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How Bimbo Akintola Introduced Me To Nollywood

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Popular Nollywood Actress Iyabo Ojo has recalled how her senior colleague Bimbo Akintola got her into the movie industry by introducing her to veteran actor Keppy Bassey.

Iyabo narrated this in a video posted on Instagram on Monday while speaking on her journey to Nollywood.

According to the mother of two, watching Bimbo Akintola’s performance in the movie Out of Bounds motivated her.

Iyabo Ojo said she reached out to Bimbo Akintola who gave her several tips on acting and introduced her to Keppy who helped in getting her first role.

“How did I start out in Nollywood? Okay, when I was done with secondary school I watched this movie called Out of Bounds, I fell in love with Bimbo Akintola’s acting. watching her on-screen that day I just said this is it.

“So the first thing I had to do was go look for Bimbo Akintola. I found her helpfully by one of my friends and I told her I wanted to actress she was very warm, accomodating and then she taught me a few tricks and told me I had to register with AGN and I had to start going for auditions, I started moving around with her and I was going with her for auditions.

“And then she introduced me to uncle Keppy Ekpenyong Bassey and his beautiful wife they were so nice to me and one day he just gave me a note somewhere in Surulere so I took the note and I went there and they said she still have to queue. And I was very excited at least for the first time I was going to have that opportunity to work in front of the camera and that was a big deal for me,” she said in parts.

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Praises Pour In For Davido’s Show In New York

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Popular Nigerian Singer, Davido, kicked off his ‘We rise by lifting others’ tour in New York City and his fans have been full of praises for him.

The tour stops include New York, Toronto, Boston, Chicago and Los Angeles.

A fan, Louis OBO hailed, “Davido be giving the other guy don’t try this at home vibes

his crowd control and management”

Another fan, Rozapepper focused on one of the songs performed during the show, saying,  “Davido performing LALA ft. CKay at this headlined sold-out festival in New York City is the most elated you have ever seen this year. The drummer deserves a raise.

#WRBLOTOUR”

Anonymous Justin, reacting to a clip from the show, said, “Davido said ‘Be chill’. The crowd said ‘Na man leave this part to us’. 001 we got you everywhere!!!”

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BBNaija Boma Opens Up On Romantic Affair With Tega (Video)

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Former Big Brother Naija Housemate, Boma Akpore has finally opened up on his relationship with co-reality star, Tega Dominic which generated a lot of controversy on social media.

Recall that Tega Dominic was introduced at the Big Brother’s house as a married lady with a child and people got the impression that she would be a no-go area for her male colleagues.

However, while in the house, Boma and Tega were caught in several suspicious moments which triggered numerous black lashes with people accusing them of defiling Tega’s marriage.

Speaking on this, Boma in the previous episode of the Big Brother Naija Reunion show revealed that he was aware that Tega’s marriage crashed a long time ago while in the house and to him he was dealing with a single woman.

Recall that Tega took to social media a few months after the BBNaija Season 6 show ended to reveal that her marriage ended since 2020 which left many surprised given that she and her estranged husband had put forward a show of being married leading many to hit at her over her actions in the house.

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‘Must We Portray Sexiness In A Vulgar Manner’

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Big Brother Naija alumni, TBoss, has recounted the different trends displayed by women saying she’s fed up with the trend of portraying sexiness in such a vulgar manner.

TBoss stated this via a post on her Instagram story on Wednesday where she narrated the most recent trends saying the latest of them which involves groping of the boobs is getting out of hand.

“It used to be females twisting their heads so hard to show their faces yet include their butts in photos. I tried it, I almost rearranged my organs so I gave up…

“Then came the tongues sticking out, looking like a generation of serpentine spirits…

“Now it’s the boob grope. The amount of self-fondling and boob groping is legit getting outta hand.

“Must we portray sexiness in such a vulgar manner? What’s next? Abeg I don tire for una.” She wrote.

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