President Bola Tinubu has called on the leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) to engage in constructive dialogue towards finding sustainable solutions to the challenges facing the sub-region.

Speaking at the opening of the Extraordinary summit of ECOWAS on the political, peace and security situation in the sub-region, taking place at the State House conference hall, Abuja, President Tinubu noted that it is only unity on the part of the leaders that can resolve the existing political challenges.

He therefore tasked the leaders to approach the issues, exercise prudent judgement, and work collectively towards finding enduring solutions to the contending issues.

Tinubu also called on Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali that recently announced their desire to pull out of the regional body to reconsider the decision in the interest of their people.

The President said he was burdened by the weight of the challenges facing the sub-region but was buoyed by the collective resolve to find sustainable solutions, adding that the outcome of the meeting would by guided by the memorandum to be presented by the chairman of ECOWAS Commission who would give the leaders and update on the situation in Niger, Burkina Faso and Mali

He also commended the president of Senegal, Macky Sall for agreeing to step down at the end of his current tenure in office.

He said: “We are gathered here to address pressing developments in our sub-region surrounding the peace and security as well as the political situations in the Republics of Niger, Burkina Faso, Guinea, and Mali.

“Permit me to say that the complexities of the issues at hand necessitate a comprehensive and collaborative approach. Accordingly, it is incumbent upon us to engage in constructive dialogue, exercise prudent judgement, and work collectively towards finding enduring solutions that will lead to sustainable peace and security as well as political stability in our region.

“The gravity of our responsibilities as leaders in these challenging times cannot be overstated and it is through our concerted efforts and a deep sense of history that we can address these challenges in the spirit of shared vision, solidarity and collective responsibilities.”

Tinubu said the extraordinary summit was convened at a critical time that demands focused attention on regional issues, adding that, “our decisions must be guided by our commitment to safeguarding the constitutional order, upholding democratic principles, and promoting the social and economic well-being of the citizens of the aforementioned countries.

“Furthermore, we will deliberate on the announced withdrawal from ECOWAS by the Republics of Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger. In the spirit of collective security and African solidarity, we realize that the stability of these nations is intricately linked to the overall peace and security of West Africa. As such, it is pertinent that we engage in constructive deliberations to examine the actions taken by these countries and ensure that the citizens are not denied the benefits derived from our regional integration initiatives.

“In our ensuing discussions, we must put the plight of people, the ordinary citizens at the centre of our decisions.”

The President noted that even though the current challenges were daunting, it “present an opportunity for ECOWAS to reaffirm its commitment to the vision of our founding fathers and the principles underpinning our commitment to peace, security, and regional integration.

“We must stand united in our resolve to promote economic integration, democracy, and human rights, with a view to fostering sustainable development across all our member states.

“Times like we currently face in our sub region demand that we take difficult but courageous decisions that put the plight of our people at the centre of our deliberations. Democracy is nothing more than the political framework and the path to addressing the basic needs and aspirations of the people. This is why we must re-examine our current approach to the quest for constitutional order in four of our Member States.

“I therefore urge them to re-consider the decision of the three of them to exit their home and not to perceive our organization as the enemy. I am confident that through our collective efforts and determination, we will navigate the challenges before us and chart a course towards a more peaceful, secure, and prosperous West Africa.”

The Registrar General Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC) Ishaq Hussaini Magaji has called on all social media users, especially content creators to register their activities as business with the commission or risk penalty.

The Nigerian government is soon clamping down on the social media space, by the time the exercise starts if your business online is not registered with the CAC as a business name it will stop operating, the CAC boss hinted.

The RG also stated that any business running for over 28 days and not registered will be penalised, most social media business owners have been running their businesses online without any form of registration from the government, these as far as the government is concerned calls for immediate penalty which will be made known soon.

According to him, “The social media space is a wide space where a lot of transactions are taking place, there is instagram, tiktok, snapchat, facebook twitter, crypto and a whole lot of them. These groups of people are not paying any form of tax to the federal government even though the government is lamenting that the Nigeria tax level is the lowest in the world with only 10% considering how large the country is.”

Citing the law of the company and Allied Matters Act, 2020 particularly section 814 which made it mandatory for any person doing business in his own name to be registered with the Corporal Affairs Commission, Magaji stressed that it is mandatory now it is no longer optional.

