I fasted seven days for movie role – Yvonne Enakhena

Yvonne Enakhena has all it takes to make it in the movie industry: the height, the figure and the burning desire but that didn’t seem to give her any edge as she had to wait in line like others to even get noticed. According to her she had to do the extraordinary to see her childhood dreams come true. Hear her story. Excerpts:

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PDP chair: Jonathan, govs choose Mu’azu

                                              A former Governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu

A former Governor of Bauchi State, Alhaji Adamu Mu’azu, has been chosen as the new Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party by President Goodluck Jonathan and governors.

He will replace the former chairman, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, who resigned from his position on Wednesday.

Mu’azu was picked as a consensus candidate at a meeting between President Goodluck Jonathan and the governors of the party at the Presidential Villa in Abuja on Sunday night.

The meeting ended at 1:22 am on Monday (today) morning.

Tukur’s successor to emerge on Monday

                                                    President Goodluck Jonathan  

Barely 24 hours after President Goodluck Jonathan confirmed The exclusive report on the resignation of Dr. Bamanga Tukur as the National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, the search for his successor has begun.

Among those who have shown interest in the post are the former National Publicity Secretary of the party, Prof. Rufai Alkali from Gombe State); a former Acting National Secretary of the PDP, Dr. Musa Babayo (Bauchi); and an ex- Minister of Commerce, Amb. Idris Waziri (Taraba).

We also gathered that a former Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr. Ibrahim Bunu (Borno) and the Minister of Transport, Sen. Idris Umar, who is believed to be the choice of Patience Jonathan, are also in the race.

The forces that sacked Tukur

     Tukur
 Politicians are known to be boastful. The former National Chairman of the ruling Peoples Democratic Party, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur, is not an exception. Even when it was clear that the drummers who were playing music for him had since dropped their drums and were no longer ready to sing his praises, Tukur soldiered on. He believed that the tide could still change and he would retain his much-treasured exalted position.

Thus, when he had even dropped his resignation letter, Tukur said he was still in power. He told the unsuspecting journalists at the State House that he had not dropped his resignation letter.

Bimbo Akintola cries out: I don’t need a husband!

*Bimbo

Since hitting the limelight in a big way with ‘Out of Bounds” alongside RMD in the 90s, Bimbo Akintola has become a big name who does things in a big way. You don’t approach her with your scripts unless you have big plans about it. Controversial, some might say, but Bimbo describes herself as easy-going but definitely not when falsehoods have been peddled about her as a story running wide that she is in desperate need of a husband.

She ran into our reporter on Boxing Day in Lekki where she was part of the humanitarian institution who put together an Xmas party for some orphanages. There, she opens up on several issues concerning her. Excerpts:

Ladies beware! I’m not ready for marriage —Flavour

           *Flavour
What’s the secret of your success story in pursuing your musical career?

The secret of my success is originality. Right from day one, I knew that if I try to be original, the sky would be my limit. But I know it’s going to take some time before that dream would become a reality. This is because nothing good comes that easily.

I work so hard to sound so original in my music. Right from when I released my first album, there has been a tremendous improvement in my music. And this time around, I had enough funds to do better videos which has distinguished my style from other artistes. Africans as a whole love originality, even though some might pretend about it .

If you are original in whatever you are doing today coupled with being down-to- earth, you will get to anywhere you want to. That has been the secret of my success. I began my career as a drummer for a local church in my home state, Enugu State.

‘Fresh Prince of Bel-Air’ actor James Avery dies at 68

LOS ANGELES (AFP) – US actor James Avery, most famous as Uncle Phil in hit 1990s sitcom “The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air,” died on New Year’s Eve aged 68, his publicist said Wednesday.

With a deep baritone voice, Avery regularly played judges, professors or doctors in TV shows in the 1980s and 90s, as well as extensive voice work, including on animated projects.


This June 3, 2009 file photo shows US actor James

Actress Fathia Balogun finally drops ex-hubby’s surname

D’banj, Genevieve Nnaji, back together?

D’banj, Genevieve

News is flying online that the Kokomaster D’banj and Nollywood screen goddess Genevieve Nnaji are back together in a love relationship.

Bloggers  is reporting that as you read this Genevieve is all comfy in the ‘Oliver Twist’ hit maker Lekki home and are talking marriage.

In 2011, after months of denial from both sides, it was eventually determined that D’banj and Genevieve had been in a secret relationship since 2009. It was wonderful news and just as everyone celebrated it, Genny dropped the bomb, she called off the relationship in March, leaving the kokomaster alongside millions of their fans heart-broken.