Nollywood hunky actor, Desmond Elliot, has evolved in no small way in his 14-year-old career. From a ‘fine’, talented actor, Desmond went on to directing, which he reveals he finds fulfilling while acting is rewarding for him. One of the ambassadors of a leading telecommunication group, Globacom, the father of four has carved a niche for himself which makes him one of the most sought-after by movie producers. In this interview with MERCY MICHAEL, the actor speaks on his staying power, marriage and fatherhood. In spite of your relevance and steady rise in the industry, you are among the few stars whose marriages are intact. What do you do differently? If you love your home, that is where your heart will be. I’m yet to see anybody who really loves his home and will want it to break. Do we have difficulties? Of course! There is no home without its challenges, oh yes! There are times the woman is tired. There are times the man is tired too, but most importantly it’s understanding yourselves. One thing I have noticed in a marriage or home is you must understand that a man is totally different from a woman. The way a man thinks is totally different from the way a woman thinks. What a man considers his priority is almost 80 percent different from what a woman sees as her priority. And the most difficult thing in this world is a man understanding a woman. But if you understand a woman, the way they think, what tickles them, what makes them happy, simple, you will not have problems with them. Men that live very long understand that principle. I intend to live long. What then is a woman’s priority? What is a woman’s priority? A woman’s priority is attention, love, but a man looks at security, a man looks at, ‘I want to protect my family; I want to make sure I feed them.’ If you don’t have money but tell a woman ‘I love you’ ten million times, I’m talking of in a marriage now, and the woman sees prospect, the woman sees a hardworking man, she’s okay. Give a woman what she wants, she’s okay! How were you able to understand this early in life? Who told you it was early. It wasn’t early in life o, till now I still never understand finish. I’m telling you. You must understand the woman’s good day and the woman’s bad day. Don’t ask for too much and don’t expect too much. Most importantly, just make sure you are happy at all times. If you are happy then it rubs off on your home. In one of your interviews you said you intend having seven children. When are you looking at adding three more? Ask my wife o, na she get that matter. But are you really serious about having seven children? I do not mind at all. Maybe not now, maybe much later but I love kids. My dad had 11, my mom had five. So, ours was a large family. So, it’s not because we were not many, that’s why I want to have a large family, no. I just love kids. I want to have a big family like seven. But not now, when my wife is more rested and the kids are grown more and also when I have more money, so I can give them all the best. I love kids. Definitely, we’ll have more. What’s fatherhood like? Oh, it’s awesome. It’s one of the best things in life. It’s a good experience. I feel blessed, excited. Especially when they are growing up, you see them learn different things, want to say different things, you guys walk together, they tell you things, sometimes they correct you when you speak English. Why is it that most stars don’t wear their wedding rings, like you are not wearing yours right now? I honestly don’t know why. Sometimes, it’s because of the fear of getting it missing. When we are on set and you are not playing a married role, you’ll need to take it out. And sometimes it just might get missing. When last did you put on your ring? When last did I stop shooting? And it’s not an issue, is it? No, she kept it. She’s with it. Isn’t it better she keeps it than for it to get lost? Why is that you don’t attend events with your wife? The kids, now that the kids are growing, very soon we’ll be going out together. It’s pretty much because of the kids. She needs to stay home to take care of them, but she will be coming out more very soon.

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Popular Nollywood star, Emeka Ike may be in an alleged serious scandal. As we learnt, he may go to jail if he fails to rectify the issue as soon as possible. The controversial former AGN presidential hopeful, we learnt, is allegedly involved in a bounced cheque scandal that we learnt, may take a jury to get him out. As the story goes, the actor, who received a chieftaincy title in Egbonike, Anambra State and was recently made a Sports Ambassador for the newly launch project ‘RYTHM and PLAY’, is allegedly in a serious scandal, but this time, not in Nollywood nor power struggle, but a scam act that involves footballers. Emeka Ike decided to give back to the community where he grew up, in Ogudu Ori-Oke Ojota Lagos state, by hosting a football tournament. The tournament was called Desert Football Tournament and was organized by Unity Football Association (UFA) Emeka said the main reason why he decided to host the tournament was to help young talented footballers discover their talents, and thereby reduce crime rate in Nigeria. He also revealed that Tottenham and Togolese striker, Emmanuel Adebayo, has agreed to assist some stars to be identified at the football tournament, adding that some major clubs in Europe are also sending scouts to the tournament. On the posters in the streets of Lagos, it was included that Kanu Nwankwo and the Minister of Youth and Sport, Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi will be their special guests of honor. Each participating team was reportedly asked to pay the sum of N3000 for registration and 16 teams participated. Emeka Ike reportedly promised that he was going to reward the winner with the sum of N500,000 naira, the first runner up with N100, 000, and the 3rd place winner will get N75, 000.; Aside the popular musician, Daddy Showkey, who came to rack up the excitement of the tournament with his presence, no other public figure was reportedly present. Six months after the tournament, we gathered that none of the winning team has redeemed their winning. As you read this, Emeka was alleged to have totally ignored frequent calls or test messages sent to him, after he allegedly issued a bank cheque to the guys. When contacted, Emeka Ike declined to speak with us on the story. However, his manager, who later spoke to us, said there is no iota of truth in the story. According to Emeka's manager, the actor staged a competition that was aimed to make the society a better place, which turned out to be a success and glamorous. On the allegation that known public figures were not at the event, the manager said it is not true as reported. He said apart from Daddy Showkey, other top personalities too many to mention attended the occasion.

Wizkid To Perform On The Same Stage With Jay Z

Wizkid will be performing on the same stage with US rapper and entrepreneur Jay Z at the forth coming annual Yahoo Wireless Festival in London. The 3-day annual event holds from Friday, July 12 to Sunday, July 14, 2013 at the Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park. Last year’s edition of the festival was graced by celebrated African pop star, D’banj. With many international features and shows, Wizzy’s profile continues to rise as he continues to push on the doors of international success. Other performers this year include Snoop Lion, John Legend, Justin Timberlake, Rita Ora, Kendrick Lamar and Trey Songz.

Davido Appears On MTV Base Official Naija Chart Show, As Darey Climbs To No 1! FULL LIST!

Davido joined Ehis in the studio to make the mtv top 10 and to also talk about the music industry and how to make it in the nigerian music industry Weighing in in first place this week is ‘Asiko’ by Darey featuring Ice Prince and Jozi. Davido’s ‘Gobe’ climbs into the number three slot while former number one ‘Ezioku’ by Lynxxx slips to number two. The only new entry in this week’s chart is Wande Coal who enters the chart at number nine with ‘The Kick’. This week’s highest climbers are 2face Idibia who continues his swift ride up the charts as ‘Dance Floor’ to move to number eight and Kcee with ‘Limpopo’ – up two places at number 5. 1. Darey feat Ice Prince And Jozi - Asiko 2. Lynxxx feat Ikechukwu, Illbliss and Phyno- Eziokwu 3. Davido - Gobe 4. Banky W - Yes/No 5.Kcee - Limpopo 6. Wizkid - Azonto 7. Iyanya feat Wizkid - Sexy Mama 8. 2Face - Dance Floor 9. Wande Coal - The Kick 10. Ice Prince - More