I Don’t Supply Women To Politicians – Lola Alao

Nigerian actress Lola Alao is one of the most scandalized women in the Nigerian movie industry. When she walked out of her marriage a few years back, the movie world shook with revelations from her ex husband who labeled and described her with adjectives we would rather not use on this post.

Recently, another scandal involving Lola's colleague and friend, Bisi Ibidapo-Obe and a member of the Nigerian House of Assembly, Hon. Dino Melaye rocked the movie industry. 

Lola Alao

News has it that Lola organised her friend Bisi, for the Honorable, who refused to accept a baby born by Bisi (an aftermath of the affair). 

Bisi Obe

In this interview conducted with Showtime Celebrity, Lola Alao shed light on the scandals, her career, etc.

The Interview:

When did you start  acting?

I started acting a long time ago. I started with ‘Ripples’. Then, my father was a soldier and we were living in the Barracks when one Uncle Taiwo Ibikeme, who was one of Zeb Ejiro’s production managers, came to the Barracks to see his brother, Patrick and saw me. When he saw me, he said ‘’wow, Lola, you are a very beautiful girl. You should be an actress”. I didn’t believe him because I had always wanted to be a newscaster. I had developed an interest in the job by watching Late Tokunbo Ajayi.

I loved watching her so much I once told my mum one day I would be like her. But as fate would have it, it was Uncle Taiwo Ibikeme invited me to attend an audition and I did. The audition was for a role in in the soap,’Ripples’ and I won the role. That was well over 20 years ago. The Director at the time was Mathias Obaegbon and I acted as Mahmoud Dara’s Secretary, Fidel. Then after ‘Ripples’, there were ‘Closet’, ‘Fortune’, and many others.

So far, would you say acting has been good to you?

Oh, it has been so wonderful. It has taken me around the whole world. I remember the first time I travelled of this country was to receive an award. I think it was the Afro-Dublin Award in 2003. after that I received Afro-Hollywood award in England. Then I received another one in Austria, Spain and other parts of the world. So, acting has been really wonderful. 

Yes, I started with English. I switched to Yoruba because the Yoruba sector tends to be more accommodating. Funny enough, the first film I produced, in 1994, was a Yoruba film, directed by Chico Ejiro and that Yoruba film “Aiye Male” was the very first film Chico Ejiro directed himself as a director. His first directed film can be said to have been produced by me. You can ask him.You started with English-speaking films, why did you veered into the Yoruba sector because by and large your profile now reads Yoruba actress?

Which movie actually gave you the break into the limelight?

Sincerely, it’s been so long. I can’t really say. But I will say the Yoruba films did that, though “Magnet”, a soap I did long ago also comes to mind. If I have to mention, I will say “Eko Wengele” and “Boya Le Mo”. “Eko Wengele” came out before “Boya Le Mo” but “Boya Lemo” was the first major Yoruba film I did. There, I acted the lead role but I believe it was “Eko Wengele” that created the buzz about me.

Which role comes to mind as the most challenging of your career?

It would be a “Eko Wengele”. There, I acted as a mad woman and it took all the person in me to translate that role perfectly. It wasn’t easy and it made a hit.

What are you working on right now?

I just finished a movie “She Ike mi Oluwa” and it’s coming out next month. On the 2nd of February we go on location for my next movie. My next movie is “Oko Nene”. Nene is a language from my root. You know I am an Igbira woman from Kogi State. Though, I can’t remember other movies I have produced in the past. But the very popular ones are “Oru Le” “O Se Mami”, “Ase Oluwa”, Adura Mi Gba”, and so many others.

You don’t feature in many movies like most of your colleagues, why?

You know when you have come this far, you get to a point when you decide acting shouldn’t be the only thing you do. You need to do other things as well. So, I have other things I am doing. Most times I act in my friends’ movies, people that are very close to me and in my own movies.

Between Yoruba and English-speaking movies, which one is more challenging and pays better?

