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PAGE 16—SUNDAY VANGUARD, AUGUST 9, 2020 •Chisom Steve BBNaija 2020: Romantic emotions will kill the game —Uti Nwachukwu By Sylvester Kwentua inner of the 2010 Big Brother Africa 5 All- WStars and Nollywood actor, Uti Nwachukwu has joined those criticizing the high level of sexual immorality being exhibited by the current housemates of this year’s edition of the Big Brother Naija, lockdown. Taking to his official Twitter handle, the 2012 Mode Men Awards "TV personality of the Year” winner wonders why the housemates of the BBNaija Lockdown are more interested in romantic exploits than working to win the money. “Romantic emotions will kill the majority of these #BBNaija Housemates. I just don't understand why a lot of them have lost the plot! This isn’t ultimate love for heaven’s sake. Some of the guys dey fall hand (are disappointing me). If it’s not Erica they're obsessed about, it’s Nengi. For where 85M dey o.” Uti tweeted. Uti rose to limelight in the entertainment industry after he won the All-Stars season of Big Brother Africa in 2010. Before his big win, he had featured on the Nigerian reality TV show, the Next Movie Star, where he came second. He also worked in the bank for a while, before he started participating in reality shows. In 2008, he participated in the Big Brother Africa 3 reality show and was the third housemate to be evicted. He gained a huge fan base, so he returned to the house in 2010 and was known as the housemate who always teased other housemates. At the end of the show, he emerged as the winner and was awarded a cash price of $200,000. •Christabel Egbenya For me sex is sacred, spiritual Asaba-based •Georgina Ibeh budding Nollywood actress, Chisom Steve started her journey in the movie industry as a child actor in 2013. And going by her rising profile and antecedents in the last seven years she's not exactly a rookie. In a recent one-on-one with Potpourri, the sultry undergraduate of Caritas Private University, Enugu, let off a hint that she may still be a fresh, untapped item when it comes to sexual matters going by her response on the question of sex. She didn't make much bones about it but it does appear there is a hidden message in her summation. “Sex for me is sacred and spiritual, to be engaged only in marriage which is the best institution built in Christ. When it comes to relationships for me, it must be decent. And being sexy is a compliment and yes, a woman ought to be proud of her body, I don't know •Uti Nwachukwu T —Actress, Chisom Steve here have been questions, many yet unanswered, about what it takes for a woman to be a good housewife. Recently, Potpourri posted a poser on its WhatsApp Status about qualities to look out for when searching for a good wife and it turned out to be a debate of sorts. One of the people that responded is Edo State-born Nollywood actress, Christabel Egbenya, and her argument hinged on the women's love for money. “I can say women who don't like money too much make the best wives. When a woman is about flaunting it,” she had said when asked of her opinion on sex, relationship, marriage and sexiness. Chisom, unlike most actresses, admitted that acting pays her bills and gives a bit of an insight to the challenges she has surmounted to be relevant. “My career has been defined by a lot of challenging roles I have played. There's one that took me days under the rain literally to film and naturally I don't like going under the rain. It was a horrible experience but it turned out to be one of my best, but giving up every other thing to pursue this career has been my biggest sacrifice. Yes, acting is lucrative, and it pays my bills so far. And another experience I can't forget is playing the role of a tomboy, it is totally outside my natural characteristics,” she said. According to Chisom, her high point so far remains the day she received an award for one of her films in the 'Most Promising Actress' category at BON AWARDS 2017. She has only produced one film of her own “My Beautiful” but featured in over 20 films. Women who don't like money make best wives —Christabel Egbenya By Sylvester Kwentua igerian radio personality, Toolz, whose real name is NTolu Oniru, believes men can cook but are just too lazy to do so. She made this assertion on Twitter. “90% of men can cook but they are too lazy to cook”. Toolz tweeted. Toolz, it will be recalled, early this year, tweeted that men cheat because there are many women willing to give themselves to a man who doesn’t belong to them. Toolz was born in London in 1982 and currently anchors a program on a popular radio station in Lagos. She was one of the judges at the 2011 and 2012 Channel O Music Video Awards. not obsessed with money, simple things satisfy her. She doesn't give the man headaches and most vain things of life don't impress her. I'm not saying she mustn't like money but not to obsession. Such women bring security and peace to their homes,” she argued. Christabel, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Labell Beauty World situated in Enugu, told Potpourri, she has survived alone without any man in the picture. She believes a woman should make her own money and not depend too much on the husband. Christabel hit the limelight after her exploits in "Room 202", "Kingdom of Pleasure" and "King's Throne". 