MC Oluomo likes me but I never dated him – Yoruba Actress Taiwo Aromokun

Taiwo Aromokun, an actress, tells ’NONYE BEN-NWANKWO about her relationship with actor, Odunlade Adekola

About my twin sister

I have a twin sister. People say we look alike. But I am bigger than her. She is not an actress and she doesn’t even like what I do for a living. I am lucky to have a twin sister, who I can talk to and share things with, rather than fair weather friends that will betray me any time.

 She is the outgoing type and many people have said she should have been the actress in the family. But she doesn’t like acting at all.

My relationship with MC Oluomo

I don’t know the source of that story. I will not deny the fact that I know MC Oluomo. The first time I saw him was in 2009. Bisi Ibidapo-Obe is my closest sister and friend in the movie industry. She was launching her movie and I was invited. I had not heard of nor met MC at that time. During the event, one of MC Oluomo’s aides walked up to me and said his chairman wanted to see me.

I went to him and he said he liked me and that he had been watching my movies and he liked the way I act. I said I was like a daughter to him. He told me he had a set of twins and he had always wished to meet me. I didn’t see him again until early this year. The same Bisi was marking her mother’s birthday. I hardly attend parties, but I had to attend that one because of Bisi. MC was sitting on the same table with my senior colleagues. I went there and I greeted everybody and walked away. The next thing I heard was the rumour that I was dating him.

 Even they said that Liz Da Silva and I slept with MC at the same time. The ironical part of the story is that I don’t even talk to Liz. She is not my friend. So I don’t know how both of us would have gone to sleep with same man at the same time.

Odunlade Adekola and I

I am very blunt and God-fearing. I actually went out on a date with Odunlade Adekola. I will not deny it. But we are no longer dating each other. We are just friends now. In fact, we will remain just friends for the rest of our lives. We are still close. People tend to get the wrong ideas when they notice that a particular guy casts a particular lady in his movies constantly. Odun is a very sentimental person.

He believes that I am a good actress. He is well known. Right now, he is number one in the Yoruba movie industry. He believes that somebody can benefit from his stardom and succeed as well. I think that was what he did for me. God will not come down to help you. He would send you help through people. God used him to lift me up in the industry.

Why we broke up

We broke up for a personal reason. I wanted to move on with my life. Odun was married with two adorable sons and he was not ready to take a second wife. So there was no point in continuing the relationship. I would have married him if he had asked me. I know my father would not have been pleased with that if he was still alive. But marriage is about understanding and happiness.

 If I find a man that understands and respects me, loves and cares for me, what else do I need? Despite the fact that we are no longer lovers, we still communicate to each other. It was rumoured I fought with Flakky Ididowu over Odun. It is not true. Such a thing didn’t happen. I have seen Flakky just once this year. I don’t go to parties. How could I have fought with Flakky during a party? People think I am proud and I hardly talk to my colleagues. But that is not the case. I am only reserved.

 I always keep to myself in order to avoid gossip. I was hurt when my relationship with Odunlade broke up, but life goes on. The truth is that we didn’t even break up like that. We just came to a mutual understanding. A friend of mine actually said I was the one who didn’t want to marry Odun. I asked her why she said so. She said a lady should know how to hook a man. But I am not that kind of person.

I knew he was married before we started dating. But some people are destined to get married to two wives, even if the first wife agrees or not. I shouldn’t be desperate to hook a man. I don’t have any regret dating him. I also know he is happy dating me.

My new lover

I am currently dating Jesus Christ, who will eventually find another man for me at a more convenient time. I am happy with Him. He doesn’t make my head ache with pain. I don’t believe that dating Odun would affect any future relationship with another man. Any man that wants to date me should know that I have a past. I am not so ugly for anybody to think that I would have been without a boyfriend all my life.

I have moved on with my life and I know I would still get another guy. If the guy I meet is married again, I would know I was destined to be a second wife. I don’t know why people are sentimental about actors dating actresses. Bankers date each other. It wasn’t as if I dated a physically-challenged person. Even if he were, I still liked him a lot.

 Most of my colleagues are getting married. I am happy for them. But I also pray the marriages work out. I feel pained when a colleague’s marriage breaks up. It makes me remember what my father said about this profession before he passed on.

