36—Vanguard, THURSDAY, APRIL 18, 2019 It’s risky to undergo plastic surgery to ga<strong>in</strong> people’s attention – Stephanie Coker Stories by Tolulope Abereoje Every woman’s dream is to look good and have a flawless physique all the time, but the idea of go<strong>in</strong>g under the knife just to look perfect and ga<strong>in</strong> attention doesn’t seat well with popular TV presenter and OAP, Stephanie Coker Ader<strong>in</strong>okun. In a recent post on her Instagram page, the media personality showed off her figure stated that although the photo looks perfect, she is imperfect but lives happily with her flaws. Stephanie stated that do<strong>in</strong>g plastic surgery on its own is risky and if anyone would take that risk, it should be for themselves and not to impress men who themselves look like ‘Humpty Dumpty’. “Although this was captured perfectly by renowned photographer, Kelechi Amadi-Obi, this image is not flawless and it has noth<strong>in</strong>g to do with light<strong>in</strong>g, angles or the environment. It is because the subject herself is imperfect. I <strong>always</strong> wanted to keep this image <strong>in</strong> my closet room for my eyes only. Until last week when a friend said she was •Mocheddah go<strong>in</strong>g to get a BBL. Now I am not opposed to one alter<strong>in</strong>g their looks, it is not my place to judge. However, I do f<strong>in</strong>d follow<strong>in</strong>g such life threaten<strong>in</strong>g trends to grab the attention of others a bit risky, especially when most men on this side of the world are walk<strong>in</strong>g around look<strong>in</strong>g like Humpty Dumpty. There have been a handful of cases that I personally know of women who have lost their lives to plastic surgery. I say all this to say, if <strong>you</strong> are go<strong>in</strong>g to get plastic surgery, please do it for <strong>you</strong>rself at least, and research the risks to <strong>you</strong>r health and weigh up <strong>you</strong>r options,” she advised. Be<strong>in</strong>g an adult is hard work - Mocheddah Adulthood they say, comes with its challenges and responsibilities, and although it is hard to keep up with the hustle and bustle that comes with the age, a lot of adults keep up a smil<strong>in</strong>g face to hard the pa<strong>in</strong>s they go through to survive. Nigerian rapper, Mocheddah has come out to admit to the fact that be<strong>in</strong>g an adult is <strong>in</strong>deed hard and be<strong>in</strong>g an entrepreneur is harder. She also said that <strong>every</strong> once <strong>in</strong> a while, she lets out the tension by cry<strong>in</strong>g, after which, she cont<strong>in</strong>ues with her work <strong>in</strong> order to survive “After a good cry, I wipe my tears, dr<strong>in</strong>k tea, get on the phone and get work done. 40% of my time is spent on Nollywood actor, IK Ogbonna threatens to drag lady to court over gay accusation Actor IK Ogbonna has threatened to slam a lawsuit aga<strong>in</strong>st a US-based Nigerian lady, Joyce Boakye, who accused him of be<strong>in</strong>g gay <strong>in</strong> a recent video she posted on her Instagram page. Joyce <strong>in</strong> the video alleged that the actor abandoned his pretty wife, Sonia, and is now go<strong>in</strong>g after Nollywood actors who he desires to sleep with. She asked him to come out of the closet and admit his sexuality to the world just as Bobrisky did and is liv<strong>in</strong>g f<strong>in</strong>e with it. But react<strong>in</strong>g to the allegation, IK Ogbonna <strong>in</strong> a letter written to her by his lawyers, Moshood Shehu and Associates demanded an apology from Joyce with<strong>in</strong> seven days and that if she fails to do this, a lawsuit will be filed aga<strong>in</strong>st her at the Lagos State •Ogbonna High Court. He also took to his Instagram page to lament how people misuse their freedom of expression as he challenged the lady to provide proofs if her claims are true. “A free platform created for promotion and market<strong>in</strong>g has given people cheap voices to speak cheaply about people’s hard earned <strong>in</strong>tegrity. Most of those who want us to come out with “who we truly are” as they claim, have themselves noth<strong>in</strong>g to show to anyone. The noises are mostly made and heard from the empty barrels. We give attention to what is of value not what takes our attention from what is of no value. And very soon, society must weed out the tares that prevent the wheat from stand<strong>in</strong>g out. If <strong>you</strong> come with allegations please come out of the closet with proof y o u r allegation,” he wrote. to •Stephanie the phone talk<strong>in</strong>g. I’m either talk<strong>in</strong>g to a staff, a supplier or try<strong>in</strong>g to get logistics company to “do their job” on time because customers need their orders. Another 40% is spent on the field <strong>in</strong> the sun, buy<strong>in</strong>g materials I would need or on a bike try<strong>in</strong>g to meet up with a delivery. The last 20% is what I have left for myself, family and other bus<strong>in</strong>esses I run. It is hard, I cry. I cry a lot. That’s the only way <strong>you</strong> can survive as a Nigerian bus<strong>in</strong>ess owner. Do not let my Instagram slay pictures deceive <strong>you</strong>; be<strong>in</strong>g an adult is hard work, be<strong>in</strong>g an entrepreneur is even harder. If <strong>you</strong> must chop, <strong>you</strong> must work. On the brighter side, God rewards hard work, so <strong>you</strong> will <strong>always</strong> reap what <strong>you</strong> have sown. I’m writ<strong>in</strong>g this to let someone out there know that it is hard for me too, but we will survive,” she revealed. •Olamide Olamide, Eniola Badmus jo<strong>in</strong> Ogun Governor-Elect Economic Transition Committee S elf-acclaimed Nigerian k<strong>in</strong>g of street music, Olamide, and popular Nollywood actress, Eniola Badmus have found their way <strong>in</strong>to the corridors of power as they have been named alongside others as part of the Ogun governorelect, Dapo Abiodun’s Economic Transition Committee. The billionaire bus<strong>in</strong>essman who won the 2019 Ogun State Governorship <strong>election</strong>, made the announcement via Instagram on Monday, April 15,2019. The duo who are both <strong>in</strong>digenes of Ogun State, were named <strong>in</strong> the Economic Transition Committee, to work as part of the Commerce and Industry subcommittee by the <strong>in</strong>com<strong>in</strong>g governor. Accord<strong>in</strong>g to Dapo Abiodun, there will be 10 committees which will see to the transition process. A follow up post on the governor-elect’s page reveals that the economic transition committee and work groups are to be <strong>in</strong>augurated on Wednesday April 17, 2019. They will be jo<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g other celebrities like Richard Mofe-Damijo, Okey Bakassi, Nkiru Sylvanus, Yul Edochie and Desmond Elliot <strong>in</strong> gett<strong>in</strong>g political appo<strong>in</strong>tments. •Eniola
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