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36—Vanguard, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019<br />

It’s risky to undergo plastic surgery to<br />

ga<strong>in</strong> people’s attention – Stephanie Coker<br />

Stories by Tolulope Abereoje<br />

Every woman’s dream is to<br />

look good and have a<br />

flawless physique all the<br />

time, but the idea of go<strong>in</strong>g<br />

under the knife just to look<br />

perfect and ga<strong>in</strong> attention<br />

doesn’t seat well with popular<br />

TV presenter and OAP,<br />

Stephanie Coker Ader<strong>in</strong>okun.<br />

In a recent post on her<br />

Instagram page, the media<br />

personality showed off her<br />

figure stated that although the<br />

photo looks perfect, she is<br />

imperfect but lives happily<br />

with her flaws. Stephanie<br />

stated that do<strong>in</strong>g plastic<br />

surgery on its own is risky and<br />

if anyone would take that risk,<br />

it should be for themselves<br />

and not to impress men who<br />

themselves look like ‘Humpty<br />

Dumpty’.<br />

“Although this was captured<br />

perfectly by renowned<br />

photographer, Kelechi<br />

Amadi-Obi, this image is not<br />

flawless and it has noth<strong>in</strong>g to<br />

do with light<strong>in</strong>g, angles or the<br />

environment. It is because the<br />

subject herself is imperfect. I<br />

<strong>always</strong> wanted to keep this<br />

image <strong>in</strong> my closet room for<br />

my eyes only. Until last week<br />

when a friend said she was<br />

•Mocheddah<br />

go<strong>in</strong>g to get a BBL. Now I am<br />

not opposed to one alter<strong>in</strong>g their<br />

looks, it is not my place to judge.<br />

However, I do f<strong>in</strong>d follow<strong>in</strong>g such<br />

life threaten<strong>in</strong>g trends to grab<br />

the attention of others a bit<br />

risky, especially when<br />

most men on this side of<br />

the world are walk<strong>in</strong>g<br />

around look<strong>in</strong>g like<br />

Humpty Dumpty. There<br />

have been a handful of<br />

cases that I personally<br />

know of women who<br />

have lost their lives to<br />

plastic surgery.<br />

I say all this to<br />

say, if <strong>you</strong> are go<strong>in</strong>g<br />

to get plastic<br />

surgery, please<br />

do it for<br />

<strong>you</strong>rself at<br />

least, and<br />

research the<br />

risks to <strong>you</strong>r<br />

health and weigh<br />

up <strong>you</strong>r options,”<br />

she advised.<br />

Be<strong>in</strong>g an adult is hard work<br />

- Mocheddah<br />

Adulthood they say,<br />

comes with its<br />

challenges and<br />

responsibilities, and<br />

although it is hard to keep<br />

up with the hustle and<br />

bustle that comes with the<br />

age, a lot of adults keep<br />

up a smil<strong>in</strong>g face to hard<br />

the pa<strong>in</strong>s they go through<br />

to survive.<br />

Nigerian rapper,<br />

Mocheddah has come out<br />

to admit to the fact that<br />

be<strong>in</strong>g an adult is <strong>in</strong>deed<br />

hard and be<strong>in</strong>g an<br />

entrepreneur is harder. She<br />

also said that <strong>every</strong> once <strong>in</strong><br />

a while, she lets out the<br />

tension by cry<strong>in</strong>g, after<br />

which, she cont<strong>in</strong>ues with<br />

her work <strong>in</strong> order to survive<br />

“After a good cry, I wipe my<br />

tears, dr<strong>in</strong>k tea, get on the<br />

phone and get work done.<br />

40% of my time is spent on<br />

Nollywood actor, IK Ogbonna<br />

threatens to drag lady to court over<br />

gay accusation<br />

Actor IK Ogbonna has<br />

threatened to slam a<br />

lawsuit aga<strong>in</strong>st a US-based<br />

Nigerian lady, Joyce Boakye,<br />

who accused him of be<strong>in</strong>g<br />

gay <strong>in</strong> a recent video she<br />

posted on her Instagram<br />

page.<br />

Joyce <strong>in</strong> the video alleged<br />

that the actor abandoned his<br />

pretty wife, Sonia, and is now<br />

go<strong>in</strong>g after Nollywood actors<br />

who he desires to sleep with.<br />

She asked him to come out of<br />

the closet and admit his<br />

sexuality to the world just as<br />

Bobrisky did and is liv<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>e<br />

