Jide Okonjo
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I have ONE account and MANY interests. My page is a creative hodgepodge of:
🇳🇬 Nigerian news stories for my dedicated Nigerian readers.
🎥 Movie and music recommendations, listicles, and critiques
📀 Op-eds, editorial features, fiction
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"Beauty With No Brains With Your Invisible Crown..." - Toyin Lawani Blows Hot
The Real Housewives of Lagos season 2 has come to an end, and now after the show, several cast members like Iyabo Ojo and Dr. Rommel are coming out to say that what they did on the show was for drama, and scripted only for entertainment. However, cast member Toyin Lawani isn't finding that narrative funny at all and has gone online to lambast these cast members. She had a lot to say, also to the producers of the show, about how this narrative is making the show lose credibility. Here's what Toyin said.
By Jide Okonjo4 months ago in Humans
Only Advice My Father Gave Me About Dating - Chike
Nigerian singer Chike is opening up during a new interview about the only advice his father ever gave him about relationships, and speaking about why he prefers to date older women. Here's what the singer had to say about it.
By Jide Okonjo4 months ago in Humans
Pretty Mike Reveals Unbelievable Way He Deals With Depression
Popular Nigerian socialite, Pretty Mike of Lagos, is opening up in a new interview with The Sun about a number of things, including the unbelievable way he deals with depression, amidst other things. Here's what Pretty Mike had to say.
By Jide Okonjo4 months ago in Humans
Why I Didn't and Won't Change My Name in Marriage - Toke Makinwa
Traditionally, in most cultures and most parts of the world, when a woman gets into a marriage with a man, it is expected that she takes on his last name. Unlike other places where some women choose not to take on their husbands' last names, here in Nigeria, it still remains the norm and is very rare to see that not being the case. However, media personality and business woman Toke Makinwa is opening up now on her podcast about how she never changed her last name during marriage, and doesn't intend on doing so in her next marriage either. Here's what Toke Makinwa had to say.
By Jide Okonjo4 months ago in Humans
Worst Parts of Being an Actor + How It Feels Reuniting With Funke Akindele - Juliana Olayode
Nollywood actress Juliana Olayode popularly known as "Toyo Baby" is opening up in a new interview with The Sun about the hardest and worst parts of being an actor, and also talking about how it's been being reunited with star actress, Funke Akindele, who she'd had a falling out with. Here's what Juliana had to say.
By Jide Okonjo4 months ago in Humans
10 Miraculous Celebrity Glow Ups (2023 Photos)
There is no denying that attaining success is very difficult. It's hard to have all your dreams come true, it takes work. But when that work pays off as it did in the case of these celebrities, the rewards it brings are undeniable. These 10 celebrities' before and after fame photos are sometimes funny, sometimes unbelievable, but always inspiring because it shows that magic still happens. And also that money is good.
By Jide Okonjo4 months ago in Humans
My Experience With 'Sex for Role' in Nollywood - Mercy Aigbe Finally Speaks Out
The movie and entertainment industry all over the world, and also here in Nigeria, is always plagued with the nefarious story of "sex for roles" - that is the phenomenon where powerful people in industry expect sex in exchange for giving upcoming actors especially good roles.
By Jide Okonjo4 months ago in Humans
How Gaining Weight Made Me Hate My Body - Bimbo Ademoye Confesses
Body goals are different for everybody, and everybody has their own desired goal weight. Sometimes a person who you see and think is so gorgeous and has the body you wish for, doesn't feel the same way about their body. Weight is a very personal thing and it's ever fluctuating so of course our personal relationships to it differ person by person.
By Jide Okonjo4 months ago in Humans
Why I Gave Davido My Song "Blow My Mind" - Wurld
It is not news that the art of making art can be a very collaborative process. Some of the best and biggest songs by your favorite artistes were colloborative efforts, and sometimes, the biggest songs of an artiste's career are not even written by the artiste themselves.
By Jide Okonjo5 months ago in Humans
One Thing I Really Hate When People Do - Tems
As human beings, we all have the different things that other people do that either irritate or annoy us. Many of us have many different pet peeves and things that if somebody asked us what we would like to get off our chest, it'd be the first thing we'd complain about. Well, Nigerian singer Tems is now revealing her own pet peeve and opening up about one thing she really hates when people do. The singer made the revelation during a new interview with Kiss Fresh, and here is what Tems had to say.
By Jide Okonjo5 months ago in Humans
Lesson My Friend Wizkid Taught Me About Money - Mr. Eazi
Nigerian musician Mr. Eazi is speaking about how he gets his drive and strength from his delusion, and opening up about how that his manifested in his life. During a new interview, Mr. Eazi opened up about how Roc Nation wanted to sign his song "Skin Tight" and how a piece of advice Wizkid gave him stopped him from signing that deal. Here is what Mr. Eazi had to say.
By Jide Okonjo5 months ago in Humans