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I’m Going to Spoil Your Career—Ubi Tells Iyanya
By Dipo Olowookere
One of the owners of popular entertainment outfit, Made Men Music Group, Mr Ubi Franklin, has disclosed that he once warned his partner, Iyanya Onoyom Mbuk, of telling lies against him or have his career destroyed.
In an interview with The Native Magazine, Ubi said he planning a legal action against the singer concerning unpalatable things he said about him.
“Already, everything he said is a lie. A lot of the things he said are lies. So, there is a legal document that is going to be sent to him soon for him to retract everything he has said because he is lying.
“Whatever I tell you I have proof. You see the story I told you about these women? I have proof of it and I warned him. I said ‘Listen, I’m going to spoil your career, let it go’. Do you understand? I’m going to let it go. Now he is the one going to tell you that I beat up Emma Nyra,” Ubi said in the latest interview.
Recently, Iyanya went on radio to accuse Ubi of cheating him while both of them run Triple MG, but Ubi responded, saying there was no iota of truth in the allegation.
In the latest interview, Ubi claimed Iyanya was sleeping with married women in the country, saying he has evidence to back this up.
However, when asked about how his relationship with Emma Nyra, a female formerly under his label, went, the artiste manager declined comments, saying he has a non-disclosure agreement on the issue.
What Happened With Emma Nyra?
We didn’t agree. You see, Emma Nyra’s situation, I cannot say much about it because I am bound by a contract not to say anything about our situation. I am not going to say anything about it. Because if I say anything about it, I have a legal suit that I’m going to pay 10 million naira. So, I’m not going to say anything about Emma Nyra. If she does, I’d have to collect 10 million because me and Emma Nyra don’t really have any problem. Even when she had the twins, we spoke. I even sent her a message. So, we don’t have problems. These problems are problems Iyanya is trying to create to hype himself up.
Tell Me What You Know About What Transpired Between Iyanya And Temple Music?
Yeah, it was a one-on-one conversation we had at his house. He showed me a heated WhatsApp chat with the owner of Temple, them. That’s why I was able to believe he was having problems with Temple. When he wanted to leave Temple, I told him, ‘Don’t leave Temple the way you left Made Men’. Which is, relieve yourself, settle everything and go. I said, ‘The fact that you want to leave Temple doesn’t mean that you should fight them. It would now become constant. It can’t be like it’s the same thing you do everywhere you go. People would come and be putting some rubbish things around it.
People you collected money from to pay your house rent when your landlady chased you out. They gave you a car. You were stuck in America they paid for you. Have you spoken to Temple? Ask Iyanya if he told me that he had issues with Temple and he needed to clear up his contract with N60 million. Ask him if he told me that.
N60 Million, To Exit His Contract?
Yes. And I told him I was going to raise the money. Before I raised that money I spoke him. It took me 24 hours or less to raise that money. When I raised that money I started calling him, he was not picking up his phone so I just left it. So for me, you see all these things Iyanya is saying ehn, when I look at it I just laugh. Because I have everything to prove. I have everything to show. If this is what Iyanya is going to do after all my hard work. Now, you know what? People would comment and say ‘This Ubi guy, Ubi is like this, Ubi is like that’. You know why they’d say that?
Why?
All artist managers are hated. You know why? We do the dirty job. So I don’t expect anybody to like me. When we leave these artists and go that’s when you start seeing who these artists are directly and you start to see who they are. Please, what did he say about Emma Nyra?
That You Had Problems In Your Relationship And You Physically Assaulted Her Repeatedly..
Have you asked Iyanya what happened between him and Yvonne Nelson?
Was Iyanya Physically Abusing Yvonne Nelson?
(Laughs) It’s, not my mouth you’d hear that thing from. I promised not to say anything or put Iyanya out.
He Said He Saw You Beating Emma Nyra?
Me?
Did He Advise Her To Leave You?
Bro see, Iyanya is a big liar. He has been saying it for many years that he is going to use Emma Nyra against me. You understand? I did every work for Emma to make sure. I’m not going to speak about Emma Nyra unless she talks. We have a contract binding us not to say anything. Why didn’t he say on his interview that I beat up Emma Nyra?
He Did Say That…
Bro, I’d advise you not to. Because I would put out all the married women he slept with. Their pictures side by side for me. Bro I don’t want to talk. Because if you allow me to do that to him, I’d drag him through the whole of this country. I’m not scared of poo. What I want about this matter is for people to see clarity. If Emma Nyra has issues she would come and say it herself. Emma Nyra is a mother now. I think her focus is different. And she even wouldn’t want to be involved in all this. I wish Iyanya was a father. If he was a father, most of these things he is saying he would not do it. When I kept watching his interviews I kept laughing. Bro, don’t let me do this to this to this guy. If you’re writing your story, take out the Emma Nyra situation because if you’re writing about something like that, Emma Nyra needs to speak for herself and with the way I and Emma Nyra are tight, we cannot speak about each other. We had our whole issues and the issues were settled and I have a legal document to back it. So for me, leave her out of this and focus on something else. Write your post. See, I never really wanted to get to this point bro. For everything that happens, there are two sides to the story.