Yoruba is more challenging for me. Why? You think to speak Yoruba is easy? I am not Yoruba for God sake, I am an Igbira woman. At times when I speak Yoruba on set the whole crew burst out laughing,saying “Lola has scattered everything”. Like when I did “Oba Asa” with Saheed Balogun. Yes, that is one of my most challenging roles yet. When it came to the part I had to say some incantations, I just couldn’t do it. The whole thing was cut and join because Saheed had to say it and I had to repeat after him. Even at that, it was so difficult. It was a cut and join job but people did not know because I am a professional.

…and which pays better?

Well, I think both pay very well. If I have to choose I will choose Yoruba because in Yoruba sector, you can easily produce your own film. And you should know that you make more money when you produce your own film than when you act in somebody’s film.

What’s your idea of sex generally?

I don’t understand o. I believe it is just a necessary thing in a marriage.

So, it should be confined only to marriage?

Yes now.

Most of your colleagues are marrying married men these days, would you?

Let me explain something to you; where are the single guys? They are there and not ready to marry. If the single guys are not ready then the next available option should be taken. I believe one should go for whatever makes one happy. If a married man is the one that will make you happy, please go for it. I know married women would be angry with me but it is the truth of the matter.

Why did you walk out of your first marriage?

Hmm, because it wasn’t working. At a point things were not going well

What did that marriage teach you?

Funny enough, that guy was a nice person. Forget that he said many unpleasant things about me. He was a nice person. It was unfortunate the marriage had to end. He said those nasty things about me because he was angry and bitter at that time. I am not saying this because I still want  him. Hell no. I am  very much in love in another relationship but the truth is that he was nice and I never regretted marrying him. We are still on talking terms because I have a child for him. When he was saying all those nasty things about me in the papers, I didn’t reply him because I don’t repay evil for evil. If I had replied him everything would have scattered and probably affect my child too. Two wrongs can never make a right.   

During that time, your husband alleged that you are deceitful and diabolical…

(cuts in) Let me borrow Asiwaju Bola Tinubu thought on this: “a drowning man will hold on to anything to climb”. What do you expect from somebody that was about to lose his wife to another man? Even my Uncle said if he were in his shoes he would say worse things.

So, we can say the man was not happy you walked out on him?

Of course now and I was not happy too

But why?

Let me tell you, there are times when you can’t beat them you join them. That was what happened but that guy was a nice person but I am in a relationship right now, I am very comfortable with what I have. So, don’t think I am praising him because I want to come back. No. I’m not  the kind of person who, because my affair with you didn’t work out I would go about painting you black. No. When I had problems with my ex husband, I sat down and wrote out all the good and the bad things he did and I found out the good far outweighed the bad. So, he was a good guy.

Before you take up a role what do you first consider?

The script. The impact it is going to make afterward. The message of the movie is also very important to me.

So have you ever had to reject a role because of the script?

A lot. There was one, the producer, a lady,  and she is very close to me like a younger sister but when she came to me with a script, with a role for me to act as a lesbian I rejected it. I said God forbid, won’t do it. The same person asked me to take another role in another movie of hers and I did because I have no conflict with that role. The first thing that occurred to me was “what am I going to do with lesbianism”. I practice what I preach.

Do you know there have been many scandals about you?

Yes of course I know but I am not bothered. It is a price to pay for being a celebrity. Most of the scandals are untrue anyway, so they don’t bother me.

What’s the relationship between you, Hon. Dino Melaye and your friend, Bisi Ibidapo-Obe?

Dino is like a brother from another mother. We are very, very close until Bisi came into the picture but I don’t want to talk about it because it is like opening another closed chapter.

But are you and Bisi still friends?

That question I will not answer. All I know is that I don’t have anything against her.

Are you assuring your fans that you no longer have any ax to grind with Bisi?

Of course, there is nothing. Bisi is like a younger sister to me. I don’t have anything against her. This is a free world. Anybody can sat what they want but since my conscience is clear I don’t care what is said about me. If you have respect for God, leave the rest to God. When they say evil things about you, if your conscience is clear you will conquer. Like my ex husband, he went as far as saying that if anyone has anything to do with me they would not succeed. I don’t condemn people even if they say evil things about me.

