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How I Accidentally Found Out I Was Adopted- Joke Silva
Nollywood veteran actress and wife of Olu Jacobs, Joke silva has revealed that she is an adopted child. She disclosed how she received the news after she accidentally found out that she was adopted.
The A- list actress made this known during a chat with broadcaster Funmi Iyanda at her show, ‘Public Eye’. “It is something that I found out when I was much younger, mine was a secret adoption”, she said.
”When I mean secret, it was legal, but it was not something that my parents discussed. My mum’s elder sister wanted me to travel with her to Kenya and my mother was not around, she asked if I knew where my passport was and I was like yes, yes, yes I know where mum keeps all the important documents.
Then I went to the important documents where I found my passport, but also found my adoption certificate, it was like I beg your pardon”.
When asked about what age she found out, Silva said she was about 10 or 11. According to her, it was shattering to find out at that age.
The movie star went to reveal that she finally had the conversation with her mum after someone confronted her about being her biological daughter.
This is not the first time Silva will be talking about her adoption story. The Nollywood veteran first talked about it during the Annual Conference of Heritage Adoption Support And Advocacy Group (HASAAG) in Lagos where she was a guest speaker
The veteran actress shocked many people when she revealed that she was not the biological child of Chief E.A. Silva, who was then the Babajiro of Lagos and his late wife, Dr. Abimbola Silva, reputed to be Nigeria’s first female medical doctor.
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.
Nancy Briggs
