Entertainment
NCC Appoints Helen Paul, Ali Nuhu Ambassadors
Nollywood actors and actresses are having it real good with the harvest of political appointments and endorsements. Recently, the Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC) appointed versatile entertainer, Helen Paul as the new face of Telecom consumer.
Tatafo as she is fondly known, signed the contract on Wednesday, March 15 at the commission’s corporate headquarters in Abuja. The statement reads. “Helen Paul, the renowned comedian and actress who also signed on along side Ali Nuhu as the NCC’s face of Telecom consumer, visited the commission’s head office in Abuja today (Wednesday) where she met the executive vice chairman of NCC, Prof Umar-Garba Danbatta and other members of the management team”.
“By these engagement, both Ali and Helen will now feature in hand bills, flyers, Banners, posters, TV appearances, radio jingles as well as on memorabilia and other iconography materials designed by the commission for its series of activities scheduled to sensitise and celebrate the telecom consumers as the most central stakeholders of the telecommunication industry in Nigeria.”
The non-exclusive contract flagged off the year of Telecom campaign in Abuja which coincided with the global celebration of world consumer rights day.
Speaking on her appointment, Tatafo said, “I feel so honoured, it is a trust reposed on me by the management of NCC and I promise not to disappoint them. I give thanks to God and my fans for their unflinching support”.
Helen Paul is a comedian known more as Talafo for her child like comedy, she is also an actress. On his own part, Ali Nuhu is one of the Kannywood actors who have been able to cross over to core Nollywood sector of the Nigerian movie industry.
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.