Jide Okonjo
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This account is dedicated to TWO things:
🇳🇬 Nigerian news stories for my dedicated Nigerian readers.
💡 The Six Figure Series (A Vocal Exclusive) for writers, readers, and fans of Vocal.
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6 Female Celebrities Who Married Younger Men
Age is but a number. We all like what we like and what every individual person likes is different from what the next person likes. It is one of the most beautiful and interesting things about human beings and something I find forever interesting. How me and my friends have COMPLETELY DIFFERENT TASTES when it comes to who we find attractive and who we date is always something that’s so fascinating to me.
By Jide Okonjo5 years ago in Humans
Everything You Missed From the Simi, Adekunle Gold, and Temi Otedola Saga (Photos).
I love this story! Talk about a series of unfortunate events. So, if you missed the very interesting and very funny series of events that took place from February 24th up until February 25th of 2020 on Nigerian Twitter, then I have a treat for you because the whole thing is just madness, and it’s all really funny and very entertaining.
By Jide Okonjo5 years ago in Humans
11 Nigerian Celebrities Still Alive and Well Past 90 Years.
1930 doesn't mean dead. And I too count myself among the school of people who do this: most times, when we hear that a person was born in 1930 or 1929 or any year before that, our brains immediately assume that the person is dead.
By Jide Okonjo5 years ago in Geeks
6 Nollywood Actresses Who Acquired New Rides This Month (Photos).
Okay, what is going on? I thought people said that right now there is no money in the country. If that is the case, how come every single week this month, there has been news of a new person acquiring a brand new expensive car.
By Jide Okonjo5 years ago in Wheel
7 Nigerian Celebrities With the Weirdest Food Combinations
So weird. Somethings we know go hand in hand – bread and butter, swallow and soup, indomie and egg. But then, there are some food combinations you hear that make you stop and say huhn?! Today we won’t just be counting down 7 very weird food combinations. We would be counting down 7 weird food combinations that some popular Nigerian celebrities actually enjoy.
By Jide Okonjo5 years ago in Feast
How and Why I Kept My Pregnancy a Secret - Adesua Etomi
How did she do it? Adesua Etomi and Banky W are the latest talk and rave of the town. The celebrity couple made a big splash across the headlines when on the 22nd of February, on Adesua’s birthday, the couple announced that they had welcomed a bouncing baby boy.
By Jide Okonjo5 years ago in Families
Hey Vocal, just 3 Quick Suggestions.
I am a VOCAL creator and have been a creator on this site for over three years now. I really started getting more serious about it, finding my audience, and knowing what kind of page I wanted to run sometime last year. At the end of the day, I realized that what my readers gravitated towards was my entertainment news stories and my listicles. I enjoy writing them. I am an encyclopedia on pop culture especially about Nigerian pop culture and so I thought, okay, I could do that and I started doing it. And it has been fun.
By Jide Okonjo5 years ago in Journal
11 Things You Didn't Know About Adesua Etomi
These ones will surprise you. Nollywood actress Adesua Etomi crashed into the Nigerian movie industry with her first feature film, Knocking on Heaven’s Door in 2014. From there, it has been a steady meteoric rise for the talented actress. She’s gone on to act in some of Nigeria’s biggest blockbuster movies including Sugar Rush, The Wedding Party, Muna, and The Set Up. On Instagram alone, she amassed over 3.8 Million followers, and her star is further brightened by her adored marriage to Nigerian singer, Banky W.
By Jide Okonjo5 years ago in Geeks
Nigerian Lady Keeps Goat as Pet and Advices On Why We Should Do Same.
Not a dog or a cat - a goat. Traditionally, when you hear the word “pet”, certain specific animals come to mind. For the most part, you think ‘dog’, ‘cat’, ‘fish’, etc. Never is the word ‘goat’ associated with the idea of a pet, especially here in Nigeria.
By Jide Okonjo5 years ago in Petlife
Here's Everything You Missed From the #BeLikeNgozi Challenge
Everybody did so good! On the 15th of February, 2021, phenomenal news hit the internet that Nigeria’s own former minister of finance, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala has been confirmed as the next Director-General of the World Trade Organization. That announcement in and of itself is exciting but becomes even more exciting when you know that Okonjo-Iweala’s appointment has made history. Okonjo-Iweala becomes the seventh director general of the organization, making history as the first woman and the first African to lead the World Trade Organization.
By Jide Okonjo5 years ago in The Swamp