Are you considering marrying again?

Definitely, I have a man already.

You seem highly excited about this your new man?

Extremely happy. I am one of the happiest ladies on earth.

Can we get to know him?

Hell no, he is my everything. My joy and my world. He is very caring and loves my daughter as his own. If you see them together you would think he is her biological father. Oh, I love him so much.

…But this was exactly how you felt about your ex, are sure this will not go the way of the old?

Didn’t I tell you my ex was a very nice person? The thing about me is that I would never condemn anybody. I thought it was going to work out with my ex and since it didn’t work, life must go on.

What attracted you to him and what about the other side of him. Is he everything a man should be?

Yes he is. I know what you are insinuating (laughing) and I am telling you he is everything a man should be. He satisfies my every need. A complete man. As for what attracted me to him, he is very caring though can be temperamental at times just like me but that is nothing we can’t handle.

So, what does it take to be a good actress?

First, you must be able to interpret your role very well. Get educated. No upcoming actress should make the mistake of sleeping with any director or producer. It will only make you a laughing stock in the industry.

There was a report that you came close to Hon. Dino Melaye because you supply him and other Honourables in the National Assembly with girls for sex?

My God. How many Honourables do I know? Have you guys forgotten Dino is from my State. I’m close to the Governor. I’m close to the Deputy Governor. I’m close to everybody in my State. I was there when we were doing the campaign. I was close to the former Governor before Captain Wada came in. Dino is not the only person I know in Kogi State. So, that should mean  I am supplying all these Governors with women too.

I have the picture of me with the Governor, the Deputy Governor, so, does that mean I am dating the two of them? I was in Kogi State a whole month during the campaign for Captain Wada. When they called Nollywood, me and my friends would come out to tell the people why they have to vote for him. Maybe, I am dating Captain Wada too. Do you know I can’t date anybody in that State? I am too close to all of them. When you date one person you are finished, gone.

Your image out there is that of a bad girl, don’t you know?

It’s good nah. When people now come closer to me they will know I am a different person. My man has kept saying he doesn’t know how many people he would explain to, what a good girl I am.

So, what does it take to break Lola Alao’s heart. Has your heart ever been broken?

Yes. A long time ago when I was in school but it cannot be broken again. Whatever comes my way now I accept it the way it comes. The first time was the boy I fell in love with in school but right now let’s just say I am more matured.

Have you ever dated anyone in the industry and can you do it?

Funny enough, I have never thought of it. It never crossed my mind. Besides, it in my principle never to date anyone where I work. Even when I was in Okada Airlines I refused to date  anyone in the establishment. It is not good. That is what I have been saying, if I have to date people in Kogi State I would date everybody. You lose respect when you date where you work.

How did you come to blend, as an Igbira girl, doing traditional Yoruba films?

I have never done a traditional Yoruba film. I don’t understand Yoruba that much. I can’t recite incantations. Count me out of such films. When they bring the script I run. Will only end up being disgraced. My Yoruba is not that sharp even if I had always lived in Lagos.

SHOCKING! Lady says she’s happy Goldie Harvey died, states reasons!

While Nigerians and the entertainment industry across Africa are mourning the death of the sensational singer and Nigeria’s representative at the last edition of Big Brother Africa (BBA) Star Game show,

...a young woman identified simply as Miss Nkem has reacted in a shocking way to the death of popular Nigerian singer, Goldie Harvey, who died on Thursday.

 This lady took to her twitter handle to write the following strange messages:

Another Nollywood actor, Collins Ifeanyi Chukwu passes on!

Just as Nigerians are yet to come to terms with the death of Goldie, a popular Abuja based actor, director and producer, Collins Ifeanyi Chukwu is dead.

The artiste died yesterday at the Maitama General Hospital after a brief illness. He is survived by his young wife, Blessing Collins, and little son, Doxa Efechukwu Collins.

The news, which was confirmed yesterday by the chairman of the guild in Abuja, Agility Onwurah, has thrown the Abuja chapter of AGN into mourning. 

The usually boisterous Access Garden, which is the official location of the guild’s activities, was full of tears and wailing yesterday. 

