mr ibu addresses homosexuality in nollywood

John ‘Mr Ibu’ Okafor has opened up on his
character in movies as well the issue of
homosexuality in Nollywood.
John ‘Mr Ibu’ Okafor on the set of a movie.
In an interview with Vanguard the actor talked
about how he got the name Mr Ibu from childhood.
He also revealed that he doesn’t prepare for acting
in any special way as it comes naturally to him.
“There is no preparation; it’s an in-built thing. I
love acting, and interpretation of characters given
to me doesn’t really take me time to do. Straight
ahead, I read and interpret my characters and I
enjoy it so much.
On his popular stage name, Mr Ibu, he said: “Ibu
has been my name from childhood. My grandfather
bore the name too and I took after him because as
I was growing up, they used to call me all his
names. On how I got the name in a movie,
somebody was actually writing a script that I was
going to act in. He was using my name as a
character in it and at the end of the day, they titled
the film ‘John Ibu Okafor’. It took me time to
change it from Mr. John Ibu to John Okafor; later I
left it as Mr. Ibu. ”
The comic character said he doesn’t remember
any specific high point in his career as ‘everything
is a high point for [him]’.
He also explained that acting provides enough to
pay the bills.
However; Ibu disclosed that the movie industry is
plagued with homosexuals, people he described as
‘viruses that can kill the spirit in the industry’.
“I fight vehemently against homosexuals; both
gays and lesbians,” he said.
According to the actor, “[In Nollywood] men harass
themselves, and women harass themselves, so
they are wonderfully preparing themselves for the
devil, and I tell you, they will all go to hell.”
He also recounted an experience where he publicly
embarrassed a certain man who had approached
him looking to lure him into homosexuality.
“The man that approached me will never come
close to me again in his life because I humiliated
him publicly. I called him out, and shouted his
name everywhere. Besides, if it was by looks,
nobody would approach me because I’m not fine,”
he said.
The 54-year-old actor is married to Stella Maris
Okafor and is best known for his hilarious
appearances in movies.
What stands out his brand of comedy is how he
often appears as though having a low level of
understanding.

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phyno becomes a nairabet ambassador

 

Phyno has landed another juicy endorsement deal
with betting company, Naira Bet .
The rapper seems to have loads of luck or should
we call it an amazing brand that has companies
clamouring to sign him. He currently has lucrative
deals with Airtel, Guinness and now, Naira Bet.
He shared the good news with his fans on
Instagram, writing
Deal done!!! It’s official am the new
ambassador for NAIRABET big things poppin
Even though we are not privy to how much the
endorsement is worth, we are sure that the deal
was attractive enough for Phyno to take it
See more photos after the jump

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I'm not a lesbian- Juliet Ibrahim

POPULAR Ghanaian actress Juliet Ibrahim has
opined that she sees nothing wrong with a female
who experiences romantic love or sexual attraction
with other females.
The humanitarian of Lebanese, Liberian and
Ghanaian descent in a recent chat with Ghanagist
revealed that she has only kissed a lady once but
has never slept with a woman in her life.
“I’m not a lesbian. You will be wondering why I’m
saying this because people always think I’m a
lesbian. I always get questions when I play movie
roles and stuffs but I’ve only kissed a girl once
and that was in a movie and that was because I
had to play a role. I’ve never been with a lady
before”.
She emphasized that “there is nothing wrong with
it. You can do your thing if you like it, but I
haven’t been with a girl before.”

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Judge Withdraws From Saraki’s Case [SEE WHY]

