Gloo
31 July, 2013
NOLLYWOOD ACTOR BOB MANUEL UDOKWU MOURNS MUM
30 July, 2013
LADY STARVES HERSELF BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO BE A MODEL
MISS MICHELLE IJEH UDOKA WAS CROWNED AS MISS GLOBAL NIGERIA PAGEANT
22 contests for 2013 Miss Global Nigeria Pageant yesterday at Xovar Lounge in Lekki and Miss Michelle Ijeh Udoka was the one standing up at the end of the day.CONGRATULATIONS MISS MICHELLE
PICTURES OF D'BANJ AT HIS YOUNGER SISTER WEDDING
SUMBO AJABA MOTHER OF TUFACE SONS CHANGES HER NAME FROM MISS TO MRS
No need for introduction cos you all know Sumbo as the mother of Tuface two sons and you all know that she just got married to Pastor Adeoye last week Monday,22nd of July.Now Sumbo Ajaba has finally changed her name from Ajaba to Adesunmbo Adeoye in her Twitter profile.Hmmm,this is to tell the world that she is no longer Miss but Mrs.WINK
NOLLYWOOD ACTRESS MARRY REMMY NJOKU DELIVERED A BABY BOY
29 July, 2013
CHRISTIAN BENITEZ STRIKER OF ECUADORIAN DIES
Ecuador striker Christian Benitez died Today, a day after
playing in a match for Qatari club El Jaish, the team said.
The club said the 27-year-old Benitez, who moved from Mexican club America to play in Qatar this year, died Today but provided no further details."The club would like to offer its sincere condolences to the family of the player," the club said in a statement. "His sudden departure is a big shock for each member of the technical and administrative staff. He was a player that over the short period he was here was regarded for his high moral character."
El Jaish played Qatar Sports on Sunday in the Sheik Jassim Cup, a warm-up tournament for the upcoming football season. Benitez, who also spent a season in England with Birmingham, was in the lineup.The match was played in hot and humid conditions, which are typical of the Persian Gulf at this time of year."The player participated for the first time with the team during yesterday's match against Qatar Sports Club in the Sheik Jassim Cup without complaining of any health problems," the club said, adding that it was awaiting results from a medical report that could be released later Monday.
A powerful, destabilizing striker, Benitez was the Mexican league's top scorer last season and helped his team win the championship.The Mexico City-based America is one of the country's most popular teams."The Club America football team deeply regrets the death of one of the most recent America idols, and shares the sorrow felt by the entire Benitez Betancourt family, and the sport in Mexico, Ecuador and the world," the club said on its website.
Qatar will host the 2022 World Cup and the searing temperatures have prompted many former football stars as well as FIFA President Sepp Blatter to call for the competition to be moved to the cooler, winter months. Blatter plans to ask FIFA's executive committee later this year to move it.MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
The club said the 27-year-old Benitez, who moved from Mexican club America to play in Qatar this year, died Today but provided no further details."The club would like to offer its sincere condolences to the family of the player," the club said in a statement. "His sudden departure is a big shock for each member of the technical and administrative staff. He was a player that over the short period he was here was regarded for his high moral character."
El Jaish played Qatar Sports on Sunday in the Sheik Jassim Cup, a warm-up tournament for the upcoming football season. Benitez, who also spent a season in England with Birmingham, was in the lineup.The match was played in hot and humid conditions, which are typical of the Persian Gulf at this time of year."The player participated for the first time with the team during yesterday's match against Qatar Sports Club in the Sheik Jassim Cup without complaining of any health problems," the club said, adding that it was awaiting results from a medical report that could be released later Monday.
A powerful, destabilizing striker, Benitez was the Mexican league's top scorer last season and helped his team win the championship.The Mexico City-based America is one of the country's most popular teams."The Club America football team deeply regrets the death of one of the most recent America idols, and shares the sorrow felt by the entire Benitez Betancourt family, and the sport in Mexico, Ecuador and the world," the club said on its website.
