Goldie Harvey's family members have revealed that
Goldie willed her property to charity. Before her death, Goldie was an
ambassador of ‘Project Alert on Violence Against Women’ and she had supported
them in several ways.
Her properties will be auctioned to the public on the 1st of May 2013 and the
proceeds from the sale will go to charity. The location for the auction is
still yet unknown but would be made known to the public before May 1st. Below
are some of her properties which will be auctioned.
Premium Times has exclusively obtained a letter
purportedly signed by the Head of Legal Services of the National Film and Video
Censors Board (NFVCB), Effiong Inwang, warning a short-film producer, Bako
Ishaya, not to release his documentary on Nigerian poverty, Fuelling Poverty.
It was reported that the Nigerian government has banned the airing and
distribution of the documentary, which is believed to have element that could
"incite or encourage public disorder and undermine national
security," because it is "highly provocative."
The 30-minute film documents the massive poverty in Nigeria and advocates
against corruption and greed in the country.
The film was shot by Bako in conjunction with the Open Society for West Africa
(OSIWA). It was reported. That the documentary was sent to NFVCB in 2012 for it
to be cencored but the board sent a letter back to Bako warning him from
distributing the film or be dealt with by the government of Nigeria.
The letter reportedly said that "all relevant national security agencies
are on the alert. A copy of this letter has been sent to the Director General,
Department of State Services and the Inspector General of Police for their
information."
This sounds like something out of a movie, but it's real life.
A married Nollywood actor, Solomon Akiyesi got the shock of his life earlier
today when his wife, Lilian Akiyesi, stormed the Overcomers World Outreach
church, Aguda, Surulere, venue of his wedding ceremony disrupting proceedings.
Let me
tell you guys the story. Nollywood actor, Solomon Akiyesi married Lilian
Akiyesi seven years ago, after the two dated for six years. (Pictured
above on their wedding day). So they've been together for thirteen
years. After trying for years to conceive, Lilian finally got pregnant
last year...but unknown to her, her husband was having an affair with a
Lagos based lady. (Lilian and Solomon are based in Port Harcourt).
Solomon's Lagos based girlfriend got pregnant and the two started
planning a wedding that was supposed to take place today April 13th.
Fortunately for Lilian, she got wind of the wedding plans just days ago.
And according to what her friend told me, Solomon sent money to Lilian
just yesterday Friday April 12th and promised to return home next week.
He told Lilian that he was in Lagos to shoot a movie.
When Lilian confirmed the wedding was really going to happen today, she
contacted the police, took some family members and friends and stormed
the wedding venue - Overcomers World Outreach located at Overcomers
Close, off Ramlat Timson str, in Aguda, Surulere. Fortunately someone
from her entourage deemed it fit to invite me to the party...lol
Lilian, who is eight months pregnant, stormed the church and managed to
stop the wedding before the pastor could pronounce her husband and his
mistress 'husband and wife'. The police were later called to return
sanity to the place.
In this interview with the Punch Newspapers, Toni Payne, estranged wife of artiste,
9ice, speaks about her relationship with the musician, the rift between
Ruggedman and 9ice, her business and family.
Read excepts from the interview below: I understand you now own a cosmetics line. Is it a new business?
No. I have had this line since 2005. I was in the United States then. I used
to come to Nigeria often to try to push the line. It is not a mass produced
brand, it is more of an exclusive brand. We have customers who buy it. It is
just recently that I launched a line of eye lashes that I am trying to do mass
market. What made you get into this line of business?
I was a publicist for one brand abroad. Being its publicist, I was always in
the office and I saw how the processes went. They introduced make-up and I was
interested since I’m a woman. I felt it was an interesting thing and I wouldn’t
mind doing something like that myself. So I started learning. I would sit in
the laboratory with the technicians and I would write down formulas and look at
how they did stuff. So I decided to bring what I learnt to Nigeria. And how has it been?
