The first edition of the Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health Insurance Convention held to a thunderous applause on Tuesday July 22, 2014 at the Grand Ball Room of Eko Hotel & Suites in Lagos. It was indeed a child of necessity as top dignitaries from different walks of life graced the event and made indelible contributions to the commencement of the Nigerian Entertainment Industry Health Insurance Scheme.
Present at the event were DG of NAFDAC-Dr Paul Orhii who gave the keynote address, The Executive Secretary of National Health Insurance Scheme- Dr Femi Thomas and MDs of top insurance companies. The Nigerian entertainment industry was also well represented at the event, as attendees covered the comedy, movies, music and other sectors respectively.
Present at the event were; Daddy Showkey, Omawumi, J Martins, Adewale Ayuba, Koffi, Jenifer Eliogu, Terry G, Okey Bakassi, Saidi Balogun, Foluke Daramola, Edi Lawani, Tee A, Grace Amah, Joseph Benjamin, Ngozi Nwosu, and many more. The event which was put together by Nigerian Entertainment Industry Lecture Series (NEILS) was hosted by veteran comedian, Julius Agwu.
(So I got this mail about a Nigerian named Tokunbo Odubanjo who is being wanted in South Africa for defrauding a lot of Nigerians. Read on)
Tokunbo Odubanjo, a popular percussionist who has worked with the likes of ASA, Steve Rhodes Orchestra and kunle Ayo to name a few is on the run in the Republic of South Africa over an alleged scam of fellow Nigerians.
The said instrumentalist is reported to have defrauded a fellow Nigerian instrumentalist of R38, 100Rands equivalent to N647, 700 in Nigeria currency and at that, the SA Police are on his trail for a prompt deportation. It is reported also that its not the first time Tokunbo who moved to the republic two years ago is involved and reported for such act.
He has been reported severally for scamming his fellow countryman who
is new or been to S.A for the first time.
No one knows his precise location at the moment but the S.A Police are on his radar according to the last victim.
The year is gradually ebbing away. How time flies. My prayer for you all this month is that God's peace which passeth all understanding shall be on you and your families. You shall know no sorrow this month and all the days of your lives. August will be fruitful. Amen
Wow! Not even Lagos or Ibadan? According to the incumbent Governor of Ondo State, Dr Olusegun Mimiko, the state has been identified has the largest baby producer in West Africa.
20 babies are produced per day under the Mother and Child initiative of the first lady of the state. And the state has recorded safe deliveries of 7,600 pregnancies in just a year. (7,600? That’s a serious stat)
Ondo State governor, Dr Olusegun Mimiko revealed this during a monthly vigil organized by his government for citizens of the state. He added that only 15 fatal cases had been recorded so far. And while the Mother and Child pet project recorded 7,600 safe births in 2003 alone, the largest health institution in Nigeria had only 2,500 deliveries.
Steven Gerrard just made more enemies in Arsenal fans. The Liverpool captain reportedly told embattled Uruguayan striker, Luis Suarez that he was pleased with his decision to join Barcelona adding that an Arsenal move wouldn’t have been too good.
“His dream from the first day he came was to play for Real Madrid or Barcelona. Last summer when he was out in the cold and training on his own that’s the conversation I had with him. I said: ‘Don’t go to Arsenal. I would have been really sad and disappointed to see Luis go to Arsenal. With all due respect to them, I said to him that he was too good for Arsenal. I said if you score 30 goals for us and win the PFA player of the year, the press player of the year – I knew he was going to win them – I told him Real or Barcelona will come for you.”
He continued, “I’m disappointed to see him leave now but I am happy for him that’s he has got what he wants and deserves. Since day one he has been phenomenal in training every day and in the games. I think he got the wrong advice last year from people around him, from people saying he needed to play in the Champions League and it did not matter who it was for.
“I have experience of the Spanish clubs myself and I know if you play well they will come back and come back. I knew they’d be back for him as well. I just thought for his own sake, to get respect off the Liverpool fans, he had to give us at least one year. A lot of people might still think he should have given us one more, but my big dream was to play for Liverpool, and the foreign players’ big dream is to play for Real Madrid or Barcelona, that’s a fact.” He concluded.
Seems award-winning Nigerian rapper, Ice Prince Zamani’s fashion fetish is sunglasses. He’s so much in love with them. It therefore comes as no surprise that he’s ventured into sunglasses business. His brand, ‘Superfly by Ice Prince’ are of two designs; The Cat woman and Classic. And they’ll be launched soon.
