Early in March, 2013 (precisely first week of March), Tuface Idibia – Also known as 2Baba, tied the nuptial
knot with his long time friend and mother to one of his six children,
Annie Macaulay. The traditional wedding ceremony which was held at the
Apostolic High School, Esit Urua Community, Eket-Ibeno Road, Uyo, had in
attendance a large number of celebrities like Sound Sultan
(best buddy), Nollywood actress Kate Henshaw, HipHopWorld Magazine boss
Ayo Animashaun, Now Muzik chief Efe Omorogbe, Iyanya, Tana Adelana,
Cynthia Amadi, Dotun Omotoye, Timaya, Kween, Florence Ita-Giwa and many more.
The traditional wedding is a first phase seal to the proposal which
Tuface made with a sparkling diamond ring on Valentine’s day in 2012 to a
shocked Annie at former Club 10 (now Club PoP) in Victoria Island,
Lagos. A decision Tuface defended saying, “like any other thought about
something important, you start feeling the need to do something or go
somewhere different from deep within. Then you just make your move one
time; no shaking. The timing for marriage should not be determined by
any outside influences.”
There has been so many critics to the
African hip-hop and R ‘n’ B singer’s decision to marry Annie Macaulay.
One of the accusations is that he is being tribalistic. However, what
many fail to fathom is the fact that, Tuface met Annie when he was still
struggling in the industry as an upcoming artiste and member of the
defunct pop group, Plantashaun Boiz.
When Tuface left the
group to pursue a solo career, Annie stood by him and was unmindful of
other women who flocked around him. She, Annie, has had her own fair
share of humiliation and set backs in respect to her relationship with
Tuface. One of which was when Pero Adeniyi (One of 2Face’s baby mamas)
humiliated her in one of Tuface’s live in concert after party and
another confrontation that happened at Airport hotel, Ikeja.
The breath-taking wife of the handsome African hip-hop star, Annie, is
from Ifiki local government area in Akwa-Ibom state. The only girl of a
family of four. She studied Computer Science at the Lagos State
University LASU and later did Theatre Arts at UNILAG. Though, her career
as an actress has literarily been overshadowed with her fight as a
single mother, Annie Macaulay has consistently been a subject of
discourse ever since she got into the limelight through Sola Fajobi
created talent hunt and reality TV show, NEXT MOVIE STAR which has
produced great actors and actress like Tonto Dikeh, Uti Nwachukwu and
Moyo Lawal. Pertinent to note is that most of her fame has been
characterized with her on-off relationship and eventual marriage to
Nigeria pop star, Innocent Tuface Idibia.
We are glad to inform
you that the multiple award winning African hip-hop/R “n’ B artist who
hails from Benue State, Nigeria, Innocent Ujah Idibia (a.k.a Tuface
Idibia) is happily wedded to long time lover, Annie Macaulay in a
traditional wedding.
What has looked like one of Nollywood’s film has finally been put to an
end with the over 10years drama. Tuface Idibia and Annie Macaulay, who
met when the bride was just fifteen years old at Even Ezra studio,
sealed their marriage with a wow white wedding arrangement in Dubai on
Saturday, 23rd of March, 2013 to finalize their marriage institution.
The wedding, which was followed minute-by-minute
with physical presence of the mighty ones in the Nigeria entertainment
industry and the ever buzzing social media show-cased the industry in
another dimension to the ever watchful fans of Nigeria entertainment
industry.
Though, prior to the white wedding, rumor had it that,
Warri-born millionaire business man, Ayiri Emami gave over 20million Naira to 2face and Annie for their wedding. Ayiri is from Delta state
but resides in America. A former Chairman of Delta Waterways Security
Committee but now the CEO of A & E group of Companies (which
includes areas such as Oil, Logistics, and constructions), 911 Hotels
& Resorts, and 911 entertainment. Nunaijastories believes that, all
has not been heard about the millions of Naira, 2Baba’s wedding to Annie
has attracted to the African Queen crooner’s pocket.
The
bachelor’s eve, which took place in Dubai before the wedding had DJ
Jimmy Jatt, Kate Henshaw, Gabriel Afolayan, Basket mouth, Ini Edo, Susan
Peters, and many more in attendant.
The exchange of marital
vows took place on the 23rd of March, 2013 at the prestigious Jumeirah
Beach Hotel, a five star resort centre in Dubai. Guests were conveyed by
luxury boats from the wedding venue to the reception at the Royal
Island Beach. The after party was held at the same venue for the
bachelor’s eve - Nigerian owned club, Kiza Nite Club.
Emirates
Airline was the ‘official airline’ for the wedding as it conveyed most
of the guests which were lodged in Frazier Suites, D Atlantis Hotels,
Jumeirah Beach Hotel and Burj Al Arab to Dubai.
2Face and Annie
Idibia’s story is that of love, disappointment, forgiveness,
acceptance, restoration, decisiveness and predestination. Most important
of all is forgiveness and love.
Happy married life 2Baba and Annie.
#2Baba, Dem Eye Don Sharpen As E Don Happen.
#No Shaking!
She was born
in the United Kingdom and at age 7, her family relocated to Lagos,
Nigeria. On getting to Nigeria, the parents sent her to stay with her
grandparents at their cocoa farm in Ondo state, to learn about African
culture.
At age 11, she attended Fiwasaye Girls Grammar School
but returned to the UK shortly after her father died and attended
Hammersmith County Secondary School
before moving to the Ridgeway School in Kent. After her secondary school
education, she went to West Kent College and MidKent College. She is a
Masters Degree holder in HR Management from the University of
Westminister, London. Also, a member of the British Psychological
Society, and qualified in occupational and personality testing. She
started off her career in the UK as a recruitment consultant in 1987,
becoming a branch manager. She went on to work for the Starform Group,
managing the Corporate Credit Management Exhibition from 1990 to 1992.
