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Miss Anita Ukah Wins 2018 MBGN Crown
Miss Anita Ukah, representing Imo State has emerged winner of the 2018 edition of the Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria (MBGN) pageant held last Friday at the prestigious Gabriel Okara Cultural Centre, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State. She defeated 36 other contestants to clinch the highly coveted crown at the glamorous event.
Anita, a 23-year-old Medical Laboratory Scientist was crowned by the 2017 MBGN Queen Ugochi Ihezue. She will represent Nigeria at the Miss World 2018 in China.
The 1st runner-up at the event was Aramide Oluwatobi Lopez (Miss Lagos) while Valentina Ogbonaya (Miss Sokoto) emerged the second runner-up. Apart from the top 5 who will go home with various titles, some set of contestants also managed to win for themselves various prizes mainly courtesy of fans votes.
They include Face of Select PRO (Miss Adamawa) MBGN Model (Miss Nassarawa), Charismatic (Oyo), Miss Photogenic (Benue), Anity (Miss Rivers), best traditional outfit (Edo), best evening wear (Plateau).
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They Booed, Threw Bottles At Me – Tems Recounts
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.
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Primeboy Pleads For Mohbad’s Burial
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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PH Based Gospel Singer Set To Drop Hit Single
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