Veteran broadcaster, Sienne Allwell-Brown fondly referred to as SAB, recently clocked 70. Left to her, she would have preferred to remain under hibernation as she has been all these years but she was forced to step out of her comfort zone when her colleagues from her days at the National Television Authority, NTA decided to celebrate her by throwing her a small surprise party filled with love, laughter, food, drinks, good music, dancing and lots of reminiscing.
They kept it simple with a boat cruise on the Lagos Lagoon. Some of those who turned up for the party were Ruth Benamaisa-Opia (who moved on to an oil and gas firm and later Lagos Television briefly); Kehinde Young-Harry (who has remained retired); Modele Sarafa-Yusuf, a former gubernatorial aspirant in Ogun State on the platform of All Progressives Congress (who moved on to Globacom and later Special Assistant to Ogun State governor, Dapo Abiodun), Ronke Ayuba (who went off the social scene after losing her husband, former military administrator of Kaduna State and former senator representing Kebbi South Constituency, Kebbi State, Maj. Gen. Tanko Ayuba); Waheed Olagunju (who moved on to the Bank of Industry and retired as the acting MD/CEO) etc. The birthday girl didn’t look anything close to 70.
She still radiated the allure, classy aura and amazing style that got millions of Nigerians glued to their screen in the 70s and 80s each time she appeared to read the news. From Rivers State with a degree in Law, SAB retired from NTA and pitched her tent with Nigeria Liquified Natural Gas, NLNG as its General Manager, External Communications.
She was first married to Ibadan born businessman, Rasaq Lawal and later to Nim Tariah. Unfortunately, her marriage to Tariah also didn’t work out.
Ivory Ukonu is a versatile journalist with many years of experience, with entertainment and society reporting as her area of core competence.
