Basically, someone tried to get a ticket sometime in the past at the Galleria, and the ticket was not available, and so they had to go to Eko Hotel, battling with the traffic and it wasn’t there too. Imagine if there was a Kilonsele then, they wouldn’t have passed through all that, you know.

The saying that “We are nothing but pencil in the hand of the creator” may not have gained popularity save for Wale Adenuga. 

For the international footballers, you first hook up with their managers and I pay quite a lot of money to get them appear on my programme. And these include the Nigerian players. It’s not just a mere talk, it is money. There are lots of sacrifices apart from money. And I wasn’t frustrated because I knew what I wanted. It is business and there was need for me to make it work.

The contestants include Stella Damascus, Faithia Balogun, Yemi Blaq, Dakore Egbuson, and veteran actor, Fred Amata. From the music industry are Kel, Zaki Azzay, Yinka Davies, Obiwon, and Faze.

We know the story of Phillip Emeagwali and we are familiar with Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala. We’ve also followed the exploits of Dele Olojede and taken lessons from the achievements of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie.