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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