Business has been good. I have no complaints. A lot of people felt I kept
quiet about the make-up business but that wasn’t the case. It is just that it
is not a mass market. It is not a mass produced range. I didn’t want to over-
do things. You dabble into so many things at the same time; one might see you as
a restless person…
I agree. I am an Aries and we have this trait of doing everything. But I
only do two things. I do PR, which has always been my background. But when I
started doing PR in Nigeria, I noticed there wasn’t really a structure. You
can’t just only be a publicist to an artiste. You might set out to be a
publicist but you will end up doing managerial duties because there is nobody
doing it. But now that more people are interested in that field, I have taken
my hands off artiste management and I am sticking with PR. You no longer manage artistes?
No. I don’t do that anymore. But I still do music promotion. It still looks
like the same thing because of that lack of structure. But the duties are
different. If an artiste comes to me now, I tell him straight up that promotion
is different from management. I tell him his manager is supposed to do his
business runs while his publicist is just to make his brand known and polish
the brand. What issues did you have with Olamide? We heard there was a
misunderstanding before you parted ways with him…
I never had any problem with him. He had a label and I felt the label could
handle the work for him. I had done my bit to a certain point and I felt I was
satisfied. I didn’t want to be drawn into being an insider. I wanted to do Toni
Payne Concept. I didn’t want to work for the label; I didn’t want to be too
involved. When I felt it was time to let go, I had to go. And that is one good
thing about me, I know how to let go. I don’t know if it is a good trait or a
bad trait. There wasn’t a bitter quarrel. People do end amicably, not everybody
has to fight. PR is easier than management. I have a child. With PR, you can do
your job during office hours but with management, you are expected to work at
odd hours. You are into poetry too…
Yes. I just recently started sharing my poems. I have been writing poetry
since I was 13. I never used to share it. I was on Twitter one day and I asked
if anybody wanted to read my poems. The response was good and I decided to
share it. So a lot of people downloaded it. I never knew there was a huge
appreciation of poetry in Nigeria. Since then, I decided to use my brand to
push mainstream poetry. Young people now email me to teach them how to write
poetry. Do you know music so much that you had to go on social media to
criticise Tonto Dike’s song?
I didn’t do that. But where did the story come from?
I know where it came from. I was at an event and somebody asked me what I
thought of her song. I said she is a woman like me and she is trying. We are
not all perfect. The next thing, I started reading online was that Tony Payne
said this and that about Tonto Dike’s song. I was amazed. I never said anything
negative about her songs. I have heard the song just once on the radio. Did the story cause any kind of rift between you guys?
It didn’t because I’m sure she knew I didn’t say that. I think that was what
the person who put up the story was hoping to gain. Even when people were
criticising her about the song, I tweeted that people should not insult her and
if they must criticise, they should do so constructively. But what do you think of her music?
I haven’t really heard it. I don’t believe in abusive criticism. If I listen
to the music, I might even end up liking it because of all the abuses she has
got. Why did you come back to Nigeria?
I got married. I just had to move back home. I felt I should have a close
knit family. I got into working in Nigeria and I have been having fun. Are you going to move back to the States?
I can’t say that. There is no guarantee. I have plans. It depends. We will
find out in the next couple of years. I have lived in the US almost all my
life. I used to come back home for visits. Do you regret coming back home?
I don’t. I was even saying so this morning. If I didn’t, the curiosity would
have been too much; I would have missed out on a lot of things. I’m glad I came
back home. My feet are so well grounded. I know what I want and I know what I
am capable of doing. For somebody who is into PR, how come negative publicity has followed
you in the short while you’ve been in Nigeria?
I will not let negative publicity control my life. It can’t make me not to
live the kind of life I want to live. That means the people behind it have won.
