Popular skit maker, Chukwuebuka Emmanuel Amuzie, better known as Brain Jotter, has rubbished claims that his fast-rising colleague, Micheal Charles, aka OGB Recent, is copying his comedy style.

In the latest episode of the Real Life Talk podcast, the host Ivie Naomi asked Brain Jotter what his opinion was on the speculations that OGB was copying him, and he rebuffed that his colleague wasn’t copying him.

He, however, admitted that OGB sounds like him in his skits but added that getting inspiration from someone’s work doesn’t necessarily mean copying the person.

Brain Jotter said, “OGB is not copying me. I know him personally. He is my man to an extent. But I don’t know what you guys mean by copying me.

I’ve never actually come out to say he’s copying me. I feel like he has my kind of voice but I don’t really think he’s copying me.”

Comfort Ike, mother of popular Nollywood actor, Emeka Ike is dead.

The actor announced the death of his mother, aged 90, in a post on his Instagram page on Saturday.

According to him, his mum touched lives and accomplished a lot as a preacher and Christian.

“My hero is gone, RIP world Mother.

“We will hold on to the love you showed humanity,” he wrote alongside a video.

Former Big Brother Naija housemate Leo Dasilva, has tied the knot with his lover, Maryam Laushi.

The marriage traditionally took place on Saturday in Kaduna State.

Congratulatory messages have been pouring in from his colleagues and friends.

Leo and Maryam got engaged earlier this year.

Leo rose to fame after his appearance on season three of the reality show show in 2018.

Leo’s wedding comes at about the same time when another BBNaija star, Chizzy Francis, tied the knot with his lover in Anambra State.

Nigerian singer and producer, Samuel Oguachuba, popularly known as Samklef, has pledged to pray for Davido’s success in securing his first Grammy nominations amid their social media feud.

Samklef said this in a now-trending video on his Instagram page on Saturday, while congratulating the singer.

“This post is a special post for Davido only! As you don get 3 nominations I will be praying for you to win the 3. You must win something sha. And I also like the fact that you no send anybody. Me and you have something in common. Congratulations once more,” he stated.

The feud between the duo started in October after Samklef, in his congratulatory, shared a video of Davido and his wife, Chioma with their newborn twins leaving the hospital in Atlanta, USA.

Reacting to this, Davido who hasn’t announced his twins birth, slammed Samklef and eventually blocked him.

Since the incident, Samklef had, in a series of posts, called Davido out for refusing to pay the N1 million he allegedly owes one of his boys, a University of Lagos (UNILAG) student, Mastermind, from 2020.

Popular media personality and host of Big Brother Naija reality show, Ebuka Obi-Uchendu, has revealed the year that “destroyed” his mental health the most.

He said 2012 was a difficult year for him, emphasizing that he cried more in that year than his entire life combined.

The TV host made the revelation in a recent tweet in response to a trending tweet asking people what year destroyed their mental health most.

The tweet read, “Which year destroyed your mental health most?” To which Ebuka replied, “2012. Cried more in that year than my entire conscious life combined.”

Record producer and singer, Philip Kayode Moses, popularly known as Pheelz, has lamented that Nigerian artists are fasting losing genuine love for music.

Speaking on The Dadaboy Show hosted by media personality, Ehiz, Pheelz said Nigerian artists are now more interested in the lucrative business side of music than the art itself.

He said there is no difference between Nigerian artists, entrepreneurs, or manufacturers.

He, however, warned that marketing strategies are ephemeral as he emphasized that only good music will stand the test of time.

Pheelz said, “We [Nigerian artists] are losing that love for music. It’s starting to become manufacturing. It’s starting to feel like we’re manufacturing soaps like we are making iPhones.

“It’s starting to feel repetitive like we’re losing our creative sauce and our creative essence. It’s becoming work. Now, it’s harder to promote than to even make the music. Now, it’s becoming about promotion and marketing, not even about the art of it.

“I don’t know about anybody else but for me, it’s about the music. I think that’s the most important thing. That’s the one thing that will stand the test of time. Marketing strategies will come and go. We shouldn’t be really focused on that. The way we market music now was not the same way we used to market music.

“When people say stuff like, ‘It doesn’t even matter if the music sounds good, if you no get money to push am e no go blow.’ That kind of thing hurts me. I’m like, then what are we doing? If we don’t really exalt good music anymore and we just follow clout and hype what are we doing? Are we really making music then?”

Actress Sharon Stone has said a former head of Sony Pictures exposed himself to her during a meeting in the 1980s.

Ms Stone did not name the executive, but she said the encounter was “not the last of many weird experiences” throughout her long career.

Sony Pictures did not immediately return the BBC’s request for comment.

The Oscar-nominated 65-year-old talked about the incident during a podcast with US talk show host Kelly Ripa.