Qatar will host the 2022 World Cup and the searing temperatures have prompted many former football stars as well as FIFA President Sepp Blatter to call for the competition to be moved to the cooler, winter months. Blatter plans to ask FIFA's executive committee later this year to move it.MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
27 July, 2013
PICTURES OF DOTUN FM AND TAIWO OYEBANJO,D'BANJ'S YOUNGER SISTER TRADITIONAL WEDDING
Oladotun Ojuolape Kayode aka Dotun Cool FM and Taiwo Oyebanjo had their traditional wedding ceremony today at Remo
Majestic Hotel, Sagamu in Ogun State.Taiwo Oyebanjo is the younger sister of D'banj.Friends and Family were all present and even Taiwo's elder brother D'banj arrived yesterday
and was spotted around town.Their white wedding holds next week
Saturday.A BIG CONGRATS TO THE COUPLE
ISABELLE DAUGHTER OF JULIUS AGHAHOWA GOES INTO ACTING
JAY-Z SURPRISED HIS WIFE WITH A KISS
26 July, 2013
THE REASON WHY AM NOT YET MARRIED IS..SAID JUDE OKOYE
- PETER AND PAUL ALREADY HAVE KIDS AND WE ALL KNOW THEIR HEARTTHROBS.CAN YOU TELL US THE ONE IN YOUR LIFE?
I love where I am now (hiding myself) and if I love to do that, how do you expect me to introduce the lady I am dating? Back to your question, I have somebody, yes. That’s all.
Like I said, I have somebody but I won’t tell you her name.
When I will kick bachelorhood, I will call you and my fans to come and eat and drink. Already, I have purchased the bell, when it’s time, I will ring it.
- WHY IS IT TAKING SO LONG,ON A SERIOUS NOTE?
JOURNALIST ALADE ODUNEWU AKA ALLAH DE DIES AT 85 YEARS
The
late Odunewu, who wrote with the pen name Allah De, was former Editor
of the Daily Times ,died yesterday at St Nicholas Hospital, Lagos. He
was 85.
His Allah De column was for many years the delight of readers for its wit, simplicity and humour. - See more at: http://www.gistnaija.com/#sthash.POZmzODP.dpuf
His Allah De column was for many years the delight of readers for its wit, simplicity and humour. - See more at: http://www.gistnaija.com/#sthash.POZmzODP.dpuf
His remains will be buried today at the prestigious Vaults and Garden, Ikoyi, Lagos at 3pm. He is survived by three children.
It was widely acknowledged by his contemporaries that few loved journalism like Allah De. He was one of those rare specimens born for a time and a profession.
According to Felix Adenaike, a former editor of the Tribune, “Alade Odunewu was a great craftsman who lived journalism”.
Former Managing Director of The Guardian Mr. Lade Bonuola said: “Oga was a titan, even in the fast depleting generation of the masters. The other day it was Unuegbu. He was an exceedingly gifted writer who always had very close by his armoury of humour, ranking with Baker of New York Times and Cameron of Daily Express in humour and Bernard Levin of The Times of London in seriousness and mastery of language.
“Of course, Cassandra of the Daily Mirror of whom he was a proud disciple. A product of Regent Polytechnic, he was one of the early elite that ruled our great Kingdom that the Daily Times was. He was the best all-round final student at Regent. He was a moral compass who yield, space to none in integrity.
“With the departure of his wife last year, he lost his accustomed ebullient will to live. He was kept going by his wonderful children – Ebun, Akanni and Segun. When a person like that departs, it is as if a part of you is gone. So is a part of Nigeria’s history.”
The late Odunewu was also acknowledged as one of the founding fathers of Nigerian journalism who continued to support the industry many years after his retirement from active practice of the profession. He was the chairman of the Nigeria Press Council (NPC) and Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA).
Allah De began his journalism career at the Daily Times as a reporter after his secondary education at the New Bethel College, Onitsha, Anambra State but fate seemed to have a higher calling for him as he secured a Federal Government scholarship to study Journalism at the Regent Street Polytechnic London- now University of Westminster.
He was a star in London, winning the Commonwealth New Statesman Prize for the best all-round student and also working for a number of British newspapers- a rare feat at the time and even now- before returning home.
Between 1950-56, the late Odunewu worked at the Daily Times as a reporter and sub-editor. He left to become the Managing Editor of the African Press Limited Ibadan, publishers of the Nigerian Tribune. That was 1956 and 1957. Odunewu spent four years, between 1960 and 1964, as the Editor-in-Chief of the Allied Newspapers of Nigeria before he left to become the Editor, Sunday Times, in 1964.
