“Ekene Umenwa: ‘They Said I Had to Give Up Christianity to Make It in Nollywood'”
Nollywood Actress Ekene Umenwa happily shared on an Instagram Post about her experience in the her early stage in the Nollywood Industry.
Ekene shared a video of herself dancing energetically to the trending gospel song ‘No Turning Back’ by Gaise Baba and Lawrence Oyor, expressing her deep and unwavering commitment to her Christian faith.
The actress revealed that during her early days in Nollywood, she was advised by some industry insiders to compromise her beliefs in exchange for success.
She recalled being told to “drop Jesus” and “follow in the line” if she truly wanted to thrive in the competitive film industry. Instead of blending in, Ekene made a different choice by holding even more firmly to her faith and finding comfort and guidance in her spiritual belief.
“When I came to Nollywood years ago, I was told by some folks drop this your Jesus and Mary and move with the flow so you can make it.”– Ekene Umenwa
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Instead of giving in, she turned to Jesus for guidance and she said “Jesus told me move I am with you, they will join us, just concentrate and don’t look back so you won’t be distracted. Today, everyone now talks about Jesus and Mother Mary boldy, I am so happy that God never failed his own, he took me to the Top and made me an example so his lost sons and daughters can believe JESUS IGWEEEEEEE.I was so moved that my noise made my parents run downstairs”.
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Well, this is very common in the entertainment industry. Thank God you kept to your faith! This will serve as encouragement to other!
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky will meet US President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in Washington on Thursday. Leon Neal/Getty Images
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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s visit to the White House on Thursday could be his final chance to convince a receptive American president of his country’s war aims.
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The precise details of the “victory plan” Zelensky plans to present in separate meetings to President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris are unknown, having been closely held until they are presented to the American leaders.
But according to people briefed on its broad contours, the plan reflects the Ukrainian leader’s urgent appeals for more immediate help countering Russia’s invasion. Zelensky is also poised to push for long-term security guarantees that could withstand changes in American leadership ahead of what is widely expected to be a close presidential election between Harris and former President Donald Trump.
The plan, people familiar with it said, acts as Zelensky’s response to growing war weariness even among his staunchest of western allies. It will make the case that Ukraine can still win — and does not need to cede Russian-seized territory for the fighting to end — if enough assistance is rushed in.
That includes again asking permission to fire Western provided long-range weapons deeper into Russian territory, a line Biden once was loathe to cross but which he’s recently appeared more open to as he has come under growing pressure to relent.
Even if Biden decides to allow the long-range fires, it’s unclear whether the change in policy would be announced publicly.
Biden is usually apt to take his time making decisions about providing Ukraine new capabilities. But with November’s election potentially portending a major change in American approach to the war if Trump were to win, Ukrainian officials — and many American ones — believe there is little time to waste.
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Trump has claimed he will be able to “settle” the war upon taking office and has suggested he’ll end US support for Kyiv’s war effort.
“Those cities are gone, they’re gone, and we continue to give billions of dollars to a man who refused to make a deal, Zelensky. There was no deal that he could have made that wouldn’t have been better than the situation you have right now. You have a country that has been obliterated, not possible to be rebuilt,” Trump said during a campaign speech in Mint Hill, North Carolina, on Wednesday.
Comments like those have lent new weight to Thursday’s Oval Office talks, according to American and European officials, who have described an imperative to surge assistance to Ukraine while Biden is still in office.
As part of Zelensky’s visit, the US is expected to announce a major new security package, thought it will likely delay the shipping of the equipment due to inventory shortages, CNN previously reported according to two US officials. On Wednesday, the US announced a package of $375 million.
The president previewed Zelensky’s visit to the White House a day beforehand, declaring on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly his administration was “determined to ensure that Ukraine has what it needs to prevail in fight for survival.”
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“Tomorrow, I will announce a series of actions to accelerate support for Ukraine’s military – but we know Ukraine’s future victory is about more than what happens on the battlefield, it’s also about what Ukrainians do make the most of a free and independent future, which so many have sacrificed so much for,” he said.