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Jonathan Gave My Career A Boost – Omoni Oboli
Many were surprised when photos emerged showing popular Nollywood actress, Omoni Oboli, with former President Goodluck Jonathan. Recently the actress revealed that the former President gave her career the needed boost when she was privileged to meet him.
Speaking in a recent interview, the sultry Nollywood Star and Movie Director explained how the meeting came about. “Being Mrs Elliot was my directorial debut and I had applied to show the movie to the former President and he obliged. Anything that gives you publicity for your movies prior to the cinema release is definitely always welcome by any serious film maker. It was a great honour and a beautiful boost to my career as a film maker, to launch out that way was definitely the very thing I needed then and I am thankful for that”, she said.
She also revealed how she has been able to keep her home despite the many failed marriages in Nollywood, “I don’t know if I keep my home intact, I believe God does that for me. There are many women who do the right things and show up at every time for their husbands and still get the short end of the stick, so I don’t take credit for it. I have my moments and he does too, but somehow it has never tipped the scale and that’s because God made it possible”, she said.
“Nevertheless, I believe that when you understand that you are both different individuals who have become one, then you can try to weather any storm, knowing that if you don’t both of you will have a dreadful life in that marriage.
Enjoy it and seek for the things that make for peace because life is too short to waste it fighting”, the actress stated.
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.