Omoni Oboli remains an important actress in Nigeria’s Nollywood films industry who has done a lot to deep and promote African culture.
In 2009, Omono Oboli did unimaginable by walking out of a movie deal that would have earned her 90 million naira then, because of three scenes in the script which were against African culture and traditions.
Indeed, Omoni Oboli was said to have been contacted by a foreign movie producer to play a lead role in a movie that centred on African women.
But there were three scenes where she was supposed to go completely ‘naked’ and play a character that was having sex openly with three men.
Trust the screen goddess, she turned down the offer and said she would only take the role if the three scenes were removed or modified by the producer. But the producer was not ready to do that.
“I made it known to him (the Producer) that in my culture, you are only subject to your husband. I truly love my husband and he does too,” Omoni Oboli said, displaying her true Africanness and the superiority of her culture.
Dele Fashomi, seasoned journalist and communication teacher, is a holder of Master of Arts degree in Communication and Language Arts from the University of Ibadan in 1992/93.
Earlier, he had bagged a Bachelor degree from the same university in 1984, after which he proceeded to the Nigerian Institute of Journalism, Lagos, in 1990, for a postgraduate diploma in Journalism.
He had done many courses in communication, including the EU-BBC Editing Course in 2002.
Mr. Fashomi combines effectively the practice, research and teaching of communication. And to date, he has published two academic works in communication: Issues in Communication Technology and Policy (2010) and Economic and Social Issues in Advertising and PR (2013).
He had his first break in the Nigerian media in Concord Newspapers in 1990 and today, he has over two and half decades experience earned in several newspapers.
He has been part of many start-ups, such as The Republic (1987), The Comet (1999), The Anchor 2001 – 2002; Sun Newspapers (2003); Westerner newsmagazine (2005 – 2010) as Editor; National Life (2011) as Sunday Editor, and Newswatch Newspapers (2012- 2016) as Daily Editor.
Dele Fashomi is now the Publisher/Editor-in-Chief of Newstide247.com newspaper online, which he started in July 2015. He is also into biography writing, with many books in his trail, some of which he wrote alone and one he co- authored with his mentor, Mr Dare Babarinsa, entitled: Olabiyi Durojaiye – DARE TO BE DiFFERENT. He also guided and collaborated with Pa Olatunji Odusanya in writing his autobiography – AGAINST ALL ODDS. There are many other books in the works under his pen.
