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Late Nollywood Actor Junior Pope: Family Speaks On Burial Events
The family of late Nollywood actor, John Paul Odonwodo, a.k.a Junior Pope, has said every information about his burial event will be made known to the public by the ‘Central Planning Committee (CPC)’ that has been set up for his burial activities.
Junior Pope died alongside three of his colleagues on Wednesday, April 10, 2024, when their boat capsized on Anam River, Anambra State, on their wayback from a movie location.
Junor Pope’s body had been deposited in the morgue since it was retrieved from the river.
However, the elder brother to Junior Pope, Mr Ivor Odonwodo, in a statement he issued in Enugu, on Tuesday, April 30, 2024, said that while the family is heartbroken by the death of the Nollywood actor, they are finding consolation in the positive life of impact that he lived.
In his words: “His life was characterized by love of God, love of family, love of community and being a beacon of positive energy to all who had come across him.”
Mr. Ivor Odonwodo also said that what the family owes the late nollywood actor is to ensure a befitting burial for him, which brough about the setting up of a burial committee by the family.
His words: “We enjoin the public to rely solely on information put out by the committee on the funeral rites.”
“The tentative date of burial for our fallen hero is May 17, while the programme of events around his farewell is being finalised with the family.”
“The Funeral Poster encapsulating these events will be shared by the CPC with the general public shortly.”
“We encourage everyone to be patient as the ‘CPC’ finalises this and in the meantime, tributes are being collated for him using https://everloved.com/life-of/john-paul-odonwodo/ and https://bit.ly/ForevermissedJnrPope.”
“People who wish to send in letter headed tributes can send same to jnrpopememorial@gmail.com
“For further enquiries on the passage rites or any other matter connected thereto should reach out to any of the undersigned:
“Mr Chijioke Ngwu (Chairman CPC) and Mr Aka Eze Aka (Enugu Commissioner for Information and Communication).”
“Others are Mr Ivor Odonwodo(Elder brother to late Junior Pope) and Dr Amuche Nnabueze (Chairperson, Media and Publicity Subcommittee)” – he concluded.
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Nigerian Afrobeats singer, Ayodeji Ibrahim Balogun, aka Wizkid, has announced that his sixth studio album would be dedicated to his late mum, Jane Morayo Balogun.
The ‘Ojuelegba’ hitmaker made the announcement in a video message shared via his social media platform on Saturday, June 1, 2024.
He also disclosed that the album, which is titled ‘Morayo’ and in honour of his late mum, would be released ‘very soon’.
Wizkid’s words: “My album ‘Morayo’, dedicated to my mum, the love of my life, drops very soon. Don’t dull. Don’t sleep.”
It could be recaled that Wizkid’s mother, Jane Dolapo Balogun, died on August 18, 2023, in London.
The singer said the pain of losing his mum ‘hurts deeply’.
In his words: “The pain is profound.”
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Actress Patience Ozukor: I Rejected The Name-Tag ‘Liz Benson of Enugu’ On Me, To Have My Own Name-Tag ‘Patience Ozukor’
Nollywood veteran actress, Patience Ozokwor, has disclosed and talked about how people tried to impose titles and name-tags on her at the beginning of her career and how she handled it.
The veteran actress said when she began her acting career, people tried to compare her with legendary actress, Liz Benson, by tagging her as ‘Liz Benson of Enugu’ but she rejected the tag because she believes they are both unique.
She disclosed that she also rejected suggestions to answer her husband’s first name as her surname and instead chose to bear his family name.
She actually disclosed this in an interview session via a media platform.
Her words: “I don’t know how it started, all I know was that when I started my acting career and people started recognizing this woman from Enugu.”
“So, there was a time I came to Lagos for a shoot and people started saying, ‘That’s her, this woman from Enugu.’ They said, “You’re the ‘Liz Benson of Enugu.”
“I said, ‘No, with all due respect, I don’t want to be like Liz Benson, I want to be myself. I am ‘Patience Ozokwor of Enugu’.”
“And some people came and said, ‘You don’t even need to answer Patience Ozokwor again. Answer your husband’s first name Edmund; Patience Edmund.’
“I said, ‘No, because in Igbo land, you’re not just married by one man, you’re married by a family. I don’t know about other tribes.”
“So, my husband’s people, their name is Ozokwor. When you mention Ozokwor in any part of this world, people who know the Ozokwors would say ‘I know where she comes from’,” she concluded.
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