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She says she was called to the office of the former “head of Sony” for a meeting when she first moved to Los Angeles in the 1980s.

Ms Stone claims the executive told her: “It’s true what they say about you and you’re the most gorgeous. We haven’t seen anyone like you in decades. Everybody’s talking about you, and look at you. You’re the most articulate. You’re so smart and beautiful – and that hair”.

“Then he went, came walking right up in front of me, and he said, ‘But first,’ and he took his p*nis right out in my face,” she said.Ms Stone said she got hysterical and the executive backed off and left through a door behind his desk. She said his secretary later led her out of the office.

Ms Stone said there was “no way I could have told this story before” and “Sony would never hire me again” if she did at that time.

When she was promoting her 2021 memoir, The Beauty of Living Twice, Ms Stone said she felt pressured to reveal whether she had experienced sexual abuse in Hollywood.

The book came out a few years after the #MeToo movement exposed systemic sexual abuse by some of the entertainment industry’s most powerful figures.

Ms Stone shot to sex symbol status in the early 1990s via the hit movie Basic Instinct.

She went on to star in critically-acclaimed films such as Casino, for which she won the Golden Globe Best Lead Actress in a Musical or Comedy and was nominated for an Oscar.

Omowunmi Aloba, wife of late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad, has narrated that her problem with her father-in-law began after she gave birth to her son.

Wunmi told the Lagos coroner’s inquest on Wednesday that her relationship with Mohbad’s father was strained because she refused to give him her son, Liam’s placenta.

According to her, she only supported Mohbad in this decision and it led to a series of arguments.

Wunmi also debunked Mohbad’s father’s claim that he saw a blood-soaked bucket in Mohbad’s room.

She insisted that the “blood” was from a minor cut and what was soaked up was water.

Controversial Nigerian transgender, Idris Okuneye Olanrewaju, widely known as Bobrisky has finally disclosed why he decided to be a woman after being born as a man.

Bobrisky said he opted to transform his gender after realizing that he would do better as a woman.

Speaking in a lengthy post on his Instagram page on Monday, Bobrisky described himself as the sexiest trans on earth.

Also, on why he chose Bobrisky as a name, he explained that he took a lot of risk going under several knives and still living to be a woman today.

He wrote, “Meet the sexiest trans on earth. Okuneye Idris believes MONEY answers all demand. With money you can be whoever you want on earth. Idris was born a man in 1992, August 31. Immediately I got mature enough to differentiate between my right and left, I told myself I want to be a WOMAN. There’s nothing bad about being a man. But I see myself doing better in life as a woman.

“Ever since I started transitioning into a woman I gave myself this name BOBRISK because I took a lot of risk going under several knives to be a woman today. I’m a successful woman today with so much fame, houses, cars, etc.”

Popular singer, Raoul John Njeng-Njeng, better known as Skales, has called out the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, claiming heavily armed operatives of the agency broke into his house and wrongly accused him of being a fraudster.

He said he was sleeping with his six-month-old daughter when the anti-graft agency operatives numbering about three broke into his house through the backdoor on Monday night.

The ‘Shake Body’ crooner said he had a panic attack because of some health issues he is dealing with.

He also claimed his record producer was injured by the EFCC operatives.

In a series of tweets, Skales wrote, “So @officialEFCC pulled up to my house with 3 men with guns and some with sticks and hammers lol, they broke my back door while I was sleeping on the bed with my 6 months old daughter, imagine I had a panic attack Cz of my health issues…. Is this not a crime?

“God go punish una @officialEFCC I am not a criminal, I have never done fraud in my life, you came in with guns to oppress me in front of my daughter and her mother & my staff. You will never prosper in anything you do as long as you’re EFCC staff! You will always be a failure.

“They hit my producer with a stick on his leg. Imagine @officialEFCC una father! You guys are a criminal organization…it’s sad the kind of power you are given.. that’s why you’re abusing it… enikure.”

Nollywood actor and director, Charles Inojie has asserted that there is “an army of Jezebel daughters” in the Nigerian movie industry.

He said their agenda is to lure directors and producers into giving them movie roles in exchange for sex.

The ace filmmaker spoke in the latest episode of The Honest Bunch Podcast co-hosted by Chinedu Ani Emmanuel, aka Nedu.

He said the issue of sex-for-role in Nollywood is not perpetrated by just filmmakers but also some actresses who throw themselves at them to get movie roles.

Inojie said, “There are some actresses who can do anything just to be in front of the camera. And when you meet a character who is not properly formed as the director or producer, he will fall. So, there are actresses like that. The issue of sex-for-role is not just one-way. It is a two-way thing.

“There is also an army of Jezebel daughters looking for directors and producers to fall… So, the level of desperation among some of these girls is also an issue.

