Reporter says ''Actress Mary Uranta Is A Liar''

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                                     Mary Uranta and Reporter Tony

This story is very interesting,especially as it concerns all reporters......those who dine with the 'devil' and forget to use long spoons always get messed up....Thank God Tony used a long spoon in his dealing with this supposed wannabee actress Mary Uranta whom i have never heard of until now...'long spoon' is the pic here where two of them are pictured together.

I wish to categorically state here again that when the JALABIA story broke,the reporters who SAW and should have stood on the truth by supporting me were nowhere to be found because their pen had been compromised.. ....slaughtered on the altar of money.

Now this story is very interesting because in the quest to buy front page,this actress has tried to ridicule the reporter who tried to help her.

The story is that Mary's PR sent an email interview to be used for publicity purposes and when the interview came out,the Actress was not happy with it and instead of calling the Reporter went on the social media to deny that the interview was from her or that she had ever met the interviewer.....that was wrong.

PLEASE read the reporters own version of the story which saw Mary Uranta circulating denial messages all over the social media and almost dented  TONY OGAGA ERHARIEFE 's good name .

BTW Tony and i attended UNIBEN together .LOL


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Tony Ogaga was away on a course to Nairobi when word got to him that an 'Interview' he did on the actress had gone bad and she had circulated a mail denying that she had ever met him or even granted an Interview.

This is an excerpt of Tony's Response to Actress Mary Uranta's Epistle of lies.

''........  It was until when we returned to Chester House where we were lodged in Nairobi on the evening of Tuesday, April 30 that I finally had Internet connectivity. I quickly went online and logged into my email. It was then that I saw the mail forwarded to me by my desk head, Mr. Tosin Ajirire entitled, Broadcast from Mary Uranta. For over five minutes, I stared in utter disbelief at the mail credited to Mary Uranta, which had been trending on BB, Facebook and Twitter. So acidic was the tone it had the capacity to destroy my reputation as a journalist.
What hurt me most was that the mail claimed that I had been begging Mary Uranta for an interview. I find that most ridiculous. In my 11 years as a journalist, I have interviewed the hottest acts both in music and Nollywood, and I never had to beg to have these interviews. So, why would I beg Mary Uranta for an interview?  Furthermore, she denied never knowing or meeting me and I was surprised at her declaration.

Setting the records straight

Until mid to late last year, I had never heard the name, Mary Uranta. The first time I heard her name was when Mary’s publicist, Mercy, had approached me at an event in Lagos and asked how she could get her client on the cover of the Sunday Sun or TS Weekend, our Friday pullout.
As Mercy tried to sell Mary Uranta to me, I admitted that I knew nothing about her. However, Mercy insisted that the actress needed visibility and was in the process of rebranding and so would love to grace the cover of the Sunday Sun or TS Weekend. According to her, if I could deliver, there would be financial gratification as her client was willing to part with cash to achieve her desire. However, knowing fully well that it was against journalism ethics, I had declined the advance and advised that she should make Mary available for an interview and if she gave me a good story, she would definitely make the cover. It was on this note that we ended the discussion.

However, a couple of weeks later, I received my first mail from Mercy on her client, Mary Uranta. She had sent to me a material which was published in my weekly column, Skoops, on August 24, 2012 entitled, “Lover boy spoils actress Mary Uranta silly: Buys her SUV, posh apartment”. The only reason I agreed to publish was because Mercy assured me the news was exclusive to The Sun.

After the publication of the story, Mercy called to thank me that her client was pleased with me. Again we had discussed the issue of an interview with her client and I assured Mercy that all she needed to do was make Mary available.

Also in early January 2013, Mercy had forwarded to me another story; “Mary Uranta bags UN Ambassadorship”, which was also published in The Sun. A short while later, Mercy and I met and she thanked me for the earlier publications and again raised the issue of an interview with Mary Uranta.
Mercy, however, fixed an interview a couple of times but it was either Mary was not available or I was busy and so the interview could not hold.


Meeting Mary Uranta

The first time I met Mary Uranta was when I was invited to Sugar N’ Spice, an entertainment/fashion programme on NTA 2 Channel 5 anchored by Rose Peters-Graham. Mary, Mercy and I had participated in the live programme together after which Mercy introduced me to Mary Uranta who thanked me for my earlier stories on her and promised to make herself available for an interview at her earliest convenience.
However, during the one-year anniversary of Sugar N Spice, which was held at Jade Palace, Victoria Island, Lagos, on February 16, Mary and I met again and we joked and discussed at length and we became friends. Before we parted that night, we exchanged phone numbers and fixed another appointment for an interview. The climax of the night was when Mary and I posed for a photograph together.
This completely debunks her claims that she has never met me. That night Mary Uranta dropped me off at Eko Hotel & Suites where I had another engagement. However, once again, the interview was unable to hold, as it was either Mary was not available or I was too busy.

A while later, I met Mercy again and we discussed and she suggested that since Mary nor I was available for the interview, she would interview Mary and send the materials to me like she had done for a couple of other journalists before. Eventually, Mercy sent me materials on Mary from which I built the story that was published in The Entertainer on Sunday, April 28.

I would like to state here categorically that I have never received payment of any kind from Mary Uranta. In this profession, the only thing I have is my reputation, which is directly tied to my name. Consequently, in my 11 years of journalism, I have never plagiarised anybody so it was with shock that I read Mary’s broadcast that cold evening in Nairobi, Kenya. As a professional, I know the implication of downloading stories from the Internet and passing the same for publication as my own. Such is beneath me and I find Mary’s accusations most embarrassing and damaging.
All I wanted to achieve from the outset was promote Mary Uranta’s career. Little did I know that my effort would culminate in such an embarrassing situation for me, my family and loved ones.''