“Whatever business you do as long as you have a business name that name must be registered with the CAC.”

Justifying the need for the new policy regime, Magaji said the whole idea behind the business names registration is to checkmate terrorism, money laundering and other negative vices in the country.

“President Ahmed Bola Tinubu has given the directives that all businesses must be regularised into the system, this is to encourage youths so the government can track negative activities in the country. Ignorance of the law is therefore not an excuse,” Magaji stated matter-of-factly.

“Another point of note is President Ahmed Bola Tinubu’s 50 million jobs for Nigerian youths. which is presently receiving a boost with the CAC. The business name registration done through the microfinance banks comes with a discount rate for those who cannot afford it if they have to do it on their own.”

Speaking with some social media users, they lamented what they described as attempts by the government to gag the social media space.

Mercy Peters who spoke with The Nation noted that it will be difficult to regulate, stating that Tiktok is a different world entirely. “Before you make money on Tiktok you go through a live video and people come to your live video to gift card, some people can send you dollars or pounds in what is called live, when you get this money it can be withdrawn at the end of the live video meaning you have acquired multiple followers.

“For me I cannot earn because I do not have followers that support me that much. The government can have a hold on tiktokers because most of them are instagram influencers as they get their endorsements from instagram. Tiktokers can be regulated through their instagram page even though it is a very large community. For the government to regulate social media influencers it has to be through their instagram page because instagram is the power house.

“Once you get blown from tiktok you move to instagram because that is where as a social media influencer you make your money, you get endorsement and become ambassador. They pay on snapchat. It is more like a digital marketing app, where people can advertise their products. For you to make an impact on snapchat and be paid you should have at least five thousand and above followers, this qualifies you as a subscriber, then you start boosting your account.”

It was the venerated writer, Chimanda Adichie, who first warned us against the destructive influences of a single story in her now famous 2009 TED talk. Many did not take her seriously and a lot more probably do not know the import of her lecture. She described a single story as an overly simplistic and generalised perception of a person, place or thing; a narrative that presents only one perspective, repeated again and again. Chimanda asserts that the danger of the single story is that it can result in perspectives based on stereotypes.

Since the tragic deaths of my boss, brother and friend, Dr. Herbert Wigwe with his wife and son in that air crash over two weeks ago, many Nigerians have been astounded by the torrents of single stories on Herbert dredged up and circulated on some social media platforms. The depth of people’s cruelty and depravity in spawning these falsehoods against an innocent man even in moments of immense tragedies and pain is unfathomable. They are out to inflict pain by fabricating lies and malicious propaganda against the dead. Their intention is to destroy the memory of the dead banker, inflict pain on his aged parents, business partners and damage the reputation of the businesses he left behind.

The most popular of these stories is about the acquisition of Intercontinental Bank by Access Bank in 2012. In public, the purveyors claim that Intercontinental was a healthy bank when it was bought and that the then CBN governor, Sanusi Lamido Sanusi, had orchestrated the sale as a favour to his friends. But in reality, these people are pained that Intercontinental is no longer available for them to plunder and steal from, and so, they resort to dissemination of malevolent attacks against the late Wigwe and his partner, Aigboje Aig-Imoukhuede, who is obviously in mourning.

I was a senior management staff of Access Bank when the Intercontinental acquisition happened, and so I know about the transaction very well. In 2008, the CBN conducted a stress test of all banks in the country and came up with a verdict that some banks were healthy, others not so healthy and a few very distressed. Intercontinental was severely distressed and was heading for a collapse. A further examination of the bank revealed a clear pattern of insider abuse and high-level frauds perpetrated by its directors and some members of senior management. The frauds were so massive that the bank’s shareholders’ funds were completely eroded, and its capital was in the negative.

In 2009, the CBN sacked Mr. Akingbola and the Board of the bank and replaced it with an interim board as part of the remediation and rescue plan for the bank. The interim board was mandated to fashion out a recapitalisation plan for the bank. But in late 2011, about two years after Akingbola and his board were sacked, the CBN put up the bank for sale when it was clear that a recapitalization was not feasible. In early 2012, the CBN approved Access Bank’s offer to take over the bank. In fact, even after the acquisition, Access Bank management discovered ‘’a far deeper hole’’ in the bank’s balance sheet than was previously revealed by the CBN’s examination and subsequent audit reports and due diligence.

