Category: Entertainment

Cossy Orjiakor demands justice over sex with dog scandal, 10 years after

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Nollywood busty actress, Cossy Orjiakor, has relived sad memories of the s3x-with-dog scandal that almost ruined her acting career about 10 years ago, demanding for justice against the peddler of the fake news. In a lengthy post on her Instagram page, Cossy recalled how she reported the matter then to the Nigeria Police Force, but nothing was done to bring the culprit to book. The actress also said that she saw it as an insult to her person, after the police recently came for the girl on TikTok that claimed…

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Saudi Arabia to Disney: Cut LGBTQ references from superhero movie before bringing to kingdom

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Saudi Arabia has asked Disney to cut “LGBTQ references” from its latest Marvel superhero movie before it can be screened in the kingdom, an official said on Monday. Disney has so far declined the requested edits to the film Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, slated for release in early May, that amount to “barely 12 seconds” in which a lesbian character, America Chavez, refers to her “two moms”, said Nawaf Alsabhan, Saudi Arabia’s general supervisor of cinema classification. “It’s just her talking about her moms, because she has…

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Veteran highlife musician, Orlando Julius, dies at 79

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Orlando Julius Ekemode, Veteran highlife musician, is dead. He was aged 79 years. His death was announced in the early hours of Friday. The ‘A dara, a dara’ singer’s widow, Latoya, relayed the death announcement through music promoter, Bimbo Esho. “Bimbo, Daddy Has Passed On….This was the message I stumbled on waking up at exactly 3 am to peruse my WhatsApp page. It was a message sent to me by Orlando Julius’ beautiful and supportive wife Lady Latoya. “Orlando Julius, a native of Ijebu Ijesha, succumbed to the cold hands of death…

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Late singer, Osinachi Nwachukwu’s husband arrested over wife’s death

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Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of late popular gospel artiste, Osinachi, has been arrested by the police over the death of his wife on Sunday afternoon. Late Osinachi, a 42-year-old Gospel artiste, who was a lead singer at the Dunamis International Gospel Centre, shot into the limelight  in 2017, with the hit “Ekwueme”, which  featured another singer, Prospa Ochimana. She died on Friday after spending days at an undisclosed hospital in Abuja. After her death, colleagues and family members of Osinachi, accused her husband of always beating her. One of her…

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Yoruba actor, Dejo Tunfulu is dead

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Kunle Adetokunbo, a popular Yoruba comic actor, popularly called Dejo Tunfulu is dead. He was aged 50 years. Fellow thespian, Kunle Afod, shared the news on his Instagram page on Friday. The president of the Theatre Arts and Motion Pictures Practitioners Association of Nigeria, Bolaji Amusan, known as Mr Latin, also confirmed his death. “Yes, it is confirmed. He died in a hospital this morning. But I am yet to get full details of the incident,” he said. The deceased shot into limelight for his role in the movie titled:…

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American Actor, Bruce Willis, to quit acting over illness

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Veteran Hollywood actor, Bruce Willis, star of the “Die Hard” franchise, is retiring from acting due to illness, his family announced Wednesday. “Bruce has been experiencing some health issues and has recently been diagnosed with aphasia, which is impacting his cognitive abilities,” a post on Instagram signed by his family said. “As a result of this and with much consideration Bruce is stepping away from the career that has meant so much to him.” The post is signed by Willis’ current wife, Emma Heming Willis, as well as former wife,…

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Will Smith apologizes over assault on Chris Rock at the Oscars

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Will Smith has finally apologized to Chris Rock for slapping him during the Oscars Awards, 2022. The heated moment between Rock and Will Smith occurred about two-and-a-half hours into ABC’s Oscar broadcast on Sunday night. While presenting Best Documentary Feature, Rock quipped, “Jada, I love ya. GI Jane 2 — can’t wait to see it,” directing his comments at Jada Pinkett Smith, who is bald and who has previously spoken publicly about her hair loss condition, alopecia. Though Smith appeared to laugh at the joke at first, Pinkett Smith rolled…

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Will Smith strikes comedian Chris Rock over jokes about his wife at the Oscars

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There was mild drama at the 2022 Oscars awards held on Sunday, as Will Smith strikes Chris Rock across the face for making jokes about his wife Jada Pinkett-Smith Will Smith stormed the Oscars stage and struck comedian Chris Rock across the face for joking about his wife, in a moment at Sunday’s gala that immediately went viral and left stunned viewers questioning if it had been scripted or genuine. Rock, presenting the best documentary prize with a short comedy routine, had cracked a joke comparing Jada Pinkett Smith’s tightly…

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Veteran Nollywood actor, Lari Williams, dies at 81

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Chief Lari Williams, veteran Nollywood actor, has died at the age of 81 following a long illness. Williams, who was famous for his roles in hit soap operas such as Village Headmaster, Ripples, and Mirror in The Sun, died peacefully on Sunday at his home in Ikom, Cross River State. This was disclosed in a statement made available by the family. During his lifetime, Williams was a poet, playwright and celebrated actor both in live theatre and on screen, earning him a prestigious national honour; Member of the Order of…

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NdaniTV out with new series titled ‘Love Like This’

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After weeks of teasing fans on social media, NdaniTV is set to release a brand-new web series titled, Love Like This. Posters and a preview of the series can be seen on the production company’s Instagram page @NdaniTV. Love Like This is a romantic drama series that follows the lives of several young middleclass Nigerians who find themselves making lots of mistakes in the quest to find love. The web series features Nonso Bassey, Chisom Agoawuike, Okey Jude, Chibuzor Iheukwumere, Eva Ibiam, Jay Charles Ujomu, Jennifer Eliogu, and a host…

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