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Queen Of IBILE Pageant To Promote Tourism In Lagos
The organisers of the maiden edition of the Queen of IBILE Pageant awards and reality show, on Wednesday said that the event would further promote tourism in Lagos State.
Mrs Olayinka Edu, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Platinum Entertainment Limited, and the convener of the pageant, said this at a press briefing and the unveiling of Queen of Ibile project at the Freedom Park on Lagos Island.
Edu, who is also the producer of the project, said that the content of the programme would be strictly indigenous and that the show would be historic.
The Tide source reports that the project was in partnership with Lagos State Ministry of Tourism, Arts and Culture and the Lagos State Signage and Advertisement Agency (LASAA).
“The Lagos Government, on this Queen of IBILE project, is placed on a platter of gold as a tourist haven to a savoured public.
“As captured in our society today, there are numerous societal and historical decadence coupled with a lot of misconceptions about the true identity of Lagos.
“The mission of Queen of IBILE project is to shed more light on the unique identity of Ibile and provide lots of historical insights into the administrative divisions of Lagos state.
“This will be with proper research and documentation gathered from the traditional rulers of each administrative division,”she said.
Edu said that the idea of Queen of IBILE was inspired by various happenings in Lagos which included its numerous unique festivals, myths and royal coronation.
“IBILE, asides from being a Yoruba word meaning, “indigenous daughter or son of the soil”, it is also an acronym derived from the five administrative divisions of Lagos State; Ikeja , Badagry, Ikorodu, Lagos and Epe.
“These administrative divisions have distinctive cultures and traditions but have unitedly contributed to the Lagos State usually addressed as the ‘Centre of Excellence’.
“As exemplified, Queen of IBILE is a community-based project that seeks to debunk the popular notion of the big city of Lagos as a ‘No Man’s Land’.
“It is also an indigenous state with rich cultural values,” she said.
Edu also revealed that the eight-week Queen of IBILE Pageant reality show would explore different innovative ideas that would make it a different content from the contemporary pageant shows.
Speaking in a recent interview with Lun Lifestyle TV, Rudeboy argued that social media, despite all its benefits, has shattered the illusion of artistes being mysterious and godlike.
This he said has reduced the buzz artistes previously enjoyed whenever their fans got the opportunity to see them whether physically or visually.
The ‘Reason With Me’ crooner explained that because artistes are no longer mysterious, fans are no longer eager to watch them in music videos.
He claimed that shooting music videos is now a waste of money.
Rudeboy said, “Music videos somehow now, because of this generation, is a waste of money. I am sorry to say this. But do you remember us [P-Square] before? You don’t see us anywhere. You just watch music videos, you see us and that’s it, or we come to your country, you see us.
“The reason you don’t see people faint for artistes anymore is because they see them on TikTok every day dancing and promoting your music. If Michael Jackson was alive now and doing promotional content on social media, nobody would see him and faint.
“Unfortunately, it’s too late for us to bring back the era of artistes being mystiques. How can you advise an artiste to post every day? How? Post what? You don’t need to.
“Social media brought positive change to the industry but it also led to ‘see-finish.’ Artistes are now too exposed. Fans see how they eat, cry. Before when artistes go to club, they stay in restricted VIP areas, but now when they are clubbing, everyone is filming.”
Dre made the appeal in a post on his Instagram page on Monday, pleading with the person who allegedly took the device to return it in exchange for money.
“If na u carry my phone for Zlatan wedding, abeg return am, I go give you money please,” he wrote.
The aide also expressed frustration over what he suggested was a method being used to take phones at social gatherings.
He said he would no longer tolerate waiters asking whether guests had finished eating so they could clear their plates, alleging that the practice could provide an opportunity for phones left on tables to be taken.
“From now on, if I go any party or dey any party and any stupid waitress tell me say are you done eating so I can pack your plate, na swear I go swear for you cause na pattern wey una dey use pack phone for table be that now,” he added.
However, Dre did not identify anyone suspected of taking his phone or provide further details about how the device went missing.
Zlatan Ibile tied the knot with his longtime partner, Davita Lamai, during a traditional wedding ceremony on Saturday, October 24, 2026.
The ceremony, held in Lagos, attracted several celebrities, fans and well-wishers, with Davido among the prominent guests and leading the groomsmen.
Speaking at a recent Eezee Conceptz event, Chidinma explained that she travelled abroad and wanted to secure permanent residency because she didn’t want to return to Nigeria, but failed.
She revealed that while she was abroad, the CEO of Eezee Conceptz was the only person calling her from Nigeria, so she decided to work with him upon her return.
“I travelled. I ran away from Nigeria. I was processing my papers not to come back to Nigeria, but for some reason, it didn’t work.
“While I was abroad, the CEO of Eezee Conceptz was the only one who was calling me from Nigeria. He kept encouraging me, and I found the strength to come back to Nigeria. When I came back, I asked him to give me a gospel music contract because I want to spend time with God. And he gave me a contract that even my lawyer said seemed like a charity,” Chidinma stated.
The music star added that she did not transition into gospel music because she wanted to make gospel, but because she wanted a serious relationship with God.
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