Jide Okonjo
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This account is dedicated to TWO things:
🇳🇬 Nigerian news stories for my dedicated Nigerian readers.
💡 The Six Figure Series (A Vocal Exclusive) for writers, readers, and fans of Vocal.
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5 Times Nigerian Female Celebrities Have Been Blackmailed
Blackmail - it is one of those things most of us dread. An intimate moment or secret we do not want to get out being hung over our heads in exchange for monetary silencing. It's a horrible thing for a person to do to another, and no set of people are more targeted for blackmail threats than celebrities.
By Jide Okonjo4 years ago in Criminal
What Eating Ewedu Without Meat Taught Me - Oritse Femi
Life lessons can come at anywhere at anytime from all manner of different things and experiences. Nigerian singer Oritse Femi popular for his hit songs Igbeyawo, Double Wahala, and more learnt one very important lesson earlier on in his life which he is now sharing with the world. The talented musician opened up on HipTV about a life lesson that he learnt when he went to visit a friend’s house and was served ewedu with only kpomo.
By Jide Okonjo4 years ago in Motivation
Why I Carried Babalawo to My Friend’s Wedding - Pretty Mike
Nigerian socialite, businessman, and provocateur Pretty Mike is one man that has been in the news a lot of times for his various antics. He famously took a bunch of pregnant women with him to an event, and now recently he took a babalawo to his friends' wedding - a move that caused quite a stir in person and on social media.
By Jide Okonjo4 years ago in Humans
3 Nigerian Celebrities Who Once Died and Woke Up From Death
Death is permanent - right? Well, according to the stories you're about to read from 3 Nigerian celebrities, maybe it is indeed possible to die and then later come back from the dead. We've just entered into October which is the 'month of the spooky', so I thought why not give you guys a fun list like this to really kick off the month in full. Happy new month and I hope you enjoy today's list.
By Jide Okonjo4 years ago in Humans
Why I Made Biscuits Laced With Hard Drugs - Miss Bee
We have all gone to those crusades or empowerment programs where we are told, "If you want to sell, make your own product different. Maybe you add one teaspoon of sugar to your own meatpie crust, maybe your own secret weapon is that you add special nutmeg to your chin chin", who would have known that a girl in Abuja would take that advice and make her own secret ingredient drugs.
By Jide Okonjo4 years ago in Criminal
5 Nollywood Celebrities Who Are Also Barbers
Human beings are multi-faceted, multi-talented beings with people having skills that may still be unknown to themselves and the world. While success as a Nigerian entertainer, or achieving celebrity status is the greatest achievement to so many people, some of Nollywood's biggest celebrities also enjoy using their other gifts and one such gift we will be looking at today is the gift or hairdressing/barbing.
By Jide Okonjo4 years ago in Blush
Why I Fainted on the Road - Ini Edo
Nigerian actress Ini Edo has been acting for so many years now. She started her career in the Nigerian movie industry 21 years ago when she was only 18 and in those 21 years, Ini has had her fair share of dealing with everything from bad press to feeling overwhelmed by fear.
By Jide Okonjo4 years ago in Confessions
7 Nigerian Celebrities Who Spent Stupid Amount of Money in Club
There are two things that go hand in hand - celebrities and doing way too much. Because of the crazy amount of money a lot of celebrities have, it sometimes feels like they end up doing things that to us, the laymen watching, look incredibly stupid and wreckless but to these celebrities is perfectly normal.
By Jide Okonjo4 years ago in Geeks
