Oseyiza Oogbodo Blog

Oge Okoye is one of Nollywood’s biggest actresses. OSEYIZA OOGBODO BLOG took her up and they spoke about her career and the pros and cons of her being in Nollywood. Why did you become an actress and not a nurse or engineer? Oh my God! This is like me asking you why you chose your profession as a journalist. But that notwithstanding, acting is my calling and it's a part of my life that I reflect so much in. Thinking back to childhood, I've always desired to be an actress whereby I will be like a voice to the viewers and at the same time they will be entertained. Have you achieved what you wanted to that made you become an actress? Well, yes, by becoming an actress, but at the same time, I’m not totally fulfilled because there’s so much still not done yet and I’m yet to attain that greater height of accomplishment. In all, I’m thankful to God. How many movies have you done overall? Wow! Honestly, I’ve lost count of the number of movies I've featured in. Tell us your most memo...

At this point in time, it has become necessary to ask the question of why celebrated music personalities, D’Banj, and Don Jazzy, are still single and childless. In the world we live in nowadays, many people are single parents and many more are married parents. In a nutshell, it’s very difficult nowadays to see people who have come of age, especially those of D’Banj’s and Jazzy’s affluent status, who are single and childless at the same time. In Nigeria particularly, of which the duo are proud indigenes, marriage, and children (which are even held in more esteem than money) come with the success these two have attained. And all around them, their colleagues and family members who are not as successful as them are getting married and having children. D’Banj’s younger brother, Kayswitch, whom is also a music artist like him, already has a child. Wande Coal, the popular singer that found fame and fortune courtesy of the duo in question, has at least one child. Tiwa Savage, who is signed t...

Popular actress, Funke Akindele, has announced that she will celebrate her 39th birthday coming up later this month like a jamboree. According to the actress who is probably the most successful Yoruba Nollywood actress in the country presently, and whose actual birthday date is August 24th, she will celebrate adding another year on earth in the UK in four cities on August 28th, 29th, 30th and September 4th.” Courtesy of Instagram, she made her celebration plans known to the world with the post: “I’m super excited to ‘parry’ with my wonderful fans! LONDON! MANCHESTER! BIRMINGHAM! ABERDEEN! Are you ready! Let’s turn up!! On August 28th, 29th, 30th and 4th of September!” The birthday gala is being organized by Cokobar, a respected outfit in the UK which has also held a similar birthday tour for celebrated blogger, Linda Ikeji, too.

Following the unexpected negative reactions that have trailed her traditional introduction ceremony to Oladunni Obasanjo Churchill, fiery actress, Tonto Dike, has reacted with a message that is her usual self: blunt and bold. According to her post: “Always be careful of what you hear about a woman. Rumours either come from a man that can’t have her or a woman who can’t compete with her.” But she didn’t rest her pen with that. She continued thus: “Watch who you are talking to. Be mindful of who you are letting into your life. If you ever sit down with someone to talk and they are belittling and bitching about people they used to be close to or never close to … chatting sh*t or telling truths that you don’t need to know … generally hating and gossip talking about whoever … don’t tell these people anything about you. “Recognize that they will do same to you when you aren’t flavour of the month anymore. Some people will try to use you. When you can’t be used/used anymore, the selfish and d...

There’s no doubt that on-air personality, singer and all-round entertainment personality, Tosyn Bucknor, has many male fans who are in love with her and hoping in their heart of hearts that it just might be possible for them to capture her heart as long as she’s single. As long as she’s single, that is. Well, she’s no longer officially single, as she has accepted his marriage proposal, and hasn’t even been informally single for some time now that it’s been known she’s dating a white boy, a Frenchman named Aurelien Boyer. And when they eventually marry, she won’t be the first Nigeria-based female celebrity to marry a white boy. One such celebrity is actress, model, on-air personality, movie producer, blogger and many other things Judith Audu. She’s married to a Dane, Morten Foght, since July 1st, 2011, and they are madly in love. But probably the most popular of them is actress, reality TV judge and politician Kate Henshaw. She was married for twelve years to a White guy, Roderick Jame...

Last Saturday, it was time for the 14 contestants of Project Fame West Africa 8 to showcase the result of their weeklong tutelage in the Project Fame Academy, and they did impress the judges with their performances. Three wild card finalists, Ruby Awa-Agwu (Pearl’s twin sister), Oluchi Odii, and Nkechi Ilo, kicked off the show with their performances that they hoped would earn them entry into the Academy to compete for the millions of naira and automobiles that will be given to the final top three PF winners. And after their performances, Nkechi's performance could not earn her a stay in the Academy, but Ruby and Oluchi so much wowed the judges that both were given a chance to compete with those already in the Academy. Then, the judges and the audience enjoyed the initial fourteen contestants’ performances without finding faults with or exposing their loopholes because it was their first performance each and no one would be placed on probation. But on Sunday, the game changed from...

Preparations are in high gear for the launching of a new music album, Dide Tan Imole (Arise And Shine), by the Light of Joy Ministry God Inspirational Band, next Saturday. The launching will hold at the church’s auditorium at Ayobo, Ipaja, Lagos and will have Evangelist Sunday Oyerinde as the headlining music minister. Others are Abel Dosunmu and Evangelists Paul Friday, Ola Johnson, Segun Oyetola, Abass ijimayowa, Shina Oyeyemi and Shola Seriki. Female ministers are not left out of the ball, and they will be represented by Lady Evangelists Mercy Grace, Esther B Alabi and Kemi Adeyemi.

Popular actor, IK Ogbonna, has warned that people should be wary of sex and not let it affect their future. According to a report by Nigeriaflms.com, the actor said sex comes with both a spiritual and physical bond and that having sex indiscriminately is dangerous. "What is really in your bed with you? Sex is fun and as human beings we are weak when it comes to resisting. But do not use the moment to hurt your future," Ogbonna warned.

This is not a good time for high flying music artist, Davido. The singer, who has been trailed by criticism all of his career with some quarters still insisting that his success is a fluke, has given his critics reason to flay him again. That reason is that he has postponed his sophomore album’s release again, and his critics are now saying that he’s scared of releasing the album because he’s not sure if it will do well. The album, titled BADDEST, was supposed to be released earlier this year in June, but Davido claimed he had to postpone it because of the fuel crisis the country was going through then. Then this week that it was supposed to be released on August 10th, it’s been postponed again and Davido is now being seen in many quarters as being unserious. Speaking on why he had to postpone BADDEST’s release for the second time, Davido said, ‘The official release date for the much-anticipated album from the renowned award-winning afro-beat superstar, Davido, will now be in Septembe...

For a long time now, there’s been a debate over whom the first black man to ever act the role of the iconic British spy character, James Bond, will be. Respected names like the Americans Idris Elba and Sean Combs have been mooted as likely first black James Bonds. And even as that debate rages on, Nigeria’s very own David Oyelowo, an actor who is rising steadily and is based in Los Angeles, has landed the role. But before you get too carried away, Oyelowo won’t be playing Bond on the silver screen. His voice will just be used as Bond’s own in an audio book, and he’ll be the second black man’s whose voice will be so used, Hugh Quarshie being the first.. But it’s still a worthy feather to his cap as anything to do with Bond is a major achievement worldwide. Congrats, Dave.