In the years after his sack, Akingbola continued to face several court cases in UK and Nigeria in connection with his involvement in these insider abuses and frauds. I should note, at this point, that Mr. Akingbola is not the first Nigerian to lose a bank to insider abuse and fraudulent practices and Access Bank is not the first Nigerian bank to acquire another. Over 200 Nigerian banks have collapsed or been liquidated for severe capital impairment in the last 30 years or so. In July 2005, Tony Elumelu’s Standard Trust Bank merged with UBA and Union Bank was acquired by the Capital Alliance Group, while FCMB bought Finbank. There have been other mergers and acquisitions in the industry.

Akingbola’s legal troubles arising from his involvement in the collapse of Intercontinental are many. In December 2009, a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos granted a freezing injunction and attachment worldwide on all assets of Akingbola for total offences amounting to N346.185 million and £1.08 million. In July 2012, a Royal Court of Justice in London presided over by Mr. Justice Burton found Akingbola guilty of stealing and diverting billions of depositors’ funds and ordered him to repay more than £1 billion to the bank (Access Bank). He has also faced several charges from the EFCC. The acquisition of Intercontinental therefore arose from the mismanagement of the bank, the insider abuse and the fraudulent activities perpetrated by its directors. The transaction followed all due processes according to the laws of Nigeria and was approved by the courts and the regulatory authorities. If the CBN did not find a buyer for Intercontinental, the bank would probably have gone the way of Bank PHB and a few others that were not acquired and were on continued life support from the treasury. Thus, the purchase of Intercontinental by Access saved the nation a colossal waste of resources.

I have also read an article written by Mr. Muiz Banire, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), in which he flippantly referred to the acquisition of Intercontinental by Access Bank as ‘’tilapia swallowing a whale’’. This is a misleading and false imagery purportedly indicating that Intercontinental was bigger than Access at the time of the transaction. In the first place, the financial strength of a bank is not all about the number of branches it has and the height of its headquarter building, which the public usually see. Rather, its strength is measured in terms of financial ratios, namely: efficiency ratio; profitability ratio; capital adequacy ratio; income-expenditure ratio; deposits and return ratios. These are not visible to the public and may not be understood by those who are not financially literate. Intercontinental’s ratios were in the red when the acquisition occurred. Its huge after-tax loss of N321 billion for the year ended September 2009 was one of the biggest in the industry then. On the other hand, Access Bank was then in its tenth year after it was taken over by Herbert and AigbojeAig-Imokhuede. It was very profitable and the ratios were very positive. Senior lawyers like Banire have a responsibility to speak with some knowledgeability, otherwise they would misrepresent their clients.

Another nasty and deceptive single story that emerged soon after the death of Herbert Wigwe was an article published recently by Tony Okoroji, a former President of Performing Musicians Association of Nigeria (PMAN), who now runs an organisation known as Copyright Society of Nigeria (COSON). In the article, Okoroji wondered how Herbert made so much money to establish a university and why he named the university after his family’s name. He wrote: ‘’I’m in the creative industry and can understand the pitfalls of unbridled self-promotion’’. He then went on to allege that Access Bank has refused to release funds in the account of COSON to him and that the ‘’bank has looked for every silly reason to hold onto our money’’.

First, how did Herbert make all the money to establish a university? Herbert is one of the major owners of Access Corporation, the holding company of the bank, and as a publicly quoted company, Access Corporation publishes the particulars of each director in its annual reports and audited accounts every year. This is a statutory requirement for all quoted companies. Such details include number of direct and indirect shares held by the director and the dividend payments received by each director and shareholder. This will give Okoroji an idea of the man’s wealth if he cares to review the bank’s latest annual reports. In addition, Herbert’s family also has interests in other businesses, including construction. Why did Herbert name the university after his family? This is as silly a question as it can get. Organisations and institutions are named after their founders as a mark of honour or memorabilia to the memory of the founder or the family. Herbert is proud of the Wigwe family he hailed from, and the university was appropriately named to give honour to the family, just as Harvard (the oldest institution of higher learning in the US is named after John Harvard); Yale (named after Elihu Yale); Obafemi Awolowo University; Ahmadu Bello University, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, etc are named after great personalities. Many others across the globe like Albert Ludwig University, Freiburg, Germany; Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan; Alice Lloyd College, Kentucky, US; Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, England and Gregory University, Uturu, Abia State, among many others, are named after their founders.