90% of men can cook but too lazy —Toolz Love me or leave me — Georgina Ibeh ast-rising Nigerian actress and Ffilmmaker, Georgina Chineye Ibeh, has finally decided to conquer her fears of losing people she loves. She was able to achieve this, according to her, after she sat down to wonder if people she loved were also scared of losing her. This much she made known recently through an Instagram post she made. “I used to be scared of losing those I really love until I asked myself the Big Question; Are they also scared of losing me? Love me or leave me!” Georgina blasted. Gina, as she is fondly called, came into the industry in 2007 and she has featured in several TV series and movies like: Superstory, The Benjamins, 2 sides of a coin, The Patriot, College Boys, National Crisis, Kukere Babes, Blackberry Babes, Bella's Place, About to Wed, This Life, Private Storm, God of Shiloh, Love and Lust, amongst others. •Toolz
SUNDAY VANGUARD, AUGUST 9, 2020,PAGE 17 INSECURITY: Nigeria is being governed by its second eleven – Sule Lamido •Says APC will die in 2023 when Buhari leaves office •Narrates how Wike foisted ‘eaglet’ leadership on PDP By Olalekan Bilesanmi Remember Alhaji Sule Lamido? He was Foreign Affairs Minister under the Obasanjo administration. He later went to become a two-term governor of Jigawa State. After that, Lamido aspired to be Nigeria’s President on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party, PDP. But in this interview, the veteran politician claims his quest for the presidency led to some politicians viciously coming after him. He speaks on the state of the nation. Let’s start from the statement by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State against your party, PDP, that the NWC members are tax collectors, apparently referring to the way Governor Godwin Obaseki of Edo State got the ticket to contest the Sept 19 governorship election on its platform. I don’t like discussing the specifics of the character of people. But then, for instance, if Solomon Lar, Gemade or Audu Ogbeh were the Chairman, do you think they would be called tax collectors? If Wike called them tax collectors including the Chairman, I mean the Chairman is Wike’s invention; he is Wike’s boy… In any case, if you look at the PDP as a history, heritage, institution, the party which produced three Presidents, Olusegun Obasanjo, Musa Yar’Adua and Goodluck Jonathan, the party which produced government for 16 years, which produced so many governors and lawmakers, both at the state and federal levels, so many council chairmen and ambassadors, with this huge history behind it, and you talk about the capacity, ability, and the party is presently being led by eaglets. So, the PDP is led, at best, by what you can describe as the youth wing of the party. Whatever Wike might have said, he may not be at fault. Because... Whatever Wike said you think isn’t a slap on the party? Wike can be right because if you look at it and extend it from the party to Nigeria where you have institutions and the Federal Government in terms of performance, capacity and service delivery and the level of governance we have had, then you will know that Nigeria is being governed and led its second 11. On the other hand, look at the PDP which has produced the likes of Obasanjo, Yar’Adua, Atiku among others, and the current leaders managing the affairs of the party, you could see obviously that the party is now being run by the eaglets of the party and not by the seniors. Secondus is a product of Wike. I am saying this with all honesty. I mean no disrespect. And then in terms of their exposures, experience, age, certainly for them to lead a party where people like Obasanjo, Atiku and others have operated, it means people would expect high caliber leaders to tackle APC, but as it is, the two groups, the government running the country and the party as opposition, are operating at the same frequency. They are all grossly inadequate to lead Nigeria as a political party or as a government if you look at what Nigeria is in terms of our history. As an elder statesman among others, what are you doing to change the narrative? I agree with you that the BoT, whose members are the conscience of the party and whose integrity and political profile, should guide the party…it is so difficult to explain. We made big mistakes as PDP. How so? We made mistakes because who brought APC into power? So, we have a problem because I have been saying Buhari government is PDP government but deformed PDP. It’s just like me now, one part of me is deformed PDP and the other is deformed APC. So, the deformed PDP parades some