Entertainment
BB Naija Sponsors Face Winding Up Suit
A Federal High Court in Lagos has fixed December 17 2018, to hear a winding up petition by Vacant Board Limited against sponsors of Big Brother Naija (BBN) Reality TV show, Pay Porte Global System Limited, Justice Ayokunle Faji fixed the date for hearing after granting a motion by the respondents seeking to regularise its processes.
At the hearing, Yemi Fajuyitan appeared for the petitioner, while Ovoke Borldokor appeared for the respondent. |Mr. Borldokor informed the court of his motion seeking an extension of time to file his reply to the petition. This application for regularisation was not opposed by the council to the petitioner.
The council to the petitioner also informed the court that he had filed his written replies as well as counter affidavit for the regularisation. While fixing December 17 2018, for hearing of the suit, the petitioner had filed a debt recovery suit against Pay Porte because a Lagos. High court in 2015 had in its judgement delivered on May 27, 2016 awarded the sum of N23.1 million against pay Porte in favour of the petitioner.
It was however, said that on February 27, 2017, the respondent made a part Payment of N5 million leaving a balance of N17.1 million which it had failed to liquidate till date inspite of several demand letters.
The petitioner therefore filed a winding up petition before the Federal High Court on December 29, 2017 asking the court to wind up the company.
Meanwhile, in its notice of preliminary objection on April 25, the respondent challenged the jurisdiction of the court to entertain or even hear the petition. The council to the respondent, Ogedi Ogu, held that the said petition for winding up failed to comply with the provisions of sections 5 and 6 of the companies winding up rules 2011.
He argued that no summon was filed by the petitioners, issued or sealed in respect of such petition adding that the failure rendered the petition nill and void. He said that the failure of the petitioner to file and serve the summons before the commencement of the winding up suit robbed the court of jurisdiction to hear the suit as same cannot be competently activated in the petition as presently constituted.
payPorte therefore contends that the court lacks jurisdiction to entertain the petitioner’s suit as same is defective bad in law, null and void and an abuse of suit be dismissed with substantial cost awarded against the petitioner.
R&B star, Temilade Openiyi, popularly known as Tems, has recounted the early-career challenges she faced, revealing that she was once booed out of the stage while performing at a school event.
Speaking in an interview with Newsmen, the Crazy Tings crooner shared that she wasn’t only booed but was also harassed with plastic bottles.
“I remember one time I was going to perform at my school as an up-and-coming singer and I thought I was going to receiving a standing ovation.
“But I got booed. They even threw plastic bottles at me,” she recalled.
Tems explained that despite the embarrassing incident and other such rejections, she remained determined to pursue a career in music.
The Tide Entertainment reports that Tems admitted that some of the initial rejections she faced could be due to her conviction to stick to her originality instead of doing covers or familiar sounds like most of her peers.
The Grammy-winning singer said looking back now, she is glad that she didn’t compromise her style despite the initial pressures.
A close associate of late singer Mohbad, Primeboy, has appealed for the artiste’s burial nearly three years after his death.
According to him, Mohbad’s body remains in the mortuary since September 12, 2023, pending burial arrangements.
The Tide Entertainment reports that in a statement Primeboy urged the family, public, and government to permit the burial, stating, “It’s been almost three years since Mohbad left us. His body is still in the mortuary. I’m begging the family, I’m begging the public, I’m begging the government, please let’s bury our brother. He deserves a befitting burial.”
It would be recalled that Mohbad’s death sparked public outrage, protests, and investigations. Ongoing autopsy examinations, police inquiries, and legal proceedings have delayed burial arrangements amid family disagreements and public scrutiny.
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