T H I S D AY, T H E S U N D AY N E W S PA P E R •MARCH 27, 2016
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Pastor Anita Oyakhilome Breaks out with Fresh Scent
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nita Oyakhilome is a woman to love. As you read, the estranged wife of Christ Embassy founder, Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, has overcome the grief of her broken marriage to rejuvenate, heal and give scent, like a fresh petal of flower, breaking out in full bloom. Anita, like multi-coloured petals broke out of her misery, sporting revitalised aspects and prettiness to attend an event in London recently. Anita elicited catcalls and admiration from both married and unmarried men as they continually drooled over her at the
event. Not too long ago, the traditional and new media portals ran amok with news of the celebrity couple and pastors marital crisis. Anita filed for divorce at Central Family Court, High Holborn, London, UK, citing her husband’s “unreasonable behaviour” and inappropriate relationships with members of staff, an intonation of “adultery.” Anita has finally moved on after their messy divorce. The beautiful mother of two stepped out in an adorable dress looking every inch sensational for the event. Now that she’s single again, Pastor or Ms. Anita if you like, will never be short of male attention.
Limited. Alas, that was not to be. Yet, his competence was not in doubt - a fact attested to by the bank on its website. Mbonu was allegedly paid off by the bank and he subsequently relocated abroad to study. He is back in the country now and planning to open an arts gallery. A former MD of the Societe Generale Bank of Nigeria, owned by the illustrious Saraki family, Robert was arrested in 2013 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for his alleged involvement in the pillaging of the bank’s vault. The SGBN later metamorphosed into Heritage Bank where Mbonu was placed below Sekibo. The centre never held between them as Sekibo allegedly felt threatened by Mbonu’s brilliance and competence.
Saturday, at Chocolate Royal, Victoria Island, Lagos, was star-studded. The celebrant took charge of the party herself, and endeavoured to treat every guest to a good time. The ecstasy of the event and innumerable treats made available to every guest at the celebrant’s behest tinged the atmosphere with a euphoric hue of sort; it all felt surreal. And not a few guests could attest to that. The ambience of the party signified class, privileged circumstances and the enviable good taste of the celebrant. Interestingly, she worked hard to attain her current status and she is far removed from the contemporary alpha female stereotype that glorifies flamboyance, self-aggrandisement and narcissism above substance. The self-driven entrepreneur and construction magnate comes across as an enviable Amazon and achiever in an area and era where everyone seems to understate the worth of a driven woman.
Oyin Adeyemi
ON OYIN ADEYEMI’S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION AT CHOCOLATE ROYALE Every day in the life of Oyin Adeyemi, the MD of StillEarth portends a fresh adventure; it’s enchanting, melodic, like the coming together of lovelorn soul mates caught in an interminable whirlpool of passion. With Oyin, beauty subsists like eternal grace from above. Therefore, her birthday last
Fifi Ejindu
CELEBRITY SLUG-FEST! WHY FIFI EJINDU, BIOLA OKOYA AND RONKE ADEMILUYI MAY NEVER BE FRIENDS AGAIN Unlike the petty fools of strife, that shriek and sweat in pygmy wars, Fifi Ejindu seemed to court neither hatred
Anita Oyakhilome
nor discord with anyone. The ravishing socialite seemed to live for the sweet affection and warmth of comradeship with her friends, until she fell out of love with every one of them. Consequently, Fifi Ejindu is without friends. There is currently no love lost between Ejindu and her friends, Biola Okoya, Ronke Ademiluyi and Nkiru Anumudu. Since they got mired in the jungle of angst and vicious recrimination, Ejindu has not been on talking terms with Okoya and Ronke. You couldn’t have forgotten so soon the well-celebrated fight between Fifi and Nkiru Anumudu. The bitter feud raging between her and Okoya has evoked series of questionable rhetoric. Could their quarrel be attributed to petty rivalry or high-priced ego? No tangible answers have been found to these salient questions even by the closest friends and confidants of the former bosom friends. Hardly anyone would forget in a hurry, Ejindu’s promising friendship with Ronke Ademiluyi, the founder of Africa Fashion Week London (AFWL) and Africa Fashion Week Nigeria (AFWN). She started the Africa Fashion Week London in 2011, and at the 2014 edition of the show, she invited Ejindu to come serve as matron of the event. Things seemed to work perfectly between Ademiluyi and Ejindu; Ejindu attended her show and functioned in full measure as the event’s matron. When Ejindu allegedly became too overbearing for Ademiluyi to handle, the latter ditched her and approached Biola Okoya to serve as matron to her annual fashion event. This infuriated Ejindu - she felt slighted for being passed over for Okoya. Her relationship with Ademiluyi has deteriorated since; yet hardly anyone knows what axe Ejindu has to grind with Ronke.
INTRIGUES AS PATIENCE JONATHAN’S HOTEL AND SPA
Patience Jonathan
LOSES PATRONAGE Like a haunted necropolis, former First Lady, Patience Jonathan’s hotel and spa, is discomfortingly quiet. The relaxation spot, Aridolf Resort Wellness and Spa, owned by the former First Lady of Nigeria is virtually deserted; thus substantiating the popular maxim that power and influence attracts fair-weather friends and associates. The spa was initially established as a humanitarian venture, but soon it morphed into the personal business of the former first lady. Further findings revealed that the relaxation spot was originally a pet project called Aruera Reachout Foundation, an NGO owned by the former First Lady. Predictably, when the Jonathans were in power, the hotel and spa became the haven of the country’s high society. Not a few political and business titans patronised the spot in frantic bid to earn the favour of the former First Lady and her husband, former President Goodluck Jonathan. But no sooner did the Jonathans lose power than their hotel and spa suffered reduction in patronage. Friends and associates that patronised the spa stopped going there.