Do You Think You Treated Everyone Fairly?
I treated everybody fair. I’m not perfect bro. See, there’s nobody even you talking to me right now that would say they don’t have issues with people. Check the whole entertainment industry. Am I the first person that an artist is leaving my record label or an artist is having issues with me? I’m not the first now. When did artists start leaving record labels? Exactly, let’s be very diplomatic about this thing. Did they say that I had their money, I ate it and I didn’t give them?
It Was Just About You Not Treating Them Right That They Had Expectations And Those Expectations Were Not Met.
Okay, what expectations?
A More Hands-On Promotion And Marketing Perhaps?
Can I ask you a question? Iyanya says he was a partner and he was investing so why are they not blaming that on Iyanya? Exactly. Why is it that it is Ubi they are blaming it on? Why is it that they are all coming together to fight? Do you understand where this thing is going? You said you are a partner abi? You were investing. So why are they not fighting you? Is it that you gave me money to push your music and I didn’t do it? So you see the twist? Now, If they say that the label is not treating them right who is the label? Ubi, Iyanya. Why are they not fighting Iyanya?
Maybe He Has Done Nothing To Warrant That?
All these people talking, how much did they make me? Chibbz, how much did we make from him? The only person that can talk and I would respond to the person is only Iyanya and Baci. I know Selebobo would not say anything to you because for a fact he doesn’t have anything to say to you.
What Role Did You Play In The Tensions Between Iyanya And Tekno?
He (Iyanya) says Tekno is rude and ill-mannered. The issue between me and Iyanya that made me and Iyanya break up finally was that I hired a driver for Iyanya. Iyanya and the driver fought and he fired the driver. And Tekno hired the driver. Tekno was living on his own. So one day I now went to meet Iyanya that just in case you come to Nigeria before me, what I just heard is that Ken your former driver now works for Tekno. Tekno, on the other hand, said he saw this guy on the road, he had a baby at home and he decided to hire him. And he asked him what happened between you and Iyanya, and the guy explained his side. So he was like let me just hire the guy because the person you know is better than the person you don’t know. And the guy worked with Tekno for a very long time.
So Iyanya started accusing me, of using Tekno to disrespect him. That how would I know that Tekno is about to hire his own driver that he sacked and I allowed that happen? That’s how he turned and said he wants to leave the record label. Every time issues happen he says that I am the one not making them, Tekno, to respect him. I’m like bro, Tekno is a man of his own. Everybody, they are men. And I don’t think any of these guys disrespect you, they respect you. From Selebobo they respect you. They call him “Baba.” They don’t call him by name. Do you understand? They call him Baba. They don’t call him by name. Ask him what happened between him and Tekno and what happened between him and the driver Tekno hired? Do you understand?
Already, everything he said is a lie. A lot of the things he said are lies. So, there is a legal document that is going to be sent to him soon for him to retract everything he has said because he is lying. Whatever I tell you I have proof. You see the story I told you about these women? I have proof of it and I warned him. I said ‘Listen, I’m going to spoil your career, let it go’. Do you understand? I’m going to let it go. Now he is the one going to tell you that I beat up Emma Nyra.
Five episodes in, and Africa Magic’s limited series, Stripped, has quietly got people talking. Not because of the stripping, though yes, that is very much part of it, but because of what sits underneath all of it. The guilt. The shame. The quiet, suffocating pressure of being a man in Lagos who is supposed to have it all together but simply does not.
The premise sounds simple. Five friends, all broke, all stuck, all too proud to say it out loud, stumble into a stripping gig at an upscale club called Trabaye after its sharp and seductive owner, Yvonne (Constance Owoyemi) spots them at a birthday party and sees something worth paying for. What follows is anything but simple.
Kelechi “Kel” Okere (Daniel Etim Effiong) is the one carrying the most weight. A former marketing executive now driving Uber to keep his wife and children afloat, Kel is the kind of man who will smile through a crisis so nobody worries. His wife, Ada (Future Lolo Lamai), thinks he is still closing big deals. His children need school fees. The rent is overdue. And every night he comes home, the lie gets a little heavier.
Bolaji (Mofe Duncan), who is loud, charming and energetic, watches his cafe dream bleed out quietly. Suppliers want cash; customers want credit, and charm, it turns out, cannot patch a leaking roof.
Damina (Efa Iwara) is the cool bachelor whose carefully constructed life collapses the moment his pregnant ex walks back through the door. Mensah (Ian Wordi) is a Ghanaian-Nigerian architect and youth pastor caught in a relationship that is slowly erasing him. And Voke (Kunle Remi) is running out of time to free his imprisoned father, one clever scheme at a time.
Their first night at Trabaye is overwhelming. The music, lights, money, and the strange, intoxicating feeling of being wanted. They laugh in the car afterwards and call themselves “Strip Gawds.” For one night, the bills don’t exist. But nothing in Lagos stays clean for long.