Some other persons would have run back to the States, but I didn’t and I will
not. It is a little bit harder to manage yourself in terms of PR. I managed it
well. I did as much as possible to reverse the notion about me. The terrain was
even new to me. I kept wondering why people would want to say bad stuff about
me. But now I have learnt, once I read or hear anything bad about me, I write
my defence on Twitter. What has kept you going?
I’ve been busy. A lot of people would have suffered from acute depression. I
got angry at times but I was determined not to be broken. People ended up
liking me. They found out I was the opposite of what was said about me. Do you have any issues with K Solo?
I don’t have any issues with him. We are not friends. We’ve never sat down
to have a 10-minute conversation. The issue with him came up because I follow
him on Twitter and I saw the comment he made concerning his son. The mother in
me couldn’t take it. I was angry about why he could say such concerning an
innocent child on social media. That was it. How are you coping as a single mother?
My son still has a father who is alive. It is not hard. He is well taken
care of. I’m doing very well. It is not a big deal. Things happen, I will not
be the first and I will not be the last. Have you ruled out marriage?
Everything is in God’s hands. I will not rule out that aspect. What if 9ice comes back to you?
(laughs) No comment. I will not answer that. I cannot predict the future. What is this story that he snubbed you at an event?
I don’t know where that story came from. How could he have snubbed me? We
are not enemies. He didn’t snub me at any event. I got to the event quite
early. At that point, I was about leaving. And because there were too many eyes
on me, I just had to stay awhile. It was even later that he asked me if I was
at the event. Do you still talk?
Oh yes we talk. We have a child together. We are friends. During the brouhaha, you were outspoken, why?
There will be a time in the future when my son will be able to browse the
Internet and read up all the stuff that happened. I didn’t want him to ask me
why I didn’t defend myself. That was what inspired my own decision. I didn’t
care whatever consequences that came out from my defending myself. I had to
defend myself. Why did you marry 9ice? So many people were of the view you were taken
by his fame…
When I met him, he wasn’t that popular. I met him before the stardom. He was
somebody whose personality I liked. It didn’t have anything to do with his
being a celebrity. I saw a person I liked. I didn’t look at his status. I would
say he was the first guy I was ever really in love with. Was he your first boyfriend?
No. he wasn’t. But he was the first guy I had genuine love for. Who was your first boyfriend?
It was one guy. We still talk. I’m not going to mention his name. He is
still my friend. How did you feel when you heard that another lady now has kids for
9ice?
No comment. I am not going to say anything concerning that. I don’t even
know about it. I read about it in the papers. But then, I have read so many
things about me that weren’t true in the papers. However, true or not, I will
not talk about it. It is more than two years since you separated. Are you now officially
divorced?
I’ll not say anything about that. I’m sure 9ice will not tell you either. We learnt you went back to beg him to take you back?
Me? Never. I did not. I know where the story came out from. Somebody close
to him was feeding the press with the story. For some reasons known to him, he
never liked me. He was the one that was always talking about me and coming up
with such stories. I guess you mean his former manager, Deinde?
Yes. And since he left him, no story has been said about me. I didn’t go to
beg 9ice to take me back. Why would I do that? Did you actually sleep with Ruggedman?
Of course I did not. I can categorically tell you I did not. Ruggedman has
been my friend. But even before then, we didn’t see. And even after the whole
incident, we have hardly seen. The last time I saw Rugged was during Occupy
Nigeria. I have not seen him again since then. Would you want Ruggedman and 9ice to be friends again?
They are adults so they should make their own decisions. But then again, I
want peace between them. The fight was not warranted. There shouldn’t have been
any fight in the first place. The song that caused the problem wasn’t about me.
I was there when the song was recorded. I can still remember what I cooked that
day. I cooked jollof rice and I diced the meat I used in cooking the rice. The
lady referred to in the song was not me. All the attributes didn’t have
anything to do with me. I don’t have tattoos. The last time I checked, I wasn’t
bisexual as the lady referred to in the song. It was just a song but people
just chose to believe whatever would suit them.