Nollywood Stars Who Have Delved Into Politics

 

Now and recent times many Nollywood actors and actress have either delved into music, but failed in that venture, while some have gone into politics and it doesn't seem like they are coming back fully into the industry.

Some of these veteran actors have surely been doing well in their new found love. Here are few of the many stars of yesteryears who have migrated to politics

•Richard Mofe Damijo is the present Commissioner for Culture and Tourism in Delta State, Nigeria. He is making it big and seems to have totally dumped Nollywood.
•Bob Manuel Udokwu is the Senior Special Adviser on Creative Media to Anambra State Governor. He is not too seen in most Nollywood movies like before
•Onyeka Onwenu is the Executive Director/Chief Executive Officer of the National Centre for Women Development (NCWD) Abuja-Nigeria.
er assignments.
•Hilda Dokubo, a Commissioner to the Rivers State government, has really not been sighted at all in the Nollywood world
Affarm Okereke is a Nollywood director presently and is now the Senior Special Assistant to the Enugu State Governor on Media Matters. Even now, Afam Okereke is contesting for local government chairman ship seat in Enugu. It doesn't look like he's coming back to the movie industry
Dickson Iroegbu is a movie director that was appointed the Executive Assistant, Creative Entertainment and Tourism in the Presidency.
Kanayo O. Kanayo is another veteran actor that has been appointed as the Chairman, National Institute for Hospitality and Tourism Studies, NIHTS.
Tony One Week delved into politics some years ago and is currently a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly. He is known for his hit songs 'Onwa December' and 'Everybody Gyrate. Hope he returns.
Toyin Adegbola, well known as Toyin Asewo To Re Mecca, was also blessed with a political appointment in Osun State recently.
Actor Rotimi Makinde is a member of the House of Representatives under the platform of the All Progressives Congress (APC). It is not certain if he nurses the ambition of adoring the silver screens of his fans.
Okey Bakassi has been off the big screen because, he took a break to serve his father land as the Senior Special Adviser on Entertainment Matters to the past Imo state Governor, Ikedi Ohakim.

 

Philips Endorses Yvonne Okoro TV Show

 

 

  

 

 

 

World acclaimed engineering and electronics company, Philips has endorsed popular Ghanaian actress, Yvonne Okoro’s upcoming TV Show, Dining With Yvonne Okoro.

The show, scheduled to start airing in 2014 is produced by Yvonne Okoro’s Desamour Company in collaboration with IFACTORY live and supported by Philips.

Philips has offered the actress a juicy package for the show and the decision to do so was to contribute to Ghana’s creative arts industry and Africa’s entertainment in general to otherwise give its consumers, a diverse way of exploring its product lines.
A leading producer of electronics, Phillips product lines are of great value and organized into three main partitions including; Philips Consumer Lifestyle, Philips Healthcare and Philips Lighting.

Yvonne is likely to highlight one of the three product lines on her cooking program.

Philips remains the world’s largest manufacturer of lighting in the world measured by applicable revenues and other great feats.
It does not just sponsor or affiliate with any program on TV or a brand.

It must be a quality production to merit its support and endorsement. Hence, the decision to rally behind the first Ghanaian actress to be featured on BBC Newsday Live and BBC Focus On Africa with Komla Dumor is a good sign to indicate something amazing is coming from Yvonne Okoro.

Creative arts has no doubt a lot to offer in the area of economic gains, therefore the merge with Philip’s brand has the great potentials of reaching new markets and maintain existing ones for the company.

Omotola's hubby gives great advise on how to make a marriage work

When asked what the secret to his 17 year marriage to actress Omotola Jalade Ekeinde is, Captain Matthew Ekeinde said something very profound...things a lot of men need to read. Find it below...

One thing that has been working for us as a couple is that I always encourage her to be who she wants to be. I give her full support always.

Lots of married women that are caught cheating on their husbands could be traced to the fact that some of their husbands don’t allow them explore their talents. I encourage my wife and kids to be what they want to be.

Most of the influential men and women we have in this world didn’t even go to school. So it is all about exploiting your talents.

Some women love acting but their husbands won’t let them believing that other men would touch or exploit them sexually. It is all about discipline. Those that want to cheat will cheat; it is all about self control.

How we turned Eaglets into goal-scoring machines – Garba

World Cup winning coach Manu Garba has spoken up for the first time on how the historic Golden Eaglets were turned into a goals-scoring machine at the 2013 FIFA U-17 World Cup, which ended last weekend in the United Arab Emirates.

 

The Golden Eaglets won the World Cup for a record fourth time after beating Mexico 3-0 in the final held at the Mohamed Bin Zayed Stadium in Abu Dhabi.

DUBAI, UNITED ARAB EMIRATES – NOVEMBER 05: Head coach Manu Garba celebrates after the FIFA U-17 World Cup UAE 2013 Semi Final match between Sweden and Nigeria at Al Rashid Stadium on November 5, 2013 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. (Photo by FIFA)

The team scored 26 goals en route winning the Cup, a record feat since the competition started in China in 1985 and speaking on how his players were turned into sharp shooters, Garba told Sports Vanguard
that it was down to the experienced coaching crew, which sold the philosophy of total attacking football to the players, who in turn replicated it n the pitch.
“When we started recruiting players into this team, the coaching crew wanted players who can score. We had to sell the idea to them that they must know how to score before passing making the grade.
“My task was made easy because I was surrounded by experienced former football stars like Emmanuel Amuneke, a winner of the African footballer of the year award, Nduka Ugbade, the skipper of the first Golden Eaglets that won the first FIFA Under-16 Cup and Emeka Amadi, who was a former goalkeeper of the Flying Eagles.
“With these high caliber coaches working with me, we drilled the players on the technique of scoring and I must tell you that it was a tough and painful experience because these young lads were pushed to
the limit and they coped well because they are young.
“They showed us that they had adopted our new philosophy of attacking football by scoring in all their matches. They were now just good at scoring but also good at unsettling the opponents with relentless
attack from all wings. They were truly goal-scoring machines and that was why we were confident that we were going to score not just once but three times”, added a beaming Garba.