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Nigeria: Agbor Stands Still for Nollywood Star, Regina DanielsFacebookTwitterWhatsAppFlipboardLinkedInRedditEmailShareRegina Daniels/Instagram
Regina Daniels.
29 MAY 2019
The Guardian (Lagos)By Odita SundayThe ancient town of Agbor, Delta State, literarily stood still on Monday, May 27, 2019, as no fewer than 20,000 excited guests poured into Government Field playground, Agbor Obi, for this year's Children's Day Carnival.
Put together by Regina Daniels, the fast rising Nollywood actress and wife of Delta politician, Prince Ned Munir Nwoko, under the auspices of her Regina Daniels Charity Foundation, the event was essentially to felicitate with children in primary and secondary schools. It was also aimed at assisting them with items such as, books, bags, writing materials, bicycles, toys and some essentials of life. Hundreds of them actually benefitted from the exercise, which Daniels said, "would continue to be a yearly event."
The Children's Day activities, which were partly organised by the Ika North East and Ika South councils, had begun with march past competition by no fewer than 30 public and private primary and secondary schools with representative of the Nigeria Police Agbor Area Commander and officials of the two council areas taking salute.
No sooner had the march past ended at about 3:00pm that the entire space was taken over by school children, parents and many other admirers of Regina Daniels, who has become a brand in the entertainment industry. In fact, it was no surprise that a host of celebrities cutting across different genres of the creative industry -- music, acting and comedy -- were in attendance.
Leading the pack of the musicians was Tiwa Savage, a celebrated, crowd-pulling singer of the hip pop genre. She literarily set the stage on fire with the crowd almost causing stampede when she belched some of her songs.
Other artistes who performed include, Zlatan Ibile, Patoranking, Africa China, Erigga, Sam White and MC Galaxy.
They took time to thrill guests with some of their best songs. As each one of themmounted the stage, the audience gave them endorsement with the manner they chorused their names and sang along.
But more conspicuous at the event was the Nollywood family. Ably represented by Ejike Asiegbu, Bob-Manuel Udokwu, Alex Usifo, Zulu 'Zik' Okafor and Chinedu Ikedieze, they provided guests opportunity to rate the carnival highly. Gordons and other comedians also graced the occasion.
Some of the ladies who came to the event with their children could be heard expressing their happiness for being able to make it to the venue.
As many of them struggled to catch a glimpse of Regina Daniels who ostensibly has become their 'idol' the population continued to increase and almost making it impossible for event photographers and camera men to take good shots of artistes on stage.
Policemen, officials of the Nigerian Security & Civil Defence Corp, Federal Road & Safety Commission and private security guards had hectic time controlling the crowd. They probably had underestimated the number of people expected at the event.
It was hectic time for Daniels as she tried to pass her message across to the children. While on stage in company of her husband, she had taken time to advise children to learn to live decently by not indulging in drug related activities and other social vices that could ruin their life. The joy of the children knew no bounds as they received some gift items from the actress.
One of the people who came for the show, Elizabeth Osemeke, told The Guardian, "Regina Daniels made the activities more than imagined."
She added, "this was quite from what we used to have on May 27."
The carnival, which lasted till evening hours was only part of activities ear-marked by Regina Daniels for the day as guests later shifted to the country home of Nwoko at Idumuje-Ugboko in Aniocha North Council of Delta State.
Musicians, Nollywood personalities, comedians and many others were there to wine and dine just as music of different genre was supplied.
It was certainly another time to felicitate with Regina Daniels and her family as she took time to move around to appreciate guests who had helped to make her day.
Read the original article on Guardian.
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30 things you should know about Wizkid on his 30th birthday TODAY AT

