The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has mourned the death of veteran Nollywood actor, Mr John Okafor, popularly known as Mr Ibu. Mr Ibu died on Saturday, March 2 at age 62. The death of the comic actor was announced by Emeka Rollas, National President,...
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Nollywood actor, John Okafor, popularly known as “Mr Ibu”, is dead, aged 62. Emeka Rollas, National President, Actors Guild of Nigeria (AGN), disclosed this on his instagram page on Saturday. Rollas said: ” Sad Day for Actors Guild of Nigeria. Kate Henshaw lost her mother earlier today and...
A Nollywood actor, Pete Edochie, was on Saturday, unveiled as the brand ambassador of Rowe Motor Oil distributed by a German based company, 9th Integrated Energy Solutions Ltd. Speaking during the endorsement held in Enugu, Mr Okechukwu Benjamin, the Managing Director, of the company, said the deal was...
The Federal Criminal Investigation Department, Alagbon, Lagos, has arrested Onyeabuchi Okafor, son of popular Nollywood actor John Okafor (a.k.a. Ibu) for alleged N50 million fraud againt the actor. The department arrested Onyeabuchi alongside a woman identified as Jasmine Okekeagwu for the alleged fraud. The department’s Public Relations...
President Bola Tinubu has appointed popular Nollywood actor Ali Nuhu as Managing Director of the Nigerian Film Corporation (NFC). The presidential spokesman, Ajuri Ngelale, announced this in a statement on Friday. The Gombe-born thespian is expected to take over from Dr Chidia Maduekwe, who is serving his second...
Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, has accused his first wife, May Edochie of having breast enlargement surgery without his consent. The ace actor disclosed this on his Instagram page while reacting to May’s new year statement on social media, reflecting on events of 2023. Yul was reacting to May’s...
Hannatu Musawa, the Minister of Arts, Culture and the Creative Economy, on Tuesday visited ailing Nollywood actor, Zack Orji, at a private hospital in Abuja, where he had a brain surgery. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the minister was received by the wife of...
By OLA MUDOPE, Abeokuta – Ogun State Police Command on Sunday said a shell from a shot fired into the air by a mobile policeman was what hit Azeez Ijaduade, a Nollywood actor, on the neck. The Command’s spokesman, SP Omolola Odutola, made the clarification in a...
Nigerian Actor and Director, Charles Inojie, sits with Chude Jideonwo, host of #WithChude to discuss how his parents abandoned him as a child, living a life of poverty, deprivation and isolation, and grieving the passing of Ada Ameh. Charles Inojie shares his journey into acting, and what...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja – Popular Nollywood actor, John Okafor, better known as Mr Ibu has undergone surgery to remove one of his legs. This is contained in a statement posted on his official Instagram handle on Monday. “As of 1 pm, noon today, Daddy has gone through...
Veteran Nollywood actor Keppy Ekpenyong-Bassey had an amazing childhood and experienced different versions of his parents. In an interview with Chude, the movie star disclosed his father, who was a military officer with guards on standby, would cry while scolding and spanking his children. Bassey noted that was the sort...
Nollywood actor, Chiwetalu Agu, sits with the host of #WithChude, Chude Jideonwo to discuss his dramatic arrest for wearing Biafran colours, sexual harassment and the gender wars, and how he survived death. Speaking on his dramatic arrest for wearing the Biafran colours, he shared, “I was in Onitsha; I was buying bread. I came out to...
Nollywood legend, Pete Edochie, sits with the host of the viral TV show #WithChude, Chude Jideonwo, to discuss Mary and Yul Edochie’s seperation, his thoughts on polygamy, how he got into acting and why he has given up on Nigerian politics. Speaking about his traditional perspective on the dynamics of the...
By JOY ADARA, Abuja- Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested the duo of Charles Osaigbovo and Evans Obayaedo, who impersonated Nigerian actor and movie producer, Fredrick Leonard, for their alleged involvement in love scam, computer-related fraud and obtaining money...
Colleagues of Nollywood actor, Murphy Afolabi, have expressed shock over the news of his death. Afolabi reportedly died of injuries sustained from a fall in his bathroom on Sunday morning. The Osun-born thespian recently celebrated his 49th birthday which was the last post on his Instagram page. His colleagues...
TAJBank Limited, Nigeria’s foremost non-interest bank, has announced Nollywood acts, Osita Iheme (Pawpaw) and Saratu Daso as brand ambassadors. According to a statement the bank’s Chief Executive Officer, Hamid Joda in Abuja on Friday, the idea is a marketing strategy to popularise TAJBank’s techno-powered innovative products and services in...
Nollywood actress and filmmaker, Mary Njoku, has urged skin care products sellers to be sincere with their products for the good of their customers. “This is because your (sellers’) insincerity on any products can simply be categorised as ‘fraud,” Njoku, a renowned actress, gave the advice on her Instagram...
Emerging reports have indicated that Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has lost his first son, Kambilichukwu Edochie. It was gathered that Yul’s first son was rushed to the hospital after falling unconscious. A source who spoke to Vanguard on condition of anonymity revealed that Yul has confirmed Kambilichukwu’s death as...
Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie, has urged men to always keep their confidence level high when approaching women for relationship. The renowned movie star, who took to his Instagram page @yuledochie to give the advice, said building ones confidence as a man in approaching a lady makes the person to...