He rose through the ranks at the Daily Times before he was appointed editor of the paper, coming after Peter Enahoro who was initially known as “George Sharp” and later as Peter Pan. The late Odunewu’s time as the editor of the most prestigious newspaper at the time has been described with many charitable adjectives by those who worked with him. While Peter Pan was a “great writer”, Odunewu was adjured to have combined his fine writing skill with even a greater talent as an editor of the paper.
Perhaps one of the lasting legacies of the departed journalist is his “ Allah De” column, which has been described by many as one of the best satires ever penned by a Nigerian journalist. The late Nnamdi Azikwe-himself a fine writer- described the late Odunewu as the dean of Nigerian satirical writing.
“Satire is the stuff of his work, master of the well-placed innuendo. Odunewu called attention to the follies and foibles of his era without wounding the vanities of the men and women of the moment,” Journalism teacher and The Nation Editorial Adviser Olatunji Dare once wrote in 2007.
Encomiums were pouring in last night from his contemporaries and those who knew him only through his writings. Henry Odukomaiya, who took over from him as the Editor of the Daily Times said: “ I am shocked, saddened to learn from you about the sudden departure of my great boss, Alade Odunewu whose pseudonym was Allah De which was the name of the column he gave birth to when he was Editor-in-chief of the Daily Times.”
Odukomaiya had a flattery reminiscence of the character of the writer. “The Allah De that I knew was one of the most accommodating bosses that anybody could have, I mean every word of what I am saying. He never offended anybody, he did his job to the best of his ability and his ability was quite high. He was very jocular and that reflected in every of his writing. He was elegant too. He didn’t take life too seriously. Unfortunately, he didn’t have a good matrimonial life.
Adenaike remembered the late Odunewu as a great mentor to the younger generation of journalists and a great craftsman. “That was the father of journalism. Nigerian journalism has lost one of its founding fathers, and he was a great mentor to the younger ones. He wrote a column Allah De. He was a great humorist and satirist. He was a great craftsman. He lived journalism; he published two books – Winner takes all which was the compilation of his columns into two volumes.”
Sam Amuka Pemu, publisher of The Vanguard said of the late Allah De: “He was a fine fellow; we will miss him.” Mr. Femi Kusa former Editor of the Guardian, described him as a great columnist who was very careful and diplomatic in his writings.
There were others too who paid glowing tributes to a man who gave his life for journalism. The chairman, Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Lagos State Council, Deji Elumoye, said the late Odunewu was a foremost journalist who never did anything else but journalism. “He talked about proper practices of journalism and was always willing to advise the NUJ. We will miss him,” he said.
Former Editor of The Sunday Times Gbolabo Ogunsanwo believed the profession has lost one of its heroes. “Alade Odunewu was the uncrowned dean of newspaper columnists.”
Perhaps, few can be said to have matched the passion and the talents of the late Odunewu, his devotion to the cause of the journalism profession would be a model that the profession may find hard to fill. And as he is committed to mother earth today, the encomiums may have just begun. - See more at: http://www.gistnaija.com/#sthash.POZmzODP.dpuf
It was widely acknowledged by his contemporaries that few loved journalism like Allah De. He was one of those rare specimens born for a time and a profession.
According to Felix Adenaike, a former editor of the Tribune, “Alade Odunewu was a great craftsman who lived journalism”.
Former Managing Director of The Guardian Mr. Lade Bonuola said: “Oga was a titan, even in the fast depleting generation of the masters. The other day it was Unuegbu. He was an exceedingly gifted writer who always had very close by his armoury of humour, ranking with Baker of New York Times and Cameron of Daily Express in humour and Bernard Levin of The Times of London in seriousness and mastery of language.
“Of course, Cassandra of the Daily Mirror of whom he was a proud disciple. A product of Regent Polytechnic, he was one of the early elite that ruled our great Kingdom that the Daily Times was. He was the best all-round final student at Regent. He was a moral compass who yield, space to none in integrity.
“With the departure of his wife last year, he lost his accustomed ebullient will to live. He was kept going by his wonderful children – Ebun, Akanni and Segun. When a person like that departs, it is as if a part of you is gone. So is a part of Nigeria’s history.”
The late Odunewu was also acknowledged as one of the founding fathers of Nigerian journalism who continued to support the industry many years after his retirement from active practice of the profession. He was the chairman of the Nigeria Press Council (NPC) and Chairman, Board of Trustees (BoT) of the Nigeria Media Merit Award (NMMA).
Allah De began his journalism career at the Daily Times as a reporter after his secondary education at the New Bethel College, Onitsha, Anambra State but fate seemed to have a higher calling for him as he secured a Federal Government scholarship to study Journalism at the Regent Street Polytechnic London- now University of Westminster.
He was a star in London, winning the Commonwealth New Statesman Prize for the best all-round student and also working for a number of British newspapers- a rare feat at the time and even now- before returning home.
Between 1950-56, the late Odunewu worked at the Daily Times as a reporter and sub-editor. He left to become the Managing Editor of the African Press Limited Ibadan, publishers of the Nigerian Tribune. That was 1956 and 1957. Odunewu spent four years, between 1960 and 1964, as the Editor-in-Chief of the Allied Newspapers of Nigeria before he left to become the Editor, Sunday Times, in 1964.
He rose through the ranks at the Daily Times before he was appointed editor of the paper, coming after Peter Enahoro who was initially known as “George Sharp” and later as Peter Pan. The late Odunewu’s time as the editor of the most prestigious newspaper at the time has been described with many charitable adjectives by those who worked with him. While Peter Pan was a “great writer”, Odunewu was adjured to have combined his fine writing skill with even a greater talent as an editor of the paper.
Perhaps one of the lasting legacies of the departed journalist is his “ Allah De” column, which has been described by many as one of the best satires ever penned by a Nigerian journalist. The late Nnamdi Azikwe-himself a fine writer- described the late Odunewu as the dean of Nigerian satirical writing.
“Satire is the stuff of his work, master of the well-placed innuendo. Odunewu called attention to the follies and foibles of his era without wounding the vanities of the men and women of the moment,” Journalism teacher and The Nation Editorial Adviser Olatunji Dare once wrote in 2007.
Encomiums were pouring in last night from his contemporaries and those who knew him only through his writings. Henry Odukomaiya, who took over from him as the Editor of the Daily Times said: “ I am shocked, saddened to learn from you about the sudden departure of my great boss, Alade Odunewu whose pseudonym was Allah De which was the name of the column he gave birth to when he was Editor-in-chief of the Daily Times.”
Odukomaiya had a flattery reminiscence of the character of the writer. “The Allah De that I knew was one of the most accommodating bosses that anybody could have, I mean every word of what I am saying. He never offended anybody, he did his job to the best of his ability and his ability was quite high. He was very jocular and that reflected in every of his writing. He was elegant too. He didn’t take life too seriously. Unfortunately, he didn’t have a good matrimonial life.
Adenaike remembered the late Odunewu as a great mentor to the younger generation of journalists and a great craftsman. “That was the father of journalism. Nigerian journalism has lost one of its founding fathers, and he was a great mentor to the younger ones. He wrote a column Allah De. He was a great humorist and satirist. He was a great craftsman. He lived journalism; he published two books – Winner takes all which was the compilation of his columns into two volumes.”
Sam Amuka Pemu, publisher of The Vanguard said of the late Allah De: “He was a fine fellow; we will miss him.” Mr. Femi Kusa former Editor of the Guardian, described him as a great columnist who was very careful and diplomatic in his writings.
There were others too who paid glowing tributes to a man who gave his life for journalism. The chairman, Nigerian Union of Journalists (NUJ) Lagos State Council, Deji Elumoye, said the late Odunewu was a foremost journalist who never did anything else but journalism. “He talked about proper practices of journalism and was always willing to advise the NUJ. We will miss him,” he said.
Former Editor of The Sunday Times Gbolabo Ogunsanwo believed the profession has lost one of its heroes. “Alade Odunewu was the uncrowned dean of newspaper columnists.”