30 things you should know about Wizkid on his 30th birthday
 Here are 30 things you should know about Wizkid as he turns 30.
Nigeria's music star, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun popularly known as Wizkid turns 30, today, Thursday, July 16, 2020.
As part of the activities to mark his 30th birthday, we will be sharing with you guys 30 things you should know about him.
For the die-hard members of Wizkid FC, every information here is already on their dairy but those who don't know much about the celebrity, get a note pad as we share with you personal details of the music star.
1. Wizkid was born Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun on July 16, 1990, in Surulere , Lagos.
2. Wizkid grew up living with 12 sisters, a father, Alhaji M.O Balogun, who is Muslim and a Christian mum, Mrs. Balogun.
3. Wizkid wasn't always known as Wizkid as he used to be called Lil Prinz when he just started singing but changed the name in 2006.
4. The Starboy boss went to Ijebu Ode Grammar School and then Lagos State University where he later dropped out. He tried going back to school after gaining admission into Lead City University but didn't finish.
5. His sojourn in the music industry started at the age of 11-years-old when he was part of a group, Glorious Five. By the time he was 15, Wizkid had already met OJB Jezreel who he followed closely and watched other big stars like 2Face ,
Sound Sultan and Neato C .
6. Wizkid's very first single is titled ' Mami water.' We don't think you knew that!
7. Wizkid later signed to Banky W 's EME record label in 2009 which was the beginning of the rise of the star we all now know.
8. The release of his first single under EME gave him his first Headies awards as the ' Next Rated ,' and numerous other awards followed.
9. The album 'Superstar', which was released in 2011 under Empire Mates Entertainment, took Wizkid to the length and breadth of the world as everyone couldn't get enough of the latest superstar in the room who wasn't even 20 yet!
10. Another album had to drop as fans couldn't get enough of Wizkid, so by 2014, he dropped the second album ' Ayo,' which had a host of music stars on its feature list.
11. In 2016, Wizkid became the first Nigerian singer to make it to Billboard’s Twitter Last 24 hours chart following his guest feature with Drake on the hit single, ' One Dance.'
12. When it comes to endorsement deals, Wizkid has made a lot of money from a number of them. From Pepsi to MTN and even Glo , the music star has cashed out hugely from these telcos and multinationals.
13. Wizkid has worked with not just big music stars in the country but outside the country including Drake and Chris Brown .
14. Wizkid has three albums to his credit; Superstar (2011), Ayo (2014) and Sounds from the Other Side (2017).
15. He also has a compilation album with EME; Empire Mates State of Mind which was released in 2012.
16. When it comes to his personal life, Wizkid also has a very interesting story. Just in case you don't know, he is a father to three sons.
17. Wizkid welcomed his first son,
Boluwatife in 2011 at the age of 21 with his then-girlfriend turned baby mama,
Shola Ogudugu.
18. In 2016, Wizkid welcomed his second son, Ayodeji with his second baby mama,
Binta Diallo.
19. Well just when we all thought Wizzy Baby was done with kids, the news broke of the arrival of his third son, Zion with his manager, Jade Pollock .
Not many saw this coming but these guys were romantically linked when we thought it was just a business relationship.
20. Success has been Wizkid's second name since he joined the music industry and we've been there to monitor and break the news of every milestone he has undertaken.
Like the time he sold out a 20,000 O2 Arena for his concert in 2018 in the
United Kingdom . Another event which made Wizkid solidify his position on this list was his sold-out concert the ' Royal Albert Hall' in London .
21. Just so you know, there is a day set aside in Minnesota for Wizkid because the last time he performed there, he had a sold-out concert at the Skyway Theater .
22. Wizkid's brand took another bold step in 2018 as his Nike jersey was created and it was sold out immediately it got to the market . Wizkid like a lot of very influential celebrities has his clothing line...only superstars do this!
23. How can we forget his hit song ‘Fever’ where he featured Tiwa Savage on its video. That song had so much buzz, it trended on social media for days. In just a few hours after it’s release, it had over 1 million views!
24. Wizkid's success story took to another dimension in 2018 when he hit the runway with fashion icon and model, Naomi Campbell for Dolce and Gabbana and the Internet went into a frenzy.
25. In 2018, one of Wizkid's hit singles, ' Soco' became the most searched words on Google for the year.
26. "One Dance" his previous collaboration with Drake became the most streamed song on Spotify globally with over 1.1 billion streams which became a Guinness World Record.
27. In 2019, Wizkid featured in Beyonce's ' Lion King ' album which is a collection of music inspired by the 2019 remake of the classic Disney movie 'Lion King.'
Wizkid is featured on a song titled, 'Brown Skin Girl,' alongside Beyonce's first child,
Blue Ivy Carter, Beyonce, and Saint Jhn.
28 During the 2019 Soul Train Awards , Wizkid won the Ashford and Sampson Songwriters' Award for his collaboration with Beyonce in 'Brown Skin Girl.'
29. In 2017, he won the MOBO awards for "Best International Act". His victory at the MOBOs saw him receive congratulatory messages from President Buhari , VP Osinbajo, and former VP Atiku Abubakar . In November 2017, he won 3 awards at the AFRIMA awards held in Lagos.
30. At the time of this publication, Wizkid is the fourth most followed Nigerian celebrity on Instagram with about 10. 9 million followers.

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Regina Daniels' husband, Ned Nwoko, says the actress was a virgin when they decided to tie the knot(married)

Daniels and Nwoko tied the knot back in 2019.
Regina Daniels' husband, Ned Nwoko, says the actress was a virgin when they decided to tie the knot.
The billionaire businessman and former lawmaker made this known while answering questions about his marriage to the movie star during a chat with Punch .
"Why not Regina? When I met her, I didn’t even know who she was because I don’t watch movies, whether British, Nigerian, or American. Also, I am not a social media person. Up until that time, I didn’t have Facebook or Instagram accounts," he said.
"So, I didn’t know about Regina until she came to my house with her family on a tour. My house in the village (Aniocha North Local Government Area, Delta State) is a tourist attraction of sorts."
Nwoko went on to reveal how he got attracted and his love for the actress got reinforced when he found out she was a virgin.
"I liked her when I saw her, especially when I found out that she was from that place. I had always wanted to have somebody (a wife) from my side. We were introduced to each other and one thing led to another," he said.
"That was when I found out she is a very decent girl. I have always said that I wouldn’t marry anybody who isn’t a virgin and that is very important to me. When I found out that she was a virgin, it reinforced my decision to marry her. I married all my wives as virgins."
Daniels and Nwoko tied the knot back in 2019.
The traditional ceremony took place on Sunday, May 26, 2019, in Aniocha local government area, Delta State.
They welcomed their first child together in June 2020.

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