After keeping her daughter’s identity secret for over two decades, Kate Henshaw finally unveils daughter, Gabrielle

After keeping her daughter’s identity secret for over two decades, Nollywood star Kate Henshaw, on Monday afternoon, shared a rare photo of both of them.

Unlike her colleague, Genevieve Nnaji, who has managed to keep her only child Theodora away from the public’s prying eyes, Henshaw’s move has earned her admiration.

Gabrielle, 23, is the product of a marriage between Henshaw and her former husband, Roderick James Nuttal.

Henshaw and Mr Nuttal tied the knot in 1999, while their daughter was welcomed the following year.

It came as a pleasant shock to the fans of the actress when she posted a photograph of herself and the young Gabrielle on Instagram on Monday.

Not much is known about her daughter, though some say she lives in the UK, where her father is based.

In 2011, to the dismay of her fans, Henshaw announced that they were getting divorced, although she didn’t give reasons.

Since her divorce, Henshaw has not been known to be romantically linked to anyone, at least not publicly.

Besides having a Nubian tone while her daughter has light skin, many Instagram users opined that their resemblance was uncanny.

Although Henshaw, a fitness buff, did not say why she celebrated Gabrielle, she described herself as a proud mum.

So proud of you, dearie. May your light keep shining brighter and brighter,” she wrote on her Instagram page with over two million followers.

The duo wore white outfits and sported an afro hairdo, highlighting their resemblance.

The actress’ colleagues, including the likes of Funke Akindele, Ivie Okujaye, Ufuoma McDermott, Mo Abudu, VJ Adams, Dakore Akande and others, have been fawning over the photographs of the mother and daughter.

Kate Henshaw

The award-winning actress studied Medical Microbiology at the School of Medical Lab Science at Lagos University Teaching Hospital.

Before becoming an actress, Henshaw worked as a model, featuring in various commercials, including a print and television advert for Shield deodorant.

She won the Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role for her performance in the movie ‘Stronger than Pain’ in 2008.

In 2011, Henshaw was honoured by the Nigerian federal government as a Member of the Order of the Federal Republic (MFR).

She has acted in many acclaimed movies, including ‘Chief Daddy’, ‘New Money’, ‘The Ghost and the House of Truth’, ‘4th Republic’, ‘The Women’ and ‘Blood Sisters’.

Also a politician, the veteran actress, in 2014, aspired to represent the Calabar Municipal/Odukpani Federal constituency under the Peoples Democratic Party(PDP) but lost the primaries.

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APC thugs attacked me with guns in court

A former governorship aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Segun Showunmi, has narrated how he was attacked on Monday at the sitting of the Ogun State election petition tribunal in Abeokuta.

Mr Showunmi blamed the attack on thugs he associated with the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in the state.

The PDP chieftain narrated his experience at a press conference later.

He explained that he was in court in solidarity with his party and its governorship candidate, Ladi Adebutu, at the first hearing of their petition challenging the reelection of Governor Dapo Abiodun of the APC.

“I alighted at a reasonable distance from the courthouse because I knew that parking would be a problem, and I proceeded to walk. As I moved towards the environment, I had seen some type of terrible characters that in a decent society, they should be in prison, milling around and driving all over the place. Some of them are fairly known operators who play around their parks and garages.

“I approached the court gate, and it was locked and. I realised that there was no room in the court anymore, and I simply turned back. As I made to leave, a horde of murderers descended on me, bringing out cudgels and whips; they brought out guns, and they were generally misbehaving. Luckily, a security vehicle was not too far of, and I entered the security vehicle to make my way to leave,” Mr Sowunmi narrated.

The politician said he could not recollect any time in the history of Ogun State where “brigandage, misbehaviour, thuggery, criminality, marauders and murderers” were elevated to that level.

He called on President Bola Tinubu to check thuggery in the state, stressing that, “not even under Muhammadu Buhari has brigandage been tolerated to the level that we are beginning to see it now.”

Mr Showunmi, one of Atiku Abubakar’s spokespersons in the 2019 election, accused the police at the court of “standing by helpless as though they did not understand that they have the responsibility to keep the peace.

“I kept asking myself, how could they have been watching APC thugs hold guns and sticks?

