s gratitude from her rival and spreads a smile across her face to celebrate her victory in the “who can lull the baby” challenge.

    Patience Ozokwor and Sola Sobowale have been regularly cast as alter egos and squabbling rivals in films, skits and TVCs where they antagonize each other and entertain with storylines that resonate with the target audience.

    The “Baby Barble” commercial is a sequel to an earlier one featuring the two Nollywood stars and Juju music legend, King Sunny Ade.

    Similarly, the second television commercial takes Nigerians back in time to those halcyon years when every household with a television set in the country tuned in to watch their most popular soap opera, Village Headmaster.

    Produced to promote “Glo Amebo”, a voice offer that gifts subscribers five times the value of their recharge, the new commercial has “resurrected” the character of veteran actress, Chief Ibidun Allison, popularly called “Amebo” for her role in the classic television soap opera.

    It is from that memorable past that the new Glo TVC has recovered Chief Allison, the great Thespian whose unforgettable portrayal of a busybody woman has taken her name in the series, “Amebo,” into the lexicon of every Nigerian language.

    The Urhobo word “avwebo” means the favourite wife in a polygamous home and the talebearer in the family who keeps the husband abreast of happenings and gossips. Amebo in Village Headmaster excelled in that role and made the character unforgettable for the viewers.

    It is that character sketch that the inimitable Ibidun Allison perfectly re-enacts in the Glo TVC.

    As the main character in the commercial, Amebo fills the screen and engrosses the viewers in her chit-chat until the very end when she suddenly realizes that she has spent such a long time on the phone. But not to worry – she is on Glo Amebo! She can talk for as long as it takes without blinking an eyelid.

    The television commercial underscores the vast volume of call time available to customers to call, chat and network with family and friends on the Glo network.

    As for Chief Ibidun Allison, the evergreen Amebo remains just as we always knew her in the unforgettable Village Headmaster.

  • Celebrities lead Independence Day wishes on social media

    Some Nigerian celebrities have taken to their Instagram pages to share national wishes and prayers to mark the Independence Day celebrations.

    Patience Ozokwor, Alex Unusual, Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde and Timi Dakolo are among celebrities who posted Independence Day wishes.

    Most of the celebrities posted pictures of themselves wearing green and white outfits as an ode to the Nigerian flag; prayers and messages of hope to their Nigerian followers.

    Reality TV star, Alex Asogwa aka Alex unusual, took her patriotism to a whole new level with a picture celebrating her “Nigerianess”.

    Alex unusual was seen in her signature short hair, coloured white and skin also coloured green behind the national flag.

    She wrote: “In a rush to leave for my meeting, I still have to say happy Independence Day to my fanmily. Happy birthday Nigeria.”

    Similarly, Veteran actress, Patience Ozokwor shared photographs alongside a very inspiring caption.

    She said: “Happy independence day to my beautiful country Nigeria. We are not remotely where we need to be as a country but we have faith, hope and we never give up.

    “I urge every Nigerian to work hard every day to make Nigeria better in whatever little way you can. We can complain about everything but nothing will change until our mindset changes.

    “It is ‘Our Nigeria’, let’s do all we can to make it great,” Ozokwor said.

    Also, screen diva, actress Omotola Jalade-Ekeinde aka Omosexy shared a collage of herself in green and white outfits with a hopeful message for her followers.

    She said, “Happy 58th Nigeria. Happy 58th birthday Nigeria. We are NigeriansWe are strong. We are Indefatigable. We remain undefeated. We are winners.

    “We are achievers. We are one. Happy Independence Day Nigerians… from all of us at Omosexy nation. Cheers to a new month,” Omotola wrote.

    However, soul singer, Timi Dakolo shared a video of himself performing his hit song ‘Great Nation’ at a national function as a prayer for Nigeria.

    He added a simple lyric from the song as a caption – “we are all we have” as a call to action and hope for his followers.

    NAN reports that Dakolo’s ‘Great Nation’ is currently trending on social media as part of the Independence Day celebrations.

    The song is being tagged by some Nigerians as the perfect and most hopeful song as the country marks its 58th year of Independence.

  • Ozokwor features in Professor Johnbull

    Lovers of the satiric TV drama series sponsored by Globacom, Professor Johnbull, are in for a hilarious session as the inimitable diva of Nollywood, Patience Ozokwor, aka Mama G, features in this week’s episode of the programme entitled “Viral News”.

    “Viral News” focuses on the rampant abuse of the cyberspace and the spread of fake information on the various social media platforms with the accompanying pains the victims experience.

    The plot is unraveled as two regular members of the sitcom, Olaniyi (Yomi Fash-Lanso) and Flash (Stephen Odimgbe), become victims of viral fake news on the existence of poisonous fufu which adversely affects the sales of Patience Ozokwor, the chief distributor of ‘fufu’ on the programme, and causes customers to desert Olaniyi’s restaurant.

    Viewers will learn of the sundry antics through which the cyberspace is abused and the mode of operations of spreading fake news on the social media, leaving victims in pain and agony.

    The purveyor of the “poisonous fufu” news, Mai Doya (Funky Mallam), presents to the viewers, a picture of a gullible social media user who copies and pastes any broadcast without being sure of the veracity, while the series’ “perpetual student”, Makachuwkwu Ilodibe, represents the educated rumour monger on the social media.

    Other victims of viral fake news in the episode include the philanderer of the series, Flash, and Professor Johnbull’s gateman, Abadnego (Martins Nebo), who both keep luxuriant beards, which fuelled the viral news linking bearded guys to ritual money-making gangs in town.

    As is usual with the protagonist of the series, Professor Johnbull, (Kanayo O. Kanayo), proffers solutions to the problems by canvassing for caution and discretion on the part of the users of the various social media platforms.

    Viral News is broadcast every Sunday at 6.00 p.m. on DSTV Africa Magic Family and GOTV Channel 2, with repeat broadcasts on Thursday at 9.30 p.m. on the cable TV channels and on Anambra Broadcasting Service at 8.30 p.m. on Wednesday and Saturday.

     

  • Patience Ozokwor welcomes her 16th grandchild

    Veteran actress, Patience Ozokwor, in the early hours of yesterday, announced the arrival of her 16th grandchild.

    Sharing the good news with her fans on Instagram, the actress who is known for playing the wicked roles in most of her movies wrote, “Come and join me sing halleluyah Jehovah Jireh has done me well o! My 16th grandchild came in style. Thank you God for adding more sparkle to my life; I am truly blessed of the Lord. Welcome grandson, welcome to the Ozokwo clan. You are loved unconditional”.

    In 2016, Ozokwor became a born-again Christian, resulting to lifestyle changes. Renouncing the use of make-up, jewellery and wearing of trouser as a lady, she started preaching to her colleagues in Nollywood about the imminent wrath of God concerning all that.

    Ozokwor was born on March 25, 1958 Ngwo, Enugu State.

    Not satisfied with her teaching job, Ozokwor left teaching to go into broadcasting where she was a radio announcer and newscaster. She worked at the station until it closed down.

    Afterwards she began to audition for acting roles, until her career was launched with her first movie in 1998, ‘Authority’.