The London affair

I learnt they said I was stranded in London. But that is a fat lie. I was never stranded in London. Even before the story broke, I was already in Nigeria.

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Mosun Filani's Ex Lover Demands Withdrawal Of Car Gift Back

Latest gist getting to us from an industry source confirms that trouble might be looming for top Yoruba actress, Mosunmola Filani from one of her former escapades. 

According to the gist, one of Mosun's lovers, Alhaji Babatunde, who is the head of Omo Onile in Epe, Lagos, has threatened fire on Mosun if she does not return the blue colour SUV car given to her as gift about two years ago. The car was said to have been bought in Alhaji's name two years ago when the car was given to Mosun as gift.

 We learnt that Alhaji Babatunde gave Mosun, who recently got married to Kayode Adeoye in Ibadan, 21 days to return the car or face his wrath. We gathered that Mosun had earlier agreed to be Alhaji's fourth wife while she was still dating Alhaji Babatunde. Meanwhile, we learnt that mosun filani is presently 3 months pregnant. It was also gathered that Kayode, her new husband has bought a house for Mosun in GRA area of Ikeja.

STAR ACTRESS GEORGINA ONUOHA'S MARRIAGE CRUMBLES

News making the rounds says the marriage of talented actress,Georgina Onuoha-Igwegbe has crumbled.

The marriage is done with,said a source,and with the way it is it may not be redeemable.

We reliably gathered that so bad has the situation become that her husband,Ifeanyi Igwegbe,has allegedly abandoned their matrimonial home.

We learnt the couple now lives in two different states in the U.S.

Constant disagreement was given as the major reason the man fled,leaving behind his wife and their two daughters.

It would be recall that the union was contracted amidst controversy then.

All effort to reach Georgina to comment on this issue proved abortive as her number was not available.

Shocker! Fraudsters invade Nollywood

   
Swindle top actor

Internet fraudsters posing as famous movie stars have invaded Nollywood with their dirty game and heartlessly duping unsuspecting fans and members of the public.

The impostors’ latest victim who has publicly disclaimed and denounced the rogues is famous actor, Pat Attah.

Shocked Attah, who now resides in Germany, exclusively told ACTION! the criminals had the audacity to open a spurious orphanage account with his name and picture on Facebook. “With the evil aim of using my hard earned name and reputation to dupe the public, especially my teeming fans”, he says.

Determined to succeed in their nefarious act, the smart crooks cleverly called it St. Patrick Orphanage and pleaded with his fans and unsuspecting members of the public to donate generously to the dubious venture.

The Nollywood hunk further disclosed that he had since written Facebook to shut down the illegal site, and equally alerted his fans and members of the public to beware of such illegal sites.

“They have nothing whatsoever to do with me or any member of my family. The general public should take note,” he warns.

“These fraudsters did the same thing with me when I lost my father last year in May. I put my father’s pictures on Facebook and tagged them to my cousins and relatives living abroad so that they would know; the same night, some guys copied my father’s pictures and opened a Facebook account and called it Daniel Attah’s Memorial and started asking people to donate money for my father’s burial. They’re demons and that’s how I will describe them! And now the same guys are back again, they opened two different accounts on Facebook with my name and pictures, and I know it’s still the same people that are doing this again. I actually warned my fans about it and some of them were asking, “how do we know who is the real one?”, and I had to prove myself to a certain extent. I’ve pasted the link to the fake profile on my Facebook wall so that people could see it, and I’ve reported to Facebook as well,” embittered Attah laments.

Meanwhile, several of his colleagues have reacted to the ugly development, which they said does not augur well for the image and growth of Nollywood, especially on the foreign scene.

The duo of John Okafor and Chidi Mokeme want Facebook to help track the impostors and deal decisively with them.

“These crooks should be apprehended and dealt with by the law,” adds Okafor famously known as Mr. Ibu.

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Toni Payne back in 9ice’s house

In a rather dramatic twist, cosmetologist and emerging artiste manager, Toni Payne, might have moved back into the expansive Abule-Egba, Lagos, home of estranged husband - afro hip hop singer, 9ice. Her unexpected return to the house she left in unwieldy circumstances late 2009 came as a shock to neighbours, aides, close friends and relatives of the singer who thought she had moved on for good.


