For sometime now, popular beauty queen, Nike Oshinowo has dropped off the social scene.
Over the last few years, she has not been sighted at major A-Class parties. She has also not been seen at even Owambe parties. This wasn’t the case very many years back when Nike was the belle of major celebrity parties.
The now proud mother of twins is now 55.
She recently spoke to OVATION Magazine. When OVATION asked her the same question as to why she has been off the scene, she revealed that it is the responsibility that comes with motherhood that has made her take a low profile.
In the interview, OVATION put the question to her pointedly, asking her what has been happening to Nike Oshinowo, and why she just dropped off the radar? And her answers were sharp and succinct. “I don’t know about dropping off the radar… I needed to figure out where my true priorities laid. I have these 2 precious gifts I had been given by God – My Twins and I very much wanted to be part of their lives, fully. Being a ‘Celebrity’ mum or a ‘Society’ mum or even a ‘Yummy’ mummy, just didn’t have much appeal to me”.
“As in all other situations, somethings gotta give. In my case what went was the partying and the social butterfly aspect of my lifestyle”.
Is it true she now lives permanently in the UK, she was asked? “My Twins now attend Prep School in the UK and I want to be with them. So, I commute. I essentially live in both countries – Nigeria and the U.K. It made for a heck of a lot of flying, Pre Covid. Like everyone else, I am having to re-evaluate our pre-pandemic lifestyle and make the necessary adjustments”.
Many will recall that Adenike Asabi Oshinowo, who was raised in Ibadan and London became famous at a relatively young age in the 90s when she became The Most Beautiful Girl in Nigeria 1990/1991. She was 55 last December.