Justice Ahmed Mohammed of a Federal
High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday
withdrew from the case filed by Saraki
against the Code of Conduct Tribunal and
the Code of Conduct Bureau.
The court therefore ordered that the case
file should be returned to the Chief Judge of
the FHC, Justice Ibrahim Auta, for re-
assignment.
At the resumed hearing of the case on
Wednesday, Justice Mohammed attributed
his decision to return the case file to what
he described as "negative reports" on the
case.
The judge expressed displeasure at the
reports in the media that he ordered the
CCB and CCT to stop the prosecution of
Saraki, adding that the reports had already
created a negative opinion in the mind of
many Nigerians.
Precisely, two weeks ago, Justice
Mohammed had summoned the CCB and
the CCT over the planned arraignment of
Saraki by the CCB.
Justice Mohammed had while granting the
motion ex parte that was argued before
him, directed the CCB and the CCT to
appear before him on September 21, 2015
and show cause why the interim injunction
being sought by the Senate President
should not be granted.
He also directed that all the plaintiffs should
be served with the motion ex parte and the
accompanied affidavit while hearing notice
should be served on all the respondents.
Meanwhile, President Muhammadu Buhari
has said he can be impeached if he
interferes in the Code of Conduct Tribunal
case against Saraki over charges of false
assets declaration.
Saraki, on September 11, had been served a
13-count by the Office of the Attorney
General of the Federation. The Senate
President responded by calling it a witch-
hunt.
But in a statement on September 20, the
Presidency denied any responsibility for the
Senate President's trial and described the
attempt to link Buhari to Saraki's trial as
unacceptable.
The Presidency had argued that the trial of
the Senate President was purely a judicial
and constitutional issue.
Buhari, in an interview with Sahara TV,
which was monitored by one of our
correspondents on Wednesday, however,
said he could not interfere in the trial
because it would be unconstitutional to do
so.
He said, "What has the President got to do
with it as a person? The case is in court. Do
Nigerians expect me to tell the Chief Justice
to tell whichever court that they shouldn't
try the Senate President?
"Do Nigerians know the constitution of their
country; that the Legislative, Judiciary and
Executive have got their roles within the
Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria? Then how do they expect me to
interfere? I can be successfully impeached
if I do it."
Asked if he would pass any vote of
confidence in the Senate President, in the
light of the backing of Saraki by 83 senators
on Tuesday, the President said, "That would
depend on the outcome of the trial."
Responding to questions about his current
relationship with the Senate President,
Buhari said that he had been
communicating with Saraki through letter.
"There are some appointments which the
Senate has to approve and I cannot
remember how many letters I have
personally written to him, because it is
constitutional.
"There are people I want to work with but I
cannot work with them unless the National
Assembly approves. So, I have been writing
to the Senate President and to the Speaker
of the House (of Representatives) and it is
constitutional," he said.

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Search engine giant, Google Inc. has joined millions of well-wishers across the globe, to celebrate the 55th Independence Day Anniversary of Africa's most populous nation, Nigeria.

Google Africa
The Google Africa Team, in a felicitation message via its verified Twitter handle, @googleafrica, tweeted:

"Here's wishing Africa's most populous nation a happy 55th
Independence day. Keep soaring Nigeria!"

Further celebrating the giant of Africa, Google Africa Team, changed the header photo on its Twitter handle to showcase
Nigeria's Africanness with six young women adorned in colourful Nigerian traditional headgear 'gele.'

On its search page, it also celebrated Nigeria, using an internet meme of an eagle
soaring high across the sky, as well as over the waters. This is even as the meme read

"Happy Independence Day Nigeria."

When the internet meme is clicked, it gives enriching results of Nigeria's history among other information.

Source: Vanguardngr

Happy Independence Celebration.

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Nigeria At 55: Read Full Text Of President Buhari’s Speech

October 1st is a day for joy and celebrations for us Nigerians whatever the circumstances we find ourselves in because it is the day, 55 years ago; we liberated ourselves from the shackles of colonialism and began our long march to nationhood and to greatness.

No temporary problems or passing challenges should stop us from honoring this day. Let us remind ourselves of the gifts God has given us. Our Creator has bequeathed to us Numbers – Nigeria is the ninth most populated country on the planet. We have in addition:

• Arable land
• Water
• Forests
• Oil and gas
• Coastline
• Solid minerals

We have all the attributes of a great nation. We are not there yet because the one commodity we have been unable to exploit to the fullest is unity of purpose. This would have enabled us to achieve not only more orderly political evolution and integration but also continuity and economic progress.

Countries far less endowed have made greater economic progress by greater coherence and unity of purpose.