“I was asking myself, when did Ogun State become a place where thugs are sent for the opening day of a tribunal? How does it become fashionable for you to mobilise miscreants to the tribunal?”

Relocate tribunal to Abuja

Mr Showunmi urged the Court of Appeal to relocate the tribunal to Abuja to avoid further attacks on PDP members.

“Our position is that, the President of the Court of Appeal, in his wisdom, should please relocate the Ogun State election tribunal from Abeokuta because it is no longer safe so that we can go and have that tribunal in the peaceful atmosphere of Abuja and everybody can have the case adjudicated, and we can deal with the outcome of the court cases.

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Activities resume at Oyo bus terminals

Barely 24 hours after the inauguration of the new Executive Council members of the Parks Management System in Oyo State, normal activities, on Monday, resumed at the various motor parks in Ibadan, the state capital.

Our correspondent who visited some of the parks within the Ibadan metropolis observed that transporters have moved into the multi-billion naira Bus Terminal at both the Challenge and the Ojoo areas which had been under lock and key after the ousting of the fleeing leader of the disbanded Parks Management System, Mukaila Lamidi, popularly called Auxillary.

That Auxiliary was declared wanted by the Oyo State Police Command for allegedly stockpiling arms and ammunition after the PMS was dissolved by the state Governor.

Aero To Complete Airlift Operations By June 12

One of the approved airlines transporting Nigerian pilgrims to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia for this year’s Hajj exercise, Aero Contractors, has assured that it would complete the airlifting of the 8,033 intending pilgrims allocated to it by the National Hajj Commission (NAHCON) to the Holy Land on or before June 12.

Alhaji Liman Mohammad, the officer coordinating 2023 Hajj for Aero Contractors, gave the assurance in a statement released Sunday’s night .

He said, out of the 8,033 allocated to the airline, 3,223 pilgrims from Nasarawa, Oyo and Adamawa States have been airlifted to Saudi Arabia.

According to him the airline had moved to Lagos where it will transport about 1,500 intending pilgrims from Oyo and Lagos States in five flights, saying the company is determined to conclude the transportation of all the pilgrims assigned to it before the closure of Jeddah airport.

“So from June 12, we will be free. Jeddah International Airport will be closed on June 26, that is about 14 days after we finished our operation, by God’s grace,” he said.

Group urges APC to allow lawmakers -elect to pick their leaders

 A Civil Society Organisation, Better Nigeria Movement has called on the leadership of the ruling All Progressives Congress to allow the lawmakers-elect to select their leaders.

The PUNCH had reported that the APC nominated the immediate past minister of Niger Delta affairs Godswill Akpabio, and the senator representing Kano North, Barau Jibrin, as the senate president and deputy respectively.

In the lower legislative chamber, the ruling party nominated a lawmaker from Kaduna, Tajudeen Abbas, and a lawmaker from Imo, Benjamin Kalu, as speaker and deputy.

The move, however, has been rejected by some members of the party, and that of the opposition parties as well as some lawmakers-elect.

Amid the leadership tussle, the President, Bola Tinubu scheduled a meeting with the lawmakers-elect from opposition parties on Monday.

However, in a statement on Sunday, the Secretary of the group, Bako Saliu described the party’s action as an imposition that could plunge the 10th assembly into crisis if not rescinded.

The statement partly read, “The ninth National Assembly will draw the curtains on its activities in a fortnight. The leadership of the All Progressives Congress had in April zoned the leadership of the 10th National Assembly to the South-South (Senate President), North West (Deputy Senate President), Speaker (North West), and Deputy Speaker (South East).

While the anointed candidates have been traversing the length and breadth of the country seeking the support of colleagues, state governors, and other stakeholders, there are moves by some gladiators to upstage a surprise come June 14, when the legislators will be inaugurated.

“We believe the lawmakers-elect should be allowed to choose who they want as their leaders. A zone is not a person; even if the NWC zoned the position to the North West and South-South they should allow them to choose the best among those from the region.

“It is very evident that Some of the Lawmakers-elect even those from the same region as the anointed candidates are unhappy with the way anointed speaker and senate president were selected. They have been insisting they were not consulted. It is however an invitation to crisis in the 10th assembly if this is not addressed.