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Veteran Nollywood Actor/Director, Desmond Elliot, has started the year with a star- studded romantic movie “4 Wives and Mistress”, featuring Iyabo Ojo, Monalisa Chinda, Selassie Ibrahim and other top Nolywood stars.

According to Elliot, who is also the producer, filming for the new movie ended on January 5, and will soon be released in Cinemas.

“4 Wives and Mistress” also feature actors Kalu Ikeagwu, Mary Lazarus and Caroline Moore, among others.

The plot tells the story of a wealthy man, role played by Ellot, who has four wives and a mistress, and intended to divorce his wives for his mistress.

The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Elliot, a foremost Nollywood star and member of the Lagos State House of Assembly, has consistently remained relevant as a director and actor in spite of his busy political schedules.

In 2008, he made his first co-produced and co- directed movie “Reloaded” which received three nominations at the African Movie Academy Awards, NMAA, in 2009.

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Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, are to divorce after a 25-year marriage.
The pair announced the move in a joint statement on Wednesday on Twitter.
“After a long period of loving exploration and trial separation, we have decided to divorce and continue our shared lives as friends,” the couple said in the statement.
Amazon, formed 25 years ago, this week eclipsed Microsoft to become the world’s most valuable listed company.
Mr Bezos, 54, who founded Amazon, is the world’s wealthiest man according to the Bloomberg Billionaire Index, with an estimated wealth of $137bn, some $45bn ahead of Bill Gates.

The 48-year-old MacKenzie Bezos is a novelist, the author of The Testing of Luther Albright (2005) and Traps (2013).
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“We feel incredibly lucky to have found each other and deeply grateful for every one of the years we have been married to each other,” the couple’s statement said.

The couple got married in 1993, after meeting at a job interview
“If we had known we would separate after 25 years, we would do it all again. We’ve had such a great life together as a married couple and we also see wonderful futures ahead, as parents, friends, partners in ventures and projects, and as individuals pursuing ventures and adventures.
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“Though the labels might be different, we remain a family, and we remain cherished friends.”
Last year they launched a charity project together, the Day One Fund, with the aim of helping homeless families and building pre-schools in low-income communities.
The couple have four children – three sons, and an adopted daughter.
US media report that Mr Bezos has been romantically involved with a former Fox TV host, Lauren Sánchez.
Entertainment news site TMZ, citing sources linked to Ms Sánchez, said the presenter has been “seeing” Mr Bezos as of late last year.
In 2013, MacKenzie Bezos told Vogue Magazine that she had met Jeff when he interviewed her for a job at a hedge fund in New York.
They got engaged after three months of dating and married shortly after, in 1993.
One year later he founded Amazon – which began as an online book retailer.
The company has since expanded into an e-commerce giant.
Amazon was worth $797bn (£634bn) when the US stock market closed on Monday, after rising 3.4% and moving past Microsoft, valued at $789bn.

Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim K. Idris, has approved the appointment of
Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG Frederick Taiwo Lakanu as the new Force Secretary and member of the Nigeria Police Force Management Team.
In a press statement released by DCP Jimoh Moshood, the Force Public Relation Officer, the appointment takes immediate effect.

The new Force Secretary has taken over from AIG Abdul Bube, who retired from the Force on 31st December, 2018 after Thirty-Five (35) Years of meritorious service.

AIG Frederick Taiwo Lakanu, fdc, was born on 12th October, 1959, in Lagos Island, Lagos State. He holds B.A. (Hons) Philosophy and LL.B. (Hons) from one of the foremost Universities in Nigeria, the prestigious University of Lagos, Akoka, Lagos State, and Master in Law from the Leeds Metropolitan University, Leeds, United Kingdom.

The new Force Secretary is a self-motivated, experienced and versatile law enforcement officer, offering hands-on proven expertise gathered from all geo-political zones of the Country in Community Policing, Strategic Planning, Coordination, Supervision and Implementation, towards achieving higher levels of community service, public safety and security in Nigeria.

He attended several courses within and outside the Country, including Crime Investigation Course at the Police Staff College, Jos, and Developmental Course at Kofi Annan Centre for Peace Keeping, Accra, Ghana. He is also a fellow of National Defence College, Abuja.

He served in various capacities in the Force as AIG Federal Operations, Force Headquarters, Abuja, Commissioner of Police in Imo and Ekiti States, Commissioner of Police Airport Command, Lagos, Principal Staff Officer to the IGP (Force Headquarters Annex, Lagos) among others.

Until his recent appointment, he was the Assistant Inspector General of Police in charge of Zone 7 Headquarters, Abuja comprising the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Niger and Kaduna States. He has since assumed duty as the Force Secretary, Nigeria Police Force.

 

 

Six members of the Ogun State Executive Council have resigned their appointments to pursue various elective positions in the forthcoming general elections.

Commissioner for Urban and Physical Planning, Mrs. Ronke Sokefun, also resigned to resume her position as Chairman, Board of Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC).

Also, the Commissioner for Agriculture, Mrs. Adepeju Adebajo tendered her resignation letter to contest as the deputy governorship candidate of the Allied Peoples Movement (APM), while Barr. Leke Adewolu (Special Duties and Intergovernmental Affairs), Prince Kolawole Lawal (Forestry) and Mr. Biyi Ismail (Director General, Bureau of Lands and Survey), are candidates for the House of Representatives seats.

Otunba Adedayo Adeneye (Information and Strategy) and Mrs. Modupe Mujota (Education, Science and Technology), are seeking election into the state House of Assembly.

Speaking at a valedictory session held for them during the state 54th Executive Council meeting, held at the Governor’s office, Oke-Mosan, Abeokuta, Governor Ibikunle Amosun thanked them for their selfless services to the state as well as their support to his administration.

He said their contributions were significant to the achievements of his administration’s Mission to Rebuild Ogun State, wishing them success in their future endeavours.

Deputy Governor, Chief (Mrs.) Yetunde Onanuga, Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Taiwo Adeoluwa and the Head of Service, Engr. Lanre Bisiriyu, all commended their immense services to the state.

The former cabinet members, in their separate speeches, thanked the governor for giving them the opportunity to serve and also noted the cordial working relationship with other members of the cabinet.

They unanimously commended Amosun for providing good governance to the people of the state, particularly in addressing the security challenge that confronted it at the inception of his administration.

Wave-making movie director of King of Boys, and Wedding Party 1, Kemi Adetiba, celebrates her 39th birthday today, by sharing her childhood memories.

Adetiba, whose current work, King of Boys, is still raving at the cinemas, is the daughter of Dele Adetiba, advertising and broadcasting guru. Her mother, Engineer Mayen Modupeola Adetiba, is the first female engineer to be elected into the Executive Committee of the Nigerian Society of Engineers – NSE.

Engineer Adetiba, along with about twenty other professionals from divers field commissioned to draw up the Industrial Blue Print for Nigeria in the late 1980s which gave birth to NASENI.

 

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President Muhammadu Buhari has joined members of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in celebrating former Deputy Governor of Plateau State, Pauline Tallen, on her 60th birthday.

A statement by Mr Femi Adesina, the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, in Abuja on Monday, said Buhari congratulated Tallen for her foresight and courage in championing the cause of women participation in politics.

The president, particularly, acknowledged her pivotal role as the first, and only, female deputy governor from the North.

According to him, Tallen’s meteoric rise in politics can be attributed to her appetite and doggedness for pursuing truth, fairness and balance in representation for women.

Buhari further described Tallen as a political amazon that has written her name on Nigeria’s history.

He said that the former deputy governor’s advocacy for internal democracy and bottom-up processes in decision making and execution had contributed to the coherence and direction the within party.

The President shared the joy of the birthday with all family members, friends and associates of Tallen, praying that God would grant her long life, good health and wisdom to serve the nation.