“That’s why they are quick to fall into the booby traps set by a lot of producers and directors with characters that are not properly formed; people who came from very shaky backgrounds.”

Former BBNaija housemates Bamike Adenibuyan, aka BamBam, and husband, Temitope Adenibuyan, aka Teddy A, celebrated their fifth traditional wedding anniversary on Thursday.

Teddy A took to his Instagram page #Iam teddya to share a video of himself with his wife slow dancing as they celebrated their day.

The reality TV star captioned the video, “Happy 5th Tradiversary baby.

“Teddy A and Bam Bam met in the Season three edition of the Big Brother Naija reality show.The couple tied the knot in 2019 and have two children, Zendaya and Akorede Maya Adenibuyan.

A Family Court in Iyaganku, Ibadan, on Tuesday, ordered that a skit maker, Maruf Abdullahi, popularly known as ‘Trinity,’ be remanded in Agodi correction centre for allegedly sexually exploiting a 10-year-old girl.

The Magistrate, P. O. Adetuyibi ordered Mr Abdullahi, 31, Isiaka Ahmed, 40, and his wife Rofiat Ahmed, 29, parents of the child should continue to be remanded in Agodi.

Ms Adetuyibi adjourned the matter until Aug. 3 for mention.

The police charged Mr Abdullahi, alongside the parents of the victim, with conspiracy and sexual abuse/exploitation.

Earlier, the prosecution counsel, Insp Oluwakemi Arowosaye, told the court that Mr Abdullahi, Mr Ahmed, and his wife Rofiat allegedly conspired together to wit sexual abuse.

Ms Arowosaye said ‘Trinity” on Dec. 17, 2022, was alleged to have sexually abused and sexually exploited a 10-year-old girl at Kuola area, Ibadan.

The offence, the police said, contravened the provisions of Section 35 (1) and punishable under Section 35 (2) of the Oyo State Child Rights Law 2006.

She said it also contravenes the provisions of section 516 of the Criminal Code Laws of Oyo State 2000.

The Cinema Exhibitors Association of Nigeria (CEAN) on Tuesday, in Lagos, said it generated N567 million in revenue across cinemas within the country for the month of June.

Opeyemi Ajayi, national chairman of CEAN disclosed that 210,299 viewers were also accommodated across the cinemas during the month under review.

He expressed delight over the slight increase in revenue generated in June compared with what was got in May.

“We had a slight increase in sales in the month of June when we got N567,899,087 and in May, we sold N514,653,363 with 197,242 viewers admission,” he said.

Mr Ajayi noted that the movies to be showcased in cinemas for the month of July include: Lust Love and Other Things, Mission Impossible 7, Insidious, Orisha, Oppenheimer, Hotel La Bamba and Unforgivable.

Veteran entertainer Charles Oputa, popularly known as Charly Boy, has threatened to sue Premier Records Limited over alleged violation of terms of agreement in musical contracts signed about 35 years ago.

He disclosed this in a letter written to the record label by his lawyer, Rockson Igelige, on Wednesday.

In the letter dated June 19, 2023, the lawyer said Charly Boy had signed Artists Recording Contracts with the company in 1988, 1990 and also recently.

He, however, alleged that the contracts had since expired, but Premier Records was still breaching his client’s copyrights.

“On our client’s instructions, we demand that your company handover our client’s master tapes, artworks, promo collateral for the music and other relevant and confidential information with your company within 30 days of the date of this letter. We also demand your company’s payment of our client’s outstanding royalties,” the letter stated.

According to Mr Igelige, the albums affected included the one recorded in 1990 containing songs such as ‘Big Bottom’, ‘Aids’, ‘Sexy Lady’, ‘Mama’, and ‘Nwata Miss’.

He also listed an album titled ‘U-Turn’ with songs like ‘Akula’, ‘Sheri’, ‘Comfort’, ‘Civilian Barrack’, ‘Akula’ (instrumental).

Also in the list is an album titled ‘Reality’, containing songs like ‘Monkey’, ‘Family Support’, ‘No.6 Man’, ‘Give Mv Life’, ‘Lagos Life’ and ‘Baby Come Back’.

He contended that the terms of the contracts entered with the company as Polydor Record in 1988, Polygram Records Limited in 1990, and currently Premier Records Limited had ended by expiration of time.

“In this wise, we have our client’s instructions to formally inform your company to stop further breach of our client’s copyrights to the musical works under the musical albums and single(s) produced during the aforesaid expired contract period,” Charly Boy’s lawyer explained.

“This is as a result of the fact that the condition precedent as well as the consideration for the contracts were not met and furnished.”Charly Boy’s lawyer warned that this “serves as a legal notice that further breach after the receipt of this letter will attract legal action.”

The letter added, “We hope and trust that your company will comply with our client’s modest demands.”