A call placed to his wife yesterday was answered by her mother who said Blessing Collins was not in the right frame of mind to speak. The mother-in-law however confirmed the sad news.

Doxa Efechukwu Collins, his sole heir, was born on May 12, 2012, and was dedicated on Sunday July 22 at the Christ Chosen Church of God, Gwarimpa, Abuja, after which his parents treated entertainment practitioners to a lavish ceremony at their Jikwoyi residence.

“It is quite unfortunate that the young lady has been widowed at this early age with such a little boy. This is a big loss, not only to the family, but to the entertainment industry in Abuja,” Frank White, chairman of the Producers Guild of Nigeria, Abuja Chapter reportedly lamented.

The late Collins had a knack for producing gospel movies and has to his credit The Burning Flames, el-Gibor, Back to Bethel, and was before his death, reportedly working on another blockbuster.

He is one of the very successful Abuja based entertainers who have been able to prove that you don’t have to be in Lagos to make it in the industry. 



Until his death, he was the Public Relations Officer elect of the Actors Guild of Nigeria, AGN, Abuja chapter.

May his soul RIP.

Conclave electing new pope could start before March 15: Vatican

The conclave to choose Pope Benedict's successor could start earlier than expected, giving the Roman Catholic Church a new leader by mid March, the Vatican said on Saturday. 

Less than two weeks away from a historic papal resignation, the Vatican also stressed again that the pope was not abandoning the Church in times of difficulties and urged the faithful to trust in God and in the next pope. 

Five days after Benedict announced his resignation in Latin to a small group of cardinals, the Vatican was still in a state of spiritual and bureaucratic shock, groping for ways to deal with a situation without precedent for at least six centuries. 

Some 117 cardinals under the age of 80 will be eligible to enter the secretive conclave to elect Benedict's successor. Church rules say the conclave has to start between 15-20 days after the papacy becomes vacant, which it will on Feb. 28. 

But since the Church is now dealing with an announced resignation and not a sudden death, Vatican spokesman Federico Lombardi said the Vatican would be "interpreting" the law to see if it could start earlier. 

Cardinals around the world have already begun informal consultations by phone and email to construct a profile of the man they think would be best suited to lead the Church in a period of continuing crisis. 

The Vatican appears to be aiming to have a new pope elected and then formally installed in a solemn ceremony before Palm Sunday on March 24 so he can preside at Holy Week services leading to Easter. 

The 85-year-old Benedict was having as normal a Saturday as possible, considering that his remaining scheduled public appearances can now be counted on one hand. 

The Vatican has been at pains to stress that the pope was leaving exclusively because of diminishing spiritual and physical forces and that the pontiff was certain it was the right thing to do and would not hurt the Church. 

"Benedict is not abandoning us in times of difficulty," Lombardi said in his weekly editorial for Vatican Radio. "With confidence, he is inviting the Church to trust in the Spirit and in a new successor of St. Peter." 

Deteriorating health 

Benedict's papacy was rocked by crises over sex abuse of children by priests in Europe and the United States, most of which preceded his time in office but came to light during it. 

His reign also saw Muslim anger after he compared Islam to violence. Jews were upset over his rehabilitation of a Holocaust denier. During a scandal over the Church's business dealings, his butler was convicted of leaking his private papers. 

Meanwhile, new details emerged on Saturday about the state of Benedict's health in the months before his shock decision. 

Peter Seewald, a German journalist who wrote a book with the pope in 2010 in which Benedict first floated the possibility of resigning, visited him again about 10 weeks ago and asked what else could be expected from his papacy. 

According to excepts published in the German magazine Focus, the pope answered: "From me? Not much from me. I'm an old man and the strength is ebbing. I think what I've done is enough." 

Asked if he was considering resigning, the pope said: "That depends on how much my physical strength will force me to that". 

Seewald said he was alarmed about the pope's health. "His hearing had deteriorated. He couldn't see with his left eye. His body had become so thin that the tailors had difficulty in keeping up with newly fitted clothes ... I'd never seen him so exhausted-looking, so worn down." 

