The deputy governor of Kwara State, Kayode Alabi, is currently enmeshed in an infidelity scandal resulting from his alleged extramarital affair with a bank manager. Insiders revealed that the woman involved, a mother of two, who hails from Ogun State and used to be the account officer of the deputy governor, has been going out with the latter for God knows how long.
The woman’s husband, a banker too, got wind of the dirty dealings between his wife and Kayode Alabi in 2018 but when he challenged her, she denied it, claiming theirs was just a business relationship.
A source close to the couple disclosed that the husband of the estranged woman hardly spends time in Lagos as he is said to be working in Calabar, the capital of Cross River State.
It was learnt that the union which was consummated in Abeokuta, Ogun State, in 2010 had been a rollercoaster until Mr Alabi came into the picture, albeit with little or no suspicion from the husband. Although they had a glamorous wedding back then, it was gathered that the banker was already pregnant before wedding day.
The husband, who also hails from Abeokuta, said everything was going on smoothly as he never had reasons to doubt his wife’s faithfulness to the extent that if any of their friends told him any negative story about her, he would never believe.
However on the fateful day, a weekend, he left his station in Calabar to Lagos with the aim of surprising his wife who was living in Lekki.
He was said to have even brought along a surprise gift for her, but little did he know he was in for the real surprise until he got home around 10:30 pm due to Lagos horrible traffic.
When he got home, he was calling out for her, but to his astonishment his wife was not home. It was her housemaid who said her madam only told her she was not feeling fine and wanted to go to the hospital. Panicked, the husband called his wife severally to get the name of the hospital but she did not pick, neither did she return his calls. At a point, her phone was said to have been switched off, getting him so perplexed. As luck would have it, she later called her househelp in order to know how her children were faring, oblivious of her husband’s presence in the house. And immediately the maid told her on phone that oga had been around since evening, she abruptly ended the call. She returned home early in the morning to tell her husband lies as to what she went through the night before. Things began to change from that day, coupled with her strange behaviour. This prompted her husband to start suspecting her, trailing and giveing her close monitoring which culminated in him finding out his wife had allegedly slept overnight with Kayode Alabi, the Kwara State deputy governor in his Lekki home. As if that was not enough, their children started echoing Uncle Kayode Alabi’s name telling their father, “Daddy did you know uncle Kayode? He used to come to our house, sometimes he would send his driver to come and carry us and mummy.” This irked the husband that he went to Guarantee Trust Bank where his wife worked, and got details of his wife’s bank statement (he himself being a manager at First Bank). The details of her transactions revealed how Kayode Alabi has been sending millions of naira to her accounts. It was further revealed that in 2019 Mr Alabi also sponsored her trips to Dubai and in the same year both of them went to London for shopping without the knowledge of her husband Sources told Trust BethNews that the husband accosted his wife with all the facts that she openly confessed to him that she was actually engaging in romantic affair with the deputy governor in other to safeguard her job. On hearing this , the angry husband lodged a complaint at the woman’s office thus making the bank’s management to transfer her to Port Harcourt branch since the offence did not affect her official duty or breach any known codes of the bank.
When the woman informed her lover of her transfer from Lagos to Port Harcourt, the deputy governor allegedly told the mother of two to tender her resignation and join him in Ilorin with immediate effect.
Without informing her husband who was already not talking to her anymore, she packed her belongings and with her two children, a boy and a girl, she moved to Ilorin in order to begin a new life fully with her Kayode Alabi.
The deputy governor who received the woman and her two children quickly ordered his boys to prepare an apartment for her in an undisclosed area within Ilorin metropolis.
He also promised to get the woman a federal government job so that after he might have left office , the woman would be able to take care of her children.
The mother of two has since gotten a job with a federal government agency courtesy of the deputy governor and now resides in Ilorin with her children .
Her husband said he may be seeking legal redress because “no one can forcefully take my wife and his children all because they’re in power or has money, and if Kayode plays pranks to claim those children, we will proceed for a DNA test. “All i wanted is to have my children back.”
A few days ago, when Kayode’s wife heard about the whole scenario through tatafo, she allegedly confronted her husband also called her husband lover before threatening to pack out of Kayode’s matrimonial home.
Efforts to speak with the deputy governor proved abortive as his lines could not be reached to get his own side of the story but some of his aides who spoke to us wondered if those children were not the deputy governor’s children
Mr Kayode Alabi was chosen as running mate to governor Abdulrahaman Abdulrazaq and ran a joint ticket with the governor under the platform of all progressive Congress.
Watch out for the second part of the story plus the part the mother of two played during Kayode Alabi’s inaugural ceremony as Kwara deputy governor.
Don Calls for Establishment of Home Economics, Nutrition Extension Agent
A leading nutrition expert has called for the establishment of Home Economics and Nutrition Extension agents across the country in furtherance of efforts to curtail the menace of malnutrition, particularly protein malnutrition in Nigeria.
Prof. Henrietta Nkechi Ene-Obong of the Department of Biochemistry, Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, University of Calabar, Cross River State, who made this call recently at the Protein Challenge Webinar themed ‘Bridging the Knowledge Gap’, noted that the agents would function much like agricultural extension officers, in the nutrition space.
She argued that the message about nutrition must be brought to the level of the people across every stratum of the society and where possible, provided in the local languages to help boost nutrition education.
According to her, “Home economics and nutrition extension agents would be in the best position to simplify the nutrition message and bring it to the people to bring about the desired outcome in behaviour from the citizenry.”
She called for the introduction of nutrition education in schools, nursery, primary and secondary, as students can learn and equally be able to teach their parents at home. The don stated that capacity must be developed to bridge the knowledge gap and put such knowledge into action.