Perhaps, few can be said to have matched the passion and the talents of the late Odunewu, his devotion to the cause of the journalism profession would be a model that the profession may find hard to fill. And as he is committed to mother earth today, the encomiums may have just begun. - See more at: http://www.gistnaija.com/#sthash.POZmzODP.dpuf
The
late Odunewu, who wrote with the pen name Allah De, was former Editor
of the Daily Times ,died yesterday at St Nicholas Hospital, Lagos. He
was 85.
His Allah De column was for many years the delight of readers for its wit, simplicity and humour. - See more at: http://www.gistnaija.com/#sthash.POZmzODP.dpuf
His Allah De column was for many years the delight of readers for its wit, simplicity and humour. - See more at: http://www.gistnaija.com/#sthash.POZmzODP.dpuf
The
late Odunewu, who wrote with the pen name Allah De, was former Editor
of the Daily Times ,died yesterday at St Nicholas Hospital, Lagos. He
was 85.
His Allah De column was for many years the delight of readers for its wit, simplicity and humour. - See more at: http://www.gistnaija.com/#sthash.POZmzODP.dpuf
His Allah De column was for many years the delight of readers for its wit, simplicity and humour. - See more at: http://www.gistnaija.com/#sthash.POZmzODP.dpuf
The
late Odunewu, who wrote with the pen name Allah De, was former Editor
of the Daily Times ,died yesterday at St Nicholas Hospital, Lagos. He
was 85.
His Allah De column was for many years the delight of readers for its wit, simplicity and humour. - See more at: http://www.gistnaija.com/#sthash.POZmzODP.dpuf
His Allah De column was for many years the delight of readers for its wit, simplicity and humour. - See more at: http://www.gistnaija.com/#sthash.POZmzODP.dpuf
The
late Odunewu, who wrote with the pen name Allah De, was former Editor
of the Daily Times ,died yesterday at St Nicholas Hospital, Lagos. He
was 85.
His Allah De column was for many years the delight of readers for its wit, simplicity and humour. - See more at: http://www.gistnaija.com/#sthash.POZmzODP.dpuf
His Allah De column was for many years the delight of readers for its wit, simplicity and humour. - See more at: http://www.gistnaija.com/#sthash.POZmzODP.dpuf
The
late Odunewu, who wrote with the pen name Allah De, was former Editor
of the Daily Times ,died yesterday at St Nicholas Hospital, Lagos. He
was 85.
His Allah De column was for many years the delight of readers for its wit, simplicity and humour. - See more at: http://www.gistnaija.com/#sthash.POZmzODP.dpuf
His Allah De column was for many years the delight of readers for its wit, simplicity and humour. - See more at: http://www.gistnaija.com/#sthash.POZmzODP.dpuf
The
late Odunewu, who wrote with the pen name Allah De, was former Editor
of the Daily Times ,died yesterday at St Nicholas Hospital, Lagos. He
was 85.
His Allah De column was for many years the delight of readers for its wit, simplicity and humour. - See more at: http://www.gistnaija.com/#sthash.POZmzODP.dpuf
His Allah De column was for many years the delight of readers for its wit, simplicity and humour. - See more at: http://www.gistnaija.com/#sthash.POZmzODP.dpuf
The veteran journalist Alade Odunewu former editor of the daily times died yesterday at St Nicholas Hospital Lagos.He died at the age of 85 years. His remains as been buried today at the Vaults and Garden in Ikoyi Lagos around 3 p.m.According to the former editor of the tribune Felix Adenaike who described Alade as a great craftsman who lived his life as a journalist.Alade started his journalism career at the daily times as a reporter after his secondary school education at the New Bethel College in Onitsha,Anambra state of which he later gained scholarship from the Federal Government to study Journalism at the Regent street Ploytechnic in London.He has lost his wife for long and presently,survived by three children.MAY HIS SOUL REST IN PEACE
St Nicholas Hospital
The
late Odunewu, who wrote with the pen name Allah De, was former Editor
of the Daily Times ,died yesterday at St Nicholas Hospital, Lagos. He
was 85.
His Allah De column was for many years the delight of readers for its wit, simplicity and humour. - See more at: http://www.gistnaija.com/#sthash.POZmzODP.dpuf
His Allah De column was for many years the delight of readers for its wit, simplicity and humour. - See more at: http://www.gistnaija.com/#sthash.POZmzODP.dpuf
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