In 1993 she joined Arthur Andersen for Esso Exploration &
Production Nigeria Limited (now ExxonMobil) to head their Human
Resources and Training unit. By the year 2000, having successfully
completed her responsibilities to the ExxonMobil HR Transition and
Merger Team, She recognized Nigeria’s growing need for trained and
highly motivated talent pool that would take Nigerian businesses into
the 21st century. So, she resigned from ExxonMobil to start Vic Lawrence
& Associates Limited (Popularly known as VLA).
While
involving herself in a number of business, she conceptualized and built
the Protea Hotel, Oakwood Park, situated along the Lekki Expressway in
Lagos, which was commissioned in August 2004. The facility is built over
1 hectare of land, comprising of state of the art training, conference
and leisure facilities. Ever true to her purpose, the concept of Protea
Hotel, Oakwood Park was to create a facility that would meet the needs
of professionals needing the serenity of a suburban location featuring
fully equipped and dedicated training and conference facilities together
with the comfort of executive accommodation and leisure.
Today, the Protea Hotel, Oakwood Park plays a significant role in the
development of Nigeria’s business community hosting an array of business
events, conferences, workshops and training courses.
In 2009,
Mosunmola Abudu, popularly known as ‘Mo’ began her talk show, ‘Moments
With Mo’ which focuses on issues such as lifestyle, culture, health,
entertainment, marriage and politics. She has built her TV show Moments
With Mo‘ to unbelievable heights with over 200 episodes by October 2009.
Guests have included celebrities, Presidents, Nobel Laureates, and the
67th US Secretary-of-State Hillary Rodham Clinton The show is being
aired on M-Net with TV coverage in 48 African countries, the show now
also airs on terrestrial and cable TV in other parts of the world.
She has decided to take it further, with the announcement of her own cable channel that’ll span the entire African continent. According to source (NET) Mo’ Abudu (owner of Moments With Mo), a HR
Consultant-turned media major, is getting set to launch ‘EbonyLife’, a
lifestyle channel that’ll run on DSTV in several African countries. This
very huge project is funded majorly by Mo Abudu with other investors
and will be launched in April.
EbonyLife TV is currently
shooting a movie/reality show that will be starring some of Nollywood
reigning divas like Rita Dominic, Kate Henshaw, Funke Akindele and Uche
Jombo. This is an addition to the just wrapped up flagship programme
SISTAZ!
This energetic and daring entrepreneur is the creator
and executive producer of “The Debaters”, a reality TV show funded by
Guarantee Trust Bank, and launched on 3 October 2009. She is also
the founder of The Inspire Africa Foundation, a non-profit organization
and human investment arm of Inspire Africa Ltd. An organization focused
on raising funds to implement society-transforming initiatives.
She is married with two children, a girl and a boy, and lives in Lagos, Nigeria with her family.
Mosunmola Abudu aka ‘Mo’ is an ACTOR in the Nigeria business setting
and has continuously proved that being a woman changes nothing.
The annual swimsuit issue has elevated the careers of supermodels and
superstars like Tyra Banks and Beyonce. Even our own supermodel, Oluchi,
has been featured in several editions of SI's Swimsuit issue. It is
awesome seeing another Nigerian model cover the pages of the SI
magazine.
Nigerian-American model Adaora
Akubilo born in Windsor, Connecticut, USA has been featured in the 2013
edition of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Magazine. She was
photographed in Namibia by Kayt Jones.
She was highlighted in
Sports Illustrated's 2012 Swuimsuit Edition. In 2007, she appeared on
NBC as one of the 12 finalists in the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Model
Search.
One thing is for sure, Nigeria has got talents in all
fields and given the right platform, there will be too many stars to
give light and strength to the new Nigeria.
Congrats to our own Beautiful Adoara.
'DR. BELLO', the newly produced Nolly-wood movie by Mr. Tony Abulu is
to debut in US theatres from February 22nd to February 27.
The
film, 'DR. BELLO' which is said to worth over #150million will be
starring Isaiah Washington, Vivica Fox, Jimmy Jean-Luis and Nigerian
superstars Genevieve Nnaji and Stephanie Okereke.
It will be
open at AMC theatres in New York, New Jersey Philadelphia, Baltimore,
Washington DC, Atlanta, Charlotte, Houston, Dallas, Miami and
Jacksonville. Others are Columbus, Chicago, Detroit and Los Angeles.
You probably have heard of the SOCCKET - A
re-invented soccer ball by a group of Havard students. It started as a
group project in a 2008 class in Havard College where some students
identified electricity problem in developing countries and came up with
an idea of a functional soccer ball called the SOCCKET which can power
an LED light.
Jessica Matthews, CEO and co-founder
of Uncharted Play. Born to Nigerian parents and raised in America. She
is a hardwprking and creative type and constantly looking for how to
solve problems and make money from it too. She describes herself as a
social entrepreneur. Matthew is currently an MBA student at Harvard
Business School.
The SOCCKET is currently being used in poor
communities in 10 nations around Latin America and West Africa,
including Mexico, Brazil, Nigeria and, most recently, Haiti. Uncharted
Play works with larger corporate partners like State Farm and Western
Union, which pay for the balls, and NGO’s like Promundo and Children
International, which distribute them. Bill Clinton endorsed the project
in a speech at George Washington University last March, and high-profile
musicians like Linkin Park and K’naan have also pitched the SOCCKET at
their concerts.