of the finest leaders who the PDP honored, dignified and trusted but who went and joined the APC to defeat the PDP. Everybody at that time was angry about PDP. So we left PDP. So, this government is a creation of the PDP. To correct the mistakes, we need to purge ourselves of the sins. Those who left PDP should also purge themselves of the sins because it all about Nigeria today. So, it means all of us have been pursuing political and personal interests and not national interest. If you don’t get it, you can abandon the party and pursue the other party. So it means you So, the APC came with no ideas, the only thing they had in excess is evil are willing to harm Nigeria. Ideally, we should suppress our interests and rally behind Nigeria, promote Nigeria and actualize our mission. But by the time we pursue our personal interests, we are leading and Nigeria is following. And you now have insurgency, kidnapping and a country divided. You were in government for eight years. You set up some legacy projects that should still be standing… You see, we are not talking about me as an individual or my government but we are talking about Nigeria. The PDP did very well, the railway lines, highways, the airports. The PDP government was a government of ideas. Whatever this government is doing is all based on the foundation of the PDP. In terms of infrastructure, economy, security, bond between brothers and sisters, harmony between the regions, religions and tribe is not there anymore. It means our political chemistry is terribly distorted. We are talking in general terms, all of us, those in government, nobody is happy. Any regret that you lost power in the state? No, no, no. You see the people of Nigeria have the power and right to change the government as and when they want. Whether rightly or wrongly? The right is certified under freedom; therefore, you are free to be stupid. It’s your right to be stupid. There should be no any regret from an individual in terms of politics because the right to confer authority or withdraw it is in the people. So, if the Nigerian people fell into the APC propaganda that for the 16 years that PDP ruled, it was all looting and nothing was done even though they found new, modern airports in Abuja, Kano, Enugu and others under Stella Oduah, highways, power projects, it is most unfortunate. So, the APC came with no ideas, the only thing they had in excess is evil. They unleashed pains on Nigerians. So, it’s for the people to make a choice, if PDP had not joined APC to support the latter in the 2015 elections, they would not have won. Recall the previous elections, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2011, if you had combined all the parties together, they could not defeat PDP. So, you don’t believe the merger of different parties that make up APC brought it to power? No, no, no. The merger was a barren woman without PDP members coming to fertilize it. No matter what they did under the merger, there was no way they could have won the Federal Government. What is your take on the clamor for the sack of Service Chiefs because of the deteriorating •Lamido security in the country? I don’t know why people forget so easily. You cannot build a nation if you always rely on the spur of the moment. But the administration promised security during electioneering campaign… What I am saying is that in 2015 when the PDP was in power, security, material corruption and economy were the main issues around which the APC build their campaign of propaganda. They said PDP members were all thieves. Even in the APC, their former Chairman, Adams Oshiomhole, said if you joined the APC, the power of Buhari’s piety would wipe away all your sins. So no matter how dirty you were, how much you stole, if you joined the APC, pious Buhari will forgive you and wipe away your sins. And if you are talking about security, what was the promise when they came? That we were insecure, that there was Boko Haram bombing and killing of people in churches and mosques. They even brought pictures from other countries just to solidify their propaganda solid. Former President Jonathan was maligned; they abused him and his wife. Things became very personal. PDP was demonized so much so that nobody wanted to associate with the party. So, we were flushed out. You are asking me about insecurity? They failed. You put in a government that cannot secure you. So why are you telling me? Because it has even gone beyond Boko Haram, it has come to a situation where a Nigerian will steal another Nigerian and demand for ransom. Friends would connive and arrange fake kidnap. A man would attack his people, burn the entire village, kill kinsmen and rustle animals. When PDP was there, we were doing very well but then we were demonized. So why are you talking about insecurity? •In part two of interview next Sunday, Lamido speaks on how 'civil war' in the PDP led to corruption charges slammed on him.
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