According to several impeccable sources, Payne’s startling about-face happened last Thursday when she came to the house demanding to see the father of her child but was prevented from entering.


“She called 9ice several times but he didn’t pick the call because he had been told she was at the gate. He came with a male friend even. What angered 9ice was that she didn’t pre-inform him of her visit, source says.


She left without blowing a fuse, only to return the following day. This time, Payne brought along with her the only product of the short-lived marriage, Zion, and she was allowed in without much ado. Payne was in the house until Wednesday morning. The source further says, “Throughout the time she spent in the house, she was always cooking, trying to worm her way back into 9ice’s heart but he didn’t eat the food because he’s trying to be careful.”


To underscore her return, she even invited the Soundcity crew over to the house to interview her artiste, Adol, which, multiple sources say, didn’t go down well with some of 9ice’s crew members. In all of these, 9ice has reportedly kept mum and remained indifferent to Payne’s schemes.


During her brief stay, it was learnt that 9ice’s parents also made surprise visits to him, lending credence to the insinuations that Payne might have begun the reconciliation process from the roots. Close watchers of the unfolding scenario are not totally surprised at her sudden transformation, far from her hitherto bellicose stance on anything 9ice, especially since she learnt that an Abuja-based lady now has a child by him.


In the last one week, discerning followers and Payne’s fans, especially on social networking and micro-blogging site, twitter, would have deduced that she is whirling in a new kind of euphoria and that she still has a thing for the celebrated singer, even to the point of helping to hype his forthcoming double album.


“The most anticipated album of 2011. In fact, over anticipated sef = Bashorun Gaa,” she tweets. That was last Thursday, the day she made the first visit to 9ice’s house. Another of her tweet reads, “More than love is true friendship. This alone can withstand all the ups and downs and still keep us standing. Three years….God is great.” She adds, “Two steps backwards, 20 steps forward.”


Some curious followers pointedly told her to leave 9ice alone, thinking she was up to some mischief. She had to reply one of them that she is just an avid fan of his music. Since then, every of her tweet has been punctuated with lyrics and anecdotes from the singer’s songs. Then, when 9ice made a guest appearance on a radio programme on Wednesday morning, Payne was the first to let the world know; “Oya o, (it’s) good music time. Tune in to Rhythm 93.7 FM, 9ice in the building.” She posted several tweets, indicating that she was keenly following the programme. When E-Punch spoke with her shortly after the programme, she refused to comment, saying, “I’d rather keep my private life private.”
When contacted, 9ice’s manager, Dehinde Fajana, says he is not aware of the entire affair and, therefore, could not comment. He chips in however, “9ice is an intelligent young man who knows what he wants out of life. For now, all our attention is concentrated on releasing his jazz album which would serve as a precursor for the double album. That is all I have to say.”
9ice was a burgeoning musician when he met the then US-based Toni Payne at an event in Lagos. They got married in July 2008 and had a baby shortly after. They agreed to separate in January 2010, confirming speculations that the marriage was not built on solid foundations. The third anniversary of their wedding would have been Monday, July 18.
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LATEST GIST ON EX SUPER EAGLES STRIKER,RASHEED YEKINI

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 So many sad things have been heard about him in recent times,ranging from alleged mental stress to spiritual attack.But Rasheed Yekini,the once beautiful bride of the Super Eagles is gradually bouncing back.

Contrary to report making the round that he is homeless, he actually has a four bedroom flat on Ring Road,beside the famous Oni & Sons complex in the ancient town where he stays.

Though,he was said to have gone broke for years,the death of his confidant,one Ibraheem,a very wealthy bureau de change operator in Sabo area of Ibadan turned things for the worse for him.

The ex soccer star was reported to be leaning on Ibraheem for his financial needs,before the guy was hacked down by notorious armed bandits,who raided his shop and shot him dead.

The incident, it was further gathered, nearly turned him into destitute, as he had to cope with loneliness.

However, sources close to him informed us that his family who had initially abandoned him to his fate had come to his rescue.He is trying to venture into a new business after unsuccessful attempts in the past.
Story by AKINNAGBE AKINTOMIDE