Tony Okoroji’s claim that Access Bank has deliberately withheld COSON’s funds is a deliberate fabrication and obfuscation of information just to hoodwink the public and impugn the characters of those involved. The fact is that some members of COSON - Premier Music, Ivory Music and Pretty Okafor - have sued COSON and the bank seeking to restrict the accounts of COSON. The case is still in court, and as a senior lawyer in Access Bank’s Legal Department told me, ‘’in keeping with the legal doctrine of Lis Pendis, the bank as a responsible corporate citizen cannot take any steps that will tie the hands or foist a fait accompli on the court’’. In other words, the bank cannot release the funds until the litigation is over. But Okoroji did not tell his readers that there is a pending case in court involving the accounts of the association. Rather, he blamed the late Herbert Wigwe for the delay in releasing his money and insinuated that the deaths of Herbert and another staff of the bank who died in December was a punishment from God for the bank’s delay in releasing the money. How mean-spirited can people be?

Finally, Herbert is no longer with us, and he cannot defend himself against all these baseless and putrid stories deliberately churned out to defame him and his legacy and traumatise his family and business associates. May God forgive those who are perpetrating these evil deeds and may the souls of Herbert Wigwe; his wife, Chizoba; son, Chizzy; and his friend, Abimbola Ogunbanjo, who died with him rest in peace. Amen.

In the Idimu area of Lagos State, the price of cement continues to soar, selling between N10,000 and N11,000 per bag, despite an agreement reached with manufacturers to cap the price at N7,000.

This discrepancy has left many retailers and buyers frustrated, questioning the effectiveness of the agreement.

A local retailer, known as Alhaja, expressed skepticism about the reported agreement, labeling the news that cement should sell for N7,000 as merely a hoax.

She highlighted a significant issue during the negotiation period with the Federal Government, where Dangote Cement, a major manufacturer, allegedly blocked all payment portals. By the time these portals were reopened, prices had already surged again.

This situation has raised concerns among residents and stakeholders in the construction industry, who are feeling the impact of the inflated prices on building projects.

The failure to adhere to the agreed-upon price cap not only strains the wallets of individuals looking to buy cement for personal or business use but also poses broader implications for the construction sector and housing market in Lagos and potentially beyond.

The ongoing discrepancy calls for a closer examination of the factors contributing to the persistent high prices and the mechanisms in place to enforce agreements made between the government and manufacturers.

As the situation unfolds, those affected await concrete actions that will lead to a resolution and the stabilization of cement prices at the agreed level.

She said: “Even BUA which was selling for N3,500 was the first to hike prices. In fact, the Dangote payment portal was blocked last week, only for them to reopen it and the price was increased by another N400. All the noise of N7,000 is just in the media, it’s not real.

“But we pray and hope it is effected soon enough because this price hike is really slowing down business.”

Another outlet did not have any stock on the ground. The owner, who pleaded for anonymity, corroborated Alhaja.

He said, “At this point, I don’t know what else to do. Cement is off-limit for now because I don’t even know how to restock. The N7,000 price being bandied in the news is unreal. The price was increased by N400 after manufacturers met with the government. We just hope things return to normal as soon as possible.”

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has urged Nigerians, particularly those holding political offices, not to set the country on fire in spite of the current challenges facing the people.

Dogara made this charge during the burial program of his late mother, Mama Saratu Yakubu Tukur held in his country home, Gwarangah, Bogoro LGA of Bauchi State on Saturday.

According to him, “We have no any other country to run to if we set Nigeria on fire. It is true there is anger across the country because of hunger, but we must tread with caution.”

The former Speaker stressed that the situation is affecting everybody irrespective of ethno-religious differences and so, the situation is not beyond redemption

“The problem is not one man’s problem, it is beyond one man, we must all join hands to solve the problem, each one of us has a role to play.

“If we set the country on fire, we will not be able to do anything, we will not even be here in this church for the burial program. I am appealing for caution in the way we react to the situation.

“Let us take an exception to what is happening in other countries, we must do things that will make the situation better. Things are going to get better very soon,” Dogara said.

He then called on Nigerians to engage in prayers for divine intervention in the situation, saying that there is nothing God cannot do to turn the situation around.