with it.<br />

But react<strong>in</strong>g to the<br />

allegation, IK Ogbonna <strong>in</strong> a<br />

letter written to her by<br />

his lawyers,<br />

Moshood Shehu<br />

and Associates<br />

demanded an<br />

apology from<br />

Joyce with<strong>in</strong><br />

seven days<br />

and that if she<br />

fails to do this,<br />

a lawsuit will be<br />

filed aga<strong>in</strong>st her<br />

at the Lagos State<br />

•Ogbonna<br />

High Court.<br />

He also took to his Instagram<br />

page to lament how people<br />

misuse their freedom of<br />

expression as he challenged<br />

the lady to provide proofs if her<br />

claims are true.<br />

“A free platform created for<br />

promotion and market<strong>in</strong>g has<br />

given people cheap voices to<br />

speak cheaply about people’s<br />

hard earned <strong>in</strong>tegrity. Most of<br />

those who want us to come out<br />

with “who we truly are” as they<br />

claim, have themselves<br />

noth<strong>in</strong>g to show to anyone. The<br />

noises are mostly made and<br />

heard from the empty barrels.<br />

We give attention to what is of<br />

value not what takes our<br />

attention from what is of no<br />

value. And very soon, society<br />

must weed out the tares<br />

that prevent the wheat<br />

from stand<strong>in</strong>g out. If<br />

<strong>you</strong> come with<br />

allegations<br />

please come<br />

out of the<br />

closet with<br />

proof<br />

y o u r<br />

allegation,”<br />

he wrote.<br />

to<br />

•Stephanie<br />

the phone talk<strong>in</strong>g. I’m either<br />

talk<strong>in</strong>g to a staff, a supplier<br />

or try<strong>in</strong>g to get logistics<br />

company to “do their job” on<br />

time because customers need<br />

their orders. Another 40% is<br />

spent on the field <strong>in</strong> the sun,<br />

buy<strong>in</strong>g materials I would<br />

need or on a bike try<strong>in</strong>g to<br />

meet up with a delivery. The<br />

last 20% is what I have left<br />

for myself, family and other<br />

bus<strong>in</strong>esses I run. It is hard,<br />

I cry. I cry a lot. That’s the<br />

only way <strong>you</strong> can survive as<br />

a Nigerian bus<strong>in</strong>ess owner.<br />

Do not let my Instagram slay<br />

pictures deceive <strong>you</strong>; be<strong>in</strong>g<br />

an adult is hard work, be<strong>in</strong>g<br />

an entrepreneur is even<br />

harder. If <strong>you</strong> must chop, <strong>you</strong><br />

must work.<br />

On the brighter side, God<br />

rewards hard work, so <strong>you</strong><br />

will <strong>always</strong> reap what <strong>you</strong><br />

have sown. I’m writ<strong>in</strong>g this<br />

to let someone out there<br />

know that it is hard for me<br />

too, but we will survive,” she<br />

revealed.<br />

•Olamide<br />

Olamide, Eniola<br />

Badmus jo<strong>in</strong><br />

Ogun<br />

Governor-Elect<br />

Economic<br />

Transition<br />

Committee<br />

S elf-acclaimed<br />

Nigerian k<strong>in</strong>g of<br />

street music, Olamide,<br />

and popular Nollywood<br />

actress, Eniola Badmus<br />

have found their way <strong>in</strong>to<br />

the corridors of power as<br />

they have been named<br />

alongside others as part<br />

of the Ogun governorelect,<br />

Dapo Abiodun’s<br />

Economic Transition<br />

Committee.<br />

The billionaire<br />

bus<strong>in</strong>essman who won<br />

the 2019 Ogun State<br />

Governorship <strong>election</strong>,<br />

made the announcement<br />

via Instagram on<br />

Monday, April 15,2019.<br />

The duo who are both<br />

<strong>in</strong>digenes of Ogun State,<br />

were named <strong>in</strong> the<br />

Economic Transition<br />

Committee, to work as<br />

part of the Commerce<br />

and Industry subcommittee<br />

by the<br />

<strong>in</strong>com<strong>in</strong>g governor.<br />

Accord<strong>in</strong>g to Dapo<br />

Abiodun, there will be 10<br />

committees which will<br />

see to the transition<br />

process.<br />

A follow up post on the<br />

governor-elect’s page<br />

reveals that the economic<br />

transition committee and<br />

work groups are to be<br />

<strong>in</strong>augurated on<br />

Wednesday April 17,<br />

2019.<br />

They will be jo<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g<br />

other celebrities like<br />

Richard Mofe-Damijo,<br />

Okey Bakassi, Nkiru<br />

Sylvanus, Yul Edochie<br />

and Desmond Elliot <strong>in</strong><br />

gett<strong>in</strong>g political<br />

appo<strong>in</strong>tments.<br />

•Eniola

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