The Guardian (Nigeria)

TEETH 4 TEETH ...

With Justin Akpovi- Esade

-

What Was Tiwa Savage Thinking?

DURING the week, Afro pop star, Tiwa Savage, came out to inform the world that her biggest fears have been conquered. She said her worries that her young son would one day grow older to view her scandalous sex tape leaked over a year ago have been laid to rest, as according to her, she sought the services of an ‘ IT guru' who had successful­ly fried the video online. Consequent­ly, Tiwa baby said, no one born of a woman ( na T4T add that ' born of a woman angle) can search the video out again online. And even if you had it on your device before now, it has been fried. Yippee!

Aunty Tiwa, T4T does not want to break your heart, but your IT ‘ guru' scammed you. Some minutes ago, T4T just watched the not too pleasant tape because a busy body had sent it to him on Whatsapp when the scandal broke. He had to go to the message again and lo and behold your blockbuste­r Tiwanolly tape was and is still there.

Collect the money wey you pay that IT guru. Na ‘ Gbajue’ the bros do you.

Charly Boy: When Pot Calls Kettle Black

WEIRD artiste, Charles Oputa aka Charly Boy, was seen in a video tearing apart Anambra- based ‘ Man of God', Prophet Odumeje, for what he described as his unconventi­onal way of preaching the gospel of Christ. Recall Odumeje always claim to have so many ‘ powers’ such as Sepre Lamante, Ganduka Gandusa, Lefare, Abido Shaker, among many others, “he has not even touched" but has been operating with Indabosky Bahose, which he uses to ‘ heal’ people of their ailments. Charly Boy totally condemned Odumeje's style and short of calling him a Charlatan, he called him other unprintabl­e names.

Well, Charly Boy seems to forget that he broke into the music industry using same style like Odumeje's and that is why he bears the tag of ‘ weird musician’ till date. He was making his face up like a woman, dressing crazy and fixing long nails like the Biblical Queen Jezebel. Many times, he was photograph­ed inside a coffin where he claimed he always slept. This same Charly Boy had claimed he was a member of the famous and much talked about fraternity, Illuminati, and that he even was the Nigerian branch leader. At other times, he was photograph­ed with another weird character, Denrele, a once upon a time popular red carpet host, in an amorous posture that sparked the debate of him being a gay. But some of us who know CB very well, knew it was all a show to reap attention. So, if Charly Boy did all that to remain popular and relevant in the entertainm­ent industry, why is he berating Odumeje for currently using the same style in the gospel sector? Hustle na hustle na.

Junior Pope And Actors Guild ‘ Ban’ On River Scenes

I MMEDIATELY after the tragic death of Nollywood star actor, Junior Pope and four others in a boat mishap on their way ( abi dem dey come back sef) to a film location, the Actors Guild of Nigeria leadership under Emeka Rollas, T4T read, ordered the suspension of the producer of the movie. Well, fair enough. The statement did not end there. The AGN also suspended all scenes that have to do with rivers. Really?

So, if Junior Pope and the others had died in a car accident, the guild would have also suspended all movie scenes that will involve the use of cars? Is someone allowing some raw emotions to cloud his sense of reasoning here?

Obi Asika, Go Get Your Facts Right

T4T came across a publicatio­n online where veteran talent manager and music executive, Obi Asika, claimed that singer Eedris Abdulkaree­m “took a bullet for other Nigerian artistes” by challengin­g the poor treatment of local artistes during American rapper, 50 Cent’s concert in Nigeria in 2004.

Asika said: “The basic situation was this; Nigerian brands did not respect Nigerian artistes. They made Nigerian talents feel like they have to beg to get on stage. They diminished them. Now, they are complainin­g that Nigerian artistes are costing too much. It is because the brands didn’t respect the first set. “Eedris was one of the first set. He was one of the biggest artistes in the country. He told the organisers of the show that he wanted the same rights as 50 Cent. They did a show in Lagos, they were supposed to go to Benin or Port Harcourt, so they got into the plane… 50 Cent wasn’t even there at that time. Eedris went to sit in the business class properly to discuss collaborat­ion with 50 Cent but he was bounced out and an altercatio­n ensued. “What he did, he took a bullet for other artistes coming behind him, because they ended his career. After that whole thing happened, you didn’t see him [ popping] again. They painted him like he is a trouble maker but he is not a trouble maker.”

Bros, T4T was there when the incident happened. While you will not be termed a liar, you are advised to get your facts right before speaking in public with so much authority like this about an incident you did not witness. Nor be only bullet Eadris take for Nigerian artistes, im also take Bazooka, RPG and Nuclear bomb join sef.

Newspapers in English

Newspapers from Nigeria