The Federal University Dutse (FUD), Jigawa State, has conferred a bachelor degree on 2,172 graduates of various disciplines during a 6th and 7th combined convocation held at the school convocation ground.

Meanwhile, the school also inaugurated its 2nd Chancellor of the University, His Majesty, King W.S. Joshua, Igbugburu X, (CON), JP, the Ebenanawei of Bomo Kingdom and the Pioneer Chairman of the Bayelsa State Traditional Council.

Speaking during the ceremony, the Vice Chancellor of the university, Professor Abdulkarim Saboda Muhammad, said “the 5th convocation ceremony took place in 2020 before the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. After that, we had a prolonged ASUU strike which distorted the university calendar and made it difficult to organize the subsequent convocation ceremony”.

The vice chancellor explained that 1058 graduates were for the 2019/2020 academic season with 38 first class, 321 second class upper division, 564 second class lower division and 135 with third class lower.

“For the 2020/2021 academic season, a total of 1814 to be awarded with bachelor degree in which 36 with first class, 515 with second class upper division, 946 second class lower division and 317 with third class lower.

“We also have two (2) Ph.D, forty-seven (47) M.Sc, three hundred and seventy-six (376) Masters and one hundred and eighty-nine (189) Postgraduate Diploma graduates”.

He said that the university has recorded remarkable achievements in the area of Academic, Research and Innovation.

The Vice Chancellor noted that some of the achievement include the ranking as the overall best federal university in the North-West geopolitical zone in 2021 by the National Universities Commission (NUC), 1st in Nigeria for quality of researchers and research innovation by Scimago, Academic Ranking in 2021 and in 2022, Scimago also ranked FUD the best centre for mathematical science in Africa.

“In a related development, the 2022 Ethics and Compliance Scorecard by ICPC ranked Federal University Dutse 1st among Federal Universities, 2nd among all MDAs under Federal Ministry of Education and 7th overall among all MDAs nationwide with a score of 81.85 compliance. The score was based on performance in the categories of Management Culture and Structure (30%), Administrative system (30%) and Financial Management System (40%)”.

Professor Abdulkarim Sabo Muhammad added that “In 2022, the University successfully secured re-accreditation of 21 programmes from the National Universities Commission (NUC). The University also got accreditation of its Pre-Clinical MBBS Programme at the first instance after hosting the Medical and Dental Council of Nigeria (MDCN) and the re-accreditation of the Rasheed Shekoni Teaching Hospital to serve as the University’s Teaching Hospital.

“Towards the end of 2023, the University also got NUC’s approval to mount the B.Nsc. Nursing Science, B.Sc. Public Health and B.Sc. Environmental Health Sciences. The University has commenced the construction of the Faculty of Law building and all things being equal, the Faculty of Law will take off next academic session, In Sha Allah. Plans are also under way for the establishment of Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, MOUs signed with Morgan State University USA, University technology Mara Malaysia, University Malaysia Kelantan, Skyline University Kano for Academic and Research.

The Vice Chancellor stated further that, “The University Library has over 27,000 books and Over 500,000 e-Resources and 1000 journals in different fields. We have also installed servers and more than 150 new computers in the library so that students can access electronic information resources in the form of e-Books and e-Journals both on and offline.”

He therefore expressed appreciation to President Bola Ahmed Tinibu, minister of education and Jigawa state Governor, Malam Umar Namadi, for their support on the academic activities in the university.

American talk show host, Steve Harvey has absolved Nigerian Grammy winner, Burna Boy of any accusations that he stole from the music genre in America.

He stated that contrary to such belief, it was the West, especially America who are inspired by African beats, rhythm, and soul which is done by Burna Boy and other African artistes.

Harvey made the revelation when he appeared as a panelist on a TV programme while emphasising that Africans and Black American are the same

The comedian said in part;

“They talk about ‘Burna Boy stole this’, no we stole from Burna Boy. Them Africans is us. Africans are the beats, soul, rhythm, and hard work. We get our courage from them. When you see them people, they look just like your family.”

This comes as Burna Boy told Apple Music last year that he doesn’t do the popular West African music, Afrobeats but Afrofusion which he said was a fusion of American hip-hop, R&B, soul, Jamaican reggae and dancehall, and African music elements.

Recall Nigerian rap star, Eedris Abdulkareem and singer, Burna Boy clashed online recently.