Nonetheless, that we have remained together is an achievement we should all appreciate and try to consolidate. We have witnessed this year a sea change in our democratic development. The fact that an opposition party replaced an entrenched government in a free and fair election is indicative of the deeper roots of our democratic system. Whatever one's views are, Nigerians must thank former President Jonathan for not digging-in in the face of defeat and thereby saving the country untold consequences.

As I said in my inaugural speech, I bear no ill will against anyone on past events. Nobody should fear anything from me. We are not after anyone. People should only fear the consequences of their actions. I hereby invite everyone, whatever his or her political view to join me in working for the nation.

My countrymen and women, every new government inherits problems. Ours was no different. But what Nigerians want are solutions, quick solutions not a recitation of problems inherited. Accordingly, after consultations with the Vice President, senior party leaders and other senior stakeholders, I quickly got down to work on the immediate, medium-term and long-term problems which we must solve if we are to maintain the confidence which Nigerians so generously bestowed on us in the March elections and since then.

As you know, I toured the neighboring countries, marshal a coalition of armed forces of the five nations to confront and defeat Boko Haram. I met also the G7 leaders and other friendly presidents in an effort to build an international coalition against Boko Haram. Our gallant armed forces under new leadership have taken the battle to the insurgents, and severely weakened their logistical and infrastructural capabilities. Boko Haram are being scattered and are on the run. That they are resorting to shameless attacks on soft targets such as I.D.P.
camps is indicative of their cowardice and desperation. I have instructed security and local authorities to tighten vigilance in vulnerable places.

On power, government officials have held a series of long sessions over several weeks about the best way to improve the nation's power supply in the safest and most cost effective way. In the meantime, improvement in the power supply is moderately encouraging. By the same token, supply of petrol and kerosene to the public has improved throughout the country. All the early signs are that within months the whole country would begin to feel a change for the better.

Preliminary steps have been taken to sanitize NNPC and improve its operations so that the inefficiency and corruption could be reduced to a minimum. Those of our refineries which can be serviced and brought back into partial production would be enabled to resume operations so that the whole sordid business of exporting crude and importing finished products in dubious transactions could be stopped.

In addition to NNPC, I have ordered for a complete audit of our other revenue generating agencies mainly CBN, FIRS, Customs, NCC, for better service delivery to the nation. Prudent housekeeping is needed now more than ever in view of the sharp decline in world market oil prices. It is a challenge we have to face squarely. But what counts is not so much what accrues but how we manage our resources that is important.
We have seen in the last few years how huge resources were mismanaged, squandered and wasted. The new APC government is embarking on a clean up, introducing prudence and probity in public financing.

At an early stage, the federal government addressed the issue of salary arrears in many states, a situation capable of degenerating into social unrest. The APC government stepped in to provide short-term support to the owing states and enabled them to pay off the backlog and restore the livelihood of millions of Nigerians.

Fellow Nigerians, there have been a lot of anxiety and impatience over the apparent delay in announcement of ministers. There is no cause to be anxious. Our government set out to do things methodically and properly. We received the handing over notes from the outgoing government only four days before taking over. Consequently, the Joda Transition Committee submitted its Report on the reorganization of Federal Government structure after studying the hand over notes. It would have been haphazard to announce ministers when the government had not finalized the number of ministries to optimally carry the burden of governance.

Anyway, the wait is over. The first set of names for ministerial nominees for confirmation has been sent to the senate. Subsequent lists will be forwarded in due course. Impatience is not a virtue. Order is more vital than speed. Careful and deliberate decisions after consultations get far better results. And better results for our country is what the APC government for CHANGE is all about.

I would like to end my address this morning on our agenda for CHANGE. Change does not just happen. You and I and all of us must appreciate that we all have our part to play if we want to bring CHANGE about. We must change our lawless habits, our attitude to public office and public trust. We must change our unruly behavior in schools, hospitals, market places, motor parks, on the roads, in homes and offices. To bring about change, we must change ourselves by being law-abiding citizens.

Happy Independence Celebrations. Long live the Federal Republic of Nigeria. God Bless.
Akpene Jaco

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