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“The Real Housewives of Lagos”, season 2, showcases in Lagos
Showmax, a streaming platform, on Saturday in Lagos held the screening party of its original series, “The Real Housewives of Lagos”, season two, ahead of its launch on Sept. 29.
The show looks into the lives of some Lagos most affluent and influential housewives, revealing their ambitions and personal triumphs.
Set against the backdrop of the vibrant and cosmopolitan city of Lagos, the show also reveals the housewives’ extravagant lifestyle while navigating the intricacies of their high society circles.
Speaking during the event, Dr Busola Tejumola, Executive Head of Content, West Africa, MultiChoice Nigeria, said the season two would be launched exclusively on Showmax on Friday, Sept. 29, with new episodes released every Friday.
Tejumola said that the show would continue to showcase turbulence, drama, fashion, friendship, culture, lifestyle and conversations that would keep the audience glued to their screens.
“Beyond the show’s entertainment value, the real housewives of Lagos cultural impact cannot be ignored.
“The show has put one of Africa’s most important city and its vibrant culture on the map. We are open to doing it again, even bigger and better.
“We are excited to introduce to you the cast for the season, Faith Morey, a model and an entrepreneur; Tania Omotayo, an entrepreneur, model, actress and an author; Iyabo Ojo, Toyin Lawani, Chioma Ikokwu, Laura Ikeji-Kanu and Mariam Timmer,” she said.
Tejumola noted that MultiChoice was encouraged over the success of the first season of the show which had spurred the release of the second season.
According to her, the first episode of The Real Housewives of Lagos, season one, broke the first day streaming record on Showmax Nigeria.
She said the show was the only African title on the top ten most watched shows in Nigeria, Ghana and South Africa.
She said that the season one won the award for the best costume designer in 2022 at the Africa Magic Viewers Choice Awards (AMVCA).
“We decided to come up with this season following the massive success of the first season in 2022.
“Season one trended on X, formerly twitter, and remains on the trend list for the 14 weeks duration of the show.
The season also trended as number one on X in South Africa and featured on the trend list in the United Kingdom.
“The Real Housewives of Lagos was the first West African installment of the global Real Housewives franchise which is distributed internationally by NBC univeral format,” she said.
Earlier, Morey expressed her excitement over being enrolled as a cast for the season two.
She said “the city of Lagos means a lot to me, in spite being born and raised in Port Harcourt.”
According to her, Lagos remains the city where she began her modelling career and became successful.
She said, “The Real Housewives of Lagos is a huge franchise, when I received the call to come on board, I was so excited. I am so glad I got that call.”
For Omotayo, the city of Lagos continues to inspire her as she described it as an amazing city where no hardworking individual remains poor.
“I was born and raised in Isale Eko; Lagos is an amazing city; it inspires me alot; it pushes me to do more,” she said.
Ikokwu said, “The tenacity and hardwork in Lagos is what I admire most.”
Also Opeoluwa Filani, General Manager, Showmax Nigeria, said “As Africa’s original streaming service, we are committed to telling great local stories, working closely with local talents and expertise.
“We can’t wait to unveil our slate of exciting Showmax original in the coming months. We are going to blow your minds.”
Michael, son of the veteran actor, Emeka Ike has said that he is dead to his father and he does not need anything from him anymore.
Michael disclosed this during an interview with Chud on podcast, in reaction to his father’s video where he spoke about his family affair.
IKe’s son who stated that he was trying to make peace with his father said, “When I watched the video I was like God this is insane. Is this the person I want to form peace with? I was wondering what was going on. This family is trying to reason if they can get her to talk to him. I was thinking there is something we can get out of it.
“I told my sister to get to understand how things should play out. I’m not trying to dictate but my father felt I was dictating for him. I was trying to tell him what should happen in this incident. There should be peace somewhere.”
Michael then expressed his displeasure with the way his father was talking about their private affairs.
“I told him we need to talk. I added that I’m not happy about the way you’re talking about our private affairs. Can you just stop it? And I had to tell him the disrespect he left on the family. I decided that this not the kind of person I should have respect for,” he said.
Michael who condemned his father attitude noting that Ike told him he will never prosper.
“The next morning I create ten minutes film. He sent mail to me, it’s not the first time, he had always sent mail to insult me. He said, ‘you’re doing music, you will never prosper. Don Jazzy will never see you. If I see you on the side of the road, I will spit on you”, he disclosed.
Asked what he wanted from his father, Michael retorted, “I’m dead to my father, I don’t need anything from him.”
Emeka Ike’s marriage to Suzanne Emma faced allegations of battery, leading to its dissolution by a Lagos Island Customary Court in 2015.
Emeka Ike, while speaking during a live interview on Rubbin Minds, Channels TV, asserted that his marital issues got him depressed for a very long time.
He revealed how his ex-wife, Emma, made him lose all his properties.
“My secondary school, St Nicolas College on CMD road, Magodo, was shut down, over N480m investment shut down that year, and all I heard was constant battery.
”I was always saying, common I never beat this lady, I went on air, called her, ‘saying babe, do I beat you, but then they said, you are a star and they can always manipulate things and all that.”
“Later I discovered that she was actually the one behind the whole thing”.
“You have to be a very successful man to be a woman beater, , because no carpenter or poor man is a woman beater,and there are people like Iyabo ojo to back them up,” he added.
While speaking with journalists, Emeka Ike opened up about challenging moments in his life, including struggles in his marriage and clashes with fellow Nollywood actors.
Singer and actress Ego Ihenacho has revealed that Lagbaja was supportive when she told him she was leaving his band
Ego, who left the band in 2006, disclosed this in an interview with the QEDNG publisher, Olumide Iyanda, in which she spoke about her experience working with the masked musician and her journey as a solo artiste.
Speaking on why she left the band and how Lagbaja supported her when she told him she was leaving, Ego said: “I just felt I needed to move on and it wasn’t as dramatic as people thought it was. There was nothing and it wasn’t something I’ve been thinking about for a long time.
“So, it was probably a month after, it just came to my mind, my gut feeling said okay that was the time to move and I told him sometime in October and I mean, it was expected, I wouldn’t stay there forever, as passionate as I am and as ambitious as I am about music.
“In fact, I’m surprised I even lasted that long. You know, so he was very supportive, he was happy-sad you know, he was like ‘Okay, I always knew you had this in you so when do you want to?’ and I was like ‘Okay, we just started the new year, December will be like my graduation, so that was like a farewell show and that was it and I moved on.”
Ego added that working on her own was tough and she had to fight for her place as a solo artiste but that she was able to succeed with the help of those who supported her.
“Musically, it’s been good, tough, but like I always say, I took some things for granted. It’s not Lagbaja anymore, it’s me with my band. So, you’ve seen me with a band so it’s not going to be hard for you to call me for shows but it didn’t happen that way.
“I really had to fight for my place as a band and it was encouraging, I had people who supported me by calling me for shows and it was great. I got the Glo ambassadorship and other opportunities. It was just a mix of the good and bad and here I am, also as an actor, so I’m grateful for the journey,” she said.
When asked if she missed the monthly show at Lagbaja’s Motherlan’, the Wura actress said: “I miss Motherlan’ a lot. Like I said, it was just a vibe. There was something to look forward to. we had everybody and there was just that common thing for everybody at that time, you know, the jokes, the music, we had the old, the young it was just amazing. It was just a nice vibe so I miss that.”
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