Bolaji’s wandering eye pulls the group into dangerous territory. Voke’s schemes start bleeding into the club’s shadier edges. Kel finds himself dangerously close to a line he cannot cross, pulled back only by the sound of his wife’s voice on the phone. And Mensah quietly wonders how many layers of himself he can strip away before there is nothing left worth keeping.
The show’s most devastating moment comes in Episode 4, when Kel has a panic attack. There is no dramatic score, just a man cracking under the weight of everything he has been holding alone. Viewers have not stopped talking about it since. It is the kind of scene that does not just tell you about a character; it shows you something true about the world.
Etim Effiong, who also serves as executive producer, said it plainly. “Men need to catch a break. It’s a really tough world for men, and we deserve some credit.” Episode 5 offers a brief exhale before the walls begin closing in again. The money is good. But the shadows are getting closer.
Stripped is no longer just a show about five men taking their clothes off for money. It is about what men carry in silence, what friendship costs when survival is on the line, and whether the things you do to save your life can also be the things that cost you your soul.
If you have not started watching, you should start now. Catch up on all five episodes now on DStv Stream, and tune in for the final episode this Sunday at 8 PM on Africa Magic Showcase, DStv Channel 151, and GOtv Channel 8.
By Modupe Gbadeyanka
Popular Nigerian singer, Niniola Apata, professionally known as Niniola, has lost her husband to the cold hands of death.
Niniola confirmed the demise of her heartthrob, Mr Michael Ndika, in a series of posts, including God took my husband, and My husband died, among others.
However, the circumstances behind the death of Mr Ndika were not revealed by the Nigerian afro-house songster.
In the Instagram story on Wednesday morning, the 39-year-old Grammy-nominated entertainer indicated that she had been in a relationship with her late husband for over a decade.
The posts attracted reactions as she was consoled by her teeming fans, who expressed condolences to her for the loss.
Before his death, Mr Ndika was the chief executive of a multimedia platform focused on afro-house and contemporary African music known as NaijaReview.
Niniola is the older sibling of another famous entertainer, Teni.
This week, the MasterChef Nigeria kitchen turned up the heat as the home cooks faced one of the competition’s most demanding tests yet, the very first team challenge. The team challenge was built around the two ingredients essential to every successful kitchen: leadership and teamwork.
For many, it was unfamiliar territory. Cooking under pressure is one thing, but trusting others, communicating effectively and working together against the ticking clock proved to be an entirely different challenge.
Adding an extra layer of excitement to the challenge, the home cooks were tasked with drawing inspiration from the vibrant and expressive world of Nigerian fashion. To help steer and judge this unique culinary showcase, the MasterChef Nigeria kitchen welcomed renowned fashion expert and founder of Zinkata, Ezinne Chinkata, as guest judge.
Bringing the energy and glamour of the runway into the kitchen, Ezinne introduced eight models fresh from Lagos Fashion Week, setting the stage for a challenge where fashion and food collided in spectacular style.
In a challenge where presentation was just as important as flavour, each team was tasked with creating four dishes inspired by the looks worn by the models. From bold prints and striking colours to intricate textures and silhouettes, every plate had to serve as an edible interpretation of Nigerian fashion, transforming runway style into culinary artistry.
Having secured victory in last week’s challenge, Fads entered the MasterChef Nigeria kitchen with a valuable advantage: the opportunity to select her first teammate. Without hesitation, she chose Demilade, setting the tone for what would become a closely coordinated Red Team.
Made up of Fads, Demilade, Loye and Favy, the Red Team approached the challenge with structure and intention. Under the leadership of Demilade, the team carefully mapped out their menu, ensuring that every dish aligned with the brief and that each home cook had a clearly defined role in bringing their culinary vision to life.
On the other side of the kitchen, the Blue Team — led by David embraced a more free-flowing and instinctive approach to marrying the worlds of fashion and food. However, with differing creative perspectives in the heat of competition, tensions soon surfaced, leading to an unexpected and spirited clash between Isabella and David as the pressure of the challenge mounted.
Despite their challenges, the Blue Team’s organic approach ultimately paid off. Their bold interpretation of the brief impressed the judges, earning them victory and proving that in the MasterChef kitchen, there is more than one recipe for success.
Next week, the members of the Red Team, Demilade, Fads, Loye and Favy enter the MasterChef Nigeria kitchen for the competition’s very first Pressure Test. Who will rise to the occasion and survive the heat — and whose MasterChef journey will come to an end?
Produced by Primedia Group, MasterChef Nigeria is supported by a strong coalition of leading Nigerian brands, including headline sponsor Power Oil, alongside Indomie, Dano Milk, Malta Guinness, Sonia Tomato, Kiara Rice, Golden Penny Flour, Golden Penny Sugar, Golden Penny Garri, Golden Penny Semolina, Golden Penny Chocolate Spread, and Golden Penny Wheat.
The show airs weekly on Sundays at 7 pm on Africa Magic Showcase and Africa Magic Family with rebroadcasts on Wednesdays at 6 pm on Africa Magic Showcase and Thursdays at 12 pm on Africa Magic Family.
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