The clash started with Eedris criticising the ‘Last Last’ crooner for saying that nobody in the Nigerian entertainment industry helped him, and he said that is a stupid talk.

This was in response to Burna Boy’s earlier shade where the self-acclaimed African Giant hinted that he is not happy with the people who contributed money for the Hip Hop artiste to undergo kidney transplant.

However, reacting via his Instagram page, Abdulkareem said Burna Boy wishing him or any other person dead was “truly saddening and very disappointing.”

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Big Brother Naija level up winner, Phyna has revealed the cosmetic surgery she underwent to get her curvy look.

In an interview with Naija 102 FM, Phyna admitted that she has worked on her tummy, but clarified that she hasn’t touched her body. Explaining the difference between the two, Phyna stated that touching her body means doing breast enlargement, BBL and others.

The reality star disclosed that she is open to undergoing surgery in the future, but it would be done overseas because she loves everything she does to be perfect.

According to her, when she is ready and has done it, she will announce it to Nigerians because it’s her body and her money.

Phyna said in part:

“I no do body, I just worked on my tummy. Body na when dey do nyash, do proper surgery. I didn’t do buttock enlargement. If I want to do it, it wouldn’t be in Nigeria.

For me, anything I want to do, I like to do it well, to do it finish. I haven’t gotten to that stage yet, when I get there, Nigerians will know I have done it”.

In 2023, Phyna admitted that she worked on her stomach and not her backside as many assumed.

The entertainer added while bragging, that her backside is all hers and she only took out her belly fat.

Following rumors of her undergoing surgery, her co-reality star, Chichi had thrown a subtle shade at her, noting how Phyna has always admired and wanted to be like her.

She alleged that Phyna’s buttocks might have undergone cement injections to achieve its current appearance as they looked poorly done.

Watch Phyna speak below:

Nigerian Fuji star Wasiu Alabi, popularly known as Pasuma, has opened up on the pivotal moment that redirected his career path from football to music.

The iconic artist, who just celebrated his 56th birthday, shared how a setback in his football aspirations steered him towards the world of music.

Pasuma revealed that his initial ambition was to become a professional footballer, and he had high hopes of representing Nigeria on the international stage.

Nigerian fuji star Pasuma reflects on his football ambitions as he celebrates 56th birthday
Pasuma.

His dreams were centered around securing a spot on the national team for the FIFA U-16 World Championship in China in 1985.

However, the Fuji star faced disappointment as he failed to make the cut for the prestigious tournament.

Recalling the moment of rejection, Pasuma said;

“I was a footballer, so I was invited for Kodak, but I decided to go into music because I wasn’t picked to go to Kodak for the World Cup then, so I now said I want to be a musician straight. I was a footballer before.”

Despite the setback in his football career, Pasuma did not let the disappointment dampen his spirits.

Instead, he channeled his focus and passion towards music, ultimately carving a niche for himself in the industry.

Nigerian film actress, Rosy Meurer, has debunked rumours that her husband, Olakunle Churchill, is planning to take a second wife.

The actress while speaking with Saturday Beats disclosed:

“About the rumors that my husband is taking a second wife, nothing could be further from the truth.”

Recall Olakunle Churchill was formerly married to controversial actress, Tonto Dikeh, whom he shares a son, with. Rosy was his personal assistant at the time.

Responding to accusations that she was the cause of their marriage crash, the thespian said;

“Not every action needs a reaction. I have had my moments of exchanging words with people. But, if anybody says anything to me, I will give it back to them.

“When you learn that a person’s behavior has more to do with their own internal struggle than it ever did with you, you learn grace. Self control is strength.

“I have got to the point where my mood does not shift based on the insignificant actions of someone else. I can never allow anyone to control the direction of my life.”

The beautiful mother-of-two also said that she resolved to always choose peace over drama, and distance over disrespect. Rosy Meurer added:

“I learnt a lot in 2023. I have learnt to leave people where they’re at; be it friends, family or coworker. I have stopped overplaying my role in anyone’s life. Some people take advantage of one’s kindness and vulnerability.

I am in my soft girl era. If anyone stresses me, I would disappear. I am choosing peace over drama, and distance over disrespect.

I have learnt to accept situations for what they are. I’ve realised that one does not have to understand everything, because some things are not meant to be understood but accepted.”