Jide Okonjo
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This account is dedicated to TWO things:
🇳🇬 Nigerian news stories for my dedicated Nigerian readers.
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11 Nigerian Celebrities Who Look So Much Like Their Fathers
Genetics are a very powerful thing. When a child is born, both parents pass on different attributes onto their children. It comes out in different ways: the way the child laughs, their sense of humor, and a lot of times, it comes out in how the child looks.
By Jide Okonjo4 years ago in Families
The Full Story of the Evil Asaba Proprietress - What She Did, Her “Reason”, and the Drama After
You know that moment when you're reading a story and you just cannot believe what you're reading - that is what I experienced while reading today's story. How can the proprietress of a nursery and primary school, a place where parents leave their children to be taken care of, turn out to be so evil?
By Jide Okonjo4 years ago in Criminal
Toke Makinwa Shares True Story of Man Who Tried to Swindle Her
The Tinder Swindler still has people talking all these weeks later. Now, Nigerian OAP and actress Toke Makinwa is narrating her own personal experience with a guy who tried to swindle her of millions of naira. Here's what Toke said.
By Jide Okonjo4 years ago in Criminal
Bisola Opens up About Extreme Struggle While Raising Daughter
Bisola Aiyeola today is one of Nigeria's top celebrities. After finishing as runner-up on Big Brother Naija, she went on to become a mega actress and musician and has acted in such blockbusters as Picture Perfect, Sugar Rush, and This Lady Called Life.
By Jide Okonjo4 years ago in Families
9 Nollywood Actors Who Don't Go By Their Real Names
Pseudonyms, pen-names, stage names, they are a very normal practice in the entertainment industry. For various reasons ranging from better branding to privacy, a number of popular entertainers, musicians, writers, and actors choose to use stage names.
By Jide Okonjo4 years ago in Geeks
Big Lesson I Learned After 2 Wives Left Me - Mr. Ibu
In life, there are two major events that are sure to change the course of a person's life: marriage and children. Nigerian actor John Okafor aka Mr. Ibu has been married three times and has a number of children. That means that the course of his life has been changed a number of times and there are lessons he has learned from it all.
By Jide Okonjo4 years ago in Families
Why I Regret Spending N35m for House of Reps - Kate Henshaw
Politics in Nigeria is a BIG DEAL! It is true that all over the world, politics is equally a big deal but in Nigeria, it's on another level. To get into politics in Nigeria, you have to not only be very mentally and spiritually prepared, but you also have to be very financially prepared.
By Jide Okonjo4 years ago in The Swamp
5 Nollywood Actors You Didn't Know Are British
Nollywood is filled with some of the most talented actors and actresses. Because Nollywood is the Nigerian movie and television industry, it is easy to assume that everybody within the industry is 100% Nigerian. However, that is in fact not the case.
By Jide Okonjo4 years ago in Geeks
Nedu Blasts Nigerian Women Who Show off Body Online Including Some He’s Worked With
Episode 5 of the Glitch Africa show Frankly Speaking was released recently and the topic was "Nudity on Social Media". Well, one man had A LOT to say about the issue and that man is comedian and OAP, Nedu.
By Jide Okonjo4 years ago in Viva
My Experience With Sexual Harrassment in Nollywood - Linda Osifo
Nigerian actress Linda Osifo is one of Nollywood's newest and biggest stars. The actress has experienced a meteoric rise to fame and has acted in such blockbuster movies as A Naija Christmas, Tanwa Savage, Unroyal, Merry Men, Devil in Agbada, and more.
By Jide Okonjo4 years ago in Viva
5 Younger Celebrities That Look Like Older Celebrities
If you know anything about me Jide Okonjo, then you know that I love a good list. One list that I always love creating is a list of look-alikes because there are so many people I just think look alike and I'm always curious to see if you guys agree with me or not.
By Jide Okonjo4 years ago in Longevity
Sad Truth About Why I Use Dating Apps - DJ Cuppy
If you have been on the internet over the past week, then you know that one of the most talked about things has been the Netflix documentary, The Tinder Swindler. People have so many thoughts and strong opinions about the movie. Many believe that the women in the show who got swindled were "dumb" and didn't ask enough questions. One very big thing people have been saying is: why didn't the girls ask that why would a billionaire's son be on a dating app?
By Jide Okonjo4 years ago in Humans
