N500m debt: I’m not asking for donations -Mr Macaroni

Adebayo Adebowale, Nigerian skit maker and activist popularly known as Mr Macaroni, has made it clear that he is not seeking financial assistance despite revealing his shocking N500m debt struggles. The comedian in a chat said he only shared the experience for others to learn from and not because he needed help. “I’m not accepting any help or donations. I shared the story majorly because I wanted people to learn from my mistakes”, he stated. Recall that Mr Macaroni recently shocked fans by revealing his financial struggles, prompting an outpouring…

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Asake ready to buy me house, says father, baby mama alleges neglect

Father of top Nigerian singer, Ahmed Ololade, popularly known as Asake, Fatai Odunsi, has said his son has agreed to buy him a house, settle his medical bills and take care of his daughter. Odunsi aka Malo who is left paralysed in some parts of his body after suffering from a stroke and being unable to pay his medical bills called out Asake in a viral video on Thursday asking Nigerians to beg the artiste to assist him. This is as Asake’s alleged Babymama, identified as Adijat, also accused the…

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Asake’s Father cries out for help

A viral video featuring a man, Fatai Odunsi, who claims to be the father of popular artist, Asake, has stirred controversy on social media since the early hours of Friday, March 14. In the video, Odunsi claimed he had not seen Asake since 2022, when his health began to deteriorate, and he now felt the need to seek help publicly. He pleaded with Nigerians for financial assistance, revealing that he has been battling a stroke since 2022. He further alleged that despite Asake’s fame and success, the singer has not…

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Dolly Parton loses husband

Carl Dean, the husband of Dolly Parton, died Monday aged 82, the country music superstar said, after nearly 60 years of marriage kept out of the spotlight despite the singer’s chart-topping fame. “Carl and I spent many wonderful years together. Words can’t do justice to the love we shared for over 60 years,” Parton wrote in a post on X. The singer-songwriter and actor met Dean in 1964 outside the Wishy Washy Laundromat in Nashville, Tennessee on the day she moved to the country music capital. She was 18 and…

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Oscar-winning actor Gene Hackman, wife, found dead

95-year-old US actor Gene Hackman and his wife Betsy Arakawa have been found dead inside their home on Thursday in New Mexico. Santa Fe County Sheriff Adan Mendoza said the couple were found dead on Wednesday afternoon, adding that there was no immediate indication of foul play, according to the Santa Fe New Mexican, Variety and Sky News. Mendoza did not provide a cause of death. The couple reportedly died along with their dog. Hackman, who was 95, was once voted as likely to flop in showbiz but instead went…

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P-Square’s brother, Jude Okoye remanded in Ikoyi prison over N1.3bn fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arraigned Jude Okoye, the elder brother and former manager of Peter and Paul Okoye of the defunct music group, P-Square and subsequently remanded at the Ikoyi Correctional Facility over allegations of money laundering amounting to N1.38 billion, $1 million, and £34,537.59. Okoye was arraigned alongside his company, Northside Music Ltd, before Justice Alexander Owoeye of the Federal High Court in Lagos on a seven-count charge on Wednesday. One of the charges stated: “That you, Jude Okoye Chigozie and Northside Music Ltd sometime in…

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Court: Portable granted N2m Bail, warned against speaking on social media

An Ogun State Magistrate’s Court, sitting in Isabo, Abeokuta, granted controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola, also known as Portable, bail to the tune of N2m and a surety in like sum on Thursday. Magistrate O.L Oke, who granted the bail, however, gave a strict warning barring him from speaking on social media about the court, among other conditions to sustain the bail. Portable is facing a five-count charge for conspiracy, assault, possession of cutlass, guns to cause injury, and conducting himself in an unruly manner. The accused, however, pleaded not guilty…

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Portable surrenders to police

Controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola, aka Portable, on Wednesday, turned himself in to the authorities. The Lagos State Police Command through its spokesperson, Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed in a statement that the singer surrendered himself at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Panti, in the Yaba area of the state earlier in the morning. Hundeyin added that the Ogun State Command was contacted for onward transfer of the singer to the state. Meanwhile, the Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, in a statement minutes later confirmed Portable’s arrival at the State…

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Actress Halima Abubakar’s health deteriorates, begs for financial assistance

Controversial Nollywood actress, Halima Abubakar, cried out for financial assistance, claiming she is struggling to survive from her sickness. She shared an emotional video on her Instagram page on Tuesday, looking pale and weak as she spoke about her deteriorating health and the betrayal she has faced from close friends and colleagues. Expressing her frustration over accusations that she has been faking her illness, Halima said in the video that: “People are confused about what is happening. I’m not feeling fine up till now; I’m just good at being strong.…

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Ogun State police declare Portable wanted over assault

Controversial singer, Habeeb Okikiola known as Portable, has officially been declared a ‘wanted person’ by the Ogun State Police Command after claims levelled against him that he and nine of his associates allegedly assaulted and obstructed officers of the Ministry of Physical Planning and Urban Development from the Ota Zonal office. On February 18, 2025, the police force released the official wanted poster across social media, stating that the warrant of arrest had been issued against him by a magistrate court in Ogun State, Nigeria. He is wanted for the…

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