Keeping to his schedule, Benedict met a group of Italian bishops and Guatemala's president on Saturday morning and in the afternoon was receiving caretaker Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti in a farewell audience. 

Monti, a devout Catholic, is leading a centrist coalition in next week's elections but the Vatican says the farewell meeting has nothing to do with the vote. 

On Sunday, the pope will hold his customary noon blessing from his window overlooking St Peter's Square before going into a previously scheduled, week-long Lenten spiritual retreat. He will emerge from that on Feb 23. 

He will then say one more Sunday noon prayer on Febuary 24, hold a final general audience on Feb. 27. The next day he will take a helicopter to the papal summer retreat at Castel Gandolfo, south of Rome, flying into the history books. 

Vatican officials said he would stay there for the two months or so needed to restore the convent inside the Vatican where he will live out his remaining years.

Woman with permanent arousal syndrome!

Living in a state of permanent sexual arousal might not sound like such a bad deal for many of us, but for Amanda Gryce, 22, it's no laughing matter. 

The 22-year-old says her life is being ruined by constant multiple orgasms which can be triggered by just about anything imaginable, including loud music, car journeys and even ringing mobile phones.

And it can happen absolutely anywhere - when she's with her friends and even while she's at work as a sales associate in a baby products shop.

Last year, 39-year-old Gretchen Molannen, from Florida, committed suicide after battling the condition for 16 years. 

The news was particularly difficult to take for Amanda, also from Florida, who sometimes has to masturbate up to 15 times in one day to get relief. 

She said: 'It is not pleasurable: you could say it has become a torture. This condition controls your life completely and it is like living a nightmare.'

'I can have 50 orgasms in one day and five or ten within an hour of each other. It happens when I'm with my friends or out in public and it's very embarrassing. 

'It kills me inside. I just have to put on a smile and pretend that nothing's wrong.

'Orgasms are supposed to be a good feeling but I've had them every day for so long now that I'm living with constant fear and shame.'

She added: 'At my lowest points, I have thought about suicide but I had to reassure myself that I would never resort to something like that and that it wasn't going to happen to me.'

Amanda first began suffering from the condition when she was just eight and by the age of 13 she was battling the intense feelings as she sat in her classroom during lessons.

But, raised Catholic and told in Sunday school that sexual thoughts and masturbation was a sin, she was too scared to confide in anyone.

She said: 'As a child I had no idea what was happening to me - I thought I was just sex-obsessed. I had to masturbate to relieve my condition and I felt guilty every time I did it.'

It wasn't until 2008 that she heard about PSAS while listening to the radio but despite contacting four different doctors for help, found that none had ever heard of the condition. 

Since then she has tried to move on with her life and, at 20, even lost her virginity after years of fearing sex would make her condition worse. 

But she admits she has not been able to have a steady relationship - because men either take advantage or are intimidated. 

She said: 'When I lost my virginity I was left emotional and disappointed. It didn't make me feel better. The guy that I was with seemed sympathetic at first but then used my condition to get more sex.

'I've been with a few guys since but it's difficult- I've found some guys are even intimidated.

'Thankfully I've had the courage to tell my family and they have all been very understand and supportive.'

She added: 'I get people say I'm making it up and that I'm really a nymphomaniac but I don't let it faze me. 

'I just now hope that there will one day be more understanding of this condition and my story will give just one other person the courage to get support.' 

Bomb blast rocks Pakistan's Quetta city

A bomb blast in Pakistan has killed 47 people and injured 200 others, The bomb was attached to a motorcycle outside a vegetable market in Quetta. The device was detonated by remote control.

"The Shia community was the target," police officer Wazir Khan Nasir told AFP. 

According to news reports, the explosion took place near a school. Police officials and paramilitary troops have cordoned off the entire area and injured have been rushed to Bolan Med Complex of Quetta amid high security. 

"The blast took place on Kirana road market and it was through a remote controlled device," DIG said. 

However, rescue officials have confirmed that at least 10 people, including women and children were killed in the blast. 
Till now the nature and target of the blast is not clear as media and residents are kept away from the targeted area.