Reports indicate that food consumption habits in Nigeria depend on the availability of food source, affordability of the food and knowledge of the nutrition value along with the personal choice or preference of the buyer.
On the importance of protein, she explained that proteins are made up of amino acids, which are the building blocks of the body tissues; hence they are found throughout the body. Pregnant and lactating women need extra proteins to help in the development of the foetus and milk production, she noted. She said that healthy adults need to consume an average of 0.8g of protein per kilogram of body weight, for individuals with minimal to intense physical activity.
In family meals, it is important that carbohydrates with proteins are mixed, she said. “For example, rice and beans, yam and eggs. We must ensure that infants and young children consume foods from at least four food groups: grains, roots and tubers; legumes and nuts; dairy products; flesh foods and eggs; vitamin A-rich fruits and vegetables (like carrots and sweet potatoes) and other fruits and vegetables.”
Prof Ene-Obong revealed that of all measures designed to stop all forms of malnutrition, the food-based approach is the most cost-effective.
She stated that with adequate nutrition in the first 1,000 days of life and adequate maternal and adolescent nutrition, the nation stands a better chance of curbing the menace of malnutrition. The home economics and nutrition agents will be at the forefront of pursuing this agenda.
The nutrition enthusiast stated that mothers need to be encouraged to engage in exclusive breastfeeding for the first six months and to continue breastfeeding for two years. Adequate complementary feeding should also be promoted, the professor of human nutrition said.
Protein Challenge is the tag of The Nigeria Protein Awareness Campaign, a protein pull media campaign that seeks to create awareness about the prevalence, status and impact of protein deficiency in Nigeria.
The campaign aligns with the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 2 – Zero Hunger – which seeks to end hunger, achieve food security and improved nutrition and promote sustainable agriculture.
This year, the Nigerian Music and Entertainment industries in general will witness one of the greatest comebacks of all time as well as celebrate the emergence of the new all-round king, as Awesome Productions (formerly Awesome Entertainment) makes an awesome re-entry with the introduction of its extremely gifted underdog, Osun -born Olayinka Atanda, AKA TRISTA; The Dreaded One On A Mission.
With the release of The New hit single by Trista titled JAH all set for media release, download and online streaming as from the 15th of January, 2021, the Nigerian Music scene is about to catch the fever generated by Trista’s energetic rendition of the amapiano infused house sound of JAH, as well as get blown away with its thought provoking lyrics as you vibe to the rhythm and beat.
Recall that Awesome Entertainment Record Label once held sway in the early days of the turn of the millennium with regular shows at the Legendary OJez bar, Onike featuring artistes like RNB crooning Spice Boys, Black Soldiers, Big Fish, Small Fish, even the great comedians called BASH, Baba D Baba, Bow Joint and some very notable artistes back then.
Now, after some years of being on a hiatus, the label is back with another identity; Awesome Productions, and music-loving Nigerians can be rest assured that this time, The King Is Truly Back.
Chaired by US-based entrepreneur, businessman, FIFA-certified scout, songwriter and entertainer, Mr. Dominic, Ajufo, the brilliant management team of the organization is in high spirits and very optimistic that they possess the required tenacity to win multiple accolades and awards in 2021.
In conclusion, the CEO, Mr. Dominic Ajufo also said that the comeback of Awesome Productions means a great deal for all Nigerian Music lovers and the abounding talents that need a stage to lend credence and a veritable platform to their golden voices and diverse talents respectively, as it plans to embark on some Youth Empowerment projects under the aegisof his SUBTLE SALT FOUNDATION which is an advocacy and capacity building-oriented organization which develop and implement projects that alleviate poverty and subverts the walls of ignorance and selfishness and which also focuses more on Education, Health (The Stay well World Health Programme is all set to hit major Nigerian Television channels and syndicated global network by the 2nd quarter of 2021. Kindly visit www.staywellworld.org to learn more), Music, Sports, and Justice.
He also said that the organization also has some diversification plans for the future which would also empower challenged youths aspiring to excel in other sectors of the Nigerian Entertainment industry.
One of Nigeria’s foremost entertainer, comedian, actor and astute wedding compère, Adeyemi Ajele, popularly called MC Ajele has recounted the ugly, good and best experiences of the year 2020.
The versatile humour merchant, who has concluded plans to enjoy about 3 weeks holiday in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, recounted that though 2020, started great, the year nosedived into a shadow of a year, when the pandemic shut all actives within the country for almost 4 months.
‘What a year in retrospect, 2020? We thank God we all made it into this brand new year. I just hope we won’t overhype this one too, as we did to 2020. I’m grateful to God, despite all the chaos of the year, I triumphed. At least, we did some major events, got some corporate deals, and I was able to use the forceful holiday around April, May and June, to concreting my emotional stability’.
The ace comedian who singled out the anchoring of Bishop David Oyedepo’s daughter, Joyce, as a great comeback described 2020 as a year that’s just greatly quintessential.
‘When we did the Joyce wedding, it was a great comeback. And after that many private events surfaced creating another good side for 2020’
‘I was privileged to anchor the Africa Digital Awards, 2020, the Olusoga 70th birthday, LASAA end of the year, even the first Ilaje Music Festival amidst others’
On plans in Dubai, he said its a time to plan for a greater 2021.
‘I just want to have time off work, be privately engaged with some developmental planning, like I want to find my feet in Agriculture and some stock market trading, maybe Forex. It will also afford me the opportunity to unwind after we did back to back in the last weeks of 2020’
MC Ajele, enjoined his fans to keep the love coming in, as he’s got lot in the bag for year 2021.