Some eyewitnesses coming from the site told media that the blast destroyed several shops, houses and vehicles. Hospital sources said the death toll may rise further as several people among the injured were in critical condition. 

Yet now no group have claimed the responsibility for the blast. 

Similar attacks in the recent past have been blamed on the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi, a notorious militant group that often targets Shias. 

On January 10, a twin suicide attack in Quetta killed 92 Hazara Shias, the highest toll in a single attack on Shias, who make up 20 per cent of Pakistan's population of 180 million. 

Following the attack, the federal government imposed Governor's Rule in Balochistan province.

Goldie's Husband Shares Their Wedding Photo, Tells Prezzo To Leave Their Family Alone!

In a reported interview, late Goldie's husband, Andrew  Harvey, a former expatriate staff of firms in the oil and telecommunications sector in Nigeria, but presently based in Malaysia, allegedly confirmed the following:

• That he and Goldie met at a friend’s party in Nigeria and the love connection was instant
• That he and Goldie got married in December 2005
• That he and Goldie were until her death, legally married
• Their marriage was “secret” because – “Our private life is nothing to do with work life, there has to be a balance“
• That he and Goldie were planning on starting a family (having children) this year
• That Goldie’s “relationship” with Prezzo was just for TV – “Prezzo was part of BBA game, just like in the movies, there was nothing to fear“
• That Goldie had no preexisting medical condition
• That Goldie was already a British Citizen before they met (she lived and schooled there) while he was in the process of working on his Nigerian citizenship
• That he and Goldie actually spent the most recent Christmas holiday together in Malaysia
• That he and Goldie were still together and spoke on the day she passed away – 14th February 2013

Some wedding pictures reportedly shared by Andrew  Harvey:

Some of Goldie's Childhood Pictures:

Andrew Harvey's alleged message:

Extract of the alleged interview:

...How did you hear of her death? I found out you last saw her in December?

I was talking to her on arrival in Lagos before the fateful event

How did you meet her? She must have been very young…

I met her at a friend’s leaving party and fell in love straight away, but had to work hard to persuade her I was genuine

So you will be planning to come here for burial rites…

Yes I have applied for visa and shall come next week

But how did you manage the Prezzo drama? 

Prezzo was part of BBA game, just like in the movies, there was nothing to fear

But funny it dragged way beyond BBA

It dragged because the media dragged it, other wise it would have died naturally. Prezzo will say anything to get attention

Do you think he fell in love? And did you ever think Susan liked him for a minute…?

People fall in love and it’s not impossible to love more than one person, but there are different levels. She liked him initially, but began to despise him and distanced herself as he tried to use her she complained he was very manipulative

How did you come about your alias ‘Oyibopeppay?

Oyiiibopeppay is a name used in the villages for white man getting burned in the sun. I used to work in the bush erecting BTS for MTN and Glo

You have direct access to her password? The memories album was posted on her twitter. Or you requested for an admin to post?

I am an official admin. I don’t need any password but my own. It was authorised by Goldie

One last question: so much speculation on cause of death. I see from your facebook timeline that you’ve followed the reports. Have the doctors/family/label told you what the cause of death is?

An autopsy is being carried out and we will await results. The rest is speculation and hearsay

And did she have any medical condition?

She had no medical condition,

Is it true she was in India recently?

She was in Malaysia, we spent Christmas together away from prying eyes

What will you miss most about her?

Everything, she was the most beautiful person I ever met, no moment was wasted. Sweet, intelligent, sexy and a magnificent cook!!!!

And she was a determined young lady…

Very. That’s what I liked about her

Are you originally from England? Was she officially a citizen of your country by marriage? Or that was not concluded?

I’m from England and was processing Nigerian citizenship before I was transferred to Malaysia. Of course she was citizen of UK before we met, she lived and schooled there

She was indeed a star, as I’m sure you’ve seen from the tributes coming from far and near. Even the BBC and Billboard recognise her star

Yes we saw it on BBC news tonight. It is a devastating loss, but I support just as much wherever she has gone to.